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August 29, 2024, 12:30 PM

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Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Google says Russia-linked APT29 is using exploits that are “identical or strikingly similar” to those previously made by spyware makers Intellexa and NSO Group  —  Google says it has evidence that Russian government hackers are using exploits that are “identical or strikingly similar” …
Gaspard Sebag / Bloomberg:
France charges Pavel Durov for complicity in the spread of CSAM and other crimes on Telegram; Durov posted a €5M bail and prosecutors banned him from traveling  —  - Pavel Durov isn't responsible for crimes on app, lawyer says  — Durov out of detention on €5 million bail; can't leave France
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Automattic plans to shift Tumblr's backend to WordPress in a bid to make sharing work across the platforms easier, after acquiring Tumblr for $3M in August 2019  —  Tumblr is making the move to WordPress.  After its 2019 acquisition by WordPress.com parent company Automattic in a $3 million fire sale …
Kate Knibbs / Wired:
Facebook, Instagram, Craigslist, Tumblr, the NYT, the FT, The Atlantic, Vox Media, USA Today, Condé Nast, and more block Apple's Applebot-Extended AI crawler  —  This summer, Apple gave websites more control over whether the company could train its AI models on their data.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
In his upcoming book, Trump says Mark Zuckerberg plotted against him during the 2020 election and he'd “spend the rest of his life in prison” if he did it again  —  The Meta CEO earlier this week asserted that Biden administration tried to “pressure” the company to downplay content about Covid.
Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Nvidia reports Q2 revenue up 122% YoY to $30B, above $28.7B est., forecasts Q3 revenue above est., and approves an additional $50B in share buybacks  —  Nvidia reported earnings after the bell that beat Wall Street expectations for earnings and guidance, and provided stronger-than-expected guidance for the current quarter.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Threads now lets users see and like fediverse replies on other posts besides their own, and will syndicate posts submitted via the Threads API to the fediverse  —  Threads is deepening its ties to the fediverse, also known as the open social web, which powers services like X alternative Mastodon …
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Kuo: in the 2025 iPhone lineup, only the iPhone 17 Pro Max will have 12GB of DRAM, instead of 8GB, and a cooling system with vapor chambers and graphite sheets  —  Just a day after a noted leaker on Chinese microblogging site Weibo suggested the iPhone 17 lineup in 2025 could see an upgrade …
Katie Paul / Reuters:
Meta says its Llama models were downloaded ~350M times, are used by AT&T and other companies, and usage via cloud providers more than doubled from May to July  —  Meta's (META.O) Llama artificial intelligence models are being used by companies including Goldman Sachs (GS.N) and AT&T …
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Nico Grant / New York Times:
Yelp sues Google, alleging Google abused its dominance in general search to gain an unfair advantage in the local search and local search advertising markets  —  Yelp complained for more than a decade that Google tilted the search market in its favor.  After its rival's landmark legal loss, it finally decided to sue.
Ben Weiss / The Verge:
Documents and sources detail OpenSea's chaotic work environment, ever-shifting priorities, and regulatory issues, as the SEC and FTC make inquiries  —  The rise and fall of NFTs made and unmade OpenSea — the largest marketplace for the crypto asset.  But insider accounts of the company reveal …
Jason Schreier / Bloomberg:
Sources: Bungie fired Chris Barrett, a former top executive, in March 2024 after he was accused by several female employees of inappropriate behavior  —  Veteran developer who worked on hit video game franchises Halo and Destiny was directing the next major title, Marathon.
Anna Tong / Reuters:
California's State Assembly passes AI safety bill SB 1047, which now requires a Senate process vote and then Governor Newsom's signature before September 30  —  California lawmakers passed a hotly contested artificial-intelligence safety bill on Wednesday, after which it will need …
Tianyu Fang / Rest of World:
As Chinese EV manufacturers consolidate and close, EV owners say they're losing access to smartphone app updates and features that rely on cloud services  —  As Chinese EV makers close, drivers of “smartphones on wheels” say software updates and maintenance are in jeopardy.
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: OpenAI is in talks to raise funding at a $100B+ valuation; Thrive Capital is leading the round, set to invest ~$1B, and Microsoft is expected to invest  —  Thrive Capital and Microsoft are among investors putting several billion dollars into ChatGPT maker

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