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Qualcomm unveils the 3nm Snapdragon 8 Elite mobile SoC, with two prime and six performance CPU cores, claiming 45% faster CPU and NPU over the 8 Gen 3, and more — The new name marks a major departure from previous Snapdragons. — • — After much speculation … | Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Disney no longer lets new and returning customers sign up for and buy subscriptions to Hulu or Disney+ through Apple's App Store, avoiding Apple's cut — Disney is no longer allowing its customers to sign up for and purchase subscriptions to Hulu or Disney+ through Apple's App Store … | Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Meta is testing facial recognition to combat celebrity scam ads and to help enable faster recovery of compromised Facebook and Instagram accounts — Meta is expanding tests of facial recognition as an anti-scam measure to combat celebrity scam ads and more broadly, the Facebook owner announced Monday.| Brooks Barnes / New York Times: |
Blade Runner 2049's producer sues Musk, Tesla, and WBD for allegedly using AI to create imagery close to the film to promote Cybercab, despite a denied request — Alcon Entertainment, the Hollywood company behind “Blade Runner 2049,” said it had denied a request to use images from the movie but that Mr. Musk did so anyway.| Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk: |
Stripe announces a finalized deal to buy stablecoin infrastructure company Bridge; Michael Arrington says the deal was worth $1.1B; Bridge has raised $54M — Bridge, which has raised $54 million in funding, previously said it aspired to become the blockchain version of Stripe … | Suzanne Smalley / The Record: |
The Biden admin unveils proposed rules for restricting the transfer of US citizens' sensitive data, including biometric and genomic info, to adversarial nations — The Biden administration announced on Monday new proposed rules for regulating the transfer of certain data to adversarial countries … | Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
Lawsuit: a civil rights organization says a Virginia town installing Flock cameras violated the Fourth Amendment, making citizens moving untracked “impossible” — A civil liberties organization has filed a federal lawsuit in Virginia arguing that widespread surveillance enabled by Flock … | David Heaney / UploadVR: |
EssilorLuxottica CFO says Ray-Ban Meta glasses are a “success” in the US and the bestseller “in 60%” of Ray-Ban stores in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa — Ray-Ban Meta glasses are the top selling product in 60% of Ray-Ban stores in EMEA.| Zoya Hasan / Forbes: |
Austin-based SchooLinks, whose SaaS offers college and career readiness resources for K-12 students, raised a $80M Series B led by Susquehanna Growth Equity — Forbes Under 30 alum Katie Fang gets an A+ when it comes to investor appeal: Her company, which helps students make decisions … | Heather Somerville / Wall Street Journal: |
The US DOD plans an initiative to recruit CTOs and other senior tech professionals as uniformed, paid reservists to help in security, data analytics, and more — New Defense Department initiative would recruit Silicon Valley's top technical minds to join the reserves as officers| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Ireland adopts an Online Safety Code for video-sharing platforms headquartered in the country, including TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram, effective next month — Ireland's media and internet watchdog, Coimisiún na Meán, has adopted and published an Online Safety Code that will apply … | Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog: |
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