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| Kenrick Cai / Reuters: |
Google expands AI Overviews in Search to Brazil, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, and the UK in local languages, and adds links beside the AI-generated answers — Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL.O) said on Thursday it was expanding its AI-generated summaries for search queries to six new countries … | Bloomberg: |
Some publishers say they can't block the Googlebot crawler that covers AI Overviews without hampering their discoverability, as the crawler also covers Search — Publishers say blocking the company's AI bot could also prevent their sites from showing up in search
More: The Verge, Mashable, and The Media Leader
| Joseph Menn / Washington Post: |
Google says it will remove Showcase.apk from Pixel devices “out of an abundance of precaution”, after iVerify said hackers could use the dormant app to spy — Discovery prompted one intelligence contractor to stop issuing Android phones to employees.
More: Wired, The Verge, 9to5Google, Android Authority, Digital Trends, iVerify, and Forbes
Threads: @laurengoode. X: @artemr, @artemr, @dguido, @dguido, @ismyphonehacked, @dguido, @dguido, and @cryps1s. LinkedIn: Rocky Cole
| Financial Times: |
Sources: SoftBank held talks with Intel about making an AI chip to compete with Nvidia, but Intel couldn't meet the requirements; SoftBank is talking to TSMC — Son hopes to put Japanese group at centre of artificial intelligence boom but talks with US chipmaker failed to progress| Reuters: |
New Zealand signs an extradition order for Kim Dotcom to the US, where he faces criminal charges related to Megaupload; Dotcom has fought extradition since 2012 — Kim Dotcom, who is facing criminal charges relating to the defunct file-sharing website Megaupload, will be extradited …
More: TorrentFreak, The Verge, RNZ, Engadget, New York Post, CNN, NZ Herald, BBC, TechSpot, PCMag, Protos, and Pocket-lint
X: @unbranded63 and @kimdotcom
Forums: Hacker News, r/JoeRogan, r/news, r/technology, r/Piracy, r/worldnews, r/france, and Slashdot
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Unit 42: open-source projects from Google, Microsoft, AWS, Red Hat, and others leaked GitHub auth tokens via GitHub Actions; GitHub chose not to fix the issues — Multiple high-profile open-source projects, including those from Google, Microsoft, AWS, and Red Hat, were found …
More: Unit 42, TechRadar, Developer Tech News, WinBuzzer, The Hacker News, The Cyber Express, and PC Gamer
X: @yaronavital, @yaronavital, and @gossy_84
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Google says Iran-backed hacking group APT42 has targeted the 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 …
More: The Keyword, The Record, The Register, Infosecurity, TechRadar, Politico, SC Media, NTD, Associated Press, CyberScoop, Anadolu Ajansı …, Novinite.com, News18, CTech, Cyber Security News, SecurityWeek, Security Boulevard, MercoPress, Decipher, NBC News, Washington Times, Times of India, Newser, NewsBytes, CBS News, National Review, Forbes, CNN, New York Post, ABC News, BetaNews, Axios, and NEWS.am
X: @kenklippenstein, @ericgeller, @shashj, @dnvolz, @levitt_matt, @a_greenberg, and @shashj
Forums: r/stupidpol and r/technology
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Threads announces new features, like the ability to store multiple drafts and an analytics page, rolling out on the web, and plans to test a scheduling feature — Meta's X rival Threads announced a number of new features today, including the ability to store multiple drafts … | Joseph De Avila / Wall Street Journal: |
Eric Schmidt says he “misspoke” when he said Google was losing the AI race because the company 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’
More: The Verge, TechCrunch, The Register, Stanford Online on YouTube, TechRadar, Entrepreneur, Futurism, Business Standard, Business Insider, Quartz, Telegraph, Livemint, Tech.co, WinBuzzer, The Indian Express, Android Headlines, Fortune, Beyond Search, Benzinga, Business Insider, SFGATE, Cryptopolitan, The Information, PYMNTS.com, NewsBytes, KEYE, Moneycontrol, India Today, NDTV, The Hans India, Times of India, Neowin, New York Post, Observer, Business Today, TechSpot, Quartz, ITPro, and Fortune
Threads: @hyoun.park.tech, @erinmcunningham, @brandonlive, @alexhcranz, and @crumbler. Mastodon: @tante@tldr.nettime.org. Bluesky: @microh.bsky.social
X: @alexkehr, @carnage4life, @giffmana, @tunguz, @buccocapital, @alexeheath, @thebenbergman, @tomgara, @grady_booch, @adamrackis, @dscheinm, @lutherlowe, @pearlf, @alexeheath, @arpan_shah_, @webaficionado, @doomie, @rubinovitz, @jason_kint, @0xkarmatic, @krishnanrohit, @lutherlowe, @aaronerickson, @tsarnick, @noahpinion, @deedydas, @pkedrosky, @patrickbetdavid, @firstadopter, @jeff_burke14, @yacinemtb, @dangrover, @martymadrid, @kazanjy, and @vikhyatk
LinkedIn: Matt Rappaport and Orianna Rosa Royle
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Q&A with Google SVP Rick Osterloh on the Pixel 9 devices, Android, the smartphone's history, smartphone integration, AI smartphones, Pixel trade-offs, and more — An interview with Google SVP Rick Osterloh about the Made with Google event, and understanding the company's approach …
More: Android Headlines
| 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, PCWorld, How-To Geek, Android Police, HotHardware, Mashable, Android Authority, Silicon Republic, Android Headlines, Cryptopolitan, NBC News, The Hill, SiliconANGLE, Near Media, PCMag, National Law Review, Search Engine Journal, Search Engine Land, CBS News, The Verge, and Gizmodo
Bluesky: @glinden.bsky.social. X: @maxwinebach, @linakhanftc, @edzitron, @lina_colucci, @rrhoover, @rbreich, @moreperfectus, @robertfreundlaw, @ftc, and @linakhanftc
Forums: r/Destiny and r/neoliberal
| Aisha Counts / Bloomberg: |
A survey of 430 first-time US Gen Z voters: 60%+ oppose requiring under-16s to get parental consent to use social media and 85%+ oppose notification time limits — - Survey polled 430 first-time voters from across the US — Lawmakers have criticized Instagram, TikTok over child safety| CNN: |
A look at the five-person Gen Z team running Kamala Harris' TikTok account @KamalaHQ, capitalizing on the VP's viral moments and averaging 6M views per post — Vice President Kamala Harris, quoting her mother, told a group of newly sworn-in commissioners for a White House initiative …
More: Wired. Threads: @mattnavarra. Mastodon: @rightardia@mastodon.social. X: @sarafinachitika, @betsy_klein, @theo_tj_jordan, @jessecmccormick, @plaintanjane, @ewagmeister, and @lauryn_fanguen
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Epic v. Google: in the final hearing after Epic's antitrust win, the judge says he'll “tear the barriers down” on the Play Store, but won't “micromanage” Google — Judge James Donato just made it crystal-clear: Google will pay.
