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Associated Press:
The US DOJ indicts a North Korean hacker, still at large, for his alleged role in the Andariel group's cyberattacks on US hospitals, NASA, and military bases  —  A North Korean military intelligence operative has been indicted in a conspiracy to hack into American health care providers …
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
Binarly: UEFI Secure Boot is completely compromised on 200+ device models sold by Acer, Dell, Gigabyte, Intel, and Supermicro due to a cryptographic key leak  —  Keys were labeled “DO NOT TRUST.”  Nearly 500 device models use them anyway.  —  In 2012, an industry-wide coalition of hardware …
Sarah Parvini / Associated Press:
SAG-AFTRA announces a strike starting on Friday against major video game studios, including EA, after talks for a new contract broke down over AI protections  —  Hollywood's video game performers voted to go on strike Thursday, throwing part of the entertainment industry into another work stoppage …
Kylie Robison / The Verge:
OpenAI unveils SearchGPT, a GPT-4-powered search tool that can organize links and summarize its findings, limited to 10K users but eventually coming to ChatGPT  —  OpenAI is announcing its much-anticipated entry into the search market, SearchGPT, an AI-powered search engine with real-time access to information across the internet.
Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal:
OpenAI says it partnered with publishers such as News Corp and The Atlantic to build its SearchGPT search tool; publishers can manage how their content appears
Epic Games:
Epic plans to bring its mobile games to AltStore on iOS in the EU, and remove its games from the Galaxy Store due to Samsung blocking sideloading by default  —  We are fast approaching a quantum leap in Epic's efforts to bring our games to players on mobile devices.
Washington Post:
A look at the flood of “fancam” videos and memes about Kamala Harris on short-form video platforms, echoing “meme armies” that have supported Donald Trump  —  A grassroots network of TikTok creators, energized by the new likely Democratic nominee …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Kamala Harris joins TikTok, following an explosion of Harris memes since announcing her presidential run; her account has attracted 1M+ followers in ~6 hours
Bloomberg:
How TikTok is trying to fend off a potential US ban, including through ad campaigns, lobbying, and funding lawsuits by creators  —  - Lobbying, lawsuits and ad campaign are deployed to fight law  — Popular app seeks to avoid US ban over its Chinese ownership
G.S Vasan / 91mobiles:
Leaked promo material reveals Pixel 9 series specs: all phones powered by Tensor G4, Pixel 9 Pro in 6.3-inch and 6.8-inch models with 16GB of RAM, and more  —  - Google Pixel 9 Pro will come in a 6.3-inch model and a 6.8-inch model.  — Google boasts a 24-hour battery and seven years of security updates with the Pixel 9 Pro.
Sam Sabin / Axios:
CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz says 97% of Windows sensors are back online, about a week after CrowdStrike shipped a faulty update that bricked Windows computers  —  - “While I can't promise perfection, I can promise a response that is focused, effective, and with a sense of urgency.”
Clare Duffy / CNN:
Kamala Harris, who began her career in the Bay Area and was involved in Biden's pro-tech actions like the CHIPS Act, sees a surge of support from tech donors  —  New York CNN —  —  With Vice President Kamala Harris the front runner to receive the Democratic Party's nomination for president …
Michal Lev-Ram / Fortune:
A profile of, and interview with, Sequoia's Roelof Botha on increasing Sequoia's focus on AI investments, staying politically neutral, and more  —  At the crown of Roelof Botha's otherwise perfectly coiffed, light-brown head of hair, there's a small patch that's gone completely white.
Reuters:
Canalys: China's smartphone shipments rose 10% YoY in Q2, with Huawei's shipments up 41%; Apple's market share in China dropped to 14%, down from 16% in Q2 2023  —  Apple's smartphone shipments in China fell by 6.7% in the second quarter of 2024, as the tech giant faced intensifying competition …
Julie Bort / TechCrunch:
A decade-old drama between David Sacks and Parker Conrad has blown up into a fight on X over VC behavior, drawing in Paul Graham and other Silicon Valley names  —  A decade-old drama involving VC David Sacks and Rippling founder Parker Conrad over their previous company Zenefits has blown …
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
An interview with Samsung's mobile chief TM Roh on the Galaxy AI push, monetizing AI, future products in foldables and mixed reality, and more  —  In a swanky downtown Paris hotel, Samsung Electronics' mobile boss sat behind a suite of the tech giant's latest products, ranging from foldable smartphones …

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From Mediagazer

Andrew Marchand / New York Times:
Sources: YouTube is favored to stream the NFL's opening week Friday night game, its first exclusive NFL broadcast, which may be available globally for free

Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
WMG launches the WMG Pulse app in beta to let artists and their teams access real-time information about streaming performance and more across various platforms

Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: ESPN will call its forthcoming flagship streaming app ESPN; the cheaper option will still be ESPN+, which doesn't include the most-watched live games

More News

Bloomberg:
FTC's Lina Khan says open-weights AI models can promote competition and “liberate startups from the arbitrary whims of closed developers and cloud gatekeepers”

Earlier Picks

Chris Welch / The Verge:
Sonos CEO Patrick Spence apologizes for Sonos' redesigned app, which launched in May to widespread criticism, and promises biweekly app updates through the fall
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Meta says WhatsApp now has more than 100M MAUs in the US and that more than 50% of WhatsApp users in the country have an iPhone; WhatsApp has 2B+ MAUs globally
Maia Spoto / Bloomberg:
California's Supreme Court upholds Prop 22, allowing Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, and other companies to keep classifying California drivers as independent contractors
Financial Times:
The UK FCA fines Coinbase £3.5M for providing payment services to 13K+ “high-risk” customers, in the agency's first enforcement action against a crypto company
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