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| Jackson Chen / Engadget: |
Some users are circumventing UK's age checks by using VPNs, providing fake AI-generated photo IDs, or using images of high-fidelity video game characters — As of Friday, anyone trying to watch porn online in the UK will need to subject themselves to an awkward selfie or get their photo ID ready.
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| Washington Post: |
Sources: DOGE has built an AI tool aiming to cut 50% of federal regulations, or around 100,000 rules, by the first anniversary of Trump's inauguration — An internal proposal suggests how the Trump administration is planning to slash federal regulations, but obstacles loom.
More: The Daily Beast, Engadget, WinBuzzer, The Guardian, The Independent, and NewsMax.com
Bluesky: @mnindivisible, @mmasnick, @snarktopia, @chasingray, @michaelmechanic, @wilkos, @justinhendrix, @justinhendrix, @nyxa5, @profdanwalters, and @uxchampion. Mastodon: @MikeElgan@mastodon.social
X: @elarrealm, @trustarchitect, @capitolhunters, @merryblueworld, @thewonderladie, @ladyonfyre, @ryp__, and @magaresponse
Forums: r/politics, r/technology, and r/patentexaminer
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
US insurance giant Allianz Life says hackers stole the personal information of the “majority” of its customers, staffers, and employees, in a mid-July breach — U.S. insurance giant Allianz Life has confirmed to TechCrunch that hackers stole the personal information of the …
More: Reuters, BleepingComputer, Associated Press, Cyber Security News, Bloomberg, and WinBuzzer
Forums: r/technology, r/privacy, and r/cybersecurity
| Amin Haqshanas / Cointelegraph: |
Tyler Winklevoss claims JPMorgan paused crypto exchange Gemini's onboarding after he criticized the bank's data access fees for fintech and crypto companies — Tyler Winklevoss claims JPMorgan paused Gemini's onboarding after he criticized the bank's data access fees, calling the move anti-competitive.| Rafe Uddin / Financial Times: |
Sources: US suppliers are rebuffing Temu's efforts to undercut Amazon, saying Temu cannot undercut Amazon on branded product prices — Chinese online platform's hopes of undercutting ecommerce giant rebuffed by American suppliers — Temu's efforts to find US suppliers to rebuild … | Financial Times: |
US-German software firm Auterion says it plans to ship 33K of its AI drone “strike kits” to Ukraine by the end of 2025 to help combat mass Russian drone attacks — Pentagon-backed deal aims to help combat mass attacks by Russia — Sylvia Pfeifer in London, Laura Pitel in Berlin and Christopher Miller in Kyiv
More: The Kyiv Independent, Defense Express, Reuters, and Defense News
| Ellie Wolfe / The Baltimore Banner: |
The Johns Hopkins University Press will license its authors' books to train AI models, citing concerns that “the window may be closing” for making AI deals — The Johns Hopkins University will license its books to train proprietary large language models, an advanced form …
More: WinBuzzer and Inside Higher Ed
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Architect Partners: companies have raised nearly $86B in 2025 to buy crypto, with over $43B raised since June 1, as skeptics worry about the market overheating — Small companies are raising billions of dollars to buy bitcoin and other, more obscure cryptocurrencies. What could possibly go wrong?| Reuters: |
Huawei debuts the CloudMatrix 384 AI computing system, which outperforms Nvidia's most advanced GB200 NVL72 system on some metrics, according to SemiAnalysis — China's Huawei Technologies showed off an AI computing system on Saturday that one industry expert has said rivals Nvidia's most advanced offering …
More: Ukrainian National News, Notebookcheck, and Cryptopolitan
| Ann Cao / South China Morning Post: |
Alibaba previews the Quark AI glasses, which are its first pair of AI-powered glasses and named after its AI assistant, with plans to launch them later in 2025 — The Quark glasses underscore the tech giant's significant AI investments, which encompass both software and hardware products| Sharon Goldman / Fortune: |
Jeff Dean, who co-founded Google Brain and leads Google's AI research, has emerged as a prolific angel investor, backing 37 AI startups over the past two years — Good morning, AI reporter Sharon Goldman in for Allie Garfinkle, who is taking a well-deserved vacation!
LinkedIn: Sharon Goldman
| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at efforts by startups, such as Positron and Groq, to develop inference-focused chips that aim to be more energy efficient and performant than Nvidia's — Tech giants and startups alike are trying new approaches to what has been a vexing problem — “I can't wrap my head around it … | David Cendon Garcia / EU-Startups: |
Germany-based Makersite, which helps clients like Microsoft improve product sustainability during the design process, raised a €60M Series B — Stuttgart-based Makersite has secured €60 million in Series B funding to enhance its customer offering and scale both its technology …
More: Next Business 24, Silicon Canals, and Tech.eu
| Evan Ratliff / Bloomberg: |
Christina Marie Chapman, who pleaded guilty and was sentenced to prison for aiding a North Korean remote IT worker scheme, details her time as a “laptop farmer” — Thousands of undercover agents feed Kim Jong Un's rocket program with millions from the likes of Google and Amazon.
More: Metacurity, Bitcoinist.com, IJR, BleepingComputer, and Cointelegraph
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| Jonathan Greig / The Record: |
| Emily Birnbaum / Bloomberg: |
A look at the tensions between Meta, Apple, and Google on whether apps or app stores should check if a user is a minor, as states work on age verification bills — Tell us how AI is shaping your news experience. Share your feedback — The biggest tech companies are warring … Sponsor Posts
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