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AT&T says it will begin notifying consumers about a data breach where cybercriminals stole phone records of “nearly all” of its cellular and landline customers — Stolen data includes millions of AT&T customer phone numbers, calling and text records, and location-related data.
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Forums: Hacker News, r/cybersecurity, r/news, r/technology, r/ATT, r/technology, r/technology, r/LinusTechTips, r/technews, r/hacking, and Slashdot
| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
Preliminary findings: the European Commission says X's paid blue checkmark deceives users and breaches the DSA; X could be fined up to 6% of its global revenue — Brussels regulators use new digital powers to threaten social media company with huge fines over transparency issues
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Threads: @joshuatopolsky. Mastodon: @Frederik_Borgesius …. X: @thierrybreton, @elonmusk, @eric_seufert, @mathver, @eu_commission, @micsolana, @balajis, @carnage4life, and @digitaleu. Forums: r/technology
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon says its AI shopping assistant Rufus is live in the Amazon mobile app for all US customers, after launching in beta for select customers in February 2024 — Amazon's AI-powered shopping assistant, named “Rufus,” is now live for all U.S. customers in the Amazon mobile app, the retailer announced on Friday.
More: About Amazon, PYMNTS.com, The Verge, Android Authority, The Information, Quartz, Neowin, SlashGear, Chain Store Age, and Bloomberg. X: @mattmday
| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
After X hyped shows with Paris Hilton, Tucker Carlson, and others in January 2024, the deals have fizzled, a source says due to a lack of advertiser interest — X is having a tough time cracking into the TV business, but first... Promises, promises — Six months ago, executives … | Aditya Kalra / Reuters: |
In a June 24 report, Indian antitrust body CCI found that Apple exploited its dominant App Store position on iOS and engaged “in abusive conduct and practices” — An investigation by India's antitrust body has found that Apple exploited its dominant position in the market …
More: 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, Neowin, iClarified, Investing.com, BNN Bloomberg, Inc42 Media, nextpit, and NewsBytes
| Financial Times: |
Some developers remain optimistic as Apple seeks a Vision Pro “killer app”; Appfigures: the number of new Vision Pro apps has fallen since January and February — Tech giant is struggling to attract content from developers for innovative device that goes on sale in Europe this week
More: 9to5Mac, TechSpot, Silicon Republic, iMore, The Mac Observer, BGR, Benzinga, Tom's Guide, Sherwood News, Digital Trends, The Independent, MobileSyrup, HotHardware, and Patently Apple
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| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
More: 9to5Mac, Thurrott, UploadVR, TechRadar, Engadget, Cult of Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, CNBC, AppleInsider, iClarified, iMore, Stuff, Cult of Mac, The Independent, Fast Company, Patently Apple, SEENIT, iPhone in Canada Blog, and The Mac Observer
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| The Information: |
Source: Meta plans to release the largest version of its Llama 3 model, expected to have 405B parameters and multimodal capabilities, on July 23 — Meta Platforms plans to release the largest version of its open-source Llama 3 model on July 23, according to a Meta employee.
| Financial Times: |
SoftBank acquires struggling UK-based chipmaker Graphcore with US and UK approvals; sources: the deal is valued at $600M+ but below Graphcore's ~$700M funding — Deal will give Bristol-based company a resource boost while advancing the ‘next big bet’ of Masayoshi Son's group
More: Graphcore, CRN, Tom's Hardware, Tech.eu, DatacenterDynamics, The Next Platform, Sifted, TelecomTV, The Register, Total Telecom, Light Reading, TNW, AI News, UKTN, Tech Funding News, FinSMEs, Yahoo Finance, ITPro, Proactive, Tech Monitor, The Stack, Silicon Republic, Benzinga, SiliconANGLE, Semafor, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, BBC, Sifted, Reuters, Bloomberg, and DigiTimes
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| Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: |
Saudi Arabia will host the inaugural Olympic Esports Games in 2025, as part of a newly announced 12-year partnership with the Olympic Committee — Saudi Arabia will host the inaugural Olympic Esports Games in 2025 under an agreement announced Friday by the International Olympic Committee and the kingdom.
More: The International Olympic Committee, New York Times, The Verge, Engadget, Arab News, and Deadline
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| Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
OpenAI comes up with five levels to track its progress toward AGI: Chatbots, Reasoners, Agents, Innovators, and Organizations, and says it's nearly at Level 2 — The company believes its technology is approaching the second level of five on the path to artificial general intelligence
More: Computerworld, Observer, Tom's Guide, WinBuzzer, The Decoder, Ben's Bites, The Rundown AI, Neowin, The Information, Benzinga, PYMNTS.com, The Crypto Times, The Verge, and Quartz
Threads: @benedictevans. X: @grady_booch, @mrjonfinger, @parmy, @humanharlan, @shaunralston, @rachelmetz, and @shiringhaffary
Forums: r/artificial and r/singularity
| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Signal plans to roll out a desktop app beta that uses Electron's safeStorage API instead of storing encryption keys in plain text, after downplaying the issue — Signal is finally tightening its desktop client's security by changing how it stores plain text encryption keys for the data store after downplaying the issue since 2018.
More: Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, Stack Diary, and NewsBytes
X: @mysk_co, @mysk_co, @mer__edith, @mysk_co, @erratarob, @0xcharlie, @kaepora, @profwoodward, @bleepincomputer, and @mysk_co. Forums: r/signal
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
The EU publishes the EU AI Act's final text, which comes into force on August 1, 2024; most companies have until August 2026 to comply with transparency rules — The full and final text of the EU AI Act, the European Union's landmark risk-based regulation for applications of artificial intelligence …
More: The Verge, Engadget, The European Union, Euractiv, RCR Wireless News, and The Stack
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