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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is prioritizing developing a tabletop home device with an iPad-like display and a robotic limb, aiming for a release in 2026 or 2027 for ~$1,000 — - Executive who oversaw car project is leading the effort — Device would offer twist on home products from Amazon and Meta
More: MacRumors, iMore, Engadget, CryptoGlobe, PhoneArena, iClarified, Appleosophy, Android Headlines, SiliconANGLE, Patently Apple, PYMNTS.com, Wall Street Pit, The Shortcut, TechRadar, Wccftech, BGR, Trusted Reviews, Cult of Mac, Digital Trends, Benzinga, Macworld, AppleInsider, The Apple Post, The Verge, and 9to5Mac
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Forums: Hacker News, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Joseph De Avila / Wall Street Journal: |
Eric Schmidt says he “misspoke” when he said Google was losing the AI race because it decided that “working from home was more important than winning” — Ex-Google CEO had said the tech company's work-life balance was ‘more important than winning’
More: The Verge, Windows Central, Benzinga, TechCrunch, Stanford Online on YouTube, Fortune, Beyond Search, The Indian Express, Business Insider, SFGATE, The Information, Cryptopolitan, PYMNTS.com, NewsBytes, KEYE, Moneycontrol, India Today, NDTV, The Hans India, Times of India, Neowin, New York Post, Observer, Business Today, TechSpot, Quartz, and ITPro
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LinkedIn: Matt Rappaport and Orianna Rosa Royle
Forums: Hacker News, Hacker News, r/technews, r/technology, r/digitalnomad, r/antiwork, and Slashdot
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Google says Iran-backed hacking group APT42 has targeted the Trump and Biden campaigns, as well as Israeli military, government, and diplomatic organizations — APT42, which is believed to work for Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, targeted about a dozen people associated with both Trump … | Danny Gallagher / Engadget: |
The US FTC announces a final rule banning the sale of fake reviews and testimonials, including AI-generated ones, with fines as high as $50K per violation — The new rules prohibit the selling of fake and AI-generated reviews and testimonials in several forms.
More: Federal Trade Commission, Silicon Republic, Cryptopolitan, SiliconANGLE, The Hill, NBC News, Android Authority, Near Media, PCMag, National Law Review, Search Engine Journal, Search Engine Land, CBS News, The Verge, Gizmodo, Rolling Stone, and TechCrunch
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Forums: r/Destiny and r/neoliberal
| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Cisco reports Q4 revenue down 10% YoY to $13.64B, vs. $13.54B est., and says it is cutting 7% of its global workforce, or 4,000 jobs; CSCO jumps 5%+ — Cisco shares popped in extended trading on Wednesday after the networking company said it's cutting 7% of its global workforce …
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Images generated by Grok, like Barack Obama doing cocaine and Donald Trump and Kamala Harris with guns, go viral on X, raising questions about Grok's guardrails — xAI's Grok chatbot now lets you create images from text prompts and publish them to X — and so far, the rollout seems as chaotic …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says developers can offer NFC transactions using the iPhone's Secure Element, separate from Apple Pay, starting in iOS 18.1, with “associated fees” — Apple has announced that it is opening up the iPhone's NFC chip using the Secure Element to allow for third-party contactless payments …
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Forums: r/homeassistant, r/HomeKit, and r/AppleWallet
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Unit 42: open-source projects from Google, Microsoft, AWS, and others leaked GitHub auth tokens via GitHub Actions; GitHub decided not to address the risk — Multiple high-profile open-source projects, including those from Google, Microsoft, AWS, and Red Hat, were found …
More: Unit 42, The Stack, The Hacker News, The Cyber Express, PC Gamer, and Dark Reading. X: @gossy_84
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Sources: Sonos is considering relaunching its old mobile app as it works to improve the redesigned version, which launched in May 2024 to widespread criticism — Sonos has explored the possibility of rereleasing its previous mobile app for Android and iOS — a clear sign of what an ordeal the company's hurried redesign has become.
