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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
After Elon Musk tweeted that he is “up for a cage fight” with Mark Zuckerberg, both parties agree to a fight; Musk suggests the Vegas Octagon as a location — Here we go. — After Elon Musk recently tweeted that he would be “up for a cage fight” with Zuckerberg …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases visionOS SDK and plans to open developer labs and applications for Apple Vision Pro developer kits next month — When Apple announced Vision Pro at WWDC, the company promised to make a robust set of tools available for developers. That day has already arrived …
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Apple patches three zero-days in its operating systems, including Operation Triangulation iMessage exploit described by Kaspersky earlier in June — Apple addressed three new zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in attacks installing Triangulation spyware on iPhones via iMessage zero-click exploits.
More: Apple Support, Securelist, Washington Post, MacRumors, CSO, Security Affairs, CyberScoop, Macworld, Dark Reading, TechRadar, PCMag, The Register, The Record, The Hacker News, The Hacker News, AppleInsider, SecurityWeek, Macworld, Cult of Mac, Wccftech, and SecurityWeek
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Forums: r/InfoSecNews and MacRumors Forums
| Julia Love / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Twitter resumed paying Google Cloud for its services; the companies are negotiating a partnership that could include ads and Google using Twitter's API — Twitter has resumed paying Google Cloud for its services, patching up a relationship that became strained after Elon Musk acquired …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft increases Xbox Series X prices in most markets and, for the first time, the Xbox Game Pass; Xbox Series X pricing remains the same in the US — Microsoft is increasing its Xbox Series X prices in most countries in August apart from the US, Japan, Chile, Brazil, and Colombia.
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Ripple says the company received in-principle regulatory approval in Singapore to offer payment tokens and expand XRP cross-border transfers in the country — - Ripple said it received in-principle approval of a Major Payment Institution Licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the country's central bank.
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LinkedIn: Brooks Entwistle. Twitter: @ripple, @s_alderoty, @dizer_ym, and @dukeofairdrop. Forums: r/Ripple
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft aims to build a quantum supercomputer within 10 years, after Microsoft researchers claim to create Majorana particles for scalable and stable qubits — Microsoft today announced its roadmap for building its own quantum supercomputer, using the topological qubits the company's researchers …
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Citing rising complaints, Australia's eSafety Commissioner gives Twitter 28 days to explain the company's plans to combat hate speech or face ~$475K in fines — Australia's online safety regulator sent a legal notice to Twitter demanding the social network explain the steps it is taking …
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| Kevin Purdy / Ars Technica: |
DuckDuckGo releases its privacy-focused browser on Windows in beta, one year after launching on macOS, offering Duck Player for YouTube without ads and more — No extensions yet, but it can fight spam, tracking, and YouTube's algorithm. — Privacy-focused firm DuckDuckGo has released …
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| Bloomberg: |
a16z, Accel, Bain, Bessemer, Kleiner, and, sources say, Coatue and Tiger are increasingly buying startup shares on the secondary market, often at cheap prices — It's a bargain-hunter's dream, and for sellers it's sometimes the only good option left. — Secondary markets …
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| Amrita Khalid / The Verge: |
As Spotify's podcast strategy of focusing on exclusives and celebrity hosts continues to falter, the company seems to be shifting its focus to selling ads — The company is entering the ‘next phase’ of its podcast strategy — but will it learn from its mistakes?| David Heaney / UploadVR: |
Meta rolls out the Quest v55 update, boosting the Quest 2 and Pro maximum clock speeds by up to 19% for the GPU and 26% for the CPU, as Quest 3 preps for launch — The Quest v55 update brings the promised CPU & GPU clock speed increases for Quest 2 and Quest Pro.
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Forums: r/OculusQuest and r/OculusQuest
| Wall Street Journal: |
A look at TikTok's effect on small businesses in the US, as the app has become “a billion-person focus group”, disrupting business cycles and corporate R&D — The social-media giant has become ‘a billion-person focus group,’ disrupting business cycles and upending corporate R&D| Bob Mehr / New York Times: |
A look at Dolby Atmos, supported by 15 music streaming services including Apple Music, which has heavily invested in Atmos, and the future of immersive audio — True believers in the immersive audio format say it could restore a musical appreciation lost to a generation that has come up during the streaming era.
Twitter: @dolby, @audiophilestyle, @bennjordan, @nytimesarts, @nytimestech, and @mehpatrol
| Caiwei Chen / Rest of World: |
How Chinese-language subreddits like r/China_irl became a refuge for banned Chinese internet groups, with users jumping the Great Firewall with VPNs — They are drawn to the platform's community-moderated, discussion-based format, which allows for more fringe voices to thrive.
Twitter: @yilingliu95, @caiweic, @blackamazon, and @jordanschnyc
| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
Sequoia launches Atlas, an interactive tool that uses qualitative and quantitative data collection methods to map out the European technical talent landscape — There is an estimated 3 million software engineers in Europe, depending on what report you want to believe, but finding …
More: Silicon Republic, Sequoia Atlas, Sequoia Atlas, Sequoia Atlas, TheRecursive.com, Sifted, Sequoia Atlas, Tech.eu, and Tech in Asia. Twitter: @martinsfp
| Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia: |
ASML EVP Christophe Fouquet says decoupling the global chip supply chain would be “extremely difficult and expensive”, as major economies push for self-reliance — Top equipment maker sources globally while keeping most production in Netherlands| Liani MK / Rest of World: |
Indigenous communities in Borneo are using mapping tech like GPS and GIS to claim their rights to ancestral land and stop the expansion of oil palm plantations — In Borneo, Indigenous communities are using mapping tech to claim their land rights and fight the expansion of oil palm plantations.
Mastodon: @TechDesk@flipboard.social. Twitter: @vickiturk, @liani_mk, @russellbrandom, @siddiquizuha, @dmkmtoday, and @restofworld
| David McCabe / New York Times: |
Sources: the Biden administration is exploring mounting a campaign against Alibaba Cloud, Huawei Cloud, and other Chinese cloud companies over security concerns — The Biden administration is exploring whether it can mount a campaign against Chinese tech giants like Alibaba and Huawei, potentially fueling tensions with Beijing.
More: Metacurity
| Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
Stability AI announces SDXL 0.9, a new model that produces more photorealistic images than SDXL due to a higher number of parameters, available via Clipdrop — Artificial intelligence startup Stability AI is releasing a new model for generating images that its says can produce pictures that look more photorealistic than past efforts.
More: Stability AI
| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Motorola Razr Plus review: useful large cover screen, all-day battery, and fun form factor, but only splash-resistant and cover screen setup is fiddly — June 22, 2023 … The Motorola Razr Plus is the first folding phone that makes me genuinely excited for what's ahead.| Shen Lu / Wall Street Journal: |
Shein tries to shed its Chinese image, including by denying claims of sourcing its cotton from Xinjiang and staying silent on details of its suppliers in China — Shein says it doesn't source cotton from Xinjiang as it navigates U.S.-China tensions — Shein, the China-founded ultrafast-fashion retailer … | Bloomberg: |
Venezuela's temporary crypto mining ban is killing the industry that President Maduro promoted; ~75K mining equipment units were disconnected since March 2023 — Venezuela's temporary ban on mining cryptocurrencies within the country is effectively killing the industry President Nicolás Maduro worked hard to promote.Sponsor Posts
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