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Source: Apple told at least one supplier it has suspended work on the next Apple Vision Pro; sources: it's still aiming to debut a cheaper model by end of 2025 — Apple Suspends Work on Next High-End Headset, Focused on Releasing Cheaper Model in Late 2025 Apple has told at least one supplier …
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Threads: @heaney_555. Mastodon: @matt@isfeeling.social. Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social. X: @lunayian, @beeple, @heaney555, @zollotech, @parkerortolani, @gartenberg, @jimrayvaughn, @rustybrick, @sadlyitsbradley, @dannyhabibs, @kylebrussell, @ericpresidentvr, @tomaxwell, @josesaezmerino, @itsurboyevan, @jordankutzer, @waynema, @neilcybart, @thurrott, @dennycloudhead, @snazzylabs, @waynema, @sadlyitsbradley, @bzamayo, and @arian_ghashghai
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/OculusQuest, r/virtualreality, r/VisionPro, r/hardware, and MacRumors Forums
| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
ASUS VivoBook S 15 Copilot+ PC review: Snapdragon X Elite is incredible, all-day battery, a gorgeous 15.6" OLED screen, and $1,299 for 1TB SSD and 16GB of RAM — Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite elevates this Windows laptop from a good all-rounder to a great one.| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
An ex-Snap engineer debuts Butterflies, a social network where users can create AI personas that then interact with users and other AIs via posts and DMs — Butterflies is a social network where humans and AIs interact with each other through posts, comments and DMs.
More: The Verge, GeekWire, and Windows Copilot News
| Ina Fried / Axios: |
A study of 10 chatbots, including Perplexity and ChatGPT, shows they often repeat Russian disinformation and cite fugitive John Dougan's fake local news sites — - Entering 57 prompts into 10 leading chatbots, NewsGuard found they spread Russian disinformation narratives 32% of the time …
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| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Margrethe Vestager says Apple has a number of “very serious” issues under the EU's DMA, and the EU will reveal conclusions of its investigation “hopefully soon” — Apple has numerous “very serious” issues under the European Union's sweeping rules aimed at reining in Big Tech …
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| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
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The US FTC says it has referred a complaint to the DOJ against TikTok and ByteDance over potential violations of the Children's Online Privacy Act — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday it had referred a complaint to the Justice Department against the social media platform TikTok …
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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Nvidia surpasses Microsoft to become the world's most valuable public company, with a $3.34T market cap; NVDA is up over 9x since January 2023 — Nvidia, long known in the niche gaming community for its graphics chips, is now the most valuable public company in the world.
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| Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg: |
Qilin, a cohort of Russian-speaking hackers, claims responsibility for the ransomware attack impacting London hospitals for weeks and demands $50M to end it — - Russian-speaking Qilin gang claims responsibility for breach — Pathology services company Synnovis targeted in extortion
More: SiliconANGLE
| Caroline O'Donovan / Washington Post: |
The California Labor Commissioner's Office fines Amazon $5.9M for violating a 2022 state law by failing to properly inform workers of quotas at two warehouses — The company is among the first to run afoul of a union-backed law aimed at protecting warehouse workers from aggressive productivity quotas.
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| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
AMD says it is looking into claims that company information was stolen in a hack, after a user on BreachForums said they breached AMD's systems — Advanced Micro Devices Inc., the second-largest maker of personal computer processors, is looking into claims that company information was stolen in a hack.
More: PCMag, The Register, BleepingComputer, The Cyber Express, The Verge, SiliconANGLE, Reuters, Benzinga, and Hackread
| Bloomberg: |
Filings: X is still working on a Venmo-like payments feature, with a 2024 US launch target; X had $1.48B in revenue in first six months of 2023, down ~40% YoY — State license applications give new insight into the company's plans, as well as its financial woes during the Elon era.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Appfigures: iOS 18 could “Sherlock” trail apps, grammar helpers, math solvers, password managers, and emoji apps that have an estimated $393M in annual revenue — Apple's practice of leveraging ideas from its third-party developer community to become new iOS and Mac features … | Wall Street Journal: |
Social media creators say earning a decent, reliable income is getting harder, as platforms pay less for popular posts and brands get pickier about partnerships — Platforms are paying less for popular posts, brands are pickier about partnerships and a possible TikTok ban looms
More: The Hill, The Information, Inc.com, Mobilegamer.biz, PYMNTS.com, and Werd I/O
Forums: Hacker News and r/technology
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
A look at Apple's upcoming CarPlay updates, aiming to be “a design toolkit for automakers” comprising UI layers: local, overlay, remote, and punch-through — Apple's been talking about its next generation of CarPlay for two years now with very little to show for it …
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Meta launches its much-awaited Threads API, letting developers publish posts, fetch content, manage replies, and view analytics, after an API beta in March 2024 — Meta said today that it finally launched its much-awaited API for Threads so developers can build experiences around it.
More: Meta for Developers, Mashable, Social Media Today, GitHub, Android Headlines, The Tech Basic, PhoneArena, Engadget, Adweek, MediaPost, WinBuzzer, and The Verge
Threads: @mosseri, @zuck, @christianselig, @crumbler, @threads, @buffer, @0xjessel, @postponesocial, @aaronrosspowell, @danielbuechele, @rednix, @typefullyapp, @mehtology, and @anujs3. Mastodon: @stroughtonsmith …
X: @mgsiegler and @tomwarren
| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Internal memo: Meta merges its Reality Labs teams into the “Metaverse” product group that now includes Quest, and the AR product group, now called “Wearables” — This morning, Meta CTO Andrew “Boz” Bosworth announced the biggest restructuring of the company's hardware division since …
Threads: @lorakolodny, @firerock31, and @marcslove
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Forbes demands Perplexity not infringe on Forbes IP and drop Forbes-sourced articles; Perplexity-made content remains without attribution, including on YouTube — - The chatbot tried to give credibility to the Forbes story it presented by citing other “sourced” reports that were actually … | Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Signal President Meredith Whittaker warns the EU's recent “upload moderation” proposal to detect CSAM “fundamentally undermines encryption” of messaging apps — A controversial European Union legislative proposal to scan the private messages of citizens in a bid …
More: Signal Blog, The Register, The Guardian, The Hacker News, WinBuzzer, Blockonomi, Cointelegraph, WebProNews, and RestorePrivacy
Mastodon: @jpmens@mastodon.social. X: @mer__edith, @karlemilnikka, @peterktodd, @gergelyorosz, @wcathcart, @servidaandrea, @profwoodward, @jsrailton, @nzahn42, @echo_pbreyer, @bpreneel1, and @mer__edith. LinkedIn: Kim Crawley
Forums: Hacker News, r/belgium, r/worldnews, and r/europe
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