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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’
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| 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.
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| 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
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| 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 …
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| Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central: |
A look at Honor's AI defocus tech, which aims to solve myopia and is available on the new Honor MagicPad 2 tablet and Honor Magic V3 foldable phone — Honor's AI defocus tech aims to solve myopia with devices you use every day. — Until last year, I was a person who never needed to wear glasses.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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 … | Amanda Hoover / Wired: |
Airbnb says New York City's law on short-term rentals has had “predictable” outcomes one year later, as rent prices remain high and housing availability low — The city's short-term stay law was meant to lower rents and open up apartments for full-time residents.| 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.| Reuters: |
Sources: Qualcomm has explored acquiring portions of Intel's design business, including Intel's client PC design business, as Intel struggles to generate cash — Qualcomm (QCOM.O) has explored the possibility of acquiring portions of Intel's (INTC.O) design business to boost the company's product portfolio … | Reuters: |
Adani Group and Tower Semiconductor plan to invest ~$10B for a chip plant in Maharashtra, India; the plant will have an initial capacity of 40K wafers per month — Israel's Tower Semiconductor (TSEM.TA) and Adani Group will invest 839.47 billion rupees ($10 billion) for a semiconductor project … | 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 …
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| Bloomberg: |
Analysts raise questions over Brazilian digital bank Nubank's rising default rate, even as loans grow 28% YoY; ~60% of all Brazilian adults have Nubank's app — - Second-quarter profits doubled from year ago on lending surge — Analysts raised questions over high defaults, lower provisions| Pei Li / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple approves a WeChat update for iOS, as talks continue with Tencent to offer IAP and block links to external payment services in mini games — - At stake are billions of dollars of fees from in-game sales — Apple and Tencent are negotiating future of WeChat mini-games| Larry Dignan / Constellation Research: |
Broadcom reports Q3 revenue up 47% YoY to $13.07B, vs. $12.96B est., and forecasts Q4 revenue of $14B, vs. $14.13B est.; AVGO drops 7%+ after hours — Broadcom reported better-than-expected third quarter results as revenue growth was driven by Ethernet networking and custom accelerators for AI data centers.| 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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