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New York Times:
French prosecutors: Pavel Durov's arrest is part of a probe “against person unnamed” into CSAM, drug sales, and more on the app and not working with authorities  —  A case was opened last month to investigate child pornography, drug sales, fraud and other criminal activities on the platform.
New York Times:
A profile of Pavel Durov, a devout techno-optimist who trolled authorities online, started social network VKontakte in 2006, and left Russia in 2014 for Dubai  —  Pavel Durov's anti-establishment streak helped him create one of the world's biggest online platforms, which emphasizes free speech.
Politico:
Telegram is avidly used within political and media circles in France, including by President Emmanuel Macron, who has used the messaging app for nearly a decade  —  PARIS — Open the Telegram chat of anyone in the French political orbit and you'll notice lawmakers, cabinet members and presidential advisers online or recently connected.
Victor Goury-Laffont / Politico:
French President Emmanuel Macron says the government was not involved in the arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov and “this is in no way a political decision”
Joseph Menn / Washington Post:
Sources: China-linked hackers recently penetrated deep into two big US ISPs and several smaller ones, using a zero-day flaw in Versa Networks software  —  Beijing's hacking effort has “dramatically stepped up from where it used to be,” says former top U.S cybersecurity official.
Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information:
Source: OpenAI demoed a breakthrough called Strawberry to US natsec officials; one of its top uses is to make training data for a flagship LLM codenamed Orion  —  In case you were wondering why Sam Altman cryptically posted a picture of strawberries earlier this month, the answer almost certainly …
Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal:
In a letter to Rep. Jim Jordan, Mark Zuckerberg says he regrets Meta wasn't more outspoken about Biden administration pressure to restrict some COVID-19 content  —  Meta CEO also says he won't repeat 2020 efforts to fund local elections, which Republicans criticized as ‘Zuckerbucks’
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Android 14 downgrade OTA release notes confirm Google has delayed the Android 15 roll out to Pixel devices from September to October; a source says mid-October  —  - The Android Beta Exit update screen has been updated to mention that the Android 15 update will be available in October.
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
nOps, which helps companies optimize AWS spend, raised a $30M Series A led by Headlight Partners and says its customer base grew 450% over the past 18 months  —  Companies don't necessarily have to produce breakthrough technology to gain market traction.  Undercutting rivals on price …
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
A US federal judge orders Missouri's AG to halt his probe into Media Matters' November 2023 X ads report, after a similar order against Texas' AG in April 2024  —  Judge: Missouri AG's actions chill speech about extremist content on Musk's X.  —  A federal judge ordered Missouri's attorney general …

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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Candle Media sells a majority stake in ATTN: back to ATTN:'s founders and others; the digital media company was valued at $150M when Candle bought it in 2022

Angela Giuffrida / The Guardian:
Sports journalists at Italy's state broadcaster Rai stage protests over blunders by sports director Paolo Petrecca during the Winter Olympics opening ceremony

Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Paramount sweetens its WBD bid with a “ticking fee” worth ~$650M/quarter if the deal isn't closed by year-end and offers to fund WBD's $2.8B Netflix breakup fee

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Caroline O'Donovan / Washington Post:
Docs: Amazon plans to launch its delayed overhaul of Alexa in October for as much as $10/month, with AI-generated news summaries, a chatbot for kids, and more
Apple:
Apple announces CFO Luca Maestri will transition from his role on January 1, 2025; Kevan Parekh, Apple's VP of Financial Planning and Analysis, will become CFO
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Anthropic becomes the first major AI vendor to publish a changelog for system prompts of top models, including Claude 3 Opus, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and Claude 3.5
Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk:
Crypto platform Abra agrees to settle with the US SEC over claims of selling unregistered securities; the SEC said Abra Earn had almost $500M from US investors
Anna Tong / Reuters:
OpenAI supports CA bill AB 3211 to require companies generating AI content to add watermarks; the bill passed in the state Assembly 62-0 and heads to Senate
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Apple announces a September 9 event at Apple Park with the iPhone 16 lineup, new Apple Watch models, and AirPods 4 expected; the invitation says “It's Glowtime”
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