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| Reuters: |
Safe Superintelligence, co-founded by ex-OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, raised $1B from a16z, Sequoia, DST, and others, sources say at a $5B valuation — Safe Superintelligence (SSI), newly co-founded by OpenAI's former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, has raised $1 billion in cash …
More: The Information, VentureBeat, Globes Online, TechCrunch, Quartz, Wccftech, Nairametrics, and AIM
Forums: Hacker News and r/singularity
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Intel should spin off its foundry business, and the US government should subsidize cutting-edge chipmaking in the US via purchase guarantees for US-made chips — The best way to both save Intel and have leading edge manufacturing in the U.S. is to split the company, and for the U.S. government …
More: Digits to Dollars, Tom's Hardware, TechSpot, 9to5Google, TechRadar, and NewsBytes
Mastodon: @darkuncle@infosec.exchange. X: @gartenberg, @stevesi, @stevesi, @witeken, and @stratechery
| Max A. Cherney / Reuters: |
Sources: Intel's contract manufacturing business has suffered a setback after tests with chipmaker Broadcom using Intel's advanced 18A chipmaking process failed — Intel's (INTC.O) contract manufacturing business has suffered a setback after tests with chipmaker Broadcom (AVGO.O) failed … | Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers detail a side channel attack, which requires ~$11K worth of equipment and can be used to clone all YubiKeys running firmware prior to version 5.7 — Sophisticated attack breaks security assurances of the most popular FIDO key. — The YubiKey 5, the most widely used hardware token …
More: NinjaLab, Yubico, NinjaLab, ZDNET, Yubico, Metacurity, The Verge, Security Boulevard, Terence Eden's Blog, Cybernews.com, and SecurityWeek
Mastodon: @SecurityWriter@infosec …, @dmnelson@mastodon.social, @jalefkowit@vmst.io, and @dangoodin@infosec.exchange
X: @hackinglz, @atoonk, @cryptadamist, @aselawaid, @topquark, @stef_van_dop, @seedsigner, @krutikvirani, and @allaboutclait
LinkedIn: Philippe Caturegli, Pascal Junod, Rafał Fitt, Simon Geary, Dan Conn, and Steve D.
Forums: Hacker News, r/netsec, r/technology, Beehaw, Lobsters, and Ars OpenForum
| Tom Henderson / Insider Gaming: |
Ubisoft's stock fell 10%+ to an almost 10-year low in the past two days, giving it a market cap of €1.99B, following the lukewarm reception to Star Wars Outlaws — Ubisoft stock prices have tanked by over 10% in the past two days following a lukewarm reception to Star Wars Outlaws.
More: Reuters, Forbes, PocketGamer.biz, Push Square, Gameranx, Video Games Chronicle, Gamereactor UK, Bespin Bulletin, IGN, GamesIndustry.biz, GamingBolt, and Game Rant
Forums: r/KotakuInAction and r/Games
| Rhian Lubin / The Independent: |
Elon Musk, in an eventually deleted X post, promoted a Tucker Carlson interview with a Hitler apologist who downplayed the Holocaust and said Nazis were humane — Self-proclaimed historian Darryl Cooper claimed Winston Churchill ‘was the villain of Second World War’ and that millions …
More: Newsweek, Newsweek, The Daily Beast, Haaretz, OutsideTheBeltway, and UnHerd
Threads: @ronaldfilipkowski, @thetnholler, and @chosennj
Bluesky: @legalminimum.bsky.social, @brokentoys.social, @katzonearth.bsky.social, and @osullyville.bsky.social
X: @carlquintanilla, @joelpollak, @mcuban, @liz_cheney, and @tuckercarlson. Forums: r/WhitePeopleTwitter
| Terrence McCoy / Washington Post: |
A look at X's shrinking clout in Brazil even before the ban; Twitter once dominated Brazilian social media with 40M+ users, while X had an estimated 22M users — The platform formerly known as Twitter once dominated Brazilian social media, fueling nationwide protests in 2013 and propelling Jair Bolsonaro to the presidency.
