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The FCC says Lingo Telecom agreed to pay a $1M fine after the agency said Lingo transmitted fake robocalls imitating President Joe Biden in New Hampshire (David Shepardson/Reuters)

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Twitch plans to raise its new Tier 1 sub and gift sub prices on mobile in 40+ countries on October 1; in an email, Twitch says Tier 1 will rise by $2 to $7.99 (Michael Gwilliam/Dexerto)

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Italian officials: UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch's body has been recovered from the wreckage of the superyacht Bayesian, which sank three days ago off Sicily (Financial Times)

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A look at the facial recognition systems becoming common at major league sporting venues, like the MLB's Go-Ahead Entry, as privacy advocates raise concerns (Caroline Haskins/Wired)

A look at the facial recognition systems becoming ...

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A look at interoperability challenges to the adoption of the C2PA's authentication standard, including the lack of support for C2PA metadata in cameras (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)

A look at interoperability challenges to the adopt...

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Neuralink says surgery for its second human implant "went well" and the patient, who had a spinal cord injury, can design 3D objects and play Counter-Strike 2 (Sarah McBride/Bloomberg)

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The unsealed list of X Holdings shareholders names nearly 100 entities, including 8VC, Italy-based UnipolSai S.P.A., and a fund linked with Sean "Diddy" Combs (Trisha Thadani/Washington Post)

The unsealed list of X Holdings shareholders names...

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LiteSpeed Cache, the top WordPress site acceleration plugin, had a critical flaw that left sites open to takeover attacks; 2M+ sites are likely still vulnerable (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

LiteSpeed Cache, the top WordPress site accelerati...

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Zomato acquires Paytm's entertainment ticketing business for $244.1M; the division contributed about 9% to Paytm's overall revenues in Q1 2024 (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Zomato acquires Paytm's entertainment ticketing bu...

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A US district judge rules X Holdings should unseal its corporate disclosure statement by September 4, revealing X and xAI shareholders fully for the first time (Kali Hays/Fortune)

A US district judge rules X Holdings should unseal...

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In a letter to Sen. Scott Wiener, OpenAI says California's AI safety bill would hurt innovation and that AI safety regulation should come from the federal level (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg)

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Snowflake reports Q2 revenue up 29% YoY to $868.8M and raises its FY 2025 product revenue forecast, but not its margin forecast; SNOW drops 7%+ after hours (Zaheer Kachwala/Reuters)

Snowflake reports Q2 revenue up 29% YoY to $868.8M...

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Google and the state of California strike a deal to jointly contribute $125M+ over five years to support local news; it also includes support for an AI project (Politico)

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Zoom reports Q2 revenue up 2.1% YoY to $1.16B, vs. $1.15B est., enterprise revenue up 3.5% YoY to $682.8M, and a Q3 revenue forecast beating estimates (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)

Zoom reports Q2 revenue up 2.1% YoY to $1.16B, vs....

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Microsoft says Recall will be available to Windows Insiders in October; it delayed the launch of the AI feature in June after security concerns were raised (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Microsoft says Recall will be available to Windows...

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Sources: Apple App Store VP Matt Fischer is leaving in October; App Store group will split into two teams, one for its own store, one for alt app distribution (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Sources: Apple App Store VP Matt Fischer is leavin...

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Users in Russia report outages affecting Telegram, WhatsApp, and other services; Roskomnadzor blames a DDoS attack, while activists suspect Kremlin interference (Meduza)

Users in Russia report outages affecting Telegram,...

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Duane Boning named vice provost for international activities

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Pixel 9 Pro and 9 Pro XL review: great build quality, brighter screens, faster fingerprint sensors, but the AI features are inconsistent and all over the place (Allison Johnson/The Verge)

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Microsoft announces the $30 Xbox Adaptive Joystick, a wired companion to other Xbox controllers, for players with limited mobility, launching in early 2025 (Tom Warren/The Verge)

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Public Citizen: crypto companies have spent $119M+ in the 2024 election cycle through Q2, or 48% of all corporate money, an "unprecedented" spending spree (Brendan Pedersen/Punchbowl News)

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Public Citizen: crypto companies have spent $119M+ in the 2024 election cycle through Q2, or 48% of all corporate money, an "unprecedented" spending spree (Brendan Pedersen/Punchbowl News)

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Interviews with US political campaigns and tech companies: despite offers from 30+ companies for AI products, most campaigns are wary and largely not biting (Sheera Frenkel/New York Times)

Interviews with US political campaigns and tech co...

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US court records: US agencies are increasingly accessing parts of the 500M encrypted message haul retrieved from the hack of encrypted phone company Sky in 2021 (Joseph Cox/404 Media)

US court records: US agencies are increasingly acc...

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US court records: US agencies are increasingly accessing parts of the 500M encrypted message haul retrieved from the hack of encrypted phone company Sky in 2021 (Joseph Cox/404 Media)

US court records: US agencies are increasingly acc...

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Source: Meta's Llama struggles to gain traction on AWS, where Claude is most popular; Microsoft pitches Llama to clients with data expertise, per a staffer (The Information)

Source: Meta's Llama struggles to gain traction on...

