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| Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
Elon Musk forms xAI, a startup he will lead to “understand the true nature of the universe”; the staff has worked at Google, Microsoft, Tesla, OpenAI, and more — Elon Musk announced a new AI company today, xAI. all the team members listed on the website appear to be men.
More: xAI, The Verge, Ars Technica, ZDNet, SiliconANGLE, Washington Post, BBC, CoinDesk, The Register, PYMNTS.com, PCMag, CNBC, Associated Press, Reuters, TechRadar, San Francisco Business Journal, Agence France-Presse, Wired, Financial Times, Data Center Knowledge, Gizmodo, TIME, The Hill, MobileSyrup, PC Gamer, The Information, The Decoder, Observer, Wall Street Journal, Search Engine Journal, TechCrunch, Mashable, SlashGear, Tech Startups, Wccftech, Unite.AI, CNN, CryptoSlate, Cointelegraph, Decrypt, Neowin, Lifewire, Insider, and Livemint
Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social and @epro.social
Mastodon: @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social and @codepo8@toot.cafe
Twitter: @elonmusk, @xai, @thegregyang, @edludlow, @bobgourley, @rachelmetz, @iamtimnguyen, @kylascan, @pmddomingos, and @grady_booch. Threads: @joannastern. Forums: r/singularity
| The Verge: |
The FTC files to appeal a US court ruling that cleared the way for Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard; the existing TRO expires at 11:59pm PT on July 14 — The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says it is appealing a recent US federal court order that cleared the way for Microsoft to purchase Activision Blizzard.
More: US District Court, Northern District of California, CNBC, CNBC, Windows Central, GeekWire, Forbes, Washington Post, Reuters, Windows Central, Engadget, Neowin, Axios, GameSpot, The Hollywood Reporter, Stevivor, NBC 7 San Diego, TweakTown, Pure Xbox, Eurogamer.net, Gameranx, and Android Authority
Twitter: @tomwarren, @grummz, @bradsmi, @jordannovet, @gameoverthirty, @geronimo_73_, @tomwarren, @nlgmullis, and @nlgmullis
Threads: @reckless1280 and @reckless1280
Forums: Hacker News, r/XboxSeriesX, and Beehaw
| Reuters: |
The UK CMA will not accept new Microsoft and Activision Blizzard remedies but says a restructured deal may satisfy its concerns, subject to a new investigation — Britain's competition regulator said on Wednesday that a new restructured Microsoft-Activision deal could require a fresh merger investigation.
More: The Verge, PCMag, Activision Blizzard King, Kotaku, Stevivor, Reuters, BigTechWire, Thurrott, Push Square, iPhone in Canada Blog, Video Games Chronicle, KitGuru, Financial Times, IGN, Bloomberg, Daring Fireball, Barron's Online, and The Verge
Twitter: @tomwarren, @ps_vortex, @fosspatents, @idlesloth84_, and @charlieintel
| Mike Scarcella / Reuters: |
More: New York Times, IGN, Press Start, Bloomberg Law, Dot Esports, Gameranx, Wall Street Journal, Kotaku, and Bloomberg. Forums: r/hearthstone
| Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
More: American Prospect, Wall Street Journal, New York Post, Bloomberg, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Stratechery, House Committee …, The Information, and CNBC
Bluesky: @epopppp.bsky.social. Mastodon: @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social. Twitter: @modestproposal1, @andashleysays, @danielewalters_, @blakeprof, @heerjeet, @jason_kint, @jameeljaffer, @eric_seufert, @nathanjrobinson, @pmatzko, @sarthakgh, @castrotech, @bearforce_won, @chasemadar, @matthewstoller, @ddayen, @matthewstoller, @divestech, @david_darmofal, @zackkanter, @danprimack, @elibietti, @mualphaxi, @lawprofblawg, @andashleysays, @adamkovac, @helaineolen, and @adamkovac. Threads: @reckless1280
| Colin Lecher / The Markup: |
A congressional investigation led by Senator Elizabeth Warren finds popular tax filing tools “recklessly” sent data, like income, to Meta and Google for years — The investigation was opened in response to work published last year by The Markup
More: CNN, Ars Technica, US States Senator for Massachusetts, The Verge, Washington Post, Vox, The Register, Politico, Associated Press, Engadget, Newser, Gizmodo, The Hill, Reuters, WRAL TechWire, and CNBC
Twitter: @b_fung, @b_fung, @senwarren, @justinhendrix, @emilygorcenski, @shaneferro, @sisiwei, @b_fung, @mattegancnn, and @pt
Forums: Hacker News, r/politics, and r/privacy
