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
42-year-old Nigerian National Sentenced to 12 Years for Wire Fraud After U.K. Arrest - Innovation Village
6 Types of Applications Security Testing You Must Know About - Hackers News
70mai Dash Cam A510 review: Two cameras on a budget - Pocket Lint
A detailed review of the newly unveiled 2024 National Digital Economy and E-Governance Act - Technext
A group of 16 US lawmakers ask Meta to delay shutting down CrowdTangle for at least six months, citing concerns about the limitations of Meta Content Library (Sara Fischer/Axios) - Techmeme
A Hacker 'Ghost' Network Is Quietly Spreading Malware on GitHub - Slashdot
A NASA-funded study of satellite data finds traffic-related N02 pollution spiked ~20% near ~150K large US warehouses, which have proliferated due to e-commerce (Justine Calma/The Verge) - Techmeme
A new Chinese video-generating model appears to be censoring politically sensitive topics - Techcrunch
A new Nest Learning Thermostat might be on the way - The Verge
Achieving airports viability takes centre stage at 2024 business summit - Tribune
Adobe Exec Compared Creative Cloud Cancellation Fees To 'Heroin - Slashdot
Adobe exec compared Creative Cloud cancellation fees to 'heroin - The Verge
African Entrepreneurs Encouraged to Join UK-Led Young Innovators Programme for $9K Prize Opportunity - Innovation Village
After investigating how Meta handles AI-generated explicit images, Oversight Board asks Meta to use the terminology "non-consensual" over "derogatory", and more (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch) - Techmeme
AI in Action: Google demonstrates new Gemini capacity to help businesses at Cape Town event - Technext
AI Video Generator Runway Trained On Thousands of YouTube Videos Without Permission - Slashdot
AI video startup Runway reportedly trained on 'thousands' of YouTube videos without permission - Engadget
All eyes on AI to drive Big Tech earnings - Guardian
Alphabet pours $5B into Waymo, Cruise scraps the Origin and Elon's bet on autonomy - Techcrunch
Alternative app store AltStore PAL adds third-party iOS apps in wake of EU Apple ruling - Techcrunch
AltStore PAL now offers third-party iOS apps in the EU, starting with two torrenting apps, a social discovery app for dating, and a PC emulator (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge) - Techmeme
Amazon is discontinuing my favorite Echo ' the one with a dot-matrix clock - The Verge
AMD delays its Zen 5 Ryzen 9000 launch, originally set for July, to August due to an unspecified quality issue, and pulls back all units shipped to replace them (Paul Alcorn/Tom's Hardware) - Techmeme
AMD delays Ryzen 9000 chip release for up to two weeks to address quality issues - Engadget
AMD is slightly delaying its Ryzen 9000 desktop CPUs 'out of an abundance of caution - The Verge
Analysis: since the start of Ukraine war in 2022, Russia obtained ~$4B worth of US restricted chips from 6K+ companies, including from shell firms in Hong Kong (New York Times) - Techmeme
Anthony Fauci Worries About the Next Pandemic'But Worries More About Democracy - Wired
Apple launches Apple Maps on the web in beta, available in English and compatible with Safari and Chrome on Mac and iPad, and Chrome and Edge on Windows PCs (Chance Miller/9to5Mac) - Techmeme
Apple Maps is now available on the web in beta - Engadget
Apple Maps launches on the web to challenge Google Maps - Techcrunch
Apple Maps Now Available on the Web: A New Competitor for Google Maps - Innovation Village
Apple's M3 iMac is down to a record-low price - Engadget
Apples Emergency SOS Live Video is coming to 911 - Pocket Lint
Archera helps customers access deep cloud discounts - Techcrunch
Around 500 World of Warcraft workers vote to unionize with the CWA, bringing the number of unionized US gaming employees at Microsoft to around 1,750 (Josh Eidelson/Bloomberg) - Techmeme
Asus ROG Ally X review: the best Windows gaming handheld by a mile - The Verge
At The 2024 Summer Olympics, AI Is Watching You - Wired
Australian Scientists Genetically Engineer Common Fly Species To Eat More of Humanity's Waste - Slashdot
Bboxx Appoints New Chief Executive Officer as Mansoor Hamayun Steps Up - TechMoran
Beats Pill (2024) Review: A Fortified Contender - Wired
Beijing-based AI startup Baichuan raised about $687M at a $2.8B valuation from investors, including Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen governments, and Alibaba (Bloomberg) - Techmeme
Bing previews its answer to Google's AI Overviews - Techcrunch
Bing's AI redesign shoves the usual list of search results to the side - The Verge
bunch raises $15.5M for its platform that simplifies investment management for VCs - Techcrunch
California's Supreme Court upholds Prop 22, allowing Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, and other companies to keep classifying California drivers as independent contractors (Maia Spoto/Bloomberg) - Techmeme
Canada Apologizes After Drone Caught Spying On New Zealand's Olympic Practices - Slashdot
Cannondale Moterra SL 2 Electric Mountain Bike Review: Lightweight and Powerful - Wired
Cars Are Now Rolling Computers, So How Long Will They Get Updates' Automakers Can't Say - Wired
Chainguard, which helps companies secure their software supply chain, raised a $140M Series C co-led by Redpoint, Lightspeed, and IVP at a $1.12B valuation (Taylor Soper/GeekWire) - Techmeme
Changelabs Rolls out Premier Fintech Accelerator for MENA Startups in Egypt - Innovation Village
Chill painting game t beautifully captures summertime in Montreal - Engadget
CISA Warns of Exploitable Vulnerabilities in Popular BIND 9 DNS Software - Hackers News
Coast-to-coast in a solar-powered car ' and a new Cannonball Run record - The Verge
Connect Wireless Headphones to Your TV to Watch Movies and Shows in Peace - Wired
CRED launches personal finance manager for India's affluent - Techcrunch
Critical Docker Engine Flaw Allows Attackers to Bypass Authorization Plugins - Hackers News
Cross border trading in air tickets is a red flag ' NANTA - Tribune
CrowdStrike and Microsoft: all the latest news on the global IT outage - The Verge