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Google expands AI Overviews in Search to Brazil, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, and the UK in local languages, and adds links beside the AI-generated answers — Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL.O) said on Thursday it was expanding its AI-generated summaries for search queries to six new countries …
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| Bloomberg: |
Some publishers say they can't block the Googlebot crawler that covers AI Overviews without hampering their discoverability, as the crawler also covers Search — Publishers say blocking the company's AI bot could also prevent their sites from showing up in search| Shawna Chen / Axios: |
California announces support for adding driver's licenses or state IDs to Apple Wallet and Google Wallet, rolling out “in the coming weeks” — - They will be authorized for use in TSA screenings, select apps and select businesses, such as Circle K. Participating airports in the state include SFO, SJC and LAX.
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| 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, iVerify, iVerify, Engadget, SC Media, Digital Trends, Android Police, TechRadar, CNET, Android Authority, The Verge, 9to5Google, The Record, Forbes, Laptop Mag, PhoneArena, How-To Geek, XDA Developers, BGR, AppleInsider, PCMag, ExtremeTech, Android Headlines, and Android Authority
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Threads announces new features, like the ability to store multiple drafts and an analytics page, rolling out on the web, and plans to test a scheduling feature — Meta's X rival Threads announced a number of new features today, including the ability to store multiple drafts …
More: Meta, The Verge, Social Media Today, Axios, Neowin, MacRumors, Engadget, Bloomberg, and TechIssuesToday.com
| Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk: |
Binance resumes services in India, after completing registration with India's Financial Intelligence Unit, which imposed a ~$2.2M fine on Binance in June 2024 — The registration was provisionally approved in May, subject to the crypto exchange paying a fine of about $2.2 million.| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
Primate Labs releases Geekbench AI 1.0, formerly Geekbench ML, to test CPU, GPU, and NPU performance, available on Android, iOS, and desktop — Performance test comes out of beta as NPUs become standard equipment in PCs. — Neural processing units (NPUs) are becoming commonplace in chips …
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Forums: r/Android and Ars OpenForum
| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
California lawmakers weaken the AI safety bill with amendments proposed by Anthropic and other opponents, including giving the AG less power to sue AI companies — California's bill to prevent AI disasters, SB 1047, has faced significant opposition from many parties in Silicon Valley.
More: Platformer, New York Times, The Nation, Bloomberg Law, Fast Company, and Cointelegraph
| 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 …
More: SiliconANGLE, Scientific American, Reuters, Inc.com, UC Davis Health, Fierce Biotech, Brown University, Neuroprosthetics- Lab on GitHub, Futurism, The New England Journal …, and Bloomberg
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| Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: |
Google makes Imagen 3 available to all US users via ImageFX, after unveiling the text-to-image AI model in May; some users criticize its strict content filters — Google has quietly made its latest text-to-image AI model, Imagen 3, available to all U.S. users through its ImageFX platform …
More: The Verge, Google DeepMind, TestingCatalog, and The Decoder
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| Hannah Lang / Reuters: |
At a Crypto4Harris online event, Mark Cuban, Anthony Scaramucci, and other crypto advocates supporting Kamala Harris urged a reset in Democratic crypto policy — Billionaire Mark Cuban, Wall Street financier Anthony Scaramucci and congressman Adam Schiff were among a group of cryptocurrency advocates …
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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Unit 42: open-source projects from Google, Microsoft, AWS, Red Hat, and others leaked GitHub auth tokens via GitHub Actions; GitHub chose not to fix the issues — Multiple high-profile open-source projects, including those from Google, Microsoft, AWS, and Red Hat, were found …
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Klarna debuts a checking account-like service and a cashback offering in its app in 12 markets, including the US and across Europe, as it prepares for a US IPO — Financial technology firm Klarna is pushing deeper into banking with its own checking account-like product and a cashback offering …
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| Andrew Liszewski / The Verge: |
Meta releases an app for the Quest 3, 2, and Pro to let the headsets display video from devices with an HDMI or DisplayPort output; a capture card is required — Meta has released a new app for the Quest 3, 2, and Pro, letting you use the headsets as a screen for consoles, laptops, or any device with video out capabilities.
More: Engadget, Meta, UploadVR, Techopedia, UploadVR, Neowin, and Digital Trends
Threads: @kgpaints, @zondaro, @noise.in.vacuum, @vrhermit, and @lukehurd
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| Heather Knight / New York Times: |
The San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu files a lawsuit that seeks to shut down 16 popular websites used to create nonconsensual deepfake pornography — City Attorney David Chiu has filed a lawsuit seeking to permanently shutter 16 popular websites that turn images of real girls and women into pornography.| Financial Times: |
Sources: SoftBank held talks with Intel about making an AI chip to compete with Nvidia, but Intel couldn't meet the requirements; SoftBank is talking to TSMC — Son hopes to put Japanese group at centre of artificial intelligence boom but talks with US chipmaker failed to progress| 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 …
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Q&A with Google SVP Rick Osterloh on the Pixel 9 devices, Android, the smartphone's history, smartphone integration, AI smartphones, Pixel trade-offs, and more — An interview with Google SVP Rick Osterloh about the Made with Google event, and understanding the company's approach …
More: 9to5Google and Android Headlines
| Sam Kessler / CoinDesk: |
NYC-based Chaos Labs, which offers automated, on-chain risk management for 20+ DeFi protocols, raised a $55M Series A led by Haun Ventures — The influx of capital comes as Chaos Labs, founded in 2021, looks to expand its platform, designed to address the growing need for automated risk management in decentralized finance (DeFi).
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