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Jeff Stone / Bloomberg:
Telegram says it will give users' IP addresses and phone numbers to authorities in response to valid legal requests, changing its ToS to deter criminal activity  —  An Outsider Critiqued Meta's Smart Glasses.  Now She's in Charge of Them  —  Microsoft CEO to Cyber Team: Don't Tell Me How Great Everything Is
Financial Times:
The US Commerce Department proposes banning Chinese and Russian software and hardware in internet connected vehicles in US; the software ban would begin in 2027  —  Move prompted by fears Beijing could collect data on American drivers and hack internet-connected cars
The Verge:
Google TV Streamer review: excellent UI, Google Assistant, fast controls, smart home hub, and handy Find My feature, but not a huge speed bump and only Wi-Fi 5  —  With more storage, a (slightly) faster processor, and some proper smart home chops, Google's new take on the Chromecast is its best attempt at a streaming device yet.
Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg: WP Engine is a “cancer to WordPress” and profits off the confusion between the WordPress project and WP Engine's paid services  —  Automattic CEO and WordPress co-creator Matt Mullenweg unleashed a scathing attack on a rival firm this week, calling WP Engine a “cancer to WordPress.”
Kate Knibbs / Wired:
Cloudflare rolls out Bot Management, a suite of free AI auditing tools, to all of its customers to help monitor and selectively block AI data-scraping bots  —  “The path we're on isn't sustainable,” Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince tells WIRED, in reference to rampant AI scraping.  Here's his plan to course-correct.
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft releases a progress report on its efforts to make security its top priority, which began in November 2023 after a scathing report from the US CSRB  —  Microsoft made security its No. 1 priority for every employee earlier this year, following years of security issues and a scathing report from the US Cyber Safety Review Board.
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
The FBI arrests and charges two people in Miami over a conspiracy to steal and launder 4,100+ BTC, worth $230M+; ZachXBT says they targeted a Genesis creditor  —  Two suspects were arrested in Miami this week and charged with conspiracy to steal and launder over $230 million in cryptocurrency using crypto exchanges and mixing services.
Jemima Kelly / Financial Times:
Similarweb: daily X users in the UK fell from 8M in May 2023 to 5.6M now, with 33%+ of the fall coming after the summer riots; US DAUs fell by ~20% in that time  —  The great migration from Elon Musk's X has seen users, especially progressives, retreat into one particular silo

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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Arkansas PBS severs ties with the PBS network, the first state public TV system to do so since Congress cut CPB funds, citing the annual $2M+ membership cost

Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Arthur L. Carter, who started a Connecticut newspaper in 1981, bought and sold The Nation, and founded the New York Observer in 1987, has died at 93

Pamela McClintock / The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney's Zootopia 2 surpasses $1B at the global box office, the fastest PG-rated film to do so after just 17 days in release

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Kit Chellel / Bloomberg:
A look at Bot Farm Corporation, a Siberia-based operation that raked in millions of dollars by deploying advanced poker-playing AI across gambling sites
Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg:
In an event that raised $27M, Kamala Harris vowed to help grow investments in “AI and digital assets”, her first comments on crypto as the presidential nominee
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