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Sources: Apple Watch Series 10 will be thinner and have bigger screens; main Siri upgrade will be part of iOS 18.4, with a beta in January and a spring release — As the Apple Watch approaches its 10th birthday, the company is preparing a big update. Also: AirPods with cameras …
More: Business Standard, AppleInsider, The Verge, Cult of Mac, Mashable, Android Authority, Gizchina, MySmartPrice, Neowin, iThinkDifferent, Appleosophy, MacRumors, MacRumors, AppleInsider, AppleInsider, Supercharged, PCMag, Benzinga, Engadget, PhoneArena, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, iClarified, iMore, NewsBytes, and AppleInsider on YouTube
X: @zollotech, @betaprofiles, @markgurman, @tgod34748, @leakerapple, @dimillian, @parkerortolani, @davezatz, and @markgurman
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Ben Church / CNN: |
A look at concerns about Saudi Arabia “sportswashing”, as the country hosts the Esports World Cup; Saudi Arabia's PIF owns some of the biggest gaming companies — In the heart of Saudi Arabia's capital, a seismic moment for esports is underway; one which has triggered both excitement and concern across the industry.
More: The Esports Advocate, The Esports Advocate, VG247, BBC, BBC, ABC News (Australia) on YouTube, BBC News on YouTube, CBC News, and VentureBeat
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| Financial Times: |
How Saudi media group MBC's Shahid has become the biggest streaming service in MENA with a 22% share, ahead of Starz Play Arabia at 18% and Netflix at 17% — Wide range of Arabic-language shows and films helps media group compete with Netflix — Media group MBC is competing hard with Netflix …
LinkedIn: Natasha Matos-Hemingway
| Joel Khalili / Wired: |
Mt. Gox starts repaying its customers, who will receive only ~15% of their lost bitcoin, which are now worth many times more than their total 2014 holdings — Former customers of bankrupt crypto exchange Mt. Gox are preparing to be reunited with their lost bitcoin—and it's a $9 billion windfall.
More: Mt. Gox, The Register, PCMag, SiliconANGLE, CNBC, The Block, Forbes, Tom's Hardware, CNBC, Decrypt, Coinbay, NewsBTC, Quartz, NBC News, 9to5Mac, Bloomberg, NBC News, CryptoGlobe, and CoinDesk
Threads: @lovingnotworking. X: @intangiblecoins, @krugermacro, @dotkrueger, @cnbc, @lastcallcnbc, and @ashcryptoreal. LinkedIn: Coinbay
Forums: r/Buttcoin, r/Bitcoin, and Slashdot
| Malcolm Owen / AppleInsider: |
Apple says it asked Epic to fix the buttons in a future version of the Epic Games Store submitted for review; Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says Epic will “fight this” — Mere hours after reports circulated that Apple had declined to approve the Epic Games Store for iOS in the EU …
More: The Verge, TechCrunch, iLounge, Pixel Envy, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Register, DualShockers, Hypebeast, Mashable, Daring Fireball, KitGuru, Spyglass, Neowin, Stevivor, Thurrott, PhoneArena, TechSpot, MacRumors, NewsBytes, Gizchina, NBC News, Wired, iThinkDifferent, Engadget, IGN, The Hill, mjtsai.com, RTÉ, iPhone in Canada Blog, Yahoo Finance, Eurogamer.net, and Notebookcheck
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| Michelle Hampson / IEEE Spectrum: |
A study of GPT-3.5-based ChatGPT's ability to solve 728 coding problems: fairly good at solving problems that existed before 2021, but struggles with newer ones — This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore.
More: IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering and Boing Boing
Mastodon: @HPC_Guru@mastodon.social. X: @mjasay, @grady_booch, @malwarejake, @ivanilves, @simonkp, @brainify78, and @joel_linux
LinkedIn: Bas Hamer and Michelle Hampson
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Heekyong Yang / Reuters: |
The National Samsung Electronics Union goes on a three-day strike for better pay; analysts say the strike is unlikely to have an impact due to low participation — Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) workers in South Korea began a three-day strike for better pay on Monday … | Shubham Sharma / VentureBeat: |
ElevenLabs launches Voice Isolator, a freemium AI tool for removing background noise from audio files for film, podcast, and interview post production — ElevenLabs, the AI voice startup known for its voice cloning, text-to-speech and speech-to-speech models, has just added another tool to its product portfolio: an AI Voice Isolator.
More: ElevenLabs, WinBuzzer, Maginative, and Cryptopolitan
| Tory Shepherd / The Guardian: |
A look at Apate, a conversational bot developed by Macquarie University's Cyber Security Hub in Australia to keep scam callers on the line while collecting data — New scambaiting AI technology Apate aims to keep scammers on the line while collecting data that could help disrupt their business model
Forums: r/technology
| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi talks about reuniting with Square Enix to bring his company Mistwalker's Apple Arcade RPG Fantasian to PC and consoles — More than two decades ago, video-game designer Hironobu Sakaguchi parted ways with the company now called Square Enix Holding Co. At the time, it was an unexpected move.
More: PC Gamer, Gameranx, Wccftech, TheGamer, TweakTown, Gameranx, GoNintendo, IGN, Game Rant, Video Games Chronicle, Push Square, The Verge, and Digital Trends
Forums: r/TerraBattle, r/FinalFantasy, r/PS5, and r/TwoBestFriendsPlay
| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
What to expect from Samsung Galaxy Unpacked on July 10: Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Flip 6, Galaxy AI updates, Galaxy Buds 3, Watch FE and Watch 7 Ultra, and more — Samsung's next Galaxy Unpacked event is coming up fast at 9AM ET on July 10th in Paris, France. The company isn't being coy …
More: Tom's Guide, 9to5Google, CNET, Forbes, and Cybernews.com
| Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware: |
A Sequoia Capital analyst estimated companies developing top AI models need to collectively generate ~$600B per year to pay for their AI infrastructure — The AI bubble is reaching a tipping point? — Despite massive investments in AI infrastructure by high-tech giants …
More: GenInnov, Simon Willison's Weblog, PC Gamer, TechSpot, Windows Copilot News, and Cointelegraph
Mastodon: @Mer__edith@mastodon.world and @mhoye@mastodon.social
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Forums: Hacker News, r/ValueInvesting, r/hardware, and r/technews
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