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Cade Metz / New York Times:
Sources: in early 2023, a hacker breached OpenAI's internal messaging systems and accessed product details; OpenAI told its staff, but not the public or the FBI  —  A security breach at the maker of ChatGPT last year revealed internal discussions among researchers and other employees, but not the code behind OpenAI's systems.
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Cloudflare launches a tool that aims to block bots from scraping websites for AI training data, available free for all customers  —  Cloudflare, the publicly traded cloud service provider, has launched a new, free tool to prevent bots from scraping websites hosted on its platform for data to train AI models.
Reuters:
Samsung estimates Q2 operating profit up 1,452% YoY to $7.54B, and revenue up 23% YoY to ~$53.7B, as chip prices keep rising  —  Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) estimated on Friday a more than 15-fold rise in its second-quarter operating profit, as rebounding semiconductor prices driven …
Reuters:
Epic says Apple is impeding its attempts to set up a games store on iPhones and iPads in Europe and that it has shared its concerns with the European Commission  —  “Fortnite” maker Epic Games said on Friday Apple was impeding its attempts to set up a games store on iPhones and iPads in Europe …
Benoit Van Overstraeten / Reuters:
The EC asks Amazon to provide more information on its compliance with DSA provisions concerning the transparency of Amazon's recommender systems by July 26  —  The European Commission said on Friday it had requesting Amazon (AMZN.O) provide more information on the measures the U.S. e-commerce giant …
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
Evan Blass leaks Samsung's entire spec sheets and marketing materials for the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6, expected at its Unpacked event on July 10  —  We're only one week away from Samsung's next Unpacked event on July 10th, where we're expecting the company's Galaxy Z Fold 6 …
Ben Westcott / Bloomberg:
AWS partners with the Australian government to build a cloud data system to handle top secret information; the government plans to invest ~$1.3B over 10 years  —  - US company to operate three data centers in Australia  — Australia says new infrastructure will improve cybersecurity
Samantha Murphy Kelly / CNN:
ElevenLabs will use AI-generated voices of dead actors like Judy Garland and Burt Reynolds in its Reader app, after striking deals with the actors' estates  —  Actress Judy Garland never recorded her voice to read an audiobook of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, but you'll soon be able to hear …

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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

Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: NBC's new deal with Macy's to keep the Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC and Peacock has an average annual fee of $60M+, up from ~$20M in the current deal

Brian Stelter / CNN:
As Elon Musk posts memes about buying MSNBC, sources say one liberal billionaire expressed interest in buying the channel; Comcast is not looking to sell MSNBC

More News

Bloomberg:
South Korea unveils a monitoring system to find crypto exchange accounts linked to “suspected” trading activity, as a new law takes effect on July 19

Earlier Picks

New York Times:
Researchers say GPS spoofing has impacted 60K+ commercial flights so far in 2024; GPS could become a relic as Chinese, Russian, and European systems modernize
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
A global law enforcement operation takes down 593 servers hosting unlicensed versions of Cobalt Strike, a penetration testing tool abused by cybercriminals
CRN:
OpenText plans to lay off 1,200 staff and add 800 positions, resulting in a ~1.7% workforce reduction and expecting to cut annual expenses by ~CA$150M in FY2025
Paul Vieira / Wall Street Journal:
Canada authorizes the implementation of a 3% levy on revenue from large tech companies that provide digital services to, or sell data of, Canadian users
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch:
Twilio says “threat actors” identified its 2FA app Authy users' phone numbers; last week, ShinyHunters claimed to have stolen 33M phone numbers from Twilio
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