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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is prioritizing developing a tabletop home device with an iPad-like display and a robotic limb, aiming for a release in 2026 or 2027 for ~$1,000 — - Executive who oversaw car project is leading the effort — Device would offer twist on home products from Amazon and Meta
More: Appleosophy, MacRumors, Engadget, Benzinga, PYMNTS.com, iClarified, Digital Trends, Macworld, Android Headlines, 9to5Mac, Cult of Mac, Wccftech, SiliconANGLE, BGR, Trusted Reviews, TechRadar, The Apple Post, Wall Street Pit, The Shortcut, Patently Apple, and AppleInsider
Threads: @jbillinson and @jbillinson
Mastodon: @elkmovie@mastodon.social and @stroughtonsmith …
X: @brandonbutch, @zerohedge, @parismarx, @markgurman, @ranimolla, @wholemarsblog, @gregorymcfadden, and @gartenberg
Forums: Hacker News, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Joseph De Avila / Wall Street Journal: |
Eric Schmidt says he “misspoke” when he said Google was losing the AI race because it decided that “working from home was more important than winning” — Ex-Google CEO had said the tech company's work-life balance was ‘more important than winning’
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LinkedIn: Matt Rappaport and Orianna Rosa Royle
Forums: Hacker News, Hacker News, r/digitalnomad, r/technology, r/antiwork, and Slashdot
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Images generated by Grok, like Barack Obama doing cocaine and Donald Trump and Kamala Harris with guns, go viral on X, raising questions about Grok's guardrails — xAI's Grok chatbot now lets you create images from text prompts and publish them to X — and so far, the rollout seems as chaotic …
More: SiliconANGLE, Ars Technica, Business Insider, PCMag, Gizmodo, and Quartz
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Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, and r/StableDiffusion
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
More: x.AI, Decrypt, PhoneArena, iPhone in Canada Blog, SiliconANGLE, Cryptopolitan, and Digital Trends
X: @lmsysorg, @emollick, @elonmusk, @xai, @elonmusk, @emollick, @devindkim, @lxuechen, @xdaily, @basedbeffjezos, @maxschrems, @xlr8harder, @wongmjane, @nearcyan, @rpoo, @ebbyamir, @chris_j_paxton, @zeffmax, and @elonmusk. Forums: Hacker News
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says developers can offer NFC transactions using the iPhone's Secure Element, separate from Apple Pay, starting in iOS 18.1; there'll be “associated fees” — Apple has announced that it is opening up the iPhone's NFC chip using the Secure Element to allow …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/HomeKit, r/homeassistant, and r/AppleWallet
| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Cisco reports Q4 revenue down 10% YoY to $13.64B, vs. $13.54B est., and says it's cutting 7% of its global workforce; CSCO jumps 5%+ after hours — Cisco shares popped in extended trading on Wednesday after the networking company said it's cutting 7% of its global workforce …
More: Cisco Blogs, SFGATE, Cisco, Network World, New York Times, Business Standard, Investor's Business Daily, MarketWatch, Channel Futures, and Reuters
Forums: r/technology and r/Layoffs
| Danny Gallagher / Engadget: |
The US FTC announces a final rule banning the sale of fake reviews and testimonials, including AI-generated ones, with fines as high as $50K per violation — The new rules prohibit the selling of fake and AI-generated reviews and testimonials in several forms.
More: Federal Trade Commission, Android Authority, Near Media, The Hill, CBS News, SiliconANGLE, PCMag, Skift, National Law Review, Search Engine Land, Search Engine Journal, Gizmodo, The Verge, CNBC, and TechCrunch
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Forums: r/neoliberal and r/Destiny
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Google says Iran-backed hacking group APT42 has targeted both Trump and Biden campaigns, as well as Israeli military, government, and diplomatic organizations — APT42, which is believed to work for Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, targeted about a dozen people associated with both Trump …
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X: @levitt_matt, @ericgeller, @shashj, @dnvolz, and @shashj. LinkedIn: Andy Greenberg. Forums: r/technology
| Emilia David / VentureBeat: |
Anthropic says prompt caching, which enables developers to cache frequently used context between API calls, is now available in public beta on its API — Anthropic introduced prompt caching on its API, which remembers the context between API calls and allows developers to avoid repeating prompts.
