Google says it won't be “deprecating third-party cookies” in Chrome and will instead keep working on “privacy-preserving alternatives” via Privacy Sandbox APIs
After much back and forth, Google has decided to keep third-party cookies in its Chrome browser.
Israeli cybersecurity startup Wiz walks away from Google's $23B acquisition offer; Wiz CEO Assaf Rappaport tells staff that Wiz will pursue an IPO as planned
Wiz has walked away from a $23 billion deal to be acquired by Google, in what would have been the search giant's largest ever deal …
Leaked images show the upcoming “Google TV Streamer”, a set-top box with a pill-shaped design, to replace the dongle form factor, and an updated, longer remote
Back in April, we revealed that Google is working on a sequel to the Chromecast with Google TV (4K) …
FlightAware: Reeling from CrowdStrike-related outages, Delta has canceled 5,000+ flights since Friday, including 1,159 flights on Monday and 400+ on Tuesday
Delta Air Lines (DAL.N) CEO Ed Bastian on Monday said it will take the U.S. carrier another couple of days before its operations recover …
The US SEC approves spot ether ETFs from 21Shares, Bitwise, BlackRock, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton, VanEck, and Invesco Galaxy, which can now start trading
- Registration statements become effective on Monday for firms vying for a spot Ethereum exchange-traded fund, marking the final sign-off for those products to begin trading.
Spotify reports Q2 revenue up 20% YoY to €3.8B, MAUs up 14% YoY to 626M, subscribers up 12% YoY to 246M, above est., and €266M operating income; SPOT jumps 12%+
Spotify Technology SA shares surged to their highest in more than three years on Tuesday after the Swedish audio …
Dragos details a sample of Russia-linked malware used in a hack in January 2024 to target a heating utility in Lviv, Ukraine, cutting service to 600 buildings
The code, the first of its kind, was used to sabotage a heating utility in Lviv at the coldest point in the year …
Amazon begins rolling out a new UI for Prime Video to help distinguish content included with Prime, update its navigation bar, manage subscriptions, and more
And the new UI specifically addresses something that's annoyed Prime Video users for years: Now, according to Amazon …
Intel says “elevated operating voltage” is causing “instability issues” in some Core 13th and 14th Gen desktop processors, and plans to release a fix in August
Patch is on the way. — Intel has announced that it has found the root cause of the crashing issues plaguing its CPUs.
Meta debuts Llama 3.1 405B, the “first frontier-level open source AI model”, as well as new Llama 3.1 70B and 8B models, and says it's working on Llama 4
The Meta CEO defends both his open source strategy and a massive investment in artificial intelligence.
Google Research and others detail NeuralGCM, a model that combines ML and existing weather forecasting to make a breakthrough in accurate long-range predictions
Advances in predictions promised by machine learning matched with physics in latest model involving Google
CrowdStrike says a Falcon sensor configuration update on Windows triggered a logic error that resulted in a system crash and BSOD, remediated after 78 minutes
Sources: Amazon lost $25B+ on its devices business between 2017 and 2021, and its plan to sell hardware at a lower price and make money elsewhere hasn't worked
Amazon.com's Echo speakers are the type of business success companies don't want: a widely purchased product that is also a giant money loser.
India plans to cut import duty on mobile phones and some key parts from 20% to 15%, a move that will directly benefit Apple, as part of its 2024/2025 budget
India announced it will cut import duty on mobile phones and some key parts to 15% from 20%, a move that will directly benefit Apple …
GM says Cruise restarted test operations in three US cities after a vehicle dragged a pedestrian in October 2023, and suspends developing its Cruise Origin cab
General Motors said the self-driving division's cars will operate in Dallas, Houston and Phoenix after an accident last year.
Adobe rolls out new Illustrator features like Generative Shape Fill, powered by Firefly Vector 2, now in public beta, alongside new and updated Photoshop tools
Adobe is introducing some new tools and generative AI features to its Illustrator and Photoshop design software that aim to help speed up creative workflows.
Sources: Apple is working on a foldable, clamshell design iPhone that could launch as soon as 2026, and has reached out to component suppliers in recent months
Apple is working on a foldable iPhone that could be released as early as 2026 and in recent months reached out to suppliers …
Netflix last week said it's developing 80 games, most are “interactive narrative games” based on its IP, and will debut one per month; Netflix offers 100+ games
Netflix could be on its way to becoming one of the most prolific video game publishers in the industry.
