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Sources: China plans to expand its ban on iPhones in sensitive departments to government agencies and state companies, an unprecedented blockade; AAPL drops 3%+ — - Beijing begins by banning the devices from certain bodies — It could deal blow to Apple and amplifies a self-reliance push
More: Wall Street Journal, The Verge, MacRumors, Reuters, Insider, Reuters, Forbes, AppleInsider, The Guardian, WHDH 7News, Bloomberg, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, CNBC, NBC 7 San Diego, Supercharged, Forbes, Livemint, New York Times, Tech Xplore, WinBuzzer, Pocket Gamer.biz, Barron's Online, MacDailyNews, AppleInsider, BGR, RTÉ, PYMNTS.com, iMore, TechSpot, Light Reading, Wall Street Journal, The Register, MarketWatch, iThinkDifferent, PetaPixel, OSnews, CNBC, Cult of Mac, and MSPoweruser
X: @divestech, @dnystedt, @macastel3, @sino_market, @vadimyuryev, @jchengwsj, @carlquintanilla, @thinking_panda, @gurgavin, @carlquintanilla, @dancollins2011, @deitaone, @jojjeols, @dnystedt, and @htsfhickey. LinkedIn: Emmanuelle Subar Litvinov
Forums: r/China, r/technology, r/technews, and MacRumors Forums
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Google plans to update Chrome in the coming weeks to incorporate the company's Material You design language, including refreshed icons and new color palettes — Chrome on the desktop is about to get a new look. Google's widely used browser is getting an update based on its Material …
More: The Keyword, Android Authority, ZDNet, Thurrott, PCWorld, Android Central, BigTechWire, TechRadar, iPhone in Canada Blog, Digital Trends, About Chromebooks, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, SlashGear, Chrome Unboxed, Android Headlines, Lifewire, OnMSFT.com, Mashable, XDA Developers, Neowin, Engadget, Tom's Guide, Gizmodo, and Droid Life
X: @tomwarren and @markhachman
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
More: AdExchanger, The Privacy Sandbox, Gizmodo, 9to5Google, and The Register
X: @paulg, @vkw, @eric_seufert, and @baekdal
| Tom Phillips / Eurogamer.net: |
Source: at Gamescom in August, Nintendo demoed the Switch 2 running a souped-up Breath of the Wild to developers; the console is expected to launch in 2024 — Ahead of widely-expected launch next year. — News by Tom Phillips Editor-in-Chief — In Cologne last month …
More: Video Games Chronicle, PC Gamer, Ars Technica, Android Authority, Engadget, TechPowerUp, iPhone in Canada Blog, Gameranx, Destructoid, MobileSyrup, ExtremeTech, Thurrott, T3, Neowin, TechRadar, IGN, PCMag, KitGuru, TheGamer, SlashGear, Game Developer, Tom's Guide, Polygon, Kotaku, GameSpot, Dexerto, WhatIfGaming, BGR, Wccftech, Gizmodo, The Sun, The Verge, TechSpot, Press Start, Metro, GamingBolt, and OnMSFT.com
Threads: @tomwarrenuk. Forums: Hacker News, r/NintendoSwitch, r/TwoBestFriendsPlay, r/Games, r/gaming, r/hardware, and r/nintendo
| Christopher Dring / GamesIndustry.biz: |
The ESA announces organizer ReedPop will not be working on future E3 events and informs the Los Angeles Convention Center that 2024's E3 will not be held there — E3 2024 may still happen, but not at the Los Angeles Convention Center — News by Christopher Dring Head of Games B2B| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft commits to defending customers of its AI Copilots from copyright infringement lawsuits, as long as they've “used the guardrails and content filters” — The software giant also will pay related fines and settlements, so long as customers follow its rules.
More: Microsoft On the Issues, The Verge, The Register, Reuters, OnMSFT.com, Neowin, BigTechWire, TechRepublic, Stack Diary, MSPoweruser, Thurrott, and Financial Times
X: @tomwarren and @bradsmi
LinkedIn: Judson Althoff, Chris Barry, and Antony Cook
| Alistair Charlton / Forbes: |
BMW drops a controversial subscription that activates heated seats or other hardware already in its cars, limiting subscriptions to software-based functions — BMW has made a U-turn on a controversial subscription service that saw drivers pay a fee to activate the heated seats already fitted to their car.| CNBC: |
Riot Blockchain reports earning $31.7M in energy credits from Texas' power grid to curtail its usage in August, dwarfing the ~$8.9M in bitcoin the company mined — - Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms raked in $31.7 million in energy credits from Texas power grid operator ERCOT in August.
