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September 18, 2023, 7:35 AM
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John Dickerson / CBS News:
An interview with Tim Cook on Apple's pledge to become carbon neutral by 2030, the Vision Pro, return to the office, why Apple still advertises on X, and more  —  In Brown County, Texas - flat, dry, near the geographical center of the state - Apple has invested in a joint venture to power 100,000 homes with clean energy.
Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review:
Q&A with DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman on LLMs becoming more controllable, “interactive” AI after generative AI, AI regulation being achievable, and more  —  DeepMind cofounder Mustafa Suleyman wants to build a chatbot that does a whole lot more than chat.
Elliptic:
North Korea-tied Lazarus Group stole nearly $240M in crypto in the past 104 days, ramping up hacks and shifting focus from decentralized to centralized services  —  The elite North Korean hacking group Lazarus appears to have recently ramped up its operations, conducting a confirmed four attacks against crypto entities since June 3rd.
Olga Kharif / Bloomberg:
One year after Ethereum's Merge, developers approve a change to slow down staking, which has emerged as one of the few reliable ways to earn returns in crypto  —  - With validators piling in, the network risks getting clogged  — Ethereum developers approved a software fix to that Thursday
Taylor Lyles / IGN:
Q&A with Apple execs Jeremy Sandmel, Tim Millet, and Kaiann Drance on gaming ambitions for the iPhone 15 Pro, MetalFX's upscaling, game controllers, and more  —  Apple is really leaning into the “Pro” aspect of the iPhone 15 Pro.  —  Apple finally announced the iPhone 15 earlier this week, and pre-orders are now live.
Associated Press:
In a long X post, French President Macron backtracks on saying video games had “intoxicated” young rioters and declares games are an “integral part of France”  —  French President Emmanuel Macron is extending an olive branch to video gamers after previously linking computer games …
Scott Murdoch / Reuters:
In Hong Kong IPOs, AI startup and US Entity List member Beijing Fourth Paradigm aims to raise $144M and cloud hospital firm Neusoft Xikang aims for $81M-$101M  —  Three Chinese firms, led by AI software company Beijing Fourth Paradigm, are aiming to raise up to $280 million in Hong Kong initial public offerings launched on Monday.
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New York Times:
TikTok's US staff complain about a new internal app to track office attendance; TikTok requires most staff to be in the office three times per week from October  —  The company is requiring many employees to use an app that tracks their in-person attendance.

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New York Times:
Court docs detail a smear campaign against actor Blake Lively via media articles and social media posts after she accused director Justin Baldoni of misconduct

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

More News

Max Hoppenstedt / Washington Post:
German prosecutors say Elon Musk's X has complied with hundreds of hate-crime user data requests; Twitter used to push back if requests threatened free speech
Tom Dotan / Wall Street Journal:
A profile of Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott, whose OpenAI-or-bust strategy rankled some staff who found their AI projects pushed aside and their resources curtailed

Earlier Picks

David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times:
A look at SBF's ~250 pages of reflections and self-justifications while under house arrest, which signal how he may defend himself at his October criminal trial
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
Thoughts on Apple's Wonderlust event, including the Mother Nature skit, FineWoven iPhone cases and Watch straps, the iPhone 15 lineup, and the AirPods Pro 2
Karen Naundorf / Wired:
A look at Buenos Aires' legal battle to turn back on a facial recognition system that activists criticized for its misuse and the city shut down in March 2020
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