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July 23, 2024, 12:31 PM

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Bloomberg:
Meta debuts Llama 3.1 405B, the “first frontier-level open source AI model”, as well as new Llama 3.1 70B and 8B models, and says it's working on Llama 4  —  The Meta CEO defends both his open source strategy and a massive investment in artificial intelligence.
The Information:
Sources: Apple is working on a foldable, clamshell design iPhone that could launch as soon as 2026, and has reached out to component suppliers in recent months  —  Apple is working on a foldable iPhone that could be released as early as 2026 and in recent months reached out to suppliers …
CNBC:
Israeli cybersecurity startup Wiz walks away from Google's $23B acquisition offer; Wiz CEO Assaf Rappaport tells staff that Wiz will pursue an IPO as planned  —  Wiz has walked away from a $23 billion deal to be acquired by Google, in what would have been the search giant's largest ever deal …
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Leaked images show the upcoming “Google TV Streamer”, a set-top box with a pill-shaped design, to replace the dongle form factor, and an updated, longer remote  —  Back in April, we revealed that Google is working on a sequel to the Chromecast with Google TV (4K) …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Amazon begins rolling out a new UI for Prime Video to help distinguish content included with Prime, update its navigation bar, manage subscriptions, and more  —  And the new UI specifically addresses something that's annoyed Prime Video users for years: Now, according to Amazon …
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Spotify reports Q2 revenue up 20% YoY to €3.8B, MAUs up 14% YoY to 626M, subscribers up 12% YoY to 246M, above est., and €266M operating income; SPOT jumps 12%+  —  Spotify Technology SA shares surged to their highest in more than three years on Tuesday after the Swedish audio …
Digiday:
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Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Dragos details a sample of Russia-linked malware used in a hack in January 2024 to target a heating utility in Lviv, Ukraine, cutting service to 600 buildings  —  The code, the first of its kind, was used to sabotage a heating utility in Lviv at the coldest point in the year …
Dana Mattioli / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Amazon lost $25B+ on its devices business between 2017 and 2021, and its plan to sell hardware at a lower price and make money elsewhere hasn't worked  —  Amazon.com's Echo speakers are the type of business success companies don't want: a widely purchased product that is also a giant money loser.
Michael Peel / Financial Times:
Google Research and others detail NeuralGCM, a model that combines ML and existing weather forecasting to make a breakthrough in accurate long-range predictions  —  Advances in predictions promised by machine learning matched with physics in latest model involving Google
Reuters:
India plans to cut import duty on mobile phones and some key parts from 20% to 15%, a move that will directly benefit Apple, as part of its 2024/2025 budget  —  India announced it will cut import duty on mobile phones and some key parts to 15% from 20%, a move that will directly benefit Apple …
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Posh, an iOS app that offers a TikTok-like vertical feed of events, raised a $22M Series A, taking its total funding to $31M, and claims 2M registered users  —  Platforms like TikTok and Spotify have experimented with events on their platforms.  But rather than concentrating on concerts …
More: Forbes
Sarah Wynn / The Block:
The US SEC approves spot ether ETFs from 21Shares, Bitwise, BlackRock, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton, VanEck, and Invesco Galaxy, which can now start trading  —  - Registration statements become effective on Monday for firms vying for a spot Ethereum exchange-traded fund, marking the final sign-off for those products to begin trading.
Reuters:
FlightAware: Reeling from CrowdStrike-related outages, Delta has canceled 5,000+ flights since Friday, including 1,159 flights on Monday and 400+ on Tuesday  —  Delta Air Lines (DAL.N) CEO Ed Bastian on Monday said it will take the U.S. carrier another couple of days before its operations recover …
Hannah Murphy / Financial Times:
A profile of Nick Pickles, who has recently been promoted to X's VP of global affairs; sources say Pickles has become the right-hand man to CEO Linda Yaccarino  —  Ex-music photographer promoted as right-hand man to X chief Linda Yaccarino tasked with fighting company's political battles
More: Bloomberg
Bloomberg:
An investigation shows how pedophiles groom children using Roblox, a problem exacerbated by Roblox not collecting any personal information beyond a user's age  —  DoctorRofatnik, known to fans as “Doc,” looked almost mayoral in a tall white hat, a red tie and an American flag pin.
Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware:
Intel says “elevated operating voltage” is causing “instability issues” in some Core 13th and 14th Gen desktop processors, and plans to release a fix in August  —  Patch is on the way.  —  Intel has announced that it has found the root cause of the crashing issues plaguing its CPUs.

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