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Thoughts on Apple's slowing pace of iPhone hardware innovation, a closer look at its Apple Intelligence rollout plans, and iPhone 16 Pro Max first impressions — The new iPhone has tantalizing camera improvements, but the device is emblematic of Apple's slower pace of hardware innovation.
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Law enforcement agencies shut down a phishing-as-a-service platform offered by iServer since 2018 that was used to unlock 1.2M+ stolen or lost mobile phones — iServer provided a simple service for phishing credentials to unlock phones. — A coalition of law-enforcement agencies said it shut … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apollo Global Management has offered to make an equity-like investment of as much as $5B in Intel — - Investment firm offered equity-like investment in chipmaker — Move comes as rival Qualcomm makes approach about takeover … The alternative asset manager has indicated … | New York Times: |
X capitulates in Brazil and could return next week, as the company's lawyers say it took down some accounts, paid fines, and named a new formal representative — In an abrupt reversal, the social network's lawyers said it was complying with court orders that it had previously defied.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: TSMC and Samsung execs have visited the UAE and are considering building chip factories funded by the UAE, with a central role for Abu Dhabi's Mubadala — Potential projects in the United Arab Emirates could be worth more than $100 billion, though major hurdles remain| Victoria Song / The Verge: |
With the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, which can easily slot into people's lives, Meta has exceeded expectations in a year when many AI gadgets flopped — The Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses exceeded expectations in a year when AI gadgets flopped. But can it keep the momentum going?
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| Washington Post: |
Inside Equinix's 114,300-square-foot data center in Northern Virginia, a region that is home to the largest concentration of data centers in the world — We toured a facility in Northern Virginia to see how it works and to understand why water use and energy consumption are such a concern.
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| Lionel Barber / Financial Times: |
A profile of SoftBank's Masayoshi Son, who transformed the Japanese tech conglomerate into a global investment group and is criticized for high-risk investments — He has won and lost fortunes with his bets on technology. So is the investor a visionary — or a gambler who got lucky?| Tripp Mickle / New York Times: |
A look at Jony Ive's work at LoveFrom; Ive bought a city block in SF's Jackson Square and could raise up to $1B with Sam Altman by 2024's end for an AI device — Many people have wondered what Jony Ive has been up to since he left Apple five years ago.Carolyn Fong for The New York Times
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: The US Commerce Department plans to reveal proposed rules that would ban Chinese and Russian smart car hardware and software as soon as September 23 — - Bans stem from an investigation into cybersecurity risks — Restrictions would be enforced by the Commerce Department
More: Reuters, The Information, PYMNTS.com, and Capital Brief
| Morgan Meaker / Wired: |
A profile of French billionaire Xavier Niel, a driving force of French AI and ByteDance's newest board member, who believes Europe should pursue homegrown AI — The TikTok owner's newest board member revels in challenging the establishment. … I wait to meet Xavier Niel in a room that feels fitting for one of France's richest men.
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| Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal: |
Profile of Alexandr Wang, CEO of Scale AI, which hires contractors to do data labeling tasks, as he looks to expand to higher-margin AI tools to sustain growth — Alexandr Wang became one of the world's youngest self-made billionaires by building a sprawling army of more than 100,000 contractors …
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