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| Zoe Kleinman / BBC: |
Apple threatens to remove FaceTime and iMessage from the UK rather than weaken security under a proposed security bill amendment, dubbed a “snooper's charter” — Apple says it will remove services such as FaceTime and iMessage from the UK rather than weaken security if new proposals are made law and acted upon.
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Twitter: @jgarzik, @matthew_d_green, @matthew_d_green, @kimzetter, @alecmuffett, @zsk, @alecmuffett, @planetf1, @stokel, and @jamestitcomb. Threads: @carnage4life
Forums: Hacker News, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| New York Times: |
Sources: Google tests an AI tool to produce news stories, pitching the service to the NYT, WaPo, News Corp, and other outlets as a helpmate for journalists — The product, pitched as a helpmate for journalists, has been demonstrated for executives at The New York Times, The Washington Post and News Corp …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/ChatGPT, and r/artificial
| New York Times: |
Kevin Mitnick, a hacker best known for his crime spree in the 1990s, who later became a consultant, writer, and public speaker after leaving prison, dies at 59 — Mr. Mitnick, best known for a crime spree during the 1990s that involved the theft of thousands of data files and credit card numbers, died from pancreatic cancer.
More: SecurityWeek, Washington Post, Dignity Memorial, Engadget, CSO, Silicon Republic, Boing Boing, PC Gamer, Fortune, ComputerWeekly.com, TechSpot, Pixel Envy, The US Sun, and The Verge
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Mastodon: @Lorry@mstdn.social, @cliffwade@allthingstech …, @gubi@sociale.network, @MikeElgan@mastodon.social, @tprophet@defcon.social, @jacob@social.jacobian.org, @mdhughes@appdot.net, @ernie@writing.exchange, @film_girl@mastodon.social, @ajroach42@retro.social, @ChrisPirillo@mastodon.social, @vmstan@vmst.io, @sysop408@sfba.social, @campuscodi@mastodon.social, @andybaio@xoxo.zone, @ahess247@mastodon.world, @Kye@tech.lgbt, and @riskybusiness@infosec …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/cybersecurity, r/technews, r/news, r/ItalyInformatica, r/phonelosers, r/technews, and Beehaw
| Nikkei Asia: |
TSMC reports Q2 revenue down 10% YoY to ~$15.68B and net profit down 23.3% YoY to ~$5.9B, the first quarterly decline since 2019, as all non-AI chip sales lag — Taiwan chipmaker logs quarterly net profit drop on consumer electronics slump — Sluggish demand for smartphones …
More: Business Today, TSMC, ExtremeTech, AppleInsider, Huawei Central, Bloomberg, South China Morning Post, Financial Times, CNBC, BGR, Tech in Asia, TechSpot, Display Daily, TechPowerUp, Reuters, Financial Times, Coinspeaker, Sammy Fans, and AppleInsider
Twitter: @sashayanshin, @dnystedt, @thetranscript_, @briantycangco, @eugeneng_vcap, and @savvytrader
| Yang Jie / Wall Street Journal: |
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon plans to roll out its Amazon One palm scanning payment tech to all of its more than 500 Whole Foods Market stores in the US by the end of 2023 — - Amazon is bringing its pay-by-palm system to all of its Whole Foods stores by the end of the year. — Amazon One lets users enter …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
YouTube increases YouTube Premium's price in the US from $11.99 per month to $13.99 per month and YouTube Music from $9.99 per month to $10.99 per month — The price of an individual YouTube Premium subscription is increasing by $2 to $13.99 per month in the US.
