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| Lauren Feiner / The Verge: |
The US Senate passes the ByteDance-TikTok divestment bill by 79-18, after the House passed the bill on April 20; President Biden signs the bill into law — A bill that would force China-based company Bytedance to sell TikTok — or else face a US ban of the platform — is all but certain …
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| Alex Barinka / Bloomberg: |
Biden signing the TikTok divestment bill starts a 270-day countdown for a sale or a US prohibition; sources say ByteDance sees a divestiture as a last resort — - China's ByteDance faces deadline to sell app under US measure — Company braces for legal fight against divest-or-ban efforts
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| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
Legal scholars discuss how the TikTok divestment bill could survive a First Amendment challenge and why the US will likely rely on a national security argument — The First Amendment is a major obstacle, scholars say — but it isn't insurmountable — On Tuesday, the Senate voted overwhelmingly … | New York Times: |
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| Charlie Demerjian / SemiAccurate: |
Sources: Qualcomm is cheating on Snapdragon X Plus and Elite benchmarks given to OEMs and the press; the numbers are not achievable with the claimed settings — Opinion: Why do they keep digging? — Qualcomm is cheating on the Snapdragon X Plus/Elite benchmarks given to OEMs and the press.| Joanna Nelius / The Verge: |
Qualcomm details its Snapdragon X Plus and X Elite chips; benchmarks from a demo suggest the chips match Apple's M3, Intel's Core Ultra 9, and AMD's Ryzen 9 — On Wednesday, Qualcomm announced the impending arrival of its Snapdragon X Plus laptop processor alongside more information … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft begins rolling out Windows 11 Start menu ads that show app “recommendations” from “a small set of curated developers”; users can disable the ads — Microsoft is starting to enable ads inside the Start menu on Windows 11 for all users.
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| Meir Orbach / CTech: |
Nvidia acquires AI infrastructure orchestration and management platform Run:ai, a source says for ~$700M; Run:ai, founded in 2018, raised $118M in total — Run:ai enables enterprise customers to manage and optimize their compute infrastructure, whether on premises, in the cloud or in hybrid environments.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
The US FTC bans noncompete clauses that restrict job switching, the first time in 50+ years that the FTC has issued a regulation mandating an economywide change — Move sets up high-stakes legal clash with business groups over the agency's power — WASHINGTON—The Federal Trade Commission …
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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
US prosecutors argue Binance founder Changpeng Zhao should spend three years in prison and pay $50M for helping violate sanctions and money laundering laws — The DOJ wants Zhao to serve 36 months after his guilty plea last year. — Binance's founder and former chief executive, Changpeng …
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| Seb Joseph / Digiday: |
For the third time, Google delays the deprecation of third-party cookies in Chrome, pushing back its plans to early 2025, after the UK CMA expressed concerns — Google is delaying the end of third-party cookies in its Chrome browser — again. In other unsurprising developments, water remains wet.
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| Jacob Ridley / PC Gamer: |
The European Parliament adopts right-to-repair rules clarifying manufacturer obligations to provide repair services, consumer access to spare parts, and more — The new rules will give customers new ways to claim support for a product throughout its lifetime, and also aid independent repair shops.
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| Brian X. Chen / New York Times: |
Hands-on with the Meta AI chatbot: fails at basic search queries, stinks at counting, excels at editing existing paragraphs, quickly creates images, and more — Despite Mark Zuckerberg's hope for the chatbot to be the smartest, it struggles with facts, numbers and web search.
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| Victoria Song / The Verge: |
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X: @delikwu, @scobleizer, and @jetscott
| James Batchelor / GamesIndustry.biz: |
An interview with Embracer Group CEO Lars Wingefors on criticism over mass layoffs and studio closures, splitting the company into three, rising debt, and more — Group owner defends teams and their leaders, says he still believes in the company's mission — News by James Batchelor Editor-in-chief| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
The US OFAC sanctions four Iranian nationals over cyberattacks on the US government, defense contractors, and private companies, and the DOJ unseals indictments — The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned four Iranian nationals for their involvement …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
US companies racing to build data centers to serve AI demand is causing a shortage of parts, property, and power; cooling system lead times are now 5x longer — Supply bottlenecks slow the scramble to build bigger, more powerful facilities| Edward Zitron / Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At: |
Emails released as part of US vs. Google show how Google's finance and ad teams led by Prabhakar Raghavan made Search worse to make the company more money — This is the story of how Google Search died, and the people responsible for killing it. — The story begins on February 5th 2019 …
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LinkedIn: Kristine Schachinger and Doug Turnbull
Forums: Hacker News, r/rspod, r/technology, r/stupidpol, and Beehaw
| Adam Iscoe / New Yorker: |
A look at the restaurant reservation ecosystem in New York City, where new apps have sprung up to help diners book a table at buzzy restaurants for a price — How bots, mercenaries, and table scalpers have turned the restaurant reservation system inside out.
Mastodon: @dangillmor@mastodon.social. X: @theattack5, @blackbird_xyz, @matthewichoi, @guyfierisuprfan, @danielgothits, @davidiola_, @ndubuc, @mjnblack, @krzysztof_lysy, @tomgara, @armanddoma, @divers1tyhire, @iscoe, @henry_roberts6, @raihan_, @willystaley, @alexludoboyd, @outonanisland, @piouslymash, @gertsofficial, @tanayj, @batman_in_samt, @bigseb31213, @pourteaux, @iscoe, and @moorehn
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| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
Block says it has finished developing its own 3nm bitcoin mining chip and is working through the design with a “leading global semiconductor foundry” — Jack Dorsey says that his payments company, Block (formerly Square), is expanding its bitcoin mining ambitions from designing chips …
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| The Pragmatic Engineer: |
A deep dive into how Bluesky is built, including its growth from three engineers to 12 in just over two years and its infrastructure move from AWS to on-prem — Bluesky is built by around 10 engineers, and has amassed 5 million users since publicly launching in February this year.| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Klarna partners with Uber to power Uber and Uber Eats payments, adding its Pay Now option in the US, Germany, and Sweden, but not installment-based payments — The Swedish “buy now, pay later” pioneer said Tuesday that its new design would help users find the items they want by using …
More: Reuters, Finextra, Klarna US, and Tech Startups
| Mary Jo Foley / Directions on Microsoft: |
Microsoft must take security seriously again by being transparent about breaches and no longer charging its subscribers extra for must-have security features — Microsoft charges extra for many core security and compliance features. What can customers do to try to minimize risk and save money?
Mastodon: @zackwhittaker@mastodon.social
| Keith Stuart / The Guardian: |
An interview with Apple Arcade Senior Director Alex Rofman: the service hit record highs on all “critical metrics” in 2023 and will feature Vision Pro games — The head of the company's gaming subscription service explains its priorities as it anticipates the Vision Pro revolution … | Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Tesla teases a ridehailing function in its app and says its robotaxi will be “purpose-built”, suggesting it will be built from the ground up to be self-driving — The company's CEO, Elon Musk, has said that Tesla will unveil a long-gestating robotaxi in August.
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