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July 11, 2024, 4:20 AM
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Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Apple and Google expand on their data portability initiative to let Google Photos users transfer their collections directly to iCloud Photos  —  Apple and Google have teamed up to introduce a new data portability tool that lets users transfer their Google Photos collections straight to iCloud Photos.
Brady Dale / Axios:
US prosecutors say crypto exchange BitMEX pled guilty to one count of Bank Secrecy Act violations by operating without an adequate AML program from 2015 to 2020  —  - U.S. agencies are paying attention now, and they are aggressively reviewing those early practices, as we've seen again and again recently.
Ryan Gould / Bloomberg:
Sources: Alphabet shelves efforts to acquire HubSpot after the companies failed to reach a point of detailed discussions around due diligence; HUBS drops 10%+  —  - Parties didn't get to due-diligence stage in deal talks  — An acquisition would have been among the biggest this year
Eduardo Baptista / Reuters:
A survey of 1,600 decision makers in key global markets: 83% of Chinese respondents said they've adopted generative AI vs. 65% in the US and 54% global average  —  China is leading the world in adopting generative AI, a new survey shows, the latest sign the country is making strides …
Janko Roettgers / Lowpass:
A US court grants Redbox owner Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Chapter 7 bankruptcy, paving the way for shutting down Redbox and liquidating its assets  —  Court hearing included allegations of fraud  —  Redbox is shutting down, corporate parent is being liquidated
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Google updates Gemini for Android to work better with foldables, expands Circle to Search, and more; the Galaxy Watch7 and Watch Ultra will ship with Wear OS 5  —  Along with Samsung's launch of new devices such as the Galaxy Z Flip 6 and Z Fold 6 at Unpacked 2024, and the new Galaxy Watches …
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
Samsung debuts the Galaxy Z Fold6, with a wider 22.1:9 display, up to 2,600 nits of brightness, a thinner frame, IP48, and seven years of updates, for $1,899
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
Samsung unveils the Galaxy Z Flip6 with 3.4" and 6.7" displays, a 50MP camera, a larger 4,000 mAh battery, and a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, for $1,099+ from July 24
Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg:
Samsung hikes the Galaxy Z Flip6 and Z Fold6 by $100 to $1,099+ and $1,899+, respectively, aiming to reclaim the lead in foldables as Chinese competition mounts
Evan Gorelick / Bloomberg:
OpenAI and Los Alamos National Laboratory announce a partnership to evaluate how multimodal AI models can be used safely by scientists in laboratory settings  —  - Study will look at risks, rewards of using AI for research  — AI startup has made several recent health and biotech deals
Bloomberg:
Source: Apple aims to ship 90M+ iPhone 16 series devices in 2024, after shipping about 81M iPhone 15s in H2 2023, as it counts on AI services to boost demand  —  - It's counting on AI features to fuel demand for the iPhone 16  — China's AI regulations could create uncertainties for Apple
Bhupendra Paintola / Inc42 Media:
Kearney-Amazon Pay survey of 6K consumers and 1K merchants in 120 Indian cities: 46% of street vendor transactions are digital, 90% prefer digital, and more  —  SUMMARY  —  As per the report by Amazon Pay and Kearney India, street vendors selling fruits, flowers and food get 46% of their total transactions through digital mode
Rachel Metz / Bloomberg:
A look at the rise in use of the sparkles emoji to market AI products as magic, as some say the imagery distracts from real-world issues the AI industry faces  —  Have you noticed artificial intelligence is looking a lot more sparkly lately?  But first...  Do you believe in magic?
Victoria Song / The Verge:
Samsung Galaxy Ring hands-on: the $400 ring has a titanium frame, optical heart rate and skin temperature sensors, feels slimmer than the Oura Ring, and more  —  The hardware is solid.  The ideas are intriguing.  So long as it holds up in testing, Samsung could have a winner.
James Frew / Tom's Guide:
Samsung unveils the $400 Galaxy Ring with gesture controls, Samsung Health, IP68, and up to a seven-day battery life, in nine sizes and three colors on July 24

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Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Bill Grueskin on why the verdict in Sarah Palin's trial was unsurprising and why she is the wrong plaintiff in the right-wing push to overturn Sullivan

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Conservative outlet The Dispatch acquires SCOTUSblog; the blog will remain free and co-founder Amy Howe and some writers are signing long-term contracts to stay

Reuters Institute:
A survey of UK journalists in September to November 2023: 90% are white, ~63% are 40 or older, 77% are left-leaning, and 28% are freelance, up from 17% in 2015

More News

Lauren Smiley / Wired:
A profile of Priscila Barbosa, who defrauded Uber and other apps by building a $10K per month business renting fake accounts to undocumented workers in the US
Shubham Sharma / VentureBeat:
AWS launches App Studio, which is a generative AI-powered service letting enterprise users create internal apps using text prompts, in public preview
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
FTC source: Microsoft ditching its OpenAI board observer seat is unlikely to resolve concerns at the agency, which is conducting an antitrust review of AI deals
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Microsoft agrees to a deal to settle trade group CISPE's antitrust complaint, and to build a tool to let CISPE members run Microsoft software on their platforms
Financial Times:
AMD agrees to buy Helsinki-based Silo AI, which offers tailored AI models and platforms to enterprise customers, for $665M in cash; Silo has a 300-person team

Earlier Picks

Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
Intuit plans to cut 10% of its global workforce, or ~1,800 employees, and rehire the same number, primarily in its engineering, product, and sales divisions
Victoria Song / The Verge:
Samsung unveils the $300 Galaxy Watch7 and $650 Galaxy Watch Ultra, both with LTE and a 3nm Exynos W1000 chip, 2GB of RAM, and 32GB storage, available July 24
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Samsung unveils $250 Galaxy Buds3 Pro and $180 Galaxy Buds3, with ANC and switching to an AirPods-like stemmed design and case, available on July 24
Wes Davis / The Verge:
Google now lets its users set up Advanced Protection Program with a single passkey, using Android or iOS biometric authentication, instead of two physical keys
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
Researchers detail the Blast-RADIUS MD5-based vulnerability affecting RADIUS, a widely used network access authentication protocol first developed in 1991
Harshita Mary Varghese / Reuters:
IDC: global PC shipments rose 3% YoY to 64.9M units in Q2 2024; Apple's shipments rose 20.8% YoY, the biggest jump among PC makers, followed by Acer at 13.7%
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft hikes the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate by $3 to $19.99/month for new subscribers and plans a Standard tier for $14.99/month without day-one titles
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