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| Mark Zuckerberg / Meta: |
Zuckerberg says superintelligence is in sight, and when personal superintelligence arrives, context-aware devices like glasses will become our primary computers — Over the last few months we have begun to see glimpses of our AI systems improving themselves. The improvement is slow for now, but undeniable.
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Bluesky: @sonjadrimmer, @justinhendrix, @hypervisible, @whetmoser.com, @prchovanec, @impemboganecue, @explaintrade.com, @lookitup.baby, @owillis, @karlbode.com, @mdwallach, @edzitron.com, @mattbrown, @crashannburn, @wudang.com, @rmac, @adamszym, @rincewind.run, @seldo.com, @sethpartnow, @chickenpuppet.online, @gorangligovic, @billcorbett, @noupside, @daniloc.xyz, @quinnypig.com, @bryantfrancis.me, @bobgurnett.com, and @sgwong.com. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to
Forums: Hacker News, r/artificial, r/technews, r/technology, r/singularity, r/singularity, r/LocalLLaMA, and Slashdot
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Mark Zuckerberg's aim with Superintelligence Labs is to create a startup-like unit within Meta that is unencumbered by the $1.8T company's bureaucracy — Meta has splashed out on star hires and infrastructure as it tries to make up ground in the artificial intelligence race| Bloomberg: |
Palo Alto Networks agrees to acquire CyberArk Software in a cash-and-stock deal valuing the Israeli cybersecurity company at ~$25B, implying a 26% stock premium — Palo Alto Networks Inc. agreed to buy CyberArk Software Ltd. in a cash-and-stock deal valuing the Israeli cybersecurity company at about $25 billion.
More: Palo Alto Networks, Bloomberg Law, Associated Press, CyberScoop, Reuters, The Register, CSO, The Record, SiliconANGLE, DataBreachToday.com, Financial Times, The Information, CNBC, Yahoo Finance, Axios, Benzinga, Investor's Business Daily, Cyber Security News, ITPro, Globes, PaymentSecurity.io, Verdict, MarketWatch, Haaretz, and Wall Street Journal. Forums: r/CyberARk
| Alice Hancock / Financial Times: |
Google says it will sign the EU's AI Code of Practice, in a boost to the EU's efforts to regulate AI in the face of Meta's refusal to sign and heavy US pressure — Move set to boost efforts to regulate artificial intelligence in face of opposition from Meta and pressure from US| Elvira Pollina / Reuters: |
Italy opens a probe into Meta, says it may have violated EU competition rules by integrating its Meta AI assistant into WhatsApp without user consent — Italy's antitrust authority said on Wednesday it had launched an investigation into Meta Platforms (META.O) over allegations the company abused …
More: Euractiv, The Register, Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato, iPhone in Canada, Global Competition Review, Agence France-Presse, Morningstar, Inc., WinBuzzer, Tech in Asia, Mobile World Live, PC Gamer, Bloomberg Law, and Agenzia ANSA
Bluesky: @marko.social and @marsyd
LinkedIn: Claudie Moreau and Daniel Mandrescu
| Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: |
Ramp raised a $500M Series E-2 led by Iconiq Growth at a $22.5B valuation, says it has 40,000+ businesses as clients, with $700M in annualized revenue in March — Startup raises $500 million to further develop AI-based agents, CEO says — Ramp, a startup that uses artificial intelligence …
More: Ramp, TechCrunch, FinSMEs, Crunchbase News, PYMNTS.com, and Reuters
X: @eglyman. LinkedIn: Alua Telemtayeva, Max Freeman, Grant Martin, Eve W., Jesse Jacobs, and Sam Kellard
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google plans to roll out ML-powered age estimation in the US over the next few weeks to detect whether users are under 18 and then enable existing protections — In the US, Google is beginning to use an age estimation model to detect whether Account users are under or over 18.
