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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.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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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| Financial Times: |
Italian officials: UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch's body has been recovered from the wreckage of the superyacht Bayesian, which sank three days ago off Sicily — Fifth body pulled from sunken yacht on Thursday morning, with one person still missing — The body of UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch … | 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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| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
The FCC says Lingo Telecom agreed to pay a $1M fine after the agency said Lingo transmitted fake robocalls imitating President Joe Biden in New Hampshire — Lingo Telecom agreed to pay a $1 million fine after the agency said it transmitted fake robocalls imitating President Joe Biden seeking … | 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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| Michael Gwilliam / Dexerto: |
Twitch plans to raise its new Tier 1 sub and gift sub prices on mobile in 40+ countries on October 1; in an email, Twitch says Tier 1 will rise by $2 to $7.99 — Twitch has announced yet another increase to the price of subs after already raising the cost earlier in the summer.
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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 — Google Taps AI to Revamp Costly Health-Care Push Marred by Flops … Hello World
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| 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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| Meduza: |
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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| 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.
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| 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.| 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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