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| 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: Android Authority, Engadget, Dexerto, MacRumors, WinBuzzer, iMore, PhoneArena, Appleosophy, CryptoGlobe, iClarified, Android Headlines, SiliconANGLE, Patently Apple, PYMNTS.com, Wall Street Pit, The Shortcut, TechRadar, Wccftech, BGR, Benzinga, Trusted Reviews, Cult of Mac, Digital Trends, Macworld, AppleInsider, The Apple Post, The Verge, and 9to5Mac
Threads: @jbillinson and @jbillinson
Mastodon: @stroughtonsmith … and @elkmovie@mastodon.social
Bluesky: @edbott.com and @darthbluesky.bsky.social
X: @parismarx, @zerohedge, @markgurman, @ranimolla, @wholemarsblog, @gregorymcfadden, @brandonbutch, and @gartenberg
Forums: Hacker News, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Joseph De Avila / Wall Street Journal: |
Eric Schmidt says he “misspoke” when he said Google was losing the AI race because it decided that “working from home was more important than winning” — Ex-Google CEO had said the tech company's work-life balance was ‘more important than winning’
More: The Verge, Telegraph, Fortune, Livemint, TechCrunch, Stanford Online on YouTube, Benzinga, WinBuzzer, Fortune, Beyond Search, The Indian Express, Business Insider, Cryptopolitan, The Information, SFGATE, PYMNTS.com, NewsBytes, KEYE, Moneycontrol, India Today, NDTV, The Hans India, Times of India, Neowin, New York Post, Observer, Business Today, TechSpot, Quartz, and ITPro
Threads: @hyoun.park.tech, @brandonlive, @alexhcranz, @erinmcunningham, and @crumbler. Mastodon: @tante@tldr.nettime.org. Bluesky: @microh.bsky.social
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LinkedIn: Matt Rappaport and Orianna Rosa Royle
Forums: Hacker News, Hacker News, r/technews, r/technology, r/technology, r/digitalnomad, r/antiwork, and Slashdot
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Google says Iran-backed hacking group APT42 has targeted the Trump and Biden campaigns, as well as Israeli military, government, and diplomatic organizations — APT42, which is believed to work for Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, targeted about a dozen people associated with both Trump … | 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, Silicon Republic, Android Headlines, Android Authority, Cryptopolitan, The Hill, NBC News, SiliconANGLE, Near Media, PCMag, National Law Review, Search Engine Journal, Search Engine Land, CBS News, The Verge, Gizmodo, Rolling Stone, and TechCrunch
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Forums: r/Destiny and r/neoliberal
| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Cisco reports Q4 revenue down 10% YoY to $13.64B, vs. $13.54B est., and says it is cutting 7% of its global workforce, or 4,000 jobs; CSCO jumps 5%+ — Cisco shares popped in extended trading on Wednesday after the networking company said it's cutting 7% of its global workforce …
More: Cisco Blogs, Cisco, The Register, The Motley Fool, diginomica, ITPro, The Stack, Reuters, Business Standard, SFGATE, Network World, New York Times, TechRadar, Investor's Business Daily, Channel Futures, and MarketWatch
Forums: r/technology and r/Layoffs
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Sources: Sonos is considering relaunching its old mobile app as it works to improve the redesigned version, which launched in May 2024 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, T3, TechRadar, Pocket-lint, iMore, Cult of Mac, TechIssuesToday.com, Android Police, Engadget, Digital Trends, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, and TechCrunch
X: @tomwarren, @oscargutiez, @stevebrazill, and @tomwarren
Forums: r/sonos, r/technews, and MacRumors Forums
| 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: Silicon Republic, NBC News, SiliconANGLE, Ars Technica, Business Insider, Quartz, Gizmodo, PCMag, and TechCrunch
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Forums: Hacker News, r/samharris, r/StableDiffusion, and r/technology
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Unit 42: open-source projects from Google, Microsoft, AWS, and others leaked GitHub auth tokens via GitHub Actions; GitHub decided not to address the risk — Multiple high-profile open-source projects, including those from Google, Microsoft, AWS, and Red Hat, were found …
More: Unit 42, The Stack, The Hacker News, The Cyber Express, PC Gamer, and Dark Reading. X: @gossy_84
| Emilia David / VentureBeat: |
Anthropic releases prompt caching, which lets developers cache frequently used context between API calls, in public beta on its API — Anthropic introduced prompt caching on its API, which remembers the context between API calls and allows developers to avoid repeating prompts.
