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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 — Microsoft Corp. warned that hackers are actively targeting customers of its document management software SharePoint …
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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
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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.
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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 … | Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Dell confirms extortion group World Leaks breached its Solution Centers platform, used for demos, earlier in July, stealing mostly synthetic or public data — A newly rebranded extortion gang known as “World Leaks” breached one of Dell's product demonstration platforms earlier this month … | 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 …
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| 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 … | 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 …
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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 … | Samantha Kelly / Bloomberg: |
Oakley Meta HSTN hands-on: the $399 glasses are a fun accessory and sportier, thinner, lighter, and more comfortable than previous models with a solid 3K camera — Meta Platforms Inc. is giving its smart glasses a premium, athletic twist — and a higher price tag.
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| 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 …
Bluesky: @caseynewton and @dmnd.me
| Wall Street Journal: |
Blank check company Dynamix says it plans to merge with another entity to create Ether Machine, holding $1.5B in ether, backed by $800M+ from Kraken and others — The Ether Machine plans to manage over $1.5 billion of the second-largest cryptocurrency — Blank-check company Dynamix …
More: The Ether Machine, The Block, Decrypt, CryptoPotato, Blockonomi, Bloomberg, Coinspeaker, Cryptopolitan, Benzinga, and Cointelegraph. LinkedIn: Ben Glickman
| 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 fast, 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.| 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: PCMag, Business Insider, implicator.ai, and HuffPost
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