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August 24, 2024, 3:15 PM

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple plans to unveil new iPhones, AirPods, and Apple Watches on September 10; developer logs: Apple has ramped up testing of four new M4 Mac models  —  - Company also ramps up testing of Mac models with M4 processors  —  Apple Inc. is planning to hold its biggest product launch event …
Bloomberg:
The US DOJ sues RealPage, alleging its software helps property managers collude to drive up rental prices on millions of units, violating antitrust law  —  - Prosecutors allege software drives up prices on rental units  — Company says rent software uses anonymous, aggregated data
The Information:
Sources: Meta cancels a premium MR headset codenamed La Jolla, in development since November, that was meant to debut in 2027 to compete with Apple's Vision Pro  —  Meta Platforms has canceled plans for a premium mixed-reality headset intended to compete with Apple's Vision Pro, according to two Meta employees.
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Microsoft plans to hold an event on September 10 with CrowdStrike and other cybersecurity vendors to discuss how to prevent incidents like the July 19 outage  —  Microsoft said Friday it will hold a conference in September for cybersecurity firms to discuss ways the industry can evolve following …
Connor Jones / The Register:
The US DOJ sues Georgia Tech and an affiliate company, alleging failures since at least 2019 to meet the DOD's cybersecurity standards for contract awardees  —  Rap sheet spells out major no-nos after disgruntled staff blow whistle  —  The US is suing one of its leading research universities …
Shannon Bond / NPR:
Meta says a small cluster of WhatsApp accounts linked to the Iran-backed hacking group APT42 targeted people affiliated with the Biden and Trump administrations  —  Meta says Iranian-linked hackers posed as tech support on the WhatsApp messaging app to target people affiliated with the administrations …
Colin Kellaher / Wall Street Journal:
US SEC filing: oilfield services company Halliburton says it has taken some systems offline after discovering that an unauthorized party had gained access  —  The company has taken some systems offline to help protect them  —  Oilfield-services company Halliburton has joined the growing ranks of firms hit by cyberattacks.
The Information:
The French AI startup called H, formerly Holistic, says three of its five co-founders are leaving over “operational differences”, after raising $220M in May  —  Three of the five co-founders of buzzy French artificial intelligence startup H, formerly known as Holistic …
Lex Fridman:
An interview with Nomad List and Photo AI founder Pieter Levels, aka @levelsio on X, on launching 12 startups in 12 months, the digital nomad life, and more  —  This is a transcript of Lex Fridman Podcast #440 with Pieter Levels.  The timestamps in the transcript are clickable links …

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