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Apple files a motion to dismiss the US DOJ's antitrust lawsuit, arguing the lawsuit has not demonstrated anticompetitive conduct and would harm innovation — Apple has officially filed a motion to dismiss the Department of Justice's antitrust lawsuit filed in May. Apple argues the case …
More: Bloomberg, Reuters, AppleInsider, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog, iClarified, Cult of Mac, and BGR
| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
On Meta's earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg said Llama 4 will need almost 10x more compute to train than Llama 3.1, Quest 3 sales exceeded expectations, and more — Meta's second quarter earnings continue the same story from the previous quarter: generative AI may be here, but it's going to take a long time to make money.
More: Meta Investor Relations, TechCrunch, CNBC, The Decoder, Neowin, Fortune, UploadVR, AI News, MIXED Reality News, Investopedia, The Register, Benzinga, Android Central, and Associated Press
Threads: @vocino, @karelbaloun, @mostly.borrowed.ideas, @karissabe, and @alexheath
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Google unveils AI features for Chrome on desktop, including support for Google Lens and searching history via natural language queries, rolling out in the US — Google Thursday said that it is introducing new Gemini-powered features for Chrome's desktop version, including Lens for desktop …
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| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Apple Intelligence in iOS 18.1 beta hands-on: meaningful Siri language understanding improvements and Siri text input is nice, but few other notable features — In iOS 18's latest developer preview, Siri gets a glow-up. Like, the whole phone actually glows around the edges when you invoke Siri.| CyberScoop: |
The US releases Russian cybercriminals Roman Seleznev and Vladislav Klyushin as part of a prisoner swap that freed 16 people from Russia — The U.S. government has released at least two Russian nationals behind some of the most notorious cybercrimes of the past decade.
More: CNBC, The Record, Washington Post, SecurityWeek, BusinessLIVE, NBC News, The Cyber Express, Nextgov/FCW, The Guardian, Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, NPR, New York Post, CBS News, NBC Bay Area, and Reuters
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| Brian Steinberg / Variety: |
WBD, Disney, and Fox plan to launch their joint sports streaming venture Venu for $42.99 per month initially, with a seven-day free trial, expected in fall 2024 — Streaming sports on a stand-alone basis won't be cheap. … The service is expected to debut in the fall in conjunction with the start of the next NFL season.
More: Venu Sports, Android Authority, Engadget, PCMag, How-To Geek, USA Today, CNBC, TechHive, Reuters, Tom's Guide, CNET, AFTVnews, Quartz, NBC News, CNBC, Android Headlines, StreamTV Insider, Spyglass, The Streamable, Business Insider, Droid Life, iClarified, Associated Press, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, 9to5Mac, The Verge, Digital Trends, and MacDailyNews
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
The Twitter for Mac app appears to have been delisted from the App Store; some users say their X accounts were suspended after using the X for iPad app on macOS — As noted by Vedant, the official Twitter for Mac app is currently missing from the Mac App Store.| Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: |
OpenAI tells US lawmakers that it is “dedicated” to “rigorous safety protocols at every stage of our process” and is working with the US AI Safety Institute — OpenAI, responding to questions from US lawmakers, said it's dedicated to making sure its powerful AI tools …
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| Kate Conger / New York Times: |
Don Lemon sues Elon Musk and X, arguing Musk refused to pay him after a $1.5M/year exclusive X content deal fell apart; Lemon did not sign a formal contract — The former CNN reporter said in a lawsuit that X had refused to pay him after a testy interview with its billionaire owner.
