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Epic launches a rival app store for iOS in the EU, offering its games, including Fortnite, and plans to start onboarding third-party devs' games from December — The Epic Games Store gives iPhone users in the EU an alternative to Apple's App Store for the first time.| Taylor Lyles / IGN: |
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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.| 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 … | Suvashree Ghosh / Bloomberg: |
Chainalysis: the value of crypto hacks increased by ~84% to $1.58B in the first seven months of 2024, likely due in large part to the rise in crypto prices — - Number of heists rose slightly, centralized exchanges targeted — Bitcoin made up 40% of the proceeds of this year's heists| 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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Primate Labs releases Geekbench AI 1.0, formerly Geekbench ML, to test AI-centric performances of CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs, available on Android, iOS, and desktop — Performance test comes out of beta as NPUs become standard equipment in PCs. — Neural processing units (NPUs) …
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Court filing: TikTok says DOJ misstated its ties to China, made factual errors in the case, and the divestment law would strip TikTok of its free speech rights — TikTok told a federal appeals court on Thursday that the U.S. Department of Justice has misstated the social media app's ties to China …
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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 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.
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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
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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 …
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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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