More: Anthropic, Inc.com, SiliconANGLE, and Simon Willison's Weblog
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Forums: r/singularity and r/OpenAI
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Sources: Sonos is considering relaunching its previous mobile app as it works to improve the redesigned version, which launched in May to widespread criticism — Sonos has explored the possibility of rereleasing its previous mobile app for Android and iOS — a clear sign of what an ordeal the company's hurried redesign has become.
More: The Verge, Android Police, 9to5Mac, Engadget, TechCrunch, Digital Trends, and MacRumors
X: @tomwarren, @oscargutiez, @stevebrazill, and @tomwarren
Forums: r/sonos, r/sonos, r/technews, and MacRumors Forums
| Gavin Bonshor / AnandTech: |
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X and Ryzen 9 9900X review: the Zen 5 flagship chips are fine for highly threaded productivity workloads, but the gaming issues need to be fixed — Earlier this month, AMD launched the first two desktop CPUs using their latest Zen 5 microarchitecture: the Ryzen 7 9700X and the Ryzen 5 9600X.
More: Hardware Unboxed on YouTube, Tom's Hardware, Chips and Cheese, Gamers Nexus on YouTube, The Verge, Phoronix, Wccftech, Guru3D, Club386, The FPS Review, Forbes, ExtremeTech, PC Gamer, JayzTwoCents on YouTube, igor'sLAB, VideoCardz.com, HotHardware, PCMag, PCMag, XDA Developers, Windows Central, and Digital Trends
Mastodon: @cslinuxboy@mastodon.social. X: @vectral555, @sebaaltonen, @ghost_motley, @sebasti66855537, @dcominottim, @igorwallossek, @dapoets42, @ryansmithat, and @tomwarren
Forums: r/AMD_Stock and r/Amd
| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
President Biden speaks at the first White House Creator Economy Conference, with about 100 startup founders, industry stakeholders, and creators in attendance — At the first ever White House Creator Economy Conference, the most popular man to drop by was not a TikTok superstar or a YouTube sensation.
More: Fox News, Bloomberg, Sky News, The Information, Forbes, Tubefilter, Associated Press, The Hill, CNBC, and Deadline
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Apple approves Spotify updating its app to show in-app pricing information for iPhone users in the EU starting today, after Spotify's yearslong legal battle — Spotify will begin showing in-app pricing information for iPhone users in the European Union starting today, following a yearslong legal battle against Apple.
More: Spotify, TechCrunch, Reuters, MacRumors, Daring Fireball, Android Headlines, Digital Music News, mjtsai.com, Silicon UK, and PCMag
Mastodon: @jsnell@zeppelin.flights and @dmoren@zeppelin.flights
| Joseph Menn / Washington Post: |
Access Now and Citizen Lab: Russian spy agencies are using deep knowledge about opponents, reporters, and human rights groups to target them via phishing emails — Traditional phishing attacks aimed to break into organizations advocating for Russian dissidents, among others.
More: The Citizen Lab, Access Now, The Guardian, The Record, The Cyber Express, The Register, PCMag, and CyberScoop
X: @accessnow, @jsrailton, and @citizenlab
Forums: r/ProtonMail and r/worldnews
| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
Tencent says it and Apple are exploring ways to offer in-app transactions via iOS' payment system, the first acknowledgment of talks with Apple to take a cut — The Chinese company is exploring ways to offer in-app transactions via Apple's iOS payment system, Chief Strategy Officer James Mitchell told analysts on an earnings call.
More: 9to5Mac and PYMNTS.com
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
The main takeaway from the Google Pixel event is Android's primacy, and Google's integration with Android is worth preserving if the goal is spurring innovation — The original Pixel was released in 2016 at the end of interesting, at least when it came to smartphones.| Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: |
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Threads: @technicallymims. X: @joannastern, @joannastern, @joannastern, @drjwrae, @googledeepmind, @google, @geminiapp, @google, @mishaalrahman, and @ssamat. LinkedIn: Oliver Warfield
| Bloomberg: |
Foxconn says it will only start shipping a small volume of servers with Nvidia's next-gen GB200 chips in Q4 2024, before ramping up significantly in Q1 2025 — - Hon Hai builds data center servers powered by Nvidia's chips — Nvidia has run into engineering snags with Blackwell familySponsor Posts
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