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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
The GSM Association plans to enable E2EE on messages between Android and iOS; Google is working to bring cross-platform E2EE to RCS chats “as soon as possible” — E2EE prevents third parties, like your messaging service or cell carrier, from viewing your texts.
More: GSMA, 9to5Google, Tom's Guide, Pixel Envy, Phandroid, Thurrott, Android Authority, Android Police, PhoneArena, and Android Headlines
| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he is concerned about the potential “chilling effect” of AI safety bill SB 1047, which awaits his signature, on AI development — - Governor says he's worried about the impact on competitiveness — Newsom signs other legislation to ban election AI deepfakes| Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter: |
California Governor Gavin Newsom signs two bills restricting the use of AI replicas of performers, building on protections SAG-AFTRA sought in its 2023 strike — In a symbolic move, the governor visited the Los Angeles headquarters of performers' union SAG-AFTRA to greenlight the legislation …
More: Engadget, IndieWire, The Hill, Deadline, Governor of California, Variety, CBS News, Decrypt, The Wrap, Cryptopolitan, The Verge, Politico, and Reuters
X: @_jonathanstein, @govpressoffice, @ccadelago, and @sagaftra
| Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times: |
| Financial Times: |
BlackRock, GIP, Microsoft, and MGX announce a new AI fund that seeks to raise $30B+ of private equity capital and $100B+ in total investment when including debt — Nvidia and Abu Dhabi-backed MGX will join effort as energy-intensive tech strains power and data grids| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Snap unveils new Spectacles that it will lease to Snapchat AR lens developers for a $1,188 one-year commitment, with an improved display and longer battery life — Will developers finally help Snap take AR glasses mainstream? … Snap's fifth-generation Spectacles have a richer, more immersive display.
More: Road to VR, Snap Newsroom, Moneycontrol, Reuters, Platformer, Phandroid, Bloomberg, TechRadar, TechCrunch, The Information, Patently Apple, Pocket-lint, MIT Technology Review, The Economic Times, TechEBlog, Maginative, 9to5Mac, BNN Bloomberg, MIXED Reality News, Fast Company, New York Post, Benzinga, Social Media Today, The Atlantic, AR Insider, iPhone in Canada Blog, Engadget, and UploadVR
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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
More: The Hollywood Reporter, 9to5Mac, PhoneArena, Tubefilter, The Information, BNN Bloomberg, Engadget, and TechCrunch. Threads: @simondowens
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Mozilla says it will shut down its Mastodon server, Mozilla.social, giving users until December 17 to export their data and migrate to another instance — Mozilla is exiting the fediverse. Though the concept of the open social web, also known as the fediverse, has been picking …
More: Mozilla Support and Werd I/O
Threads: @johannes.ernst, @crumbler, @georgescriban, and @taiwanpalle
Mastodon: @hen@social.lol, @film_girl@mastodon.social, @aphyr@woof.group, @futzle@old.mermaid.town, @jake4480@c.im, @krusynth@mastodon …, @lmorchard@hackers.town, @jae@mastodon.me.uk, and @jwildeboer@social …. Bluesky: @microh.bsky.social
Forums: r/RedditAlternatives and Slashdot
| Tim Culpan / Tim Culpan's Position: |
Sources: Apple's A16 SoC is currently being manufactured at Phase 1 of TSMC's Fab 21 in Arizona in small, but significant, numbers — [Exclusive] The iPhone maker is set to be the first client of TSMC's new Arizona fab — TSMC's first Arizona chips are now in production … | Sam Sabin / Axios: |
Microsoft: starting in late August, Russian cyber operatives focused on Harris' campaign, with disinfo including videos spread by a site posing as a news outlet — - One claimed to show a group of alleged Harris supporters attacking an assumed Trump rally attendee.
