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A US District judge grants a preliminary injunction temporarily blocking the enforcement of a Texas law that requires age verification to access porn sites — Texas was supposed to start enforcing the law tomorrow. — The day before a Texas antiporn law that requires age verification …
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Investor letter: Reid Hoffman won't be a GP for Greylock's next $1B fund, down from its $1.5B funds in 2020 and 2021; Hoffman made one deal in its 16th fund — Co-founder of LinkedIn is one of Silicon Valley's most influential AI enthusiasts — Reid Hoffman, one of Silicon Valley's …
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Activision partners with Modulate to begin testing ToxMod, an AI-based voice moderation tool for Modern Warfare 2 and other games, in North America — There's a new AI-powered sheriff in town, and its name is ToxMod. — Call of Duty is joining the growing number of online games combatting toxicity …
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Chinese state media heralds Huawei's new Mate 60 Pro, which apparently includes a Huawei-made Kirin 5G chip, as a repudiation of US efforts to contain China — - Patriotic fervor spills over Chinese social media after debut — Mate 60 Pro release coincided with Gina Raimondo's China visit
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Stockholm-based Klarna reports H1 2023 revenue up 15% YoY to ~$963M and a ~$185M adjusted loss, down from a ~$570M loss in H1 2022, as the company cuts costs — - Revenue rose 15% in the first half of the year, Klarna says — Swedish buy-now-pay-later firm achieves a profitable month
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Lessons from the rapid grocery delivery boom: $10B+ of VC money, used for ads and promos, created the market from nothing, app downloads have cratered, and more — The failure and folly behind a $10bn bribe to not go to the shops — The inflation adjusted price for delivering you a packet …
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X plans to let paid users hide their Likes from other users and “from the X APIs”, reversing a longstanding feature; individual Likes will appear on posts — Elon Musk-owned X, formerly Twitter, is now rolling out a feature for paid users to let them hide their likes.
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Elon Musk says X users will be able to make video and audio calls without a phone number, but offers no timeframe, as X “is the effective global address book” — Users of X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, will be able to make video and audio calls through …
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A monthslong investigation exposes the secrets of Russian ransomware gang Trickbot, which thrived despite global disruption efforts, and a key member's identity — A WIRED investigation into a cache of documents posted by an unknown figure lays bare the Trickbot ransomware gang's secrets, including the identity of a central member.
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Philips Hue launches Secure, a DIY security system with E2EE, starting at $200 for a wired indoor/outdoor camera, and plans to add Matter support in September — Philips Hue is moving into the smart home security space with the launch of Philips Hue Secure, a DIY security system that leverages …
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Microsoft plans to unbundle Teams from Microsoft 365 and Office 365 across Europe from October 1, instead offering Teams to enterprise for €24 per year — - Company offers to unbundle Teams from other business software — EU investigating if Microsoft's bundling broke antitrust law
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Sea-owned Garena plans to relaunch its popular mobile game Free Fire in India on September 5, around 18 months after the app was banned over security concerns — Garena is relaunching Free Fire in India, a year and a half after the popular mobile title was banned in the South Asian market over national security concerns.
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How open-source software transformed automated insulin delivery systems, as many advocates say the tech promises more personalization than proprietary software — - Liam Drew 0 — Liam Drew is a freelance writer based near London, UK. — You can also search for this author in — PubMed Google Scholar
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NYC subway's contactless payments system, the OMNY, has a privacy issue that lets one view a rider's 7-day trip history using just the rider's credit card info — In the mid-afternoon one Saturday earlier this month, the target got on the New York subway. I knew what station they entered the subway at and at what specific time.
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The FCC rejects ISPs' requests to eliminate an upcoming requirement that they list all their monthly fees, saying “every consumer needs transparent information” — Comcast and other ISPs asked FCC to ditch listing-every-fee rule. FCC says “no.”
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The US Copyright Office seeks public input on AI and copyright issues, including the use of copyrighted works to train AI; written comments are due October 18 — The US Copyright Office is opening a public comment period around AI and copyright issues beginning August 30th as the agency figures out how to approach the subject.
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Meta lets users submit requests to access, alter, or delete some of their third-party information that Meta uses for generative AI training — - Meta updated its help resource center with a form that gives users some control over what personal data is used to train generative artificial intelligence models.
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Australia abandons its plans to mandate age verification tech for porn sites, citing privacy and security concerns, and will instead focus on educating parents — The eSafety commissioner is to work with industry on a new code to educate parents about how to access filtering software and limit children's access
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X updates its privacy policy to include biometric information as data it plans to collect for safety and security, along with data on users' jobs and education — - In policy shift, X will use the data for safety, security — Employment, education history will be used to recommend jobs
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Document: the UK plans to increase use of AI-based facial recognition tech by the police, potentially deploying new biometric systems over the next 12-18 months — Move comes after privacy campaigners and independent academics criticised technology for being inaccurate
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Sources: Apple plans to eliminate social media support adviser roles across X, YouTube, and the Apple Support Community website starting later this year — Apple is planning to eliminate social media support advisor roles across Twitter, YouTube, and the Apple Support Community website starting later …
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Google launches its Search Generative Experience in India and Japan via Search Labs opt-in, following the US launch of the AI search feature in May 2023 — Following the May launch in the US, Google is giving the Search Generative Experience (SGE) an international launch in India and Japan …
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Amazon announces the Buy with Prime app for Shopify, which will let US-based Shopify merchants natively integrate Amazon's program into their Shopify stores — In-depth Amazon coverage from the tech giant's hometown, including e-commerce, AWS, Amazon Prime, Alexa, logistics, devices, and more.
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Robinhood Wallet adds support for bitcoin and dogecoin six months after public launch, and is rolling out in-app Ethereum swaps to all users in the coming weeks — Six months after its public launch, the self-custody offering has begun enabling in-app swaps on the Ethereum network
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Tel Aviv-based AI21 Labs, which develops generative AI tools for text use cases, raised a $155M Series C at a $1.4B valuation, taking its total funding to $283M — AI21 Labs, a Tel Aviv-based startup developing a range of text-generating AI tools, has raised $155 million in a Series C funding round led …
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