X is blocking links to Ken Klippenstein's newsletter with a hacked JD Vance dossier and has suspended Klippenstein's X account for posting Vance's personal info
X is preventing users from posting links to a newsletter containing a hacked document that's alleged to be the Trump campaign's research …
Source: at an all-hands meeting, Sam Altman said there are no plans for him to get a “giant equity stake” in OpenAI, calling that information “just not true”
At an all-hands meeting Thursday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman denied that there are plans for him to receive a …
The Irish Data Protection Commission wraps up an investigation into a 2019 breach, fining Meta €91M for violating GDPR rules by storing passwords in plain text
The Irish Data Protection Commission found that the company violated several GDPR rules.
Source: Arm approached Intel about potentially buying Intel's product group, but not its factory operations; Intel declined, saying the division isn't for sale
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iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max teardown: great modularity upgrades and better repairability due to a dual-entry design and a metal enclosure for the 16 Pro's battery
We first cracked into the iPhone 16 lineup over the weekend, and we were impressed. The vanilla iPhone 16 earned a respectable 7 out of 10 repairability score.
Current and former staff say OpenAI has rushed product announcements and safety testing, lost its lead over rivals, and Altman is detached from the day-to-day
Executives and researchers have left this year amid disputes over the company's values and fights among its leaders
Sources: Intel and the US government plan to finalize $8.5B in direct funding for the chipmaker by 2024's end, as Intel tries to stabilize its ailing business
Chipmaker is seeking ways to shore up its business although potential takeover approaches could complicate talks
Kamala Harris is courting crypto investors and pro-crypto Democrats in Congress, as some prominent Democrats temper their initial skepticism of crypto assets
For Now Yves Smith / naked capitalism : Progressives Sound Alarm as Harris Courts Crypto Industry David Dayen / American Prospect : Not Enjoying the Mark Cuban for President Campaign Jasper Goodman / ...
In an email to OpenAI's investors, CFO Sarah Friar says the company's current funding round was oversubscribed and is set to close next week
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar is looking to reassure its investors that the richly valued artificial intelligence startup is still in a strong position …
DefiLlama: Coinbase's Layer 2 Ethereum network Base stands at $2.08B in total value locked, up 370% from ~$430M at the start of 2024, second only to Arbitrum
- Base has surpassed a total value locked of $2 billion for the first time — a 370% increase year-to-date.
Matt Mullenweg says WP Engine no longer has free WordPress.org access and directs WP Engine customers having trouble with their websites to WP Engine support
disrupting essential work for #WordPress users, agencies, freelancers, and plugin developers. Please read: https://wpenginestatus.com/... Brian Gardner / @bgardner : My heart is breaking. 💔 @pressable...
The US is fretting over signing a UN cybercrime treaty due to fears Russia, China, and others could use it to justify surveillance and suppression of rights
The Biden administration has weeks left to decide how to vote on a controversial U.N. cybercrime treaty, which critics …
Sources: Apple rethinks its movie strategy, including rolling back theatrical releases and cutting budgets for most to under $100M, after some box office misses
The tech giant intended to spend $1 billion annually on films for cinemas. After several box office disappointments …
Indian food delivery company Swiggy files for an IPO in India, a source says targeting to raise $1.25B at a $15B valuation; Swiggy was valued at $10.7B in 2022
The UK's Gambling Commission plans to take fantasy football startup Sorare to court next week over charges of providing unlicensed gambling facilities to users
Samuel Agini / Financial Times :
The UK CMA rules that Amazon's $4B Anthropic deal does not qualify for an investigation under merger laws as Anthropic's UK revenue didn't meet threshold limits
Katharine Gemmell / Bloomberg :
A look at some standout startups from Day 2 of YC's S24 Demo Day, including energy-efficient AI chips maker Exa Laboratories and freight carpooling startup Oway
Silicon Valley accelerator Y Combinator held the second Demo Day for its Summer 2024 cohort on Thursday, and just like we saw on Day 1 … X: @munshipremchnd and @thisguyoftheai X: @munshipremchnd : Che...
Starlink crosses 4M customers, after offering a beta in October 2020 and hitting 1M subscribers in December 2022, 2M in September 2023, and 3M in May 2024
Aria Alamalhodaei / TechCrunch :
Stripe data: AI startups took a median 11 months to hit $1M in annualized revenue after their first sales, vs. 15 months for the previous gen of SaaS startups
Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times :
Hugging Face surpasses 1M AI model listings for the first time; the platform began as a chatbot app in 2016 before becoming a hub for AI models in 2020
Benj Edwards / Ars Technica :
The Tor Project merges with Tails, a portable Linux-based OS focused on user privacy and anonymity; Tails says it had “outgrown its existing structure”
✔ #Tor has also released a new alpha — ✔ It seems this #update does not address any of the potential #security issues, recently suspected after #German #lawenforcement claims to have used #timingana...
Discord opens Activities, its ecosystem of apps and games, to all developers, letting them distribute and monetize apps on Discord via its Embedded Apps SDK
Rachel Kaser / VentureBeat :
The US FCC levies a $6M fine on Steve Kramer, who used AI to mimic Biden's voice in thousands of robocalls to New Hampshire voters in early 2024
Kelcee Griffis / Bloomberg :
Berlin-based Distribusion, a B2B marketplace connecting ground transportation providers and online travel retailers, raised an $80M Series C led by TQ Ventures
Cate Lawrence / Tech.eu :
LG Display agrees to sell its stake in its large LCD display plant in China to TCL's LCD unit CSOT for ~$1.54B; LG will now no longer make LCD panels in China
focus moves to OLED TechNode : LG Display sells its Guangzhou LCD panel plant to TCL for $1.54 billion Rasmus Larsen / FlatpanelsHD : LG Display closes chapter on LCD TV panels, sells last plant to TC...
Sources: Robinhood and Revolut are exploring offering their own stablecoins; Tether's USDT has grown to $120B, accounting for over two-thirds of market value
Report Yueqi Yang / The Information : Robinhood, Revolut Reportedly Explore Launching Stablecoins Joshua Ramos / Watcher Guru : Robinhood and Revolut Consider Launching Their Own Stablecoins Estefano ...
Source: Amazon exceeded its goal of $1.8B in ad-spending commitments for its video-streaming offerings, including Thursday Night Football, in the coming year
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