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Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:

The FBI arrests and charges two people in Miami over a conspiracy to steal and launder 4,100+ BTC, worth $230M+; ZachXBT says they targeted a Genesis creditor — Two suspects were arrested in Miami this week and charged with conspiracy to steal and launder over $230 million in cryptocurrency using crypto exchanges and mixing services.

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Bloomberg:

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Financial Times:

Legacy carmakers struggle to keep pace as the focus shifts from engines to computing power; only Ford, GM, and BMW are in Gartner's digital performance top 10 — Legacy carmakers have struggled to keep pace as the focus has turned from the engine to computing power

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:

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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Wall Street Journal:

Sources: TSMC and Samsung executives have visited the UAE and are considering building UAE-funded chip factories; TSMC denies any new international expansion — Potential projects in the United Arab Emirates could be worth more than $100 billion, though major hurdles remain

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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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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 …

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Swati Gupta / Bloomberg:

The US and India announce plans for a new chip plant in India, producing infrared, gallium nitride, and silicon carbide chips, as Narendra Modi visits the US — - Plant to manufacture chips including infrared, gallium nitride — Narendra Modi is visiting the US for the annual Quad summit

More: The White House, Inc42 Media, and YourStory.com. X: @narendramodi

Financial Times:

AI copilots are evolving into AI agents designed to take actions on behalf of users, as business software companies experiment with ways to sell generative AI — Microsoft, Salesforce and Workday latest to centre their plans on ‘AI agents’ as technology advances

More: PYMNTS.com and Christopher S. Penn

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

Kit Chellel / Bloomberg:

A look at Bot Farm Corporation, a Siberia-based operation that raked in millions of dollars by deploying advanced poker-playing AI across gambling sites — # How a card-playing # Siberian AI outsmarted # the world's brightest — # researchers and # raked in millions

More: The Overspill, Bloomberg Podcasts on YouTube, Longreads, and Poker.org

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Phuong Nguyen / Reuters:

Samsung plans to invest $1.8B to build a factory in northern Vietnam to make OLED displays for cars and tech equipment; Samsung has invested $22.4B in Vietnam — South Korean electronic manufacturer Samsung Display Co plans to invest $1.8 billion for a factory this year in northern Vietnam …

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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:

Arkansas PBS severs ties with the PBS network, the first state public TV system to do so since Congress cut CPB funds, citing the annual $2M+ membership cost

Financial Times:

OpenAI hopes the Disney deal boosts Sora, which has high costs and limited traction; Sensor Tower: users average 13 minutes per day on Sora vs. 90 on TikTok

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Aditya Kalra / Reuters:

Sources: Xiaomi asked India to recall its report that found the company and Walmart's Flipkart breached competition laws, saying it contains commercial secrets

More: Business Today, The Economic Times, Benzinga, Inc42 Media, Tech in Asia, and Bloomberg

Jemima Kelly / Financial Times:

Similarweb: daily X users in the UK fell from 8M in May 2023 to 5.6M now, with 33%+ of the fall coming after the summer riots; US DAUs fell by ~20% in that time

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

X: @natolambert, @morqon, @william_fitz, @garybasin, and @deliprao

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

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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

More: Semafor and TechCrunch

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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

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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

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Umar Shakir / The Verge:

What to expect from the Meta Connect 2024 keynote on September 25 at 1pm ET: new AI features powered by Llama 3.1, the cheaper Quest 3S headset, and more

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Dan Milmo / The Guardian:

Google says the UK risks being “left behind” in the AI race without more data centers and should relax laws barring AI models being trained on copyrighted works

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Gabriel Gatehouse / BBC:

A look at Balaji Srinivasan's Network State concept, which envisions online communities acquiring land via crowdfunding, with the goal of becoming new countries

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Forums: Hacker News, r/BetterOffline, r/behindthebastards, and r/WeirdGOP

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

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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

At the UN Summit of the Future, Sundar Pichai says Google is creating a $120M fund to give AI education globally, calls for “smart product regulation”, and more

Brody Ford / Bloomberg:

Memo: Zoom plans to cut back on stock-based compensation, saying equity has been issued at a rate that is “not sustainable”, joining peers like Salesforce

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