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The US SEC charges Impact Theory with offering unregistered securities by selling NFTs, a first; the LA-based entertainment company agreed to pay a $6.1M fine — Gary Gensler, chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission — In an enforcement action announced on Monday …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: for 2024, Apple is planning the iPad Pro's first major upgrade since 2018, featuring an M3, an OLED screen, and a Magic Keyboard with a larger trackpad — Apple is working on a revamped iPad Pro for next year, aiming to shake up a tablet market that's deep in the doldrums.
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI launches GPT-4-powered Enterprise ChatGPT, with improved privacy, performance, and data analysis features; pricing is “dependent on each company's usage” — Seeking to capitalize on ChatGPT's viral success, OpenAI today announced the launch of ChatGPT Enterprise …
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
DoorDash launches AI-powered voice ordering tech, giving restaurants a multi-language personalized voice ordering system without missed calls or long wait times — DoorDash is launching AI-powered voice ordering technology that will allow restaurants to increase their sales by answering …
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| Vlad Turiceanu / Windows Report: |
Doc: Lenovo plans to unveil a €799 Legion Go gaming handheld, with an 8.8" 144Hz 2560×1600 display and 16GB of RAM, and €499 Legion AR glasses, on September 1 — Lenovo's Legion Go has a hefty price, but maybe it's worth it — An official document confirms the Lenovo Legion Go rumors we've shared so far
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| Eric Lipton / New York Times: |
A look at the US Air Force's efforts to build an AI-based air combat system, including drones for as little as $3M apiece that serve pilots as a “loyal wingman” — An Air Force program shows how the Pentagon is starting to embrace the potential of a rapidly emerging technology …
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| Gwyn Topham / The Guardian: |
The UK's NATS “identified and remedied” a network-wide computer failure earlier on August 28 that resulted in ~500 canceled flights and delayed hundreds more — Some regional routes operating but few planes took off from Heathrow and inbound flights have been held
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| Bloomberg: |
Chinese EV giant BYD's electronics unit plans to acquire US-based Jabil's manufacturing business in China for ~$2.2B; Jabil makes and assembles parts for Apple — - US firm Jabil joins tech companies reducing exposure to China — The electronics arm of electric-vehicle maker BYD Co. agreed … | Reuters: |
Tesla faces its first trials over Autopilot allegedly causing crashes that killed the car's owner, in California court in September and Florida court in October — Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) is set to defend itself for the first time at trial against allegations that failure of its Autopilot driver … | Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Yahoo Mail gets Shopping Saver, a tool to find gift cards, discount codes, and more in inboxes and draft messages to vendors to apply them to previous purchases — Yahoo is introducing new AI tools for Yahoo Mail that are aimed at helping users save time and money, the company announced on Monday.
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| Bloomberg: |
Filing: Didi plans to sell its smart car development arm to Xpeng, one of China's largest EV makers, for ~$744M in Xpeng stock, or a ~3.25% stake — - EV makers buys Didi smart-car unit in $744 million stock deal — Didi, Xpeng to launch mass-market EV brand in new partnership| Benedict Evans: |
A look at the ethical and legal issues around generative AI, which makes things that were previously only possible on a small scale practical at a massive scale — We've been talking about intellectual property in one way or another for at least the last five hundred years …
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