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| Mark Zuckerberg / Meta: |
Zuckerberg says superintelligence is in sight, and, when personal superintelligence comes, context-aware devices like glasses will become our primary computers — Over the last few months we have begun to see glimpses of our AI systems improving themselves. The improvement is slow for now, but undeniable.
More: The Verge, Business Insider, The Economic Times, Livemint, Fortune, Engadget, VentureBeat, Moneycontrol, The Decoder, Fox Business, Analytics India Magazine, AI News, Sherwood News, CNBC, Washington Times, Forbes, and CNET
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Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, r/LocalLLaMA, and Slashdot
| Taylor Lorenz / User Mag: |
Substack apologizes after sending a push alert encouraging some users to subscribe to NatSocToday, a Nazi newsletter advocating for a “White homeland” — The alert contained a swastika and prompted users to subscribe to newsletter featuring opinions and news important to the “white nationalist community.”
Bluesky: @seldo.com, @jonayariley, @jimllmixit, @dankennedy.net, @marypcbuk, @karlbode.com, @jonrossjan, @dia, and @iamvishnurajan
Mastodon: @david_megginson@mstdn.ca, @FediThing@social.chinwag.org, @jsr@social.jsr.com, @masek@infosec.exchange, @markwyner@mas.to, @pivic@kolektiva.social, @encthenet@flyovercountry …, @Lazarou@mastodon.social, and @John@socks.masto.host
X: @taylorlorenz, @taylorlorenz, @julienhoez, @taylorlorenz, and @tdh
Forums: r/technology and Beehaw
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube is rolling out age estimation tech in the US to identify teen users and serve more age-appropriate content, regardless of the birthday given at signup — YouTube on Tuesday announced it's beginning to roll out age-estimation technology in the U.S. to identify teen users in order to provide a more age-appropriate experience.
More: YouTube Official Blog, The Verge, TechSpot, 9to5Google, CNET, Bloomberg, Engadget, Mashable, KnowTechie, Android Authority, Tom's Guide, Silicon Republic, Windows Report, PC Gamer, Tubefilter, Android Headlines, Dexerto, Gizmodo, Social Media Today, CBS News, WeRSM, and Neowin
Bluesky: @wynautwarrior. Mastodon: @Khrys@mamot.fr. X: @madamsavvy, @teortaxestex, @usa_polling, and @spikesguides. LinkedIn: Gwen Miller
Forums: r/PoliticalOptimism, r/technews, r/technews, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Renju Jose / Reuters: |
More: Livemint, Prime Minister of Australia, BBC, The Hans India, Crikey, The Guardian, Kidscreen, CNN, Newser, UPI, WORLD SCREEN, ABC, Morningstar, Inc., The Indian Express, Benzinga, The Register, Information Age, Australian Financial Review, Mumbrella, B&T, Anthony Albanese, Capital Brief, Mobile World Live, Bloomberg, The Economic Times, and The Guardian
Bluesky: @seamusbyrne.me, @juliadassin, @littleshyfim.com, @davidshoebridge, @davidshoebridge, and @fizzimus
| Elvira Pollina / Reuters: |
Italy opens a probe into Meta, says it may have violated EU competition rules by integrating its Meta AI assistant into WhatsApp without user consent — Italy's antitrust authority said on Wednesday it had launched an investigation into Meta Platforms (META.O) over allegations the company abused …
More: Euractiv, The Register, en.agcm.it, PC Gamer, Agence France-Presse, Morningstar, Inc., WinBuzzer, Tech in Asia, Mobile World Live, Bloomberg Law, and Agenzia ANSA
Bluesky: @marko.social and @marsyd
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple responds to the DOJ's antitrust lawsuit from March 2024, saying it sets “a dangerous precedent” and “threatens the very principles that set iPhone apart” — The US Department of Justice formally sued Apple in March 2024, accusing the company of having a “smartphone monopoly.”
