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| Juby Babu / Reuters: |
Starlink says it's now complying with an order from a Brazilian Supreme Court justice to block access to X in Brazil, after the country froze some of its assets — Elon Musk's satellite broadband company, Starlink, on Tuesday said that it is complying with Brazil's top court judge Alexandre de Moraes' order …
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Bluesky: @jglypt.net. X: @starlink, @alexandrefiles, @ngrossman81, @micsolana, @piratewires, @micsolana, @micsolana, @tmfassociates, @parismarx, and @basedtorba
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Bluesky says that, as of September 2, it had added over 2M new users in the past week, in the wake of Brazil's ban on X — Social networking startup Bluesky continues to benefit from X's shutdown in Brazil having now added over 2 million new users over the past four days, up from just half a million as of Friday.
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| Daniel Carvalho / Bloomberg: |
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Threads: @carnage4life. Mastodon: @JamesBaker@social …. X: @sadsonya4, @lexfridman, @vkhosla, @vkhosla, @actatumonline, @rakeshsfnyc, @vkhosla, @elonmusk, @deanbaker13, @shellenberger, @davidsacks, @shellenberger, @alexandrefiles, @1br0wn, @michaelreid52, @evacide, @elonmusk, @shellenberger, and @elonmusk. LinkedIn: Eric Smit
Forums: r/LinusTechTips, r/worldnews, and r/neoliberal
| Jean Mackenzie / BBC: |
A deepfake porn crisis has hit 500+ South Korean schools, as police investigate crime rings targeting two major universities and consider a probe into Telegram — Last Saturday, a Telegram message popped up on Heejin's phone from an anonymous sender. “Your pictures and personal information have been leaked.
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| Thomas Claburn / The Register: |
The White House publishes a roadmap to shore up the weak security of the Border Gateway Protocol, which has long been vulnerable to route hijacking — The White House on Tuesday indicated it hopes to shore up the weak security of internet routing, specifically the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP).
More: The Record, CyberScoop, The White House, The Cloudflare Blog, The White House, PaymentSecurity.io, Nextgov/FCW, and Reuters
X: @oncd and @ericgeller
| Aisha Counts / Bloomberg: |
In a letter, Evan Spiegel tries to rally Snap staff amid a 48% stock price drop this year, says Snap will test new ad formats in the chat inbox and on Snap Map — - Snap's stock is down almost 50% on ad business struggles — Social media app will begin testing new advertising formats
More: Snap Newsroom, The Verge, TechCrunch, and Reuters
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: the DOJ sent subpoenas to Nvidia and others, as it seeks evidence that Nvidia violated antitrust laws by making it harder to switch suppliers and more — - Department also sent subpoenas to third parties in case — Nvidia has built a dominant position in AI computing
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X: @hamandcheese. Forums: Blind, r/wallstreetbets, r/technology, r/Superstonk, r/StockMarket, r/NVDA_Stock, and Slashdot
| Nikkei Asia: |
SEMI data: China spent a record $25B on chip tools in H1 2024, more than South Korea, Taiwan, and the US combined, and total spending could hit $50B in 2024 — Record $25bn spent in first half in Beijing push to develop local supply chain — TAIPEI — China spent more on chipmaking equipment …
More: Benzinga, Financial Times, WinBuzzer, TechSpot, The Register, TechRadar, DigiTimes, Tom's Hardware, and Wccftech
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Intel debuts Core Ultra 200V chips, touting AI performance, to ship in laptops from September 24 and rival Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite and AMD's Strix Point — Do good things come to laptop buyers who wait? Today, Intel is revealing its first nine answers to Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite …
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X: @stshank, @patrickmoorhead, @intelnews, @pgelsinger, @benbajarin, @maxwinebach, @greengart, @maxwinebach, @intelnews, @anshelsag, @tomwarren, @maxwinebach, @wyp_pc, @danielnewmanuv, @intelnews, @windowsblog, @benbajarin, @carygolomb, @mishaalrahman, @maxwinebach, @intelnews, @bobodtech, @yusuf_i_mehdi, and @tomwarren. Forums: Slashdot
| Lauren Feiner / The Verge: |
Dutch regulator fines Clearview AI €30.5M, following fines from the UK, France, Australia, and Italy, but Clearview says it is not subject to GDPR — Clearview AI has been hit with its largest fine yet under Europe's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by a Dutch regulator.
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X: @asher_wolf, @sophieintveld, @nickleslee, @montezumachavez, and @noybeu
LinkedIn: Aleksandre Megrelishvili, Risto Hübner, and Joost Gerritsen
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Sam Altman and other OpenAI execs have been meeting with investors to advance a deal to spend tens of billions to build infrastructure for AI in the US — - Global plan for AI would start with major push in the US — OpenAI's CEO and deputies have been pitching global investors
X: @dinabass
| Christiaan Hetzner / Fortune: |
Elon Musk says xAI brought its “Colossus 100k H100 training cluster online” over the weekend, which will “double in size to 200k (50k H200s) in a few months” — Say what you will about Elon Musk, but when the technological disruptor sets his mind to something, he plays to win.| Denham Sadler / Information Age: |
Sydney-based Canva announces a price increase, including hikes of 300% for some users, citing its new AI and generative AI features, as it prepares for a US IPO — Not so affordable anymore. — Canva has announced a price increase of 300 per cent for some of its users …
More: The Verge, TechCrunch, The Daily Upside, Android Authority, PetaPixel, Dexerto, Silicon Republic, Fortune, Fox Business, and SmartCompany
X: @wlsndrs, @aleksizy, @johngee45, @barrettbogue, @pavlos1944, @jamiecrain, @martinleblanc, and @davewalker
Forums: Hacker News, r/Affinity, and r/technology
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Semiconductor stocks fell on Tuesday, led by Nvidia, which dropped 9.53%; Intel fell 8.8%, Marvell 8.16%, AMD 7.82%, Qualcomm 6.88%, and Broadcom 6.16% — Semiconductor stocks, led by Nvidia, fell Tuesday during an overall down day for the market. The S&P 500 slid by more than 1%.| Ryan Morrison / Tom's Guide: |
China-based MiniMax launches video-01, its text-to-video AI model that generates six-second clips with 1280x720 resolution at 25 fps — I tried it on a series of prompts — When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here's how it works. — Jump to:
More: South China Morning Post, The Decoder, MIT Technology Review, TechNode, and AIM
| Josef Erl / MIXED Reality News: |
Pico 4 Ultra review: with imprecise hand tracking and few good MR apps, ByteDance's $600 headset is far behind the Quest 3 and works well only as a PC VR device — Our review of the Pico 4 Ultra shows that despite more power and mixed reality, the mobile VR headset cannot close the gap to Meta's Quest 3.| New York Times: |
Sources detail OpenAI's struggles to transform into a no-nonsense, profit-driven company; 80% of its 1,700+ staff started after ChatGPT's November 2022 release — The maker of ChatGPT is struggling to transform itself into a profit-driven company while satisfying worries about the safety of artificial intelligence.Sponsor Posts
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