Epic debuts the Epic Games Store on iOS in the EU, offering its games, including Fortnite, and plans to start onboarding third-party games starting in December
The Epic Games Store gives iPhone users in the EU an alternative to Apple's App Store for the first time.
Epic brings its games to AltStore for iOS in the EU and plans to bring them to Aptoide's iOS store in the EU, ONE Store on Android, and “other stores” globally
but there's a big catch Daniel Griffiths / PocketGamer.biz : The Epic Games Store finally arrives on mobile Peter Kafka / Business Insider : Fortnite is coming back to the iPhone after a 4-year ban — ...
California lawmakers weaken the AI safety bill with amendments proposed by Anthropic and other opponents, including giving the AG less power to sue AI companies
California's bill to prevent AI disasters, SB 1047, has faced significant opposition from many parties in Silicon Valley.
Primate Labs releases Geekbench AI 1.0, formerly Geekbench ML, to test AI-centric performances of CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs, available on Android, iOS, and desktop
Performance test comes out of beta as NPUs become standard equipment in PCs. — Neural processing units (NPUs) …
Epic confirms that the Epic Games Store is available to download on Android devices worldwide, in addition to iOS users based in the EU
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The Biden administration approves $1.6B in Chips Act grants and $3B in loans for Texas Instruments, to help pay for one chip factory in Utah and two in Texas
- Funding will support $18 billion in spending in Texas, Utah — Biden administration almost finished allocating chips grants
Court filing: TikTok says the US DOJ misstated its China ties, made factual errors in the case, and the divestment law would strip TikTok of free speech rights
TikTok told a federal appeals court on Thursday that the U.S. Department of Justice has misstated the social media app's ties to China …
At a Crypto4Harris online event, Mark Cuban, Anthony Scaramucci, and other crypto advocates supporting Kamala Harris urged a reset in Democratic crypto policy
even as Trump goes all-in. Here's why MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC : Schumer says a crypto bill can pass Senate this year; key Dems join ‘Crypto4Harris’ call Bloomberg : Schumer Targets US Crypto Rules by...
The European Commission asks Meta for more information about its Content Library tool and API under the DSA, following Meta's decision to deprecate CrowdTangle
The Commission is seeking more information from Meta following its decision to deprecate its CrowdTangle transparency tool.
Google makes Imagen 3 available to all US users via ImageFX, after unveiling the text-to-image AI model in May; some users criticize its strict content filters
Google has quietly made its latest text-to-image AI model, Imagen 3, available to all U.S. users through its ImageFX platform …
Danish officials say Margrethe Vestager, known for hitting Big Tech with multibillion-euro fines, isn't being reappointed as EU antitrust chief for a third term
Danish commissioner renowned for being tough on Big Tech will not be reappointed for a third term
California announces driver's license and state ID support in Apple Wallet and Google Wallet, rolling out “in the coming weeks”, as part of the DMV's mDL pilot
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Meta releases an app for the Quest 3, 2, and Pro to let the headsets display video from devices with an HDMI or DisplayPort output; a capture card is required
Andrew Liszewski / The Verge :
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
'Dangerous' New Spyware Warning Issued Vinayak Guha / Android Authority : Flaw in Verizon Pixel's firmware poses serious security threat (Update: Google statement) Threads: Lauren Goode / @laurengoode...
Chainalysis: the value of crypto hacks increased ~84.4% YoY to $1.58B in the first seven months of 2024, likely due in large part to the rise in crypto prices
- Number of heists rose slightly, centralized exchanges targeted — Bitcoin made up 40% of the proceeds of this year's heists
Binance resumes services in India, after completing registration with India's Financial Intelligence Unit, which imposed a ~$2.2M fine on Binance in June 2024
The registration was provisionally approved in May, subject to the crypto exchange paying a fine of about $2.2 million.
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
kinda like old search where you'd read something and it would have a link... https://www.reuters.com/... LinkedIn: Glenn Gabe : I just reproduced this, and Google just confirmed it. And it's a big de...
Google says Iran-backed hacking group APT42 has targeted the Trump and Biden campaigns, as well as Israeli military, government, and diplomatic organizations
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Appfigures: consumers spent $3.8B on entertainment mobile apps worldwide in Q1 2024, including $2.1B on streaming apps and $0.9B in short video apps like TikTok
One unlikely culprit: TikTok — Entertainment continues to be a big money maker for publishers and app stores alike …
Revolut secures a $45B valuation, up from $33B during a 2021 fundraising, in a share sale by employees; the sale was led by Coatue and D1 Capital Partners
Revolut becomes Europe's most precious private tech firm Nickie Louise / Tech Startups : British fintech startup Revolut valued at $45 billion after secondary share sale Paul Sawers / TechCrunch : UK ...
The San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu files a lawsuit that seeks to shut down 16 popular websites used to create nonconsensual deepfake pornography
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Caresyntax, which is building AI-powered surgical data analysis tools, raised a $180M Series C extension consisting of $80M in equity and $100M in debt
Kai Nicol-Schwarz / Sifted :
Walmart and DroneUp end drone delivery in all 18 Phoenix, Salt Lake City, and Tampa hubs to focus on Dallas-Fort Worth; DroneUp cuts 70, or ~17% of its staff
- The three cities were part of a splashy rollout in 2022 that was described as the first large-scale drone delivery operation in the U.S.
Threads announces new features, like the ability to store multiple drafts and an analytics page, rolling out on the web, and plans to test a scheduling feature
RE: https://www.threads.net/... Casey Newton / @crumbler : Amazing what apps can accomplish when they focus on shipping new features over hosting broken conversations with one political party X: @meta...
EQT agrees to buy PropertyGuru, which runs real estate rental and sale listing sites in SE Asia, for $1.1B in cash; the deal is expected to close by early 2025
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Chinese chip equipment maker AMEC sues the Pentagon for linking AMEC to the Chinese military, seeks to get off a blacklist that bars business with US firms
Bloomberg :
Japan will apply foreign trade regulations to chipmaking equipment, which will require foreign investors to give prior notice when conducting direct investment
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