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September 6, 2024, 5:25 PM
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
What to expect from Apple's September 9 event: four iPhone 16 models, two AirPods models, Apple Watch Series 10 with a thin body, Apple Intelligence, and more  —  Company also planning major updates for AirPods and watches. … The event kicks off from Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, California, on Sept. 9 at 10 a.m. local time.
Danny Nelson / CoinDesk:
Telegram updates its FAQ page, removes claim it does not “process any requests” on private chats, and says users can “flag illegal content” for moderator review  —  The decision comes after the CEO's arrest in France for allegedly failing to police illegal content.
The Guardian:
Pavel Durov calls his arrest by French authorities “misguided” and denies Telegram is an “anarchic paradise”, in his first public comments since his detention  —  Russian-born billionaire detained last month in France denies app is ‘anarchic paradise’
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Telegram passes 10M paid subscribers and removes People Nearby, saying the feature was used by less than 0.1% of users and had “issues with bots and scammers”
Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post:
YouTube takes down Tenet Media and four other channels after the US DOJ alleged that Russia was paying US right-wing political influencers to produce content  —  YouTube “terminated” Tenet Media and other channels run by Lauren Chen, a conservative influencer linked to allegations that Russia paid for right-wing content in the U.S.
Carl Franzen / VentureBeat:
HyperWrite CEO unveils Reflection 70B, based on Llama 3.1 70B Instruct and trained using reflection-tuning, and says it beats GPT-4o in all benchmarks tested  —  There's a new king in town: Matt Shumer, co-founder and CEO of AI writing startup HyperWrite, today unveiled Reflection 70B …
Chris McKay / Maginative:
Replit launches Replit Agent, an AI agent that can build entire apps from scratch based on prompts, available in beta to Replit Core and Teams subscribers  —  Replit has launched an AI agent capable of building entire applications from scratch.  This isn't just another copilot coding assistant …
Kourtnee Jackson / CNET:
An interview with Bill Gates about “What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates”, an upcoming five-part Netflix docuseries examining AI, misinformation, and more  —  I spoke with the tech pioneer about his new Netflix docuseries that touches on artificial intelligence, global warming and more.
Ryan Browne / CNBC:
The UK CMA objects to Google's ad tech practices, saying Google harmed competition by using its online display ad dominance “to favour its own ad tech services”  —  LONDON — Britain's competition watchdog on Friday issued a statement of objections over Google's ad tech practices …
Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump says Elon Musk has agreed to lead a government efficiency commission, which would let Musk influence federal agencies that regulate his companies  —  Leading a government efficiency commission would give Musk influence over the federal agencies that regulate his empire, including SpaceX and Tesla
Reuters:
Sources: Qualcomm has explored acquiring portions of Intel's design business, especially 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 …
Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch:
Mangomint, which makes software for salon and spa operations, raised a $35M Series B led by Altos Ventures and says it has processed $1B+ in transactions  —  Back in 2017, Daniel Lang, Dan Poineau, and Sandra Huber came together to build Mangomint, a startup that makes salon and spa operations software.
Financial Times:
Sources: US private equity group TPG is in talks to buy a stake in Europe's largest secondhand fashion site Vinted at a €5B valuation  —  US private equity group's interest highlights growing demand for second-hand goods from consumers and investors  —  US private equity group TPG …
Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central:
A look at Honor's AI defocus tech, which aims to solve myopia with daily use and is available on the 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.
More: Gizchina.com
Simon Hill / Wired:
A review of Honor's Magic V3, a foldable phone that is thinner than the Galaxy Z Fold6 when folded and open, launching for £1,699 in the UK and €1,999 in the EU

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Dan Shanoff / The Athletic:
YouTube's NFL debut will include influencer IShowSpeed, who has 43M subscribers, and three others doing “Watch With” streams, which enable live reactions

Crystal Tse / Bloomberg:
Letter: activist investment firm Fivespan takes a stake in the NYT; Fivespan was started by the financiers who led ValueAct's investment in the NYT in 2022

David Folkenflik / NPR:
A US judge orders Kari Lake to submit to questioning under oath after she failed to comply with repeated orders to share info about her plans for VOA's future

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Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
The judge in the Google monopoly ruling says he'll take until August 2025 to determine remedies in the case and asks the DOJ to propose fixes by the end of 2024
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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
Ben Werdmuller / Werd I/O:
Meta not disclosing which select creators it pays to post on Threads undermines trust in everyone's motivations, as users assume others are “engagement farming”
Cristina Criddle / Financial Times:
X 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

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Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon says the company is working with Samsung and Google on mixed reality smart glasses linked to a smartphone, like the Ray-Ban Meta
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
The US and allies reveal that hacker group Cadet Blizzard is part of Russia's GRU Unit 29155, which is responsible for coup attempts, assassinations, and more
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
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”
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