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September 5, 2024, 2:20 PM

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Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware:
Intel cancels plans to use its Intel 20A process node for its consumer Arrow Lake processors and instead plans to use external nodes, likely from TSMC  —  Out with the Intel node, in with TSMC.  —  In a surprise move, Intel announced today that it no longer plans to use its own ‘Intel 20A’ process node …
CNN:
The US DOJ seizes 32 domains used in Russian influence campaigns, as part of efforts to tackle Russian efforts to influence the 2024 US presidential election  —  The Biden administration announced a sweeping set of actions to tackle a major Russian government-backed effort to influence …
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Maia Coleman / New York Times:
US prosecutors charge a man for allegedly using AI to create hundreds of thousands of songs and using bots to play them and get $10M in streaming royalties  —  Federal prosecutors charged a North Carolina musician with gaming the system to win royalties from streaming services including Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google rolls out Ask Photos, the Gemini-powered search feature in Google Photos announced at I/O in May 2024, in “early access” to select customers in the US  —  First announced at Google's I/O developer conference this May, Google Photos' AI-powered search feature, “Ask Photos,” is rolling out to users starting today.
Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Verizon agrees to acquire rival telecom operator Frontier Communications for an enterprise value of $20B including debt; Frontier reported $5.8B in 2023 revenue  —  - The deal has an enterprise value of $20 billion including debt  — Verizon to buy fiber rival to expand high-speed internet
Ezza Ijaz / Wccftech:
Bluetooth SIG releases its Bluetooth 6.0 spec, which has a Channel Sounding feature that could help Find My apps locate items with “centimeter-level accuracy”  —  The Bluetooth community is dedicated to evolving its technology, introducing more features, and including more devices …
Allie Garfinkle / Fortune:
Arkansas-based Laravel, known for its open-source PHP web framework released in June 2011 and which now has 35 employees, raised a $57M Series A from Accel  —  Taylor Otwell has done some risky demos in his life.  —  In a world where nearly every onstage demo is very controlled, Otwell …
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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Kantar: 26% of marketers plan to cut back X ad spending in 2025 and 14% plan to pull budgets in 2024, over concerns about content and trust in disseminated info  —  Annual survey highlights growing concern about platform content and trust in information disseminated
Dan Milmo / The Guardian:
YouTube begins limiting repeated video recommendations about fitness levels, body weights, physical features, and more to teens globally, expanding from the US  —  Platform will ensure algorithms do not keep pushing similar content to young viewers, even though it does not breach guidelines
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Helen Bushby / BBC:
The UK CMA launches an investigation into whether Ticketmaster breached consumer protection law with the sale of Oasis tickets, including via “dynamic pricing”  —  The UK competition regulator has launched an investigation into the sale of Oasis tickets, including the use of “dynamic pricing”.
Steve Dent / Engadget:
DJI unveils Neo, a $200 drone aimed at content creators and casual users with features like palm takeoff, voice control, ActiveTrack, phone control, and more  —  It's simple to use but offers advanced features like smartphone and voice control.  —  DJI has just unveiled the Neo …
Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
FCC filing: Larry Ellison will own 77.5% of Paramount Global parent company National Amusements after his son David completes the purchase of Paramount  —  Paramount Global, the parent of CBS, will be controlled by software billionaire Larry Ellison after a group led by his son David completes …
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
The nonprofit Cosmos Institute launches to “cultivate” AI technologists “equipped with deep philosophical thinking”, and plans an AI lab, a VC org, and more  —  The Cosmos Institute, a nonprofit whose founding fellows include Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark …

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