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The US DOJ sues RealPage, alleging its software helps property managers collude to drive up rental prices on millions of units, violating antitrust law — - Prosecutors allege software drives up prices on rental units — Company says rent software uses anonymous, aggregated data
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Sources: Apple plans to unveil new iPhones, AirPods, and Apple Watches on September 10; developer logs: Apple has ramped up testing of four new M4 Mac models — - Company also ramps up testing of Mac models with M4 processors — Apple Inc. is planning to hold its biggest product launch event …
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Email: Elon Musk says X plans to award stock options based on employees' anticipated impact, and tells them to submit a one-page summary of their contributions — Elon Musk sent an email to X staff overnight about their much-anticipated stock grants — but there's a catch.
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Sources: Meta cancels a premium MR headset codenamed La Jolla, in development since November, that was meant to debut in 2027 to compete with Apple's Vision Pro — Meta Platforms has canceled plans for a premium mixed-reality headset intended to compete with Apple's Vision Pro, according to two Meta employees.
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| Colin Kellaher / Wall Street Journal: |
US SEC filing: oilfield services company Halliburton says it has taken some systems offline after discovering that an unauthorized party had gained access — The company has taken some systems offline to help protect them — Oilfield-services company Halliburton has joined the growing ranks of firms hit by cyberattacks.
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Microsoft plans to hold an event on September 10 with CrowdStrike and other cybersecurity vendors to discuss how to prevent incidents like the July 19 outage — Microsoft said Friday it will hold a conference in September for cybersecurity firms to discuss ways the industry can evolve following …
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Meta says a small cluster of WhatsApp accounts linked to the Iran-backed hacking group APT42 targeted people affiliated with the Biden and Trump administrations — Meta says Iranian-linked hackers posed as tech support on the WhatsApp messaging app to target people affiliated with the administrations …
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| Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: |
A look at Apple Podcasts' fading dominance, as an April 2024 study of 603 podcast consumers found 31% use YouTube, 21% use Spotify, and 12% use Apple's app — Hello! Welcome back to Soundbite. Today we're looking at the fading dominance of Apple Podcasts.
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Threads: @alexcartaz, @jmsmlk, and @simondowens
X: @neilcybart, @ashleyrcarman, and @ashleyrcarman
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
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The French AI startup called H, formerly Holistic, says three of its five co-founders are leaving over “operational differences”, after raising $220M in May — Three of the five co-founders of buzzy French artificial intelligence startup H, formerly known as Holistic …
| Shahram Mokhtari / iFixit News: |
Samsung Galaxy Ring teardown: disposable tech built not to last over two years due to lithium-ion batteries that can't be replaced without destroying the device — Taking a closer look at Samsung's newest—and most disposable—addition to the Galaxy line — New product categories are a big deal for tech companies.
More: Engadget, Livemint, Sammy Fans, TechSpot, PhoneArena, Phandroid, SamMobile, GSMArena.com, Android Authority, nextpit, Android Police, Neowin, Android Headlines, Tom's Guide, ZDNET, The Verge, and How-To Geek
X: @thegalox_, @kwiens, @jonbruner, @mokhtarishahram, and @kwiens
LinkedIn: Jon Bruner and Andrew Parrett
Forums: r/technology, r/gadgets, r/ouraring, and r/GalaxyWatch
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Documents: state-linked Chinese entities are using cloud services from AWS or its rivals to access advanced US chips and AI models they cannot acquire otherwise — State-linked Chinese entities are using cloud services provided by Amazon (AMZN.O) or its rivals to access advanced U.S. chips …
More: Tom's Hardware, SiliconANGLE, Reuters, Fortune, The Register, Asia Financial, CIO.com, CCN.com, Semafor, DatacenterDynamics, Cointelegraph, TechRadar, and Benzinga. Forums: r/neoliberal
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Andrew Ng steps down as CEO of LandingAI, the computer vision startup he founded in 2017, and transitions to executive chairman; ex-COO Dan Maloney is named CEO — Andrew Ng is stepping down from his role as CEO at Landing AI, the computer vision platform he founded in 2017.| Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: |
Q&A with AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio on advocating for AI regulation, his support for California's AI safety bill, AI achieving human-level intelligence, and more — “Unfortunately, we may not have a decade to get this right.” — One of the most influential academics in the AI field worries …
More: Breitbart. X: @shiringhaffary and @shiringhaffary
Forums: r/artificial, r/technology, r/politics, and r/technews
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