More: The Verge, iMore, Cult of Mac, TechIssuesToday.com, Android Police, Engadget, Digital Trends, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, and TechCrunch
X: @tomwarren, @oscargutiez, @stevebrazill, and @tomwarren
Forums: r/sonos, r/technews, and MacRumors Forums
| Emilia David / VentureBeat: |
Anthropic releases prompt caching, which lets developers cache frequently used context between API calls, in public beta on its API — Anthropic introduced prompt caching on its API, which remembers the context between API calls and allows developers to avoid repeating prompts.
More: Anthropic, Inc.com, and Simon Willison's Weblog
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Forums: r/singularity, r/singularity, and r/OpenAI
| Financial Times: |
Sources: SoftBank held talks with Intel about making an AI chip to compete with Nvidia, but Intel couldn't meet the demands; SoftBank is now talking to TSMC — Son hopes to put Japanese group at centre of artificial intelligence boom but talks with US chipmaker failed to progress
More: Barron's Online, Reuters, Moneycontrol, The Motley Fool, TrendForce Insights, and Benzinga. X: @marxculture
| Aisha Counts / Bloomberg: |
A survey of 430 first-time Gen Z voters: 60%+ oppose requiring kids under 16 to get parental consent to use social media and 85% oppose notification time limits — - Survey polled 430 first-time voters from across the US — Lawmakers have criticized Instagram, TikTok over child safety| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
President Biden speaks at the first White House Creator Economy Conference, with about 100 startup founders, industry stakeholders, and creators in attendance — At the first ever White House Creator Economy Conference, the most popular man to drop by was not a TikTok superstar or a YouTube sensation.
More: The Information, Tubefilter, New York Times, Fox News, Sky News, Bloomberg, Associated Press, CNBC, Forbes, The Hill, and Deadline
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Epic v. Google: in the final hearing after Epic's antitrust win, the judge says he'll “tear the barriers down” on the Play Store, but won't “micromanage” Google — Judge James Donato just made it crystal-clear: Google will pay.
More: Bloomberg, Benzinga, LBC, and Reuters
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| Harshita Mary Varghese / Reuters: |
JD.com reports Q2 net revenue up 1.2% YoY to ~$40.7B, vs. ~$40.9B est., and a ~$1.7B net income, boosted by aggressive price cuts and the 618 shopping event — Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com (9618.HK) beat estimates for quarterly profit on Thursday, helped by a mid-year sales festival …
More: JD.Com, Inc. and Investor's Business Daily
| Benjamin Mueller / New York Times: |
How University of California doctors used brain implants and AI to help an ALS patient speak again; the implants recognize words, and AI replicates his voice — Casey Harrell, who has A.L.S., received surgically implanted electrodes last July that help connect his brain to a computer allowing … | Catarina Demony / Reuters: |
The UK's Civil Aviation Authority selects six projects, including Amazon's, to test drones for deliveries, inspecting infrastructure, and emergency services — Britain's aviation regulator has selected six projects, including one by e-commerce giant Amazon (AMZN.O), to test the use of drones in deliveries …
More: Tech Monitor, Proactive, UK CAA, and The Independent
| Te-Ping Chen / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at the rise in demand for data center technicians in the US; CompTIA says technicians' pay is up 43% in the past three years to a median of $75,100 — The technicians who keep America's colossal data centers humming enjoy huge demand and earnings potential—and defy the traditional blue- and white-collar categories of work
X: @alephblog and @bfcarlson
| Reuters: |
New Zealand signs an extradition order for Kim Dotcom to the US, where he faces criminal charges related to Megaupload; Dotcom has fought extradition since 2012 — Kim Dotcom, who is facing criminal charges relating to the defunct file-sharing website Megaupload, will be extradited …
Forums: r/Piracy
| Jane Lanhee Lee / Bloomberg: |
Quantum Circuits, which aims to make error correction more efficient in quantum computers to help commercialization, raised $60M from the US' In-Q-Tel and more — - Sequoia's sole quantum computing bet raised over $60 million — Policymakers fear security impact of falling behind in quantumSponsor Posts
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