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The EU Commission says Apple must step into line with strict new DMA laws on making OSes fully functional with other tech, and gives Apple six months to comply — - EU announces efforts to pull Apple into compliance with rules — Apple previously said it would hold back future tech from EU
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Nintendo and The Pokémon Company sue Palworld developer Pocketpair, accusing it of infringing on “multiple patent rights”; Palworld sold 5M+ copies in January — Nintendo and The Pokémon Company have filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Pocketpair, which makes the game Palworld.
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YouTube says it has “widely rolled out Pause ads to all advertisers” after a “strong advertiser and strong viewer response”; YouTube piloted Pause ads in 2023 — It's been nearly six years since we warned you that ads were coming for your pause button …
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| Jack Nicas / New York Times: |
X says a change in network providers resulted in an “inadvertent” service restoration to Brazilian users; regulators expect to restore the block soon — Elon Musk's social network used a technical maneuver to restore service for many Brazilians after a court blocked it.
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Amazon launches Amelia, an AI tool to help third-party sellers resolve account issues and fetch sales and inventory data, in beta for select US sellers — Amazon is rolling out an artificial intelligence tool designed to help third-party sellers quickly resolve issues with their accounts and fetch sales and inventory data.
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| Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
The US FTC releases a four-year study of how Meta, YouTube, TikTok, and six others collected and used data, finding “vast surveillance” of consumers — Meta, YouTube and other sites collected more data than most users realized, a new report by the Federal Trade Commission finds.| Reuters: |
Sources: Google tried to end an EU antitrust probe by offering to sell its ad marketplace AdX, or Ad Exchange, but European publishers rejected the proposal — Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google took a major step this year to end an EU antitrust investigation with an offer to sell … | Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
The US House Committee on Energy and Commerce advanced KOSA and COPPA 2.0 on a voice vote despite discontent from some lawmakers over last-minute changes — The proposed laws passed on a voice vote despite discontent over last-minute changes to KOSA, in particular, that were aimed at quelling persistent criticism.
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Layoffs.fyi: tech companies have laid off ~137,000 people since January 2024; Indeed.com: software development job postings are down 30%+ since February 2020 — Employment for software engineers has cooled as resources shift toward developing artificial intelligence| Rebecca Falconer / Axios: |
The FBI, ODNI, and CISA say Iranian hackers emailed stolen, non-public Trump campaign info to Biden campaign associates; there's no sign the recipients replied — - “There is currently no information indicating those recipients” responded to these incidents in late June and early July, the agencies added.
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Alibaba releases 100+ open-source models from its Qwen 2.5 family, its LLM released in May 2024, ranging from 0.5B to 72B parameters, and text-to-video AI tech — Chinese technology company Alibaba (9988.HK) released on Thursday new open-source artificial intelligence models and text-to-video AI technology …
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| Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft partners with Anduril Industries to improve the performance of Integrated Visual Augmentation System or IVAS, the new combat goggles for the US Army — - Pentagon may spend up to $21.9 billion on headsets over decade — System must pass combat test next year before full production
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| Georgina Rannard / BBC: |
Study: unintended electromagnetic radiation from second-gen Starlink satellites is stronger than first-gen, causing 32x more interference with radio telescopes — Radio waves from Elon Musk's growing network of satellites are blocking scientists' ability to peer into the universe, according to researchers in the Netherlands.
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A UN advisory body makes seven recommendations for governing AI, including establishing a panel to provide impartial and reliable scientific knowledge about AI — An artificial-intelligence advisory body at the United Nations on Thursday released its final report proposing seven recommendations … | Kim Mackrael / Wall Street Journal: |
In an open letter coordinated by Meta, more than 24 companies warned that the EU might reap fewer rewards of AI because of the bloc's tech regulations — Facebook parent, other companies warn in open letter that the bloc's regulations risk hampering innovation and economic growth
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| David Ingram / NBC News: |
Analysis: Elon Musk, apparently unaware of Tenet Media's alleged Russian funding, replied to or reposted content from accounts tied to Tenet at least 60 times — Musk, apparently unaware of the company's Russia funding source, engaged with content from Tenet Media and its creators at least 60 times.
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Intel says it has no plans to sell its majority stake in Mobileye; the self-driving tech company's stock, which is down 73% in 2024, jumps 13%+ — Intel (INTC.O) said on Thursday it had no plans to sell its majority stake in Mobileye Global (MBLY.O), sending shares of the self-driving tech firm up more than 13%.
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| Kim Zetter / Wired: |
Two researchers say a security conference in China potentially used the event as a secret espionage operation to collect intelligence from an unknown target — Participants in a hacking competition with ties to China's military were, unusually, required to keep their activities secret … | Lauren Feiner / The Verge: |
US DOJ lawyers told a court that Google employees liberally labelled emails as “privileged and confidential”, a strategy that may backfire in the antitrust case — Google employees liberally labeled their emails as “privileged and confidential” and spoke “off the record” … | Brooks Barnes / New York Times: |
Amazon joins the Motion Picture Association, after a long courtship; the lobbying group's other members are Disney, Netflix, Paramount, Sony, Universal, and WBD — The Motion Picture Association has been wooing the company for years. The addition gives the group a lot more muscle.
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