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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 …
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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
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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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 — Pieter Levels (aka levelsio on X) is a self-taught developer and entrepreneur who has designed, programmed, launched over 40 startups, many of which are highly successful.
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| Reuters: |
A look at China's humanoids market, after the city of Beijing launched a $1.4B robotics fund in January and Shanghai announced in July plans for a $1.4B fund — China dominates the market for electric vehicles. Now it's chasing Tesla (TSLA.O) in the race to build battery-powered humanoids expected …
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| Olaf Storbeck / Financial Times: |
A look at Germany-based discount retailer Lidl's foray into offering cloud computing services, signing up clients like SAP and generating €1.9B in sales in 2023 — A unit of Europe's largest retailer is offering IT services to companies wary of big providers such as Amazon and Google| Lance Whitney / ZDNET: |
Midjourney CEO David Holz says anyone can now generate AI images on its website; previously, the site was limited to users who generated 10K+ images on Discord — Need a good AI image generator? You can now try Midjourney's dedicated website for free. On Wednesday, Midjourney CEO David …
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| 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 … | Pranav Dixit / Engadget: |
A profile of TollBit, which has raised $7M and aims to create a marketplace where AI companies can pay publishers for their content on an ongoing basis — So far though, its business model of becoming a marketplace where AI companies can pay publishers directly for their data is a complete hypothetical| 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 …
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