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June 19, 2024, 12:35 PM
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Wired:
Analysis: Perplexity seems to scrape sites using surreptitious methods, ignoring robots.txt, with a Perplexity-tied machine doing so on Wired and other sites  —  A WIRED investigation shows that the AI-powered search startup Forbes has accused of stealing its content is surreptitiously scraping—and making things up out of thin air.
Asa Fitch / Wall Street Journal:
As Nvidia passes Microsoft's market cap, John Chambers, who was Cisco's CEO when Cisco passed Microsoft in the dot-com boom, says the situation now is different  —  Chip maker passes Microsoft for top spot, just as John Chambers-led Cisco Systems did two decades ago.  He says the situation now is different.
The Information:
Sources detail how Jensen Huang and Nvidia are guarding against slowing chip sales, including offering more cloud services and designing custom server racks  —  Around Christmas last year, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang called a series of meetings with company executives to discuss a growing concern …
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
Framework partners with DeepComputing to build a RISC-V mainboard for its Laptop 13, set to become one of the first RISC-V laptops; price and release are TBC  —  What if your laptop didn't need a processor from an established brand like Intel or AMD?  What if it didn't even rely on proprietary paid architectures like Arm and x86?
Ryan Ozawa / Decrypt:
Consensys says the US SEC is “closing its investigation into Ethereum 2.0” and “will not bring charges alleging that sales of ETH are securities transactions”  —  Leading Ethereum developer Consensys announced late Tuesday that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is …
Mike Masnick / The Daily Beast:
The US surgeon general's call for social media warning labels seems to ignore evidence and may feed into a moral panic, similar to prior panics over video games  —  SCREEN BURN  —  Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy is wrong about the harmful effects of social media on kids …
Katharine Gemmell / Bloomberg:
The UK CMA opens a merger inquiry into HPE's $14B acquisition of Juniper Networks, setting an August 14 deadline to decide on opening a full investigation  —  - UK watchdog will decide if deal poses any competition concerns
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix plans to open two permanent in-person experience venues, in Dallas and near Philadelphia, in 2025, a continuation of its previous pop-ups  —  They're not exactly theme parks, but the new Netflix Houses — to open next year in King of Prussia, Pa., and Dallas — will feature a wide array …
Thomas Claburn / The Register:
A look at Mozilla's acquisition of Anonym, which offers “privacy-preserving” ad tools, and how Anonym might interact with a user base that tends to block ads  —  Is such a thing possible for an industry that never respected people's wishes?  —  ANALYSIS Mozilla this week …
Ian King / Bloomberg:
AMD is working with police and a host provider to investigate a claim that company data was stolen, after a BreachForums user said they breached AMD's systems  —  Advanced Micro Devices Inc., the second-largest maker of personal computer processors, is looking into claims that company information was stolen in a hack.
Matt Burgess / Wired:
FOI documents: eight UK train stations scanned passenger faces for two years as part of AI trials; Amazon software was used to predict age, gender, and emotions  —  CCTV cameras and AI are being combined to monitor crowds, detect bike thefts, and spot trespassers.
Laura Kipnis / Wired:
A look at Rebind, a mysterious startup that turns Margaret Atwood and other authors' voices into AI reading companions, and an interview with CEO John Dubuque  —  Margaret Atwood, Marlon James, Lena Dunham, Roxane Gay: We've all agreed to be turned into AI reading companions by a mysterious company called Rebind.

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Jed Rosenzweig / LateNighter:
Paramount has shut down its Comedy Central website, which held The Daily Show clips and the full run of The Colbert Report, after its shutdown of MTV News' site

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Dish offers customers who sign up for a two-year contract a new bundle with Netflix's ad-supported tier for free, or its ad-free tiers at a $7/month discount

Ann M. Simmons / Wall Street Journal:
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich appears in a Russian Court for the start of his closed-door trial on espionage charges, which he denies

More News

Pei Li / Bloomberg:
Sources: Huawei, which is considering taking a cut of in-app purchases on HarmonyOS, nears a deal with Tencent to exclude WeChat from revenue sharing
Caroline O'Donovan / Washington Post:
The California Labor Commissioner's Office fines Amazon $5.9M for violating a 2022 state law by failing to properly inform workers of quotas at two warehouses

Earlier Picks

Alex Heath / The Verge:
Internal memo: Meta merges its Reality Labs teams into the “Metaverse” product group that now includes Quest, and the AR product group, now called “Wearables”
Reuters:
The US FTC says it has referred a complaint to the DOJ against TikTok and ByteDance over potential violations of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
A former Snap engineer debuts Butterflies, a social network where users can create AI personas that then interact with users and other AIs via posts and DMs
Jason Snell / Six Colors:
Developers say Apple is denying or delaying notarization of iOS apps, including emulators, for alternative app stores in EU, possibly in violation of DMA rules
Larry Dignan / Constellation Research:
HPE and Nvidia unveil private cloud offerings for generative AI workloads, coming this fall, including HPE Private Cloud AI, a co-developed “turnkey” option
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