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Sources: Meta may debut “Hypernova” smart glasses with display for ~$800 in Sept.; Apple slow-walks releasing immersive video it 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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Forums: r/RaybanMeta, r/augmentedreality, and r/VisionPro
| Kevin Collier / NBC News: |
AI is increasingly being used in hacking, with cybercriminals using AI to enhance their capabilities and cybersecurity firms using it to find vulnerabilities — 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.
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| Himanshi Akhand / Reuters: |
Australia's ACCC says Google agreed pay a ~$36M fine over deals from 2019-2021 with Telstra and Optus to pre-install only Google Search on Android phones — Australia's competition regulator said on Monday it has begun proceedings against Alphabet's Google (GOOGL.O) over its past deals … | 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 US private tech companies — Do not go public. Do not acquire or be acquired. Software must work. — These are the first three of the 10 commandments … | Medallion: |
Medallion, which automates healthcare back-office operations and compliance, raised $43M at a valuation of around $440M, bringing its total raised to $130M — New $43M investment accelerates Medallion's AI-powered platform and launches CredAlliance™, a first-of-its-kind credentialing … | Jordyn Holman / New York Times: |
As CEOs and executives mandate AI adoption 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.| Politico: |
A look at OpenAI's campaign over the past year to secure its transition from a nonprofit, 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, campaigning to secure his company OpenAI's future.
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| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
SoftBank buys Foxconn's Ohio EV plant; Foxconn will produce AI servers at the plant 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 …
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| 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| Financial Times: |
Sources: the EU and US are delaying formalizing their trade deal over “non-tariff barriers”, including 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: Silicon Republic, ZeroHedge News, The Information, PYMNTS.com, and Capital Brief
| 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: Al Jazeera and Engadget
| Angel Au-Yeung / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at the “Palantir Mafia”, a group of Palantir alumni who have started or are leading 350+ tech companies, including at least a dozen valued at $1B+ — The network connects founders and venture capitalists with ‘Palantir Pals’ and a Russian River camping trip| Patrick Howell O'Neill / Bloomberg: |
Interview with Trent Brunson, R&D director at cybersecurity firm Trail of Bits, which won $3M and 2nd place in DARPA's AI Cyber Challenge, behind Team Atlanta — Last week, the Pentagon's long AI Cyber Challenge, or AIxCC, came to a head onstage in Las Vegas.
| Allie Garfinkle / Fortune: |
PitchBook: 15.9% of VC-backed deals in 2025 so far have been down rounds, a 10-year high, with AI and ML startups accounting for 29.3% of the down rounds — Chime executives, along with family, celebrating the company's IPO at the Nasdaq. — The soaring valuations of the early 2020s are, finally, coming back to earth.Sponsor Posts
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