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Alice Hancock / Financial Times:
After Thierry Breton's letter to X before the Trump interview, the EU says the “timing and the wording of the letter were neither co-ordinated or agreed” upon  —  Internal market commissioner's warning to owner of social media site X was not approved
The Verge:
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:
Elon Musk's Donald Trump interview on X Spaces was derailed by technical glitches at the scheduled start time on August 12; Musk blamed “a massive DDoS attack”
Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer:
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:
The FBI is investigating an alleged Trump campaign hack; sources say the agency is probing suspected hacking attempts by Iran targeting Trump, Biden, and Harris
Wall Street Journal:
Iran has emerged as the most aggressive foreign threat to the US election; a Microsoft report showed ways it has tried to hack a presidential campaign and more
Aditya Kalra / Reuters:
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 …
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Twitch rolls out video stories, which can be 60 seconds long and set to expire after 1, 12, 24, or 48 hours, to challenge Instagram  —  After launching photo and text stories last year, Twitch is now introducing video stories.  Streamers can now film 60-second videos in the Twitch mobile app or upload a video from their camera roll.
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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 …
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 …
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.
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 …

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Wall Street Journal:
CBS Mornings co-host Gayle King signed a new deal, providing some stability at CBS News; source: King's current contract is worth ~$15M and runs through May

Max Tani / Semafor:
AP Senior Product Manager for AI Aimee Rinehart told staff that many editors preferred an AI-written article to a human one, and resistance to AI is “futile”

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Filing: Trump added between $600K and $1.25M in Netflix bonds to his portfolio in January; he also bought between $600K and $1.25M of SiriusXM bonds

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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

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Michael Kan / PCMag:
CrowdStrike President Michael Sentonas appeared at DEF CON to accept the “Most Epic Fail” award, saying “we got this horribly wrong” and CrowdStrike “own it”
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
The US SEC sues crypto company NovaTech and its co-founders, saying they fraudulently raised $650M+ from 200K+ investors globally, following the NY AG's lawsuit
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
TikTok adds group chats, with support for up to 32 people, available to all users over 15 years old, and adds safety measures specifically to protect teens
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
After Apple's threats, Patreon memberships via its iOS app will be subject to Apple's 30% fee from November 2024; creators must switch to subscription billing
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