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July 26, 2024, 3:25 PM
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Kevin Okemwa / Windows Central:
X activates a setting, on by default, that gives it permission to train Grok on user's posts; the setting can be turned off on the web but not in the mobile app  —  X's new experience is automatically set to opt-in and uses your data to train its Grok AI model.
Clare Duffy / CNN:
Kamala Harris, who began her career in the Bay Area and was involved in Biden's pro-tech actions like the CHIPS Act, sees a surge of support from tech donors  —  New York CNN —  —  With Vice President Kamala Harris the front runner to receive the Democratic Party's nomination for president …
Washington Post:
A look at the flood of “fancam” Kamala Harris videos and memes on short-form video platforms, echoing the “meme armies” that backed Donald Trump's campaigns  —  A grassroots network of TikTok creators, energized by the new likely Democratic nominee …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Kamala Harris joins TikTok, after an explosion of Harris memes since she announced her presidential run; her account has attracted 1.6M+ followers in ~16 hours
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 …
Akayla Gardner / Bloomberg:
The Biden administration says Apple has agreed to adopt the White House's voluntary safeguards for AI, joining OpenAI, Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, and others  —  - Guardrails aim to protect consumers, influence AI development  — Apple moving to integrate OpenAI's ChatGPT into iPhone
Associated Press:
The US DOJ indicts a North Korean hacker, still at large, for his alleged role in the 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 …
G.S Vasan / 91mobiles:
Leaked promo materials reveal Pixel 9 series specs: all four phones get the Tensor G4, the Pixel 9 Pro comes in 6.3" and 6.8" 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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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
WaPo says it is on track to break even and end 2026 “on its closest path to profitability in five years” and it sold 300K+ subscriptions so far in 2026

KiMi Robinson / USA Today:
ABC pushes back on Page Six's report that Jimmy Kimmel's show will end in 2027: “any reports about the future of the show at this point are purely speculative”

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Amazon's Prime Video plans to make English-language dubs look more natural by using AI to lip-sync actors' mouths in dubbed titles

More News

Amy Edelen / Phoenix Business Journal:
The US Commerce Department says it signed a nonbinding preliminary agreement with Amkor for a CHIPS Act award consisting of $400M in grants and $200M in loans
Bloomberg:
FTC's Lina Khan says open-weights AI models can promote competition and “liberate startups from the arbitrary whims of closed developers and cloud gatekeepers”

Earlier Picks

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 8.5M Windows PCs
Julie Bort / TechCrunch:
A decade-old drama between David Sacks and Parker Conrad blew up into a fight on X over VC behavior, drawing in Paul Graham and other big Silicon Valley names
Reuters:
Canalys: China's smartphone shipments rose 10% YoY in Q2, with Huawei's shipments up 41% YoY; Apple's market share in China dropped from 16% in Q2 2023 to 14%
Epic Games:
Epic plans to bring its mobile games to AltStore on iOS in the EU, and remove its games from the Galaxy Store to protest Samsung blocking sideloading by default
Sarah Parvini / Associated Press:
SAG-AFTRA announces a strike starting on Friday against major video game studios, including EA, after talks for a new contract broke down over AI protections
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
Financial Times:
The UK FCA fines Coinbase £3.5M for providing payment services to 13K+ “high-risk” customers, in the agency's first enforcement action against a crypto company
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