Eric Schmidt says he “misspoke” when he said Google was losing the AI race because the company decided that “working from home was more important than winning”
Ex-Google CEO had said the tech company's work-life balance was ‘more important than winning’
Google says Iran-backed hacking group APT42 has targeted the Trump and Biden campaigns, as well as Israeli military, government, and diplomatic organizations
APT42, which is believed to work for Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, targeted about a dozen people associated with both Trump …
New Zealand signs an extradition order for Kim Dotcom to the US, where he faces criminal charges related to Megaupload; Dotcom has fought extradition since 2012
Kim Dotcom, who is facing criminal charges relating to the defunct file-sharing website Megaupload, will be extradited …
Sources: Apple is prioritizing developing a tabletop home device with an iPad-like display and a robotic limb, aiming for a release in 2026 or 2027 for ~$1,000
- Executive who oversaw car project is leading the effort — Device would offer twist on home products from Amazon and Meta
Images generated by Grok, like Barack Obama doing cocaine and Donald Trump and Kamala Harris with guns, go viral on X, raising questions about Grok's guardrails
xAI's Grok chatbot now lets you create images from text prompts and publish them to X — and so far, the rollout seems as chaotic …
The US FTC announces a final rule banning the sale of fake reviews and testimonials, including AI-generated ones, with fines as high as $50K per violation
The new rules prohibit the selling of fake and AI-generated reviews and testimonials in several forms.
Sources: Sonos is considering relaunching its previous mobile app as it works to improve the redesigned version, which launched in May 2024 to negative feedback
Sonos has explored the possibility of rereleasing its previous mobile app for Android and iOS — a clear sign of what an ordeal the company's hurried redesign has become.
Google expands AI Overviews in Search to Brazil, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, and the UK in local languages, and adds links beside the AI-generated answers
Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL.O) said on Thursday it was expanding its AI-generated summaries for search queries to six new countries …
Unit 42: open-source projects from Google, Microsoft, AWS, Red Hat, and others leaked GitHub auth tokens via GitHub Actions; GitHub chose not to fix the issues
Multiple high-profile open-source projects, including those from Google, Microsoft, AWS, and Red Hat, were found …
Google says it will remove Showcase.apk from Pixel devices “out of an abundance of precaution”, after iVerify said hackers could use the dormant app to spy
Discovery prompted one intelligence contractor to stop issuing Android phones to employees.
Cisco reports Q4 revenue down 10% YoY to $13.64B, vs. $13.54B est., and says it's cutting 7% of its workforce, after cutting 5% in February 2024; CSCO jumps 5%+
Cisco shares popped in extended trading on Wednesday after the networking company said it's cutting 7% of its global workforce …
Sources: SoftBank held talks with Intel about making an AI chip to compete with Nvidia, but Intel couldn't meet the requirements; SoftBank is talking to TSMC
Son hopes to put Japanese group at centre of artificial intelligence boom but talks with US chipmaker failed to progress
Epic v. Google: in the final hearing after Epic's antitrust win, the judge says he'll “tear the barriers down” on the Play Store, but won't “micromanage” Google
Judge James Donato just made it crystal-clear: Google will pay.
Anthropic releases prompt caching, which lets developers cache frequently used context between API calls, in public beta on its API
Anthropic introduced prompt caching on its API, which remembers the context between API calls and allows developers to avoid repeating prompts.
Alibaba reports Q1 revenue up 4% YoY to ~$34B, below ~$34.9B est., and net income down 27% YoY to ~$3.4B, after aggressive promotions failed to drive spending
- Net income dived 27% as spending on promotions ballooned — Commerce shrank in a worrying sign for Chinese consumption
Apple says developers can offer NFC transactions using the iPhone's Secure Element, separate from Apple Pay, starting in iOS 18.1, with “associated fees”
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac :
Q&A with Google SVP Rick Osterloh on the new Pixel devices, Android, the history of the smartphone, integration, AI smartphones, Pixel trade-offs, and more
An interview with Google SVP Rick Osterloh about the Made with Google event, and understanding the company's approach to Android …
NYC-based Chaos Labs, which offers automated, on-chain risk management for DeFi protocols, raised a $55M Series A led by Haun Ventures
The influx of capital comes as Chaos Labs, founded in 2021, looks to expand its platform, designed to address the growing need for automated risk management in decentralized finance (DeFi).
