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July 13, 2024, 2:30 AM

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Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
AT&T says it will begin notifying consumers about a data breach where cybercriminals stole phone records of “nearly all” of its cellular and landline customers  —  Stolen data includes millions of AT&T customer phone numbers, calling and text records, and location-related data.
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Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
Sources: John Binns, a US citizen who has been incarcerated in Turkey and indicted for allegedly hacking T-Mobile in 2021, is linked to the AT&T data breach  —  John Binns, a U.S. citizen who has been incarcerated in Turkey, is linked to the massive data breach of metadata belonging …
Bloomberg:
Snowflake confirms that the data breach at AT&T is connected to the hack that has affected other customers, including Ticketmaster and LendingTree  —  - Fallout from attack disclosed in May is still spreading  — Ticketmaster, LendingTree among recent victims in crime spree
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Meta says it will soon roll back restrictions on Donald Trump's Instagram and Facebook accounts to ensure parity among candidates ahead of the 2024 election  —  - While those penalties were designed to limit any public figure's accounts during civil unrest, Donald Trump's accounts …
Reuters:
An internal document and source detail OpenAI's Strawberry, formerly known as Q*, which aims to improve its AI models' reasoning capabilities dramatically  —  ChatGPT maker OpenAI is working on a novel approach to its artificial intelligence models in a project code-named “Strawberry,” …
Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
Saudi Arabia will host the inaugural Olympic Esports Games in 2025, as part of a newly announced 12-year partnership with the Olympic Committee  —  Saudi Arabia will host the inaugural Olympic Esports Games in 2025 under an agreement announced Friday by the International Olympic Committee and the kingdom.
Muyao Shen / Bloomberg:
Hashed: 1M+ memecoins have been created on Pump.fun, a platform based on the Solana and Blast blockchains, generating $50M+ in revenue since its January launch  —  - Pump.fun is one of the most profitable memecoin projects  — Platform has been at the center of crypto's memecoin craze
Kosuke Shimizu / Nikkei Asia:
China accounts for 40%+ of sales at Applied Materials and Lam Research, as they boost shipments of legacy chipmaking equipment not targeted by US export curbs  —  Applied Materials, Lam Research ship legacy products not targeted by export curbs  —  PALO ALTO, California …
Financial Times:
A profile of Shein's executive chair Donald Tang, who has become the public face of the company as he leads its expansion overseas and prepares for a London IPO  —  Executive whose rise on Wall Street won fame in his native China faces tough task at fashion group planning London IPO
Megan Farokhmanesh / Wired:
A look at challenges indie video game devs face, as they struggle to survive due to lack of funding and studio closures, leading to talent loss in the industry  —  Big video game makers like Epic Games and EA have gone through substantial layoffs in the past year.
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Three US senators introduce the COPIED Act, which aims to give journalists, songwriters, and artists tools to fight AI models using their work without consent  —  A bipartisan group of senators has introduced a new bill that seeks to protect artists, songwriters, and journalists from having …

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