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How Apple is readying the Vision Pro to ship in 2024 and a look at its Mac plans, including upgrading its lineup to M3 and early work on a 30"-or-larger iMac — After debuting the Vision Pro, Apple is working on finishing up the device's software, expanding testing and finalizing the rollout strategy.| New York Times: |
As the use of AI-generated ads in political campaigns increases, lawmakers, political consultants, and election researchers push for creating new guardrails — Gaps in campaign rules allow politicians to spread images and messaging generated by increasingly powerful artificial intelligence technology.
More: The i Paper. Bluesky: @toddgregory.bsky.social. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. Twitter: @erikbryn and @nytimes
| Nina Jankowicz / The Atlantic: |
While there are effective laws in some states, including Virginia and California, outlawing the sharing of nonconsensual deepfake porn, a national law is needed — Because I was in the public eye, somebody synthesized explicit videos of me. — Recently, a Google Alert informed me that I am the subject of deepfake pornography.| Washington Post: |
Sources: Mark Zuckerberg is using his Instagram to promote an edgier image to court the “tech bros” captivated by Musk's online antagonism and offline antics — Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has been trying to appear more relevant among the tech elite
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Twitter: @drewharwell, @davidlaz, @lexfridman, @tomphilpott, @beckbjj, @penamerica, @pt, @basche42, and @stevessanders
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
An interview with Asana CEO Dustin Moskovitz, who became Asana's majority owner after a post-listing share buying spree, on AI's risks as a philanthropy focus — - Asana CEO Dustin Moskovitz, who made billions from co-founding Facebook, has long been concerned about the risks of runaway artificial intelligence.
Twitter: @mukund
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
US law enforcement seized the clear web domain of BreachForums on June 22, after arresting the data leak site's alleged operator “Pompompurin” on March 15 — U.S. law enforcement today seized the clear web domain of the notorious BreachForums (aka Breached) …
More: TechCrunch, The Record, HackRead, and DataBreaches.net
| Reed Albergotti / Semafor: |
Q&A with AWS Product VP Matt Wood on the generative AI boom, the escalating AI battle between the tech giants, curating the best AI models for AWS, and more — Matt Wood, vice president of product for Amazon Web Services, is at the tip of the spear of Amazon's response in the escalating AI battle between the tech giants.| Mercedes Ruehl / Financial Times: |
As TikTok CEO Shou Chew announces a five-year $10B investment in Indonesia, experts say competition and regulation have made TikTok vulnerable in Southeast Asia — Viral app's parent ByteDance targets large Indonesian market but faces growing regulatory scrutiny around the world
More: Telegraph
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
FTC v. Microsoft: Phil Spencer says Xbox is not a “robust business” and fails to meet internal targets, and the Activision deal is a way to expand into mobile — FTC v. Microsoft day two was all about console wars and whether Xbox is really in a distant third place.
More: Forbes, TweakTown, FOSS Patents, TechSpot, TheGamer, Bloomberg, GeekWire, IGN, CNBC, Windows Central, Neowin, and HotHardware
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Many LastPass users say they've been locked out of their accounts and can't access their vaults after being asked to reset their authenticator apps in May 2023 — LastPass password manager users have been experiencing significant login issues starting early May after being prompted to reset their authenticator apps.
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Twitter: @edgardonazario, @vslick1, and @cybernewslive
Forums: Hacker News and r/InfoSecNews
| Bluesky: |
Bluesky publishes proposals for new moderation and safety tooling, focusing on user lists and reply controls for community-driven moderation, hashtags, and more — The goal of Bluesky is to turn social media into a shared public commons. We don't want to own people's social graphs or communities.
More: AppleInsider and The Verge
Bluesky: @carnage4life.bsky.social, @bossett.bsky.social, @davidgerard.co.uk, @pfrazee.com, @tananarivedue.bsky.social, and @bsky.app
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| Maria Heeter / The Information: |
Source: a group of investors led by Apollo Global Management plans to make a $1B+ debt investment in US-based chipmaker Wolfspeed, which has a $6B market cap — A group of investors led by Apollo Global Management is making a more than $1 billion debt investment in Wolfspeed … Sponsor Posts
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