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| Bloomberg: |
Filing: Elon Musk poured ~$75M into his pro-Trump America PAC, making seven donations between July 3 and September 5; Musk was the PAC's only donor — - Disclosure is first look into Musks' donations to Trump group — Super PAC spent $69 million to bolster Trump's ground game| Bloomberg: |
Filings: Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz each donated $2.5M to pro-Trump super PAC Right For America; Andreessen also gave ~$844K to the GOP and Trump campaign — - Horowitz later said he would also donate to Democrat Harris — Apollo's Marc Rowan also contributed to pro-Trump super PAC
More: Business Insider and Bitcoin Insider
| Umar Shakir / The Verge: |
YouTube rolls out a new “captured with a camera” label, using the C2PA standard to detect if the video came from a real camera with unaltered footage and sound — YouTube is rolling out new labels that tell if uploaded videos come from a real camera with unaltered footage and sound.
More: Truepic on YouTube, The Indian Express, Truepic, and NewsBytes
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
More: YouTube Official Blog, XDA Developers, PhoneArena, MySmartPrice, Benzinga, iPhone in Canada Blog, Android Headlines, Android Police, Cord Cutters News, The Tech Basic, Android Authority, CNET, How-To Geek, Social Media Today, Android Central, Engadget, GSMArena.com, Gizmodo, Neowin, Moneycontrol, and NewsBytes
| CoinDesk: |
Trump-backed World Liberty Financial crypto project gets off to a bumpy start, as its website crashes and WLFI token sales fall far short of the $300M target — A blockchain wallet connected to the token holds nearly $4 million worth of ether (ETH), $1.2 million of tether (USDT) and around $250,000 USD Coin (USDC) tokens.| Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: |
Anthropic updates its Responsible Scaling Policy, setting benchmarks for when an AI model's abilities reach a point where additional safeguards are necessary — Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company behind the popular Claude chatbot, today announced a sweeping update …
More: Anthropic and Platformer
Threads: @crumbler. X: @cfgeek, @david_kasten, @kimmonismus, @michael05156007, @adonis_singh, and @jasondclinton
Forums: Hacker News and r/ClaudeAI
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Google rolls out Android 15 to Pixel devices, adding privacy features like a “private space” for apps, security tools, and foldable and tablet improvements — Android 15 is now rolling out to Pixel devices, bringing them new privacy features, security tools, and improvements for foldables and tablets.
More: The Keyword, ASUS, Business Standard, Android Faithful, Android Faithful, Android Authority, Benzinga, RM Update News, PhoneArena, Forbes, Android Authority, nextpit, AndroidGuys, Liliputing, Redmond Pie, Sammy Fans, Neowin, Android Headlines, Phone Scoop, iPhone in Canada Blog, Android Faithful, Thurrott, NewsBytes, Android Police, Android Faithful, SlashGear, PCMag, The Shortcut, 9to5Google, How-To Geek, HotHardware, Engadget, 9to5Google, and TechCrunch
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Meta rolls out “activity status” to Threads that shows a green dot next to a user's profile picture to show the user is online, if they have the feature enabled — Meta is adding an “activity status” to Threads so that you can see who's actively online as you're scrolling your feed.
More: TechCrunch, PhoneArena, NewsBytes, TechIssuesToday.com, Protechbro, 9to5Mac, and Social Media Today
Threads: @mosseri, @esqueer_, @mergesort, @tomwarrenuk, @tomgara, @crumbler, @digiphile, @quillmatiq, @dansaffer, @theanthonymark, @guillecummings, @goldengateblond, @jonathangarelick, @parkerortolani, and @chris
X: @markgurman and @gateklons
| Wired: |
A review of Character.AI finds several instances of AI personas being created without a person's consent, seemingly violating the company's terms of service — Character.AI lets users create bots in the likeness of any person—without requiring their consent.