More: Engadget, Thurrott, MacRumors, MacTech.com, iClarified, Techdirt, Moneycontrol, CBS News, AppleInsider, and Wall Street Journal
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Mark Zuckerberg's aim with the Superintelligence Labs is to create a startup-like unit within Meta that is unencumbered by the company's bureaucracy — Meta has splashed out on star hires and infrastructure as it tries to make up ground in the artificial intelligence race| Kylie Robison / Wired: |
More: The Hans India, PhoneArena, Benzinga, WinBuzzer, Times of India, Telegraph, and Moneycontrol
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| Alice Hancock / Financial Times: |
Google says it will sign the EU's AI Code of Practice, in a boost to EU's efforts to regulate AI in the face of opposition from Meta and pressure from the US — Move set to boost efforts to regulate artificial intelligence in face of opposition from Meta and pressure from US| Financial Times: |
Sources: Revolut considers buying a US bank to get an American banking license to expand lending capabilities, a faster route than applying for its own permit — Acquisition would be faster route for fintech to start lending in US than applying for permit of its own| Bloomberg: |
Palo Alto Networks has agreed to buy CyberArk Software in a cash-and-stock deal valuing the Israeli cybersecurity company at about $25B — Palo Alto Networks Inc. agreed to buy CyberArk Software Ltd. in a cash-and-stock deal valuing the Israeli cybersecurity company at about $25 billion.
More: Bloomberg Law, CyberScoop, Reuters, CSO, The Register, SiliconANGLE, Associated Press, Palo Alto Networks, The Record, Financial Times, The Information, CNBC, Investor's Business Daily, Axios, ITPro, Benzinga, Cyber Security News, Yahoo Finance, GovInfoSecurity.com, Globes, Verdict, Haaretz, MarketWatch, Channel Futures, BankInfoSecurity.com, Motley Fool, Proactive, and Wall Street Journal. Forums: r/CyberARk
| Paige Smith / Bloomberg: |
JPMorgan Chase and Coinbase signed a deal to directly link customers' bank accounts to their cryptocurrency wallets, with the feature expected to launch in 2026 — JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Coinbase Global Inc. signed an agreement to directly link customers' bank accounts to their cryptocurrency wallets … | Jay Peters / The Verge: |
YouTube will now allow videos with strong profanity in the first seven seconds to be fully monetized, reversing previous restrictions that limited ad revenue — Videos that use the F-word in the first seven seconds are now eligible for full ad revenue.
More: TechCrunch, PCMag, Engadget, KnowTechie, PC Gamer, Moneycontrol, TechIssuesToday.com, GSMArena.com, Android Police, and Dexerto
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| Timmy Shen / The Block: |
RD Technologies, which is developing a stablecoin backed by Hong Kong dollar, raised $40M ahead of HK's stablecoin licensing regime set to take effect on Aug. 1 — - RD Technologies announced today that it has completed its $40 million series A2 funding round.
More: RD Technologies, FinTech Global, The Crypto Times, Forbes, FinSMEs, Finextra, and Tech in Asia
| Mike Allen / Axios: |
Sources: the US intelligence community persuaded the DOJ that allowing the HPE-Juniper merger was essential to US national security and competing with Huawei — - The official said blocking the deal would have “hindered American companies and empowered” Chinese competitors.
More: Tom's Hardware, NewsMax.com, Reuters, Bloomberg, The Hill, and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren …. Forums: Hacker News
| Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Amazon is paying $20M to $25M a year to use NYT's editorial content in a multi-year deal for its AI platforms, which is ~1% of NYT's total 2024 revenue — The multiyear deal lets Amazon use content from the Times's news and cooking sections and the Athletic| Stefanno Sulaiman / Reuters: |
Indonesia raises taxes on crypto sellers, from 0.1% to 0.21% in domestic exchanges, and from 0.2% to 1% in overseas exchanges, but removes VAT on buyers — Indonesia will raise taxes on cryptocurrency transactions, with a higher rate on trades hosted by overseas bourses, starting from August 1 … | Wall Street Journal: |
China showcased many of the initiatives for AI self-sufficiency at Shanghai's World AI Conference, as it invests heavily in power generation and skills training — As Washington tries to limit China's progress, Beijing is spending more to build AI that doesn't rely on U.S. technology
More: Bloomberg Law, The Korea Herald, and Financial Times
| André Beganski / Decrypt: |
The US SEC approves in-kind creations and redemptions for crypto ETFs, allowing institutional investors to exchange ETF shares for the underlying BTC or ETH — The SEC has approved in-kind redemptions for crypto ETFs, enabling a feature sought by Bitcoin and Ethereum fund issuers.
