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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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Sources: the UK may backtrack on its January order for Apple to create a backdoor for iCloud encrypted data after pressure from US officials, including JD Vance — Officials fear technology deals with Washington could be impeded after Trump administration weighs in
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Thoughts on the foldable iPhone's prospects ahead of its 2026 launch; sources say Apple will add a second, portrait-side front-facing camera to the M5 iPad Pro — When the first foldable iPhone debuts next year, it will be the least Apple-like launch ever.
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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 … | 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.| 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 …
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| Jeanny Yu / Bloomberg: |
TSMC closed above a $1T market cap in Taiwan on July 18, a first, up nearly 50% from an April low and the first Asian stock worth $1T+ since PetroChina in 2007 — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s market value closed above $1 trillion for the first time in Taipei last week …
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| Barbara Moens / Financial Times: |
How Europe is seeking US tech alternatives, as lawmakers consider adding “Buy European” to future laws; Microsoft, Google, and Amazon have unveiled local clouds — The continent's dependence on US groups for digital infrastructure is causing growing concern among executives and policymakers
Forums: r/EU_Economics, r/berlin_public, and r/neoliberal
| 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 …
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KKR acquires a significant minority in Swedish travel tech firm Etraveli, sources say valuing it at ~€2.7B; Etraveli sells plane tickets to ~50M users per year — KKR & Co. agreed to buy a significant minority stake in CVC Capital Partners Plc-backed Swedish travel technology firm Etraveli Group.
More: CVC and Tech in Asia
| 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.| Joseph Bernstein / New York Times: |
A look at the video podcasting surge; a study shows ~75% of podcast consumers play video episodes and ~30% play video episodes minimized or in background mode — An audio-only medium spawned a giant industry that is now largely focused on video. — The following are the runtimes … | Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal: |
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