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Cisco Talos: eight vulnerabilities in Microsoft's macOS apps could be abused by attackers to record video/sound from a user's device, log user input, and more (Connor Jones/The Register)

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Ex-Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch, who was acquitted on US fraud charges in June, is among six missing after a yacht sank off Sicily, according to Italian authorities (Associated Press)

Ex-Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch, who was acquitted on U...

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Donald Trump shared AI-generated images on Truth Social that show Taylor Swift and her fans vowing their support for his campaign; Swift hasn't endorsed Trump (Nick Robins-Early/The Guardian)

Donald Trump shared AI-generated images on Truth S...

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The FBI and US intelligence agencies say they are "confident" that Iran was responsible for recent attempted hacks into the Trump and Biden-Harris campaigns (Perry Stein/Washington Post)

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Palo Alto Networks reports Q4 revenue up 12% YoY to $2.2B, vs. $2.16B est., FY 2025 revenue guidance above est., and increases its share buyback by $500M to $1B (Jaspreet Singh/Reuters)

Palo Alto Networks reports Q4 revenue up 12% YoY t...

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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)

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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)

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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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Arize AI: 56% of Fortune 500 companies cited AI as a "risk factor" in their recent annual reports, up from 9% in 2022; 86% of software firms cited AI as a risk (Tabby Kinder/Financial Times)

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A look at Apple's work on its in-house modem chip, which may debut in some niche models next year, with the full rollout taking a few years to complete (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

A look at Apple's work on its in-house modem chip,...

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Corsair TC500 Luxe Gaming Chair review: as lavish as it gets

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A survey of 2,012 people in Germany finds ~50% wouldn't use the digital euro over privacy fears; the European Central Bank will decide on a rollout by 2025 end (Marilen Martin/Bloomberg)

A survey of 2,012 people in Germany finds ~50% wou...

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A profile of Palmer Luckey, who sold Oculus to Fac...

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South Korea's plan to introduce tablets with AI features in schools faces backlash from parents and academics concerned about children's overexposure to devices (Financial Times)

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South Korean AI chip makers Rebellions and Sapeon agree to merge; Rebellions has raised $225M+ and Sapeon's shareholders include SK Telecom and SK Hynix (Joyce Lee/Reuters)

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Dating apps are struggling as users seek organic ways to meet; Match Group reported a decline in the total number of paying users for seven straight quarters (Edward Helmore/The Guardian)

Dating apps are struggling as users seek organic w...

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An interview with Palantir CEO Alex Karp on co-founding the company, autonomous weapons systems, AI, supporting Kamala Harris, Silicon Valley critics, and more (Maureen Dowd/New York Times)

An interview with Palantir CEO Alex Karp on co-fou...

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Runway debuts Gen-3 Alpha Turbo, a faster and cheaper model than Gen-3 Alpha, capable of generating 5- or 10-second-long video clips, available for all plans (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)

Runway debuts Gen-3 Alpha Turbo, a faster and chea...

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X says it's closing its operations in Brazil, claiming a judge threatened arrest if X didn't comply with "censorship orders"; the service remains available (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch)

X says it's closing its operations in Brazil, clai...

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Nancy Pelosi issues a statement in opposition to California's AI safety bill, saying it's "well-intentioned but ill-informed" and "more harmful than helpful" (Representative Nancy Pelosi)

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A profile of Anthony Tan, the solo developer of Wa...

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Ericsson to sell its network portability and data exchange services unit Iconectiv to Koch Equity Development for $1B; the deal is expected to close in H1 2025 (Lynn Doan/Bloomberg)

Ericsson to sell its network portability and data ...

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A YouTuber files a proposed class action against Nvidia, accusing it of scraping his content without consent to train AI models, weeks after also suing OpenAI (Justin Bachman/Legal Dive)

A YouTuber files a proposed class action against N...

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Amount, which provides digital lending services for credit unions and banks, raised $30M from Curql, Goldman Sachs, WestCap, Hanaco Ventures, QED, and others (PYMNTS.com)

Amount, which provides digital lending services fo...

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Filing: AT&T and Verizon ask the FCC to deny SpaceX's request to waive rules, claiming Starlink's service with T-Mobile would interfere with existing networks (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)

Filing: AT&T and Verizon ask the FCC to deny Space...

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Google says it "missed the mark" after leaked screenshots showed a Team Pixel program agreement threatened influencers who didn't showcase the Pixel over rivals (Victoria Song/The Verge)

Google says it "missed the mark" after leaked scre...

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A US appeals court largely upholds a ruling blocking the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, finding parts of the law likely violate the First Amendment (Cristiano Lima-Strong/Washington Post)

A US appeals court largely upholds a ruling blocki...

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A US judge temporarily blocks the launch of Venu Sports, the streaming service from Fox/WBD/Disney, a week before rollout, after Fubo filed an antitrust lawsuit (Bloomberg)

A US judge temporarily blocks the launch of Venu S...

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OpenAI removed a cluster of Iranian accounts using ChatGPT for an influence campaign targeting the US elections, and says the effort didn't gain much traction (Cade Metz/New York Times)

OpenAI removed a cluster of Iranian accounts using...

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Background check service National Public Data confirms a breach after hackers leaked a stolen database with millions of SSNs and other sensitive personal info (Ionut Ilascu/BleepingComputer)

Background check service National Public Data conf...

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FanDuel founders and other early shareholders sue KKR and Shamrock Capital over the 2018 Paddy Power Betfair merger that wiped out the value of their holdings (Dan Primack/Axios)

FanDuel founders and other early shareholders sue ...

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Walmart and its drone delivery partner DroneUp are ending drone delivery in Phoenix, Salt Lake City, and Tampa to focus on the Dallas-Fort Worth area (Joann Muller/Axios)

Walmart and its drone delivery partner DroneUp are...

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Caresyntax, which is building AI-powered surgical data analysis tools, raised a $180M Series C extension consisting of $80M in equity and $100M in debt (Kai Nicol-Schwarz/Sifted)

Caresyntax, which is building AI-powered surgical ...

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The European Commission asks Meta for information about its Content Library tool and API under the DSA, following Meta's decision to deprecate CrowdTangle (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)

The European Commission asks Meta for information ...

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Epic says its games are available on AltStore for iOS in the EU and plans to bring them to Aptoide's iOS store in the EU and ONE Store on Android (Jay Peters/The Verge)

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