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Reid Hoffman, Vinod Khosla, Mark Cuban, Ron Conway, Chris Sacca, and 100+ other VCs pledge to vote for Kamala Harris and solicit donations for her campaign — The group, including Democratic donors such as Reid Hoffman and Vinod Khosla, has been organized under an effort called VCsForKamala.
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Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian says the CrowdStrike-caused outage will cost the company $500M, after canceling 6,000+ flights, and Delta will seek damages — WATCH NOW — Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said Wednesday that the massive IT outage earlier this month that stranded thousands of customers will cost it $500 million.
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Sources: the US plans to unveil a new rule next month to stop chipmaking equipment exports from some countries to China, exempting allies like the Netherlands — The Biden administration plans to unveil a new rule next month that will expand U.S. powers to stop exports of semiconductor …
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Microsoft says that a nine-hour outage on July 30, which disrupted multiple Microsoft 365 and Azure services worldwide, was triggered by a DDoS attack — Microsoft confirmed today that a nine-hour outage on Tuesday that took down and disrupted multiple Microsoft 365 and Azure services worldwide …
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Google rolls out online safety features to make removing explicit deepfakes from Search at scale easier and to prevent them from appearing high up in results — Google is rolling out new online safety features that make it easier to remove explicit deepfakes from Search at scale and prevent … | Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Zimperium: a massive SMS stealer campaign has targeted Android devices worldwide using Telegram bots to infect devices in 113 countries since February 2022 — A malicious campaign targeting Android devices worldwide utilizes thousands of Telegram bots to infect devices with SMS-stealing malware …
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Spotify plans to expand the availability of lyrics for Spotify Free users in the “coming weeks”; paid subscribers could access unlimited lyrics since May 2024 — The company capped access at three songs per month in May. — Spotify users who don't pay for a subscription …
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District of Columbia AG Brian Schwalb sues StubHub, alleging the company uses “deceptive, manipulative, and unfair practices” to advertise event fees to users — StubHub is facing a new lawsuit that accuses the ticketing service of hiding fees from customers until the very end of the purchasing process.| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
After users reported that Meta's generative AI assistant incorrectly claimed the attempted Donald Trump assassination did not happen, Meta blames hallucinations — Meta's AI assistant incorrectly said that the recent attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump didn't happen … | The Information: |
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Interviews with 24 current and former Amazon staff say Jeff Bezos' Amazon Way principles remain core under Andy Jassy but are now less universally agreed upon — When Amazon ordered most workers back to the office three days a week in February 2023, Pamela Hayter was not happy about the end of a popular pandemic-era arrangement.| Aaron Holmes / The Information: |
Source: TikTok was paying Microsoft ~$20M/mo. to use OpenAI's models in Azure OpenAI Service as of March, ~25% of the total revenue that service was generating — Microsoft has had success reselling OpenAI's artificial intelligence to its cloud customers, a core part of its plan to build a new multibillion-dollar profit machine.
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Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra review: premium materials and build quality, and powerful Exynos processor, but too expensive, large, bulky, and only one size — - Premium materials and build quality - Significantly improved GPS tracking - New powerful Exynos processor - Excellent activity and sleep tracking| New York Times: |
Chinese regulators propose taking over online identity verification from companies to give people a single internet ID, citing privacy and online fraud — The government said the proposal would protect online privacy. Critics said it could further concentrate government control over the internet.| Andrew Liszewski / The Verge: |
Nothing unveils the Phone 2A Plus, offering the same 6.7-inch display as the 2A and a new MediaTek Dimensity 7350 Pro 5G SoC, available for $399 on August 7 — Plus is often used in smartphone naming to delineate a larger model with a bigger screen, but that's not the case here.
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Etsy plans to launch Etsy Insider, its first loyalty program, in September 2024 to boost sales; CEO Raina Moskowitz says it will cost about the price of a latte — Etsy said Wednesday it will begin testing its first-ever loyalty program in September, a move designed to boost …
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An investigation finds 450+ illicit drug ads on Facebook and Instagram from March to June 2024, some showing pill piles or cocaine bricks; Meta removed the ads — Instagram and Facebook, already under federal investigation, continue to run ads for illegal drugs, including ads showing piles of pills and bricks of cocaine
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Nvidia shares jump 10%+ after Microsoft and AMD signaled no slowdown in the buildout of AI servers built around GPUs; Microsoft spent $19B on capex in Q4 — Nvidia shares popped more than 11% Wednesday after remarks from top customer Microsoft and rival chipmaker AMD signaled no slowdown … | Sean Lyngaas / CNN: |
A ransomware attack hits blood donation nonprofit OneBlood, which has asked over 250 hospitals in the US to activate their critical blood shortage protocols — A cyberattack has hit a blood-donation nonprofit that serves hundreds of hospitals in the southeastern US.| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
Milan-based mobile app developer Bending Spoons acquires Dutch file-sharing service WeTransfer, which backed out of an IPO in 2022, without disclosing terms — - European app developer has bought Evernote and pursued Vimeo — Dutch firm WeTransfer pulled out of a potential IPO in 2022| Randall Williams / Bloomberg: |
Sony signs a deal to be the NFL's official tech and headphones partner, with a new headset in 2025; the NFL also plans to expand the use of Sony's Hawk-Eye tech — - Sony producing NFL's headset, product will debut next year — The league plans to use more Sony tech in officiating| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
AMD reports Q2 revenue up 9% YoY to $5.84B, vs. $5.72B est., Data Center revenue up 115% to $2.8B, net income up 881% to $265M, Q3 revenue forecast above est. — Advanced Micro Devices reported second-quarter earnings on Tuesday that beat Wall Street expectations for revenue and showed continued growth … | Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft Q4: Windows OEM revenue up 4% YoY, devices revenue down 11% YoY, overall gaming revenue up 44% YoY, and Xbox content and services revenue up 61% YoY — Microsoft just posted the fourth and final quarter of its 2024 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $64.7 billion …
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