More: The Verge, The Keyword, How-To Geek, CNET, Bloomberg, and Business Today
| Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Amazon is paying $20M to $25M a year to use NYT's editorial content in a multi-year deal for its AI platforms, which is ~1% of NYT's total 2024 revenue — The multiyear deal lets Amazon use content from the Times's news and cooking sections and the Athletic
More: GeekWire, The Information, Benzinga, PYMNTS.com, Engadget, NewsMax.com, and The Hill
Bluesky: @quinnypig.com. Mastodon: @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social. X: @mgsiegler. LinkedIn: Mike Mallazzo
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Revolut considers buying a US bank to get an American banking license to expand lending capabilities, a faster route than applying for its own permit — Acquisition would be faster route for fintech to start lending in US than applying for permit of its own
More: PaymentsJournal, American Banker, and PYMNTS.com
| Mike Allen / Axios: |
Sources: the US intelligence community persuaded the DOJ that allowing the HPE-Juniper merger was essential to US national security and competing with Huawei — - The official said blocking the deal would have “hindered American companies and empowered” Chinese competitors.
More: Tom's Hardware, Reuters, NewsMax.com, Bloomberg, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren …, and Wall Street Journal. Forums: Hacker News
| Paige Smith / Bloomberg: |
JPMorgan Chase and Coinbase signed a deal to directly link customers' bank accounts to their cryptocurrency wallets, with the feature expected to launch in 2026 — JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Coinbase Global Inc. signed an agreement to directly link customers' bank accounts to their cryptocurrency wallets …
More: Coinbase, PYMNTS.com, The Information, Yahoo Finance, Blockchain.News, Coinspeaker, Finextra, Reuters, The Defiant, The Crypto Basic, Decrypt, The Block, TheStreet, Cointelegraph, CoinDesk, CryptoSlate, Coinpedia Fintech News, Watcher Guru, CryptoPotato, CoinGape, Blockonomi, and Bitcoin Magazine
LinkedIn: Reilly Combs and Mark Troianovski
| Lucia Moses / Business Insider: |
Showrunner, an Amazon-backed AI streaming service, launches Thursday, letting users paying $10-$40/mo. to create their own animated shows or build on others' IP — - Fable Studio has gotten funding from Amazon for its AI streaming platform, Showrunner. — It shared a deck that explains …
More: Variety, Tom's Guide, Forbes, San Francisco Chronicle, and The Wrap
X: @taherdhanera, @usv, @fablesimulation, and @scobleizer
| Taylor Lorenz / User Mag: |
Substack apologizes after sending a push alert encouraging some users to subscribe to NatSocToday, a Nazi newsletter advocating for a “White homeland” — The alert contained a swastika and prompted users to subscribe to newsletter featuring opinions and news important to the “white nationalist community.”
Bluesky: @seldo.com, @jimllmixit, @jonayariley, @dankennedy.net, @marypcbuk, @karlbode.com, @jonrossjan, @dia, and @iamvishnurajan
Mastodon: @david_megginson@mstdn.ca, @FediThing@social.chinwag.org, @masek@infosec.exchange, @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social, @markwyner@mas.to, @jsr@social.jsr.com, @pivic@kolektiva.social, @encthenet@flyovercountry …, @Lazarou@mastodon.social, and @John@socks.masto.host
X: @taylorlorenz, @taylorlorenz, @julienhoez, @taylorlorenz, and @tdh
Forums: r/technology and Beehaw
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
YouTube will now allow videos with strong profanity in the first seven seconds to be fully monetized, reversing previous restrictions that limited ad revenue — Videos that use the F-word in the first seven seconds are now eligible for full ad revenue.
More: 9to5Google, MobileSyrup, iPhone in Canada, Android Headlines, TechCrunch, PCMag, KnowTechie, Engadget, Moneycontrol, GSMArena.com, TechIssuesToday.com, PC Gamer, and Android Police
Bluesky: @robtalksnonsense.com. X: @jake_hanrahan, @loudmouthjulia, and @teamyoutube. Forums: r/TheCinemassacre
| Timmy Shen / The Block: |
RD Technologies, which is developing a stablecoin backed by Hong Kong dollar, raised $40M ahead of HK's stablecoin licensing regime set to take effect on Aug. 1 — - RD Technologies announced today that it has completed its $40 million series A2 funding round.
More: RD Technologies, FinTech Global, The Crypto Times, Forbes, FinSMEs, Finextra, and Tech in Asia
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple responds to the DOJ's antitrust lawsuit from March 2024, saying it sets “a dangerous precedent” and “threatens the very principles that set iPhone apart” — The US Department of Justice formally sued Apple in March 2024, accusing the company of having a “smartphone monopoly.”| Richard Speed / The Register: |
Dropbox says it will discontinue Dropbox Passwords, launched in 2020, on October 28 to focus on its core product, and recommends 1Password as a replacement — Dropbox has given users of its password manager until the end of October to extract their data before pulling the plug on the service.
