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French prosecutors: Pavel Durov's arrest is part of a probe “against person unnamed” into CSAM, drug sales, and more on the app and not working with authorities — A case was opened last month to investigate child pornography, drug sales, fraud and other criminal activities on the platform.
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A profile of Pavel Durov, a devout techno-optimist who trolled authorities online, started social network VKontakte in 2006, and left Russia in 2014 for Dubai — Pavel Durov's anti-establishment streak helped him create one of the world's biggest online platforms, which emphasizes free speech.
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| Politico: |
Telegram is avidly used within political and media circles in France, including by President Emmanuel Macron, who has used the messaging app for nearly a decade — PARIS — Open the Telegram chat of anyone in the French political orbit and you'll notice lawmakers, cabinet members and presidential advisers online or recently connected.
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| Joseph Menn / Washington Post: |
Sources: China-linked hackers penetrated deep into two big US ISPs and several smaller ones in recent months, using a zero-day flaw in Versa Networks software — Beijing's hacking effort has “dramatically stepped up from where it used to be,” says former top U.S cybersecurity official.
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| Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information: |
Source: OpenAI demoed a breakthrough called Strawberry to US natsec officials; one of its top uses is to make training data for a flagship LLM codenamed Orion — In case you were wondering why Sam Altman cryptically posted a picture of strawberries earlier this month, the answer almost certainly …
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| Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal: |
In a letter to Rep. Jim Jordan, Mark Zuckerberg says he regrets Meta wasn't more outspoken about Biden administration pressure to restrict some COVID-19 content — Meta CEO also says he won't repeat 2020 efforts to fund local elections, which Republicans criticized as ‘Zuckerbucks’
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| Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg: |
Klarna reports H1 2024 revenue up 27% YoY to ~$1.3B, a ~$66M adjusted profit, up from a ~$44M adjusted loss in H1 2023, and says AI does the work of 700 staff — Klarna Bank AB said revenue jumped 27% in the first half of this year, buoying adjusted profit as the fintech continues to prepare …
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| Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority: |
Android 14 downgrade OTA release notes confirm Google has delayed the Android 15 roll out to Pixel devices from September to October; a source says mid-October — - The Android Beta Exit update screen has been updated to mention that the Android 15 update will be available in October.
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| Kim Eun-jin / Businesskorea: |
Samsung plans to offer seven years of free Tizen OS updates for its AI TVs, including March 2024 and some 2023 models, to extend its lead over Chinese rivals — Samsung Electronics has announced a significant move to solidify its leadership in the AI TV market by offering a seven-year free upgrade …
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
nOps, which helps companies optimize AWS spend, raised a $30M Series A led by Headlight Partners and says its customer base grew 450% over the past 18 months — Companies don't necessarily have to produce breakthrough technology to gain market traction. Undercutting rivals on price … | Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Snap rolls out a native Snapchat app for iPadOS, 13 years after launching on iOS; the app can only run in portrait mode — Snapchat was launched for iOS in 2011, but since then the app has only had iPhone support. iPad users, on the other hand, could only run the iPhone app …
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| Financial Times: |
China's curbs on shipments of germanium and gallium, which are used to make chips, have led to an almost 2x increase in prices in Europe over the past year — Western customers say restrictions on supply could hit production of advanced microprocessors and optical products| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
A US federal judge orders Missouri's AG to halt his probe into Media Matters' November 2023 X ads report, after a similar order against Texas' AG in April 2024 — Judge: Missouri AG's actions chill speech about extremist content on Musk's X. — A federal judge ordered Missouri's attorney general … Sponsor Posts
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