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French administrative document: alongside Pavel Durov, French authorities issued an arrest warrant for his Telegram co-founder and brother Nikolai in March 2024  —  PARIS — French authorities issued arrest warrants for Telegram CEO Pavel Durov and his co-founder brother Nikolai in March …
Associated Press:
French prosecutors say Telegram CEO Pavel Durov will be brought to court for a first appearance and a possible indictment and that his police custody has ended  —  French prosecutors on Wednesday freed Telegram CEO Pavel Durov from police custody after four days of questioning over allegations …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Emmanuel Macron invited Pavel Durov to move Telegram to Paris in 2018; in 2017, a joint operation between French and UAE spies hacked Durov's iPhone  —  Pavel Durov had lunch with the French president six years ago.  His phone was hacked the previous year by French and U.A.E. spies.
Financial Times:
How Telegram CEO Pavel Durov miscalculated on moderation, saying earlier in 2024 that he did not expect “significant challenges” despite new laws targeting tech  —  Social media billionaire's decade-long effort to avoid government scrutiny has backfired with French arrest
New York Times:
Experts say Pavel Durov's arrest is likely an outlier, as the legal bar is high in the US and Europe to prosecute tech executives for content on their platforms
Kevin Collier / NBC News:
US-based child safety group NCMEC, Canada-based CCCP, and UK-based IWF say their outreach to Telegram to flag CSAM on the platform has largely been ignored
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Q&A with Signal President Meredith Whittaker on the app's 10th anniversary, its EU focus, being a nonprofit, Pavel Durov's arrest, X, the US election, and more  —  On its 10th anniversary, Signal's president wants to remind you that the world's most secure communications platform is a nonprofit.
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google rolls out Imagen 3 to all Gemini users and Gems, which allows the creation of custom Gemini chatbots, to Gemini Advanced, Business, and Enterprise users  —  Following the preview at I/O 2024 in May, Gemini is rolling out Gems, as well as Imagen 3, to Advanced subscribers.  —  Gems
Julia Love / Bloomberg:
Google plans to roll out image generation of people to Gemini paid users soon, after suspending the feature in February amid criticism about racial depictions
Katherine Ross / Blockworks:
OpenSea says the US SEC sent it a Wells notice calling NFTs sold on the platform securities; CEO Devin Finzer says the company is “ready to stand up and fight”  —  OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer said in a post on X that the company is “ready to stand up and fight”
Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
Super Micro delays filing its annual financial disclosures, a day after short-seller Hindenburg Research alleged “glaring accounting red flags”; SMCI drops 25%+  —  - Delay follows Hindenburg short alleging ‘accounting red flags’  — Shares of the server maker tumbled after trading opened
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple lays off ~100 people in its services group, impacting Apple Books, News, and other teams, a rare move as part of a shift in the unit's priorities  —  Apple Inc. took the rare step of cutting about 100 jobs in its services group, part of a shift in priorities for the critical division …
David Pierce / The Verge:
ESPN launches a Where to Watch feature on its website and app, which aims to be a universal guide for streaming sports with data from 250+ streaming services  —  ESPN's newest feature will be a welcome bookmark for sports fans everywhere: the company just launched “Where to Watch,” …
Lora Kolodny / CNBC:
Environmental and health advocates accuse xAI of adding to pollution in Memphis, Tennessee, by using unauthorized gas burning turbines at its new data center  —  Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup, xAI, is being accused by environmental and health advocates of adding to the pollution problem …
Shopify:
Shopify hires Mikhail Parakhin as its CTO; Parakhin joined Microsoft in September 2019 and had been CEO of Advertising and Web Services since September 2022  —  Great products come from great craftsmanship, and we're focused on building Shopify with the industry's best crafters and leaders at the helm.
David Pierce / The Verge:
Plaud unveils NotePin, a $169 AI wearable that transcribes, summarizes, and gets action items from daily interactions; extra AI features require a $79/year plan  —  After creating an impressive (not to mention somewhat TikTok famous) AI-powered voice recorder, Plaud is launching a more ambitious gadget …

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Joseph Menn / Washington Post:
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