Threads: @cwarzel, @kylie.robison, and @laurengoode
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
A teardown of Microsoft's diskless Xbox Series X, which was released today, shows a redesigned motherboard, a 6nm chip, and a new cooling system — Microsoft's discless Xbox Series X goes on sale today, and while it looks slightly different on the outside thanks to a white paint job and lack …
More: Austin Evans on YouTube, TweakTown, Press Start, Gizmodo, MobileSyrup, Neowin, XDA Developers, Pure Xbox, VideoCardz.com, Wccftech, and Thurrott
X: @wario64, @tomwarren, and @fsapojake
Forums: r/hardware, r/xbox, r/gadgets, and r/Games
| Pew Research Center: |
Survey: 68% of US adults support a ban on middle and high school students using phones during class and 24% oppose it; 53% oppose a ban lasting full school days — As lawmakers and educators crack down on cellphone use in schools, most Americans back bans on using phones in classrooms but are less supportive of full-day restrictions.
More: Business Insider, Scripps News, and TechSpot
| Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: |
Intel and AMD forge an x86 ecosystem advisory group to ensure a unified x86 instruction set architecture moving forward, amid competition from Arm and RISC-V — Cats and dogs, living together! — In a rare public-facing display of cooperation between two of the industry's fiercest rivals …
More: Intel, Business Standard, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Proactive, Guru3D, KitGuru, MySmartPrice, Lowyat.NET, The Register, TechPowerUp, Runtime, Techstrong.ai, TrendForce News, SiliconANGLE, The Next Platform, DatacenterDynamics, Thurrott, Phoronix, The Verge, Engadget, Computerworld, NewsBytes, Reuters, Benzinga, PCMag, Techaeris, Nikkei Asia, Neowin, CRN, Capital Brief, Digital Trends, OC3D, PC Gamer, Notebookcheck, HotHardware, Wccftech, How-To Geek, PCWorld, TechTechPotato on YouTube, VideoCardz.com, ServeTheHome, and GamingOnLinux
X: @lisasu, @pgelsinger, @pgelsinger, @dylanonchips, @markrussinovich, @tobias_writes, @caro_milanesi, @iancutress, @bgurley, @rajaxg, @mattkimball_mis, @patrickmoorhead, @patrickmoorhead, @patrickmoorhead, @redhat, @intel, @caro_milanesi, @tomwarren, @tomwarren, @benbajarin, @broadcom, @intelbusiness, @joshdwalrath, @delltech, @doener_tech, @aschilling, @anshelsag, @intelnews, @benbajarin, @joshdwalrath, @firstadopter, @anshelsag, @paulyalcorn, @thesixfivemedia, @christianklass, and @amd
Forums: r/Amd, r/linux, and r/AMD_Stock
| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Apple unveils an updated iPad mini with A17 Pro, Apple Intelligence, and the same 8.3" display, starting at $499 with 128GB of storage, available to pre-order — Apple today announced a significant update to the iPad mini, featuring the powerful A17 Pro chip and support for the company's new Apple Intelligence system.
More: Apple, The Verge, Six Colors, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, Business Standard, O'Grady's PowerPage, Six Colors, MacSparky, GSMArena.com, 9to5Mac, Press Start, Cult of Mac, MacRumors, mjtsai.com, 9to5Toys, 9to5Mac, Android Headlines, TechEBlog, TechSpot, Small Business Trends, The Apple Post, Appleosophy, Cult of Mac, Spyglass, MacRumors, MusicRadar, CGMagazine, SlashGear, HotHardware, Liliputing, How-To Geek, International Business Times, PCMag, Boing Boing, Shelly Palmer, XDA Developers, NewsBytes, Wccftech, MobileSyrup, PhoneArena, Pocket-lint, Redmond Pie, MacStories, Financial Express, Engadget, and TechCrunch
Threads: @parkerortolani, @eshumarneedi, @technicallymims, and @joannastern
Mastodon: @stroughtonsmith …, @stroughtonsmith …, @lapcatsoftware@mastodon …, @stroughtonsmith …, @jsnell@zeppelin.flights, @viticci@mastodon …, @harshil@mastodon.social, @stroughtonsmith …, @viticci@mastodon …, and @rene@social.fouquet.me
X: @parkerortolani, @stevemoser, @tgod34748, @snazzylabs, @mkbhd, @brandonbutch, @stevemoser, @applewpapers, @aaplparody, @saranbyte, @markgurman, @aaronp613, @vnchocotaco, @parkerortolani, @maxwinebach, @mgsiegler, @aaronp613, @aaronp613, and @brandonbutch
Forums: r/ipad, r/ipad, r/ipad, and MacRumors Forums
| Allie Garfinkle / Fortune: |
Los Angeles-based Ghost, a B2B marketplace for surplus inventory with more than 6,000 members, raised a $40M Series C led by L Catterton — Ghost cofounders Josh Kaplan and Dee Murthy. — MATT CLERKIN AT CLERK CREATIVE — At Ghost, all product development groups are named after, well, ghosts.
