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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Google announces AI features coming soon to Meet, including Duet AI taking notes, showing mid-meeting summaries, and “attending” meetings on a user's behalf — If Google Meet's new AI tools are as good as advertised, you might never need to pay attention to another meeting again — or even show up at all.| Bloomberg: |
Google adds other companies' AI tools, like Meta's Llama 2 and Anthropic's Claude 2, to Cloud, expands Duet AI in Workspace, partners with Fox Sports, and more — Alphabet Inc.'s Google is adding artificial intelligence tools from companies including Meta Platforms Inc. and Anthropic to its cloud platform …
More: Google Cloud Blog, Wall Street Journal, Google Cloud Blog, SiliconANGLE, Reuters, TechCrunch, The Information, TechCrunch, Computerworld, Seattle Business Journal, The Verge, Google Cloud Blog, Light Reading, Google Cloud Blog, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, Silicon Republic, PYMNTS.com, Tech Xplore, ZDNet, Google Cloud Blog, PR Newswire, Google Cloud Blog, SiliconANGLE, and The Decoder
X: @googleworkspace, @thomasortk, and @googleworkspace
LinkedIn: Behshad Behzadi, Maruthy Vedam, Allan Thygesen, Sayeed Choudhury, Amin Vahdat, and Ahmad Al-Dahle
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Google plans to update Google Chat with a redesign, Duet AI tools, “huddle” audio and video calls, a group channel capacity increase from 50K to 500K, and more — Google is making some big changes to Google Chat, its answer to Slack and Microsoft Teams.| Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post: |
Google unveils SynthID, a tool that can embed an invisible digital “watermark” into AI-generated images, available now to Cloud customers for Imagen-made images — The tech giant is among companies pushing out AI tools while promising to build more tools to protect against their misuse
More: DeepMind Blog, TechCrunch, The Verge, PCMag, MIT Technology Review, Decrypt, Android Police, BBC, Search Engine Journal, PetaPixel, Mashable, Analytics India Magazine, Gizmodo, The Decoder, and SlashGear
Mastodon: @Dhmspector@mastodon.social. X: @googledeepmind and @googledeepmind. LinkedIn: Evan Wright
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
More: Google Cloud Blog, Cloud Computing News, CIO Dive, The Register, and DatacenterDynamics
LinkedIn: Sumit Gupta, Vishal Mishra, and Amin Vahdat
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
More: Ars Technica, Google Workspace Updates, Mashable, BGR, HotHardware, and Android Police
X: @quinnypig, @quinnypig, @benbajarin, @maxwinebach, and @jordannovet
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple announces a September 12 event at 10am PT at Apple Park titled “Wonderlust”, where four iPhone 15 models, the Apple Watch Series 9, and more are expected — Apple today announced plans to hold a special event on Tuesday, September 12 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time.
More: 9to5Mac, The Verge, PYMNTS.com, XDA Developers, 9to5Mac, Ars Technica, GSMArena.com, CNN, Reuters, TidBITS, iThinkDifferent, CrackBerry, Axios, MacDailyNews, International Business Times, Thurrott, Notebookcheck, TechRadar, Neowin, KnowTechie, PhoneArena, Supercharged, Pocket-lint, CNET, Wccftech, PetaPixel, Android Headlines, TweakTown, iDownloadBlog.com, Digital Trends, Lifewire, OS X Daily, MSPoweruser, Laptop Mag, iMore, ZDNet, Forbes, Dexerto, Business Today, Appleosophy, Tom's Guide, SlashGear, T3, BGR, PCMag, AppleInsider, The Apple Post, Redmond Pie, Gadgets & Wearables, MacStories, SPARROWS NEWS, Pocketnow, Engadget, IGN, CNBC, TechCrunch, and Android Authority
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Forums: r/tmobile, r/popculturechat, r/technology, and MacRumors Forums
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
The FBI led an effort to dismantle the Qakbot botnet, which ransomware gangs used as an infection vector for years, on August 25 after infiltrating its network — Qakbot, one of the largest and longest-running botnets to date, was taken down following a multinational law enforcement operation spearheaded …
More: Federal Bureau …, Bloomberg, PYMNTS.com, Secureworks, NBC News, The Verge, Los Angeles Times, iTnews, The Register, US Department of Justice, The Record, Wall Street Journal, Dark Reading, Krebs on Security, SecurityWeek, CyberScoop, Cybernews.com, PCMag, DeviceSecurity.io, and Help Net Security
| Sheera Frenkel / New York Times: |
Meta removes the largest Chinese influence campaign to date; the campaign spans thousands of accounts, and many are still active on TikTok, X, and Reddit — The campaign began at least four years ago and spanned thousands of accounts on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, Substack and Chinese websites, Meta said.
