AMD Ryzen 9 9950X and Ryzen 9 9900X review: the Zen 5 flagship chips are fine for highly threaded productivity workloads, but the gaming issues need to be fixed
Earlier this month, AMD launched the first two desktop CPUs using their latest Zen 5 microarchitecture: the Ryzen 7 9700X and the Ryzen 5 9600X.
Hands-on with the Google Pixel 9's AI camera features: Add Me, Reimagine, Autoframe, and Zoom Enhance reshape reality, plus Video Boost and panorama get better
Add Me, Reimagine, Autoframe, and Zoom Enhance—these camera features allow you to alter your photos with zero technical know-how.
Apple approves Spotify updating its app to show in-app pricing information for iPhone users in the EU starting today, after Spotify's yearslong legal battle
Spotify will begin showing in-app pricing information for iPhone users in the European Union starting today, following a yearslong legal battle against Apple.
AT&T says it won't carry Google's new Pixel 9 Pro Fold, after selling the original Pixel Fold from 2023; the network will carry the Pixel 9, 9 Pro, and 9 Pro XL
The second-generation Google foldable isn't heading to AT&T. The carrier told CNET that it will not be offering Google's newest Pixel Fold to its customers.
Apple says app developers can offer NFC contactless transactions using the iPhone's Secure Element, separate from Apple Pay and Wallet, starting with iOS 18.1
Apple has announced that it is opening up the iPhone's NFC chip using the Secure Element to allow for third-party contactless payments …
Sources: the US DOJ considers its options after the Google monopoly ruling, like forcing a breakup of the company or requiring it to share more data with rivals
- Antitrust enforcers soliciting input from outside companies — Judge ruled Alphabet unit monopolized online search, ads
xAI launches Grok-2 and Grok-2 mini in beta with improved reasoning, available to X Premium and Premium+ users, and plans to add them to its API later in August
Elon Musk-owned launched Grok-2 and Grok-2 mini in beta today with improved reasoning. The new Grok AI model can now generate images …
Google announces the $799+ Google Pixel 9, with a Tensor G4 chip, a design with flat metal sides, a bigger 6.3" screen, and AI features, shipping from August 22
early discounts and what to expect Robby Payne / Chrome Unboxed : What you need to know about Google's new Pixel 9 phone lineup Anna Washenko / Engadget : Google's Pixel 9 series won't launch with And...
Access Now and Citizen Lab: Russian spy agencies are using deep knowledge about opponents, reporters, and human rights groups to target them via phishing emails
Traditional phishing attacks aimed to break into organizations advocating for Russian dissidents, among others.
Hands-on with Gemini Live: conversationally, a big step forward, but functionally, a step back in some ways, largely due to working entirely in the cloud
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Google debuts Gemini Live, an English voice chat mode for Gemini Advanced users on Android, and plans to add more languages and iOS support in the coming weeks
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Tencent says it and Apple are exploring ways to offer in-app transactions via iOS' payment system, the first acknowledgment of talks with Apple to take a cut
The Chinese company is exploring ways to offer in-app transactions via Apple's iOS payment system, Chief Strategy Officer James Mitchell told analysts on an earnings call.
A look at the National Public Data breach, first noted in April 2024 and posted publicly last week, and why it's unlikely that “nearly 3B people” were exposed
I decided to write this post because there's no concise way to explain the nuances of what's being described as one of the largest data breaches ever.
Meta shuts down CrowdTangle, less than three months before the US election, in favor of the Meta Content Library; Mozilla says 50K+ petitioned against the move
Meta has been bombarded by academics, researchers, politicians and regulators about a tool called CrowdTangle, which most people probably haven't heard of.
Tencent reports Q2 revenue up 8% YoY to ~$22.5B, below est., and a ~$6.6B net income, above est., after releasing its blockbuster game Dungeon & Fighter Mobile
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How the English Premier League plans to use 28+ iPhone 14 or newer cameras at stadiums to call offsides later in the 2024/25 season, ditching its VAR system
Later this season, the UK's top soccer division will replace its controversial VAR offside-detection system in favor of a whole bunch of Apple's smartphones.
The US NIST publishes its first three post-quantum cryptography standards; IBM's director of research thinks quantum will hit an inflection point around 2030
It'll still be a while before quantum computers become powerful enough to do anything useful, but it's increasingly likely …
Filing: Intel sold its 1.18M Arm shares during Q2 2024, which would have raised ~$147M for Intel based on the stock's $124.34 average price in the quarter
Intel Corp., which is slashing jobs and expenses in a bid to turn around the business, sold its holdings in chip technology creator Arm Holdings Plc during the second quarter.