More: Thurrott, Associated Press, OSnews, Bloomberg, Digital Content Next, The Mirror, Benzinga, LAW.com, and Reuters
Bluesky: @zitron.bsky.social. X: @modestproposal1, @balancecrafting, @balancecrafting, @megangra, @balancecrafting, @megangra, @megangra, @balancecrafting, @vidushi_law, and @balancecrafting
Forums: r/technews and r/technology
| CTech: |
Israeli stock research service TipRanks says investment firm Prytek bought 40% of the startup for $80M, giving Prytek an 80% stake; TipRanks has raised $102M — The investment firm, which had already owned 40% of the Israeli fintech startup, is taking its stake to 80% with an $80 million investment.
More: Benzinga, TechCrunch, and Globes Online
| Emilia David / VentureBeat: |
Anthropic adds prompt caching in public beta to its API, letting developers cache often used context between API calls on Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Claude 3 Haiku — Anthropic introduced prompt caching on its API, which remembers the context between API calls and allows developers to avoid repeating prompts.
More: Anthropic, Ben's Bites, and Simon Willison's Weblog
X: @mattshumer_, @anthropicai, @legit_rumors, @matthewberman, @abacaj, @yomaggievo, @danshipper, @ianwoodfill, @simonw, @skirano, @alexalbert__, @rednafi, @chheplo, @mvpatel2000, and @simonw
Forums: r/singularity, 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 2024 to negative feedback — 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: Ars Technica, The Verge, ZDNET, PCMag, HotHardware, Billboard, Thurrott, TechCrunch, Pocket-lint, T3, iMore, Cult of Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechRadar, TechIssuesToday.com, Android Police, Engadget, MacRumors, and 9to5Mac
X: @stevebrazill, @oscargutiez, @tomwarren, and @tomwarren
Forums: r/sonos, r/technews, and MacRumors Forums
| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Klarna debuts a checking account-like service and a cashback offering in its app in 12 markets, including the US and across Europe, as it prepares for a US IPO — Financial technology firm Klarna is pushing deeper into banking with its own checking account-like product and a cashback offering …
More: Payments Dive, FinTech Global, Klarna US, TechCrunch, PYMNTS.com, Chain Store Age, Finextra, Bloomberg, and Tech Startups. X: @ryan_browne_
| Financial Times: |
Analysis: Kamala Harris has spent $57M on Google and Meta ads since Biden dropped out on July 21, compared to Trump's $5.6M; Biden-Harris spent $139M in 2024 — Former president's lacklustre output points to significant tactical change from four years ago — Kamala Harris has spent 10 times … | Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
Alibaba reports Q1 revenue up 4% YoY to ~$34B, below ~$34.9B est., and net income down 27% YoY to ~$3.4B, after aggressive promotions failed to drive spending — - Net income dived 27% as spending on promotions ballooned — Commerce shrank in a worrying sign for Chinese consumption| 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: Android Headlines, PetaPixel, WinBuzzer, Silicon Republic, NBC News, SiliconANGLE, Ars Technica, Business Insider, and TechCrunch
Threads: @chris, @davidleavitt, @film_girl, @renee.diresta, @renee.diresta, and @mattnavarra. Mastodon: @mmiasma@mastodon.sdf.org
X: @esqueer_, @benjamindekr, @briannawu, @emollick, @benjamindekr, @kyliebytes, @watn_tarnation, @ai_for_success, @luke_metro, @jeremyphoward, @levie, @dankaplan, @austen, @fmanjoo, @micsolana, @pitdesi, @emollick, @mediaevan, @pitdesi, @joannastern, @x, @jarvis_best, @ikrietzberg, @garymarcus, @garymarcus, @karlmaxxer, @kyliebytes, @growing_daniel, @david_leavitt, @esqueer_, and @iwillleavenow
Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, r/samharris, r/StableDiffusion, r/Fauxmoi, and r/technology
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