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Sources: Meta may debut “Hypernova” smart glasses with a display for ~$800 in September; Apple delays releasing immersive video shot around Vision Pro's debut — Apple has slow-walked the release of immersive video, creating a conundrum for the Vision Pro.
More: CNET, UploadVR, MacRumors, Android Authority, Mashable, WinBuzzer, iPhone in Canada, PCMag, Android Headlines, MacDailyNews, Tom's Guide, The Hans India, Livemint, Fortune, Digit, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, Wccftech, The Verge, TweakTown, Appleosophy, iThinkDifferent, Benzinga, Digital Trends, AppleInsider, iClarified, PhoneArena, and Philip Elmer‑DeWitt
X: @markgurman, @9to5mac, @vadimyuryev, @skarredghost, @heaney555, @_thejasonc, @justinryanio, @nathievr, @heaney555, @lunayian, and @markgurman. LinkedIn: Steve Grubbs
Forums: r/RaybanMeta, r/augmentedreality, and r/VisionPro
| Himanshi Akhand / Reuters: |
Australia's ACCC says Google agreed to pay a AU$55M fine over deals with Telstra and Optus to preinstall only Google Search on Android phones from 2019 to 2021 — Australia's competition regulator said on Monday it has begun proceedings against Alphabet's Google (GOOGL.O) …
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| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
SoftBank buys Foxconn's Ohio EV plant; Foxconn will still run the plant and make AI servers as part of Softbank's $500B Stargate project with OpenAI and Oracle — Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. will operate a US factory owned by SoftBank Group Corp., setting up what's in the running …
More: Reuters, Tom's Hardware, Nikkei Asia, Benzinga, WinBuzzer, and Tech in Asia
| Vic Hood / GamesIndustry.biz: |
A survey by Google Cloud and The Harris Poll finds 87% of game developers are using AI agents in their workflows; 63% expressed concerns about data ownership — While 97% of game developers believe AI is “reshaping” the games industry — A new survey by Google Cloud and The Harris Poll …
More: Reuters, Game World Observer, GamesBeat, Google Cloud, Google Cloud, and WinBuzzer
| Financial Times: |
Sources: the EU and the US have delayed formalizing their trade deal partly over “non-tariff barriers”, like relaxing the DSA, which the EU sees as a red line — Document formalising last month's deal delayed by squabbles over language on ‘non-tariff barriers’, bloc's officials say
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Bluesky: @parismarx.com, @davidheniguk, and @robertscotthorton
LinkedIn: Massimo Donna and Deborah Elms
| Max Buondonno / The Shortcut: |
Samsung announces the Galaxy Buds3 FE, with a new AirPods Pro-like design, improved ANC, and upgraded audio quality, launching September 4 for $149.99 — - 🎧 Samsung has announced its latest budget earbuds: the Galaxy Buds 3 FE — 🔇 The earbuds come with improved ANC and upgraded audio quality| Joseph Cox / 404 Media: |
Grok's website is exposing the underlying prompts for its AI personas, including one for a “crazy conspiracist” persona that spends “a lot of time on 4chan” — The website for Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok is exposing the underlying prompts for a wealth of its AI personas …
Bluesky: @emanuelmaiberg, @seanokane, and @josephcox
| Marc Vartabedian / Wall Street Journal: |
NYC-based IVIX, which uses AI to help regulators detect financial fraud, raised a $60M Series B led by OG Venture Partners, bringing its total funding to $85M — IVIX, which sells its software to regulators around the world, is the latest beneficiary of venture interest in the once-shunned area of government contracts| Politico: |
A look at OpenAI's campaign over the past year to turn its for-profit arm into a public benefit corporation, led by a team of Democratic insiders in California — SAN FRANCISCO — Sam Altman, the driving force behind ChatGPT's meteoric rise, is running a team of veteran political operatives …
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| Yan Zhuang / New York Times: |
Humanoid Robot Games highlighted robotics advancements but also limitations, with robots tripping over each other; one robot ran faster than many amateur humans — The Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing — featuring running, kickboxing and soccer — highlighted advancements in robotics. Limitations, too.
More: South China Morning Post, Implicator.ai, Reuters, Al Jazeera, Trak.in, and Engadget
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Grammarly debuts AI agents for writing and grading assistance, like an AI grader agent and a citation finder agent, available to Grammarly Free and Pro users — Nine AI agents for writing and grading assistance are launching today for Grammarly Free and Pro users.
More: Thurrott, SiliconANGLE, ZDNET, TechCrunch, Tom's Guide, TechCircle, WinBuzzer, and Grammarly
| Kevin Collier / NBC News: |
Cybercriminals, spies, researchers, and corporate defenders are increasingly using AI, feeding into an escalating cat-and-mouse game of finding software flaws — Hackers and cybersecurity companies have entered an AI arms race. — This summer, Russia's hackers put a new twist on the barrage of phishing emails sent to Ukrainians.
More: Tom's Hardware and Beyond Search
Bluesky: @kevincollier, @malwarejake, @malwarejake, and @wylienewmark
| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
A profile of Epic Systems CEO Judy Faulkner, who has led the EHR software company for 46 years, building it into one of the largest private US tech companies — Do not go public. Do not acquire or be acquired. Software must work. — These are the first three of the 10 commandments … | Jordyn Holman / New York Times: |
As boards and executives mandate using AI to make their businesses more efficient and competitive, many have yet to fully integrate it into their own workdays — Some are being nudged to learn how to use the nascent technology. Coming to the C-suite retreat: mandatory website-building exercises using A.I. tools.Sponsor Posts
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