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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
A US court denies the FTC's bid for a preliminary injunction to stop Microsoft's Activision deal, saying the FTC's theories of harm were unlikely to succeed — - A federal judge in San Francisco ruled in favor of Microsoft and Activision Blizzard, which have been trying to complete their $68.7 billion deal by July 18.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft and the UK CMA agree to a “stay of the litigation” to negotiate restructuring the Activision deal, after a US court rejected the FTC's arguments — Microsoft and the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) have both agreed to pause their legal battle …
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| Mark Hachman / PCWorld: |
Intel confirms plans to halt investment in its Next Unit of Compute (NUC) line of products, primarily known for small form factor PCs — Intel's belt-tightening continues as it hands off small-form-factor PC development to Lian Li, Cooler Master, and others.
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| Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
Anthropic releases AI chatbot Claude 2, available in the US and the UK via claude.ai and an API for businesses; Anthropic raised $1B+, including $450M in May — Anthropic, an artificial intelligence startup positioning itself as the builder of a safer kind of chatbot, has released a new version of its AI bot, named Claude.
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| Michael Shirer / IDC: |
Global PC shipments fell 13.4% YoY to 61.6M in Q2 2023, the sixth consecutive quarter of decline; in the top five, only Apple gained, up 10.3% YoY to 5.3M units — Global PC shipments declined 13.4% year over year during the second quarter of 2023 (2Q23), according to preliminary results …
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| Susan Rinkunas / Jezebel: |
A Nebraska woman pleads guilty to giving an abortion pill to her teen daughter after Meta complied with a warrant for messages between mother and daughter — Jessica Burgess faced eight years in prison for helping her then 17-year-old get abortion pills. A plea deal brought it down to two.
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| Reuters: |
WeChat says Apple opened a store on its platform, letting its users buy products including iPhones, iPads, and Macs; Apple already has a shop on Alibaba's Tmall — Tencent's (0700.HK) WeChat said on Tuesday that iPhone maker Apple (AAPL.O) had opened a store on its social media platform … | Kyle Barr / Gizmodo: |
Nothing plans to launch the Phone (2) for $599+ in the US, Europe, and the UK on July 17; the device's rear “glyph” lights have been segmented into zones — The new device is an upgrade from the Phone (1)—a better processor, improved camera, and even more signature LED glyphs—with a $599 price tag.
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| Nick Clegg / Financial Times: |
To mitigate AI's risks, companies should be transparent about how their systems work, collaborate across industries, stress test, and detail their progress — The case for transparency is growing as the best way to combat fears on the developing technology — The writer is president of global affairs at Meta
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| Rohan Goswami / CNBC: |
Hackers stole potentially tens of millions of HCA Healthcare patients' personal data from an “external storage location”, now for sale on a data breach forum — - HCA Healthcare patient data has been hacked and is now for sale, according to the company.| Phil Salvador / Video Game History Foundation: |
Study: about 13% of video games released in the US before 2010 and less than 3% of titles in the US released before 1985 are still available for sale in 2023 — Today, the Video Game History Foundation and the Software Preservation Network published a major new study which shows that 87 percent …
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| Julia Love / Bloomberg: |
Llion Jones, who co-authored the pioneering AI paper “Attention Is All You Need” at Google, plans to depart Google Japan later in July 2023 to launch a startup — An artificial intelligence researcher who co-authored one of Google's most influential papers in the field is leaving the company to launch a startup.| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Mark Lucovsky, the former head of OS on Google's AR team, leaves, saying leadership changes and “unstable commitment and vision” weighed heavily on his decision — Mark Lucovsky, the former head of operating systems on Google's augmented reality team, has left the company.
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Meta now lets avatars be used to answer and make video calls on Instagram and Messenger and adds ways to share animated avatar stickers — Meta announced today that users can now use their avatars to answer and make video calls on Instagram and Messenger. The company says the new functionality … | Nitish Pahwa / Slate: |
A volunteer contributor for Twitter's Community Notes details checking rampant spam and disinformation across the site and says the tool is far from sufficient — Twitter's “Community Notes” volunteers are supposed to make the platform “the most accurate source of information about the world.”
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| Reuters: |
Meta told an Australian foreign interference inquiry the company plans to add “state-affiliated media” and “fact-checking” labels to Threads “expeditiously” — Social media giant Meta Platforms (META.O), owner of Facebook and Instagram …
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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
US DOJ arrests a security engineer on wire fraud and money laundering charges, saying he “fraudulently obtained” $9M through a DEX by creating fake pricing data — The DOJ alleged that Shakeeb Ahmed stole $9 million from a crypto exchange that operates on Solana, through a flash loan attack last year.| Katharine Gemmell / Bloomberg: |
London prosecutors accuse two UK teenagers of being key members of Lapsus$, which hacked BT's EE network in 2021 and Nvidia, Rockstar, Uber, and Revolut in 2022 — Two UK teenagers were accused of being key members of the notorious hacking group Lapsus$, with prosecutors alleging that the pair …
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| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Shutterstock announces an expanded, six-year partnership with OpenAI that grants access to its video, image, and music libraries for AI training; SSTK jumps 9%+ — - Shares of Shutterstock popped Tuesday after the company announced an expanded, six-year partnership with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI.
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis on DeepMind restructuring, building an AGI and the timeline, AI risks and regulations, Bard and SGE, LLMs, and more — Google invented a lot of core AI technology, and now the company's turning to Demis to get back in front of the AI race for AI breakthroughs.
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| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
Amazon files a petition in the EU's General Court challenging the DSA for the company's large platform designation, the first US company to do so, after Zalando — Seattle-based group files legal action against proposed legislation designed to rein in Big Tech
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Tel Aviv-based Savvy, which helps secure SaaS apps from supply chain threats, data leaks via AI tools, and more, launches out of stealth with $30M led by Canaan — Software-as-a-service (SaaS) apps are an essential part of how many companies do business. But when the number of apps grows beyond …
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| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
Hacks leveraging Progress' MOVEit flaws have hit hundreds of organizations, now including TomTom, hotel chain Radisson, and real estate giant Jones Lang LaSalle — The MOVEit mass-hack has claimed yet more victims, including hotel chain Radisson, U.S.-based 1st Source Bank …
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| Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal: |
Discord finally debuts parental supervision tools after feedback from parents and experts; parents can't see message contents, cannot add time limits, and more — Freewheeling platform popular with gamers now offers child-monitoring tools—but not time limits
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| Qianer Liu / Financial Times: |
Sources: China plans to force companies to obtain a license before releasing generative AI models, tightening draft rules from April 2023 to control content — Moves towards licensing system reflects Beijing's struggle to encourage technology while censoring information
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Tumblr details plans for its platform, including a “need to fix the core experience” that makes the site less intimidating, to better compete with larger rivals — Tumblr's staff blog has posted a long update on the future of the platform, alluding to coming changes that include redesigning its reply and reblog features.
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