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September 5, 2024, 9:05 PM

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Andy Greenberg / Wired:
The US and allies reveal that the hacker group known as Cadet Blizzard is part of the GRU's Unit 29155, which is responsible for assassinations in Europe  —  Unit 29155 of Russia's GRU military intelligence agency—a team responsible for coup attempts, assassinations, and bombings …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google rolls out Ask Photos, the Gemini-powered search feature in Google Photos announced at I/O in May 2024, in “early access” to select customers in the US  —  First announced at Google's I/O developer conference this May, Google Photos' AI-powered search feature, “Ask Photos,” is rolling out to users starting Thursday.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
The US, the UK, the EU, and others sign a Council of Europe treaty to ensure that AI use is “fully consistent with human rights, democracy and the rule of law”  —  We're not very close to any specifics on how, exactly, AI regulations will be implemented and ensured …
Maia Coleman / New York Times:
US prosecutors charge a man for allegedly using AI to create hundreds of thousands of songs and using bots to play them and get $10M in streaming royalties  —  Federal prosecutors charged a North Carolina musician with gaming the system to win royalties from streaming services including Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music.
Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware:
Intel cancels plans to use its Intel 20A process node for its consumer Arrow Lake processors and instead plans to use external nodes, 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 its own ‘Intel 20A’ process node …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube announces AI detection tools to protect against copying creators' likeness, including their faces and voices, and plans to offer AI scraping controls  —  YouTube on Thursday announced a new set of AI detection tools to protect creators, including artists, actors …
Rachel Metz / Bloomberg:
OpenAI says it has 1M+ paid corporate ChatGPT users across ChatGPT Team, Enterprise, and Edu, up from 600K paid ChatGPT Team and Enterprise users in April 2024  —  The startup introduced an enterprise product a year ago in a bid to boost revenue. … OpenAI now has more than 1 million paid users …
Daniel Wiessner / Reuters:
A San Francisco federal judge rules that X must face a class action age bias lawsuit by ~150 older workers laid off when Elon Musk acquired the company in 2022  —  A federal judge in San Francisco has ruled that roughly 150 older workers who were laid off by social media platform X …
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon says the company is working with Samsung and Google on a mixed-reality set of smart glasses linked to a smartphone  —  WATCH NOW  —  Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon told CNBC the chip designer is working with Samsung and Google to explore a mixed-reality set …
Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Verizon agrees to acquire rival telecom operator Frontier Communications for an enterprise value of $20B including debt; Frontier reported $5.8B in 2023 revenue  —  - The deal has an enterprise value of $20 billion including debt  — Verizon to buy fiber rival to expand high-speed internet
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Salesforce agrees to acquire Own Company, which provides data management and protection services, for ~$1.9B in cash; Own was valued at $3.35B as of August 2021  —  Salesforce has acquired Own, a provider of data management and protection solutions, for $1.9 billion in cash.
Helen Bushby / BBC:
The UK CMA launches an investigation into whether Ticketmaster breached consumer protection law with the sale of Oasis tickets, including via “dynamic pricing”  —  The UK competition regulator has launched an investigation into the sale of Oasis tickets, including the use of “dynamic pricing”.
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Ezza Ijaz / Wccftech:
Bluetooth SIG releases its Bluetooth 6.0 spec, which has a Channel Sounding feature that could help Find My apps locate items with “centimeter-level accuracy”  —  The Bluetooth community is dedicated to evolving its technology, introducing more features, and including more devices …
Vittoria Elliott / Wired:
As national legislation on deepfake porn crawls through Congress, 39 US states have introduced laws to deter the creation and sharing of nonconsensual deepfakes  —  Legislation addressing the crisis of deepfake porn is being proposed, passing, and failing at the state level all over the US.
Forums: r/politics
Hannah Lang / Reuters:
PayPal expands into US point-of-sale payments by integrating its debit card with Apple Wallet and offering 5% cash back on $1K/month for a chosen product group  —  PayPal (PYPL.O) is expanding into U.S. point-of-sale payments by integrating its debit card with Apple's mobile wallet …

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