More: Riot Platforms, Inc., Gizmodo, The Register, Futurism, Cryptonews, The Verge, TechSpot, The Block, Decrypt, CryptoSlate, and CryptoPotato
X: @riotplatforms, @bitcoinpierre, and @ohitsstuart
Forums: Hacker News, r/texas, r/politics, r/centrist, r/conservativeterrorism, r/inthenews, and r/energy
| Sam Kessler / CoinDesk: |
Ex-FTX Digital Markets co-CEO Ryan Salame pleads guilty to federal campaign finance and money transmitting crimes and will forfeit $1.5B+ as part of the deal — Prosecutors say Sam Bankman-Fried used Salame as a “straw donor” to secretly funnel millions of dollars to Republican political candidates.| AJ Vicens / CyberScoop: |
Microsoft says Chinese state-affiliated hackers are using AI to generate content designed to “go viral across social networks in the US and other democracies” — Chinese state-affiliated hacking groups are become more adept at using artificial intelligence to generate content designed to … | Lane Brown / Vulture: |
How Rotten Tomatoes' Tomatometer, an important metric in entertainment, became erratic and reductive as some PR firms hack its score by paying obscure “critics” — In 2018, a movie-publicity company called Bunker 15 took on a new project: Ophelia, a feminist retelling of Hamlet starring Daisy Ridley.
More: 9to5Mac, ScreenGeek, IGN, Gamereactor UK, Dexerto, The Wrap, SlashFilm, Screen Rant, IndieWire, and ComingSoon.net
Mastodon: @jonathanreed@techhub.social. X: @samuelaadams, @projectseestra, @huginspl, @leask, @sicrook, @milkman__dead, @tomilaffly, @nathanpester, @chrisecrowley, @moviedeathblows, @hamrahrama, @boringdrew, @ipreferpi314, @sonnybunch, @nick_field90, @walthickey, @katiewalshstx, @themanfromrio2, @luke_winkie, @seanmburns, @_zeets, @mikeryan, @bealoayza, @mattzeitlin, and @leadergrev
LinkedIn: Sergio Acevedo and Kevin Ervin Kelley
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Anthropic debuts a paid tier of its Claude chatbot in the US for $20/month and the UK for £18/month, offering priority in busy times, early features, and more — Anthropic, the AI company backed by Google, has launched a paid version of its Claude chatbot in the US and UK.
More: Anthropic, Unite.AI, Mashable, BigTechWire, ZDNet, Decrypt, The Decoder, and TechCrunch
| Dylan Smith / TucsonSentinel.com: |
Molly Holzschlag, aka “mollydotcom”, a longtime advocate for a more open web and accessible, inclusive online design standards, died at 60 on September 5 — Pioneer of online design & accessibility — Molly Holzschlag, whose pioneering work in online design standards led to her being dubbed …
More: Bruce Lawson's personal site. Threads: @jkottke. Mastodon: @davidroessli@mastodon.social, @ourmaninjapan@mastodon.cloud, @mattmay@mstdn.social, @rem@front-end.social, @markboulton@typo.social, @olivierlacan@ruby.social, @sjvn@mastodon.social, @lemay@mastodon.social, @triptych@social.yesterweb.org, @fraying@xoxo.zone, @redcrew@mstdn.social, @boagworld@mastodon.social, and @glightly@mastodon.social
X: @film_girl, @flyosity, @mholzschlag, @cackhanded, @antiheroine, @simplebits, @codepo8, @accessibleweb, @toddlibby, @brianalvey, @brucel, and @photomatt
LinkedIn: Michael Spellacy, Pete Gaughan, and Johnathan Williamson
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, and Beehaw
| Sandali Handagama / CoinDesk: |
An IMF and Financial Stability Board paper warns jurisdictions against blanket crypto bans, recommending targeted restrictions and sound monetary policy instead — The global standard-setters also warned stablecoins adopted by multiple jurisdictions “may transmit volatility more abruptly” than other crypto.| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
eBay rolls out an AI tool for sellers that can generate a product listing, including a title, description, category, and price, from one photo, initially on iOS — eBay is rolling out a new AI tool for marketplace sellers that can generate a product listing from a single photo.
