A look at the flood of “fancam” Kamala Harris videos and memes on short-form video platforms, echoing the “meme armies” that backed Donald Trump's campaigns
A grassroots network of TikTok creators, energized by the new likely Democratic nominee …
Binarly: UEFI Secure Boot is completely compromised on 200+ device models sold by Acer, Dell, Gigabyte, Intel, and Supermicro due to a cryptographic key leak
Keys were labeled “DO NOT TRUST.” Nearly 500 device models use them anyway. — In 2012, an industry-wide coalition of hardware …
Leaked promo materials reveal Pixel 9 series specs: all four phones get the Tensor G4, the Pixel 9 Pro comes in 6.3" and 6.8" models with 16GB of RAM, and more
- Google Pixel 9 Pro will come in a 6.3-inch model and a 6.8-inch model. — Google boasts a 24-hour battery and seven years of security updates with the Pixel 9 Pro.
The US DOJ indicts a North Korean hacker, still at large, for his alleged role in the Andariel group's cyberattacks on US hospitals, NASA, and military bases
A North Korean military intelligence operative has been indicted in a conspiracy to hack into American health care providers …
SAG-AFTRA announces a strike starting on Friday against major video game studios, including EA, after talks for a new contract broke down over AI protections
Hollywood's video game performers voted to go on strike Thursday, throwing part of the entertainment industry into another work stoppage …
Epic plans to bring its mobile games to AltStore on iOS in the EU, and remove its games from the Galaxy Store to protest Samsung blocking sideloading by default
We are fast approaching a quantum leap in Epic's efforts to bring our games to players on mobile devices.
Kamala Harris joins TikTok, after an explosion of Harris memes since she announced her presidential run; her account has attracted 1.6M+ followers in ~16 hours
but Does She Run It? Chris Pandolfo / Fox Business : Harris campaign joins TikTok after Biden signed ban Times of India : Kamala Harris joins TikTok amid surge in popularity post US presidential campa...
Kamala Harris, who began her career in the Bay Area and was involved in Biden's pro-tech actions like the CHIPS Act, sees a surge of support from tech donors
New York CNN — — With Vice President Kamala Harris the front runner to receive the Democratic Party's nomination for president …
X activates a default setting that gives it permission to train Grok AI on user's posts; the setting can be turned off on the web but not in the mobile app
X's new experience is automatically set to opt-in and uses your data to train its Grok AI model. — When you purchase through links …
A decade-old drama between David Sacks and Parker Conrad has blown up into a fight on X over VC behavior, drawing in Paul Graham and other Silicon Valley names
A decade-old drama involving VC David Sacks and Rippling founder Parker Conrad over their previous company Zenefits has blown …
Canalys: China's smartphone shipments rose 10% YoY in Q2, with Huawei's shipments up 41% YoY; Apple's market share in China dropped from 16% in Q2 2023 to 14%
Apple's smartphone shipments in China fell by 6.7% in the second quarter of 2024, as the tech giant faced intensifying competition …
CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz says 97% of Windows sensors are back online, about a week after CrowdStrike shipped a faulty update that bricked 8.5M Windows PCs
- “While I can't promise perfection, I can promise a response that is focused, effective, and with a sense of urgency.”
The Biden administration says Apple has agreed to adopt the White House's voluntary safeguards for AI, joining OpenAI, Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, and others
- Guardrails aim to protect consumers, influence AI development — Apple moving to integrate OpenAI's ChatGPT into iPhone
Inside JD Vance's VC career: five years, two firms before co-founding Narya, investing in AppHarvest, which faced lawsuits and filed for bankruptcy, and more
Five years, three firms, two SPAC deals and a bankruptcy are the hallmarks of his stint in the tech industry
OpenAI says it partnered with publishers including WSJ and The Atlantic to build its search engine SearchGPT; publishers can manage how their content appears
OpenAI unveils SearchGPT, a GPT-4-powered search tool that can organize links and summarize its findings, limited to 10K users but eventually coming to ChatGPT
Whenever AI companies present a vision for the role of artificial intelligence … Greg Noone / Tech Monitor : OpenAI announces AI search engine SearchGPT Samantha Dunn / CCN.com : SearchGPT: How to Sig...
The US Commerce Department says it signed a nonbinding preliminary agreement with Amkor for a CHIPS Act award consisting of $400M in grants and $200M in loans
Amkor to receive $600 million for advanced chip packaging facility Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg : Amkor Wins $600 Million in US Grants, Loans for Chip Packaging Nick Flaherty / eeNews Europe : Amkor ...
