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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says developers can offer NFC transactions using the iPhone's Secure Element, separate from Apple Pay, starting in iOS 18.1; there'll be “associated fees” — Apple has announced that it is opening up the iPhone's NFC chip using the Secure Element to allow …
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X: @markgurman, @markgurman, @psythor, and @psythor
Forums: r/HomeKit and r/AppleWallet
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Images generated by Grok, like Barack Obama doing cocaine and Donald Trump and Kamala Harris with guns, go viral on X, raising questions about Grok's guardrails — xAI's Grok chatbot now lets you create images from text prompts and publish them to X — and so far, the rollout seems as chaotic …
More: TechCrunch, Ars Technica, The Guardian, Business Insider, Gizmodo, Quartz, PCMag, and Android Headlines
Threads: @mattnavarra. Mastodon: @mmiasma@mastodon.sdf.org. X: @benjamindekr, @emollick, @joannastern, @esqueer_, @x, @benjamindekr, @kyliebytes, @watn_tarnation, @ikrietzberg, @garymarcus, @garymarcus, @karlmaxxer, @kyliebytes, @growing_daniel, @david_leavitt, @esqueer_, @jarvis_best, and @iwillleavenow
Forums: Hacker News and r/technology
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
xAI launches Grok-2 and Grok-2 mini in beta with improved reasoning and image generation, available now to X Premium and Premium+ users, and later via its API — Elon Musk-owned launched Grok-2 and Grok-2 mini in beta today with improved reasoning. The new Grok AI model can now generate images … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is prioritizing developing a tabletop home device with an iPad-like display and a robotic limb, aiming for a release in 2026 or 2027 for ~$1,000 — - Executive who oversaw car project is leading the effort — Device would offer twist on home products from Amazon and Meta
More: MacRumors, PYMNTS.com, Macworld, Engadget, AppleInsider, The Verge, TechRadar, Wall Street Pit, 9to5Mac, The Shortcut, Wccftech, BGR, Trusted Reviews, Cult of Mac, Digital Trends, and The Apple Post
Forums: Hacker News, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Cisco reports Q4 revenue down 10% YoY to $13.64B, vs. $13.54B est., and says it's cutting 7% of its global workforce; CSCO jumps 5%+ after hours — Cisco shares popped in extended trading on Wednesday after the networking company said it's cutting 7% of its global workforce … | Orianna Rosa Royle / Fortune: |
During a talk, Eric Schmidt said Google is losing the AI race because it decided that work-life balance and working from home were “more important than winning” — Google's former CEO Eric Schmidt has a complaint about his old stomping ground—and it's one that workers have heard …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/digitalnomad, and Slashdot
| Danny Gallagher / Engadget: |
The US FTC announces a final rule banning the sale of fake reviews and testimonials, including AI-generated ones, with fines as high as $50K per violation — The new rules prohibit the selling of fake and AI-generated reviews and testimonials in several forms.
More: Federal Trade Commission, PCMag, Search Engine Land, The Verge, Gizmodo, CNBC, CBS News, TechCrunch, Rolling Stone, National Law Review, Search Engine Journal, and Skift
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| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Apple approves Spotify updating its app to show in-app pricing information for iPhone users in the EU starting today, after Spotify's yearslong legal battle — Spotify will begin showing in-app pricing information for iPhone users in the European Union starting today, following a yearslong legal battle against Apple.
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X: @carnage4life, @averywgardiner, @gateklons, and @mysk_co
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Sources: Sonos is considering relaunching its previous mobile app as it works to improve the redesigned version, which launched in May to widespread criticism — Sonos has explored the possibility of rereleasing its previous mobile app for Android and iOS — a clear sign of what an ordeal the company's hurried redesign has become.
More: The Verge, Engadget, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, MacRumors, and Digital Trends
X: @stevebrazill, @oscargutiez, @tomwarren, and @tomwarren
Forums: r/sonos and MacRumors Forums
| Gavin Bonshor / AnandTech: |
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X and Ryzen 9 9900X review: the Zen 5 flagship chips are fine for highly threaded productivity workloads, but the gaming issues need to be fixed — Earlier this month, AMD launched the first two desktop CPUs using their latest Zen 5 microarchitecture: the Ryzen 7 9700X and the Ryzen 5 9600X.
