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In four new studies with collaboration from Meta, researchers find Facebook's algorithm is “influential” but doesn't necessarily change beliefs, and more — In four new studies, researchers found complicated results from experiments on Facebook's and Instagram's algorithms …
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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Wiz researchers say two vulnerabilities in the OverlayFS filesystem module in Ubuntu may allow unprivileged local users to gain elevated privileges — Two Linux vulnerabilities introduced recently into the Ubuntu kernel create the potential for unprivileged local users to gain elevated privileges on a massive number of devices.
More: wiz.io, The Hacker News, SC Media, and Dark Reading
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| Reuters: |
At an internal town hall, Chris Cox said Meta is looking to add more “retention-driving hooks” to Threads, like showing Instagram users important Threads — Meta Platforms (META.O) executives are heavily focused on boosting retention on their new Twitter rival Threads …
More: The Guardian, The Verge, Fortune, Bloomberg, and BBC
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google rolls out Android unknown tracker alerts, including manual scan, and pauses a Find My Device update to locate missing items until Apple updates iOS — Google today will begin to roll out a new safety feature, unknown tracker alerts, first announced at its developer event Google I/O this spring.
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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Intel reports Q2 revenue down 15% YoY to $12.9B, Data Center and AI revenue down 15% YoY to $4B, and forecasts Q3 revenue above estimates; INTC jumps 6%+ — - Intel reported second-quarter earnings on Thursday, including a return to profitability after two straight quarters of losses, and a stronger-than-expected forecast.
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| Washington Post: |
Twitter/X reinstates the account of a right-wing influencer with over 500K followers who posted child sex abuse imagery that drew over 3M views and 8K retweets — It's only the latest incident of banned imagery making its way onto the site since Musk bought it — CORRECTION
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
WhatsApp announces instant video messages, letting users send clips up to 60 seconds in a similar way to voice notes; videos automatically play on mute — WhatApp's latest feature is the ability to quickly send short video messages, similar to the voice messages the service already supports.
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| New York Times: |
Lindsey Graham and Elizabeth Warren announce the Digital Consumer Protection Commission Act, seeking an independent agency to license and police Big Tech — Mr. Graham, a Republican, is the senior senator from South Carolina. Ms. Warren, a Democrat, is the senior senator from Massachusetts.
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| Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Sequoia cut the size of its cryptocurrency fund to $200M from $585M and of its ecosystem fund, which invests in other funds, to $450M from $900M — Brand has come under scrutiny following a series of controversial decisions — Sequoia Capital pared back the size of two major venture funds …
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| The Verge: |
Sony has sold over 40M PS5s since its launch in November 2020, up from 10M in July 2021, despite the “unprecedented challenges of COVID” and supply chain issues — / Despite supply chain issues and the problems caused by the pandemic, Sony says the PS5 supply is now ‘well-stocked.’
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
Analyses: hackers infect players of an old Call of Duty game with a worm that spreads in online lobbies; Activision turns off multiplayer for the game on Steam — Hackers are infecting players of an old Call of Duty game with a worm that spreads automatically in online lobbies, according to two analyses of the malware.
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| Reuters: |
Source: about 10 years ago, Tesla rigged the dashboard to overstate battery range; in 2022, Tesla created a “Diversion Team” to suppress thousands of complaints — About a decade ago, Tesla rigged the dashboard readouts in its electric cars to provide “rosy” …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Reddit starts testing an “Official” label to indicate that an account is authentic, visible on its iOS and Android apps, and unveils accessibility improvements — Reddit is starting to test a new “Official” label that will make it easier to spot if an account is authentic.| Steve Moser / MacRumors: |
iOS 17 beta 4 code hints at a rumored Action button, offering quick access to Shortcuts, Silent Mode, Camera, and more, similar to the Watch Ultra's button — Apple released the fourth beta of iOS 17 to developers yesterday, and among the changes in the latest beta are some new code snippets …
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Twitter: @stevemoser, @9techeleven, and @appltrack
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Adriana Lee / WWD: |
Croissant, which integrates into merchants' sites and uses AI to generate a guaranteed buyback value on listed items, launches with a $24M seed — Croissant launches Thursday with a novel proposition for retailers and consumers. — Resale isn't just a business, for a growing swath of consumers, it's a pre-purchase consideration.
More: FinSMEs, Business Wire, FinTech Global, and PYMNTS.com
| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
Researchers: the guardrails on ChatGPT, Bard, and Claude can be bypassed by adding a long suffix of characters to prompts, generating false and toxic responses — A new report indicates that the guardrails for widely used chatbots can be thwarted, leading to an increasingly unpredictable environment for the technology.
More: LLM Attacks, The Register, Mashable, and ZDNet
LinkedIn: Somesh Jha. Twitter: @zicokolter, @zicokolter, @rossdawson, @danhendrycks, @zicokolter, and @zacharylipton
| Kim Mackrael / Wall Street Journal: |
The EU opens an antitrust investigation into whether Microsoft abuses its dominant position by bundling Teams with Office, the first investigation in 10+ years — Probe marks the first time in a decade that Microsoft has come under formal investigation by Brussels
More: European Commission, The Verge, CNBC, SiliconANGLE, Ars Technica, The Information, iTnews, Thurrott, Livemint, Fortune, Gizchina, The Guardian, TNW, Washington Post, OnMSFT.com, Petri IT Knowledgebase, Silicon Republic, Windows Central, TechCrunch, Financial Times, Associated Press, and Bloomberg
Twitter: @maryjofoley, @eu_commission, @smtuffy, @markhachman, @fosspatents, @tomwarren, @eu_competition, @lewis_crofts, and @simonvandorpe
| PYMNTS.com: |
RapidAI, which develops AI-powered software to help diagnose neurovascular, cardiac, and vascular diseases, raised a $75M Series C led by Vista Credit Partners — RapidAI has secured $75 million in Series C funding to continue developing its clinical artificial intelligence (AI) solutions.
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| Ryan Mac / New York Times: |
To build a super app like those in Asia, Elon Musk will face issues such as cultural differences and regulatory scrutiny, like Meta, Snap, and Uber did before — Mr. Musk, the owner of Twitter, is the latest Silicon Valley mogul to pursue an all-in-one app, the kind that has thrived in Asia but not elsewhere.Sponsor Posts
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