Meta says WhatsApp now has more than 100M MAUs in the US and that more than 50% of WhatsApp users in the country have an iPhone; WhatsApp has 2B+ MAUs globally
Watch Out iMessage Sheena Vasani / The Verge : WhatsApp now has 100 million monthly users in the US GSMArena.com : WhatsApp reaches 100 million monthly users in the US Mahmoud Itani / Android Authorit...
Sonos CEO Patrick Spence apologizes for Sonos' redesigned app, which launched in May to widespread criticism, and promises biweekly app updates through the fall
Chris Welch / The Verge :
SK Hynix announces plans to invest roughly $6.8B through 2028 on a chip plant in Yongin, South Korea, including a “mini-fab” to process 300mm silicon wafers
Joyce Lee / Reuters :
Google DeepMind rolls out AlphaProof AI model, which specializes in math reasoning, and AlphaGeometry 2, an updated version of a model focused on geometry
Microsoft unveils Bing generative search, which shows LLM-generated answers with the sources used to create them, currently available to a small subset of users
FTC's Lina Khan says open-weights AI models can promote competition and “liberate startups from the arbitrary whims of closed developers and cloud gatekeepers”
noting that the FTC has now banned non-competed. The crowd of founders started clapping in Lauren Goode / @laurengoode : FTC Chair @linakhanFTC, and earlier, Asst Attorney General Jonathan Kanter, hav...
Russia says it will throttle YouTube download speeds on computers by 70% by the end of next week, as “a consequence of the anti-Russian policy of the host”
Jake Rudnitsky / Bloomberg :
Florida-based IntelePeer, which develops software to help businesses automate customer contact centers using AI, raised $140M in equity and debt
Denver Business Journal :
A profile of, and interview with, Sequoia Managing Partner Roelof Botha on increasing Sequoia's focus on AI investments, staying politically neutral, and more
At the crown of Roelof Botha's otherwise perfectly coiffed, light-brown head of hair, there's a small patch that's gone completely white.
How TikTok is trying to fend off a potential US ban via ad campaigns, funding creators' lawsuits, and spending $6M on lobbying in H1 2024, vs. $3.5M in H1 2023
- Lobbying, lawsuits and ad campaign are deployed to fight law — Popular app seeks to avoid US ban over its Chinese ownership X: @jamietarabay X: Jamie Tarabay / @jamietarabay : Backed by its Chinese...
The new Disney+, Hulu, and Max streaming bundle goes on sale in the US for $16.99 per month with ads and $29.99 per month without ads
California's Supreme Court upholds Prop 22, allowing Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, and other companies to keep classifying California drivers as independent contractors
We are thrilled that the California Supreme Court unanimously upheld … PYMNTS.com : California Supreme Court Upholds Proposition 22, Securing Independent Contractor Status for Uber and Lyft Drivers Ia...
The UK FCA fines Coinbase £3.5M for providing payment services to 13K+ “high-risk” customers, in the agency's first enforcement action against a crypto company
Financial Times :
An interview with Samsung's mobile chief TM Roh on the Galaxy AI push, monetizing AI, future products in foldables and mixed reality, and more
In a swanky downtown Paris hotel, Samsung Electronics' mobile boss sat behind a suite of the tech giant's latest products, ranging from foldable smartphones …
Samsung Galaxy Ring review: great hardware, long battery life, and requires no subscription, but it's Android only and health tracking accuracy is a mixed bag
Google updates its Gemini chatbot with Gemini 1.5 Flash and a 32K-token context window in its free tier, links to related content for some prompts, and more
Jay Peters / The Verge :
Self-driving startup Applied Intuition raised $300M+ as part of a secondary deal that allowed shareholders and employees to sell shares in the $6B company
Katie Roof / Bloomberg : X: @appliedint X: @appliedint : We are thrilled to announce that we have closed over $300M in a secondary round and are welcoming @Fidelity as a new investor. Read @Katie_Roo...
As xAI builds a supercomputer in Memphis, many locals are wary of its benefits, and environmental advocates are puzzled over its potential effects
Patrick Sisson / Bloomberg :
Amazon says a judge has dismissed a Washington state case, alleging that Amazon exposed warehouse workers to injuries, for lack of evidence
Spencer Soper / Bloomberg :
Anthropic says it does not support California's AI safety bill and suggests changes, including a shift from “pre-harm enforcement” to “outcome-based deterrence”
Ashley Gold / Axios :
Sources: in a few weeks, the EU is set to hit Meta with its first antitrust fine, for up to 10% of its 2023 global revenue, for tying Marketplace and Facebook
Memo: Jack Dorsey plans a Block restructuring to remove business unit silos and group staff by function and warns that it may feel “disruptive or uncomfortable”
Kali Hays / Fortune :
FTC's newly unredacted filings quote an Adobe exec comparing early termination fees to “heroin”; Adobe's Dana Rao says the person was not on the leadership team
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