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| Amir Efrati / The Information: |
Source: OpenAI is on pace to generate more than $1B in revenue over the next 12 months by selling software and computing capacity, up from just $28M in 2022 — OpenAI is currently on pace to generate more than $1 billion in revenue over the next 12 months from the sale of artificial intelligence software …
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| 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 …
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| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
An image with the alt text “A person takes a call on a Pixel 8 Pro phone in Porcelain” popped up on a Google Store page displaying the as-yet-unannounced device — Continuing the storied tradition of Google's Pixel devices being some of the most-leaked hardware ever …
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| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Samsung launches Food, a “personalized” AI-based food and recipe app in eight languages and 104 countries, drawing on a 160K+ recipes from Whisk, bought in 2019 — It builds on Whisk, an app it acquired a few years back. — As it promised last week, Samsung has launched Food …
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Fairphone announces the €699 Fairphone 5, offering a 6.46-inch 90Hz OLED display, dual 50 megapixel cameras, and 30W fast charging, shipping on September 14 — The Fairphone 5 is the latest sustainably produced and repairable handset from Dutch smartphone company Fairphone.
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| Reuters: |
Huawei quietly launches the ~$960 Mate 60 Pro, giving no advance notice and releasing no ads; some investors speculate that Huawei used its own 5G chip — Chinese chip stocks rallied on Wednesday following Huawei Technologies' (HWT.UL) launch of its new Mate 60 Pro phone … | Lora Kolodny / CNBC: |
In July 2023, the NHTSA ordered Tesla to provide data on Autopilot's “Elon mode”, which eliminates prompts for drivers to their keep hands on the wheel — - Tesla received a special order from the National Highway Transportation Administration in late July requiring …
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| Jordan Fragen / VentureBeat: |
Data.ai and IDC expect consumers to spend $108B on mobile games in 2023, or 55% of global spending on games, followed by $43B on consoles and $40B on PC/Mac — While the games industry isn't growing according to Data.ai and IDC's latest report, spending declines are leveling off faster than expected.
More: Data.ai, Pocket Gamer.biz, Mobilegamer.biz, and GamesIndustry.biz
| Leo Lewis / Financial Times: |
Sources: Chinese-backed hackers breached Japanese cybersecurity agency NISC's email system; experts link the July 4 ransomware attack on Port of Nagoya to China — Infiltration comes as allies scrutinise Tokyo's defences against hacking — The organisation responsible for Japan's national defences …
More: Security Affairs, The Record, Metacurity, and The Information
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| 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 are without a doubt among the most recognizable sports brands in the world.
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| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
Meta's Oversight Board took 234 days to get a ruling in an incitement to violence case involving Hun Sen, revealing a problem with the board's glacial pace — Today let's talk about one of the most important cases that Meta's Oversight Board has heard to date — and how the process ultimately revealed …
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| Rebecca Klar / The Hill: |
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| Gabriel Sanchez / Bloomberg: |
Bumble, Match, Hinge, and Grindr explore more expensive subscriptions for users seeking a curated experience; Bumble says $40 to $50 feels “low” to some users — - New weekly subscriptions are driving Gen Z subscription growth — Premium tiers are also planned as paying user growth stalls
More: 9to5Mac and South China Morning Post
| 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 …
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| Financial Times: |
UAE-linked G42, MBZUAI, and Cerebras announce Jais, an open-source, bilingual LLM for Arabic speakers; the UAE previously trained Falcon on 300+ Nvidia CPUs — Jais software part of regional powers' effort to take world-leading role in technology's development
More: EnterpriseAI, Gulf News, G42, The National, and Reuters
| Financial Times: |
Critics say India's new privacy safeguards do little to prevent mass government surveillance via tracking equipment installed at subsea cable landing stations — Little-known Israeli groups emerge as key providers of tracking equipment installed at subsea cable stations
More: DatacenterDynamics and Livemint
| Lora Kolodny / CNBC: |
Court filing: X faces 2,200 arbitration cases from employees laid off after Elon Musk took over; the filing fees alone could be $3.5M for that volume of cases — - Elon Musk's X Corp. is facing 2,200 arbitration cases, a court filing in Delaware revealed on Monday.
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| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
A look at the wave of child safety legislation in the US to age gate minors' access to the internet, backed by Republicans and Democrats alike — By the end of this month, porn will get a lot harder to watch in Texas. Instead of clicking a button or entering a date of birth to access Pornhub … | Jordyn Holman / New York Times: |
Republican AGs from 16 states write to the SEC over concerns about Shein filing for a US IPO and urge the agency to order an investigation on using forced labor — A group of state attorneys general urged the S.E.C. to make the fast fashion company prove it doesn't use forced labor if it files to go public.| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Seattle-based Hyperproof, which offers SaaS risk and compliance management tools, raised $40M led by Riverwood Capital, taking its total funding to $66.5M — Hyperproof, a software-as-a-service risk and compliance management company, today announced that it raised $40 million in a funding round led …
More: FinTech Global, FinSMEs, and Hyperproof
| Matthew Lynley / Supervised: |
Google Cloud unveils Vertex AI improvements to better compete with Azure AI Studio and Amazon Bedrock; Nvidia announces PaxML, built on Google's JAX framework — Google is in the middle of trying to avoid repeating history when releasing its industry-altering technology.
More: DeepMind Blog, The Information, Beyond Search, Nvidia Newsroom, and TechCrunch
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