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| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
AWS says it is “seeing significant signs of recovery” after a major US-EAST-1 outage starting at 3:11AM ET took down online services like ChatGPT and Snapchat — The cause of the AWS outage is currently unclear. … Amazon Web Services (AWS) is currently experiencing a major outage …
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X: @fortnitestatus, @mer__edith, @aravsrinivas, @qianl_cs, @jezcorden, @hiteshdotcom, @patrick_nealis, @heyandras, @lloydsbank, @tomwarren, @zerohedge, @danielrpk, @reach_vb, @altcoinpsycho, @elonmusk, @cloudflareradar, @coinbasesupport, @basedbeffjezos, @jezcorden, @uttam_singhk, @zoealannahx, @scrypto_, @elonmusk, @jsrailton, @gergelyorosz, @nonfungiblemomo, @sqs, @askrobinhood, @coinbasesupport, @pierbapt, @lukerramsden, @praveeninpublic, @jreakin, and @framer
Bluesky: @pookleblinky, @mariafarrell, @explaintrade.com, @katebevan.com, @jamesomalley.co.uk, @mattpope, @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com, @samfr, @drbeth, @karolinschwarz.de, @cruickshank, @jonkuperman.com, @ellipsus.com, @moonjam.com, @dhothersall, @tomwarren.co.uk, and @bsd.cafe
Mastodon: @rolle@mementomori.social, @jwildeboer@social …, and @leyrer@23.social
Forums: Hacker News, r/alexa, r/tech, and Beehaw
| Matthias Bastian / The Decoder: |
OpenAI researchers delete X posts claiming that GPT-5 solved Erdös math problems, after pushback from Demis Hassabis and others; Yann LeCun ridicules OpenAI — OpenAI researchers recently claimed a major math breakthrough on X, but quickly walked it back after criticism from the community …
More: TechCrunch. X: @demishassabis, @sebastienbubeck, @thomasfbloom, @ylecun, @stefanfschubert, @nathanpmyoung, @kperifanos, @dmitryrybin1, @thomasahle, @vnovak_404, @mhmazur, @garymarcus, @ns123abc, @kimmonismus, @littmath, @janarhertz, @alextensor, @teortaxestex, @yuchenj_uw, @jasondeanlee, @vijayasankarv, @scaling01, @martinmbauer, @miles_brundage, @_junaidkhalid1, @hanchunglee, @marco_piani, @jonasaadler, @deryatr_, @zephyr_z9, @thomasfbloom, @kevinweil, @jeremyphoward, @marksellke, @borismpower, @borismpower, and @sebastienbubeck
Bluesky: @dulwichquantum, @carnage4life, and @josh.uno
Threads: @gedaliap, @andrea_89757, @masiosare, @tonycoxphoto, @feathers.6799, and @sir_terrynce. Mastodon: @tao@mathstodon.xyz
Forums: Hacker News, r/OpenAI, and r/singularity
| Terrence O'Brien / The Verge: |
X plans a Handle Marketplace for Premium+ and Business subscribers to search for and request inactive usernames; rare handles can cost from $2,500 to $1M+ — Premium subscribers will be able to search and request usernames that have been unavailable. … Handles are going to be broken up into two broad categories.
More: X, The Hans India, Moneycontrol, Social Media Today, and Tech Times
Bluesky: @blindtubemares, @stevenjcbuckley, @generalboles, @simonpegg, and @snugbucket. Mastodon: @igb@mastodon.hccp.org
| Bloomberg: |
China says the US NSA has been hacking its National Time Service Center, which provides high precision time services for the government and others, since 2023 — China said it's uncovered “irrefutable evidence” of US government cyber attacks on the country's main agency responsible for timekeeping.
