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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Apple plans to require developers to submit reasons to use certain APIs in their apps starting this fall, to prevent the misuse of those APIs for fingerprinting — The App Store review process is very strict to ensure that apps comply with Apple's guidelines. And soon, this whole process will get even stricter.
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| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
Google launches RT-2 or Robotics Transformer 2, a “vision-language-action” model trained on text and images from the web that can output robotic actions — Our sneak peek into Google's new robotics model, RT-2, which melds artificial intelligence technology with robots.
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| Matthew Orf / Counterpoint Research: |
US smartphone shipments fell 24% YoY in Q2 2023, the third consecutive quarter of decline; Samsung shipments fell 37% YoY, and Apple's fell 6% — - Shipments declined YoY for the third consecutive quarter amid weak consumer demand. — Android smartphone shipments declined 38% while Apple shipments fell 6% YoY.
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| Gareth Jenkinson / Cointelegraph: |
Crypto.com says it has received approval from the Netherlands' central bank to offer its services in the country, after a comprehensive review — The exchange received the green light from De Nederlandsche Bank to offer services in the country. … Join us on social networks| Janko Roettgers / Lowpass: |
Meta's metaverse VP Vishal Shah on a reboot of Horizon Worlds, starting with a Super Rumble game, a new mobile app, and a transition from VR only to VR first — Who's ready to rumble? … Earlier this week, I was hiding in a tree, dodging bullets, while frantically trying to score some last-second points in a free-for-all brawl.
More: CoinDesk, The Verge, and NBC 7 San Diego
| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
NASA plans to launch the free streaming service NASA+ later this year on the web, iOS, Android, and streaming media devices, with ad-free original content — The agency is also working on a consolidated web experience. — NASA is launching its very own streaming platform called NASA+ sometime this summer.
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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 …
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Threads: @dantley. Bluesky: @romitmehta.com. Twitter: @wholemarsblog, @sarthakgh, @mistergeezy, and @scmeikle. Forums: r/ThreadsApp
| 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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| Colin Wilhelm / The Block: |
The SEC's Paul Munter warns that the accounting firms working with crypto companies could be held liable for misleading public statements made by their clients — - The SEC's chief accountant issued a warning to accounting firms that work with crypto clients, saying auditors …
More: U.S. Securities …, Bitcoinist.com, Decrypt, Blockworks, CryptoSlate, Cryptopolitan, Crowdfund Insider, and Cointelegraph
Twitter: @cryptadamist, @cryptadamist, @cryptadamist, and @parrotcapital
| Jenny Leonard / Bloomberg: |
Sources: President Biden plans to sign an executive order to limit US investments in semiconductors, AI, and quantum computing in China by mid-August — - Limits to cover deals in China chips, AI, quantum computing — Rulemaking means order won't take effect until next year| Dell Cameron / Wired: |
Sources: NSA is lobbying to oppose an amendment that would prevent the agency from paying data brokers for location data instead of obtaining a warrant in court — The National Security Agency has urged top lawmakers to resist demands that it obtain warrants for sensitive data sold by data brokers.| Zusha Elinson / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at smart guns, which can only be fired by an authorized user, as Colorado-based Biofire prepares to ship a $1,499 handgun in December, after raising $30M — Gun makers have been working for decades on a weapon that can only be fired by an authorized user
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