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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 …
Financial Times:
Mike Lynch experienced some of the most extreme career highs and lows of any UK tech entrepreneur, selling Autonomy for $11B to HP before a 12-year legal ordeal
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.
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
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Apple unveils iOS 18 changes to comply with the EU's DMA: browser choice screen updates, more default app settings, and letting users delete some system apps  —  Apple has announced another set of changes to its App Store and iPhone changes in the European Union.
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.
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 …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft says Recall will be available to Windows Insiders in October 2024, after delaying the AI feature's launch in June over security and privacy concerns  —  Microsoft says it's planning to allow Windows testers to try out its controversial Recall AI feature in October.
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.
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: Thurrott and 9to5Mac
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 …
More: VCCircle.  Threads: @crumbler
Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch:
India's Open Network for Digital Commerce expands into financial services, starting with APIs for digital lending, and adds nine lending service providers  —  Since its launch in 2022, India's Open Network for Digital Commerce — a government-funded non-profit that provides a set of APIs …
More: Inc42 Media

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From Mediagazer

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

Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Arthur L. Carter, who started a Connecticut newspaper in 1981, bought and sold The Nation, and founded the New York Observer in 1987, has died at 93

More News

Reuters:
Interviews with dozens of Byju's staff and other sources show a growing sense of desperation, as its insolvency proceeds; some staff weigh their legal options
Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
In a letter to Senator Scott Wiener, OpenAI says California's AI safety bill would hurt innovation and that AI safety regulation should be on the federal level
Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters:
Snowflake reports Q2 revenue up 29% YoY to $868.8M and raises its FY 2025 product revenue forecast, but not its margin forecast; SNOW drops 7%+

Earlier Picks

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
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple App Store VP Matt Fischer is leaving in October; the App Store group will split into two teams: for its own store and for alt app distribution
Meduza:
Users in Russia report outages affecting Telegram, WhatsApp, and other services; Roskomnadzor blames a DDoS attack, while activists suspect Kremlin interference
Allison Johnson / The Verge:
Google Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro XL review: excellent build quality, brighter screens, and faster fingerprint sensors, but the AI features are inconsistent
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
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
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Samsung unveils a new Odyssey gaming monitor lineup that uses eye-tracking tech to convert 2D visuals into glasses-free 3D, set for release “within this year”
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