A profile of Nick Pickles, who has recently been promoted to X's VP of global affairs; sources say Pickles has become the right-hand man to CEO Linda Yaccarino
Ex-music photographer promoted as right-hand man to X chief Linda Yaccarino tasked with fighting company's political battles
Posh, an iOS app that offers a TikTok-like vertical feed of events, raised a $22M Series A, taking its total funding to $31M, and claims 2M registered users
Platforms like TikTok and Spotify have experimented with events on their platforms. But rather than concentrating on concerts …
A five-month FCC investigation finds AT&T's February 2024 outage that lasted 12+ hours blocked 92M+ voice calls and prevented 25K+ attempts to reach 911
David Shepardson / Reuters :
Vancouver-based Clio, which makes cloud tools to help law firms run more efficiently, raised a $900M Series F at a $3B valuation, up from $1.6B in April 2021
Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch :
SAP reports Q2 cloud revenue up 25% YoY to €4.15B, revenue up 10% YoY to €8.29B, a €918M net profit, and says a “restructuring” will affect ~10,000 jobs
In the second quarter, SAP's strong cloud momentum continued. Lindsay Clark / The Register : Now as many as 10,000 SAP jobs to be hit by restructure Sonja Wind / Bloomberg : SAP Shares Jump After AI D...
The EU opens an in-depth investigation into Delivery Hero and its Spanish subsidiary Glovo to determine if they may have illegally colluded with each other
Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg :
An investigation shows how pedophiles groom children using Roblox, a problem exacerbated by Roblox not collecting any personal information beyond a user's age
Bloomberg :
A Telegram for Android zero-day, patched on July 11, let attackers send malicious Android APK payloads as video files; the exploit was for sale from June 6
Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer :
AMD President Victor Peng, who rejoined the chipmaker in 2022 following its acquisition of Xilinx, where he served as CEO, plans to retire on August 30, 2024
SVP of AI group Vamsi Boppana will lead AMD's AI business Paul Lilly / HotHardware : AMD President, AI Strategy Leader And Former Xilinx CEO Victor Peng Is Retiring Dylan Martin / CRN : AMD President,...
The EU tells Meta its “pay or consent” model for Facebook and Instagram may violate consumer protection laws, giving Meta until September 1 to propose changes
NXP Semiconductors reports Q2 revenue down 5% YoY to $3.13B, automotive chip sales down 7% YoY, and forecasts Q3 revenue below $3.35B est.; NXPI drops 9%+
‘NXP Has Successfully Navigated The Cyclical Trough ... And We Expect To Resume Sequential Growth’ Joe Woelfel / Barron's Online : These Stocks Are Moving the Most Today: Tesla, Alphabet, CrowdStrike,...
Mozilla and AI Forensics: TikTok Lite, launched in 2018 and aimed at poorer markets, leaves AI-generated content unlabeled and lacks other similar safeguards
How TikTok Lite Sacrifices User Protections in the Global Majority Anne-Laure Dufeal / Brussels Signal : TikTok Lite ‘fails to protect users’, claims Mozilla and AI Forensics report
Scientists hunt for clues about China's supercomputing progress as Chinese scientists turn secretive and stop participating in the Top500, after US sanctions
Big machines are critical for developing weapons and AI, so scientists hunt for clues about Chinese progress @stuwoo https://www.wsj.com/... https://www.wsj.com/...
Malaysia plans to require social and messaging apps to register for a renewable license starting late 2024; Singapore asks online platforms to curb scams
Nikkei Asia :
Sources: TikTok plans to launch TikTok Shop in Spain and Ireland as early as October; the rollout will be smaller than previously envisioned amid EU scrutiny
Bloomberg :
A rare look inside Iconiq Growth two months after the firm closed a $5.75B fund, its largest ever and 42% larger than its previous fund
Jessica Mathews / Fortune :
Wa'ed Ventures, the $500M venture arm of Saudi Aramco, made its first investment in South Korea, putting $15M in AI chipmaker Rebellions
Bloomberg :
Monarch Tractor, which makes autonomous electric tractors, raised a $133M Series C co-led by Astanor and HH-CTBC Partnership at a $500M+ valuation
Sean O'Kane / TechCrunch :
Swiss computer hardware maker Logitech reports Q2 revenue up 12% YoY to $4.34B and expects 2024 sales up 1% to 3%, up from 0% to 2% previously forecast
Paula Doenecke / Bloomberg :
An interview with AMD's Mike Clark, who has worked on AMD's CPU architectures for 31 years and led Zen development through all of its five generations
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