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The GSM Association plans to enable E2EE on messages between Android and iOS; Google is working to bring cross-platform E2EE to RCS chats “as soon as possible” — E2EE prevents third parties, like your messaging service or cell carrier, from viewing your texts.| New York Times: |
Instagram unveils Teen Accounts, a sweeping update to boost privacy and limit intrusive effects for under-18 users, including making accounts private by default — The app, which is popular with teenagers, introduced new settings and features aimed at addressing inappropriate online contact and content …
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| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he is concerned about the potential “chilling effect” of AI safety bill SB 1047, which awaits his signature, on AI development — - Governor says he's worried about the impact on competitiveness — Newsom signs other legislation to ban election AI deepfakes
More: San Francisco Business Times, Politico, San Francisco Chronicle, Transformer, and Mercury News. X: @brij
| Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter: |
California Governor Gavin Newsom signs two bills restricting the use of AI replicas of performers, building on protections SAG-AFTRA sought in its 2023 strike — In a symbolic move, the governor visited the Los Angeles headquarters of performers' union SAG-AFTRA to greenlight the legislation …
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| Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times: |
| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Snap unveils new Spectacles that it will lease to Snapchat AR lens developers for a $1,188 one-year commitment, with an improved display and longer battery life — Will developers finally help Snap take AR glasses mainstream? … Snap's fifth-generation Spectacles have a richer, more immersive display.
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BlackRock, GIP, Microsoft, and MGX announce a new AI fund that seeks to raise $30B+ of private equity capital and $100B+ in total investment when including debt — Nvidia and Abu Dhabi-backed MGX will join effort as energy-intensive tech strains power and data grids
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Mozilla says it will shut down its Mastodon server, Mozilla.social, giving users until December 17 to export their data and migrate to another instance — Mozilla is exiting the fediverse. Though the concept of the open social web, also known as the fediverse, has been picking …
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| Victoria Song / The Verge: |
Apple Watch Series 10 review: sleep apnea detection has potential, bigger but not bulky display, and much faster charging, but no blood oxygen feature in the US — The Series 10 bets big on a larger display and a more wearable design. As far as iterative updates go, that's a savvy choice.
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| Sam Sabin / Axios: |
Microsoft: starting in late August, Russian cyber operatives focused on Harris' campaign, with disinfo including videos spread by a site posing as a news outlet — - One claimed to show a group of alleged Harris supporters attacking an assumed Trump rally attendee.
More: Microsoft On the Issues, Reuters, The Hill, Politico, Neowin, Washington Post, KVIA-TV, and CyberScoop
| Tim Culpan / Tim Culpan's Position: |
Sources: Apple's A16 SoC is currently being manufactured at Phase 1 of TSMC's Fab 21 in Arizona in small, but significant, numbers — [Exclusive] The iPhone maker is set to be the first client of TSMC's new Arizona fab — TSMC's first Arizona chips are now in production … | Larry Dignan / Constellation Research: |
Dreamforce 2024 takeaways: Salesforce upgrades all customers from Einstein Copilot to Agentforce, Slack is positioned as an agentic AI-enhanced work OS, more — Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff laid out the company's AI vision, which revolves around autonomous agents working with humans and the end of the “hit or miss” copilot era.
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| Bloomberg: |
The EU picks veteran Finnish lawmaker Henna Virkkunen to take over from Thierry Breton, pending her confirmation; Virkkunen was instrumental in creating the DSA — - Finnish lawmaker Henna Virkkunen was instrumental on DSA — Virkkunen emphasized importance of European competitiveness| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
IBM acquires Kubecost, a FinOps startup launched in 2019 that helps companies monitor and optimize Kubernetes clusters; Kubecost had raised $30M+ in funding — IBM today announced that it has acquired Kubecost, a FinOps startup that helps teams at companies like Allianz, Audi …
More: IBM and SiliconANGLE
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| Bhanvi Satija / Reuters: |
Neuralink says Blindsight, its experimental implant aimed at restoring vision, has received the US FDA's “breakthrough device” designation — Elon Musk's brain-chip startup Neuralink said on Tuesday its implant had received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's “breakthrough device” designation.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Google plans to flag AI-made images with C2PA metadata in “about this image” in Search and integrate C2PA metadata into its ad systems over the coming months — Google is planning to roll out a technology that will identify whether a photo was taken with a camera … | Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg: |
The Pentagon will award $269M to 33 chip research projects across the US via Chips Act funding to bolster semiconductor efforts for the military — - The funding will support 33 projects across 27 states and DC — Recent report urged more consolidation of research efforts
More: Phoenix Business Journal, Proactive, and Inc.com
| Victor Tangermann / Futurism: |
OpenAI confirms fixing an issue “where it appeared as though ChatGPT was starting new conversations”, after users reported ChatGPT was reaching out proactively — “Did you just message me first?” — Over the weekend, a redditor going by the name of SentuBill posted …
More: Forbes, BGR, HackerNoon, ZDNET, Mashable, Tech.co, TechRadar, r/ChatGPT, and Inc.com
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Workday acquires Evisort, an AI-powered contract management service that had raised $155.6M in capital and debt from General Atlantic, TCV, M12, and others — Workday announced on Tuesday that it's acquiring Evisort, an AI-powered contract management platform, for an undisclosed amount.
More: Workday Newsroom, Barron's Online, and Constellation Research
| Reuters: |
EssilorLuxottica and Meta sign a multiyear deal to keep developing smart eyewear into the 2030s, after creating two generations of Ray-Ban glasses since 2019 — EssilorLuxottica (ESLX.PA) said on Tuesday it had extended its partnership with Meta Platforms (META.O) by agreeing a 10-year deal to continue developing smart eyewear.
More: Essilor, 9to5Google, How-To Geek, Investor's Business Daily, The Information, Engadget, PCMag, Wall Street Journal, Neowin, The Verge, and WWD
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