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September 6, 2024, 7:20 PM

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
What to expect from Apple's September 9 event: four iPhone 16 models, two AirPods models, Apple Watch Series 10 with a thin body, Apple Intelligence, and more  —  Company also planning major updates for AirPods and watches. … The event kicks off from Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, California, on Sept. 9 at 10 a.m. local time.
Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post:
YouTube takes down Tenet Media and four other channels after the US DOJ alleged that Russia was paying US right-wing political influencers to produce content  —  YouTube “terminated” Tenet Media and other channels run by Lauren Chen, a conservative influencer linked to allegations that Russia paid for right-wing content in the U.S.
Chris McKay / Maginative:
Replit launches Replit Agent, an AI agent that can build entire apps from scratch based on prompts, available in beta to Replit Core and Teams subscribers  —  Replit has launched an AI agent capable of building entire applications from scratch.  This isn't just another copilot coding assistant …
Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
The judge in the Google monopoly ruling says he'll take until August 2025 to determine remedies in the case and asks the DOJ to propose fixes by the end of 2024  —  After ruling against Google last month, Judge Amit P. Mehta said he would take until next August to determine fixes that the company must make.
Ryan Browne / CNBC:
The UK CMA objects to Google's ad tech practices, saying Google harmed competition by using its online display ad dominance “to favour its own ad tech services”  —  LONDON — Britain's competition watchdog on Friday issued a statement of objections over Google's ad tech practices …
Carl Franzen / VentureBeat:
HyperWrite CEO unveils Reflection 70B, based on Llama 3.1 70B Instruct and trained using reflection-tuning, and says it beats GPT-4o in all benchmarks tested  —  There's a new king in town: Matt Shumer, co-founder and CEO of AI writing startup HyperWrite, today unveiled Reflection 70B …
Reuters:
Sources: Qualcomm has explored acquiring portions of Intel's design business, especially Intel's client PC design business, as Intel struggles to generate cash  —  Qualcomm (QCOM.O) has explored the possibility of acquiring portions of Intel's (INTC.O) design business to boost …
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
S&P Global announces that Dell and Palantir will join the S&P 500, effective on September 23, 2024; DELL jumps 5%+ and PLTR jumps 7%+ after hours  —  Dell and Palantir shares both surged in extended trading on Friday after S&P Global announced that the two technology companies would join the S&P 500 U.S. stock index.
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Kourtnee Jackson / CNET:
An interview with Bill Gates about “What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates”, an upcoming five-part Netflix docuseries examining AI, misinformation, and more  —  I spoke with the tech pioneer about his new Netflix docuseries that touches on artificial intelligence, global warming and more.
Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump says Elon Musk has agreed to lead a government efficiency commission, which would let Musk influence federal agencies that regulate his companies  —  Leading a government efficiency commission would give Musk influence over the federal agencies that regulate his empire, including SpaceX and Tesla
Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central:
A look at Honor's AI defocus tech, which aims to solve myopia with daily use and is available on the Honor MagicPad 2 tablet and Honor Magic V3 foldable phone  —  Honor's AI defocus tech aims to solve myopia with devices you use every day.  —  Until last year, I was a person who never needed to wear glasses.
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