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A source at X says the Donald Trump interview crash was not the result of a DDoS attack; another X employee said there was a “99 percent” chance Musk was lying — Elon Musk's “conversation” with former President Donald Trump got off to a rocky start.| Financial Times: |
A recap of Elon Musk's Donald Trump interview on X, which started 42 minutes late; X says it was at times heard by 1M+ people, while Musk had prepared for 8M — Tech billionaire praises ex-president in rambling conversation on X delayed by technical glitch| Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC: |
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On August 6, hackers leaked almost 2.7B records of people in the US, such as names and SSNs, allegedly from National Public Data, which collects and sells data — Almost 2.7 billion records of personal information for people in the United States were leaked on a hacking forum, exposing names … | David Bauder / Associated Press: |
Politico, the NYT, the WaPo, and others say they received hacked Trump campaign materials, but gave few details, a marked contrast to Clinton's emails in 2016 — At least three news outlets were leaked confidential material from inside the Donald Trump campaign, including its report vetting JD Vance as a vice presidential candidate.| Washington Post: |
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India's antitrust body orders an unusual recall of two reports on its Apple investigation; a source says Apple complained about confidential revenue disclosures — India's antitrust body has ordered an unusual recall of its investigation reports that found Apple in breach of competition laws … | Financial Times: |
Analysis: about half of all job seekers are using AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Gemini to assist them in writing CVs, cover letters, and completing assessments — About half of applicants are using tools such as ChatGPT to help write cover letters but without editing the language is ‘clunky’| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
A profile of Peregrine, founded by a former Palantir executive to help US police access surveillance data, raised $30M in May 2024, and had $10M in 2023 revenue — Founded and backed by former Palantir execs, Peregrine Technologies hopes to turbocharge local police department access to surveillance data … | New York Times: |
How Tether co-founder Brock Pierce's plan to use crypto to revitalize Puerto Rico's economy became mired in legal disputes and fights with his business partners — On sun-drenched days in 2022, the cryptocurrency entrepreneur Brock Pierce liked to take his friends sailing to the island of Vieques … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Chinese internet companies have been testing Huawei's new Ascend 910C chip in recent weeks; Huawei told clients the chip is comparable to Nvidia's H100 — Chinese tech company looks for AI business with Ascend series but still faces production issues| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
The FBI, the UK's NCA, and others seize the servers and websites of the Radar/Dispossessor ransomware operation; since August 2023, the gang targeted 43+ SMBs — The FBI announced on Monday that it seized the servers and websites of the Radar/Dispossessor ransomware operation following a joint international investigation.| Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information: |
Sources: after recent OpenAI shakeups, Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki, post-training lead Barret Zoph, frontiers research lead Mark Chen, others gain prominence — OpenAI's upper management has been a bit of a revolving door lately. The last few months have seen a number of high-profile departures … | June Yoon / Financial Times: |
Chipmakers are facing a labor crisis despite huge investments; McKinsey says US plans need 160K+ new workers, and only 1,500 engineers join the industry yearly — A human worker shortage may turn out to be the biggest obstacle to the AI industry — When will artificial intelligence start … | Canalys: |
Canalys: AI PCs made up 14%, or 8.8M, of all PCs shipped in Q2; ~60% of AI PCs were Apple computers; shipments of Windows PCs priced over $800 grew 9% QoQ — According to the latest Canalys data, 8.8 million AI-capable PCs were shipped in Q2 2024. These devices are defined as desktops …
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