Analysis: Kamala Harris has spent $57M on Google and Meta ads since Biden dropped out on July 21, compared to Trump's $5.6M; Biden-Harris spent $139M in 2024
Former president's lacklustre output points to significant tactical change from four years ago — Kamala Harris has spent 10 times …
Israeli stock research service TipRanks says investment firm Prytek bought 40% of the startup for $80M, giving Prytek an 80% stake; TipRanks has raised $102M
The investment firm, which had already owned 40% of the Israeli fintech startup, is taking its stake to 80% with an $80 million investment.
A survey of 430 first-time Gen Z voters: 60%+ oppose requiring kids under 16 to get parental consent to use social media and 85% oppose notification time limits
- Survey polled 430 first-time voters from across the US — Lawmakers have criticized Instagram, TikTok over child safety
The UK's Civil Aviation Authority selects six projects, including Amazon's, to test drones for deliveries, inspecting infrastructure, and emergency services
Regulator announces organisations set to take part in new trials which will see drones used in everyday life. Thomas Macaulay / TNW : British police to test drone flights beyond the line of sight Vish...
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
Joseph Menn / Washington Post :
How University of California doctors used brain implants and AI to help an ALS patient speak again; the implants recognize words, and AI replicates his voice
Benjamin Mueller / New York Times :
A look at the five-person Gen Z team running Kamala Harris' TikTok account @KamalaHQ, capitalizing on the VP's viral moments and averaging 6M views per post
The Harris digital comms team has 175 staff — Her TikTok account is run by a team of 5 Gen-Zer's — @kamalahq's TikTok account has published 65 posts in 20 days — They generated 385M views, avera...
President Biden speaks at the first White House Creator Economy Conference, with about 100 startup founders, industry stakeholders, and creators in attendance
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch :
CFIUS fines T-Mobile a record $60M for allegedly failing to prevent and report unauthorized access to sensitive data after its Sprint merger in 2020
Authority & Possible Basis of Violation — What is New in CFIUS Enforcement? Lekha Gupta / Benzinga : T-Mobile Hit With $60M Fine For Data Security Violations: Report Akshay Kumar / Android Headlines ...
JD.com reports Q2 net revenue up 1.2% YoY to ~$40.7B, vs. ~$40.9B est., and a ~$1.7B net income, boosted by aggressive price cuts and the 618 shopping event
Harshita Mary Varghese / Reuters :
A look at Germany-based Black Forest Labs, which recently emerged from stealth with a $31M seed led by a16z and whose FLUX.1 model powers Grok's image generator
5 examples of it in action Alex Wilhelm / Cautious Optimism : Consumer strength, future inflation concerns, and behold, AngelList data M.G. Siegler / Spyglass : Xitter Rolls Out AI Images in the Most ...
Grab reports Q2 revenue up 17% YoY to $664M, below $676.9M est., and a $53M net loss, down from $135M in Q2 2023, as competition with GoTo weighs on its growth
Olivia Poh / Bloomberg :
A look at the rise in demand for data center technicians in the US; CompTIA says technicians' pay is up 43% in the past three years to a median of $75,100
and defy the traditional blue- and white-collar categories of work https://www.wsj.com/... Looks like a good opportunity for someone who didn't go to college Benjamin Carlson / @bfcarlson : Hybrid blu...
Quantum Circuits, which aims to make error correction more efficient in quantum computers to help commercialization, raised $60M from the US' In-Q-Tel and more
Jane Lanhee Lee / Bloomberg :
Lenovo reports Q1 revenue up 20% YoY to $15.4B, vs. $14.1B est., a third consecutive quarter of revenue growth, a $243M net income, as the PC market recovers
Amsterdam-based payments giant Adyen reports H1 2024 net revenue up 24% YoY to €913.4M, vs. €908.9M est., and processed volume up 45% YoY to €619.5B
We are on track with the building blocks outlined at our 2023 Investor …
A profile of Chinese self-driving startup WeRide, which is set for a US IPO as soon as this week; PitchBook: WeRide has raised $1.4B and was last valued at ~$5B
Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times :
Google says its new “affirmative litigation” policy of pursuing hackers and scammers in court, like two Russians behind the 2021 Glupteba botnet, has paid off
Paresh Dave / Wired :
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