More: Meta, NPR, Meta Transparency Center, Politico, CNBC, Engadget, Rolling Stone, CyberScoop, Livemint, Dark Reading, The Record, Bloomberg, Mashable, The Verge, and TechSpot
Threads: @ben.nimmo. X: @nytimestech, @chrisharihar, @metanewsroom, @joeabodnar, @metanewsroom, and @jessicalessin. Forums: r/worldnews
| CoinDesk: |
A US court rules that the SEC must review its rejection of Grayscale's bid to convert the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust into an ETF after approving two bitcoin ETPs — A federal appeals court ordered the SEC to “vacate” its rejection of the trust issuer's bid to convert the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust into an exchange-traded fund.
More: Reuters, Finbold, PYMNTS.com, Blockworks, CryptoPotato, Fortune, Decrypt, The Block, Grayscale Investments, Bloomberg, Forbes, CoinGape, Bloomberg, Crowdfund Insider, CNBC, Cryptonews, Cointelegraph, TechCrunch, crypto.news, ZyCrypto, Crypto Daily, Bitcoin News, Financial Times, The Daily Hodl, Bitcoinist.com, Associated Press, Metaverse Post, Coinpedia Fintech News, DL News, Watcher Guru, The Crypto Basic, Ethereum World News, Wccftech, Protos, NewsBTC, nft now, CryptoGlobe, CryptoSlate, and Cryptopolitan
| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Omdia: Apple shipped 26.5M iPhone 14 Pro Max units in H1 2023, the most out of any model from any manufacturer; Apple makes all four of the top-shipping models — - Last year, the iPhone 13 was the bestselling device on the market, indicating consumers were still buying flagship devices but at the entry level rather than the top end.
More: Omdia, MacRumors, Android Central, Forbes, PhoneArena, iPhone in Canada Blog, AppleInsider, Cult of Mac, iThinkDifferent, The Indian Express, BGR, Coinspeaker, Vigour Times, and TechSpot. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
More: Ming-Chi Kuo, MobileSyrup, Tom's Guide, The Apple Post, The Verge, PhoneArena, Livemint, Gizmodo, MacDailyNews, Apple Must, TechSpot, AppleInsider, Insider, Supercharged, and 9to5Mac
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Mark Sullivan / Fast Company: |
In a “safety” blog post, X announces “paid-for promoted political posts”, starting in the US, and plans to “provide a global advertising transparency center” — X (née Twitter) published a “safety” brief on its blog today outlining new policies …
More: Twitter, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PCMag, Search Engine Land, Livemint, Engadget, Reuters, and Deadline
Mastodon: @runsm0oth@universeodon.com. X: @safety, @melissaryan, @moonalice, @adamkovac, @__esteiner, @kyliebytes, @thesullivan, @x, @katieharbath, and @__esteiner
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
WhatsApp launches a new native macOS app via its website, coming soon to the App Store, that lets eight users join video calls and 32 users join audio calls — WhatsApp said that it has launched a new native app for Mac today. The app will allow users to participate in video calls …
More: WhatsApp Blog, iThinkDifferent, Neowin, TechRadar, Engadget, TweakTown, iDownloadBlog.com, Lifewire, 9to5Mac, The Verge, MacRumors, Zee News, SlashGear, and XDA Developers
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube now lets creators take an educational training course when they receive a warning, which YouTube lifts if they don't violate the same policy for 90 days — YouTube announced this morning a change to its Community Guidelines that impact creators who break its rules.
More: YouTube Official Blog, PCMag, 9to5Google, HBR.org, Engadget, Gizmodo, The Verge, PhoneArena, and Tubefilter. X: @nealmohan
| David Heaney / UploadVR: |
Meta Avatars finally have legs in Quest Home, with the v57 update on the Public Test Channel, after the company said in October 2022 they were “coming soon” — Meta Avatars finally have legs in Quest Home with the v57 update on the Public Test Channel.
More: Engadget, TechCrunch, Mashable, MIXED Reality News, Android Central, Game Is Hard, and Road to VR
Threads: @nya_vr_. X: @sadlyitsbradley, @jenn_elias, @lunayian, @lunayian, @jacky2chau, @dsaxfilm, and @lunayian
Forums: r/OculusQuest and r/OculusQuest
| Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak: |
Letter: the UFC, the NBA, and the NFL tell the USPTO that the DMCA needs to be updated so live content can be removed “instantaneously or near-instantaneously” — The UFC, NBA, and NFL would like help from the U.S. Government to tackle live streaming piracy.| Larry Dignan / Constellation Research: |
HP Q3: revenue down 10% YoY to $13.2B, vs. $13.4B est., Personal Systems revenue down 11% YoY to $8.9B, and Printing revenue down 7% YoY to $4.3B; HPQ falls 5%+ — HP reported a mixed third quarter with sales lower than expected. CEO Enrique Lores said, “the external environment … | Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
GM extends its Google Cloud partnership to use AI, leveraging chatbots for handling simple OnStar calls, freeing up operators to address more complex requests — General Motors is using conversational AI chatbots to handle simple OnStar calls, freeing up the service's human employees …
More: TechCrunch, Google Cloud, The Messenger, Engadget, CrackBerry, CNBC, and PCMag. X: @danielraffel
| Jamey Keaten / Associated Press: |
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