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Israeli stock research service TipRanks says investment firm Prytek bought 40% of the startup for $80M, giving Prytek an 80% stake; TipRanks has raised $102M (CTech)

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Google says it will remove Showcase.apk from Pixel devices "out of an abundance of precaution", after iVerify said hackers could use the dormant app to spy (Joseph Menn/Washington Post)

Google says it will remove Showcase.apk from Pixel...

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Q&A with Google SVP Rick Osterloh on the new Pixel devices, Android, the history of the smartphone, integration, AI smartphones, Pixel trade-offs, and more (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)

Q&A with Google SVP Rick Osterloh on the new Pixel...

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Google expands AI Overviews in Search to Brazil, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, and the UK in local languages, and adds hyperlinks to the feature (Kenrick Cai/Reuters)

Google expands AI Overviews in Search to Brazil, I...

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Grab reports Q2 revenue up 17% YoY to $664M, below $676.9M est., and a $53M net loss, down from $135M in Q2 2023, as competition with GoTo weighs on its growth (Olivia Poh/Bloomberg)

Grab reports Q2 revenue up 17% YoY to $664M, below...

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Analysis: Kamala Harris has spent $57M on Google and Meta ads since Biden dropped out on July 21, compared to Trump's $5.6M; Biden-Harris spent $139M in 2024 (Financial Times)

Analysis: Kamala Harris has spent $57M on Google a...

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Alibaba reports Q1 revenue up 4% YoY to ~$34B, below ~$34.9B est., and net income down 27% YoY to ~$3.4B, after aggressive promotions failed to drive spending (Zheping Huang/Bloomberg)

Alibaba reports Q1 revenue up 4% YoY to ~$34B, bel...

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Google says its new "affirmative litigation" policy of pursuing hackers and scammers in court, like two Russians behind the 2021 Glupteba botnet, has paid off (Paresh Dave/Wired)

Google says its new "affirmative litigation" polic...

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JD.com reports Q2 net revenue up 1.2% YoY to ~$40.7B, vs. ~$40.9B est., and a ~$1.7B net income, boosted by aggressive price cuts and the 618 shopping event (Harshita Mary Varghese/Reuters)

JD.com reports Q2 net revenue up 1.2% YoY to ~$40....

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Quantum Circuits, which aims to make error correction more efficient in quantum computers to help commercialization, raised $60M from the US' In-Q-Tel and more (Jane Lanhee Lee/Bloomberg)

Quantum Circuits, which aims to make error correct...

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A survey of 430 first-time Gen Z voters: 60%+ oppose requiring kids under 16 to get parental consent to use social media and 85% oppose notification time limits (Aisha Counts/Bloomberg)

A survey of 430 first-time Gen Z voters: 60%+ oppo...

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New Zealand signs an extradition order for Kim Dotcom to the US, where he faces criminal charges related to Megaupload; Dotcom has fought extradition since 2012 (Reuters)

New Zealand signs an extradition order for Kim Dot...

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New Zealand signs an extradition order for Kim Dotcom to the US, where he faces criminal charges related to Megaupload; Dotcom has fought extradition since 2012 (Reuters)

New Zealand signs an extradition order for Kim Dot...

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Unit 42: open-source projects from Google, Microsoft, AWS, and others leaked GitHub auth tokens via GitHub Actions; GitHub decided not to address the risk (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

Unit 42: open-source projects from Google, Microso...

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How University of California doctors used brain implants and AI to help an ALS patient speak again; the implants recognize words, and AI replicates his voice (Benjamin Mueller/New York Times)

How University of California doctors used brain im...

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The UK's Civil Aviation Authority selects six projects, including Amazon's, to test drones for deliveries, inspecting infrastructure, and emergency services (Catarina Demony/Reuters)

The UK's Civil Aviation Authority selects six proj...

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A look at the rise in demand for data center technicians in the US; CompTIA says technicians' pay is up 43% in the past three years to a median of $75,100 (Te-Ping Chen/Wall Street Journal)

A look at the rise in demand for data center techn...

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A profile of Chinese self-driving startup WeRide, ...

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Amsterdam-based payments giant Adyen reports H1 2024 net revenue up 24% YoY to €913.4M, vs. €908.9M est., and processed volume up 45% YoY to €619.5B (Sarah Jacob/Bloomberg)

Amsterdam-based payments giant Adyen reports H1 20...

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Lenovo reports Q1 revenue up 20% YoY to $15.4B, vs. $14.1B est., a third consecutive quarter of revenue growth, a $243M net income, as the PC market recovers (Reuters)

Lenovo reports Q1 revenue up 20% YoY to $15.4B, vs...

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Sources: SoftBank held talks with Intel about making an AI chip to compete with Nvidia but Intel couldn't meet demands; SoftBank is now in discussions with TSMC (Financial Times)

Sources: SoftBank held talks with Intel about maki...

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A look at the five-person Gen Z team running Kamala Harris' TikTok account @KamalaHQ, capitalizing on the VP's viral moments and averaging 6M views per post (CNN)

A look at the five-person Gen Z team running Kamal...

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In the final hearing on remedies after Epic's antitrust win, the judge says he'll "tear the barriers down" on Google's app store but won't "micromanage" Google (Sean Hollister/The Verge)

In the final hearing on remedies after Epic's anti...

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CFIUS fines T-Mobile a record $60M for allegedly failing to prevent and report unauthorized access to sensitive data after its Sprint merger in 2020 (Reuters)

CFIUS fines T-Mobile a record $60M for allegedly f...

