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Microsoft says Recall will be available to Windows Insiders in October 2024, after delaying the launch of the AI feature in June over security concerns — Microsoft says it's planning to allow Windows testers to try out its controversial Recall AI feature in October.
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| Trisha Thadani / Washington Post: |
Court filing: the unsealed list of X Holdings shareholders names ~100 entities, including 8VC, Italy-based UnipolSai, and a fund linked to Sean “Diddy” Combs — A court filing obtained by The Post lists which firms and individuals have a financial stake in the platform.| Kali Hays / Fortune: |
A US district judge rules X Holdings should unseal its corporate disclosure statement by September 4, revealing X and xAI shareholders fully for the first time — Who and what exactly is invested in Elon Musk's X Holdings, the entity behind the X platform and X.ai, is about to become a matter of public record.| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Google Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro XL review: great build quality, brighter screens, and faster fingerprint sensors, but the AI features are inconsistent — The AI is inconsistent, but the hardware is oh so good. … Google finally got the hardware right.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple App Store VP Matt Fischer is leaving in October; App Store group will split into two teams, one for its own store, one for alt app distribution — - Longtime App Store vice president Fischer to exit in October — Company makes changes in response to regulatory environment
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Users in Russia report outages affecting Telegram, WhatsApp, and other services; Roskomnadzor blames a DDoS attack, while activists suspect Kremlin interference — Internet users in Russia reported outages affecting a wide range of online services on Wednesday, including Telegram, WhatsApp, and Skype.
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| Sarah McBride / Bloomberg: |
Neuralink says surgery for its second human implant “went well” and the patient, who had a spinal cord injury, can design 3D objects and play Counter-Strike 2 — Neuralink Corp., Elon Musk's brain-computer company, said surgery for its second implant in a human “went well” …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft announces the $30 Xbox Adaptive Joystick, a wired companion to other Xbox controllers, for players with limited mobility, launching in early 2025 — Microsoft is launching a new $29.99 Xbox Adaptive Joystick early next year that's designed for players with limited mobility.
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| Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: |
In a letter to Sen. Scott Wiener, OpenAI says California's AI safety bill would hurt innovation and that AI safety regulation should come from the federal level — The startup wrote a letter to California State Senator Scott Wiener opposing the legislation.| Brendan Pedersen / Punchbowl News: |
Public Citizen: crypto companies spent $119M+ in the 2024 election cycle through Q2, or 48% of all corporate money, an “unprecedented” election spending spree — The crypto industry's campaign spending in 2024 really is unlike anything we've seen in modern politics …
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| Politico: |
Google and California strike a deal to jointly contribute $125M+ over five years to support local news; the deal also includes support for an AI project — The agreement includes funding for artificial intelligence, a technology many journalists fear could replace their jobs.
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| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
A look at interoperability challenges to the adoption of the C2PA's authentication standard, including the lack of support for C2PA metadata in cameras — Big tech companies are backing the C2PA's authentication standard, but they're taking too long to put it to use.| Caroline Haskins / Wired: |
A look at the facial recognition systems becoming common at major league sporting venues, like the MLB's Go-Ahead Entry, as privacy advocates raise concerns — Protesters took to Citi Field Wednesday to raise awareness of the facial recognition systems that have become common at major league sporting venues.| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
LiteSpeed Cache, the top WordPress site acceleration plugin, had a critical flaw that left sites open to takeover attacks; 2M+ sites are likely still vulnerable — A critical vulnerability in the LiteSpeed Cache WordPress plugin can let attackers take over millions of websites after creating rogue admin accounts.
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Zomato acquires Paytm's entertainment ticketing business for $244.1M; the division contributed about 9% to Paytm's overall revenue in Q1 2024 — Zomato, the Indian food delivery giant, has acquired the entertainment ticketing business of financial services firm Paytm for $244.1 million … Sponsor Posts
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