More: 9to5Mac, Dropbox Help Center, The Sun, WebProNews, WebProNews, TechRadar, Ghacks, Forbes, Windows Report, SlashGear, Neowin, CyberInsider, and PCMag. Forums: Slashdot
| Zixu Wang / New York Times: |
How Meituan used Hong Kong as a trial market for global food delivery expansion, with its Keeta service driving out Deliveroo before moving to Saudi Arabia — Meituan, the Chinese food delivery giant, tested its global expansion in Hong Kong, where its Keeta service displaced a rival before moving to other markets.| Wall Street Journal: |
China showcased many of the initiatives for AI self-sufficiency at Shanghai's World AI Conference, as it invests heavily in power generation and skills training — As Washington tries to limit China's progress, Beijing is spending more to build AI that doesn't rely on U.S. technology
More: Forbes India and The Korea Herald
| Stefanno Sulaiman / Reuters: |
Indonesia raises taxes on crypto sellers, from 0.1% to 0.21% in domestic exchanges, and from 0.2% to 1% in overseas exchanges, but removes VAT on buyers — Indonesia will raise taxes on cryptocurrency transactions, with a higher rate on trades hosted by overseas bourses, starting from August 1 … | Alex Konrad / Upstarts Media: |
A look at OneChronos, as it seeks to create “smart markets” that would allow firms to trade GPU compute like other commodities, such as electricity and oil — OneChronos teamed up with prize-winning economist Paul Milgrom of Auctionomics to develop the world's first financial market for GPU compute.| Financial Times: |
A US trade group for 30+ fintechs and aggregators says JPMorgan's plan to charge for data access could cost some firms 60% to over 100% of their annual revenue — Start-ups say having to pay for consumer's financial information would run them out of business| Bloomberg: |
A look at Russia's coordinated crackdown on foreign tech services and shift to state-backed alternatives, as it names VK's Max its national messaging app — A coordinated effort is underway to crack down on foreign tech services and build up domestic options controlled by the government.
More: CEPA and Beyond Search
| Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: the US Commerce Department is discussing charging patent holders 1%-5% of their patent value, a radical move likely to spark pushback from businesses — Commerce Department officials discuss new fee based on patent value, which could fuel backlash from businesses
More: Inc.com, Fast Company, Patently-O, and IPWatchdog.com
LinkedIn: Bill Spruill, Rich Besen, Shaunt Sarkissian, and Joff Wild
Forums: r/patentlaw, r/law, and r/georgism
| Renju Jose / Reuters: |
Australia says it will include YouTube in its ban on social media for children under 16 years of age, reversing an earlier decision to exempt the platform — Australia said on Wednesday it will include Alphabet-owned (GOOGL.O) YouTube in its world-first ban on social media for teenagers …
More: Reuters, Engadget, Prime Minister of Australia, BBC, CNN, Livemint, The Guardian, Crikey, Biometric Update, Reclaim The Net, Kidscreen, Bloomberg, UPI, The Indian Express, The Hans India, Newser, Information Age, Benzinga, Morningstar, Inc., The Register, WORLD SCREEN, ABC, Australian Financial Review, Mobile World Live, Mumbrella, B&T, Anthony Albanese, Capital Brief, The Guardian, and TechCrunch
Bluesky: @seamusbyrne.me, @juliadassin, @littleshyfim.com, @davidshoebridge, @davidshoebridge, and @fizzimus
| Laura Italiano / Business Insider: |
The judge in Elon Musk's OpenAI lawsuit strikes down 16 of OpenAI's 55 affirmative defenses, accuses both sides of “gamesmanship” and over-litigating the case — - The judge in Elon Musk's racketeering lawsuit against Sam Altman chastised both sides on Tuesday.
More: Gizmodo, The Information, and WinBuzzer
| The Information: |
Docs: Groq revised its 2025 revenue projections to $500M+ within the past month, citing delays in data center capacity, after projecting $2B+ earlier this year — Groq, a richly funded chip startup trying to take on Nvidia, told investors early this year it was on track to have more than $2 billion in revenue for 2025.
X: @jordannanos and @barneyflames
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