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| Kylie Robison / The Verge: |
OpenAI unveils SearchGPT, a search tool powered by GPT-4 that can organize links and summarize its findings, available as a prototype to 10,000 users at launch — OpenAI is announcing its much-anticipated entry into the search market, SearchGPT, an AI-powered search engine with real-time access to information across the internet.
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Forums: r/artificial, r/OpenAI, r/ValueInvesting, and r/technology
| Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal: |
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| Associated Press: |
The US DOJ indicts a North Korean hacker, who remains at large, for his alleged role in Andariel group's cyberattacks on US hospitals, NASA, and military bases — A North Korean military intelligence operative has been indicted in a conspiracy to hack into American health care providers …
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| Sarah Parvini / Associated Press: |
SAG-AFTRA announces a strike starting Friday against major video game companies, including EA, after talks for a new contract broke down over AI protections — Hollywood's video game performers voted to go on strike Thursday, throwing part of the entertainment industry into another work stoppage …
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LinkedIn: Jodie Hudson and Sarah Parvini
Forums: r/technews, r/singularity, r/StarWarsOutlaws, r/news, and r/gaming
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Binarly: UEFI Secure Boot is completely compromised on 200+ device models sold by Acer, Dell, Gigabyte, Intel, and Supermicro due to a cryptographic key leak — Keys were labeled “DO NOT TRUST.” Nearly 500 device models use them anyway. — In 2012, an industry-wide coalition of hardware …
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Forums: r/hardware, r/technology, Lobsters, and Ars OpenForum
| G.S Vasan / 91mobiles: |
Leaked promo material reveals Pixel 9 series specs: all phones powered by Tensor G4, Pixel 9 Pro in 6.3-inch and 6.8-inch models with 16GB of RAM, and more — - Google Pixel 9 Pro will come in a 6.3-inch model and a 6.8-inch model. — Google boasts a 24-hour battery and seven years of security updates with the Pixel 9 Pro.
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Forums: r/Android and r/GooglePixel
| Sam Sabin / Axios: |
CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz says 97% of Windows sensors are back online, about a week after CrowdStrike shipped a faulty update that bricked Windows computers — - “While I can't promise perfection, I can promise a response that is focused, effective, and with a sense of urgency.”
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| Nick Robins-Early / The Guardian: |
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| Epic Games: |
Epic plans to bring its mobile games to AltStore on iOS in the EU, and remove its games from the Galaxy Store due to Samsung blocking sideloading by default — We are fast approaching a quantum leap in Epic's efforts to bring our games to players on mobile devices.
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Forums: r/apple, r/Games, r/Android, and MacRumors Forums
| Washington Post: |
A look at the flood of “fancam” videos and memes about Kamala Harris on short-form video platforms, echoing “meme armies” that have supported Donald Trump — A grassroots network of TikTok creators, energized by the new likely Democratic nominee …
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
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LinkedIn: Jamie Cohen, PhD and Richard Rosenthal
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Sonos CEO Patrick Spence apologizes for Sonos' redesigned app, which launched in May to widespread criticism, and promises biweekly app updates through the fall — The big Sonos app redesign was intended to make the company's software more modern, customizable, and easier to use.
More: Sonos, Sonos Support, MacRumors, PhoneArena, Ars Technica, and Pocket-lint
| Julie Bort / TechCrunch: |
A decade-old drama between David Sacks and Parker Conrad has blown up into a fight on X over VC behavior, drawing in Paul Graham and other Silicon Valley names — A decade-old drama involving VC David Sacks and Rippling founder Parker Conrad over their previous company Zenefits has blown …
More: The Information, Fortune, and Protos
Threads: @benedictevans. Bluesky: @mack70d.bsky.social. X: @paulg, @parkerconrad, @shonaghosh, @davidsacks, @chamath, @eastdakota, @jjacobs22, @ericbahn, @davidsacks, @paulg, @davidsacks, @davidsacks, @pitdesi, @pitdesi, @sqs, @crystalpepsi, @shaunmmaguire, @pjux, @ericnewcomer, @denehyxxl, @beyang, @ryanrneu, @t3dotgg, @dj_curfew, @davidsacks, @laurenbalik, @davidsacks, @mwseibel, @davidsacks, @nikitabier, @ericnewcomer, @realchrisrufo, @davidsacks, @teddypowday, @devahaz, @pjux, @davidsacks, @bcmerchant, @mwseibel, @paulg, @jdionnecomedy, and @mahaniok. Forums: r/bayarea
| Bloomberg: |
Google DeepMind rolls out AlphaProof AI model, which specializes in math reasoning, and AlphaGeometry 2, an updated version of a model focused on geometry — AI models, trained on text, have historically struggled with math reasoning — Google DeepMind, Alphabet Inc.'s artificial …
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LinkedIn: Alik Sokolov, Arindam Khan, and Jessica Yung
Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, r/slatestarcodex, and r/math
| Maia Spoto / Bloomberg: |
California's Supreme Court upholds Prop 22, allowing Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, and other companies to keep classifying California drivers as independent contractors — The unanimous ruling upholding California's Proposition 22 was released Thursday. — The favorable ruling … | Reuters: |
Canalys: China's smartphone shipments rose 10% YoY in Q2, with Huawei's shipments up 41%; Apple's market share in China dropped to 14%, down from 16% in Q2 2023 — Apple's smartphone shipments in China fell by 6.7% in the second quarter of 2024, as the tech giant faced intensifying competition … | Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Meta says WhatsApp now has more than 100M MAUs in the US and that more than 50% of WhatsApp users in the country have an iPhone; WhatsApp has 2B+ MAUs globally — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday on his channel that WhatsApp now has more than 100 million monthly active users in the U.S. …
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Threads: @juliaboorstin and @mwi.invest
X: @rihardjarc and @benbajarin
| Samantha Cole / 404 Media: |
Source and doc: Runway scraped thousands of videos from YouTube creators and brands, including Disney and VICE News, to train its Gen-3 AI video generation tool — A leaked internal document shows Runway's celebrated Gen-3 AI video generator collected thousands of YouTube videos and pirated movies for training data.
More: The Information, SiliconANGLE, TweakTown, Futurism, and Wccftech
Threads: @alexheath. X: @mkbhd, @infernoomni, @kevinroose, @alex, @mrwhosetheboss, @_alialkhatib, @malwarejake, @ednewtonrex, @josephfcox, @paulroetzer, @emanuelmaiberg, @emanuelmaiberg, @samleecole, @samleecole, and @samleecole. LinkedIn: Samantha Cole
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Google updates its Gemini chatbot with Gemini 1.5 Flash and a 32K-token context window in its free tier, links to related content for some prompts, and more — Google's Gemini AI chatbot will be able to respond to you more quickly and process more content in prompts thanks to an upgrade to the company's Gemini 1.5 Flash AI model.
More: The Keyword, Hindustan Times, PhoneArena, SiliconANGLE, and How-To Geek
| Patrick Sisson / Bloomberg: |
As xAI builds a supercomputer in Memphis, many locals are wary of its benefits, and environmental advocates are puzzled over its potential effects — The billionaire's artificial intelligence company is moving quickly to build one of the world's largest computers in South Memphis.Sponsor Posts
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