French prosecutors: Pavel Durov's arrest is part of a probe “against person unnamed” into CSAM, drug sales, and more on the app and not working with authorities
A case was opened last month to investigate child pornography, drug sales, fraud and other criminal activities on the platform.
A profile of Pavel Durov, a devout techno-optimist who trolled authorities online, started social network VKontakte in 2006, and left Russia in 2014 for Dubai
Pavel Durov's anti-establishment streak helped him create one of the world's biggest online platforms, which emphasizes free speech.
In a letter to Rep. Jim Jordan, Mark Zuckerberg says he regrets Meta wasn't more outspoken about Biden administration pressure to restrict some COVID-19 content
Meta CEO also says he won't repeat 2020 efforts to fund local elections, which Republicans criticized as ‘Zuckerbucks’
French President Emmanuel Macron says the government was not involved in the arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov and “this is in no way a political decision”
Roblox has more daily active users than TikTok, but is rarely covered for example Alex Howard / @digiphile : This is not the “end of global social media,” as @semaforben suggested, but it may be the b...
Android 14 downgrade OTA release notes confirm Google has delayed the Android 15 roll out to Pixel devices from September to October; a source says mid-October
- The Android Beta Exit update screen has been updated to mention that the Android 15 update will be available in October.
Sources: China-linked hackers penetrated deep into two big US ISPs and several smaller ones in recent months, using a zero-day flaw in Versa Networks software
Beijing's hacking effort has “dramatically stepped up from where it used to be,” says former top U.S cybersecurity official.
Telegram is avidly used within political and media circles in France, including by President Emmanuel Macron, who has used the messaging app for nearly a decade
PARIS — Open the Telegram chat of anyone in the French political orbit and you'll notice lawmakers, cabinet members and presidential advisers online or recently connected.
Snap rolls out a native Snapchat app for iPadOS, 13 years after launching on iOS; the app can only run in portrait mode
Snapchat was launched for iOS in 2011, but since then the app has only had iPhone support. iPad users, on the other hand, could only run the iPhone app …
Samsung plans to offer seven years of free Tizen OS updates for its AI TVs, including March 2024 and some 2023 models, to extend its lead over Chinese rivals
Samsung Electronics has announced a significant move to solidify its leadership in the AI TV market by offering a seven-year free upgrade …
Source: OpenAI demoed a breakthrough called Strawberry to US natsec officials; one of its top uses is to make training data for a flagship LLM codenamed Orion
In case you were wondering why Sam Altman cryptically posted a picture of strawberries earlier this month, the answer almost certainly …
Apple announces CFO Luca Maestri will transition from his role on January 1, 2025; Kevan Parekh, Apple's VP of Financial Planning and Analysis, will become CFO
could this bring changes for its future releases? Sheezan Naseer / International Business Times : Who is Kevan Parekh; Indian-origin exec appointed Apple's New CFO Abhijeet Kumar / Business Standard :...
A look at “Terrorgram”, a network of far-right Telegram channels posting info on power grid attacks, which the North American Reliability Corp. says have spiked
Jeff Stone / Bloomberg : X: @jeffstone500 . Forums: r/technology , r/law , r/politics , and r/conservativeterrorism X: Jeff Stone / @jeffstone500 : new for @BW: Shootings + plots against US power sta...
A US federal judge orders Missouri's AG to halt his probe into Media Matters' November 2023 X ads report, after a similar order against Texas' AG in April 2024
Judge: Missouri AG's actions chill speech about extremist content on Musk's X. — A federal judge ordered Missouri's attorney general …
Elon Musk says that, “all things considered, I think California should probably pass the SB 1047 AI safety bill”, and saying so is “a tough call”
Always B — Be C — Ctalking your book Alex Konrad / @alexrkonrad : this will create some interesting divided loyalties in Silicon Valley 👀 Sean Durkin / @seandurkinsf : @DanHendrycks @elonmusk Elon's A...
Apple announces a September 9 event at Apple Park with the iPhone 16 lineup, new Apple Watch models, and AirPods 4 expected; the invitation says “It's Glowtime”
I'm hoping this is the year I finally get the digital watch face that I want. @jsnell@zeppelin.flights : 10 years to the day of the Apple Watch launch — https://zeppelin.flights/... X: Mark Gurman /...
Klarna reports H1 2024 revenue up 27% YoY to ~$1.3B, a ~$66M adjusted profit, up from a ~$44M adjusted loss in H1 2023, and says AI does the work of 700 staff
Klarna Bank AB said revenue jumped 27% in the first half of this year, buoying adjusted profit as the fintech continues to prepare …
China's curbs on shipments of germanium and gallium, which are used to make chips, have led to an almost 2x increase in prices in Europe over the past year
Western customers say restrictions on supply could hit production of advanced microprocessors and optical products
Sony raises the PlayStation 5's price in Japan by 19% to ~$550, citing “the severe external environment, including recent global economic fluctuations”
Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg :
Steam hit 37M+ concurrent users on August 25 for the first time, up from the previous record of nearly 33.7M in January 2024, after Black Myth: Wukong's release
Andy Chalk / PC Gamer :
Meta says it will shut down Meta Spark, its third-party AR tools and content platform that launched in 2017, effective January 14, 2025, angering some creators
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
South Dublin County Council rejects Google's plan to build a 72,400 square meter data center just outside Dublin for failing to meet sustainability requirements
Olivia Fletcher / Bloomberg :
Data infrastructure startup Cribl raised $200M led by GV, alongside a $119M secondary offering, at a $3.5B valuation, taking its total funding to $600M
Katie Roof / Bloomberg :
Docs: Amazon plans to launch its delayed overhaul of Alexa in October for as much as $10/month, with AI-generated news summaries, a chatbot for kids, and more
Caroline O'Donovan / Washington Post :
nOps, which helps companies optimize AWS spend, raised a $30M Series A led by Headlight Partners and says its customer base grew 450% over the past 18 months
Companies don't necessarily have to produce breakthrough technology to gain market traction. Undercutting rivals on price …
Crypto platform Abra agrees to settle with the US SEC over claims of selling unregistered securities; the SEC said Abra Earn had almost $500M from US investors
Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk :
Anthropic becomes the first major AI vendor to publish a changelog for system prompts of top models, including Claude 3 Opus, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and Claude 3.5
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
OpenAI supports CA bill AB 3211, which requires companies generating AI content to watermark; the bill passed in the state Assembly 62-0 and heads to the Senate
Anna Tong / Reuters :
India's central bank says its CBDC pilot has 5M+ users and as many as 16 banks participating, but “there should not be in any rush to roll out system-wide CBDC”
Amitoj Singh / CoinDesk :
Sources: Amazon aggregators Branded and Heyday plan to merge; Branded would acquire Heyday in exchange for $521M in equity in a new company to be named Essor
Spencer Soper / Bloomberg :
Sources: Google aims to slash what it spends on deals with some Australian outlets under the News Media Bargaining Code, after Meta said it wouldn't renew deals
Sam Buckingham-Jones / Australian Financial Review :
Viggle, which trained 3D video foundation model JST-1, raised a $19M Series A led by a16z; Viggle says the model is trained on public sources, including YouTube
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch :
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