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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
What to expect from Apple's September 9 event: four iPhone 16 models, two AirPods models, Apple Watch Series 10 with a thin body, Apple Intelligence, and more  —  Company also planning major updates for AirPods and watches. … The event kicks off from Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, California, on Sept. 9 at 10 a.m. local time.
Mia Sato / The Verge:
Telegram says the app's source code has not changed, and its FAQ has been changed only to make it clearer how to report content on Telegram, including via DSA  —  Telegram has quietly removed language from its FAQ page saying private chats were protected and that “we do not process any requests related to them.”
The Guardian:
Pavel Durov calls his arrest by French authorities “misguided” and denies Telegram is an “anarchic paradise”, in his first public comments since his detention  —  Russian-born billionaire detained last month in France denies app is ‘anarchic paradise’
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Telegram passes 10M paid subscribers and removes People Nearby, saying the feature was used by less than 0.1% of users and had “issues with bots and scammers”
Carl Franzen / VentureBeat:
HyperWrite CEO unveils Reflection 70B, based on Llama 3.1 70B Instruct and trained using reflection-tuning, and says it beats GPT-4o in all benchmarks tested  —  There's a new king in town: Matt Shumer, co-founder and CEO of AI writing startup HyperWrite, today unveiled Reflection 70B …
Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post:
YouTube takes down Tenet Media and four other channels after the US DOJ alleged that Russia was paying US right-wing political influencers to produce content  —  YouTube “terminated” Tenet Media and other channels run by Lauren Chen, a conservative influencer linked to allegations that Russia paid for right-wing content in the U.S.
Chris McKay / Maginative:
Replit launches Replit Agent, an AI agent that can build entire apps from scratch based on prompts, available in beta to Replit Core and Teams subscribers  —  Replit has launched an AI agent capable of building entire applications from scratch.  This isn't just another copilot coding assistant …
Kourtnee Jackson / CNET:
An interview with Bill Gates about “What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates”, an upcoming five-part Netflix docuseries examining AI, misinformation, and more  —  I spoke with the tech pioneer about his new Netflix docuseries that touches on artificial intelligence, global warming and more.
Ryan Browne / CNBC:
The UK CMA objects to Google's ad tech practices, saying Google harmed competition by using its online display ad dominance “to favour its own ad tech services”  —  LONDON — Britain's competition watchdog on Friday issued a statement of objections over Google's ad tech practices …
Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump says Elon Musk has agreed to lead a government efficiency commission, which would let Musk influence federal agencies that regulate his companies  —  Leading a government efficiency commission would give Musk influence over the federal agencies that regulate his empire, including SpaceX and Tesla
Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
The judge in the Google monopoly ruling says he'll take until August 2025 to determine remedies in the case and asks the DOJ to propose fixes by the end of 2024  —  After ruling against Google last month, Judge Amit P. Mehta said he would take until next August to determine fixes that the company must make.
Reuters:
Sources: Qualcomm has explored acquiring portions of Intel's design business, especially Intel's client PC design business, as Intel struggles to generate cash  —  Qualcomm (QCOM.O) has explored the possibility of acquiring portions of Intel's (INTC.O) design business to boost …
Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central:
A look at Honor's AI defocus tech, which aims to solve myopia with daily use and is available on the Honor MagicPad 2 tablet and Honor Magic V3 foldable phone  —  Honor's AI defocus tech aims to solve myopia with devices you use every day.  —  Until last year, I was a person who never needed to wear glasses.
More: Gizchina.com
Simon Hill / Wired:
A review of Honor's Magic V3, a foldable phone that is thinner than the Galaxy Z Fold6 when folded and open, launching for £1,699 in the UK and €1,999 in the EU

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Airbnb says New York City's law on short-term rentals has had “predictable” outcomes one year later, as rent prices remain high and housing availability low
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Meta not disclosing which select creators it pays to post on Threads undermines trust in everyone's motivations, as users assume others are “engagement farming”

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Cristina Criddle / Financial Times:
X VP of Global Affairs Nick Pickles is leaving the company after a decade in which he fought multiple political battles and engaged with regulators worldwide
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
The US and allies reveal that hacker group Cadet Blizzard is part of Russia's GRU Unit 29155, which is responsible for coup attempts, assassinations, and more
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google rolls out Ask Photos, the Gemini-powered search feature in Google Photos announced at I/O in May 2024, in “early access” to select customers in the US
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
The US, the UK, the EU, and others sign a Council of Europe treaty to ensure that AI use is “fully consistent with human rights, democracy and the rule of law”
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