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| Kate Knibbs / Wired: |
The Internet Archive loses its appeal of a US district court ruling that favored publishers in a copyright dispute over the nonprofit's ebook lending program — The legal battle was spurred by book publishers objecting to the archive's digital lending library.
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X: @publisherswkly, @vanderhoofy, @future_of_music, @tyleralbertario, @spencerbeswick, @firewalkwjaime, @adamquinn__, @cremieuxrecueil, @neilturkewitz, @internetarchive, @paulskallas, @msmaggiemayhem, @mcmansionhell, @fbfishslap, @devlinhartline, @andymcnulty90, @alexeyguzey, @notjessewalker, @tjstiles_author, @knibbs, and @draculavoice
| Reuters: |
Safe Superintelligence, co-founded by ex-OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, raised $1B from a16z, Sequoia, DST, and others, sources say at a $5B valuation — Safe Superintelligence (SSI), newly co-founded by OpenAI's former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, has raised $1 billion in cash …
More: Ars Technica, Silicon Valley Business …, PitchBook, BetaKit, Decrypt, SiliconANGLE, Financial Times, PYMNTS.com, Maginative, Nairametrics, Wccftech, The Stack, The Information, Quartz, Cointelegraph, Bloomberg, and VentureBeat
Threads: @moskov, @crumbler, and @karaswisher
X: @ssi, @ilyasut, @krishnanrohit, @natfriedman, @bindureddy, @ashleevance, @altryne, and @ashleevance. LinkedIn: Jonas Schuett
Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, and r/mlscaling
| Max A. Cherney / Reuters: |
Sources: Intel's contract manufacturing business has suffered a setback after tests with chipmaker Broadcom using Intel's advanced 18A chipmaking process failed — Intel's (INTC.O) contract manufacturing business has suffered a setback after tests with chipmaker Broadcom (AVGO.O) failed …
More: SiliconANGLE, Phoenix Business Journal, Tom's Hardware, The Verge, Digital Trends, ExtremeTech, Engadget, Wccftech, Benzinga, and TechPowerUp
X: @benbajarin. LinkedIn: Max A. Cherney. Forums: r/intel, r/hardware, r/wallstreetbets, and r/AMD_Stock
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Mastodon: @darkuncle@infosec.exchange. X: @gartenberg, @stevesi, @stevesi, @witeken, and @stratechery. Forums: Hacker News
| Bloomberg: |
Nvidia says it has inquired with the US DOJ and hasn't been subpoenaed, following a report that it had received a subpoena from the DOJ over antitrust concerns — - Bloomberg reported on the antitrust investigation Tuesday — Nvidia says it has been in contact with the Justice Department
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X: @amir, @cnbc, @morningbrew, @morningbrew, and @edludlow
Forums: r/technology, r/wallstreetbets, and r/wallstreetbets
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: SpaceX has moved to evacuate employees from Brazil and warned others against traveling to the country, as Elon Musk battles Brazil's top court over X — The moves show how Musk's legal dispute about X is affecting SpaceX and its Starlink satellite-internet service
More: Reuters. Mastodon: @parismarx@mastodon.online and @dogzilla@masto.deluma.biz. Bluesky: @clemens.vasters.com. X: @micahmaidenberg
Forums: Hacker News, r/space, and r/technology
| Rhian Lubin / The Independent: |
Elon Musk, in an eventually deleted X post, promoted a Tucker Carlson interview with a Hitler apologist who downplayed the Holocaust and said Nazis were humane — Self-proclaimed historian Darryl Cooper claimed Winston Churchill ‘was the villain of Second World War’ and that millions …
More: Newsweek, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, New Republic, Newsweek, Mediaite, The Daily Beast, and Haaretz
Threads: @crumbler, @pkafka, @crumbler, @ronaldfilipkowski, @theromit, @renee.diresta, @karaswisher, @tweet_removed, @chosennj, and @thetnholler
Bluesky: @legalminimum.bsky.social, @katzonearth.bsky.social, @osullyville.bsky.social, and @brokentoys.social
X: @tuckercarlson, @3yearletterman, @mcuban, @jason_kint, @sethdillon, @carlquintanilla, @joelpollak, @liz_cheney, @rpsagainsttrump, @rmac18, @morten, @noahpinion, @p_kallioniemi, @realcarrickryan, and @elonmusk
Forums: r/WhitePeopleTwitter, r/inthenews, and r/Jewish
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Google releases Android 15, making its source code available on the Android Open Source Project; supported Pixel devices will get the new OS in the coming weeks — Google announced on Tuesday it's releasing Android 15 and making its source code available ahead of the coming consumer launch …
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Mastodon: @abraham@indieweb.social. X: @davey_burke, @mishaalrahman, @mishaalrahman, @androiddev, @mishaalrahman, @mishaalrahman, @androiddev, @androiddev, @androiddev, @yabhishekhd, @mishaalrahman, @grapheneos, @seangchau, @samsonsirji, @yabhishekhd, @androiddev, and @mishaalrahman. LinkedIn: Yvonne Ellefson
| Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority: |
Sources: OSOM, the smartphone company founded by former Essential employees, is shutting down later this week, after a lawsuit alleged its CEO misused funds — OSOM is effectively closing up shop later this week and laying off most of its employees. — • — TL;DR| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Qualcomm announces its first eight-core Snapdragon X Plus chips, which will ship in new Asus Zenbook S 15 and Dell Inspiron 14 laptops that start at $899 each — Today, the company's announcing its first 8-core Snapdragon X Plus chips, which will feature in a new Asus Zenbook S 15 and Dell Inspiron 14 that'll retail for $899 each.