Forums: Hacker News, r/Twitter, and r/EnoughMuskSpam
| Juby Babu / Reuters: |
More: Bloomberg, New York Times, CNBC, The Register, Platformer, The Hindu, Associated Press, Boing Boing, POCIT, Financial Times, MSNBC, Neowin, TmoNews, Axios, The Indian Express, TechIssuesToday.com, Reuters, UPI, Benzinga, The Hill, Techdirt, Pirate Wires, The Brazilian Report, and TechCrunch
Threads: @mac_ryan_. Mastodon: @dogzilla@masto.deluma.biz. Bluesky: @clemens.vasters.com and @jglypt.net
X: @starlink, @alexandrefiles, @micsolana, @parismarx, @basedtorba, @micsolana, @ngrossman81, @piratewires, @micsolana, and @tmfassociates
Forums: r/EnoughMuskSpam, r/Starlink, and r/musked
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Spotify expands daylist, a free personalized playlist that evolves throughout the day depending on listening habits, globally and adds support for 14 languages — Spotify is launching daylist globally. It's a personalized playlist that evolves throughout the day depending on your listening habits.
More: Spotify, Cybernews.com, Android Authority, MacRumors, Music Ally, MakeUseOf, Axios, and Mashable
| Anna J Kaiser / Bloomberg: |
Sources: a16z shut its Miami office in May 2024 because staff weren't using it enough; VC funding to Miami-based startups has flagged since 2022's crypto rout — When Andreessen Horowitz opened an outpost in Miami Beach, the $43 billion venture capital giant bolstered the region's ambitions of becoming a tropical tech mecca.
More: crypto.news. Mastodon: @selviano@mastodon.online. Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social. X: @downi75 and @levynews
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: the US DOJ sent subpoenas to Nvidia and others, seeking 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
More: Tom's Hardware, Silicon Valley Business …, CNN, The Crypto Basic, DL News, Windows Central, PCMag, Network World, New York Post, TechRadar, Android Headlines, Maginative, Kiplinger.com, 24/7 Wall St., WinBuzzer, crypto.news, City A.M., Fast Company, Stratechery, Reuters, CCN.com, Thurrott, Investopedia, Yahoo Finance, Forbes, Times of India, PC Gamer, Fortune, Euronews, CoinMarketCap Academy, The Guardian, Crypto News Land, COINOTAG NEWS, TipRanks Financial, Evertiq AB, OC3D, BeInCrypto, Investing.com, RTTNews, Cryptonews, Tech Startups, South China Morning Post, FX Empire, Computing, Cryptopolitan, Finbold, VideoCardz.com, Mobile World Live, FXStreet, Business Times, Benzinga, The Register, PYMNTS.com, SmartCompany, Cointelegraph, SiliconANGLE, Decrypt, Techstrong.ai, The Information, The Verge, CNBC, Investor's Business Daily, Wccftech, and Wall Street Pit
X: @joshdwalrath, @adamthierer, @benitoz, @m2jr, @matt_savage11, @deanwball, and @hamandcheese
LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski, Peter Hann Cfa, Michael Lin, and Sarah Gill
Forums: Blind, r/nvidia, r/Superstonk, r/technology, r/NVDA_Stock, r/wallstreetbets, r/StockMarket, and Slashdot
| David Ingram / NBC News: |
Meta's Oversight Board rules that the phrase “from the river to the sea” is not necessarily hate speech when addressing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — The independent board said the phrase has ‘multiple meanings’ and is important to political speech on Instagram and Facebook.