More: US Securities …, Ledger Insights, Unchained, CoinDesk, Inside Bitcoins, ZyCrypto, Cointelegraph, Coinpedia Fintech News, The Crypto Times, crypto.news, Bitcoin Magazine, CryptoNinjas, CryptoSlate, Benzinga, CoinJournal, CryptoPotato, BeInCrypto, Bloomberg, CoinGape, CoinDesk, The Block, Crypto Briefing, and TheStreet
| Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: |
Ramp raised a $500M Series E-2 led by Iconiq Growth at a $22.5B valuation, says it has 40,000+ businesses as clients, with $700M in annualized revenue in March — Startup raises $500 million to further develop AI-based agents, CEO says — Ramp, a startup that uses artificial intelligence … | Zixu Wang / New York Times: |
How Meituan used Hong Kong as a trial market for global food delivery expansion, with its Keeta service driving out Deliveroo before moving to Saudi Arabia — Meituan, the Chinese food delivery giant, tested its global expansion in Hong Kong, where its Keeta service displaced a rival before moving to other markets.| Alex Konrad / Upstarts Media: |
A look at OneChronos, as it seeks to create “smart markets” that would allow firms to trade GPU compute like other commodities, such as electricity and oil — OneChronos teamed up with prize-winning economist Paul Milgrom of Auctionomics to develop the world's first financial market for GPU compute.| Financial Times: |
A US trade group for 30+ fintechs and aggregators says JPMorgan's plan to charge for data access could cost some firms 60% to over 100% of their annual revenue — Start-ups say having to pay for consumer's financial information would run them out of business
More: PYMNTS.com and American Banker
| Bloomberg: |
A look at Russia's coordinated crackdown on foreign tech services and shift to state-backed alternatives, as it names VK's Max its national messaging app — A coordinated effort is underway to crack down on foreign tech services and build up domestic options controlled by the government.
More: Beyond Search
| Ernesto Londoño / New York Times: |
Gov. Tim Walz activates the Minnesota National Guard to help St. Paul address a cyberattack detected Friday that led the city to shut down many of its systems — Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota activated the National Guard to help the city of St. Paul address a cyberattack that was detected last Friday.| Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: the US Commerce Department is discussing charging patent holders 1%-5% of their patent value, a radical move likely to spark pushback from businesses — Commerce Department officials discuss new fee based on patent value, which could fuel backlash from businesses
More: Fast Company, Patently-O, and IPWatchdog.com
LinkedIn: Joff Wild, Rich Besen, and Shaunt Sarkissian
Forums: r/patentlaw, r/law, r/georgism, and r/patentexaminer
| The Information: |
Sources: Cohere has told investors it expects to generate $200M+ in annualized revenue by the end of 2025, up from $70M in annualized revenue as of February — Cohere, a Canadian artificial intelligence developer that competes with Anthropic and OpenAI, has sustained one of the richest valuations … | Meir Orbach / CTech: |
Israel-based Teramount, which develops fiber-to-chip interconnect tools for AI infrastructure chips, raised a $50M Series A led by Koch Disruptive Technologies — Israeli startup's optical tech promises 100x data speeds and 70% power savings. — Fiber Optics — Teramount — Funding
More: Implicator.ai, Entrepreneur, AiThority, The Times of Israel, Axios, Globes, and FinSMEs
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