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July 15, 2024, 12:50 PM

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Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
Kim Zetter / Wired:
AT&T appears to have paid a ShinyHunters member $373K+ to delete call records stolen from AT&T's Snowflake account that exposed “nearly all” of AT&T's customers  —  A security researcher who assisted with the deal says he believes the only copy of the complete dataset …
Gavin Bonshor / AnandTech:
A look at the AMD Ryzen AI 300 series, its AI PC chip family for laptops, and the Ryzen 9000 series for desktops, both built on the new Zen 5 CPU architecture  —  Back at Computex 2024, AMD unveiled their highly anticipated Zen 5 CPU microarchitecture during AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su's opening keynote.
Sean Endicott / Windows Central:
Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg:
Source: Apple's India revenue rose ~33% YoY to almost $8B from March 2023 to March 2024, and up from $4.1B the year before; pricey iPhones were 50%+ of sales  —  - Sales jump shows Apple is succeeding in winning users in India  — Apple wants to challenge Android's dominance in the country
Bloomberg:
IDC and Counterpoint say the global smartphone market grew 6.5% and 6%, respectively, in Q2 2024, helped by China's 618 event discounts; iPhone sales stabilized  —  - Apple's iPhone sales stabilized after a tough first quarter  — Key China market accelerated its growth in the summer
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
An interview with Netflix Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria, who presides over the company's $17B content budget, on catering to different tastes and more  —  She presides over a $17bn budget and is looking for local hits with global potential  —  Bela Bajaria, Netflix's chief hitmaker …
Drew FitzGerald / Wall Street Journal:
Verizon and T-Mobile US push back on AT&T asking regulators to give FirstNet more wireless frequencies for emergency responders, calling the idea a ~$14B gift  —  AT&T says a wireless spectrum boost could help local agencies do more; Verizon calls proposal a $14 billion giveaway
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Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
X's trending topics surfaced conspiracy theories around the assassination attempt on Donald Trump; YouTube and Facebook primarily directed users to news outlets  —  Conspiracy theories about the shooting at a Trump rally began surfacing on X shortly after the news broke this afternoon …
Lloyd Lee / Business Insider:

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