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
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CrowdStrike and Microsoft: all the latest news on the global IT outage - The Verge
CrowdStrike pledges better tests after IT outage - BBC
Crunchbase: in H1 2024, generative AI startups raised $500M across 198 angel/seed deals, $8.7B across 39 early-stage deals, and $3.1B across 18 late-stage deals (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) - Techmeme
Cyber Firm KnowBe4 Hired a Fake IT Worker From North Korea - Slashdot
Data Breach Exposes US Spyware Maker Behind Windows, Mac, Android and Chromebook Malware - Slashdot
Data breach exposes US spyware maker behind Windows, Mac, Android and Chromebook malware - Techcrunch
Dazz, which provides AI-based cloud security remediation software for enterprises, raised $50M from Greylock and others, sources say at a ~$400M valuation (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch) - Techmeme
Deadpool & Wolverine' Scales New Heights of Cinematic Self-Awareness - Wired
DefiLlama and Wintermute: the aggregate market cap of stablecoins crossed $164B for the first time since the collapse of Terra in May 2022; USDT is at $114.26B (Omkar Godbole/CoinDesk) - Techmeme
Disrupt 2024 Career Fair: Your gateway to top tech talent - Techcrunch
Egypt's Kemitt enters Saudi market with furniture eCommerce platform after latest funding round - Innovation Village
Elgato transforms its Stream Deck Plus with new XLR dock and USB hub accessories - The Verge
Elon Musk's poll asking if Tesla should invest $5B in xAI ends with 67.9% voting yes, after Musk said on Tesla's earnings call that he supported the idea (Dana Hull/Bloomberg) - Techmeme
Eminem's New Album Prompted Gen X to Declare a TikTok 'War' on Gen Z - Wired
Endeavor CEO says long-term capital needs to be prioritized in emerging ecosystems - Techcrunch
Enterprise financial software company OneStream's shares closed up 34.25% at $26.85 in its Nasdaq debut, giving it a market cap of ~$6.2B, after a ~$490M IPO (Bloomberg) - Techmeme
Ethiopia, Zimbabwe lead as Africa records 2,960 cyber attacksweekly - Guardian
Exclusive: Risevest in talks to acquire Kenya's Hisa - Techcabal
Experts advocate use of AI, others to tackle Nigeria's insecurity - Guardian
FAAN security projects have strengthened Nigerian airports - Tribune
FBI director discusses the Trump rally shooter's search history and drone details - The Verge
Free delivery brings disloyal customers,' ChopNowNow founder muses as he pivots to grocery delivery - Techcabal
FTC's newly unredacted filings quote an Adobe exec comparing early termination fees to "heroin"; Adobe's Dana Rao says the person was not on the leadership team (Nilay Patel/The Verge) - Techmeme
GM-backed Addionics aims to make lithium-ion batteries cheaper with wavy foil - Techcrunch
GM-Owned Cruise Has Lost Interest In Cars Without Steering Wheels - Slashdot
Google debuts new Maps features in India to help users easily navigate though flyovers and narrow roads, says it built an AI model specifically for Indian roads (TechCrunch) - Techmeme
Google DeepMind rolls out AlphaProof AI model, which specializes in math reasoning, and AlphaGeometry 2, an updated version of a model focused on geometry (Bloomberg) - Techmeme
Google DeepMind's AI Systems Can Now Solve Complex Math Problems - Slashdot
Google DeepMind's Game-Playing AI Tackles a Chatbot Blind Spot - Wired
Google gives free Gemini users access to its faster, lighter 1.5 Flash AI model - Engadget
Google makes its Gemini chatbot faster and more widely available - Techcrunch
Google Maps adds features to improve navigating flyovers and narrow roads in India - Techcrunch
Google updates its Gemini chatbot with Gemini 1.5 Flash and a 32K-token context window in its free tier, links to related content for some prompts, and more (Jay Peters/The Verge) - Techmeme
Hacked, leaked, exposed: Why you should never use stalkerware apps - Techcrunch
Hacker claims theft of Piramal Group's employee data - Techcrunch
How Soon Might the Atlantic Ocean Break' Two Sibling Scientists Found an Answer'and Shook the World - Wired
How technology is making life more convenient for many - Guardian
How to accept or reject 2024 admission without JAMB SIM card - Techcabal
How to access Apple Maps using your web browser - Pocket Lint
How to Promote and Sell Event Tickets Directly on TikTok with the New Eventbrite Integration - Innovation Village
How to stop background apps on Pixel smartphones - Pocket Lint
How VistaJet is redefining private aviation landscape in Nigeria - Tribune
Hugo Awards Organizers Reveal Thousands Spent On Fraudulent Votes To Help One Writer Win - Slashdot
I underestimated nano-texture screens until I tried the M4 iPad Pro outside - Pocket Lint
IBM reports Q2 revenue up 2% YoY to $15.8B, vs. $15.6B est., and says bookings for AI consulting and software have exceeded $2B since mid-2023, vs. $1B in Q1 (Bloomberg) - Techmeme
India drops the 2% equalization levy on digital services offered by foreign companies starting August 1; the levy had become a point of contention with the US (Laura Dobberstein/The Register) - Techmeme
Instagram removes 63,000 sextortion accounts in Nigeria - BBC
Intron Health gets backing for its speech recognition tool that recognizes African accents - Techcrunch
JAMB new information on part time ND/HND for NYSC 2024 - Techcabal
Jio partners with Taiwan's MediaTek to tap into two-wheeler EV market - Techcrunch
Joe Biden Lost The Internet. Kamala Harris Is Trying to Win it Back - Wired
Kodiak Robotics is taking self-driving trucks off road to reach profitability faster - Techcrunch
Lakera, which helps enterprises protect generative AI apps from LLM vulnerabilities, raised a $20M Series A led by Atomico, bringing its total funding to $30M (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch) - Techmeme
Lawsuit: T-Mobile Must Pay For Breaking Lifetime Price Guarantee - Slashdot
Lodestar's robotic arm will be an orbital 'first responder' for satellites in need - Techcrunch
Malaysia Asks Microsoft, CrowdStrike To Consider Covering Losses From Global Outage - Slashdot
Mark Zuckerberg says WhatsApp has 100 million monthly active users in the U.S. - Techcrunch
Max's SharePlay feature for iOS is now available to all ad-free subscribers - Engadget
Meta needs updated rules for sexually explicit deepfakes, Oversight Board says - Engadget
Meta Removes 63,000 Instagram Accounts Linked to Nigerian Sextortion Scams - Hackers News
Meta removes ~63K Instagram accounts used by sextortion scammers in Nigeria, along with ~7,200 Facebook assets, including accounts linked to the Yahoo Boys (Olivia Carville/Bloomberg) - Techmeme