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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.
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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) …
More: Australian Competition …, Computerworld, Engadget, Moneycontrol, Dataconomy, UPI, Hindustan Times, Benzinga, Livemint, Reuters, 9News, Economic news, Mediaweek, The Hans India, Silicon Republic, Digit, Tech in Asia, Verdict, iTnews, Capital Brief, Mobile World Live, Proactiveinvestors UK, Outlook Business, Cyber Daily, and Capacity Media
| 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
More: WinBuzzer, ZeroHedge News, Silicon Republic, The Information, PYMNTS.com, and Capital Brief
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
| 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 …
More: ZeroHedge News
| 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, TechCircle, WinBuzzer, and Grammarly
| 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| 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
| 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
| Financial Times: |
Digital bank Monzo, which has 13M UK customers, plans to launch a mobile phone service; Revolut and Klarna, each with ~11M UK customers, announced similar plans — Digital bank is exploring launching its own digital sim and offering monthly contracts — Monzo is planning to launch …
More: PYMNTS.com, Finextra, Tech.eu, Sifted, The Guardian, The Independent, and BelfastTelegraph.co.uk
| Edward White / Financial Times: |
China's podcast audience is projected to reach 150M in 2025, up from <700K five years ago, driven by grassroots hosts instinctively navigating China's red lines — There has been a surge in grassroots broadcasts of personal stories and discussion of societal issues
Bluesky: @mranthropology and @yaqiu
X: @patrickc and @edwardwhitenz
LinkedIn: Yi Yang and Edward White
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