More: Microsoft On the Issues, Politico, Washington Post, KVIA-TV, Reuters, Neowin, CyberScoop, The Hill, and The Japan Times
| New York Times: |
Instagram unveils Teen Accounts, a sweeping update to boost privacy and limit intrusive effects for under-18 users, including making accounts private by default — The app, which is popular with teenagers, introduced new settings and features aimed at addressing inappropriate online contact and content …
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LinkedIn: Ricardo Dalmaso Marques, Chris Griffith, Robin Tombs, and Rachel Curran. Forums: Hacker News
| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
Prager Metis, a former auditor for FTX, pays a $1.95M fine to settle two US SEC cases, including for alleged negligence in auditing the cryptocurrency exchange — A former auditor for FTX will pay $1.95 million to settle two U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission cases … | Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
Sources: the EU's decision to fine Meta, with up to 10% of its global annual revenue, for linking Marketplace and Facebook, could come as early as October 2024 — Brussels claims Facebook is breaking the law and undermining rivals with its free Marketplace services
More: Reuters
| Larry Dignan / Constellation Research: |
Dreamforce 2024 takeaways: Salesforce upgrades all customers from Einstein Copilot to Agentforce, Slack is positioned as an agentic AI-enhanced work OS, more — Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff laid out the company's AI vision, which revolves around autonomous agents working with humans and the end of the “hit or miss” copilot era.| Bhanvi Satija / Reuters: |
Neuralink says Blindsight, its experimental implant aimed at restoring vision, has received the US FDA's “breakthrough device” designation — Elon Musk's brain-chip startup Neuralink said on Tuesday its implant had received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's “breakthrough device” designation.
More: Business Standard, TechCrunch, Benzinga, The Japan Times, Tech Startups, Proactive, and Quartz
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| Olivia Poh / Bloomberg: |
GoTo signs a five-year cloud infrastructure deal with Alibaba, which has agreed to not sell down its 7.5% stake in GoTo any further for the duration of the deal — - Indonesia ride-hailing firm agrees to use Alibaba cloud tech — As part of deal, Alibaba agrees to stop selling down its stake| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
NYC-based GreenLite, which aims to standardize the construction permitting process across multiple jurisdictions, raised a $28.5M Series A led by Craft Ventures — Construction permitting often involves drafting lengthy applications, leading to unpredictable timelines for developers and businesses.| Victoria Song / The Verge: |
Apple Watch Series 10 review: sleep apnea detection has potential, bigger but not bulky display, and much faster charging, but no blood oxygen feature in the US — The Series 10 bets big on a larger display and a more wearable design. As far as iterative updates go, that's a savvy choice.
More: CNET, TechCrunch, Dave2D on YouTube, CNBC, Marques Brownlee on YouTube, Digital Trends, MacStories, Forbes, iJustine on YouTube, Wired, iPhone in Canada Blog, AppleInsider, CNET, Scripps News, iClarified, Yahoo Finance, Macworld, Cult of Mac, PhoneArena, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Fortune, and BGR
Threads: @thisistechtoday and @vicmsong
Mastodon: @matt@isfeeling.social and @macstories@mastodon …
| Rod McGuirk / Associated Press: |
Australian police say they infiltrated Ghost, a global encrypted communications app developed for criminals, arresting dozens, including the app's alleged admin — Australian police said Wednesday they have infiltrated Ghost, an encrypted global communications app developed for criminals, leading to dozens of arrests.
More: iTnews, ABC, The Register, RTÉ, The Guardian, Reuters, and Associated Press
| Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg: |
The Pentagon will award $269M to 33 chip research projects across the US via Chips Act funding to bolster semiconductor efforts for the military — - The funding will support 33 projects across 27 states and DC — Recent report urged more consolidation of research efforts
More: Phoenix Business Journal, Inc.com, and Proactive
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
IBM acquires Kubecost, a FinOps startup launched in 2019 that helps companies monitor and optimize Kubernetes clusters; Kubecost had raised $30M+ in funding — IBM today announced that it has acquired Kubecost, a FinOps startup that helps teams at companies like Allianz, Audi …
More: IBM and SiliconANGLE
LinkedIn: Todd Jackson, Kareem Yusuf Ph.D, Nick Martinazzi, Nick Bollini, Hyoun Park, and James Hall
Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
| Reuters: |
Sources: the US is urging Vietnam to avoid cable-laying firm HMN Technologies and other Chinese companies in Vietnam's plans for 10 new subsea cables by 2030 — The United States is urging Vietnam to avoid Chinese cable-laying firm HMN Technologies and other Chinese companies in its plans … Sponsor Posts
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