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Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge:
California Governor Newsom signs the Right to Repair Act into law, effective for devices made and sold after July 1, 2021, minus game consoles and alarm systems  —  California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed SB 244, or the Right to Repair Act, into law, making it easier for owners …
Queenie Wong / Los Angeles Times:
California Governor Gavin Newsom signs into law the Delete Act, which requires data brokers to delete a state resident's personal info after a single request  —  Californians will be able to make a single request asking that data brokers delete their personal information, under a bill Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law on Tuesday.
Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch:
California Governor Newsom signs a bill forcing VC firms to share the diversity of founders they back; some worry about liability from releasing sensitive info
CNN:
Letter: Thierry Breton warns Elon Musk that X could face penalties under the DSA for hosting “illegal content and disinformation” about the Israel-Hamas war  —  European officials warned X on Tuesday that the company formerly known as Twitter appears to have been hosting misinformation …
Casey Newton / Platformer:
As X fails to moderate Israel-Hamas misinformation, Meta has an opportunity to make real-time news a pillar of Threads and give the app an existential purpose
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Abner Li / 9to5Google:
After a US judge invalidates Sonos' patents, Google brings back support for multiple Speaker Groups across Nest speakers, Nest displays, and Chromecast devices  —  Just last month, Google was forced to limit Nest and Home devices to one Speaker Group in response to the Sonos lawsuit.
Jonathan Greig / The Record:
Amazon, Google, and Cloudflare say a DDoS attack hit 398M RPS in August 2023, ~8x larger than the prior record, due to a new flaw; Google mitigated the attack  —  Amazon, Google and Cloudflare said they detected the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on record in August due to a newly discovered vulnerability.
Paresh Dave / Wired:
How Google's Project Green Light is using AI to analyze Maps data to suggest how cities can adjust traffic light timing to cut wait times and vehicle emissions  —  Google is analyzing data from its Maps app to suggest how cities can adjust traffic light timing to cut wait times and emissions.
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Sony announces a new $500 PS5 model with a detachable disc drive, 1TB of internal storage, and a slightly slimmer and shorter design, shipping in November  —  Sony officially announced a new PS5 model with a detachable disc drive and 1TB of internal storage.
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Adobe debuts Firefly Image 2 Model in Firefly for the web; the model is larger than its predecessor, better at rendering humans, and coming to Creative Cloud  —  At MAX, its annual conference for creatives, Adobe today announced that it has updated the models that power Firefly, its generative AI image creation service.
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Google starts prompting users to create a passkey to use as their account default, but says passwords will “still remain part of our lives as we make the pivot”  —  Google is making it easier for users to ditch passwords on their Google accounts in favor of passkeys — a fast …
New York Times:
Caroline Ellison testifies that SBF “directed” her to commit crimes, like using FTX client funds for Alameda Research's venture investments and loan repayments  —  Ms. Ellison, who also dated Mr. Bankman-Fried, is the government's star witness in the criminal fraud trial of the founder of the FTX crypto exchange.
New York Times:
In the first week of Sam Bankman-Fried's trial, Judge Kaplan repeatedly admonished SBF's lawyers, disrupting the questioning, in an ominous sign for the defense
Leah Nylen / Bloomberg:
US v. Google: in 2007, Sundar Pichai raised concerns over the bad “optics” of Google's deal to pay Apple to make Google the pre-selected search option in Safari  —  - Emails from Google executive presented at antitrust trial  — DOJ says Google spends $10 billion annually on search deals
David Shepardson / Reuters:
Utah sues TikTok, accusing the company of getting kids hooked via “algorithms and manipulative design features”, after similar lawsuits by Indiana and Arkansas  —  Utah sued Chinese-owned app TikTok on Tuesday, accusing it of harming children by intentionally keeping young users …
Wall Street Journal:
Research: Palestinian Islamic Jihad-linked crypto wallets received ~$93M from August 2021 to June 2023; Hamas-linked ones received ~$41M over a similar period  —  Digital currency transactions highlight how U.S. and Israel have struggled to sever the access of Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hezbollah to foreign funding
Amanda Hoover / Wired:
New York City's crackdown on short-term listings causes Airbnb listings to plummet, while some turn to services such as Craigslist, Houfy, and Facebook Groups  —  People are listing short-term rentals on social media and lesser-known platforms, bolstering a rental black market in New York City.
The Guardian:
Amazon hired warehouse workers in Saudi Arabia who were trafficked from Nepal; Amazon admits that some were mistreated and is “implementing stronger controls”  —  Dozens of contract workers at Amazon warehouses say they were tricked into toiling and living in grueling, squalid conditions

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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Trade body data: copyrighted music revenue was $45.5B in 2023, above cinema box office spending of $33.2B in 2023 and $41.9B in 2019; record labels made $28.5B

Bill Donahue / Billboard:
Drake launches legal action against UMG and Spotify for allegedly using bots, payola, and more to inflate Kendrick Lamar's Not Like Us, a track attacking Drake

Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Sources: CVC Capital Partners and a major European broadcaster, thought to be France's Groupe TF1, are among those considering a takeover of the UK's ITV

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Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch:
Online used car marketplace Shift files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and begins shutting down its business, after going public via a SPAC merger in October 2020
Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
Microsoft rolls out new tools in preview for health care organizations, including three new AI models for Azure AI Health Insights and an Azure AI Health Bot

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Cristina Criddle / Financial Times:
Meta's Oversight Board plans to review Meta's manipulated content and deepfake policies after Facebook refused to remove a video describing Biden as a pedophile
Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg:
Analysis: Binance founder Changpeng Zhao's Industry Recovery Initiative, which offered $1B+ after FTX collapsed, has deployed less than $30M since November 2022
Wired:
As the Israel-Hamas war escalates, a look at the role of hacktivism on both sides, supported by groups globally, including DDoSing Israeli government websites
Richard Lawler / The Verge:
X now lets users “limit replies to verified users”
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: EU regulators sent out questionnaires asking users and rivals whether iMessage, Bing, Edge, and Microsoft Advertising should be regulated under the DMA
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Unity CEO John Riccitiello resigns in the wake of the company's fee controversy; Unity names former Red Hat President and CEO James Whitehurst as interim CEO
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