Foxconn reports Q2 revenue up 19% YoY to ~$48B and net profit up 6% YoY to ~$1.08B, above ~$1.04B est., on strong AI server demand; its stock is up ~18% in 2024
Quarterly revenue rose 19% from a year earlier — Foxconn Technology Group reported a 6% increase in quarterly net profit …
How Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Meta are using accounting techniques to hide their growing emissions, while working to influence pollution disclosure rules
Critics say a proposed change could allow large energy users to hide their true emissions — By its own account, Amazon is a green business leader.
Foxconn says it will only start shipping a small volume of servers with Nvidia's next-gen GB200 chips in Q4 2024, before ramping up significantly in Q1 2025
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Interviews with 48+ people detail Snowflake and Databricks' intense rivalry, jockeying to be the dominant platform for organizing AI data, and fear of Microsoft
Secret codenames, pugnacious billboards and deal drama mark the competition for data supremacy — Snowflake Inc. was looking for acquisitions. X: @brodyford_ , @brodyford_ , @brodyford_ , and @sundee...
Google unveils the Pixel Watch 3 in 41mm and 45mm sizes, with a 2,000-nit display and around 16% smaller bezels compared to the Watch 2, starting at $349
Abner Li / 9to5Google :
Australia's market regulator sues the country's ASX stock exchange over its botched blockchain upgrade, abandoned in November 2022 after seven years of work
Nic Fildes / Financial Times :
US District Judge Reed O'Connor recuses himself from X's advertiser lawsuit over an alleged ad boycott; O'Connor held stock in Tesla and Unilever
as to the timeline, it does come “after” the NPR reporting — but the inference that they're related does not seem to be backed up by the facts of today's recusal, as I have detailed in my thread. @tha...
SAG-AFTRA strikes a deal with Narrativ for voice replicas in digital ads, letting union members add themselves to the AI startup's database and negotiate fees
Union says agreement sets ‘a new standard’ for ethical use and makes it easy to performers to give consent and get paid
EliseAI, which offers AI property management tools for landlords, raised a $75M Series D led by Sapphire at a $1B valuation, taking its total funding to $140M
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
LA-based Sahara AI, which uses AI to recognize copyrights and track assets, raised a $43M Series A led by Pantera and Polychain, and claims 200K contributors
Saritha Rai / Bloomberg :
Deep-Live-Cam, a deepfake software project that lets users impersonate others on a webcam livestream, goes viral and was briefly the top trending GitHub repo
Benj Edwards / Ars Technica :
A look at the growth of free streaming service Tubi, which does not require an account to use, is entirely dependent on ad revenue, and is not yet profitable
John Koblin / New York Times :
The main takeaway from the Google Pixel event is Android's primacy, and Google's integration with Android is worth preserving if the goal is spurring innovation
And Beats Apple to the Starting Line
A US judge rules that a group of artists can pursue some copyright infringement claims in their lawsuit against Stability AI, Midjourney, and other companies
Blake Brittain / Reuters :
Researchers describe now-fixed vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Azure AI Health Bot service that could have let users access and manage other customers' resources
Nathan Eddy / Dark Reading :
MIT releases a database of 700+ unique AI risks, based on 43 existing taxonomies, including peer-reviewed articles, preprints, conference papers, and reports
Ben Dickson / VentureBeat :
Kiteworks, formerly Accellion, which offers secure email and file transfer tools, raised $456M from Insight and Sixth Street Growth at a $1B+ valuation
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Guidewheel, which offers plug-and-play sensors to make factory machines smarter, raised a $31M Series B led by BlackRock and Temasek's Decarbonization Partners
The round was led by BlackRock …
Chinese self-driving startup WeRide gets permission to test its robotaxis with passengers in California after testing without passengers in San Jose since 2021
Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch :
Latin America digital bank Nubank reports Q2 revenue up 52% YoY to $2.8B, above $2.66B est., a $487M net income, above $418M est., and passes 100M customers
Daniel Cancel / Bloomberg :
Encord, which offers data labeling tools for AI, raised a $30M Series B led by Next47 and expects to grow its headcount from 70 to 100 by the end of the year
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
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Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.