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June 22, 2023, 4:40 AM
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Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Apple releases visionOS SDK and plans to open developer labs and applications for Apple Vision Pro developer kits next month  —  When Apple announced Vision Pro at WWDC, the company promised to make a robust set of tools available for developers.  That day has already arrived …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft increases Xbox Series X prices in most markets and, for the first time, the Xbox Game Pass; Xbox Series X pricing remains the same in the US  —  Microsoft is increasing its Xbox Series X prices in most countries in August apart from the US, Japan, Chile, Brazil, and Colombia.
Alex Heath / The Verge:
After Elon Musk tweeted he is “up for a cage fight” with Mark Zuckerberg, both parties agree to a fight; Musk suggests the Vegas Octagon as a location  —  Here we go.  —  After Elon Musk recently tweeted that he would be “up for a cage fight” with Zuckerberg …
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
Apple patches three zero-days in its operating systems, including Operation Triangulation iMessage exploit described by Kaspersky earlier in June  —  Apple addressed three new zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in attacks installing Triangulation spyware on iPhones via iMessage zero-click exploits.
Annie Palmer / CNBC:
The US FTC files a lawsuit alleging Amazon used “dark patterns” to steer customers to enroll in Prime without consent and “sabotaged” their attempts to cancel  —  - The FTC on Wednesday sued Amazon, alleging it tricked customers into signing up for its Prime subscription program …
Julia Love / Bloomberg:
Sources: Twitter resumed paying Google Cloud for its services; the companies are negotiating a partnership that could include ads and Google using Twitter's API  —  Twitter has resumed paying Google Cloud for its services, patching up a relationship that became strained after Elon Musk acquired …
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Microsoft aims to build a quantum supercomputer within 10 years, after Microsoft researchers claim to create Majorana particles for scalable and stable qubits  —  Microsoft today announced its roadmap for building its own quantum supercomputer, using the topological qubits the company's researchers …
Ryan Browne / CNBC:
Ripple says the company received in-principle regulatory approval in Singapore to offer payment tokens and expand XRP cross-border transfers in the country  —  - Ripple said it received in-principle approval of a Major Payment Institution Licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the country's central bank.
Ina Fried / Axios:
Citing rising complaints, Australia's eSafety Commissioner gives Twitter 28 days to explain the company's plans to combat hate speech or face ~$475K in fines  —  Australia's online safety regulator sent a legal notice to Twitter demanding the social network explain the steps it is taking …
David Heaney / UploadVR:
Meta rolls out the Quest v55 update, boosting the Quest 2 and Pro maximum clock speeds by up to 19% for the GPU and 26% for the CPU, as Quest 3 preps for launch  —  The Quest v55 update brings the promised CPU & GPU clock speed increases for Quest 2 and Quest Pro.
Scott Wong / NBC News:
US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer unveils an AI regulatory framework and says that “Congress must join the AI revolution” before it's too late to regulate  —  The Senate majority leader released his long-awaited framework for regulating artificial intelligence …
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
A look at the White House's urgent push to regulate AI, as President Biden meets with AI experts for a non-industry perspective on the risks and opportunities
Liani MK / Rest of World:
Indigenous communities in Borneo are using mapping tech like GPS and GIS to claim their rights to ancestral land and stop the expansion of oil palm plantations  —  In Borneo, Indigenous communities are using mapping tech to claim their land rights and fight the expansion of oil palm plantations.
Zosha Millman / Polygon:
Ali Selim, the director and executive producer of Marvel's Secret Invasion, says Method Studios used AI to design the opening credits scene  —  ‘It just came right out of the shape-shifting, Skrull world identity’  —  The world of Secret Invasion is decidedly sketchy.
David McCabe / New York Times:
Sources: the Biden administration has ramped up exploration of security concerns with Chinese cloud computing firms, potentially fueling tensions with Beijing  —  The Biden administration is exploring whether it can mount a campaign against Chinese tech giants like Alibaba and Huawei, potentially fueling tensions with Beijing.
Harry McCracken / Fast Company:
NYC-based Warp, a Rust-based terminal app for macOS with features like AI-powered auto-complete suggestions of commands, raised a $50M Series B led by Sequoia  —  Command-line interfaces have barely changed in decades, but remain beloved by techies.  Warp aims to modernize the whole experience—and add a dash of AI.
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Figma expands its partnership with Google for Education, allowing all US K-12 students to access its design tools for free on education Chromebooks  —  Figma is expanding its partnership with Google for Education in a bid to introduce more school-age students to its product design and collaboration platforms.

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Axios:
Sources: G/O Media sold business news brand Quartz and commerce site The Inventory to software firm Redbrick, the fourth Quartz ownership change in seven years

Katie Campione / Deadline:
WGA members “overwhelmingly” ratify a new three-year deal with CBS News that includes AI protections and is modeled after a recent ABC News contract

Ella Creamer / The Guardian:
A judicial panel consolidates 12 copyright cases against OpenAI and Microsoft in New York, including cases from Ta-Nehisi Coates, John Grisham, and the NYT

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David Pierce / The Verge:
Dropbox debuts two AI tools: one for summarizing documents, and Dash, an ambitious universal search engine that aims to be the “Google for your personal stuff”
Josh Dzieza / The Verge:
A look at the vast and mostly hidden “tasker” underclass, including subject-matter experts, hired by companies like Scale AI to annotate data for AI training
Sawdah Bhaimiya / Insider:
In a tweet reply, Elon Musk says Twitter considers “cis” and “cisgender” slurs and “the contemptible creep” who “manufactured” the term “has serious problems”
Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Amazon plans to hold Prime Day 2023 on July 11 and July 12 and introduce an invite-only Prime Days deals program; India's event will be held “later this summer”
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