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A former Snap engineer debuts Butterflies, a social network where users can create AI personas that then interact with users and other AIs via posts and DMs (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

A former Snap engineer debuts Butterflies, a social net...

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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: A former Snap engineer debuts Butterflies, a social ...

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The US FTC says it has referred a complaint to the DOJ against TikTok and ByteDance over potential violations of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (Reuters)

The US FTC says it has referred a complaint to the DOJ ...

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Reuters: The US FTC says it has referred a complaint to the DOJ against TikTok...

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Appfigures: iOS 18 could "Sherlock" trail apps, grammar helpers, math solvers, password managers, and emoji apps that have an estimated $393M in annual revenue (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Appfigures: iOS 18 could "Sherlock" trail apps, grammar...

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Appfigures: iOS 18 could “Sherlock” trail apps, gram...

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AMD is working with police and a host provider to investigate a claim that company data was stolen, after a BreachForums user said they breached AMD's systems (Ian King/Bloomberg)

AMD is working with police and a host provider to inves...

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Ian King / Bloomberg: AMD is working with police and a host provider to invest...

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Qualcomm agrees to pay $75M to settle a lawsuit from shareholders accusing it of defrauding them by hiding alleged anticompetitive sales and licensing practices (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)

Qualcomm agrees to pay $75M to settle a lawsuit from sh...

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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: Qualcomm agrees to pay $75M to settle a lawsuit fr...

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Qilin, a cohort of Russian-speaking hackers, claims responsibility for the ransomware attack impacting London hospitals for weeks and demands $50M to end it (Ryan Gallagher/Bloomberg)

Qilin, a cohort of Russian-speaking hackers, claims res...

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Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg: Qilin, a cohort of Russian-speaking hackers, claim...

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Internal memo: Meta merges its Reality Labs teams into the "Metaverse" product group that now includes Quest, and the AR product group, now called "Wearables" (Alex Heath/The Verge)

Internal memo: Meta merges its Reality Labs teams into ...

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Alex Heath / The Verge: Internal memo: Meta merges its Reality Labs teams into...

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The California Labor Commissioner's Office fines Amazon $5.9M for violating a 2022 state law by failing to properly inform workers of quotas at two warehouses (Caroline O'Donovan/Washington Post)

The California Labor Commissioner's Office fines Amazon...

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Caroline O'Donovan / Washington Post: The California Labor Commissioner's Offi...

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Consensys says the US SEC is "closing its investigation into Ethereum 2.0" and "will not bring charges alleging that sales of ETH are securities transactions" (Ryan Ozawa/Decrypt)

Consensys says the US SEC is "closing its investigation...

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Ryan Ozawa / Decrypt: Consensys says the US SEC is “closing its investigation ...

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FOI documents: eight UK train stations scanned passenger faces for two years as part of AI trials; Amazon software was used to predict age, gender, and emotions (Matt Burgess/Wired)

FOI documents: eight UK train stations scanned passenge...

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Matt Burgess / Wired: FOI documents: eight UK train stations scanned passenger...

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A look at Mozilla's acquisition of Anonym, which offers "privacy-preserving" ad tools, and how Anonym might interact with a user base that tends to block ads (Thomas Claburn/The Register)

A look at Mozilla's acquisition of Anonym, which offers...

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Thomas Claburn / The Register: A look at Mozilla's acquisition of Anonym, whic...

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Sources: Google and OpenAI have stepped up staff vetting over Chinese espionage threat; Sequoia has encouraged some portfolio companies to tighten staff vetting (Financial Times)

Sources: Google and OpenAI have stepped up staff vettin...

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Financial Times: Sources: Google and OpenAI have stepped up staff vetting over...

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Japan is looking to lure AI investment away from Europe and elsewhere by adopting a light-touch, industry-led approach to regulating AI (Nikkei Asia)

Japan is looking to lure AI investment away from Europe...

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Nikkei Asia: Japan is looking to lure AI investment away from Europe and elsew...

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The US DOJ sues Adobe for allegedly harming "consumers by enrolling them in its default, most lucrative subscription plan without clearly disclosing" plan terms (Emma Roth/The Verge)

The US DOJ sues Adobe for allegedly harming "consumers ...

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Emma Roth / The Verge: The US DOJ sues Adobe for allegedly harming “consumers ...

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Logitech unveils the MX Ink, a $130 stylus coming in September for the Meta Quest 2, Quest 3, and "future headsets", the Quest's first third-party input device (Scott Stein/CNET)

Logitech unveils the MX Ink, a $130 stylus coming in Se...

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Scott Stein / CNET: Logitech unveils the MX Ink, a $130 stylus coming in Septe...

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Uber says "tens of thousands of riders" in Phoenix have matched with a "Waymo (AI) driver" and have given "a nearly 4.9 average star rating" since the launch (Alan Ohnsman/Forbes)

Uber says "tens of thousands of riders" in Phoenix have...

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Alan Ohnsman / Forbes: Uber says “tens of thousands of riders” in Phoenix have...