| New York Times: |
Microsoft says Chinese hackers gained access to US government email accounts and had access to at least some accounts for a month before the breach was detected — The hack, by a Chinese group that the company said was intent on conducting espionage, went undetected for a month. — Reporting from Washington
More: Microsoft On the Issues, Cybersecurity …, Microsoft Security …, CNN, TechCrunch, NBC News, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Cybersecurity Dive, The Hill, iTnews, New York Post, Associated Press, The Independent, Nextgov/FCW, Tech.co, CIO, Politico, WHDH 7News, The Record, NPR, NBC 7 San Diego, Reuters, Livemint, and Bloomberg
Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, @kevincollier@mastodon.social, @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, and @JosephMenn@infosec.exchange
Twitter: @arekfurt, @ericgeller, @arekfurt, @lrozen, @0xdabbad00, @wavesblog, and @adam_k_levin
Forums: r/technews, r/technology, r/cybersecurity, and r/China
| Washington Post: |
More: OnMSFT.com, Forbes, Gizmodo, The Verge, SiliconANGLE, Dexerto, Metacurity, and The Hacker News
Mastodon: @JosephMenn@infosec.exchange, @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, and @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
Twitter: @nickkristof, @nakashimae, @adegrandpre, and @nakashimae
| Ash Parrish / The Verge: |
Xbox tests reactive voice chat moderation, letting Xbox Insiders report 60-second audio clips of inappropriate voice messages for the Xbox safety team to review — Rolling out today to Xbox Insiders, the new reporting feature will allow players to capture and submit 60-second audio clips …
More: Xbox Wire, VentureBeat, GameRevolution, Gamereactor UK, MobileSyrup, Eurogamer.net, Windows Central, Lifewire, Pure Xbox, Game Rant, GamesIndustry.biz, Neowin, Engadget, GameSpot, PCMag, OnMSFT.com, IGN, Game Developer, and Thurrott
Twitter: @justinkruger, @vicious696, @tomwarren, and @xbox
Forums: r/xboxone, r/Games, and r/TwoBestFriendsPlay
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Meta says Roblox is coming to Meta's Quest 2, Quest Pro, and Quest 3, starting with an open beta on App Lab “in the coming weeks”, with cross-platform support — / It's launching in open beta in the ‘coming weeks.’ — Roblox will be coming to Meta's Quest VR headsets starting …
More: Meta, Roblox Developer Forum, UploadVR, PC Gamer, VRScout, Android Central, Try Hard Guides, Road to VR, Lifewire, Eurogamer.net, Engadget, and TechCrunch
Twitter: @rjdoesvr, @ericpresidentvr, @davidbaszucki, @antonhand, @sadlyitsbradley, @realitylabs, @bloxy_news, @ericpresidentvr, @roblox, and @tomffiske
Forums: r/oculus and r/OculusQuest
| Daniel Wiessner / Reuters: |
A former Twitter employee files a proposed class action accusing the company of refusing to pay $500M+ in promised severance to the thousands whom Elon Musk cut — Twitter Inc on Wednesday was hit with a lawsuit accusing it of refusing to pay at least $500 million in promised severance … | Toby Bochan / CoinDesk: |
In a major policy shift, Google Play now lets developers incorporate tokenized digital assets, such as NFTs, into their Android apps and games — The company is opening up the ability for developers to let users buy, sell or earn digital assets in apps as long as they maintain transparency and adhere to other rules.| Richard MacManus / The New Stack: |
A look at Meta's plan to adopt ActivityPub for Threads, how ActivityPub suits Meta's goals, and the technical challenges and social pressure facing the company — From a developer point of view, the fact that Meta's Threads app has quickly gone over 100 million sign-ups isn't the most interesting part of this latest Twitter clone.
More: lists.w3.org, Popular Science, Insider Intelligence, Insider, snarfed.org, and Watcher Guru
Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, @ricmac@mastodon.social, @craiggrannell@mastodon.social, @dennyhenke@social.coop, @chrismessina@mastodon.xyz, @evan@cosocial.ca, and @carnage4life@mas.to
Forums: Hacker News and kbin.social
| Shira Ovide / Washington Post: |
Travelers can say no to a TSA facial recognition scan, but some TSA agents tell travelers the scan is required or that refusing will cause a significant delay — Let's ask two questions about airports' use of facial recognition: Is it truly voluntary? And is it worth it?