More: Anthropic, Inc.com, and Simon Willison's Weblog
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Forums: r/singularity, r/singularity, and r/OpenAI
| Financial Times: |
Sources: SoftBank held talks with Intel about making an AI chip to compete with Nvidia, but Intel couldn't meet the demands; SoftBank is now talking to TSMC — Son hopes to put Japanese group at centre of artificial intelligence boom but talks with US chipmaker failed to progress| 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, with “associated fees” — Apple has announced that it is opening up the iPhone's NFC chip using the Secure Element to allow for third-party contactless payments …
More: Apple, The Verge, FinTech Futures, Crypto Briefing, Ars Technica, Times of Oman, TechRadar, O'Grady's PowerPage, Hindustan Times, SmartCompany, GSMArena.com, Business Today, Sammy Fans, COINOTAG NEWS, How-To Geek, PCMag, PYMNTS.com, MacStories, SlashGear, Tom's Guide, iDownloadBlog.com, The Apple Post, Gulf News, ZDNET, Neowin, Yahoo Finance, Finextra, Trusted Reviews, Wccftech, MobileSyrup, Cult of Mac, MacRumors, and iMore
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Forums: r/homeassistant, r/HomeKit, and r/AppleWallet
| Kenrick Cai / Reuters: |
Google expands AI Overviews in Search to Brazil, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, and the UK in local languages, and adds hyperlinks to the feature — Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL.O) said on Thursday it was expanding its AI-generated summaries for search queries to six new countries … | Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
Alibaba reports Q1 revenue up 4% YoY to ~$34B, below ~$34.9B est., and net income down 27% YoY to ~$3.4B, after aggressive promotions failed to drive spending — - Net income dived 27% as spending on promotions ballooned — Commerce shrank in a worrying sign for Chinese consumption
More: Reuters, South China Morning Post, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, and CNBC. Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social
| Aisha Counts / Bloomberg: |
A survey of 430 first-time Gen Z voters: 60%+ oppose requiring kids under 16 to get parental consent to use social media and 85% oppose notification time limits — - Survey polled 430 first-time voters from across the US — Lawmakers have criticized Instagram, TikTok over child safety| Reuters: |
New Zealand signs an extradition order for Kim Dotcom to the US, where he faces criminal charges related to Megaupload; Dotcom has fought extradition since 2012 — Kim Dotcom, who is facing criminal charges relating to the defunct file-sharing website Megaupload, will be extradited … | Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
President Biden speaks at the first White House Creator Economy Conference, with about 100 startup founders, industry stakeholders, and creators in attendance — At the first ever White House Creator Economy Conference, the most popular man to drop by was not a TikTok superstar or a YouTube sensation.
More: The Information, Tubefilter, New York Times, Fox News, Sky News, Bloomberg, Associated Press, CNBC, Forbes, The Hill, and Deadline
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Epic v. Google: in the final hearing after Epic's antitrust win, the judge says he'll “tear the barriers down” on the Play Store, but won't “micromanage” Google — Judge James Donato just made it crystal-clear: Google will pay.
More: Bloomberg, The Mirror, Associated Press, Benzinga, and Reuters
Bluesky: @zitron.bsky.social. X: @balancecrafting, @balancecrafting, @megangra, @balancecrafting, @megangra, @megangra, @balancecrafting, @vidushi_law, and @balancecrafting. Forums: r/technology
| Olivia Poh / Bloomberg: |
Grab reports Q2 revenue up 17% YoY to $664M, below $676.9M est., and a $53M net loss, down from $135M in Q2 2023, as competition with GoTo weighs on its growth — - Revenue miss underscores intense rivalry in Southeast Asia — Ride-hailing firm is trying to reach sustained profitability
More: Grab Holdings
| Reuters: |
CFIUS fines T-Mobile a record $60M for allegedly failing to prevent and report unauthorized access to sensitive data after its Sprint merger in 2020 — A powerful U.S. committee that scrutinizes foreign investment for national security risks fined T-Mobile (TMUS.O) $60 million …
More: 9to5Mac, U.S. Department …, Wccftech, Wall Street Journal, The Verge, Forbes, Bloomberg, and PhoneArena. X: @business
| Harshita Mary Varghese / Reuters: |
JD.com reports Q2 net revenue up 1.2% YoY to ~$40.7B, vs. ~$40.9B est., and a ~$1.7B net income, boosted by aggressive price cuts and the 618 shopping event — Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com (9618.HK) beat estimates for quarterly profit on Thursday, helped by a mid-year sales festival … | Financial Times: |
Analysis: Kamala Harris has spent $57M on Google and Meta ads since Biden dropped out on July 21, compared to Trump's $5.6M; Biden-Harris spent $139M in 2024 — Former president's lacklustre output points to significant tactical change from four years ago — Kamala Harris has spent 10 times …
X: @samjoiner
| Catarina Demony / Reuters: |
The UK's Civil Aviation Authority selects six projects, including Amazon's, to test drones for deliveries, inspecting infrastructure, and emergency services — Britain's aviation regulator has selected six projects, including one by e-commerce giant Amazon (AMZN.O), to test the use of drones in deliveries …
More: Silicon Republic, Tech Monitor, CNBC, Air Cargo News, Proactive, UK CAA, and The Independent
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