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Sources: Jony Ive and Sam Altman have been discussing building a new AI hardware device, and Masayoshi Son has been involved in some aspects of the conversation — Jony Ive, the renowned designer of the iPhone, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman have been discussing building a new AI hardware device …
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Researchers say X removed the ability for users to report election misinformation, a feature launched in the US, Australia, and some other countries in 2021 — Elon Musk's X, formerly called Twitter, disabled a feature that let users report misinformation about elections …
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| Alex Cranz / The Verge: |
The WGA contract calls for streaming data transparency and guarantees on AI use, including preventing AI-generated material to be used as a source material — Instead, members of the union will be poring over new details on the contract negotiated with the AMPTP and deciding whether they will vote to ratify this new contract.
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| Wesley Yin-Poole / IGN: |
Sony opens an investigation after ransomware group “Ransomed.vc” claimed to have breached the company's systems and threatened to sell or post the stolen data — Data reportedly up for sale. — Sony has said it has launched an investigation after a ransomware group claimed to have breached the company's systems.| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy confirms that former Microsoft CPO Panos Panay will be joining Amazon at the end of October to lead its devices and services division — It's official: Panos Panay, Microsoft's former product lead, is headed to Amazon. … “As a strong product builder and inventor …
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Ming-Chi Kuo: iPhone 15 Pro overheating issues likely due to thermal system design compromises to achieve a lighter weight, and are unrelated to TSMC's 3nm node — My survey indicates that the iPhone 15 Pro series overheating issues are unrelated to TSMC's advanced 3nm node.
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Sources and new documents detail how Facebook execs repeatedly shied away from punishing the BJP or associated accounts in India for hate speech and propaganda — SAN FRANCISCO — Nearly three years ago, Facebook's propaganda hunters uncovered a vast social media influence operation … | Gerry Shih / Washington Post: |
Staffers and allies of India's BJP detail how they crafted posts for a vast network of WhatsApp groups aimed at exploiting the fears of the Hindu majority — MUDBIDRI, India — At first, the WhatsApp messages touted roads paved, schools built, free food distributed to the poor …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft starts rolling out a Windows 11 update that adds the new Windows Copilot and, over the coming months, AI updates to Paint, Snipping Tool, and Photos — Microsoft is releasing one of its biggest updates to Windows 11 today. It includes access to the new Windows Copilot …
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Binance exits its Russia business as it is not “compatible with Binance's compliance strategy”, and sells the business to CommEX, which launched a day earlier — - CommEX was launched a day before Binance announced deal — Perlman says Russia business ‘not compatible’ with compliance
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| Josh Ye / Reuters: |
China releases a list of 26 app stores, including from Samsung, Huawei, and Xiaomi, that comply with its new rules; Apple's App Store is not on the list — China's cyberspace regulator released on Wednesday names of the first batch of mobile app stores that have completed filing business details …
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| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
Linda Yaccarino reflects on her first 100 days as X CEO, says intense public scrutiny is “hard on me”, as sources describe her relationship with Elon Musk — Can the chief of the company formerly known as Twitter survive Musk's chaos and win back advertisers?
More: Insider. X: @katebevan, @cordeliaj, @chris_skinner, @sirsteven, @ft, @mattvella, and @janinegibson. LinkedIn: Nicolas Boitout, PhD
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Cloudflare launches new tools to help customers deploy and run AI models, including Workers AI, which gives pay-as-you-go access to GPUs from its partners — Looking to cash in on the AI craze, Cloudflare, the cloud services provider, is launching a new collection of products and apps aimed … | Daniel Golson / The Verge: |
Hands-on with Mercedes-Benz's Drive Pilot, the first and only Level 3 system approved for sale in the US and the EU, available only on Mercedes-mapped freeways — Drive Pilot is a Level 3 autonomous system, meaning you can take your hands off the wheel and — more notably — your eyes off the road during certain conditions.| Ted Johnson / Deadline: |
Warner Bros. Discovery launches CNN Max in an open beta in the US, offering a 24/7 live news streaming feed and 900 hours of CNN Originals to Max subscribers — - Donald Trump Found Liable For Defrauding Banks, New York Judge Rules; Defense Attorney Calls Decision “Miscarriage Of Justice” - Update| CNBC: |
The FTC and 17 US states sue Amazon for allegedly using monopoly power to raise its prices, force sellers to pay fulfillment and ad fees, and harm its rivals — - Amazon is facing its first set of antitrust charges from the U.S. federal government after the Federal Trade Commission filed …
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| Emily Birnbaum / Bloomberg: |
Filing: the US FTC revives its challenge against Microsoft's $69B acquisition of Activision Blizzard, a move which may seek to unwind the deal after it closes — - FTC administrative hearing won't derail deal from closing — Companies are likely to win UK regulatory approval for deal| Jofie Yordan / Tech in Asia: |
Indonesia plans to ban direct transactions on social media, citing their hit to traditional markets, a blow to TikTok Shop in its first and its largest market — President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has decided to ban direct transactions on social media platforms in Indonesia …
More: Reuters, Bloomberg, Tech Wire Asia, CNBC, Verdict, Tempo, Asia News Network, Reuters, The Jakarta Post, and The Straits Times. X: @clairejiao
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The federal judge overseeing US et al v. Google says documents used during the trial can be posted online at the end of each day, resolving a weeklong dispute — - DOJ, Google disputed how quickly to post court exhibits online — Judge says access should happen ‘as soon as it is reasonable’
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