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X delays its ads revenue sharing program payouts that were set for the week of July 31, saying the volume of people signing up “has exceeded our expectations” — In news that isn't very surprising given the recent history of Twitter, which Elon Musk is currently rebranding to X …
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| Harmeet Singh Walia / Counterpoint Research: |
Global smartphone revenue fell 8% YoY and 15% QoQ to under $90B in Q2 2023; Apple had a record 45% share of global smartphone revenue and an 85% share of profit — - Apple led global smartphone revenues and operating profit with record June-quarter shares of 45% and 85% respectively.
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| IDC: |
Smartphone shipments in India fell 10% YoY in H1 2023 to 64M; in Q2 2023, Apple and OnePlus grew 61% YoY each, Xiaomi fell 39% YoY, and Realme fell 30% YoY — For more information, contact: — ujoshi@idc.com — mcarreon@idc.com — Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker …
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| Bloomberg: |
How members of the Community, a group of teenage SIM swappers who met on the forum OGUsers, stole millions in crypto in 2018 before turning on each other — Michael Terpin lost a fortune to a phone “SIM swap.” When he went to war to get it back, he found some surprising allies.
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| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
A US court rules former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky must face a lawsuit by NY AG Letitia James accusing him of defrauding investors and concealing Celsius' risks — Alex Mashinsky, the founder and former chief of the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network, must face a lawsuit …
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| Jonathan Greig / The Record: |
Microsoft says it has fixed an Azure flaw that could let hackers access sensitive data, following criticism from the CEO of cybersecurity company Tenable — Microsoft has resolved a vulnerability that allows threat actors to gain access to information managed by Azure AD … | Nilesh Christopher / Rest of World: |
Some artists say AI tools have made them anxious about the YouTube thumbnail microeconomy's future; creators like MrBeast pay up to $10K for a video thumbnail — Creators like MrBeast pay up to $10,000 for a single YouTube video thumbnail, but the rise of AI tools have some designers anxious about the microeconomy's future.| Dan Garisto / Nature: |
Scientists have so far failed to show that a South Korean team's LK-99 material is a claimed room temperature superconductor, which could transform computing — A Korean team's claim to have discovered a superconductor that works at room temperature and ambient pressure has become a viral sensation …
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| Tiffany Hsu / New York Times: |
People have little protection or recourse when hallucinating AI chatbots create and spread falsehoods that threaten their reputations — People have little protection or recourse when the technology creates and spreads falsehoods about them. — Marietje Schaake's résumé …
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
A profile of Window Snyder, who helped secure the early internet while at Microsoft and Mozilla, and pushed Apple to enable encryption by default in its devices — Snyder has made Windows, Mac computers, iPhones, and other technologies more secure for almost 25 years.
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| Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
Google will face a scaled-down antitrust lawsuit over search after a judge ruled that state AGs didn't show that Google's search results harmed rivals like Yelp — - Google still faces DOJ, state suits over search contracts — Combined trial over claims set for Sept. 12 in federal court
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| The Economic Times: |
Zomato reports Q1 revenue up 71% YoY to ~$292.2M and its first-ever consolidated quarterly net profit at ~$241.9K, vs. a loss of ~$23.4M in the year-ago quarter — On August 3, Zomato reported its first-ever consolidated quarterly net profit at Rs 2 crore, on the back of higher order frequency …
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