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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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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
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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 … | Ivana Saric / Axios: |
An analysis shows that at least 26 US states have passed or are considering bills regulating the use of generative AI in election-related communications — - There have already been instances of generative AI being “used to confuse - and even suppress - voters," Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) told Axios in an email.
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| Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg: |
In an event that raised $27M, Kamala Harris vowed to help grow investments in “AI and digital assets”, her first comments on crypto as the presidential nominee — - Vice president says she'll encourage ‘innovative technologies’ — Fundraiser at Cipriani Wall Street venue raises $27 million
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| 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 …
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| Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of Alexandr Wang, CEO of Scale AI, which has 100k+ data labeling contractors, 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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| 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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| 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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| 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?| 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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| Kit Chellel / Bloomberg: |
Behind Bot Farm Corporation, a Siberia-based operation that raked in millions of dollars by deploying advanced poker-playing AI software across gambling sites — # How a card-playing # Siberian AI outsmarted # the world's brightest — # researchers and # raked in millions
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