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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple unveils iOS changes to comply with the EU's DMA: browser choice screen updates, more default app settings, and the ability to delete certain system apps — Apple has announced another set of changes to its App Store and iPhone changes in the European Union.
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Threads: @mgsiegler, @markgurman, @benedictevans, and @viticci. Mastodon: @nicoreese@mastodon.social
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| Financial Times: |
Italian officials: divers recover UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch's body from the wreckage of superyacht Bayesian, which sank three days ago off Sicily's coast — Christopher Morvillo, Jonathan Bloomer and their wives died after vessel sank on Monday — The bodies of UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch …
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| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
Donald Trump promotes his family's forthcoming crypto platform, The DeFiant Ones, in a post on Truth Social, mentioning a Telegram channel but few other details — Former President Donald Trump on Thursday promoted a soon-to-launch, Trump Organization crypto platform, “The DeFiant Ones” to his 7.5 million followers on Truth Social.| Trisha Thadani / Washington Post: |
Court filing: the unsealed list of X Holdings shareholders names nearly 100 entities, such as 8VC, Italy-based UnipolSai, and a fund tied 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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| Bloomberg: |
Ex-FTX exec Ryan Salame's romantic partner is charged with campaign finance violations, a day after he said the US reneged on his plea deal by investigating her — Google Taps AI to Revamp Costly Health-Care Push Marred by Flops … Hello World| Hayden Field / CNBC: |
In a pitch deck, AI search engine Perplexity told advertisers it plans to start running ads in Q4; a source says Perplexity's CPM prices will be $50+ — Perplexity AI, the artificial intelligence startup that's been embroiled in controversy due to accusations of plagiarizing content from media outlets … | Jody Godoy / Reuters: |
An appeals court revived Washington, DC's antitrust lawsuit against Amazon, saying it plausibly claimed Amazon's pricing policies illegally stifle competition — An appeals court in Washington, D.C. revived the district's lawsuit against Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) on Thursday … | Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
The US charges Deniss Zolotarjovs, a member of the Russian Karakurt ransomware group that has ties to Conti, with money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion — A member of the Russian Karakurt ransomware group has been charged in the U.S. for money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion crimes.
More: US Department of Justice, The Record, and The Verge
| Billy Perrigo / TIME: |
Letter and sources: nearly 200 workers at Google DeepMind, or ~5% of its overall headcount, signed a letter dated May 16 calling to drop its military contracts — Nearly 200 workers inside Google DeepMind, the company's AI division, signed a letter calling on the tech giant to drop its contracts …
More: The Verge, TechCrunch, Android Headlines, Engadget, and Baseline
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| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
NFT marketplace Magic Eden launches a mobile wallet app and will begin using a token to be issued by a foundation that supports the Magic Eden ecosystem — - Platform will now allow token swapping from a mobile app — App will enable swapping of assets across five blockchains
More: ME Foundation, Decrypt, Blockworks, Bitcoin Insider, GlobeNewswire News Room, CoinGape, NFTgators, DL News, CryptoGlobe, Cryptonews, and Cointelegraph. X: @mefndn
| Sarah McBride / Bloomberg: |
Neuralink says its second human implant surgery “went well” and that the patient, who has 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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| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
The FCC says Lingo Telecom agreed to pay a $1M fine after the FCC said Lingo made fake robocalls imitating President Biden in New Hampshire to dissuade voting — Lingo Telecom agreed to pay a $1 million fine after the agency said it transmitted fake robocalls imitating President Joe Biden seeking …
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| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
Instagram announces a Myspace-like feature to let users add 30 seconds of a song to their profile from Instagram's library of music; the songs won't autoplay — A new feature announced by Instagram today will allow users to add a song on their profile — much like Myspace in the early 2000s.| Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: |
Meta confirms users can now cross-post from Instagram and Facebook to Threads globally, after rolling out Instagram and Facebook cross-posting in 2021 — Meta for months has been experimenting with letting people cross-post from Instagram and Facebook to Threads, its social networking platform competing …
More: PCMag, Social Media Today, 9to5Mac, and Thurrott
| Cory Weinberg / The Information: |
Sources: Stripe plans a tender offer to buy back shares held by current employees with its own cash; Stripe is offering $27.51/share, implying a $70B valuation — Stripe is planning a new tender offer to buy back shares held by employees, but it will finance this one entirely with its own cash, unlike in previous employee tenders.
More: Bloomberg. Mastodon: @Jeremiah@alpaca.gold. X: @jasonlk, @jessicalessin, @levie, and @coryweinberg
| Erin Woo / The Information: |
Internal memo: Noam Shazeer, the ex-CEO of Character.AI who joined Google this month, will be Gemini co-technical lead and work with Jeff Dean and Oriol Vinyals — Noam Shazeer, the former CEO of Character.AI who rejoined Google this month, will be the co-technical lead on Google's Gemini …
| 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.
More: The Verge, 9to5Mac, PCMag, Tubefilter, TalkAndroid.com, Neowin, Android Authority, PhoneArena, Engadget, Game Rant, and Dot Esports
| Makena Kelly / Wired: |
The Kamala Harris campaign launches a Twitch channel, and plans to stream her DNC address there; the campaign has hired 175+ staff to work across digital — Kamala Harris has launched a new Twitch channel as a part of the Democratic campaign's broader strategy for engaging young voters online.| Caroline Haskins / Wired: |
A look at the facial recognition systems now common at major league sporting venues, like MLB's Go-Ahead Entry, as privacy advocates protest and 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.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Dublin, California-based Opkey, which provides AI-based ERP testing software, raised a $47M Series B led by PeakSpan Capital — Companies are experimenting with services like ChatGPT to help workers write memos, answer questions, and much more. Yet, one of the clearest signs of how much traction AI … Sponsor Posts
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