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X: @tomwarren, @mobilepeter, @maxwinebach, @tomwarren, @charlesarthur, @maxwinebach, @markhachman, @markhachman, and @markhachman. LinkedIn: Scott W.
| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
Anthropic launches Claude Enterprise, offering a context window of 500,000 tokens, higher rate limits, and GitHub integration, but refuses to disclose the price — Anthropic is launching a new subscription plan for its AI chatbot, Claude, catered towards enterprise customers …
More: PYMNTS.com, Computerworld, Cryptopolitan, Wall Street Journal, The Decoder, Fast Company, VentureBeat, AIM, and CNBC
| David Ingram / NBC News: |
Meta's Oversight Board rules that the phrase “from the river to the sea” is not necessarily hate speech when addressing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — The independent board said the phrase has ‘multiple meanings’ and is important to political speech on Instagram and Facebook.
More: Oversight Board, The Verge, New York Sun, Washington Post, Reuters, The Times of Israel, New York Post, CNN, Times of India, Axios, CTech, Tech Xplore, The Hill, and Meta
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Forums: r/NewsAndPolitics and r/Global_News_Hub
| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
The UK CMA says Microsoft's acquihire of Inflection's team doesn't cause competition concerns, and won't pursue an investigation, but calls the deal a merger — Good news for Microsoft: The U.K.'s antitrust regulator says that the tech titan's high-profile acquihire of the team behind AI startup Inflection …
More: LinkedIn, Computerworld, The Register, iTnews, Cryptopolitan, CIO Dive, London Evening Standard, Thurrott, Neowin, and CNBC
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| Kevin Breuninger / CNBC: |
Shares of Truth Social's parent TMTG continue to slide, as the expiration date nears for a lockup agreement preventing Trump and others from selling their stock — Trump Media shares on Wednesday closed below where they stood at the end of 2023, as the Truth Social maker's stock continued … | Reuters: |
Ireland's DPC ends court proceedings against X, after X agreed to limit its use of personal data collected from EU users to train its AI on a permanent basis — Ireland's data regulator on Wednesday said it had ended court proceedings against social media platform X after it agreed to limit …
More: Engadget, Bloomberg, The Cyber Express, Cryptopolitan, Irish Independent, and The Record
| Isaiah Poritz / Bloomberg Law: |
A US court grants X a preliminary injunction against California's AB 587, which requires disclosure of moderation policies, reversing a lower court decision — Search by Topic — X Corp. convinced a federal appeals court that a California law requiring social media companies to disclose … | Forbes: |
Bolt's Ryan Breslow thanked 13 investors in an email for supporting a $450M Series F, but some say they hadn't given support; BlackRock moves to block the round — The Bolt founder claimed a group of investors had signed off on the company's chaotic $450 million raise, but some said they hadn't.| Tom Henderson / Insider Gaming: |
Ubisoft's stock fell 10%+ to an almost 10-year low in the past two days, giving it a market cap of €1.99B, following the lukewarm reception to Star Wars Outlaws — Ubisoft stock prices have tanked by over 10% in the past two days following a lukewarm reception to Star Wars Outlaws.
More: Reuters, Video Games Chronicle, TheGamer, Bespin Bulletin, and Gamereactor UK
Forums: r/xbox, r/kindafunny, r/GhostRecon, r/fuckubisoft, r/ubisoft, r/KotakuInAction, and r/Games
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Spotify expands daylist, a free personalized playlist that evolves throughout the day depending on listening habits, globally and adds support for 14 languages — Spotify is launching daylist globally. It's a personalized playlist that evolves throughout the day depending on your listening habits.
