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Kenya's interior ministry suspended the local activities of Worldcoin while government agencies assess public safety risks; local media reports 350K+ signed up
- Worldcoin says it has measures safeguarding privacy — Kenyan authorities say will investigate Worldcoin's authenticity
Nintendo reports Q1 revenue up 50% YoY to ~$2.9B and profit up 52% YoY to ~$1.3B, boosted by the Super Mario Bros. Movie and new Zelda; Switch sales hit 3.91M
- Nintendo reported revenue for the June quarter of 461.34 billion yen ($3.2 billion), rising 50% year-on-year.
Amit Yoran, the CEO of cyber risk management company Tenable, says Microsoft partially fixed a critical Azure bug that would let hackers access sensitive data
Cybersecurity veteran Amit Yoran says Microsoft has a culture of toxic obfuscation when it comes to addressing security threats.
The IRS says that, by 2025, taxpayers will be able to file every major tax form online, and all paper returns will be digitized
Major improvements to online tools could speed up refunds by four weeks for American who currently mail documents to the tax agency, officials said
India restricts the import of laptops, tablets, PCs, and servers with immediate effect; analysts say the move seems designed to boost local tech manufacturing
India restricted import of laptops, tablets, other personal computers and servers with immediate effect on Thursday …
France's AFP sues X in Paris, saying the company refused to discuss potential content distribution payments under a 2019 law; Elon Musk calls the move “bizarre”
said on Wednesday it filed a lawsuit in Paris against Elon Musk's X social media platform, formerly known as Twitter …
Sources: US DOJ officials are weighing fraud charges against Binance but worry that an indictment could cause a run on the exchange like the one that befell FTX
U.S. Department of Justice officials are considering fraud charges against crypto exchange Binance, but are concerned about the cost …
IBM, HuggingFace, and NASA release an open-source geospatial foundation model to build climate and Earth science AIs that can track deforestation and more
The open-source model will serve as the basis for future forest, crop and climate change-monitoring AI.
Kickstarter plans to require creators to disclose the use of AI tools in their projects or if the projects intend to develop AI tech, starting on August 29
As generative AI enters the mainstream, crowdfunding platform Kickstarter has struggled to formulate a policy that satisfies parties on all sides of the debate.
AMD announces the Radeon Pro W7600 for $599, $50 cheaper than its predecessor, and W7500 for $429, both based on the new Navi 33 GPU, available later in Q3
As AMD continues to launch their full graphics product stacks based on their latest RDNA 3 architecture GPUs, the company is now preparing …
Hong Kong grants its first crypto license under its new rules to HashKey Exchange, legalizing retail trading as officials seek to foster a global crypto hub
- Hong Kong is seeking to develop a digital-asset center — City's pivot has received a guarded welcome from firms
Internal document: Meta sold 300K Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses since the September 2021 launch through February 2023, but the device only had about 27K MAUs
Company plans second generation as less than 10% of devices purchased are used monthly — The Ray-Ban smart glasses launched …
How some people use “date-me docs”, online documents akin to newspaper personal ads, to look for more meaningful connections than those found in dating apps
Writers of the online text profiles, which can read like 1,000-word versions of the personal ads of yore … Twitter: @stephmui , @lazerwalker , @taylr , @lioninawhat , @sdho , and @abiylfoyp Forums: Ha...
Some experts say trolls who built businesses and media careers on Twitter have had to escalate shock value tactics as the audience of “normal people” shrinks
Elon Musk's business model depends on “triggering” liberals — but he's now running out of progressives to bait Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to , @timfordwrites@mstdn.ca , and @bruno_j_navarro … . Blues...
Intel files an application to significantly expand its Oregon campus, currently home to 22K workers, slated to begin as soon as 2025; the last upgrade cost $3B
Intel has filed a permit application that outlines significant expansion plans for its campus near Hillsboro, Oregon.
Microsoft researchers: Russia-linked hackers are behind “highly targeted” social engineering attacks affecting fewer than 40 global organizations since late May
A Russian government-linked hacking group took aim at dozens of global organizations with a campaign …
An in-depth look at GPU supply and demand, particularly Nvidia H100s, how a reliance on TSMC causes bottlenecks, H100 clients, Nvidia's allocations, and more
Introduction — As of August 2023, it seems AI might be bottlenecked by the supply of GPUs. … Is There Really A Bottleneck? Twitter: @nixcraft , @thestalwart , @mhdempsey , @wholemarsblog , and @lpol...
India cutting off internet in Manipur state on May 4 after ethnic conflict broke out did not quell the violence and provided cover for murders, rapes, and arson
Since May 4, the Indian government has shut off the internet in Manipur, giving cover to murders, rapes, and arson. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to . Twitter: @peterguest , @shakirmir , and @gregwillia...
As Dutch e-bike maker VanMoof goes bankrupt, owners of its $2,000+ bikes worry over replacing proprietary parts and losing important app-enabled bike functions
VanMoof's sleek electric bikes attracted fans, but the Dutch company's demise has left owners unable to get repairs and worried that app-enabled functions may stop working.
Interviews with people at Worldcoin sign-up booths in Nairobi, Bengaluru, and Hong Kong find many scanned their irises to receive the WLD bonuses, an “easy $50”
Meta releases AudioCraft, an open-source AI tool that lets users create music and sounds via text prompts, consisting of MusicGen, AudioGen, and EnCodec models
rather than “don't tell anyone” web-scale scraped. See Model cards for links: https://audiocraft.metademolab.com/ [image] @metaai : AudioCraft consists of three models: MusicGen, AudioGen & EnCodec. T...
