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| Digiday: |
Google says it won't be “deprecating third-party cookies” in Chrome and will instead keep working on “privacy-preserving alternatives” via Privacy Sandbox APIs — After much back and forth, Google has decided to keep third-party cookies in its Chrome browser.
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Forums: Hacker News, Hacker News, r/technology, r/PPC, r/technology, and Slashdot
| CNBC: |
Israeli cybersecurity startup Wiz walks away from Google's $23B acquisition; CEO Assaf Rappaport tells staff that Wiz will pursue an IPO as originally planned — Wiz has walked away from a $23 billion deal to be acquired by Google, in what would have been the search giant's largest ever deal …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, and r/cybersecurity
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Leaked images show the upcoming “Google TV Streamer”, a new set-top box with a pill-shaped design, to replace the dongle form factor, and an updated remote — Back in April, we revealed that Google is working on a sequel to the Chromecast with Google TV (4K) …
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Forums: r/nvidiashield, r/AndroidTV, r/GooglePixel, r/Android, and r/googlehome
| Sarah Wynn / The Block: |
The US SEC approves some spot ether ETFs, including from 21Shares, Bitwise, BlackRock, and Fidelity, and says they can begin trading on Tuesday — - Registration statements become effective on Monday for firms vying for a spot Ethereum exchange-traded fund, marking the final sign-off for those products to begin trading.
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| Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: |
Intel says elevated voltage is causing the ongoing “instability issues” in some Core 13th and 14th Gen desktop processors, and plans to release a fix in August — Patch is on the way. — Intel has announced that it has found the root cause of the crashing issues plaguing its CPUs.
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Forums: Hacker News and r/pcmasterrace
| Reuters: |
Reeling from CrowdStrike-related outages, Delta has canceled 4,000+ flights since Friday, including 900+ flights on Monday, according to FlightAware — Delta Air Lines (DAL.N) CEO Ed Bastian on Monday said it will take the U.S. carrier another couple of days before its operations recover …
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Threads: @carnage4life. Bluesky: @shemrek.bsky.social. X: @secretarypete, @deltanewshub, @kpottermn, @gossithedog, @robleathern, @airlineflyer, @krisvancleave, @thechrisflyer, and @carnage4life. LinkedIn: Shawn Henry
Forums: Hacker News, r/delta, and Slashdot
| CrowdStrike: |
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Forums: Hacker News, r/technews, and Lobsters
| Dana Mattioli / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Amazon lost $25B+ on its devices business between 2017 and 2021, and its plan to sell hardware at a lower price and make money elsewhere hasn't worked — Amazon.com's Echo speakers are the type of business success companies don't want: a widely purchased product that is also a giant money loser.
More: Benzinga. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. X: @rakeshsfnyc and @jordannovet. Forums: r/technology
| Michael Peel / Financial Times: |
Google Research and others detail NeuralGCM, a model that combines ML and existing weather forecasting to make a breakthrough in accurate long-range predictions — Advances in predictions promised by machine learning matched with physics in latest model involving Google
More: Nature, WinBuzzer, Google Research, MIT Technology Review, and Axios
X: @jeffdean, @shoyer, @ymatias, @googleai, and @janniyuval
| Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: |
Spotify reports Q2 revenue up 20% YoY to €3.8B, MAUs up 14% YoY to 626M, paid subscribers up 12% YoY to 246M, above 245.2M est., and a €266M operating income — Spotify Technology SA, the Swedish audio-streaming giant, reported second-quarter subscriber growth that exceeded analysts' projections …
More: Investor's Business Daily, Axios, Benzinga, RTÉ, Variety, Spotify, Music Ally, Quartz, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, The Verge, and Proactive
X: @eldsjal, @alexweprin, @thetranscript_, and @sarafischer
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Dragos details a sample of Russia-linked malware used in a hack in January 2024 to target a heating utility in Lviv, Ukraine, cutting service to 600 buildings — The code, the first of its kind, was used to sabotage a heating utility in Lviv at the coldest point in the year …
More: Dragos, TechCrunch, Metacurity, CyberScoop, The Register, Dark Reading, and SecurityWeek
X: @a_greenberg and @matonis
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
A Telegram for Android zero-day, patched on July 11, let attackers send malicious Android APK payloads as video files; the exploit was for sale from June 6 — A Telegram for Android zero-day vulnerability dubbed ‘EvilVideo’ allowed attackers to send malicious Android APK payloads disguised as video files.
More: WeLiveSecurity, The Record, Forbes, ESET on YouTube, SecurityWeek, Security Affairs, SiliconANGLE, Hackread, and PCMag
| Bloomberg: |
An investigation shows how pedophiles groom children using Roblox, a problem exacerbated by Roblox not collecting any personal information beyond a user's age — DoctorRofatnik, known to fans as “Doc,” looked almost mayoral in a tall white hat, a red tie and an American flag pin.
More: BNN Bloomberg. Bluesky: @chickenpuppet.bsky.social. X: @livcarville, @katejsim, @frida_thoughts, @scott_fontana, @thomas_reinking, @slomobackslap, @lucas_shaw, and @cecianasta. Forums: r/technology
| Reuters: |
India plans to cut import duty on mobile phones and some key parts to 15% from 20%, a move that will directly benefit Apple, as part of its 2024/25 budget — India announced it will cut import duty on mobile phones and some key parts to 15% from 20%, a move that will directly benefit Apple … | Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Amazon begins rolling out a new UI for Prime Video to help distinguish content included with Prime, update its navigation bar, manage subscriptions, and more — And the new UI specifically addresses something that's annoyed Prime Video users for years: Now, according to Amazon …
More: CNET, Engadget, The Verge, Deadline, Cord Cutters News, and Digital Trends
| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Vancouver-based Clio, which makes cloud tools to help law firms run more efficiently, raised a $900M Series F at a $3B valuation, up from $1.6B in April 2021 — Embedded payments helped double its ARR to over $200M in two years, founder says — Clio, a Canadian software company that aims …
More: VentureBeat, BetaKit, PR Newswire, and The Logic
| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
A profile of Nick Pickles, who has recently been promoted to X's VP of global affairs; sources say Pickles has become the right-hand man to CEO Linda Yaccarino — Ex-music photographer promoted as right-hand man to X chief Linda Yaccarino tasked with fighting company's political battles
More: Bloomberg
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