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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Thoughts on Apple Upgrade; sources: MacBook Air is now facing shortages too; Apple wants to turn its future glasses and headsets into health and fitness devices — Also: MacBook Air runs into major shortages. — Apple has finally delivered a hardware subscription program …
More: 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, AppleInsider, Wccftech, Digital Trends, and Trak.in
X: @markgurman, @_thejasonc, @markgurman, @markgurman, @markgurman, @markgurman, and @markgurman. Forums: r/apple
| OpenAI: |
OpenAI says an internal version of Astra, its next big model, produced results for 10 problems in math, quantum complexity, and theoretical computer science — We want to empower scientists and mathematicians with tools that accelerate discovery. That is why we recently announced ChatGPT …
More: OpenAI, OpenAI on GitHub, Fernando Borretti, Gizmodo, Implicator.ai, Simon Willison's Weblog, The Decoder, RuntimeWire, and The Information
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Bluesky: @emollick, @mergesort.me, @vcarchidi, @timkellogg.me, and @pekka
Mastodon: @robinhouston@mathstodon.xyz and @mitsuhiko@hachyderm.io
| Financial Times: |
Apple introduced a cap and a 30-day cool-off period on bug report submissions, citing a deluge of AI-assisted reports; researchers can request higher quotas — iPhone maker has limited the number of vulnerabilities researchers can submit to manage wave of reports
More: The Decoder, iPhone in Canada, and Digital Trends
| Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: |
Bitcoin hardware wallet Coldcard shipped a faulty firmware build, and hackers are now draining wallets; Galaxy Research estimates $70M+ stolen — More than 1,000 bitcoin, worth about $70 million, was drained from 1,196 wallets in a 41-minute window on July 30, nearly double the amount reported when the theft first surfaced.
More: CoinDesk, Forbes, ZeroHedge News, Disruption Banking, Blockchain.News, The Coin Republic, crypto.news, Blockonomi, The Hacker News, Bitcoin News, Dexerto, Tech in Asia, The Crypto Times, Yahoo Finance, Decrypt, Cointelegraph, Coinpedia Fintech News, The Daily Hodl, Bitcoin Magazine, and The Block
X: @clay_garrett, @glxyresearch, @laurashin, @truthcoin, @hodlonaut, @zherbert, @waleswoosh, @francispouliot_, @hodlonaut, @epsilontheory, @francispouliot_, @truthcoin, @nikzh, @sesi_the_man, @zherbert, and @zynxbtc
Forums: r/CryptoCurrency and r/Bitcoin
| NBC News: |
US judge refuses xAI's request to stop a Minnesota law banning “nudify” apps, noting the request came only three days before the law was to take effect — The ruling clears the way for the first-in-the-nation law to go into effect on Saturday. — A federal judge on Friday denied …
More: TechCrunch, Engadget, Mashable, Joe.My.God., UPI, and MPR News
X: @agellison, @taylorlorenz, @commie_trucker, @taylorlorenz, @dad_livingston, and @taylorlorenz. Bluesky: @artdecade
| Financial Times: |
As Taiwanese server makers expand in Mexico, the country has become the second-largest supplier of servers to the US, behind Taiwan, with $46.9B in YTD sales — Factories churning out servers for data centres are pushing exports to record levels
More: Marginal Revolution. X: @brad_setser, @chadbown, and @producercities. Bluesky: @theboysmithy.ft.com
| New York Times: |
Officials: the scope of cyberattacks on US water systems now includes at least seven states and may be far wider; MN was just the first to publicly report them — Michigan and Minnesota are among at least seven states coping with cyberattacks aimed at disrupting water systems nationwide.
More: Tom's Hardware, TechRadar, Benzinga, ZeroHedge News, OutsideTheBeltway, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, Associated Press, Al Jazeera, UPI, Small Wars Journal, RuntimeWire, Forbes, Bloomberg, Washington Examiner, NewsNation, Politico, Greensburg Tribune-Review, MPR News, WTTG-TV, Global News, International Business Times, KHQ-TV, Straight Arrow, and Scripps News
Bluesky: @nothoodlum, @darthfos, @greggjlevine, and @justinhendrix
| Wall Street Journal: |
Malaysia shuts down Network School, Balaji Srinivasan's techno-utopian project, over licensing issues; Srinivasan says he is opening a new campus in Kazakhstan — Balaji Srinivasan left Silicon Valley and created an incubator for new countries in an Asian ghost city, before the government shut it down
More: RuntimeWire. X: @balajis and @balajis
Bluesky: @cascoinfoundation.org, @yakopov.me, @gilduran.com, and @dmnd.me. Threads: @kanshi.how. Mastodon: @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social. Forums: r/politics
| Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of Jacob Tsimerman, who won the Fields Medal last week and is taking a leave from the University of Toronto to join OpenAI and work on AI safety — Jacob Tsimerman won the biggest prize in math. Now he's working on the most important problem of his career.| CJ Haddad / CNBC: |
Trump Media's new paid data API launches, for “a direct, licensed, real-time feed of the platform's most market-moving Truths”; Dem. senators asked SEC to probe — Trump Media and Technology Group's new paid data service launched on Aug. 1, providing faster access to Truth Social posts …
More: NPR, The Indian Express, Threads, NewsMax.com, Joe.My.God., Washington Examiner, Associated Press, and The Intercept
Bluesky: @mcbridetd, @deanbaker13, @kevinrothrock.me, and @gerrishlisa
| Eleanor Olcott / Financial Times: |
Chinese VC firms are rushing to raise new funds after three years of record-low fundraising, amid renewed enthusiasm for China's tech, AI, and robotics sectors — Managers capitalise on investors' desire to ‘hedge’ against US market bets — China's venture capital firms are rushing … | FinTech Global: |
LemonEdge, a fund accounting and operations software provider for the private markets sector, raised a $21M Series A led by Blackstone Innovations Investments — LemonEdge, a fund accounting platform designed specifically for the private markets sector, has secured $21m in Series A funding …
More: LemonEdge, BusinessCloud, Pulse 2.0, and RuntimeWire
| Reuters: |
An investigation reveals Dubai-based unlicensed crypto exchange Shelbit has processed at least $4B as part of Iran's sanctions-evasion operation since May 2024 — A Dubai-based crypto exchange serves as a hub for moving illicit Iranian money. The exchange, Shelbit, links a vast gambling network fronted … | New York Times: |
A look at the deluge of AI computing power set to come online in the coming years; Epoch AI expects the number of AI chips in use to double every nine months — The milestones for artificial intelligence keep getting grander. — In 2023, an A.I. system passed the bar exam.| Kim Zetter / Wired: |
This year's Defcon badges include Baochip-1x, an open source chip whose security is verifiable and that can also be used as a hardware security token — Created by legendary hardware hacker Andrew “bunnie” Huang, the badges for this year's famed security conference aim to push the boundaries of security and transparency.| New York Times: |
Inside Larry Ellison's debt-fueled push to turn Oracle into an AI juggernaut by aligning with Trump, backing Project Stargate, and partnering with OpenAI — the first full day of the second Trump administration — Larry Ellison woke up in his 33-bedroom, 34-bathroom oceanfront mansion in Florida …
More: Simon Owens's Media Newsletter and Newser
X: @niubi, @nytimes, @simonowens, @pkafka, @aqib_zakaria, @mollyjongfast, and @pkafka. LinkedIn: Yohannes Mariam
Bluesky: @frankpasquale, @jessefelder.com, @lopatto, and @karlbode.com. Threads: @karaswisher. Mastodon: @dangillmor@mastodon.social
Forums: r/thebulwark, r/Longreads, and r/FluentInFinance
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