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Sources: an exec overseeing Siri told staff the delays were ugly, made worse by Apple publicly promoting the new features, and it's unclear when they will ship — Apple Inc.'s top executive overseeing its Siri virtual assistant told staff that delays to key features have been ugly and embarrassing …
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| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
The GSMA announces the latest RCS standard supports interoperable E2EE between platforms; Apple says it will add support for the standard in future OS updates — 'We will add support for end-to-end encrypted RCS messages to iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS in future software updates.'
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google says Gemini will replace Google Assistant on Android phones in 2025, except on phones with Android 9 or earlier and that don't have at least 2GB of RAM — Just over a year after its launch and various feature parity updates, Gemini is set to replace Google Assistant on Android phones later in 2025.| Politico: |
European authorities raided 21 addresses, arrested several people, and sealed two offices in the EU Parliament, as part of a spiraling bribery probe into Huawei — Chinese tech giant's offices raided and Parliament offices sealed in case that echoes the 2022 Qatargate investigation.
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Sources: DeepSeek and its hedge fund parent, High-Flyer Capital, forbid some R&D staff from traveling abroad freely, asking them to hand in their passports — DeepSeek's sudden rise to global stardom has earned the startup a status akin to national treasure in China.| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
The US DOJ says Russian and Israeli national Rostislav Panev, accused of being a key LockBit ransomware gang developer, was extradited from Israel to the US — Rostislav Panev, a 51-year-old dual Russian-Israeli national, who is accused of being a key developer for the notorious LockBit ransomware gang … | Joseph Menn / Washington Post: |
Morgan Marquis-Boire, the once-celebrated hacker accused of sexual assaults in 2017, is the undisclosed co-founder of crypto intelligence firm Unciphered — Employees said they weren't told that the co-founder of Unciphered was a once-celebrated spyware foe who dropped out of the public eye after being accused of sexual assault.
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| Financial Times: |
Two activist groups launch a legal challenge against the UK's bid to force Apple to create a data “backdoor”, arguing it would breach consumers' privacy rights — Privacy International and Liberty's complaint adds pressure on government as iPhone maker fights demand in court
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Reddit will let users hide ads from a given advertiser account from their feeds for “at least a year”; some users report seeing a daily limit for hiding ads — Reddit has shown a growing commitment to promoting ads on its platform, especially since going public a year ago.| Yohan Yun / Cointelegraph: |
Hong Kong-based RedotPay, which aims to enable cryptocurrency use in everyday transactions, raised a $40M Series A led by Lightspeed Venture Partners — Direct crypto payments are gaining traction across Asia, with stablecoins emerging as natural payment rails for major economies. — Total views
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| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
Following the EU and the US, China announces new rules requiring companies to label AI-generated material, either explicitly or via metadata, from September 1 — China joined the EU and US in rolling out new regulation to control disinformation by requiring labeling of synthetic content online.| Tina Nguyen / The Verge: |
Rep. Jim Jordan subpoenas 16 companies, including Apple, Meta, and OpenAI, over alleged Biden administration pressure to use AI to “censor lawful speech” — The ‘free speech’ investigation goes hunting at Apple, OpenAI, and 14 other companies.
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| Kathrin Hille / Financial Times: |
Foxconn CEO Young Liu says “the attitude and the approach” of the US government toward tariffs has become a “big headache” for companies like Apple and Amazon — World's biggest contract electronics manufacturer highlights disruption caused by trade policy to groups including Apple and Amazon
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