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August 19, 2024, 7:05 AM
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
A look at Apple's work on its in-house modem chip, set to replace Qualcomm's, which may debut in select models in 2025, with the full rollout taking a few years  —  Apple's move to drop Qualcomm modem chips won't have a payoff at the outset, but it could set the stage for bigger things later.
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
X says it is closing its operations in Brazil, claiming a judge threatened “arrest if we do not comply with his censorship orders”; X still remains available  —  X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, said today that it's ending operations in Brazil …
Gregory Meyer / Financial Times:
In Q2, Walmart said its ad business grew 30% in the past year; eMarketer says Walmart will claim 6.8% of 2024 US retail media spending, for $3.7B in ad revenue  —  A high-margin and fast-growing ad business is changing the chain's relationship with brands  —  Walmart last week reported rising sales …
Benedict Evans:
After Google's antitrust loss, what comes next is not clear, besides the court ordering Google to stop or reduce TAC payments; Apple may build its own search  —  A search engine is a vast mechanical Turk - a reinforcement learning engine that uses human activity to understand the web.
Financial Times:
South Korea's plan to introduce tablets with AI features in schools faces backlash from parents and academics concerned about children's overexposure to devices  —  South Korea's plan to introduce artificial intelligence-powered digital textbooks in schools has provoked a backlash from parents …
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Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Dating apps are struggling as users seek organic ways to meet; Match Group reported a decline in the total number of paying users for seven straight quarters  —  Online dating industry in crisis as shares fall and nearly half of all users report negative experiences on the apps

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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Arkansas PBS severs ties with the PBS network, the first state public TV system to do so since Congress cut CPB funds, citing the annual $2M+ membership cost

Pamela McClintock / The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney's Zootopia 2 surpasses $1B at the global box office, the fastest PG-rated film to do so after just 17 days in release

Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
R. Bruce Dold, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at the Chicago Tribune, where he became editor-in-chief and publisher, is dead at 70

More News

Jeremy Stern / Tablet:
A profile of Palmer Luckey, who sold Oculus to Facebook, was fired after donating to a pro-Trump troll group, and now imagines a new age of warfare at Anduril
Joyce Lee / Reuters:
South Korean AI chip makers Rebellions and Sapeon agree to merge; Rebellions has raised $225M+, and Sapeon's shareholders include SK Telecom and SK Hynix
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
An interview with Palantir CEO Alex Karp on co-founding the company, autonomous weapons systems, AI, supporting Kamala Harris, Silicon Valley critics, and more
Carl Franzen / VentureBeat:
Runway debuts Gen-3 Alpha Turbo, a faster and cheaper model than Gen-3 Alpha, capable of generating 5- or 10-second-long video clips, available for all plans
Representative Nancy Pelosi:
Nancy Pelosi issues a statement in opposition to California's AI safety bill, saying it is “well-intentioned but ill-informed” and “more harmful than helpful”

Earlier Picks

Justin Bachman / Legal Dive:
A YouTuber files a proposed class action against Nvidia, accusing it of scraping his content without consent to train AI models, weeks after also suing OpenAI
Cristiano Lima-Strong / Washington Post:
A US appeals court largely upholds a ruling blocking the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, finding parts of the law likely violate the First Amendment
Cade Metz / New York Times:
OpenAI removed a cluster of Iranian accounts using ChatGPT for an influence campaign targeting the US elections, and says the effort didn't gain much traction
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
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