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| Asa Fitch / Wall Street Journal: |
AMD agrees to buy New Jersey-based ZT Systems, founded in 1994 to design and make servers, server racks, and other infrastructure, for $4.9B, closing in H1 2025 — ZT Systems produces servers, other equipment used in data centers for artificial intelligence
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| Perry Stein / Washington Post: |
The FBI, ODNI, and CISA say they are “confident” that Iran was responsible for recent attempted hacks into the Trump and Biden-Harris campaigns — In a joint statement with intelligence agencies, the bureau said the attempted hacks also were directed at the Democratic campaign.
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| CNBC: |
Waymo unveils its cheaper “generation 6” self-driving tech that's integrated with Geely Zeekr vehicles, with 13 cameras and 4 lidar sensors, down from 29 and 5 — Alphabet-owned Waymo revealed details about its newest “generation 6” self-driving technology on Monday.
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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
A week after data broker NPD confirmed a breach, which reportedly impacted 272M+ people, a review of NPD property Records Check shows exposed admin credentials — New details are emerging about a breach at National Public Data (NPD), a consumer data broker that recently spilled hundreds …
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| David Welch / Bloomberg: |
Source: GM is cutting over 1,000 software engineers, including 600+ in Michigan, as the automaker moves to lean up its software and services organization — - Job reductions follow company push to bolster digital prowess — Company has faced technology glitches in Blazer, Lyriq models
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| Matthew Ball / MatthewBall.co: |
Since 2018, Roblox has grown rapidly and consistently and now has an estimated average of 80M+ daily and 380M+ monthly users, over 2x that of Steam or Minecraft — Everyone knows Roblox is huge. But as COVID receded into memory, Roblox shifted from “new” to “familiar,” …
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| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Procreate CEO James Cuda says the iPad illustration startup is “not going to be introducing any generative AI into our products”, drawing praise from creatives — Many Procreate users can breathe a sigh of relief now that the popular iPad illustration app has taken a definitive stance against generative AI.
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X: @procreate, @pt, @sdw, @sdw, @linusekenstam, @rahll, @saradietschy, @ednewtonrex, @ednewtonrex, @kortizart, @araminta_k, @fromhappyrock, @scobleizer, @rubberninja, @arvalis, @linusekenstam, @snazzylabs, @kortizart, @mkbhd, @ohheydj, @davidtoons_, and @jam_etc_art
Forums: r/DefendingAIArt, r/technology, r/technews, r/artificial, r/ArtistHate, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple debuts a web app for Podcasts, letting users log in to listen to podcasts, view the Up Next queue and library, and browse new shows, at podcasts.apple.com — Apple Podcasts is expanding to the web, starting today. You can access the new web app version at podcasts.apple.com …
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Forums: r/apple, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Ian Bogost / The Atlantic: |
University professors still face the seemingly impossible task of detecting AI-fueled cheating, which continues unabated on both small and large assignments — Kyle Jensen, the director of Arizona State University's writing programs, is gearing up for the fall semester.| Les Pounder / Tom's Hardware: |
Raspberry Pi launches a Raspberry Pi 5 with 2GB of RAM for $50, alongside the existing 4GB model for $60 and 8GB for $80, and may release a future 1GB model — Will a $50 Raspberry Pi 5 2GB be enough? — The Raspberry Pi 5 is still the single board computer against which all others are measured …
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Mastodon: @biglesp@mastodon.social. X: @geerlingguy, @stephen_neal, @rpilocator, @pineboards, and @raspberry_pi. Forums: Slashdot
| Washington Post: |
Girls In Tech, Women Who Code, and other groups that aimed to diversify Silicon Valley are closing or rebranding to stay afloat, as critics attack DEI efforts — Groups like Girls In Tech and Women Who Code promised to attract women and people of color to the tech industry.
More: Sherwood News, CNN, and CBS News
Threads: @nitashatiku. Mastodon: @amydiehl@mstdn.social. Bluesky: @martinsfp.bsky.social. X: @_danilo and @naominixwrites. LinkedIn: Adriana Gascoigne
| George Hammond / Financial Times: |
Carta says 254 of its VC-backed clients went bust in Q1 2024 and the startup bankruptcy rate is over 7x that of 2019, as funds from the 2021-2022 boom run out — Private company shutdowns jump compared with last year despite AI funding frenzy, threatening millions of jobs at VC-backed firms
More: Tech Monitor, PYMNTS.com, Carta, and Axios
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