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Threads: @kurtwag8 and @brianstelter
| Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: |
Roblox reports Q2 revenue up 31% YoY to $894M, bookings up 22% YoY to $995M, a $206M net loss, average DAUs up 21% YoY to 79.5M, projects Q3 bookings above est. — - Daily users jumped 21% in second quarter from a year ago — CFO Michael Guthrie stepping down to pursue personal interests
More: Roblox, PYMNTS.com, Game World Observer, GamesIndustry.biz, Game Developer, Barron's Online, RTÉ, and Benzinga
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
The EU's AI Act takes effect, triggering staggered compliance deadlines for various AI developers and apps; most provisions will be fully applicable by mid-2026 — It's official: The European Union's risk-based regulation for applications of artificial intelligence has come into force from Thursday, August 1, 2024.| Sam Sabin / Axios: |
The CISA names Lisa Einstein as its first chief AI officer; Einstein has been a senior AI adviser at the agency since 2023 and helped craft CISA's AI roadmap — - She had been a senior adviser at the agency since last year, focused on AI issues — she helped craft CISA's AI roadmap …
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| Andrew Romero / 9to5Google: |
Telegram rolls out a Mini App Store to help users find apps, a new in-app browser that supports multiple tabs, and says mini apps have 500M+ out of 950M MAUs — Telegram is refining the in-app expereince, adding a new way to interact with the browser and a Mini App Store for native applications.| Tobias Mann / The Register: |
A UK court sides with Intel in a patent dispute brought by R2 Semiconductor; R2 has filled similar suits against Intel in Germany, France, and Italy — Legal woes are still ongoing in Italy, France, and Germany — The High Court of England and Wales has sided with Intel …
More: Tech Monitor, Tom's Hardware, TipRanks Financial, Reuters, Benzinga, and Proactive
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
In its annual report, Microsoft lists OpenAI as a competitor for the first time in AI offerings and in search and news advertising — Microsoft's relationship with OpenAI has officially become more complicated. — On Tuesday, Microsoft added the artificial intelligence startup to the list … | Mike Scarcella / Reuters: |
A US judge dismisses a 2022 lawsuit accusing Google of misdirecting the RNC's emails to Gmail's spam folder, saying the party had not made an adequate case — A U.S. judge has thrown out a Republican National Committee lawsuit accusing Alphabet's Google of intentionally misdirecting … | Associated Press: |
A Montenegro appeals court upholds a ruling to hand over Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon to South Korea, rejecting a bid to extradite him to the US — A Montenegrin appeals court on Thursday upheld a ruling by a lower court to hand over a South Korean mogul known as “the cryptocurrency king” …
More: The Block, CoinDesk, Bloomberg, Bitcoin Insider, Milk Road, Cointelegraph, Crypto Briefing, CoinGape, Protos, and crypto.news
| Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: |
Analysis: Indian startup VC funding has dwindled, depriving India of capital needed to grow its economy, as the valuation of top companies like Byju's implodes — Byju's, Paytm falter in stark reminder of the unique risks and challenges facing the country's tech economy.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Discord on Xbox gets the ability to watch friends' Discord streams whether they're sharing from a PC, a phone, or an Xbox, rolling out over the coming weeks — Microsoft and Discord are greatly improving the integration of the communication platform into Xbox consoles.
More: Discord Blog, Xbox Wire, Windows Central, TechRadar, TweakTown, WinBuzzer, Lifewire, Insider Gaming, Shacknews, Eurogamer.net, Press Start, Video Games Chronicle, XboxEra, Game Rant, Neowin, Pure Xbox, Thurrott, PC Gamer, Gizmodo, PCMag, IGN, and Dexerto
| Bart Meijer / Reuters: |
The European Commission unconditionally approves HPE's $14B takeover of networking gear maker Juniper Networks after finding no competition concerns — The EU Commission on Thursday said it had unconditionally approved the $14 billion takeover of networking gear maker Juniper Networks (JNPR.N) by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE.N).| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
Rabbit says a June security breach was caused by an employee who leaked API keys and has since been terminated, and it has revoked and rotated those API keys — The AI assistant company is blaming everything but its own security practices for a June security breach.| Bloomberg: |
Investigation: 2020 to 2023 data shows how thousands of middlemen game the H-1B program and companies farm out IT workers to exploit the US visa lottery system — Each year in April, the US government conducts a lottery that shapes the lives of hundreds of thousands of people — and America's future as an economic power.
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| Katie Roof / Bloomberg: |
Protect AI, which develops software to help enterprises secure AI models and applications, raised $60M led by Evolution Equity Partners at a $400M valuation — The funding round, led by Evolution Equity Partners, values the startup at $400 million. New investors in the deal include 01 Advisors … | Tales Azzoni / Associated Press: |
The Premier League, Bundesliga, DAZN, Sky, UEFA, CONMEBOL, and others write to X CEO Linda Yaccarino demanding more action against illegal soccer content on X — Some of Europe's main broadcasters and top soccer leagues have sent a letter to the CEO of social media platform X, Linda Yaccarino … Sponsor Posts
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