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Microsoft releases a patch for a SharePoint 0-day RCE flaw exploited globally on thousands of on-prem servers and says SharePoint 2016 updates are in the works — - National governments in Europe, the Middle East impacted — Attackers have stolen sign-in credentials, sensitive data
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Bluesky: @ericjgeller.com, @justinhendrix, @girlgerms.wtf, @yvonnewingett, @joemenn, @shadowserver, and @campuscodi.risky.biz
Mastodon: @funnymonkey@freeradical.zone and @briankrebs@infosec.exchange
X: @msftsecresponse, @msftsecresponse, @rapid7, @vxunderground, @senatorshoshana, @vxunderground, @vxunderground, @irsdl, @tomwarren, @msftsecintel, @cisagov, @gi7w0rm, @cyb3rops, @msftsecresponse, @cisacyber, @cisacyber, @irsdl, @bertjancyber, @blackorbird, @uk_daniel_card, @unit42_intel, @shadowserver, @deitaone, and @nakashimae
LinkedIn: Brian Krebs, Stefano Demiliani, Shane Morris, Bryan Law, Job Kuijpers, Ann Johnson, and Steve Faehl
Forums: Hacker News, r/cybersecurity, and r/blueteamsec
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Google says an advanced version of Gemini with Deep Think won gold at the International Mathematical Olympiad, solving 5 of 6 “exceptionally difficult” problems — The International Mathematical Olympiad ("IMO") is the world's most prestigious competition for young mathematicians, and has been held annually since 1959.
More: Ars Technica, 9to5Google, Axios, Simon Willison's Weblog, WinBuzzer, The Decoder, TechPowerUp, iPhone in Canada, Maginative, Mashable, implicator.ai, GreenBot, Gamereactor UK, Werd I/O, and Analytics India Magazine
Bluesky: @emollick and @fry69.dev
X: @googledeepmind, @advaitonline, @quocleix, @hardmaru, @lmthang, @archit_sharma97, @mirrokni, @fchollet, @oriolvinyalsml, @stochasticlalit, @mirrokni, @quocleix, @xingyousong, @mucai7, @zuza777, @archit_sharma97, @leiyu63, @shehzaidi, @incrementaliser, @julianslzr, @razeyonx, @simonw, @vqctran, @yitayml, @jonfildes, @ankesh_anand, @blackhc, @rosemary_ke, @ns123abc, @garymarcus, @xundecidability, @intuitmachine, @garymarcus, @emollick, @lmthang, @demishassabis, @ns123abc, and @koraykv. LinkedIn: Ethan Mollick
Forums: Hacker News, r/MachineLearning, r/mlscaling, r/slatestarcodex, r/math, and Slashdot
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Google reveals the design of the Pixel 10 a few weeks ahead of the launch event; it strongly resembles the Pixel 9 but has a third back camera — A few weeks ahead of the Pixel 10 launch event, Google is showing off exactly what it looks like. … Google's Pixel 10 launch event is just under …
More: CNET, Engadget, Android Headlines, TalkAndroid.com, Neowin, Droid Life, NDTV Profit, Notebookcheck, and Android Police
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X says France's criminal probe over algorithmic “manipulation” and “fraudulent” data extraction is “distorting French law in order to serve a political agenda” — Lawmaker reported allegations over moderation and rightwing content on social media platform
More: CNBC, Politico, Ars Technica, Euractiv, Le Monde, Engadget, Mercury News, Reuters, Cryptopolitan, Reclaim The Net, UPI, TechSpot, Moneycontrol, Variety, and Türkiye Today
Bluesky: @campuscodi.risky.biz and @justinhendrix
X: @globalaffairs, @erratarob, @prestonjbyrne, @yacinemtb, @dhh, @jasonmiller, and @defiantls
Forums: Hacker News, r/EnoughMuskSpam, and r/musked
| Mike Allen / Axios: |
OpenAI says ChatGPT users send more than 2.5B prompts globally each day, more than 330M of those are in US, and the platform has 500M weekly active users — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will use a swing through Washington this week to argue that AI is already making Americans more productive … | Alan Suderman / Associated Press: |
Critics say tokenization, led by Robinhood, could undermine securities law and investor protections that have made the US financial system the envy of the world — As cryptocurrencies become more intertwined with the traditional financial system, industry heavyweights are racing … | Bloomberg: |
Polymarket says it is buying little-known derivatives exchange QCX, in a move to legally re-enter the US market; a source says Polymarket will pay $112M — Polymarket, the crypto-betting platform that was kicked offshore by federal regulators, has struck a deal to return to the US market … | Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware: |
At the 2025 RISC-V Summit in China, Nvidia says CUDA will now be compatible with RISC-V's instruction set architecture, making RISC-V a viable x86 and Arm rival — Yet another alternative. — At the 2025 RISC-V Summit in China, Nvidia announced that its CUDA software platform …
More: The Register, VideoCardz.com, WinBuzzer, How-To Geek, Phoronix, TechPowerUp, The Decoder, and InsideHPC
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
T-Mobile plans to expand support for the L4S network standard in the coming weeks, helping high-priority internet packets move faster, a first for a US network — Latency hitches that can interrupt video calls or slow down browsing could be reduced with L4S, and T-Mobile is the first wireless company using it in the US.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Appfigures: xAI debuted Grok 4 late on July 9 and by July 11, Grok's daily gross revenue on iOS rose 325% to $419K, up from $99K the day before Grok 4's launch — Grok's raunchy, unfiltered AI companions may be making headlines for their unhinged and often NSFW responses, but it's Grok 4 … | Emilio Parodi / Reuters: |
Sources: Meta, X, and LinkedIn appeal an unprecedented ~€1.04B VAT claim by Italy, which is seeking €887.6M from Meta, €12.5M from X, and ~€140M from LinkedIn — U.S. tech giants Meta (META.O), X and LinkedIn have lodged an appeal against an unprecedented VAT claim … | Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
Source: Netflix is using Runway AI's video generation tools for production; Disney is testing out the tools and talked with Runway about possible uses for them — Netflix Inc. has begun using artificial intelligence video generation software from startup Runway AI, testing the waters … | Niket Nishant / Reuters: |
Figma prices its shares at $25 and $28 each and plans to sell nearly 37M shares to raise up to $1.03B, giving it an up to $16.4B valuation in its NYSE debut — Figma is targeting a fully-diluted valuation of up to $16.4 billion in its initial public offering, as the cloud-based design software firm prepares … | Madlin Mekelburg / Bloomberg: |
Tesla is set to face off with the California DMV over claims it exaggerated Autopilot's and FSD's capabilities and misled consumers, in a five-day Oakland trial — Tesla Inc. is set to face off with the California Department of Motor Vehicles over claims that the company has exaggerated … | Neda Ulaby / NPR: |
Survey: when asked about using AI as a companion to seek advice, flirt, or share deep conversations, ~75% of US teens say they've used AI this way at least once — Traditionally, teenagers turn to each other when it comes to seeking advice, flirting and sharing deep conversations.
More: TechCrunch, Business Insider, PCMag, implicator.ai, and HuffPost
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