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Financial Times:

Italian officials: divers recover UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch's body from the wreckage of superyacht Bayesian, which sank three days ago off Sicily's coast — Fifth body recovered from sunken vessel on Thursday morning, with one person still missing — The body of UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch …

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Financial Times:

Mike Lynch experienced some of the most extreme career highs and lows of any UK tech entrepreneur, selling Autonomy for $11B to HP before a 12-year legal ordeal

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Trisha Thadani / Washington Post:

Court filing: the unsealed list of X Holdings shareholders names nearly 100 entities, such as 8VC, Italy-based UnipolSai, and a fund tied to Sean “Diddy” Combs — A court filing obtained by The Post lists which firms and individuals have a financial stake in the platform.

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Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft says Recall will be available to Windows Insiders in October 2024, after delaying the AI feature's launch in June over security and privacy concerns — Microsoft says it's planning to allow Windows testers to try out its controversial Recall AI feature in October.

Sarah McBride / Bloomberg:

Neuralink says surgery for its second human implant “went well” and the patient, who had a spinal cord injury, can design 3D objects and play Counter-Strike 2 — Google Taps AI to Revamp Costly Health-Care Push Marred by Flops … Hello World

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Forums: r/OptimistsUnite and r/Neuralink

David Shepardson / Reuters:

The FCC says Lingo Telecom agreed to pay a $1M fine after the agency said Lingo transmitted fake robocalls imitating President Joe Biden in New Hampshire — Lingo Telecom agreed to pay a $1 million fine after the agency said it transmitted fake robocalls imitating President Joe Biden seeking …

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:

Sources: Apple App Store VP Matt Fischer is leaving in October; App Store group will split into two teams, one for its own store, one for alt app distribution — - Longtime App Store vice president Fischer to exit in October — Company makes changes in response to regulatory environment

More: Computerworld, Game World Observer, iDownloadBlog.com, MacRumors, Neowin, PocketGamer.biz, iMore, Trusted Reviews, Cult of Mac, The Hindu, The Information, Benzinga, Mobilegamer.biz, iClarified, PYMNTS.com, siliconflorist.com, The Verge, 9to5Mac, NewsBytes, AppleInsider, and MacDailyNews

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Michael Gwilliam / Dexerto:

Twitch plans to raise its new Tier 1 sub and gift sub prices on mobile in 40+ countries on October 1; in an email, Twitch says Tier 1 will rise by $2 to $7.99 — Twitch has announced yet another increase to the price of subs after already raising the cost earlier in the summer.

More: The Verge, 9to5Mac, TalkAndroid.com, Engadget, Neowin, PhoneArena, Game Rant, and Dot Esports

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Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:

LiteSpeed Cache, the top WordPress site acceleration plugin, had a critical flaw that left sites open to takeover attacks; 2M+ sites are likely still vulnerable — A critical vulnerability in the LiteSpeed Cache WordPress plugin can let attackers take over millions of websites after creating rogue admin accounts.

More: Patchstack, Wordfence, SC Media, Tech Monitor, TechRadar, The Hacker News, SecurityWeek, and Infosecurity

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Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:

Meta confirms users can now cross-post from Instagram and Facebook to Threads globally, after rolling out Instagram and Facebook cross-posting in 2021 — Meta for months has been experimenting with letting people cross-post from Instagram and Facebook to Threads, its social networking platform competing …

More: 9to5Mac

Caroline Haskins / Wired:

A look at the facial recognition systems becoming common at major league sporting venues, like the MLB's Go-Ahead Entry, as privacy advocates raise concerns — Protesters took to Citi Field Wednesday to raise awareness of the facial recognition systems that have become common at major league sporting venues.

More: NBC News, Reuters, Raw Story, and New Jersey Monitor

Forums: r/technews and r/technology

Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:

In a letter to Sen. Scott Wiener, OpenAI says California's AI safety bill would hurt innovation and that AI safety regulation should come from the federal level — The startup wrote a letter to California State Senator Scott Wiener opposing the legislation.

Makena Kelly / Wired:

The Kamala Harris campaign launches a Twitch channel, and plans to stream her DNC address there; the campaign has hired 175+ staff to work across digital — Kamala Harris has launched a new Twitch channel as a part of the Democratic campaign's broader strategy for engaging young voters online.

More: Adweek and Reuters

Allison Johnson / The Verge:

Google Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro XL review: great build quality, brighter screens, and faster fingerprint sensors, but the AI features are inconsistent — The AI is inconsistent, but the hardware is oh so good. … Google finally got the hardware right.