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A look at Germany-based Black Forest Labs, which recently emerged from stealth with a $31M seed led by a16z and whose FLUX.1 model powers Grok's image generator (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)

A look at Germany-based Black Forest Labs, which r...

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Google says Iran-backed hacking group APT42 has targeted both Trump and Biden campaigns, as well as Israeli military, government, and diplomatic organizations (Andy Greenberg/Wired)

Google says Iran-backed hacking group APT42 has ta...

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Anthropic says prompt caching, which enables developers to cache frequently used context between API calls, is now available in public beta on its API (Emilia David/VentureBeat)

Anthropic says prompt caching, which enables devel...

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Eric Schmidt says he "misspoke" when he said Google was losing the AI race because it decided that "working from home was more important than winning" (Joseph De Avila/Wall Street Journal)

Eric Schmidt says he "misspoke" when he said Googl...

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President Biden hosts the first White House Creator Economy Conference, with about 100 startup founders, industry stakeholders, and creators in attendance (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)

President Biden hosts the first White House Creato...

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The US FTC announces a final rule banning the sale of fake reviews and testimonials, including AI-generated ones, with fines as high as $50K per violation (Danny Gallagher/Engadget)

The US FTC announces a final rule banning the sale...

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Sources: Sonos is considering relaunching its previous mobile app as it works to improve the redesigned version, which launched in May to widespread criticism (Chris Welch/The Verge)

Sources: Sonos is considering relaunching its prev...

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Cisco reports Q4 revenue down 10% YoY to $13.64B, vs. $13.54B est., and says it's cutting 7% of its global workforce; CSCO jumps 5%+ after hours (Ari Levy/CNBC)

Cisco reports Q4 revenue down 10% YoY to $13.64B, ...

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Images generated by Grok, like Barack Obama doing cocaine and Donald Trump and Kamala Harris with guns, go viral on X, raising questions about Grok's guardrails (Adi Robertson/The Verge)

Images generated by Grok, like Barack Obama doing ...

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During a talk, Eric Schmidt said Google is losing the AI race because it decided that work-life balance and working from home were "more important than winning" (Orianna Rosa Royle/Fortune)

During a talk, Eric Schmidt said Google is losing ...

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Sources: Apple is prioritizing developing a tabletop home device with an iPad-like display and a robotic limb, aiming for a release in 2026 or 2027 for ~$1,000 (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Sources: Apple is prioritizing developing a tablet...

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A look at some of the victims of the now-ubiquitous deepfake video scams; an analysis of 2,000+ deepfakes found Elon Musk was featured in ~25% of such scams (Stuart A. Thompson/New York Times)

A look at some of the victims of the now-ubiquitou...

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Apple says app developers can offer NFC contactless transactions using the iPhone's Secure Element, separate from Apple Pay and Wallet, starting with iOS 18.1 (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)

Apple says app developers can offer NFC contactles...

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The main takeaway from the Google Pixel event is Android's primacy, and Google's integration with Android is worth preserving if the goal is spurring innovation (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)

The main takeaway from the Google Pixel event is A...

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A look at the National Public Data breach, first noted in April 2024 and posted publicly last week, and efforts to establish if "nearly 3B people" were exposed (Troy Hunt)

A look at the National Public Data breach, first n...

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SAG-AFTRA strikes a deal with Narrativ for voice replicas in digital ads, letting union members add themselves to the AI startup's database and negotiate fees (Cynthia Littleton/Variety)

SAG-AFTRA strikes a deal with Narrativ for voice r...

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Tencent says it is exploring with Apple ways to offer in-app transactions via iOS' payment system, the first acknowledgment of talks with Apple (Zheping Huang/Bloomberg)

Tencent says it is exploring with Apple ways to of...

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Interviews with 48+ people detail Snowflake and Databricks' intense rivalry, jockeying to be the dominant platform to organize AI data, and fear of Microsoft (Bloomberg)

Interviews with 48+ people detail Snowflake and Da...

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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X and Ryzen 9 9900X review: the Zen 5 flagship chips are fine for highly threaded productivity workloads, but gaming issues need to be fixed (Gavin Bonshor/AnandTech)

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X and Ryzen 9 9900X review: the Ze...

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EliseAI, which offers AI property management tools for landlords, raised a $75M Series D led by Sapphire at a $1B valuation, taking its total funding to $140M (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

EliseAI, which offers AI property management tools...

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MIT releases a database of 700+ unique AI risks, based on 43 existing taxonomies, including peer-reviewed articles, preprints, conference papers, and reports (Ben Dickson/VentureBeat)

MIT releases a database of 700+ unique AI risks, b...

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LA-based Sahara AI, which uses AI to recognize copyrights and track assets, raised a $43M Series A led by Pantera and Polychain, and claims 200K contributors (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)

LA-based Sahara AI, which uses AI to recognize cop...

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Access Now and Citizen Lab: Russian spy agencies are using deep knowledge about opponents, reporters, and human rights groups to target them via phishing emails (Joseph Menn/Washington Post)

Access Now and Citizen Lab: Russian spy agencies a...

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Kiteworks, formerly Accellion, which offers secure email and file transfer tools, raised $456M from Insight and Sixth Street Growth at a $1B+ valuation (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Kiteworks, formerly Accellion, which offers secure...

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Meta shuts down CrowdTangle, less than three months before the US election, in favor of the Meta Content Library; Mozilla says 50K+ petitioned against the move (Dara Kerr/NPR)

Meta shuts down CrowdTangle, less than three month...

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Foxconn says it will only start shipping a small volume of servers with Nvidia's GB200 chips in Q4, before ramping up significantly in Q1 2025 (Bloomberg)

Foxconn says it will only start shipping a small v...

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