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Gemini Live is not too useful as a premium feature as it lacks many integrations that text-based Gemini supports and cannot yet interpret images or video (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Gemini Live is not too useful as a premium feature...

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University professors still face the seemingly impossible task of detecting AI-fueled cheating, which continues unabated on both small and large assignments (Ian Bogost/The Atlantic)

University professors still face the seemingly imp...

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A week after data broker NPD confirmed a breach, which reportedly impacted 272M+ people, a review of NPD property Records Check shows exposed admin credentials (Brian Krebs/Krebs on Security)

A week after data broker NPD confirmed a breach, w...

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Apple debuts a web app for Podcasts, letting users log in to listen to podcasts, view the Up Next queue and library, and browse new shows, at podcasts.apple.com (Benjamin Mayo/9to5Mac)

Apple debuts a web app for Podcasts, letting users...

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Google will end the Google Play Security Reward Program, introduced in 2017 to incentivize researchers to find bugs in popular Android apps, on August 31 (Mishaal Rahman/Android Authority)

Google will end the Google Play Security Reward Pr...

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Fabric Cryptography, a startup working on a "verifiable processing unit" chip for cryptography, raised a $33M Series A co-led by Blockchain Capital and 1kx (Bradley Keoun/CoinDesk)

Fabric Cryptography, a startup working on a "verif...

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Waymo unveils its cheaper "generation 6" self-driving tech that's integrated with Geely Zeekr vehicles, with 13 cameras and 4 lidar sensors, down from 29 and 5 (CNBC)

Waymo unveils its cheaper "generation 6" self-driv...

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Raspberry Pi launches a Raspberry Pi 5 with 2GB of RAM for $50, alongside the existing 4GB model for $60 and 8GB for $80, and may release a future 1GB model (Les Pounder/Tom's Hardware)

Raspberry Pi launches a Raspberry Pi 5 with 2GB of...

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Source: GM is cutting over 1,000 software engineers, including 600+ in Michigan, as the automaker moves to lean up its software and services organization (David Welch/Bloomberg)

Source: GM is cutting over 1,000 software engineer...

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Procreate CEO James Cuda says the iPad illustration app is "not going to be introducing any generative AI into our products", drawing praise from creatives (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)

Procreate CEO James Cuda says the iPad illustratio...

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Girls In Tech, Women Who Code, and other groups that aimed to diversify Silicon Valley are closing or rebranding to stay afloat, as critics attack DEI efforts (Washington Post)

Girls In Tech, Women Who Code, and other groups th...

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In Q2, Walmart said its ad business grew 30% in the past year; eMarketer says Walmart will claim 6.8% of 2024 US retail media spending, for $3.7B in ad revenue (Gregory Meyer/Financial Times)

In Q2, Walmart said its ad business grew 30% in th...

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After Google's antitrust loss, what comes next is not clear, besides the court ordering Google to stop or reduce TAC payments; Apple may build its own search (Benedict Evans)

After Google's antitrust loss, what comes next is ...

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AMD agrees to buy New Jersey-based ZT Systems, founded in 1994 to design and make servers, server racks, and other infrastructure, for $4.9B, closing in H1 2025 (Asa Fitch/Wall Street Journal)

AMD agrees to buy New Jersey-based ZT Systems, fou...

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Carta: 254 of its VC-backed clients went bust in Q1 2024 and the startup bankruptcy rate is over 7x that of 2019, as funds raised in the 2021-2022 boom run out (George Hammond/Financial Times)

Carta: 254 of its VC-backed clients went bust in Q...

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Roblox has grown rapidly and consistently since 2018 and now sees an estimated average of 80M+ daily and 380M+ monthly users, over 2x that of Steam or Minecraft (Matthew Ball/MatthewBall.co)

Roblox has grown rapidly and consistently since 20...

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FOI docs: water consumption by data centers in Virginia, home to world's largest cluster of data centers, reached 1.85B+ gallons in 2023, up from 1.13B in 2019 (Camilla Hodgson/Financial Times)

FOI docs: water consumption by data centers in Vir...

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How Worldcoin is building its World ID identity system, trying to assuage government and privacy activists' concerns about its iris scanning tech and data usage (Angus Berwick/Wall Street Journal)

How Worldcoin is building its World ID identity sy...

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