More: PR Newswire, FinSMEs, and PYMNTS.com
X: @rick_zullo and @ashleymayer
LinkedIn: Eric Donado and Brian Schwarzbach
| Michael Kan / PCMag: |
Chrome begins disabling uBlock Origin as part of Google's plan to phase out Manifest V2 extensions; uBlock Origin has 39M+ downloads on the Chrome Web Store — The browser is doing so as part of Google's plan to phase out older Manifest V2 extensions to bolster Chrome's security.
More: The Verge, XDA Developers, Ghacks, Android Police, 9to5Google, Digital Trends, WinBuzzer, and PCWorld
Bluesky: @judgewooden.bsky.social, @nsqe.bsky.social, and @glinden.bsky.social
X: @gorhill, @thebobpony, @mycoliza, and @levelsio
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Dane Stuckey, the former CISO of Palantir, joins OpenAI as its CISO and will serve alongside OpenAI head of security Matt Knight — Dane Stuckey, the former CISO of analytics firm Palantir, has joined OpenAI as its newest CISO, serving alongside OpenAI head of security Matt Knight.
More: Bloomberg and Forbes
X: @sama, @nearcyan, @i_dg23, @bobmcgrewai, @jawwwn_, and @basedbeffjezos
| Jon Victor / The Information: |
UK filings: Google DeepMind's 2023 operating profit rose 91% YoY to £136M, after the Google Brain merger; Alphabet's Isomorphic Labs loss rose 3x+ YoY to £60.4M — Source: — Operating profit at Google's AI research unit, DeepMind, increased 91% last year to 136 million pounds …
More: Financial Times and Sifted
| Prarthana Prakash / Fortune: |
Amsterdam-based Tebi, a payments app aimed at independent businesses like bars and cafes, raised a €20M Series A led by Index Ventures — Tebi was founded in 2021. — One of the founders of Dutch fintech star Adyen, Arnout Schuijff, has been quietly building out his next startup since leaving …
More: Reuters, Tebi, Tech Startups, Tech Funding News, and Silicon Canals
LinkedIn: Michael Nugent, Johannes Michel, and Tebi
| Saul Klein / Wired: |
A look at a cluster of European cities within a five-hour train ride of London that collectively have 500+ startups with at least $100M of annual revenue — A cluster of European cities within a five-hour train ride of London could become a unicorn factory to rival Silicon Valley, argues tech investor Saul Klein.| Dave Sebastian / Bloomberg: |
Analysis: overseas share sales by Taiwanese companies, led by chip and hardware makers, have totalled $2.9B so far in 2024, on track for the most since 2007 — - Share sales by Taiwan firms abroad totalled $2.9 billion — Hon Hai among issuers seeking cash to fund capacity expansion| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Xscape, which develops data center interconnects using silicon photonics, raised a $44M Series A led by IAG Capital Partners, taking its total funding to $57M — The GPUs and other chips used to train AI communicate with each other inside data centers through “interconnects.”
More: DatacenterDynamics, Xscape Photonics, SiliconANGLE, TMCnet, and Light Reading
| New York Times: |
Trump signaled he wouldn't break up Google if he regained the presidency, saying “China is afraid of Google” and questioning if it might “destroy the company” — The former president also said he would do “something” to make Google “more fair” if he regained the presidency.Sponsor Posts
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