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| 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’
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Threads: @hyoun.park.tech, @brandonlive, @erinmcunningham, @alexhcranz, and @crumbler. Mastodon: @tante@tldr.nettime.org. Bluesky: @microh.bsky.social
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LinkedIn: Matt Rappaport and Orianna Rosa Royle
Forums: Hacker News, Hacker News, r/technology, 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 …
More: The Keyword, Infosecurity, SC Media, Politico, Fox News, Security Boulevard, Decipher, CyberScoop, SecurityWeek, NBC News, Anadolu Ajansı …, CBS News, Novinite.com, News18, Washington Times, CTech, Cyber Security News, MercoPress, Times of India, Newser, NEWS.am, CBS News, CNN, National Review, Forbes, New York Post, ABC News, BetaNews, NewsBytes, Axios, and Just The News
X: @ericgeller, @shashj, @dnvolz, @levitt_matt, @a_greenberg, and @shashj
Forums: r/stupidpol and r/technology
| 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
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Threads: @jbillinson and @jbillinson
Mastodon: @stroughtonsmith … and @elkmovie@mastodon.social
Bluesky: @edbott.com and @darthbluesky.bsky.social
X: @parismarx, @zerohedge, @ranimolla, @wholemarsblog, @brandonbutch, @gartenberg, @markgurman, and @gregorymcfadden
Forums: Hacker News, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| 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, WinBuzzer, Developer Tech News, The Stack, The Hacker News, The Cyber Express, and PC Gamer. X: @gossy_84
| 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, HotHardware, Silicon Republic, Android Authority, NBC News, Android Headlines, Cryptopolitan, The Hill, SiliconANGLE, Near Media, PCMag, National Law Review, Search Engine Journal, Search Engine Land, CBS News, The Verge, Gizmodo, and Rolling Stone
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Forums: r/Destiny and r/neoliberal
| 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 …
More: TorrentFreak, The Verge, PCMag, NZ Herald, and Pocket-lint
Forums: Hacker News, r/news, r/worldnews, r/technology, r/Piracy, and r/france
| 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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Forums: r/technology, r/Layoffs, and Slashdot
| 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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Forums: Hacker News, r/samharris, r/StableDiffusion, r/Fauxmoi, and r/technology
| 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.
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X: @tomwarren, @oscargutiez, @stevebrazill, and @tomwarren
Forums: r/sonos, r/technews, and MacRumors Forums
| 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| 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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X: @brandonbutch, @noyesclt, @brandonbutch, @lellouchenico, @brandonbutch, @markgurman, @markgurman, @markgurman, @psythor, and @psythor
Forums: r/homeassistant, r/HomeKit, and r/AppleWallet
| 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, Ben's Bites, and Simon Willison's Weblog
X: @mattshumer_, @anthropicai, @legit_rumors, @skirano, @matthewberman, @abacaj, @alexalbert__, @rednafi, @danshipper, @ianwoodfill, @simonw, @simonw, @chheplo, @mvpatel2000, and @yomaggievo
Forums: r/singularity, r/singularity, and r/OpenAI
| 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| Kenrick Cai / Reuters: |
Google expands AI Overviews in Search to Brazil, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, and the UK in local languages, and adds hyperlinks to the feature — Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL.O) said on Thursday it was expanding its AI-generated summaries for search queries to six new countries …
More: Silicon Republic, Search Engine Roundtable, Search Engine Land, and PhoneArena. Forums: r/singularity
| 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: OSnews, Associated Press, Bloomberg, Digital Content Next, The Mirror, Benzinga, and Reuters
Bluesky: @zitron.bsky.social. X: @modestproposal1, @balancecrafting, @balancecrafting, @megangra, @balancecrafting, @megangra, @megangra, @balancecrafting, @vidushi_law, and @balancecrafting. Forums: r/technology
| Reuters: |
CFIUS fines T-Mobile a record $60M for allegedly failing to prevent and report unauthorized access to sensitive data after its Sprint merger in 2020 — A powerful U.S. committee that scrutinizes foreign investment for national security risks fined T-Mobile (TMUS.O) $60 million …
More: 9to5Mac, Benzinga, TechRadar, U.S. Department …, Wall Street Journal, Wccftech, PhoneArena, Bloomberg, and Forbes. X: @business
| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
Alibaba reports Q1 revenue up 4% YoY to ~$34B, below ~$34.9B est., and net income down 27% YoY to ~$3.4B, after aggressive promotions failed to drive spending — - Net income dived 27% as spending on promotions ballooned — Commerce shrank in a worrying sign for Chinese consumption| CTech: |
Israeli stock research service TipRanks says investment firm Prytek bought 40% of the startup for $80M, giving Prytek an 80% stake; TipRanks has raised $102M — The investment firm, which had already owned 40% of the Israeli fintech startup, is taking its stake to 80% with an $80 million investment.
More: TechCrunch and Globes Online
| Joseph Menn / Washington Post: |
Google says it will remove Showcase.apk from Pixel devices “out of an abundance of precaution”, after iVerify said hackers could use the dormant app to spy — Discovery prompted one intelligence contractor to stop issuing Android phones to employees.
More: Wired, Android Authority, iVerify, and Forbes
| Financial Times: |
Analysis: Kamala Harris has spent $57M on Google and Meta ads since Biden dropped out on July 21, compared to Trump's $5.6M; Biden-Harris spent $139M in 2024 — Former president's lacklustre output points to significant tactical change from four years ago — Kamala Harris has spent 10 times … Sponsor Posts
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