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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
After Elon Musk tweeted that 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 …
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LinkedIn: Marta Cherrill, Alex Perchikov, and linkedin.com
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Twitter: @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @alexeheath, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @seyitaylor, @marionawfal, @zaleskiluke, @karaswisher, @stoolpresidente, @dieworkwear, @ashleyfeinberg, @ashleyfeinberg, @mayemusk, @impenny2x, @jakepaul, @elonmusk, @stephen_geiger, @lewsos, @kerithburke, @chesscom, @judysquirrels, @jessphillips, @levie, @mattyglesias, @buccocapital, @sarahfrier, @auronmacintyre, @jason_kint, @notlouisck, @thehistoryguy, @chetan_bhagat, @iampoliticsgirl, @pauly0x, @culturecrave, @oneunderscore__, @chrislhayes, and @cb_doge
Forums: r/idiocracy, r/popculturechat, r/offbeat, r/EnoughMuskSpam, r/JoeRogan, and r/technology
| Kevin Purdy / Ars Technica: |
DuckDuckGo releases its privacy-focused browser on Windows in beta, one year after launching on macOS, offering Duck Player for YouTube without ads and more — No extensions yet, but it can fight spam, tracking, and YouTube's algorithm. — Privacy-focused firm DuckDuckGo has released …
More: Spread Privacy, TechCrunch, PCMag, BleepingComputer, Thurrott, Engadget, The Verge, Neowin, OnMSFT.com, and gHacks Technology News
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Apple patches three zero-days in macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS, exploited by the Triangulation iMessage spyware reported by Kaspersky earlier in June 2023 — Apple addressed three new zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in attacks installing Triangulation spyware on iPhones via iMessage zero-click exploits.
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Mastodon: @BleepingComputer …. Twitter: @oct0xor, @happygeek, @kaspersky, @techjournalist, @jonathandata1, @billmarczak, @k_sec, @billmarczak, @tyrus_, @talbeerysec, @iblametom, @runasand, @patrickwardle, and @kucher1n
Forums: r/InfoSecNews and MacRumors Forums
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases visionOS SDK for creating Vision Pro apps and plans to open applications for Apple Vision Pro developer kits and developer labs in July 2023 — When Apple announced Vision Pro at WWDC, the company promised to make a robust set of tools available for developers.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft aims to build a quantum supercomputer within 10 years, after claiming to have created scalable and stable qubits using Majorana particles in 2022 — Microsoft today announced its roadmap for building its own quantum supercomputer, using the topological qubits the company's researchers …
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LinkedIn: Satya Nadella. Twitter: @satyanadella, @brianfagioli, @gmelnik, @trengarajan, @yusuf_i_mehdi, @techcrunch, and @matthiastroyer. Forums: Slashdot
| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Ripple says Singapore gave the company in-principle regulatory approval to offer payment tokens, services, 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.
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LinkedIn: Kirit Bhatia and Brooks Entwistle
| Bloomberg: |
The US and the EU both agree that Google's ad tech dominance must end and call for a breakup; Margrethe Vestager hailed “close and fruitful” work with the DOJ — European Union and US antitrust regulators may have gone their separate ways of late.| Amrita Khalid / The Verge: |
As Spotify's podcast strategy of focusing on exclusives and celebrity hosts continues to falter, the company seems to be shifting its attention to selling ads — The company is entering the ‘next phase’ of its podcast strategy — but will it learn from its mistakes?
