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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch:
macOS 15 Sequoia appears to have broken security tools made by CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Microsoft, and others; CrowdStrike had to delay support for Sequoia  —  On Monday, Apple released its latest computer operating system update called macOS 15, or Sequoia.
Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
A US FTC report on the data practices of Meta, YouTube, TikTok, and six other companies finds “vast surveillance” of consumers to monetize their information  —  Meta, YouTube and other sites collected more data than most users realized, a new report by the Federal Trade Commission finds.
Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg:
The EU warns Apple about required iOS and iPadOS interoperability with third-party apps and connected devices under the DMA, giving 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
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
A look at the two “specification proceedings” that the EU has opened on Apple under the DMA, instructing Apple on how to comply with interoperability provisions  —  The European Union has opened two “specification proceedings” on Apple under the bloc's Digital Markets Act (DMA) …
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Google unveils Password Manager PIN to let Chrome users sync passkeys across Windows, macOS, Linux, ChromeOS, and Android devices, with iOS support coming soon  —  The search giant is introducing a Google Password Manager PIN that allows users to securely save and synchronize passkeys for use across Windows …
Bloomberg:
Brazil's Supreme Court orders X to reimpose a block or face a ~$920K daily fine after an update made X accessible; X says service restoration was “inadvertent”  —  - Judge orders $920,000 daily fine if site isn't blocked  — Regulator says it got help from Cloudflare to restrict access
CNBC:
Amazon launches Amelia, an AI tool designed to help third-party sellers resolve account issues and fetch sales and inventory data, in beta for select US sellers
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
YouTube says it has “widely rolled out Pause ads to all advertisers” after a “strong advertiser and strong viewer response” and piloting Pause ads from 2023  —  It's been nearly six years since we warned you that ads were coming for your pause button …
Robbie Whelan / Wall Street Journal:
Memo: Disney plans to stop using Slack in most units by the end of 2024, after a hacking group leaked 1TB+ of its data, including 44M Slack messages, in July  —  The company said in a memo that most of its businesses would stop using the tool by the end of this year
Ethan Gach / Kotaku:
Sources: Concord's game director steps down, as Firewalk, the studio behind the PlayStation flop, is left in limbo, with some staffers expecting mass layoffs  —  Ryan Ellis was the hero shooter's game director at Firewalk Studios  —  It's been two weeks since Sony announced it was taking …
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Apple seeds the first iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1 public betas, with a Siri redesign and some Apple Intelligence features, like Writing Tools  —  Apple today released the first public betas of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1, allowing non-developers to test the software ahead of its October launch.
Julia King / Fierce Network:
Nvidia launches AI Aerial, which integrates AI into the radio access network and could allow telcos to run third-party AI apps at the network's edge  —  - Nvidia thinks that AI could be the answer to the very problems it is causing  — AI-RAN will leverage billions of data points …
Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat:
OpenAI makes its latest AI models, o1-preview and o1-mini, available to all ChatGPT Enterprise and ChatGPT Edu customers  —  OpenAI has made its latest AI models, o1-preview and o1-mini, available to all ChatGPT Enterprise and ChatGPT Edu customers.  These models, designed …
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Fal.ai, a developer-focused platform for media-generating AI models, raised a $9M seed and a $14M Series A from Kindred Ventures, a16z, First Round, and others  —  Fal.ai, a dev-focused platform for AI-generated audio, video, and images, today revealed that it's raised $23 million in funding …
Curtis Heinzl / Bloomberg:
Datamaran, which has an analytics platform for clients to monitor risk and track adherence to ESG regulations, raised a $33M Series C from Morgan Stanley funds  —  The company said in a statement on Thursday that it will use part of the proceeds to advance its generative AI capabilities.
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New York Times:
Court docs detail a smear campaign against actor Blake Lively via media articles and social media posts after she accused director Justin Baldoni of misconduct

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

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Georgina Rannard / BBC:
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Supantha Mukherjee / Reuters:
A UN advisory body makes seven recommendations for governing AI, including establishing a panel to provide impartial and reliable scientific knowledge about AI
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
Kim Mackrael / Wall Street Journal:
In an open letter coordinated by Meta, more than two dozen companies warned that the EU might reap fewer rewards of AI because of the bloc's tech regulations
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
Adi Robertson / The Verge:
The US House Committee on Energy and Commerce advances KOSA and COPPA 2.0 on a voice vote despite discontent from some lawmakers over last-minute KOSA changes
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
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Nintendo and The Pokémon Company sue Palworld developer Pocketpair for allegedly infringing “multiple patent rights”; Palworld sold 5M+ copies in January 2024
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
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