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September 5, 2024, 6:15 AM

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CNN:
The US DOJ seizes 32 internet domains used in Russian influence campaigns, as part of efforts to tackle Russian interference in the 2024 US elections  —  The Biden administration announced a sweeping set of actions to tackle a major Russian government-backed effort to influence …
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Kate Knibbs / Wired:
The Internet Archive loses its appeal of a US district court ruling that favored publishers in a copyright dispute over the nonprofit's ebook lending program  —  The legal battle was spurred by book publishers objecting to the archive's digital lending library.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube expands its existing parental controls to let parents link their account to their teens' account and gain insight into the teens' activity  —  YouTube is expanding its existing set of parental controls with a new feature that would allow a parent to link their account to their teen's account …
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Kantar: 26% of marketers plan to cut back ad spending on X in 2025 and 14% say they will pull budgets this year, due to concerns about content on the platform  —  Annual survey highlights growing concern about platform content and trust in information disseminated
Bloomberg:
Nvidia says it has inquired with the US DOJ and hasn't been subpoenaed, following a report that it had received a subpoena from the DOJ over antitrust concerns  —  - Bloomberg reported on the antitrust investigation Tuesday  — Nvidia says it has been in contact with the Justice Department
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Google releases Android 15, making its source code available on the Android Open Source Project; supported Pixel devices will get the new OS in the coming weeks  —  Google announced on Tuesday it's releasing Android 15 and making its source code available ahead of the coming consumer launch …
Sam Sabin / Axios:
Cybersecurity company Pango Group is acquiring all of Kaspersky's US customers, or ~1M users, after Commerce Department banned Kaspersky's software in the US  —  - Pango owns and offers a portfolio of cybersecurity products, including VPNs, antivirus software and identity theft protection tools.
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Shares of Truth Social's parent TMTG continue to slide, as the expiration date nears for a lockup agreement preventing Trump and others from selling their stock  —  Trump Media shares on Wednesday closed below where they stood at the end of 2023, as the Truth Social maker's stock continued …
Wall Street Journal:
Leaked Disney files include personal data of some staff and customers, and show that Disney+ had $2.4B+ revenue in March quarter, or 43% of Disney's DTC revenue  —  Data trove sheds light on entertainment giant's operations, and exposes personal data of some staff and customers
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 …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: SpaceX has moved to evacuate employees from Brazil and warned others against traveling to the country, as Elon Musk battles Brazil's top court over X  —  The moves show how Musk's legal dispute about X is affecting SpaceX and its Starlink satellite-internet service
Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware:
Intel cancels plans for using its 20A process node for its Arrow Lake processors for the consumer market and will use external nodes instead, likely from TSMC  —  Out with the Intel node, in with TSMC.  —  In a surprise move, Intel announced today that it no longer plans to use …
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
The nonprofit Cosmos Institute launches to cultivate AI technologists “equipped with deep philosophical thinking”, with plans for an AI lab, a VC arm, and more  —  The Cosmos Institute, a nonprofit whose founding fellows include Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark …
The Economic Times:
Indian bike taxi startup Rapido raised $200M at a $1.1B valuation led by WestBridge and plans to expand its newly launched cab-hailing service  —  Aravind Sanka, the company's CEO, told ET that the funds will be used to expand Rapido's newly launched four-wheeler taxi service, which competes with Ola and Uber.
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