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| Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: |
A study claims GPT-4's outputs became worse between March and June 2023, but some experts are not convinced and urge OpenAI to be less opaque with its AI models — Either way, experts think OpenAI should be less opaque about its AI model architecture. — On Tuesday, researchers …
More: Fortune, arXiv.org, The i Paper, Metaverse Post, CIO Dive, DevOps.com, Tech Startups, The Register, AI Snake Oil, The Decoder, Search Engine Journal, Simon Willison's Weblog, Decrypt, Windows Central, and Search Engine Journal
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Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, and Ars OpenForum
| Hannah Lang / Reuters: |
The US Federal Reserve launches FedNow Service, its long-awaited real-time payments system, enabling individuals and businesses to instantly transfer money — The U.S. Federal Reserve has launched a long-awaited service which will aim to modernize the country's payment system …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/CryptoCurrency, and Slashdot
| New York Times: |
Caroline Ellison's private Google docs detail her thoughts before FTX's collapse, including doubts over running Alameda and her breakup with Sam Bankman-Fried — Ms. Ellison, a top executive in Sam Bankman-Fried's business empire, recorded her thoughts on private Google documents that offer …
More: Insider, Protos, Bitcoin News, and CoinGape
| Reuters: |
Sources: North Korea-linked hackers breached JumpCloud in late June and used their access to target crypto clients; JumpCloud says <5 customers were impacted — A North Korean government-backed hacking group penetrated an American IT management company and used it as a springboard to target …
More: SentinelOne, SecurityWeek, HackRead, TechCrunch, BleepingComputer, Metacurity, Protos, and MakeUseOf
| Bloomberg: |
Analysis: Microsoft's 1,000%+ stock rise under Satya Nadella, most recently driven by AI, takes his total windfall to above $1B, following Tim Cook's Apple arc — - Figure includes equity grants, salary, bonuses and dividends — Haul puts executive in exclusive club of corporate titans
More: New York Post, OnMSFT.com, and Livemint
| Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg: |
The US Army says Microsoft plans to deliver improved goggles by July 31 for intensive testing before deciding whether to deploy by 2025 or cancel the program — - Delivery by July 31 would start three rounds of soldier tests — Device based on HoloLens may yield a $21.9 billion program
More: Engadget, Thurrott, Windows Central, OnMSFT.com, BigTechWire, and TechRadar
| Arun Padmanabhan / Moneycontrol: |
In Llama 2's commercial terms, Meta says companies with 700M+ MAUs must request a license, and users are prohibited from utilizing Llama 2 to improve other LLMs — Although Meta has announced that it will open-source its LLM and allow free usage for commercial and research purposes …
More: The Official Microsoft Blog, The Verge, Tom's Guide, Insider, Techlusive, MakeUseOf, MediaNama, and Fortune
Twitter: @hayskali, @samandhawk, @quinnypig, @adymitruk, @mikemaccana, and @kyliebytes
| Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer: |
Researchers identify 200K+ OpenAI credentials for sale on the dark web in the form of stealer logs, as hackers show an increased interest in generative AI tools — Threat actors are showing an increased interest in generative artificial intelligence tools, with hundreds of thousands … | Wayne Ma / The Information: |
Sources: Apple is struggling to assemble iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max due to their larger screens and narrow bezels, which may lead to September launch shortages — Apple is facing challenges assembling its two upcoming new iPhone models, the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max, which could lead …
More: MacRumors, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, Macworld, iMore, and TweakTown
Twitter: @rsgnl, @waynema, @deitaone, and @livesquawk
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Netflix expands its password-sharing crackdown to its remaining markets and doesn't plan to offer an “extra member” option due to low pricing and penetration — Netflix is bringing password-sharing crackdown to consumers in India and every other market starting today …
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Twitter: @mtfiii, @tsuvik, @gabbbarsingh, @akhil_arora, @karissabe, and @punjaikumarsamy
Forums: r/technology and Slashdot
| Lisa Richwine / Reuters: |
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Threads: @carnage4life and @carnage4life
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
After releasing Chrome 115 on July 18, Google plans to start enabling Privacy Sandbox APIs for developers on July 24, phasing out third-party cookies by Q3 2024 — The first phase of Google's long-standing plan to kill third-party cookies in Chrome is nearly complete.| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
A look at Gigi Sohn's unsuccessful FCC confirmation: Joe Biden nominated her in October 2021 and she withdrew 497 days later after a fierce opposition campaign — ‘Dark money’ and the never-ending election cycle kept a qualified consumer advocate out of the Federal Communications Commission.
Twitter: @kellymakena
| Yiwen Lu / New York Times: |
Cerebras unveils the first of three supercomputers for Abu Dhabi-based G42 as part of its Condor Galaxy network; G42 trained an Arabic GPT model in April 2023 — The new supercomputer, made by the Silicon Valley start-up Cerebras, was unveiled as the A.I. boom drives demand for chips and computing power.
More: VentureBeat, The Register, Cerebras, IEEE Spectrum, Forbes, Bloomberg, Reuters, HPCwire, Silicon Canals, and The National
Twitter: @ericvishria and @bgurley
| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Adobe releases an emergency ColdFusion security update to fix three zero-days, one exploited in the wild, after Rapid7 determined its July 11 fix was incomplete — Adobe released an emergency ColdFusion security update that fixes critical vulnerabilities, including a fix for a new zero-day exploited in attacks.
More: Adobe Help Center, TechRadar, Security Affairs, The Hacker News, and Ars Technica
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