The US DOJ sues RealPage, alleging its software helps property managers collude to drive up rental prices on millions of units, violating antitrust law
- Prosecutors allege software drives up prices on rental units — Company says rent software uses anonymous, aggregated data
Sources: Apple plans to unveil new iPhones, AirPods, and Apple Watches on September 10; developer logs: Apple has ramped up testing of four new M4 Mac models
- Company also ramps up testing of Mac models with M4 processors — Apple Inc. is planning to hold its biggest product launch event …
Sources: Meta cancels a premium MR headset codenamed La Jolla, in development since November, that was meant to debut in 2027 to compete with Apple's Vision Pro
Meta Platforms has canceled plans for a premium mixed-reality headset intended to compete with Apple's Vision Pro, according to two Meta employees.
Meta says a small cluster of WhatsApp accounts linked to the Iran-backed hacking group APT42 targeted people affiliated with the Biden and Trump administrations
Meta says Iranian-linked hackers posed as tech support on the WhatsApp messaging app to target people affiliated with the administrations …
Microsoft plans to hold an event on September 10 with CrowdStrike and other cybersecurity vendors to discuss how to prevent incidents like the July 19 outage
Microsoft said Friday it will hold a conference in September for cybersecurity firms to discuss ways the industry can evolve following …
The US DOJ sues Georgia Tech and an affiliate company, alleging failures since at least 2019 to meet the DOD's cybersecurity standards for contract awardees
Rap sheet spells out major no-nos after disgruntled staff blow whistle — The US is suing one of its leading research universities …
US SEC filing: oilfield services company Halliburton says it has taken some systems offline after discovering that an unauthorized party had gained access
The company has taken some systems offline to help protect them — Oilfield-services company Halliburton has joined the growing ranks of firms hit by cyberattacks.
Some streamers say the Chinese game studio behind Black Myth: Wukong told them to avoid topics like “feminist propaganda” as part of an early access agreement
Megan Farokhmanesh / Wired :
Email: Elon Musk says X plans to award stock options based on employees' anticipated impact, and tells them to submit a one-page summary of their contributions
Elon Musk sent an email to X staff overnight about their much-anticipated stock grants — but there's a catch.
Samsung Galaxy Ring teardown: disposable tech built not to last over two years due to lithium-ion batteries that can't be replaced without destroying the device
Shahram Mokhtari / iFixit News :
The French AI startup called H, formerly Holistic, says three of its five co-founders are leaving over “operational differences”, after raising $220M in May
Three of the five co-founders of buzzy French artificial intelligence startup H, formerly known as Holistic …
WazirX plans to start allowing limited Indian rupee withdrawals in two phases from August 26, after freezing them in the wake of a $230M exploit in July
Camomile Shumba / CoinDesk :
Apple unveils iOS changes to comply with the EU's DMA: browser choice screen updates, more default app settings, and the ability to delete certain system apps
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac :
A look at China's humanoids market, after the city of Beijing launched a $1.4B robotics fund in January and Shanghai announced in July plans for a $1.4B fund
China dominates the market for electric vehicles. Now it's chasing Tesla (TSLA.O) in the race to build battery-powered humanoids expected …
Midjourney CEO David Holz says anyone can now generate AI images on its website; previously, the site was limited to users who generated 10K+ images on Discord
Need a good AI image generator? You can now try Midjourney's dedicated website for free. On Wednesday, Midjourney CEO David …
A look at Apple Podcasts' fading dominance, as an April 2024 study of 603 podcast consumers found 31% use YouTube, 21% use Spotify, and 12% use Apple's app
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Microsoft confirms that the Windows Control Panel, which debuted in 1985 with Windows 1.0, is “in the process of being deprecated in favor of the Settings app”
this app is replacing it Threads: Chris Yiu / @clry2 : Farewell to Control Panel, the Logan of the Windows universe Bluesky: @lakewitchhouse.bsky.social : the past is another country [embedded post] X...
A profile of TollBit, which has raised $7M and aims to create a marketplace where AI companies can pay publishers for their content on an ongoing basis
So far though, its business model of becoming a marketplace where AI companies can pay publishers directly for their data is a complete hypothetical X: @pranavdixit and @pranavdixit See also Mediagaze...
Q&A with AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio on advocating for AI regulation, his support for California's AI safety bill, AI achieving human-level intelligence, and more
Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg :
Reddit is winning over advertisers using interest-based targeting via subreddits, instead of personal data; analysis: Reddit's ad revenue may pass $1.1B in 2024
topic/interest focus is what Reddit's built for. Even if Reddit had detailed demographic data about their users (and, believe me, they're collecting it indirectly), this would still be their unique s...
SpaceX says Starlink satellite internet kits purchased in one of six regions and activated in another are subject to an “outside region fee” of $200 to $300
Andrew Liszewski / The Verge :
Andrew Ng steps down as CEO of LandingAI, the computer vision startup he founded in 2017, and transitions to executive chairman; ex-COO Dan Maloney is named CEO
Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch :
Chinese AI startups, cut off from the most powerful AI chips, are focusing on monetization, writing more efficient code for LLMs, and building smaller models
Wall Street Journal :
Shopify: Revolutionizing Commerce with Winter Edition '26
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Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
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