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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Google says Russia-linked APT29 is using exploits that are “identical or strikingly similar” to those previously made by spyware makers Intellexa and NSO Group — Google says it has evidence that Russian government hackers are using exploits that are “identical or strikingly similar” …
More: Google, The Record, PCMag, BleepingComputer, CyberScoop, Wired, SiliconANGLE, Security, SecurityWeek, and Help Net Security
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: the EU is investigating if Telegram gave inaccurate user numbers to stay under the DSA's 45M threshold; Telegram reported 41M EU users in February 2024 — Brussels probing possible failure by messaging platform to provide accurate data under new regulations
More: Engadget, Security Affairs, and Cointelegraph
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Forums: r/technology, r/news, and r/worldnews
| Kate Knibbs / Wired: |
Facebook, Instagram, Craigslist, Tumblr, the NYT, the FT, The Atlantic, Vox Media, USA Today, Condé Nast, and more block Apple's Applebot-Extended AI crawler — This summer, Apple gave websites more control over whether the company could train its AI models on their data.
More: 9to5Mac, iMore, AppleInsider, Tom's Guide, Cult of Mac, PhoneArena, and Six Colors
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Automattic plans to shift Tumblr's backend to WordPress in a bid to make sharing work across the platforms easier, after acquiring Tumblr for $3M in August 2019 — Tumblr is making the move to WordPress. After its 2019 acquisition by WordPress.com parent company Automattic in a $3 million fire sale …
More: The Verge, Automattic, and TechRadar
| Alex Isenstadt / Politico: |
In his upcoming book, Trump says Mark Zuckerberg plotted against him during the 2020 election and he'd “spend the rest of his life in prison” if he did it again — The Meta CEO earlier this week asserted that Biden administration tried to “pressure” the company to downplay content about Covid.
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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Nvidia reports Q2 revenue up 122% YoY to $30B, above $28.7B est., forecasts Q3 revenue above est., and approves an additional $50B in share buybacks — Nvidia reported earnings after the bell that beat Wall Street expectations for earnings and guidance, and provided stronger-than-expected guidance for the current quarter.
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| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Kuo: in the 2025 iPhone lineup, only the iPhone 17 Pro Max will have 12GB of DRAM, instead of 8GB, and a cooling system with vapor chambers and graphite sheets — Just a day after a noted leaker on Chinese microblogging site Weibo suggested the iPhone 17 lineup in 2025 could see an upgrade …
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| Matt Burgess / Wired: |
Analysis: 16 of the biggest so-called undress and “nudify” websites have used sign-in infrastructure from Google, Apple, Discord, X, Patreon, or Line for months — Single sign-on systems from several Big Tech companies are being incorporated into deepfake generators, WIRED found.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Threads now lets users see and like fediverse replies on other posts besides their own, and will syndicate posts submitted via the Threads API to the fediverse — Threads is deepening its ties to the fediverse, also known as the open social web, which powers services like X alternative Mastodon …
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| Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: |
The US says OpenAI and Anthropic agreed to give the US AI Safety Institute early access to major new AI models to test and evaluate their capabilities and risks — The US government announced agreements with leading artificial intelligence startups OpenAI and Anthropic to help test and evaluate their upcoming technologies for safety.| Katie Paul / Reuters: |
Meta says its Llama models were downloaded almost 350M times, are used by AT&T and others, and usage via cloud providers more than doubled from May to July 2024 — Meta's (META.O) Llama artificial intelligence models are being used by companies including Goldman Sachs (GS.N) and AT&T …
More: Engadget and Meta
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| Nico Grant / New York Times: |
Yelp sues Google, alleging Google abused its dominance in general search to gain an unfair advantage in the local search and local search advertising markets — Yelp complained for more than a decade that Google tilted the search market in its favor. After its rival's landmark legal loss, it finally decided to sue.
More: Yelp, The Verge, How-To Geek, CNET, 9to5Google, Search Engine Land, The Hill, New York Post, Inc.com, Android Headlines, CCN.com, Bloomberg, Search Engine Roundtable, Quartz, MediaPost, Search Engine Journal, Proactiveinvestors UK, TipRanks Financial, Computerworld, Beyond Search, Silicon Republic, Android Police, The Media Leader, Livemint, Techaeris, CNN, Benzinga, The Hollywood Reporter, Washington Post, Moneycontrol, The Shortcut, Washington Examiner, Axios, Yahoo Finance, The Information, Tom's Guide, Courthouse News Service, One America News Network, PYMNTS.com, Android Authority, Just The News, Shacknews, Wall Street Journal, and Bloomberg Law
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Forums: r/google, r/technology, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Bungie fired top executive Chris Barrett in March 2024 after female employees accused him of inappropriate behavior; Barrett joined Bungie in 1999 — Veteran developer who worked on hit video game franchises Halo and Destiny was directing the next major title, Marathon.
More: Forbes, TechRaptor, The Game Post, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Wccftech, Game Developer, GamesIndustry.biz, Gamereactor UK, and PC Games Insider
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Forums: r/gamernews, r/pcgaming, r/Games, and r/TwoBestFriendsPlay
| Anna Tong / Reuters: |
California's State Assembly passes AI safety bill SB 1047, which now requires a Senate process vote and then Governor Newsom's signature before September 30 — California lawmakers passed a hotly contested artificial-intelligence safety bill on Wednesday, after which it will need …
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| Tianyu Fang / Rest of World: |
As Chinese EV manufacturers consolidate and close, EV owners say they're losing access to smartphone app updates and driving features reliant on cloud services — As Chinese EV makers close, drivers of “smartphones on wheels” say software updates and maintenance are in jeopardy.
More: OSnews. Mastodon: @jbz@indieweb.social and @jbz@indieweb.social
X: @joannachiu, @restofworld, @tianyuf, @restofworld, and @zacestrada
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Codeium, which offers enterprise AI coding tools, raised a $150M Series C at a $1.25B post-money valuation, and reports 700K+ users and 1K+ enterprise clients — A startup whose product competes with GitHub Copilot and other AI-powered coding assistants has achieved unicorn status.| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
Sources: truck sharing platform Fluid Truck, which raised $80M+, has ousted its sibling co-founders, including CEO James Eberhard, after losing tens of millions — The startup is in the hole for millions — Fluid Truck, a startup that was founded to disrupt the commercial vehicle rental industry … | Li Yuan / New York Times: |
Interviews with 14 Chinese VCs and entrepreneurs show many are setting up Silicon Valley firms only to find that any investment with Chinese ties is a hard sell — Entrepreneurs and venture capitalists are setting up firms across the Pacific, only to find that any investment with Chinese ties is a hard sell.
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