More: New York Post. Twitter: @greta, @ajlamesa, @pettypropolis, and @evan_greer. Forums: r/Columbus
| Andrew Deck / Rest of World: |
A look at the global freelancer labor force on sites like 99designs, some of whom are early generative AI adopters and are most at risk of being replaced by AI — The global labor force of outsourced and contract workers are early adopters of generative AI — and the most at risk. — R
More: CIO Dive. Bluesky: @sesmith.bsky.social and @anabrandusescu.bsky.social. Mastodon: @waxy@xoxo.zone
| Chainalysis: |
Crypto crime in H1 2023 vs. H1 2022: inflows to known illicit entities fell 65% YoY, scammers took nearly $3.3B less, and ransomware attackers made $175.8M more — 2023 so far has been a year of recovery for cryptocurrency after a chaotic 2022, with prices of digital assets like Bitcoin up over 80% on the year as of June 30.
More: BleepingComputer, CoinDesk, PaymentSecurity.io, Decrypt, Crypto Briefing, Bitcoinist.com, The Hacker News, CryptoSlate, The Record, Infosecurity, CryptoPotato, Wired UK, and The Block
Twitter: @chainalysis and @chainalysis
| Davey Alba / Bloomberg: |
Sources reveal how contractors audit Bard's answers in subjects ranging from medication doses to state laws, sometimes with deadlines as short as three minutes — Google's Bard artificial intelligence chatbot will answer a question about how many pandas live in zoos quickly, and with a surfeit of confidence.
More: Android Central and Insider
Bluesky: @emily.gorcen.ski. Mastodon: @daveyalba@mastodon.social. Twitter: @daveyalba, @alphabetworkers, @jessefelder, @sarahfrier, @sashamtl, and @lauraedelson2
| Jack Schickler / CoinDesk: |
The European Securities and Markets Authority issues detailed proposals on crypto companies under the EU's MiCA law; more are due in October 2023 and early 2024 — Consultations cover authorization and conflict-of-interest rules for crypto companies under the landmark digital assets regulation| Reuters: |
Recursion, which uses AI models for drug discovery, plans to use its 23K+ TB datasets to train its models on Nvidia's cloud platform and raised $50M from Nvidia — Nvidia (NVDA.O) invested $50 million to speed up training of biotech firm Recursion's (RXRX.O) artificial intelligence models … | Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Twitter's best defense against Threads may be to refocus on news and reactions from people users follow, leaving user growth via an algorithmic feed to Threads — If you're only going to tweet once every 11 years, then you better make it count; the best way to do just that is to pull off a well-executed meme:
More: The Daily Beast, Jon Loomer Digital, ZDNet, TechPP, CrackBerry, and New York Times
Bluesky: @bencollins.bsky.social. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. Twitter: @lindayacc, @sarthakgh, and @conorsen
Threads: @mosseri, @briantylercohen@threads. net, @carnage4life, @nikitabier, @nikitabier, @carnage4life, @shorty_jooce, and @nikitabier
Forums: Hacker News, r/EnoughMuskSpam, and r/Twitter
| Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
Buenos Aires-based InvGate, which offers IT service and asset management tools, raised $35M led by Riverwood, its first external funding since its 2009 founding — InvGate, a SaaS platform offering information technology service management and IT asset management products …
More: FinSMEs and Silicon Canals
| David Kirton / Reuters: |
Research: Huawei is plotting a return to the 5G smartphone market by the end of 2023 using its own 14nm+ chip design tools and SMIC's 7nm chipmaking process — - US-sanctioned giant likely to produce 5G chips domestically — Chips expected to use Huawei EDA tools and SMIC production
More: Tom's Hardware, Coinmonks, Wccftech, Android Police, Phandroid, SamMobile, Gizchina, Neowin, and PhoneArena
| Matt Day / Bloomberg: |
Adobe: US consumers spent $6.4B at Amazon during Prime Day's first 24 hours, up 6% YoY but below estimates; Numerator: average orders were up 7% YoY to $56.64 — US consumers spent $6.4 billion online in the first 24 hours of Amazon.com Inc.'s Prime Day, according to Adobe Inc. That's up 6% …
More: TechCrunch, PYMNTS.com, NBC News, Insider Intelligence, CNBC, TechSpot, and Reuters
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