More: Spotify, How-To Geek, Billboard, Mashable, iPhone in Canada Blog, MakeUseOf, Cybernews.com, Android Authority, Music Ally, and Axios
LinkedIn: Gautam Talwar and Francesco Stumpo
| Juby Babu / Reuters: |
C3.ai reports Q1 revenue up 21% YoY to $87.2M, vs. $86.9M est., and subscription revenue up 20% YoY to $73.5M, vs. $79.1M est.; its stock falls 16%+ after hours — C3.ai (AI.N) missed quarterly subscription revenue estimates on Wednesday, as enterprises tightened spending amid economic uncertainties …
More: Benzinga, C3 AI, Bloomberg, Proactive, and Constellation Research
X: @alphasenseinc, @mikelongterm, @ajilling, @kross_roads, @kross_roads, and @c3_ai
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers detail a side-channel attack, which requires ~$11K worth of equipment and can be used to clone all YubiKeys running firmware prior to version 5.7 — Sophisticated attack breaks security assurances of the most popular FIDO key. — The YubiKey 5, the most widely used hardware token …
More: NinjaLab, Yubico, NinjaLab, Tom's Hardware, SC Media, Yubico, TechRadar, BleepingComputer, ZDNET, Metacurity, Security Boulevard, and Terence Eden's Blog
Mastodon: @SecurityWriter@infosec …, @dmnelson@mastodon.social, @jalefkowit@vmst.io, and @dangoodin@infosec.exchange
X: @atoonk, @aselawaid, @topquark, @stef_van_dop, @krutikvirani, @allaboutclait, @hackinglz, @cryptadamist, and @seedsigner
LinkedIn: Todd Thiemann, Graham G., Per-Torben Sørensen, Rafał Fitt, Philippe Caturegli, Simon Geary, Steve D., Pascal Junod, and Dan Conn
Forums: Hacker News, r/netsec, r/technology, Beehaw, Lobsters, and Ars OpenForum
| CNN: |
The US DOJ seizes 32 internet domains used in Russian influence campaigns, as part of efforts to tackle Russian interference in the 2024 US elections — The Biden administration announced a sweeping set of actions to tackle a major Russian government-backed effort to influence …
More: U.S. Department …, US Department of Justice, US Department of Justice, Mother Jones, The Hill, PCMag, Washington Post, Associated Press, Talking Points Memo, The Record, The Verge, BleepingComputer, Engadget, Financial Times, CyberScoop, The Guardian, US Department of Justice, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, CNBC, Bloomberg, Telegraph, Forbes, Times of India, USA Today, Sydney Morning Herald, Reuters, Telegraph, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, Deutsche Welle, Wall Street Journal, CBS News, CBC News, Axios, ABC News, Sky News, Wired, PBS NewsHour, CNN, NBC News, CBS News, Associated Press, Defense One, Atlantic Council, Public Radio of Armenia, The Kyiv Independent, BBC News on YouTube, New Republic, Mediaite, UPI, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, Scripps News, The Independent, The Daily Dot, New York Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Agence France-Presse, Fox News, US Department of Justice, Reuters, The Tennessean, Deadline, KFTC-TV, USA Today, NPR, Semafor, DeviceSecurity.io, Le Monde.fr, Nextgov/FCW, Tampa Free Press, Mediaite, New York Times, and CBS News
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Mastodon: @protecttruth@mastodon.online and @metacurity@infosec.exchange
X: @bennyjohnson, @thejusticedept, @arictoler, @thejusticedept, @gldivittorio, @thejusticedept, @itsmelissabrown, @emptywheel, @emptywheel, @alecluhn, @itsmelissabrown, @lopezmotorscars, @ariehkovler, @capitolhunters, @donie, @capitolhunters, @justinbaragona, @joeperticone, @willsommer, @oneunderscore__, @willsommer, @andycat3, @taylorlorenz, @jaredlholt, @bradmossesq, @itsmelissabrown, @willsommer, @shanlonwu, @sewingdilemma, @willsommer, @arictoler, @willsommer, @rolandsmartin, @muellershewrote, @semaforben, @lrozen, @mtaibbi, @lrozen, @christogrozev, @eelarson, @thetnholler, @eelarson, @arictoler, @eelarson, @stevanzetti, @yashar, @emptywheel, @alanfeuer, @aaronblake, and @alanfeuer
Forums: r/Destiny, r/politics, r/inthenews, r/ActiveMeasures, and r/worldnews
| Min Jeong Lee / BNN Bloomberg: |
Tokyo-based Sakana AI, which unveiled several AI models for Japanese speakers, raised a $100M Series A led by NEA, Khosla, and Lux, with Nvidia participating — (Bloomberg) — Nvidia Corp. has joined a $100 million-plus funding round for Tokyo startup Sakana AI, one of the larger investments … | TechCrunch: |
X debuts a beta TV app “on several app stores”, like for Amazon Fire TV and Google TV, to court advertisers, creators, and partners to a “video-first platform” — Years ago, Twitter tried but eventually walked away from building TV apps after getting a lukewarm reception.| Anna J Kaiser / Bloomberg: |
Sources: a16z shut its Miami office in May 2024 because staff weren't using it enough; VC funding to Miami-based startups has flagged since 2022's crypto rout — When Andreessen Horowitz opened an outpost in Miami Beach, the $43 billion venture capital giant bolstered the region's ambitions of becoming a tropical tech mecca.
More: Fortune, PYMNTS.com, and San Francisco Business Times
Mastodon: @selviano@mastodon.online. Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social. X: @thestalwart, @levynews, @downi75, and @berber_jin1
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
In July 29 comments to the UK CMA, Microsoft says Apple's App Review Guidelines changes aren't enough for it to operate a native Xbox Cloud Gaming app for iOS — Earlier this year Apple started opening up its App Store to game streaming services like Xbox Cloud Gaming and GeForce Now …
More: UK CMA, iLounge, MacRumors, and iMore
Threads: @grantjallen. X: @tomwarren, @zhugeex, @lshimazakijp, @macrumors, @leakerapple, and @tomwarren
Forums: Hacker News, r/GeForceNOW, and r/apple
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