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| Juby Babu / Reuters: |
SpaceX says it's complying with a Brazilian Supreme Court justice's order to block Starlink 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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Threads: @mac_ryan_. Mastodon: @dogzilla@masto.deluma.biz. Bluesky: @clemens.vasters.com and @jglypt.net
X: @starlink, @tmfassociates, @alexandrefiles, @micsolana, @parismarx, @basedtorba, @micsolana, @ngrossman81, @piratewires, and @micsolana
Forums: r/EnoughMuskSpam and r/musked
| Terrence McCoy / Washington Post: |
A look at X's shrinking clout in Brazil even before the ban; Twitter, the platform now known as X, once dominated Brazilian social media with 40M+ users — The platform formerly known as Twitter once dominated Brazilian social media, fueling nationwide protests in 2013 and propelling Jair Bolsonaro to the presidency.
Forums: Hacker News, r/Twitter, and r/EnoughMuskSpam
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
More: Tech Startups, Daring Fireball, Engadget, Euronews, CNBC, The Overspill, The Information, Fortune, Financial Times, Silicon Republic, and Neowin
Threads: @georgebetak. Bluesky: @bsky.app, @t0nyyates.bsky.social, @mmasnick.bsky.social, @jay.bsky.team, @brendelbored.bsky.social, @joshuajfriedman.com, @techcrunch.com, @mackuba.eu, @joshuajfriedman.com, @jaz.bsky.social, @jay.bsky.team, and @jay.bsky.team
Forums: Hacker News and r/BlueskySocial
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers detail a side channel attack, requiring ~$11K worth of equipment, which can be used to clone all YubiKeys running firmware prior to version 5.7 — Sophisticated attack breaks security assurances of the most popular FIDO key. — The YubiKey 5, the most widely used hardware token …
More: Yubico, NinjaLab, NinjaLab, Metacurity, The Verge, Yubico, Terence Eden's Blog, SecurityWeek, and Cybernews.com
Mastodon: @SecurityWriter@infosec …, @dmnelson@mastodon.social, @jalefkowit@vmst.io, and @dangoodin@infosec.exchange
X: @hackinglz, @atoonk, @cryptadamist, @aselawaid, @topquark, @stef_van_dop, @seedsigner, @krutikvirani, and @allaboutclait
LinkedIn: Rafał Fitt, Philippe Caturegli, Pascal Junod, Simon Geary, Dan Conn, and Steve D.
Forums: Hacker News, r/netsec, r/technology, Beehaw, Lobsters, and Ars OpenForum
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Intel should spin off its foundry business, and the US government should subsidize cutting-edge chipmaking in the US via purchase guarantees for US-made chips — The best way to both save Intel and have leading edge manufacturing in the U.S. is to split the company, and for the U.S. government …
More: Digits to Dollars and TechRadar
Mastodon: @darkuncle@infosec.exchange. X: @gartenberg, @stevesi, @stevesi, @witeken, and @stratechery
| 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: Tom's Hardware, DL News, Windows Central, PCMag, Network World, The Crypto Basic, Thurrott, Fast Company, CCN.com, VideoCardz.com, Crypto Briefing, Investopedia, Forbes, Tech Startups, Times of India, Computing, Reuters, Finbold, PC Gamer, Fortune, The Guardian, OC3D, Investing.com, CoinMarketCap Academy, Crypto News Land, COINOTAG NEWS, Evertiq AB, BeInCrypto, RTTNews, Cryptonews, South China Morning Post, FX Empire, crypto.news, Business Times, Cryptopolitan, City A.M., FXStreet, The Register, Benzinga, PYMNTS.com, SmartCompany, Cointelegraph, Mobile World Live, SiliconANGLE, Decrypt, Techstrong.ai, The Information, Yahoo Finance, CNBC, Investor's Business Daily, Wccftech, Wall Street Pit, and Quartz
X: @adamthierer, @benitoz, @m2jr, @matt_savage11, @deanwball, and @hamandcheese
LinkedIn: Michael Lin and Sarah Gill
Forums: Blind, r/nvidia, r/Superstonk, r/technology, r/NVDA_Stock, r/wallstreetbets, r/StockMarket, and Slashdot
| Will Shanklin / Engadget: |
Microsoft says Intel's Core Ultra 200V and AMD's Ryzen AI 300 chips will add Copilot+ AI features starting in November 2024, expanding beyond Qualcomm chips — A software update will bring features like Live Captions, Cocreator in Paint and Windows Studio Effects.| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
More: Intel, Benzinga, Digital Trends, OC3D, Wccftech, Tom's Hardware, Gizmochina, Pocket-lint, VideoCardz.com, GSMArena.com, Guru3D, Ubergizmo, Gizchina.com, The Indian Express, Business Standard, CGMagazine, Financial Express, TechSpot, 9to5Google, The Hindu, Intel Newsroom on YouTube, Intel on YouTube, Constellation Research, Windows Central, PC Gamer, and ServeTheHome
X: @patrickmoorhead, @stshank, @benbajarin, @maxwinebach, @wyp_pc, @maxwinebach, @tomwarren, @pgelsinger, @tomwarren, @danielnewmanuv, @benbajarin, @bobodtech, @greengart, @mishaalrahman, @maxwinebach, @intelnews, @intelnews, @windowsblog, @yusuf_i_mehdi, @intelnews, @carygolomb, @anshelsag, @maxwinebach, and @intelnews
| David Ingram / NBC News: |
Meta's Oversight Board rules that the phrase “from the river to the sea” is not necessarily hate speech when addressing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — The independent board said the phrase has ‘multiple meanings’ and is important to political speech on Instagram and Facebook.