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Mastodon: @cslinuxboy@mastodon.social. X: @sebasti66855537, @igorwallossek, @dapoets42, @ryansmithat, and @tomwarren. Forums: r/Amd
| Dara Kerr / NPR: |
Meta shuts down CrowdTangle, less than three months before the US election, in favor of the Meta Content Library; Mozilla says 50K+ petitioned against the move — Meta has been bombarded by academics, researchers, politicians and regulators about a tool called CrowdTangle, which most people probably haven't heard of.
More: Engadget, RIP CrowdTangle, Bloomberg, U.S. Senator Christopher Coons …, Social Media Today, ABC, TBIJ, Washington Post, Silicon Republic, and CrowdTangle Help Center
X: @ttp_updates, @chriscoons, @wiczipedia, @mozilla, @thomasrdavidson, @josephinelukito, @djandjava, @louisstaples, @matthewgmull, @niamh_mcintyre, @whotargetsme, @leelum, and @tbij. Forums: r/NPR
| Joseph Menn / Washington Post: |
Access Now and Citizen Lab: Russian spy agencies are using deep knowledge about opponents, reporters, and human rights groups to target them via phishing emails — Traditional phishing attacks aimed to break into organizations advocating for Russian dissidents, among others.
More: The Citizen Lab, Access Now, The Guardian, The Record, PCMag, The Register, Bloomberg, CyberScoop, and Forbes
| Troy Hunt: |
A look at the National Public Data breach, first noted in April 2024 and posted publicly last week, and why it's unlikely that “nearly 3B people” were exposed — I decided to write this post because there's no concise way to explain the nuances of what's being described as one of the largest data breaches ever.
More: Los Angeles Times, The Verge, and CNET
Mastodon: @shoq@mastodon.social, @paco@infosec.exchange, and @haveibeenpwned@infosec …
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/inthenews, and r/privacy
| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
Tencent says it and Apple are exploring ways to offer in-app transactions via iOS' payment system, the first acknowledgment of talks with Apple to take a cut — The Chinese company is exploring ways to offer in-app transactions via Apple's iOS payment system, Chief Strategy Officer James Mitchell told analysts on an earnings call.| Bloomberg: |
Interviews with 48+ people detail Snowflake and Databricks' intense rivalry, jockeying to be the dominant platform for organizing AI data, and fear of Microsoft — Secret codenames, pugnacious billboards and deal drama mark the competition for data supremacy — Snowflake Inc. was looking for acquisitions.| Bloomberg: |
Foxconn says it will only start shipping a small volume of servers with Nvidia's next-gen GB200 chips in Q4 2024, before ramping up significantly in Q1 2025 — - Hon Hai builds data center servers powered by Nvidia's chips — Nvidia has run into engineering snags with Blackwell family
More: Nikkei Asia, The Register, Cryptopolitan, Tom's Hardware, Focus Taiwan, and Benzinga
Forums: r/NVDA_Stock and r/NvidiaStock
| Sherry Qin / Wall Street Journal: |
More: Reuters, CNBC, Asia Financial, Reuters, KuwaitTimes, Barron's Online, and Business Standard. X: @adityakalra
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
The main takeaway from the Google Pixel event is Android's primacy, and Google's integration with Android is worth preserving if the goal is spurring innovation — The original Pixel was released in 2016 at the end of interesting, at least when it came to smartphones.
More: SlashGear, CNET, and 9to5Google
| Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: |
More: The Keyword, ZDNET, Eshu Marneedi, Google on YouTube, Pocket-lint, Ben's Bites, HotHardware, Patently Apple, Investor ideas podcasts …, Chrome Unboxed, SD Times, Windows Copilot News, Fast Company, GSMArena.com, The Wall Street Journal on YouTube, Shacknews, PCMag, NewsBytes, Pocket-lint, Neowin, TechRadar, Android Faithful, 9to5Google, ZDNET, and The Verge
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