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July 29, 2024, 4:20 PM

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple plans to debut Apple Intelligence by October, weeks after iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 releases; developers get to test AI features as soon as this week  —  - Developers will get to test AI features as soon as this week  — Apple is betting on enhancements to help sell iPhone 16 line
Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Apple debuts Apple Intelligence in the iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS 15.1 developer betas, with text generation and Siri updates, but missing some features  —  - Apple on Monday released the first version of Apple Intelligence, … Apple on Monday released the first version of Apple Intelligence …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Twitch remains unprofitable a decade after Amazon's acquisition; Docs show Twitch generated ~$667M in ad revenue and $1.3B in commerce revenue in 2023  —  Amazon Paid Almost $1 Billion for Twitch in 2014.  It's Still Losing Money.  The live-video service has slowing user growth …
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
A US court ruled on July 24 that border agents must get a warrant before searching the electronic devices of US and international travelers crossing the border  —  A federal district court in New York has ruled that U.S. border agents must obtain a warrant before searching the electronic devices …
David Gilbert / Wired:
ISD: hundreds of extremist TikTok accounts are openly sharing Hitler-related propaganda, including Holocaust denial videos, and trying to recruit new members  —  Not only is TikTok's algorithm promoting Neo-Nazi content, extremist organizations are also using the platform to recruit new members and encourage real-world action.
Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Podcasting is becoming an industry of megastars with huge deals and the biggest audiences; Edison: the top 25 podcasts reach nearly 50% of US weekly listeners  —  The top shows are adding video, merchandise and live tours and signing megadeals with Spotify, Sirius and Amazon.
Bloomberg:
A look at ByteDance's CapCut, which has 318M+ MAUs outside China, vs. ~97.4M Canva MAUs, and has made $125M so far in 2024 on mobile, per Sensor Tower  —  - CapCut could be banned in US by same law threatening TikTok  — Adobe working on Premiere editing app that runs in browser
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Q&A with Ghostery CEO Jean-Paul Schmetz about the service turning 15, ad tracking, why regulation is not the best path to protecting online privacy, and more  —  The world of online advertising has changed dramatically since Ghostery first launched in 2009 to help people understand …
Wall Street Journal:
Guracha Belachew Bersha, a now-freed Ethiopian man, details scamming hundreds while he was enslaved for 16 months in a pig butchering scam center in Myanmar  —  A multibillion-dollar cyberfraud industry operating out of Southeast Asia relies on forced labor and torture

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