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| Ryan Ozawa / Decrypt: |
Consensys says the US SEC is “closing its investigation into Ethereum 2.0” and “will not bring charges alleging that sales of ETH are securities transactions” — Leading Ethereum developer Consensys announced late Tuesday that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is …
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| Asa Fitch / Wall Street Journal: |
As Nvidia passes Microsoft's market cap, John Chambers, who was the CEO when Cisco passed Microsoft during the dot-com boom, says the situation now is different — Chip maker passes Microsoft for top spot, just as John Chambers-led Cisco Systems did two decades ago. He says the situation now is different.
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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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X: @carnage4life, @dougboneparth, @deedydas, @buccocapital, and @timsweeneyepic. LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski
Forums: r/worldnews, r/technology, r/nvidia, r/pcmasterrace, and r/wallstreetbets
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Framework partners with DeepComputing to build a RISC-V mainboard for its Laptop 13, set to become one of the first RISC-V laptops; price and release are TBC — What if your laptop didn't need a processor from an established brand like Intel or AMD? What if it didn't even rely on proprietary paid architectures like Arm and x86?
More: Framework Blog, Tom's Hardware, XDA Developers, OSnews, Phoronix, and Liliputing
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Forums: r/linuxhardware, r/RISCV, and r/linux
| Mike Masnick / The Daily Beast: |
The US surgeon general's call for social media warning labels seems to ignore evidence and may feed into a moral panic, similar to prior panics over video games — SCREEN BURN — Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy is wrong about the harmful effects of social media on kids …
More: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Vox, Ars Technica, New York Times, CNET, Business Insider, Los Angeles Times, Reclaim The Net, and Techdirt
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| Wall Street Journal: |
On its Korean website, Samsung says its new Snapdragon-powered Galaxy Book 4 Edge is not compatible with or cannot install some Adobe apps, Fortnite, and more — Popular games, other software are found incompatible with model using Microsoft Windows and Qualcomm chip
More: SamMobile and Android Headlines
| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
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| Reuters: |
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 Protection 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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| Thomas Claburn / The Register: |
A look at Mozilla's acquisition of Anonym, which offers “privacy-preserving” ad tools, and how Anonym might interact with a user base that tends to block ads — Is such a thing possible for an industry that never respected people's wishes? — ANALYSIS Mozilla this week …
More: The Mozilla Blog, Silicon Republic, and AdExchanger
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
A former 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, NewsBytes, and GeekWire
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| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
AMD is working with police and a host provider to investigate a claim that company data was stolen, after a BreachForums user 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.
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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 a $50M ransom — - Russian-speaking Qilin gang claims responsibility for breach — Pathology services company Synnovis targeted in extortion| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Netflix plans to open two permanent in-person experience venues, in Dallas and near Philadelphia, in 2025, a continuation of its previous pop-ups — They're not exactly theme parks, but the new Netflix Houses — to open next year in King of Prussia, Pa., and Dallas — will feature a wide array …
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Forums: r/boxoffice, r/blankies, r/Fauxmoi, r/popculturechat, and r/philadelphia
| Matt Burgess / Wired: |
FOI documents: eight UK train stations scanned passenger faces for two years as part of AI trials; Amazon software was used to predict age, gender, and emotions — CCTV cameras and AI are being combined to monitor crowds, detect bike thefts, and spot trespassers.
More: MEDIANAMA, TechSpot, and Biometric Update
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Google and OpenAI step up staff vetting over Chinese espionage threats; Sequoia has also encouraged some portfolio companies to tighten staff vetting — Google, OpenAI and Sequoia Capital push to improve security practices following high-profile spying cases
More: Benzinga
| 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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| The Information: |
Source: Apple told at least one supplier it has suspended work on the next Apple Vision Pro; sources say Apple still plans a cheaper model by the 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: @dennycloudhead, @neilcybart, @snazzylabs, @heaney555, @itsurboyevan, @kylebrussell, @beeple, @ericpresidentvr, @parkerortolani, @thurrott, @jimrayvaughn, @zollotech, @jordankutzer, @gartenberg, @rustybrick, @loopervfx, @tomaxwell, @sadlyitsbradley, @josesaezmerino, @waynema, @dannyhabibs, @lunayian, @sadlyitsbradley, @arian_ghashghai, @bzamayo, and @waynema
Forums: Hacker News, r/virtualreality, r/technology, r/hardware, r/VisionPro, r/OculusQuest, and MacRumors Forums
| Tim O'Reilly / O'Reilly Media: |
How generative AI model providers can create business models that reward copyright holders and content creators, much like what has happened on the web — Last month, The New York Times claimed that tech giants OpenAI and Google have waded into a copyright gray area by transcribing … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Nvidia agrees to buy Shoreline, which helps automate fixing software problems, in a deal that values Shoreline at ~$100M; Shoreline has raised ~$57M — The deal was struck recently and values Shoreline at about $100 million, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the matter is private.
More: Business Insider, TipRanks Financial, and Bankless Times
| Paul Vieira / Wall Street Journal: |
Fengate Asset Management acquires over two-thirds stake in eStruxture, which operates data centers in 15 locations in four Canadian cities, in a $1.3B deal — Fengate, an alternative-asset manager, will hold over two-thirds of the equity in eStruxture Data Centers
More: DatacenterDynamics and Globe and Mail
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