11 apps every Apple Watch owner needs - Pocket Lint
2024 Summer Olympics: A Self-Healing Pole Vault Pole Is One Great Leap for Sports Tech - Wired
5th Circuit Court Upends FCC Universal Service Fund, Ruling It an Illegal Tax - Slashdot
7 Best Cheap Smartphones (2024): iPhone, Android, 5G - Wired
A decade-old drama between David Sacks and Parker Conrad has blown up into a fight on X over VC behavior, drawing in Paul Graham and other Silicon Valley names (Julie Bort/TechCrunch) - Techmeme
A look at the flood of "fancam" videos and memes about Kamala Harris on short-form video platforms, echoing "meme armies" that have supported Donald Trump (Washington Post) - Techmeme
A North Korean Hacker Tricked a US Security Vendor Into Hiring Him'and Immediately Tried to Hack Them - Wired
A profile of, and interview with, Sequoia's Roelof Botha on increasing Sequoia's focus on AI investments, staying politically neutral, and more (Michal Lev-Ram/Fortune) - Techmeme
Africa Data Centres invests $500 million to double its Cape Town data center - Innovation Village
AI Models Face Collapse If They Overdose On Their Own Output - Slashdot
Airtel Africa reports $31 million in Q1 2024 profit, but macroeconomic headwinds persist in key market - Techcabal
Alphabet X spinoff Skip partners with Arc'teryx to bring 'everyday' exoskeleton to market - Techcrunch
Amazon says a judge has dismissed a Washington state case, alleging that Amazon exposed warehouse workers to injuries, for lack of evidence (Spencer Soper/Bloomberg) - Techmeme
An interview with Samsung's mobile chief TM Roh on the Galaxy AI push, monetizing AI, future products in foldables and mixed reality, and more (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC) - Techmeme
Anthropic says it does not support California's AI safety bill and suggests changes, including a shift from "pre-harm enforcement" to "outcome-based deterrence" (Ashley Gold/Axios) - Techmeme
Apple agrees to stick by Biden administration's voluntary AI safeguards - Engadget
Apple cuts iPhone price in India amid China slowdown - Techcrunch
Apple signs the White House's commitment to AI safety - Techcrunch
Apple's 14-inch MacBook Pro laptop with an M3 Pro chip is $300 off at Amazon - Engadget
Apple's AirTags are on sale for $23.99 a pop, matching their all-time low - The Verge
Apple's M3 MacBook Air with 16GB of RAM is $200 off right now - Engadget
Applied Intuition closes $300M secondary four months after raising $250M - Techcrunch
As xAI builds a supercomputer in Memphis, many locals are wary of its benefits, and environmental advocates are puzzled over its potential effects (Patrick Sisson/Bloomberg) - Techmeme
Binarly: UEFI Secure Boot is completely compromised on 200+ device models sold by Acer, Dell, Gigabyte, Intel, and Supermicro due to a cryptographic key leak (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica) - Techmeme
Bizarre Secrets Found Investigating Corrupt Winamp Skins - Slashdot
California Supreme Court Rules That Uber and Lyft Drivers Will Remain Independent Contractors - Wired
California Supreme Court upholds classification of gig workers as independent contractors - Engadget
California Supreme Court Upholds Gig Worker Law In a Win For Ride-Hail Companies - Slashdot
Canadian soccer teams have been spying with drones for years - The Verge
Canalys: China's smartphone shipments rose 10% YoY in Q2, with Huawei's shipments up 41%; Apple's market share in China dropped to 14%, down from 16% in Q2 2023 (Reuters) - Techmeme
ChatGPT reveals search feature in Google challenge - BBC
ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot - Techcrunch
Chemist Explains the Chemistry Behind Decaf Coffee - Slashdot
Childhood Air Pollution Directly Linked To Adult Lung Health, Study Says - Slashdot
Class Action Lawsuit Alleges T-Mobile Broke Its Lifetime Price Guarantee - Wired
Comic-Con leak sparks rumors of two remastered Soul Reaver games - Engadget
Critical Flaw in Telerik Report Server Poses Remote Code Execution Risk - Hackers News
CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz says 97% of Windows sensors are back online, about a week after CrowdStrike shipped a faulty update that bricked Windows computers (Sam Sabin/Axios) - Techmeme
CrowdStrike Warns of New Phishing Scam Targeting German Customers - Hackers News
Digital marketing startup Plaiced has acquired Precursor Ventures-backed Clutch - Techcrunch
DStv owner, Multichoice arrests suspected piracy kingpin in South Africa - Technext
Egypt's MNT-Halan banks $157.5M, gobbles up a fintech in Turkey to expand - Techcrunch
Energy tech startup Greenely grabs '8M to reach more households and support Europe's energy transition - Techcrunch
Epic plans to bring its mobile games to AltStore on iOS in the EU, and remove its games from the Galaxy Store due to Samsung blocking sideloading by default (Epic Games) - Techmeme
Epic will bring Fortnite to third-party iOS app stores - The Verge
ESR's cheap Qi2 car charger is more than 40 percent off for a limited time - The Verge
Europe Is Pumping Billions Into New Military Tech - Wired
Facebook Hosts Creator Workshop In Lagos - TechCity
Florida-based IntelePeer, which develops software to help businesses automate customer contact centers using AI, raised $140M in equity and debt (Denver Business Journal) - Techmeme
FTC's Khan Backs Open AI Models in Bid to Avoid Monopolies - Slashdot
FTC's Lina Khan says open-weights AI models can promote competition and "liberate startups from the arbitrary whims of closed developers and cloud gatekeepers" (Bloomberg) - Techmeme
Gemini's big upgrade: Faster responses with 1.5 Flash, expanded access and more - Technext
Google brings Nest Hello support to the Home app - The Verge
Google Faces New Rival as OpenAI's SearchGPT Debuts - Innovation Village
Gran Tourismo 7's more realistic physics update is launching cars into orbit - Engadget
Here's how to disable X (Twitter) from using your data to train its Grok AI - Techcrunch
Here's how to stop Grok's AI models using your tweets for training - Engadget
Here's how to stop X from using your posts to train its AI - The Verge
Here's why David Sacks, Paul Graham and other big Silicon Valley names had a brawl on X over VC behavior - Techcrunch