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A look at Apple's future plans: iPhone 16 lineup, a new iPhone SE, a thin “Air” model in the iPhone 17 series, and a Watch SE with a plastic case in bold colors — Apple's iPhone 16 will keep sales stable until more innovative models are ready next year.
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| Michael McWhertor / Polygon: |
PUBG publisher Krafton acquires former Xbox game studio Tango Gameworks and its Hi-Fi Rush IP; Microsoft had planned to shut down Tango Gameworks in May 2024 — Tango Gameworks will live on, thanks to Krafton — Krafton, the publisher behind PUBG: Battlegrounds and The Callisto Protocol …
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| Peter Wade / Rolling Stone: |
After Kamala Harris held a rally in Detroit with thousands in attendance, Donald Trump falsely claimed the crowd was “fake” and a picture of it was AI-generated — The former president has also falsely accused his opponents of paying people to attend their rallies
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| Reuters: |
As 19 Chinese cities run robotaxi and robobus trials, a look at autonomous mass transit growth in China and the safety and job loss concerns from rapid adoption — Liu Yi is among China's 7 million ride-hailing drivers. A 36-year-old Wuhan resident, he started driving part time this year … | Jowi Morales / Tom's Hardware: |
AMD releases updates to mitigate the “Sinkclose” vulnerability but has no plans to update older Ryzen 1000, 2000, and 3000 or Threadripper 1000 and 2000 CPUs — AMD says some chips fall outside of the software support window. — AMD processors dating back to 2006 reportedly suffer …
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| Zack Abrams / The Block: |
Celsius sued Tether on August 9 to try to claw back ~40K bitcoin, now worth ~$2.4B, that Celsius claims Tether sold improperly at the bottom of the market — - Celsius filed a lawsuit against Tether on Friday in an attempt to claw back Bitcoin worth $2.4 billion that the company …
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| Matt Burgess / Wired: |
A researcher finds 15K+ hardcoded secrets and 66K vulnerable websites, including details on accessing Stanford's Slack, by searching overlooked data sources — Security researcher Bill Demirkapi found more than 15,000 hardcoded secrets and 66,000 vulnerable websites—all by searching overlooked data sources.
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| Theodore Schleifer / New York Times: |
A Kamala Harris fundraiser in San Francisco on Sunday drew ~700 people and raised $13M, as Harris returns to the city for the first time since her nomination — A Sunday fund-raiser offered Vice President Kamala Harris a chance to turn the page on a sometimes frosty relationship between President Biden and Silicon Valley.
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| Charlie Wells / Bloomberg: |
Some longtime users of LinkedIn lament the barrage of performative content from hustle-culture influencers and AI-generated “thought leadership” on the site — Longtime users irked by personal content lament that the job-hunting website has become more like Facebook.
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| Joseph Politano / Apricitas Economics: |
A detailed look at China's chip buildout and how US chip sanctions and industrial policies have accelerated China's push to develop its own chip supply chain — China's Semiconductor Buildout Continues Despite Global Sanctions—While the US Tries to Catch Up — Thanks for reading!| Joanna Nelius / The Verge: |
Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge review: nice design, display, quiet keys, and 14 hours of battery, but outperformed by Snapdragon rivals and Arm limits compatibility — Samsung's first Copilot Plus PC is everything a thin and light laptop should be — but its performance is limited.
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| Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times: |
TikTok has been sending inaccurate and misleading news-style alerts to users, including a weeks-old disaster warning; TikTok removed some of the notifications — False claims about Taylor Swift among outdated and misleading information in news-style notifications from video-sharing appSponsor Posts
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