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Forums: r/Android, r/technology, and r/GooglePixel

Wall Street Journal:

Researchers: a network of 200+ Russia-linked X accounts shows how Russian trolls are trying to go viral, including low-quality, high-volume replies to Elon Musk — Kremlin-backed influence network has sought engagement with Elon Musk, Donald Trump Jr. and other influential accounts

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James Mayger / Bloomberg:

Chinese government data: Chinese companies imported $25.9B of chip machinery in January to July 2024, passing $23.8B in 2021, $21.6B in 2022, and $18B in 2023 — - China has been stockpiling ASML systems and foreign machinery — US and allies have been limiting China's access to their tech

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Jack Forrest / CNN:

President-elect Donald Trump announces he has chosen Fox News host and Army veteran Pete Hegseth to serve as his secretary of defense

Wall Street Journal:

Sources: Disney board members are exploring fresh candidates in their search for a successor to Bob Iger, including EA CEO Andrew Wilson

David Satin / The Streamable:

EchoStar reports a Q3 net loss of $142M on revenue of $3.89B, with Sling TV adding 145K customers but satellite service Dish losing 188K; SATS falls 12.9%

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Gillian Tan / Bloomberg:

Ticketing service TickPick raised $250M from Brighton Park, which now has a majority stake, and Symphony; the app has 2M MAUs and processes nearly $1B annually

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Akash Sriram / Reuters:

The NHTSA closes a preliminary probe into Cruise's hard-braking and immobilization issues in 1,194 autonomous ride-hailing vehicles, after Cruise made updates

More: Reuters, Benzinga, and Self Drive News

CNBC:

Chinese self-driving startup WeRide delays its planned IPO in the US, citing its need for more time to complete documents, after filing for an IPO in July 2024

More: Bloomberg, Benzinga, and South China Morning Post

Reuters:

Interviews with dozens of Byju's staff and other sources show a growing sense of desperation, as its insolvency rumbles on; some staff weigh their legal options

More: Livemint, Moneycontrol, and Tech Startups

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Camilla Hodgson / Financial Times:

Microsoft, Amazon, and others plan to use old power stations and industrial sites for data centers, as land and power in many markets are “heavily constrained”

More: The Information, Ars Technica, and UKTN

Bloomberg:

Walmart's China business is booming, driven by its Sam's Club memberships; Walmart says e-commerce orders delivered within one hour rose 28% to 59M last quarter

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Reuters:

Baidu reports Q2 revenue flat YoY to ~$4.67B, vs. ~$4.7B est., net income down 8% YoY to ~$1B, vs. ~$900M est., online marketing revenue down 2% YoY to ~$2.7B

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Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:

A look at interoperability challenges to the adoption of the C2PA's authentication standard, including the lack of support for C2PA metadata in cameras

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Manish Singh / TechCrunch:

Zomato acquires Paytm's entertainment ticketing business for $244.1M; the division contributed about 9% to Paytm's overall revenue in Q1 2024

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Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters:

Snowflake reports Q2 revenue up 29% YoY to $868.8M and raises its FY 2025 product revenue forecast, but not its margin forecast; SNOW drops 7%+

More: Snowflake, The Stack, SiliconANGLE, MarketWatch, Reuters, Benzinga, Investor's Business Daily, Bloomberg, Constellation Research, and Barron's Online

Politico:

Google and California strike a deal to jointly contribute $125M+ over five years to support local news; the deal also includes support for an AI project

Brody Ford / Bloomberg:

Zoom reports Q2 revenue up 2.1% YoY to $1.16B, vs. $1.15B est., enterprise revenue up 3.5% YoY to $682.8M, and a Q3 revenue forecast beating estimates

More: Tech Monitor, Barron's Online, Zoom Video Communications …, Investing.com, Proactive, Reuters, Investor's Business Daily, The Information, SiliconANGLE, and Reuters

Meduza:

Users in Russia report outages affecting Telegram, WhatsApp, and other services; Roskomnadzor blames a DDoS attack, while activists suspect Kremlin interference

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft announces the $30 Xbox Adaptive Joystick, a wired companion to other Xbox controllers, for players with limited mobility, launching in early 2025

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Forums: r/3Dprinting and r/xbox

Brendan Pedersen / Punchbowl News:

Public Citizen: crypto companies spent $119M+ in the 2024 election cycle through Q2, or 48% of all corporate money, an “unprecedented” election spending spree

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