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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 — Christopher Morvillo, Jonathan Bloomer and their wives died after vessel sank on Monday — The bodies of UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch …
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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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| Sarah McBride / Bloomberg: |
Neuralink says its second human implant surgery “went well” and that the patient, who has 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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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple unveils iOS 18 changes to comply with the EU's DMA: browser choice screen updates, more default app settings, and letting users delete some system apps — Apple has announced another set of changes to its App Store and iPhone changes in the European Union.
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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.
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| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
The FCC says Lingo Telecom agreed to pay a $1M fine after the FCC said Lingo made fake robocalls imitating President Biden in New Hampshire to dissuade voting — Lingo Telecom agreed to pay a $1 million fine after the agency said it transmitted fake robocalls imitating President Joe Biden seeking … | 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.
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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
The US charges Deniss Zolotarjovs, a member of the Russian Karakurt ransomware group that has ties to Conti, with money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion — A member of the Russian Karakurt ransomware group has been charged in the U.S. for money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion crimes.
More: US Department of Justice, The Record, and The Verge
| Caroline Haskins / Wired: |
A look at the facial recognition systems now common at major league sporting venues, like MLB's Go-Ahead Entry, as privacy advocates protest and 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.| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
Instagram announces a Myspace-like feature to let users add 30 seconds of a song to their profile from Instagram's library of music; the songs won't autoplay — A new feature announced by Instagram today will allow users to add a song on their profile — much like Myspace in the early 2000s.
More: USA Today, Engadget, The Hollywood Reporter, Mashable, and Tubefilter
| 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.| 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.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Dublin, California-based Opkey, which provides AI-based ERP testing software, raised a $47M Series B led by PeakSpan Capital — Companies are experimenting with services like ChatGPT to help workers write memos, answer questions, and much more. Yet, one of the clearest signs of how much traction AI … | 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
| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Google Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro XL review: excellent 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
| Billy Perrigo / TIME: |
Letter and sources: nearly 200 workers at Google DeepMind, or ~5% of its overall headcount, signed a letter dated May 16 calling to drop its military contracts — Nearly 200 workers inside Google DeepMind, the company's AI division, signed a letter calling on the tech giant to drop its contracts …
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| 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 from January to July 2024, vs. $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
More: Tom's Hardware and Huawei Central
| Akash Sriram / Reuters: |
The US NHTSA closes a preliminary probe into Cruise's hard-braking and immobilization issues in 1,194 autonomous ride-hailing cars, after Cruise made updates — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it was closing its preliminary investigation into the hard braking …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple App Store VP Matt Fischer is leaving in October; the App Store group will split into two teams: for its own store and for alt app distribution — - Longtime App Store vice president Fischer to exit in October — Company makes changes in response to regulatory environment
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