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Pavel Durov calls his arrest by French authorities “misguided” and denies Telegram is an “anarchic paradise”, in his first public comments since the detention  —  Russian-born billionaire detained last month in France denies app is ‘anarchic paradise’
Danny Nelson / CoinDesk:
Telegram radically alters its stance on “illegal” use of its platform by letting users in private chats “flag illegal content” for review by its moderators  —  The decision comes after the CEO's arrest in France for allegedly failing to police illegal content.
Cristina Criddle / Financial Times:
X's VP of Global Affairs Nick Pickles is leaving the company after a decade in which he fought multiple political battles and engaged with regulators worldwide  —  Chief executive Linda Yaccarino's right-hand man helped fight many of the group's political battles
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
The US and allies reveal that the hacker group known as Cadet Blizzard is part of the GRU's Unit 29155, which is responsible for assassinations in Europe  —  Unit 29155 of Russia's GRU military intelligence agency—a team responsible for coup attempts, assassinations, and bombings …
Simon Hill / Wired:
A review of Honor's Magic V3, a foldable phone that is thinner than the Galaxy Z Fold6 at 9.2mm when folded, launching for £1,699 in the UK and €1,999 in the EU
Ben Werdmuller / Werd I/O:
Threads is trading trust for growth via Meta's creator program, which pays people to post without disclosing, making users assume everyone is engagement farming  —  It was a useful program, and the archival has merit, but publishers argued that the Archive overstepped, and the courts eventually agreed.
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 Thursday.
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon says the company is working with Samsung and Google on a mixed-reality set of smart glasses linked to a smartphone  —  WATCH NOW  —  Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon told CNBC the chip designer is working with Samsung and Google to explore a mixed-reality set …
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Salesforce agrees to acquire Own Company, which provides data management and protection services, for ~$1.9B in cash; Own was valued at $3.35B as of August 2021  —  Salesforce has acquired Own, a provider of data management and protection solutions, for $1.9 billion in cash.
Caroline O'Donovan / Washington Post:
Leaked documents show an AI upgrade led to an incident where Alexa seemed to favor Kamala Harris over Donald Trump; Amazon says the error was fixed  —  Leaked documents show that a viral incident in which the voice assistant appeared to favor Kamala Harris over Donald Trump was related …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
The US, the UK, the EU, and others sign a Council of Europe treaty to ensure that AI use is “fully consistent with human rights, democracy and the rule of law”  —  We're not very close to any specifics on how, exactly, AI regulations will be implemented and ensured …

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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Stephen Colbert says CBS released its statement “without ever talking to me” and talk shows have long been exempt from “equal time” rules

Cameron Adams / The Daily Beast:
Sources: CNN restricted staff from using its platforms for self-promotion, after Jake Tapper pushing his Joe Biden book turned into a “rolling infomercial”

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Irish Times says it now has ~150,000 print and digital subscribers, and it has reached a milestone where subscriber revenue fully funds its journalism

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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

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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”
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”
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube announces AI detection tools to protect against copying creators' likeness, including their faces and voices, and plans to offer AI scraping controls
Rachel Metz / Bloomberg:
OpenAI says it has 1M+ paid corporate ChatGPT users across ChatGPT Team, Enterprise, and Edu, up from 600K paid ChatGPT Team and Enterprise users in April 2024
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
Hannah Lang / Reuters:
PayPal expands into US point-of-sale payments by integrating its debit card with Apple Wallet and offering 5% cash back on $1K/month for a chosen product group
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
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
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