More: The Verge, The Guardian, Oversight Board, Fox Business, and Meta
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Qualcomm announces its first eight-core Snapdragon X Plus chips, which will ship in new Asus Zenbook S 15 and Dell Inspiron 14 laptops, available for $899 each — Today, the company's announcing its first 8-core Snapdragon X Plus chips, which will feature in a new Asus Zenbook S 15 and Dell Inspiron 14 that'll retail for $899 each.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
In July 29 comments to the UK CMA, Microsoft says Apple's App Review Guidelines changes aren't enough for it to operate a native Xbox Cloud Gaming app for iOS — Earlier this year Apple started opening up its App Store to game streaming services like Xbox Cloud Gaming and GeForce Now …
More: UK CMA, GamesIndustry.biz, Moneycontrol, iLounge, MSPoweruser, Pure Xbox, Windows Central, Cult of Mac, Trusted Reviews, MacRumors, and iMore
Threads: @grantjallen. X: @tomwarren, @leakerapple, @zhugeex, @macrumors, @lshimazakijp, and @tomwarren
Forums: Hacker News, r/GeForceNOW, and r/apple
| Will Shanklin / Engadget: |
Microsoft says Intel's Core Ultra 200V and AMD's Ryzen AI 300 chips will support Copilot+ AI features from November 2024, expanding from Qualcomm exclusivity — A software update will bring features like Live Captions, Cocreator in Paint and Windows Studio Effects.
More: Windows Blog, ZDNET, WinBuzzer, Benzinga, The Verge, Lowyat.NET, Tom's Guide, Wccftech, Digital Trends, Windows Central, XDA Developers, and The Verge
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft announces a Microsoft 365 Copilot: Wave 2 event on September 16 at 8:00 AM PT, where it is expected to announce a Copilot rebrand and new features — Microsoft is holding a special Copilot event later this month that will be focused on “the next phase of Copilot innovation.”
More: Engadget, Thurrott, Neowin, and iPhone in Canada Blog
| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
The UK's CMA says Microsoft's acquihire of the Inflection team doesn't cause competition concerns, but designates the deal as a merger — Good news for Microsoft: The U.K.'s antitrust regulator says that the tech titan's high-profile acquihire of the team behind AI startup Inflection … | Joseph Menn / Washington Post: |
The Atlantic Council researchers detail how spyware vendors are skirting restrictions by renaming, starting new companies, or by changing legal jurisdictions — International efforts to rein in online surveillance tools are being systematically skirted, researchers say.| Washington Post: |
People who got access to OpenAI's SearchGPT say it struggles with some shopping and local queries, and sometimes presents untrue or hallucinated information — OpenAI's search tool shows promise but lacks Google's specialized functions and can suffer from hallucinations.
Bluesky: @adnan.social
| Yang Jie / Wall Street Journal: |
A test of ~1,300 top games on Microsoft's new Copilot+ PCs finds only about half ran smoothly; Microsoft says some titles with demanding graphics may not play — Qualcomm-Arm processor chips have compatibility problems with ‘Fortnite’ and other titles — The latest Windows personal computers …
More: The Ankler, WinBuzzer, Sam Lover, Spyglass, Liliputing, and MacRumors
Bluesky: @johnchivall.bsky.social, @intweed.bsky.social, and @tcarmody.bsky.social
Forums: r/macgaming and MacRumors Forums
| 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, Social Media Today, Engadget, Reuters, Gizchina.com, Spyglass, and Benzinga. LinkedIn: Matt McGowan
| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Filing: Lyft plans to sell some of its bike and scooter business and cut 1% of staff as it struggles to turn profitable; Lyft ended 2023 with nearly 3,000 staff — - Company sees up to $46 million in charges from restructuring — Lyft had raised prices of NYC e-bike rentals due to high costs
More: TechCrunch, Benzinga, CNBC, and Quartz
| Katie Roof / Bloomberg: |
Cortex, which sells an internal development portal for teams making software, raised $60M from Sequoia, Stripe's co-founders, and others, at a $470M valuation — Stripe co-founders John and Patrick Collison also joined in the $60 million funding round. — Cortex Applications Inc. … Sponsor Posts
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