More: Los Angeles Times and MobileSyrup
| 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 …
More: Engadget, Fortune, Insider, TechRadar, DatacenterDynamics, Analytics Insight, Beehaw, iTnews, and The Information
| 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 AU$700K in fines — Australia's online safety regulator sent a legal notice to Twitter demanding the social network explain the steps it is taking …
More: BBC, ABC, TechRadar, The Guardian, Insider, Reuters, Dexerto, Sydney Morning Herald, The Canberra Times, Washington Post, Livemint, Tech Xplore, and The Register
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| Bloomberg: |
a16z, Accel, Bain, Bessemer, Kleiner, and, sources say, Coatue and Tiger are increasingly buying startup shares on the secondary market, often at cheap prices — It's a bargain-hunter's dream, and for sellers it's sometimes the only good option left. — Secondary markets …
Twitter: @bigbrutha_, @sarthakgh, @mhdempsey, and @davemcclure
| Wall Street Journal: |
A look at TikTok's effect on US small businesses, as the app has become “a billion-person focus group”, disrupting business cycles and upending corporate R&D — The social-media giant has become ‘a billion-person focus group,’ disrupting business cycles and upending corporate R&D
More: Insider, Music Ally, Pocket-lint, and Social Media Today
Twitter: @rayalexsmith, @chavielieber, and @wongalum
| Bob Mehr / New York Times: |
A look at Dolby Atmos, supported by 15 music streaming services including Apple Music, which has heavily invested in Atmos, and the future of immersive audio — True believers in the immersive audio format say it could restore a musical appreciation lost to a generation that has come up during the streaming era.
More: CNET and 9to5Mac
Twitter: @dolby, @audiophilestyle, @bennjordan, @nytimesarts, @nytimestech, and @mehpatrol
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Utah-based Limble, which helps companies track “dumb” and unconnected physical assets, raised a $58M Series B from Goldman Sachs at a $450M post-money valuation — Advances in Internet of Things technologies promise to give organizations and us ordinary people an unprecedented view …
More: CoinDesk, FinSMEs, Limble, SiliconANGLE, and Enterprise Times
| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Sources: EU antitrust regulators are expected to open a full-scale probe into Amazon's $1.7B acquisition of iRobot following the end of a preliminary review — EU antitrust regulators are expected to open a full-scale investigation into Amazon's (AMZN.O) $1.7 billion acquisition … | Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
Stability AI launches SDXL 0.9, a model that uses a higher number of parameters to produce more photorealistic images than its SDXL beta from April, on Clipdrop — Artificial intelligence startup Stability AI is releasing a new model for generating images that its says can produce pictures …
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| 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.
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Twitter: @tomwarren, @genki_jpn, @deeketweak, @zherb76, and @dmc_ryan
Forums: r/xbox, r/gadgets, r/XboxGamePass, r/VideoGameDealsCanada, r/MicrosoftRewards, r/kindafunny, r/xcloud, r/xboxone, r/pcgaming, r/Games, r/XboxSeriesX, and Slashdot
| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Motorola Razr Plus review: a useful large cover screen, all-day battery, and a fun form factor, but only splash-resistant and the cover screen setup is fiddly — June 22, 2023 … The Motorola Razr Plus is the first folding phone that makes me genuinely excited for what's ahead.
More: 9to5Google, Android Police, MobileSyrup, Wired, Android Headlines, SlashGear, Digital Trends, SamMobile, and Android Central
| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
Sequoia launches Atlas, an interactive tool that uses qualitative and quantitative data collection methods to map out the European technical talent landscape — There is an estimated 3 million software engineers in Europe, depending on what report you want to believe, but finding …
More: AIN.Capital, Silicon Republic, Sequoia Atlas, Sequoia Atlas, Sequoia Atlas, TheRecursive.com, Sifted, Sequoia Atlas, Tech.eu, and Tech in Asia. Twitter: @martinsfp
| Politico: |
EU Commissioner Thierry Breton starts a two-day California trip to push DSA in meetings with Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Jensen Huang, and others — Thierry Breton flies to US to warn Twitter's Elon Musk and Meta's Mark Zuckerberg to fall in line with EU law.| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Acryl Data, which offers a data catalog service built on DataHub open source framework, raised a $21M Series A led by 8VC, bringing its total funding to $30M — With the explosion of different kinds of data, companies are struggling to realize meaningful value from their stored data.| Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia: |
ASML EVP Christophe Fouquet says decoupling the global chip supply chain would be “extremely difficult and expensive”, as major economies push for self-reliance — Top equipment maker sources globally while keeping most production in Netherlands
Twitter: @chengtingfang and @mikepeeljourno
| 9to5Google: |
A code repository suggests Google is working on a “Chromebook X” brand for above average devices; a source says the first models are expected by the end of 2023 — When does a Chromebook become more than “just a Chromebook?” That's the question that Google has set out to answer …
More: WinBuzzer, CNET, TechSpot, T3, Android Headlines, and Laptop Mag
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