More: eBay Tech Blog, The Verge, and Voicebot.ai
| Linda Hardesty / Fierce Wireless: |
The Senate votes 55 to 43 to approve Anna Gomez as the fifth FCC commissioner, breaking the deadlock at the agency and giving the FCC a 3-2 Democratic majority — Today, the U.S. Senate finally approved a nominee to fill the vacant, fifth seat on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
More: Ars Technica, Engadget, The Verge, CNBC, Washington Post, Variety, Deadline, and The Hill. X: @viacristiano
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Meta expands Threads' keyword search to “most” English- and Spanish-speaking countries, including the US and the UK, after a test in Australia and New Zealand — Instagram's Threads is rolling out the ability to search through posts more widely.
More: Dexerto, Engadget, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, MobileSyrup, and BGR
Threads: @zuck, @oliverdarcy, and @conorsen
| Joe Coscarelli / New York Times: |
Ghostwriter, the anonymous creator who used AI to mimic Drake and The Weeknd, has met with record labels, Grammy organizers, and more, and releases a new song — The anonymous artist, who stirred conversation with the A.I. track “Heart on My Sleeve,” has been quietly consulting with executives, while also gunning for a Grammy.
More: Bloomberg, Variety, Engadget, VIBE.com, Voicebot.ai, Futurism, Cryptonews, and Gizmodo
X: @imghostwrit3r, @raptalksk, @parkermolloy, @popbase, and @joecoscarelli
| Vishal Chawla / The Block: |
Vitalik Buterin co-authors a paper on Privacy Pools, a blockchain protocol to verify the legality of user funds without revealing their full transaction history — - Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin co-authored a research paper on a privacy protocol named Privacy Pools.
Source: SSRN. More: Blockworks, DL News, Forbes, Crypto Daily, Cryptonews, Metaverse Post, CryptoSlate, DeviceSecurity.io, Decrypt, Bitcoinist.com, crypto.news, and CoinDesk
X: @ameensol, @ameensol, @ameensol, @gluk64, @ameensol, @fschaer, @mayazi, @ameensol, @ameensol, @fehrsam, @lefterisjp, @twobitidiot, @zooko, @danfinlay, @marinamarkezic, and @hosseeb. Forums: r/CryptoCurrency
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Google releases September 2023 updates for Android 11, 12, 12L, and 13 to fix a privilege escalation zero-day that “may be under limited, targeted exploitation” — The September 2023 Android security updates tackle 33 vulnerabilities, including a zero-day bug currently targeted in the wild.| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
Patreon adds Discord-like group chats to mobile, letting creators join up to four chats and restrict access based on subscriber tiers; desktop is coming later — Beginning today, Patreon creators who want a dedicated space to interact with fans will have a built-in option: group chats.| Walter Isaacson / TIME: |
An excerpt from the new Elon Musk biography details an argument with Larry Page in 2013 over AI's dangers, how he co-founded OpenAI and founded xAI, and more — At a conference in 2012, Elon Musk met Demis Hassabis, the video-game designer and artificial—intelligence researcher who had co-founded … | Forbes: |
Imbue, formerly Generally Intelligent, which claims to have access to 10K Nvidia H100 GPUs to train its AI “agents”, raised a $200M Series B at a $1B valuation — The startup, one of very few woman-led AI unicorns, has a $1 billion valuation and access to 10,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs …
More: imbue, Crunchbase News, TechCrunch, and Bloomberg
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Snapchat adds new safety features for minors, including making it harder for strangers to contact teens and removing accounts marketing inappropriate content — Snapchat today is announcing a series of new safeguards for its app, aimed at better protecting teen users, similar … | Trisha Thadani / Washington Post: |
Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt attributes the angst around driverless cars to anti-robot bias: “anything that we do differently than humans is being sensationalized” — Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt said in an interview with The Washington Post that the angst around driverless cars in San Francisco is overblown| Paresh Dave / Wired: |
In a novel move, Pinterest updates its content algorithms to surface diverse body types, powered by an AI system trained on 5B+ images of bodies of all sizes — Social media algorithms usually promote biases toward white, thin bodies. Pinterest is using machine learning to surface images of all shapes and sizes.| Richard Milne / Financial Times: |
Norway's $1.4T oil fund, which owns ~1.5% of the world's listed companies, shares its three AI concerns: board responsibility, transparency, and risk management — Head of sovereign investor warns boards are ‘absolutely not on top’ of the issues surrounding the technology
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