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Microsoft plans to launch the $450 white discless Xbox Series X, a $600 2TB Galaxy Black special-edition Series X, and $350 1TB Series S on October 15 in the US (Tom Warren/The Verge)

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Microsoft plans to launch the $450 white discless Xbox Series X, a $600 2TB Galaxy Black special-edition Series X, and $350 1TB Series S on October 15 in the US (Tom Warren/The Verge)

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Grafana Labs, which makes the Grafana visualization tools, completes a primary and secondary transaction worth ~$270M at a $6B+ valuation, up from $3B in 2022 (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch)

Grafana Labs, which makes the Grafana visualizatio...

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Sources and docs: sales reps say Google's targeting of teen minors goes beyond Meta; Google lets advertisers target an "unknown" group that skews toward teens (Catherine Perloff/Adweek)

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PIP Labs, which is developing the blockchain Story Protocol to track IP usage, raised an $80M Series B led by a16z Crypto, sources say at a $2.25B valuation (Ryan Browne/CNBC)

PIP Labs, which is developing the blockchain Story...

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Didi reports Q2 revenue up 4.1% YoY to ~$7.1B and ~196M net profit, after ride-hailing transactions hit a record, as Didi recovers from a $1.2B US fine in 2022 (Bloomberg)

Didi reports Q2 revenue up 4.1% YoY to ~$7.1B and ...

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Samsung unveils a new Odyssey gaming monitor lineup that uses eye-tracking tech to convert 2D visuals into glasses-free 3D, set for release "within this year" (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)

Samsung unveils a new Odyssey gaming monitor lineu...

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WISPAP says Pakistan's internet speeds have dropped 30%-40% over the past few weeks; many in tech believe the government is testing an internet firewall (Zofeen T Ebrahim/The Guardian)

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The UK CMA closes its Google Play Store and Apple App Store investigation and expects to reconsider the case under a new digital rules regime, set for fall 2024 (Katharine Gemmell/Bloomberg)

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Since 2023, Chinese investors, including Alibaba and Tencent, have valued 6+ China-based startups developing LLMs, dubbed "Little AI Dragons", at $1B+ each (Wall Street Journal)

Since 2023, Chinese investors, including Alibaba a...

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Linux users say Microsoft's recent Windows patch leaves dual-boot devices unable to boot into Linux when Secure Boot is enforced; Microsoft hasn't commented (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)

Linux users say Microsoft's recent Windows patch l...

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Chinese government data: China is unleashing billions in lending to tech startups using intellectual property as collateral, up 57% YoY to ~$58.8B in H1 2024 (Financial Times)

Chinese government data: China is unleashing billi...

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Xiaomi reports Q2 revenue up 32% YoY to ~$12.5B, above ~$12.2B est., and a ~$715M net income, above ~$533M est., as its core smartphone business recovers (Bloomberg)

Xiaomi reports Q2 revenue up 32% YoY to ~$12.5B, a...

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Google updates Gemini in Gmail to add a Polish feature to edit existing drafts, on top of Formalize and Elaborate, for Google One AI Premium and Workspace (Wes Davis/The Verge)

Google updates Gemini in Gmail to add a Polish fea...

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MIT engineers’ new theory could improve the design and operation of wind farms

MIT engineers’ new theory could improve the design...

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The UK's new rules to curb online payment scams, rolling out in October 2024, face backlash from the finance industry, including over a lack of time to adjust (Aisha S Gani/Bloomberg)

The UK's new rules to curb online payment scams, r...

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A look at Rockbridge, a Silicon Valley-backed right-wing donor group co-founded by JD Vance to influence US politics; docs and sources: its 2024 budget is ~$75M (Reuters)

A look at Rockbridge, a Silicon Valley-backed righ...

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Following rivals' criticism, CrowdStrike President says no vendor could "technically" guarantee their software won't cause an incident like the July outage (Stephanie Stacey/Financial Times)

Following rivals' criticism, CrowdStrike President...

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Engineering and matters of the heart

Engineering and matters of the heart

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New York-based Trunk Tools, which provides automation tools to organize unstructured construction documentation, raised a $20M Series A led by Redpoint (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

New York-based Trunk Tools, which provides automat...

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Microsoft releases three Phi-3.5 models designed for basic/fast reasoning and more, available for developers to download, use, and fine-tune on Hugging Face (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)

Microsoft releases three Phi-3.5 models designed f...

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Sources: Walmart, JD.com's largest shareholder, is seeking to raise up to $3.74B by selling its stake in the Chinese e-commerce firm; JD falls 9%+ after hours (Amy Or/Bloomberg)

Sources: Walmart, JD.com's largest shareholder, is...

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Shein sues Temu for copyright infringement, accusing the company of stealing trade secrets and masquerading "as a legitimate e-commerce 'marketplace'" (Samantha Cole/404 Media)

Shein sues Temu for copyright infringement, accusi...

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Source: at the end of March, Bolt's annualized run rate was $28M in revenue and $7M in gross profit, making a funding round at a $14B valuation hard to believe (Eric Newcomer/Newcomer)

Source: at the end of March, Bolt's annualized run...

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