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August 16, 2024, 11:50 AM
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Morgan Meaker / Wired:
Epic debuts the Epic Games Store on iOS in the EU, offering its games, including Fortnite, and plans to start onboarding third-party games starting in December  —  The Epic Games Store gives iPhone users in the EU an alternative to Apple's App Store for the first time.
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Epic brings its games to AltStore for iOS in the EU and plans to bring them to Aptoide's iOS store in the EU, ONE Store on Android, and “other stores” globally
Taylor Lyles / IGN:
Epic confirms that the Epic Games Store is available to download on Android devices worldwide, in addition to iOS users based in the EU
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
California lawmakers weaken the AI safety bill with amendments proposed by Anthropic and other opponents, including giving the AG less power to sue AI companies  —  California's bill to prevent AI disasters, SB 1047, has faced significant opposition from many parties in Silicon Valley.
Jody Godoy / Reuters:
Court filing: TikTok says the US DOJ misstated its China ties, made factual errors in the case, and the divestment law would strip TikTok of free speech rights  —  TikTok told a federal appeals court on Thursday that the U.S. Department of Justice has misstated the social media app's ties to China …
Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:
Primate Labs releases Geekbench AI 1.0, formerly Geekbench ML, to test AI-centric performances of CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs, available on Android, iOS, and desktop  —  Performance test comes out of beta as NPUs become standard equipment in PCs.  —  Neural processing units (NPUs) …
Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg:
The Biden administration approves $1.6B in Chips Act grants and $3B in loans for Texas Instruments, to help pay for one chip factory in Utah and two in Texas  —  - Funding will support $18 billion in spending in Texas, Utah  — Biden administration almost finished allocating chips grants
Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk:
Binance resumes services in India, after completing registration with India's Financial Intelligence Unit, which imposed a ~$2.2M fine on Binance in June 2024  —  The registration was provisionally approved in May, subject to the crypto exchange paying a fine of about $2.2 million.
Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat:
Google makes Imagen 3 available to all US users via ImageFX, after unveiling the text-to-image AI model in May; some users criticize its strict content filters  —  Google has quietly made its latest text-to-image AI model, Imagen 3, available to all U.S. users through its ImageFX platform …
Shawna Chen / Axios:
California announces driver's license and state ID support in Apple Wallet and Google Wallet, rolling out “in the coming weeks”, as part of the DMV's mDL pilot  —  - They will be authorized for use in TSA screenings, select apps and select businesses, such as Circle K. Participating airports …

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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
As the BBC fights Trump's $10B lawsuit and ITV plans to combine its broadcasting business with Sky in 2026, a look at the slow death of the UK's TV channels

The Guardian:
The UK has spent more than £500K since 2024, including £350K by the Department for Education, on 215 influencers to promote government campaigns

Alex Ritman / Variety:
In Channel 4's 2025 Alternative Christmas Message, Jimmy Kimmel said “tyranny is booming” in the US and, on his ABC suspension, “We won, the president lost”

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Earlier Picks

Andrew Liszewski / The Verge:
Meta releases an app for the Quest 3, 2, and Pro to let the headsets display video from devices with an HDMI or DisplayPort output; a capture card is required
Heather Knight / New York Times:
The San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu files a lawsuit that seeks to shut down 16 popular websites used to create nonconsensual deepfake pornography
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Threads announces new features, like the ability to store multiple drafts and an analytics page, rolling out on the web, and plans to test a scheduling feature
Joseph Menn / Washington Post:
Google says it will remove Showcase.apk from Pixel devices “out of an abundance of precaution”, after iVerify said hackers could use the dormant app to spy
Kenrick Cai / Reuters:
Google expands AI Overviews in Search to Brazil, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, and the UK in local languages, and adds links beside the AI-generated answers
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Google says Iran-backed hacking group APT42 has targeted the Trump and Biden campaigns, as well as Israeli military, government, and diplomatic organizations
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