More: The Information, Associated Press, Modern Diplomacy, Security Affairs, Reuters, Engadget, UPI, South China Morning Post, The Hacker News, Forbes Middle East, Tech in Asia, and Benzinga
X: @kanthan2030, @scottcdunn, @jingjing_li, @ghddr16, @williamyang120, @davidafoshee, @warmonitor3, @firstsquawk, @nofollo92476663, @sammyliddell929, @marionawfal, @itsreallynick, @scottcdunn, @msjedits, @heidrekson, and @shawnwenzel
Bluesky: @billmarczak.org, @criminalerin, @bobblakley, and @campuscodi.risky.biz
| The Verge: |
Opera Neon hands-on: the $20-per-month agentic AI browser can take over browsing tasks, but its three built-in AI chatbots can be confusing and unreliable — Neon is three AI tools dressed up as one, with a $20-per-month subscription attached. … The trick to understanding Opera's Neon browser … | Lulu Garcia-Navarro / New York Times: |
An interview with Jimmy Wales on Wikipedia's decentralized model, right-wing attacks and political pressure, Elon Musk, protecting volunteer editors, and more — As one of the most popular websites in the world, Wikipedia helps define our common understanding of just about everything.
More: The Interview on YouTube and The A.V. Club
Threads: @lulugnavarro and @karin.wulf
Forums: r/wikipedia and r/technology
| Paul Mozur / New York Times: |
US tech giants are on a data center building spree, sparking fury worldwide; research says ~60% of the 1,244 largest global centers in June were outside the US — As tech companies build data centers worldwide to advance artificial intelligence, vulnerable communities have been hit by blackouts and water shortages.| Reuters: |
A lawyer says 55 Chinese iPhone and iPad users filed an antitrust complaint in China alleging Apple abuses its market dominance by restricting app distribution — A group of 55 Chinese iPhone and iPad users filed a complaint with China's market regulator on Monday, a lawyer representing the group said …
More: Forbes
| Cheyenne MacDonald / Engadget: |
X is testing a new way of opening links without fully covering an X post, allowing users to see the Like, Repost, and other buttons, starting on iOS — It comes in response to creators' complaints about the reach of posts containing links. — Links have proven to be a tricky thing when it comes to social media engagement.
More: The Hans India, The Verge, and Social Media Today
X: @nikitabier, @nikitabier, @joannastern, @pkafka, @hnshah, @tomcritchlow, @benthompson, @katienotopoulos, @firt, @mschoening, @katienotopoulos, and @tobi. Bluesky: @stonehead
| Bloomberg: |
Nexperia accuses ousted CEO Zhang Xuezheng of spreading “falsehoods” that the chipmaker is now operating independently in China and of “unauthorized actions” — Chipmaker Nexperia has accused its ousted chief executive officer of spreading “falsehoods” …
More: Financial Times, South China Morning Post, DigiTimes, TechNode, nltimes.nl, Tech in Asia, Reuters, and Nikkei Asia
| Jon Emont / Wall Street Journal: |
How China gained control over global rare earth supply through state support, domestic industry consolidation, acquiring US companies like Magnequench, and more — Beijing used bare-knuckle tactics in a multidecade effort to consolidate control over supplies
More: DigiTimes, Bloomberg, The Hill, South China Morning Post, Financial Times, and TheStreet
| Julia Black / New York Times: |
A profile of Katherine Boyle, an a16z partner and a friend to JD Vance, as Silicon Valley increasingly adopts her views, including embracing defense tech — Katherine Boyle, an influential venture capitalist who is a friend of the vice president, thinks the country's path forward involves … | Alicia Park / Forbes: |
A profile of Pure Storage co-founder John Colgrove, as AI-driven demand for data storage pushes the company's stock to record highs, reaching a $30B market cap — John Colgrove, who founded data storage company Pure Storage in 2009, is now a billionaire. — PURE STORAGE — I cover tech and billionaires.| Financial Times: |
Blackstone President Jonathan Gray says AI risk is “top of our list” when evaluating deals; sources: the firm backed down from buying companies vulnerable to AI — Jonathan Gray says private capital group has put risks from the technology ‘top of our list’ when evaluating deals
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