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Israeli cybersecurity startup Wiz walks away from Google's $23B acquisition offer; Wiz CEO Assaf Rappaport tells staff that Wiz will pursue an IPO as 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/wallstreetbets, r/cybersecurity, r/business, r/technology, and Slashdot
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Meta debuts Llama 3.1 405B, the “first frontier-level open source AI model”, as well as new Llama 3.1 70B and 8B models, and says it's working on Llama 4 — The Meta CEO defends both his open source strategy and a massive investment in artificial intelligence.
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Sources: Apple is working on a foldable, clamshell design iPhone that could launch as soon as 2026, and has reached out to component suppliers in recent months — Apple is working on a foldable iPhone that could be released as early as 2026 and in recent months reached out to suppliers …
More: MacRumors, 9to5Mac, The Verge, iMore, Investing.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacDailyNews, and Phandroid
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Leaked images show the upcoming “Google TV Streamer”, a set-top box with a pill-shaped design, to replace the dongle form factor, and an updated, longer 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/Stadia, r/GeForceNOW, r/nvidiashield, r/AndroidTV, r/GooglePixel, r/Android, and r/googlehome
| 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 … | Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: |
Spotify reports Q2 revenue up 20% YoY to €3.8B, MAUs up 14% YoY to 626M, subscribers up 12% YoY to 246M, above est., and €266M operating income; SPOT jumps 12%+ — Spotify Technology SA shares surged to their highest in more than three years on Tuesday after the Swedish audio …
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| 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, The Stack, Cybernews.com, CyberScoop, SecurityWeek, Dark Reading, and The Register
X: @matonis and @a_greenberg
Forums: r/cybersecurity and r/europe
| 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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Threads: @tb_99999, @randderuiter, and @martinsfp
Mastodon: @campuscodi@mastodon.social, @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social, and @LukaszOlejnik@mastodon.social
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LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski and Keith Petri
Forums: Hacker News, Hacker News, r/technology, r/PPC, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Suzanne Smalley / The Record: |
The FTC seeks info from Mastercard, JPMorgan, and six other companies related to their “surveillance pricing products” that use personal data, AI, and more — The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Tuesday that it has launched an inquiry into how companies surveil consumers …
More: Federal Trade Commission, Payments Dive, PCMag, The Verge, TechCrunch, The Hill, and Quartz
X: @ftc, @owenslindsay1, @swiftstories, @dorajfacundo, @megangra, and @matthewstoller
| 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: The Verge, GeekWire, Thurrott, Windows Central, Cord Cutters News, Quartz, and Benzinga
Mastodon: @ewolff@mastodon.social and @carnage4life@mas.to
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Adobe rolls out new Illustrator features like Generative Shape Fill, powered by Firefly Vector 2, now in public beta, alongside new and updated Photoshop tools — Adobe is introducing some new tools and generative AI features to its Illustrator and Photoshop design software that aim to help speed up creative workflows.
More: Adobe Press Releases, Engadget, VentureBeat, Forbes, 9to5Mac, XDA Developers, TechCrunch, Neowin, PetaPixel, Lifewire, and Digital Trends
| 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, Tech Monitor, NewsBytes, and WinBuzzer
X: @jeffdean, @ymatias, @shoyer, @janniyuval, and @googleai
| Reuters: |
India plans to cut import duty on mobile phones and some key parts from 20% to 15%, a move that will directly benefit Apple, as part of its 2024/2025 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 … | Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Posh, an iOS app that offers a TikTok-like vertical feed of events, raised a $22M Series A, taking its total funding to $31M, and claims 2M registered users — Platforms like TikTok and Spotify have experimented with events on their platforms. But rather than concentrating on concerts …
More: Forbes
| Neal E. Boudette / New York Times: |
GM says Cruise restarted test operations in three US cities after a vehicle dragged a pedestrian in October 2023, and suspends developing its Cruise Origin cab — General Motors said the self-driving division's cars will operate in Dallas, Houston and Phoenix after an accident last year.| 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| Sarah Wynn / The Block: |
The US SEC approves spot ether ETFs from 21Shares, Bitwise, BlackRock, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton, VanEck, and Invesco Galaxy, which can now start trading — - 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.
More: Kaiko Research, CoinDesk, Business Wire, DL News, Blockworks, Yahoo Finance, crypto.news, Watcher Guru, Wccftech, Decrypt, Bitcoin Insider, Cautious Optimism, ZyCrypto, CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, Inside Bitcoins, Coinpedia Fintech News, Coin Metrics' State …, CryptoPotato, Nairametrics, CryptoGlobe, Coinspeaker, CCN.com, CryptoSlate, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, Cointelegraph, Blockworks, and Reuters
X: @ericbalchunas, @bitwiseinvest, @coinbase, @bitwiseinvest, @jacqmelinek, @nategeraci, @ericbalchunas, @zguz, @iampaulgrewal, and @zackvoell. LinkedIn: Melinda Jacobs
| Reuters: |
FlightAware: Reeling from CrowdStrike-related outages, Delta has canceled 5,000+ flights since Friday, including 1,159 flights on Monday and 400+ on Tuesday — 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
| Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: |
Intel says “elevated operating voltage” is causing “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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X: @aschilling, @timsweeneyepic, @9550pro, @tomwarren, @anshelsag, @hostilespectrum, @ryansmithat, @robeytech, and @falconnw
Forums: Hacker News and r/pcmasterrace
| 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: TheGamer and BNN Bloomberg
Bluesky: @chickenpuppet.bsky.social. X: @livcarville, @katejsim, @frida_thoughts, @scott_fontana, @thomas_reinking, @slomobackslap, @lucas_shaw, and @cecianasta
Forums: r/Games and r/technology
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