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All five Brazilian judges on a Supreme Court panel vote to confirm the X ban in Brazil and fine those who don't comply with it by using a VPN; X can appeal — - Top court panel backs order by Moraes against social network — Justices also uphold fine for those who use VPN for access
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| Jack Nicas / New York Times: |
SpaceX, which has 250K Starlink clients in Brazil, told Brazil's telecom agency it would not comply with orders to block X until its frozen assets were released — The satellite internet service controlled by Elon Musk is refusing to comply with a court order to block his social network, X, regulators said.
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| Denham Sadler / Information Age: |
Canva announces price raises, including hikes of 300% for some users, citing its new generative AI features, as it prepares for a US IPO — Not so affordable anymore. — Canva has announced a price increase of 300 per cent for some of its users as the Australian tech company prepares for a public listing in the US.| Yuka Konishi / Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: Apple plans to use OLED displays in all iPhone models sold from 2025, switching its lower-priced iPhone SE models from LCDs to OLEDs made by BOE and LG — U.S. tech giant to switch iPhone SE's screen to OLEDs in 2025 — TOKYO — Apple will use organic light-emitting diode (OLED) … | New York Times: |
Sources detail OpenAI's struggles to transform into a no-nonsense, profit-driven company; 80% of its 1,700+ staff started after ChatGPT's November 2022 release — The maker of ChatGPT is struggling to transform itself into a profit-driven company while satisfying worries about the safety of artificial intelligence.
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SAP CTO Juergen Mueller says he will leave the company by the end of September because of inappropriate conduct at a past company event — - Mueller will leave by the end of the month after an incident — He apologizes for ‘inappropriate’ behavior at company event| Ellsworth Toohey / Boing Boing: |
Elon Musk boosts a post that disparages the abilities of “women and low T men”, advocates a “Republic of high status males”, and mentions a “Reich effect” — On Sunday, Elon Musk recently reposted a 4chan argument claiming that only “high T alpha males” …
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Coinbase, Brian Armstrong, and their PACs haven't donated to Trump or Harris, instead pursuing a strategy of targeted donations to congressional campaigns — - Crypto firm's donations are shaking up Congressional races — Critics say crypto influence is akin to corporate ‘Death Star’| Washington Post: |
Some Big Tech critics worry that Kamala Harris' deep ties to tech companies could prompt her to abandon Democrats' recent aggressive stance toward the sector — Some critics of Big Tech worry that the Democratic presidential nominee's deep ties to large tech companies could prompt friendlier treatment.| Financial Times: |
Sources: Huawei's Ascend chips still lag far behind Nvidia's for model training and have stability issues, slower inter-chip connectivity, and inferior software — Tech group's Ascend artificial intelligence chips are being widely adopted but Chinese companies complain of performance problems
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| Dhruv Khullar / New Yorker: |
The use of AI techniques has accelerated and improved drug discovery efforts, in the face of rising antibiotic resistance due to drug overuse — The A.I. revolution is coming to a pharmacy near you. — When I first became a doctor, I cared for an older man whom I'll call Ted.
X: @erictopol
| Jonathan Browning / Bloomberg: |
HP says it intends to pursue its $4B damages claim in London against the estate of the recently deceased Mike Lynch; HP won the false accounting case in 2022 — - HPE to continue to seek $4 billion damages after Lynch's death — Mike Lynch and daughter died in yacht tragedy off Sicily coast
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