More: Meta and Oversight Board
| Tom Henderson / Insider Gaming: |
Ubisoft stock fell by 10%+ to a ten year low in the past two days, giving it a market cap of €1.99B, following the lukewarm reception to Star Wars Outlaws — Ubisoft stock prices have tanked by over 10% in the past two days following a lukewarm reception to Star Wars Outlaws.
More: Reuters, Video Games Chronicle, GamesIndustry.biz, Gamereactor UK, Bespin Bulletin, IGN, GamingBolt, and Game Rant
Forums: r/KotakuInAction and r/Games
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Spotify expands daylist, a personalized playlist that evolves through the day depending on listening habits, globally for free and adds support for 14 languages — Spotify is launching daylist globally. It's a personalized playlist that evolves throughout the day depending on your listening habits.| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Qualcomm announces its first 8-core Snapdragon X Plus chips, which will ship in new Asus Zenbook S 15 and Dell Inspiron 14, available for $899 each — Today, the company's announcing its first 8-core Snapdragon X Plus chips, which will feature in a new Asus Zenbook S 15 and Dell Inspiron 14 that'll retail for $899 each.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
In comments to UK's CMA from July 29, Microsoft says Apple's changes to App Review Guidelines aren't enough for it to operate a native iOS Xbox Cloud Gaming app — Earlier this year Apple started opening up its App Store to game streaming services like Xbox Cloud Gaming and GeForce Now …
More: UK CMA, Moneycontrol, Windows Central, Pure Xbox, MacRumors, heise online, MSPoweruser, Cult of Mac, Trusted Reviews, and iMore
Threads: @grantjallen. X: @tomwarren, @leakerapple, @zhugeex, @macrumors, @lshimazakijp, and @tomwarren
Forums: Hacker News, r/GeForceNOW, and r/apple
| 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: Snap Newsroom, The Verge, Business Standard, Engadget, Social Media Today, TechCrunch, Reuters, Spyglass, Gizchina.com, and Benzinga
| 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).| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
The UK's CMA says Microsoft's acquihire of the Inflection team doesn't cause competition concerns, but designates the deal as a merger — Good news for Microsoft: The U.K.'s antitrust regulator says that the tech titan's high-profile acquihire of the team behind AI startup Inflection … | 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| CoinDesk: |
Docs: Trump's crypto project, World Liberty Financial, is a DeFi lending service with four members who worked on Dough Finance, a similar app hacked in July — Four team members listed in World Liberty Financial's white paper previously worked on Dough Finance, which was drained of $2 million in July.
More: Blockworks, DL News, Cointelegraph, Bloomberg, Cryptopolitan, CNBC, Protos, CoinGape, Cryptonews, Coinspeaker, Blockonomi, The Crypto Times, Coinpedia Fintech News, CCN.com, and Milk Road
Mastodon: @nikhileshde@journa.host. X: @molly0xfff, @tallkp, @beaglebitcoin, @adamscochran, and @skesslr. Forums: r/CryptoCurrency
| Reuters: |
Nvidia stock fell 9.5% on Tuesday, losing $279B in market value, the biggest single-day drop for a US company, as investors soften their optimism about AI — Shares of AI heavyweight Nvidia (NVDA.O) tumbled 9.5% on Tuesday in the deepest ever single-day decline in market value for a U.S. company …
More: Thurrott, Barron's Online, Tech Monitor, Financial Express, Fortune, Yahoo Finance, Novinite.com, Tasnim News Agency, TechSpot, Investopedia, Business Insider, NBC News, Benzinga, TipRanks Financial, Wall Street Journal, Daily Sabah, Mothership.SG, Outlook Business, Evertiq AB, Hindustan Times, and NewsBytes
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
More: Bloomberg, Stratechery, BBC, TechRadar, IG, Financial Mirror, Yahoo Finance, New Statesman, The Motley Fool, and The Block
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Neko Health, which offers AI-based full-body scans and was co-founded by Daniel Ek and Hjalmar Nilsonne, launches in London, its first city outside Sweden — Prevention is better than cure, as the saying goes. Today, a splashy startup that has taken that concept to heart — literally and figuratively — is expanding.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft announces a Copilot: Wave 2 event on September 16 at 8:00 AM PT, where it is expected to announce a Copilot rebrand and new features — Microsoft is holding a special Copilot event later this month that will be focused on “the next phase of Copilot innovation.”
More: Thurrott and iPhone in Canada Blog
| Yang Jie / Wall Street Journal: |
A test of ~1,300 top games on Microsoft's new Copilot+ PCs finds only about half ran smoothly; Microsoft says some titles with demanding graphics may not play — Qualcomm-Arm processor chips have compatibility problems with ‘Fortnite’ and other titles — The latest Windows personal computers …
More: TechRadar, Sam Lover, Spyglass, Liliputing, and MacRumors
Bluesky: @johnchivall.bsky.social, @tcarmody.bsky.social, and @intweed.bsky.social
Forums: r/macgaming and MacRumors Forums
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