As Meta starts blocking news links and sharing on Facebook and Instagram in Canada, a look at the harm that Bill C-18 will do to the country's media sector
https://www.michaelgeist.ca/ ... … Twitter: Michael Geist / @mgeist : My post on Meta now blocking news on its platforms in Canada. Despite assurances from the industry it was just a bluff, this outco...
Twitch expands its ban on livestreams of gambling content to include online casinos Blaze and Gamdom; gambling viewership dropped ~75% after its bans in 2022
Amazon-owned Twitch said Wednesday it's expanding the ban on livestreams of gambling content on the platform.
Miami-based Lula, which offers insurance products to car sharing, trucking, and other industries, raised a $35.5M Series B, following an $18M Series A in 2021
Lula, a startup which aims to be the ‘Stripe for insurance,’ has raised $35.5 million in a Series B funding round after experiencing a massive surge in customers.
Apple says Apple Card's savings account, which has had a 4.15% interest rate since its April 2023 launch with partner Goldman Sachs, has topped $10B in deposits
https://www.cultofmac.com/... Twitter: Simon Khalaf / @simonkhalaf : If anyone has a doubt how powerful embedded finance is, just read this https://9to5mac.com/... Neil Cybart / @neilcybart : Apple PR...
Patreon temporarily disables Payoneer payments after some creators were unable to access their earnings and some subscriber payments are flagged as fraudulent
Two simultaneous issues with payments on Patreon are causing problems for both creators and fans.
Instagram launches a feature to protect users from unwanted images and videos in DMs: users are limited to one text-only request to those they don't follow
Instagram is launching a new feature that is designed to better protect users from unwanted images and videos in DMs, the company announced on Thursday.
Google updates its generative AI-based Search Generative Experience with more multimedia, faster responses, and additional context for links in its summary box
Multimedia content has been rewarded significantly in the most recent algorithm updates … Forums: Msmash / Slashdot : Google's AI Search is Getting More Video and Better Links
As the UK announces its National Semiconductor Strategy advisory panel, tech minister Paul Scully says the country plans to focus on chip design over subsidies
story today by @CristinaCriddle @ft https://t.co/... Luke / @l_account0 : UK's tech minister admits that “we are not going to recreate Taiwan in south Wales”. Well yes - this shouldn't ever have even ...
CoreWeave, a specialized cloud service for GPU workloads, raised a $2.3B debt facility collateralized by Nvidia chips; CoreWeave raised $421M in equity in 2023
Specialized cloud provider CoreWeave has raised $2.3 billion in a debt facility led by Magnetar Capital and Blackstone (BX.N) …
German chipmaker Infineon plans to spend a further €5B to build more capacity in Malaysia, for a €7B total investment, to capitalize on growing EV chips demand
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Indian tax authorities move ahead with a 28% online gaming tax, effective from October 1, despite top investors and over 100 companies asking for changes
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Coinbase plans to open Base, its layer-2 blockchain built on Optimism's OP Stack, to the public on August 9 and launches an Ethereum bridge
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PayPal reports Q2 revenue up 7% YoY to $7.3B, total payment volume up 11% YoY to $376.5B, and a 21.4% operating margin, below its 22% forecast; PYPL drops 10%+
Hopin, the struggling virtual events startup valued at $7.75B in August 2021, sells its Events and Session units to RingCentral; CEO Johnny Boufarhat steps down
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Qualcomm reports Q3 revenue down 23% YoY to $8.45B, vs. $8.5B est., handset chip revenue down 25% YoY to $5.26B, and net income down 52% YoY to $1.8B
Meta and the UFC partner to offer a UFC-themed experience in Horizon Worlds, letting users watch 4K, 180-degree streams of fights, play games, and more
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Roblox CEO David Baszucki says Roblox's open beta on Meta's Quest headsets, launched on July 27, has already been downloaded “well over” 1M times
another step towards Roblox everywhere, on all devices. @nathievr : the retention rate of Quest must be going through the roof right now Robert Scoble / @scobleizer : Meta's virtual world looking way ...
DoorDash reports Q2 revenue up 33% YoY to $2.13B, vs. $2.06B est., net loss down 35% YoY to $172M, above est., and orders up 25% YoY to 532M
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Robinhood reports Q2 revenue up 53% YoY and up 10% QoQ to $486M, trading revenue down 18% QoQ to $31M, and crypto assets flat QoQ at ~$11.5M; HOOD drops 5%+
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An overview of AI policy ideas that US policymakers are considering, from new rules and government agencies to additional funding for AI research and education
Dylan Matthews / Vox : Twitter: @bryanrwalsh , @voxdotcom , @dylanmatt , and @dylanmatt . LinkedIn: Divyansh Kaushik Twitter: Bryan Walsh / @bryanrwalsh : In Future Perfect, @dylanmatt has all you wo...
Endor Labs, which offers code and pipeline governance tools, raised a $70M Series A led by Lightspeed, just 10 months after launching
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Shopify reports Q2 revenue up 31% YoY to $1.7B, vs. $1.62B est., a $146M operating income, vs. a $42M loss YoY, and GMV up 17% YoY to $55B, vs. $53.34B est.
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