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Starlink says it's now complying with an order from a Brazilian Supreme Court justice to block access to X in Brazil, after the country froze some of its assets — Elon Musk's satellite broadband company, Starlink, on Tuesday said that it is complying with Brazil's top court judge Alexandre de Moraes' order …
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Bluesky: @jglypt.net. X: @starlink, @alexandrefiles, @ngrossman81, @micsolana, @piratewires, @micsolana, @micsolana, @parismarx, @basedtorba, and @tmfassociates
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Bluesky says that, as of September 2, it had added over 2M new users in the past week, in the wake of Brazil's ban on X — Social networking startup Bluesky continues to benefit from X's shutdown in Brazil having now added over 2 million new users over the past four days, up from just half a million as of Friday.
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| Daniel Carvalho / Bloomberg: |
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Threads: @carnage4life. Mastodon: @JamesBaker@social …. X: @sadsonya4, @lexfridman, @vkhosla, @vkhosla, @actatumonline, @rakeshsfnyc, @vkhosla, @elonmusk, @deanbaker13, @shellenberger, @davidsacks, @shellenberger, @alexandrefiles, @1br0wn, @michaelreid52, @evacide, @elonmusk, @shellenberger, and @elonmusk. LinkedIn: Eric Smit
Forums: r/LinusTechTips, r/worldnews, and r/neoliberal
| Jean Mackenzie / BBC: |
A deepfake porn crisis has hit 500+ South Korean schools, as police investigate crime rings targeting two major universities and consider a probe into Telegram — Last Saturday, a Telegram message popped up on Heejin's phone from an anonymous sender. “Your pictures and personal information have been leaked.| Nikkei Asia: |
SEMI data: China spent a record $25B on chip tools in H1 2024, more than South Korea, Taiwan, and the US combined, and total spending could hit $50B in 2024 — Record $25bn spent in first half in Beijing push to develop local supply chain — TAIPEI — China spent more on chipmaking equipment …
More: Benzinga, Financial Times, WinBuzzer, TechSpot, The Register, TechRadar, DigiTimes, Tom's Hardware, and Wccftech
| Thomas Claburn / The Register: |
The White House publishes a roadmap to shore up the weak security of the Border Gateway Protocol, which has long been vulnerable to route hijacking — The White House on Tuesday indicated it hopes to shore up the weak security of internet routing, specifically the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP).
More: The Record, CyberScoop, The White House, The White House, PaymentSecurity.io, Nextgov/FCW, and Reuters
X: @oncd and @ericgeller
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Intel debuts Core Ultra 200V chips, touting AI performance, to ship in laptops from September 24 and rival Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite and AMD's Strix Point — Do good things come to laptop buyers who wait? Today, Intel is revealing its first nine answers to Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite …
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X: @stshank, @patrickmoorhead, @intelnews, @pgelsinger, @benbajarin, @maxwinebach, @greengart, @maxwinebach, @intelnews, @anshelsag, @tomwarren, @maxwinebach, @wyp_pc, @danielnewmanuv, @intelnews, @windowsblog, @benbajarin, @carygolomb, @mishaalrahman, @maxwinebach, @intelnews, @bobodtech, @yusuf_i_mehdi, and @tomwarren. Forums: Slashdot
| Aisha Counts / Bloomberg: |
In a letter, Evan Spiegel tries to rally Snap staff amid a 48% stock price drop this year, says Snap will test new ad formats in the chat inbox and on Snap Map — - Snap's stock is down almost 50% on ad business struggles — Social media app will begin testing new advertising formats
More: The Verge, TechCrunch, Snap Newsroom, and Reuters
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: the DOJ sent subpoenas to Nvidia and others, as it seeks evidence that Nvidia violated antitrust laws by making it harder to switch suppliers and more — - Department also sent subpoenas to third parties in case — Nvidia has built a dominant position in AI computing
More: Decrypt, The Information, Investor's Business Daily, Capital Brief, The Verge, COINOTAG NEWS, Techstrong.ai, Quartz, CNBC, Wccftech, Benzinga, Wall Street Pit, Reuters, Forbes, CoinGape, Business Insider, Bloomberg Law, Yahoo Finance, Semafor, and PhoneArena
X: @hamandcheese. Forums: Blind, r/wallstreetbets, r/Superstonk, r/StockMarket, r/NVDA_Stock, and Slashdot
| Lauren Feiner / The Verge: |
Dutch regulator fines Clearview AI €30.5M, following fines from the UK, France, Australia, and Italy, but Clearview says it is not subject to GDPR — Clearview AI has been hit with its largest fine yet under Europe's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by a Dutch regulator.
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X: @asher_wolf, @sophieintveld, @nickleslee, @montezumachavez, and @noybeu
LinkedIn: Aleksandre Megrelishvili, Risto Hübner, and Joost Gerritsen
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Sam Altman and other OpenAI execs have been meeting with investors to advance a deal to spend tens of billions to build infrastructure for AI in the US — - Global plan for AI would start with major push in the US — OpenAI's CEO and deputies have been pitching global investors
X: @dinabass
| Christiaan Hetzner / Fortune: |
Elon Musk says xAI brought its “Colossus 100k H100 training cluster online” over the weekend, which will “double in size to 200k (50k H200s) in a few months” — Say what you will about Elon Musk, but when the technological disruptor sets his mind to something, he plays to win.| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Semiconductor stocks fell on Tuesday, led by Nvidia, which dropped 9.53%; Intel fell 8.8%, Marvell 8.16%, AMD 7.82%, Qualcomm 6.88%, and Broadcom 6.16% — Semiconductor stocks, led by Nvidia, fell Tuesday during an overall down day for the market. The S&P 500 slid by more than 1%.| Denham Sadler / Information Age: |
Sydney-based Canva announces a price increase, including hikes of 300% for some users, citing its new AI and generative AI features, as it prepares for a US IPO — Not so affordable anymore. — Canva has announced a price increase of 300 per cent for some of its users …
More: The Verge, The Daily Upside, Android Authority, Fox Business, Fortune, PetaPixel, Dexerto, Silicon Republic, and SmartCompany
X: @wlsndrs, @aleksizy, @johngee45, @barrettbogue, @pavlos1944, @jamiecrain, @martinleblanc, and @davewalker
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, and r/Affinity
| New York Times: |
Sources detail OpenAI's struggles to transform into a no-nonsense, profit-driven company; 80% of its 1,700+ staff started after ChatGPT's November 2022 release — The maker of ChatGPT is struggling to transform itself into a profit-driven company while satisfying worries about the safety of artificial intelligence.| Josef Erl / MIXED Reality News: |
Pico 4 Ultra review: with imprecise hand tracking and few good MR apps, ByteDance's $600 headset is far behind the Quest 3 and works well only as a PC VR device — Our review of the Pico 4 Ultra shows that despite more power and mixed reality, the mobile VR headset cannot close the gap to Meta's Quest 3.Sponsor Posts
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