| 10:00 PM • | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: An international study of 642 websites and mobile apps offering subscription services finds ~76% with at least one possible dark pattern and ~67% with multiple |
| 8:50 PM • | Janko Roettgers / Lowpass: A US court grants Redbox owner Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Chapter 7 bankruptcy, paving the way for shutting down Redbox and liquidating its assets |
| 6:10 PM • | Brady Dale / Axios: US prosecutors say crypto exchange BitMEX pled guilty to one count of violating the Bank Secrecy Act by not having an adequate AML program from 2015 to 2020 |
| 5:25 PM • | FinSMEs: Hayden AI, which offers cities vision AI tools to improve sustainability, traffic safety, and accessibility, raised a $90M Series C led by TPG's The Rise Fund |
| 4:40 PM • | Valida Pau / Bloomberg: Earned Wealth, which offers wealth management services to medical professionals, raised $200M, and reports 3,000+ clients and $2B in assets under management |
| 3:15 PM • | Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: Apple and Google launch a data portability tool that lets Google Photos users move their photos to iCloud, after offering iCloud to Google Photos in March 2021 |
| 2:47 PM • | Ryan Gould / Bloomberg: Sources: Alphabet shelves efforts to acquire HubSpot after the companies failed to reach a point of detailed discussions around due diligence; HUBS drops 10%+ |
| 1:50 PM • | Shubham Sharma / VentureBeat: AWS launches App Studio, which is a generative AI-powered service letting enterprise users create internal apps using text prompts, in public preview |
| 1:10 PM • | Evan Gorelick / Bloomberg: OpenAI and Los Alamos National Laboratory announce a partnership to evaluate how multimodal AI models can be used safely by scientists in laboratory settings |
| 12:40 PM • | Bloomberg: Source: Apple aims to ship 90M+ iPhone 16 series devices in 2024, after shipping about 81M iPhone 15s in H2 2023, as it counts on AI services to boost demand |
| 11:30 AM • | Michael Nienaber / Bloomberg: Germany agrees on a compromise proposal to strip Huawei components from the 5G core network by the end of 2026; sources say firms will have until 2029 to comply |
| 11:15 AM • | Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: FTC source: Microsoft ditching its OpenAI board observer seat is unlikely to resolve concerns at the agency, which is conducting an antitrust review of AI deals |
| 10:50 AM • | Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: Microsoft agrees to a deal to settle trade group CISPE's antitrust complaint, and to build a tool to let CISPE members run Microsoft software on their platforms |
| 10:10 AM • | Financial Times: AMD agrees to buy Helsinki-based Silo AI, which offers tailored AI models and platforms to enterprise customers, for $665M in cash; Silo has a 300-person team |
| 9:50 AM • | Sam Rutherford / Engadget: Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6 and Z Flip6 hands-on: much better cameras, expanded Galaxy AI features, 12GB of RAM, and 10% stronger frames, but both cost $100 more |
| 9:40 AM • | Brody Ford / Bloomberg: Intuit plans to cut 10% of its global workforce, or ~1,800 employees, and rehire the same number, primarily in its engineering, product, and sales divisions |
| 9:35 AM • | Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Google updates Gemini for Android to work better with foldables, expands Circle to Search, and more; the Galaxy Watch7 and Watch Ultra will ship with Wear OS 5 |
| 9:30 AM • | Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: Samsung hikes the Galaxy Z Flip6 and Z Fold6 by $100 to $1,099+ and $1,899+, respectively, aiming to reclaim the lead in foldables as Chinese competition mounts |
| 9:27 AM • | James Frew / Tom's Guide: Samsung unveils the $400 Galaxy Ring with gesture controls, Samsung Health, IP68, and up to a seven-day battery life, in nine sizes and three colors on July 24 |
| 9:18 AM • | Victoria Song / The Verge: Samsung unveils the $300 Galaxy Watch7 and $650 Galaxy Watch Ultra, both with LTE and a 3nm Exynos W1000 chip, 2GB of RAM, and 32GB storage, available July 24 |
| 9:15 AM • | Victoria Song / The Verge: Samsung Galaxy Ring hands-on: the $400 ring has a titanium frame, optical heart rate and skin temperature sensors, feels slimmer than the Oura Ring, and more |
| 9:14 AM • | Chris Welch / The Verge: Samsung unveils $250 Galaxy Buds3 Pro and $180 Galaxy Buds3, with ANC and switching to an AirPods-like stemmed design and case, available on July 24 |
| 9:11 AM • | Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: Samsung debuts the Galaxy Z Fold6, with a wider 22.1:9 display, up to 2,600 nits of brightness, a thinner frame, IP48, and seven years of updates, for $1,899 |
| 9:10 AM • | Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: Samsung unveils the Galaxy Z Flip6 with 3.4" and 6.7" displays, a 50MP camera, a larger 4,000 mAh battery, and a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, for $1,099+ from July 24 |
| 9:00 AM • | Samsung on YouTube: A livestream of Samsung Galaxy Unpacked July 2024 |
| 6:35 AM • | Wes Davis / The Verge: Google now lets its users set up Advanced Protection Program with a single passkey, using Android or iOS biometric authentication, instead of two physical keys |
| 6:15 AM • | New York Times: Amazon says it hit its goal of 100% clean energy in 2023, seven years early, after investing in 500+ solar and wind projects; experts criticize Amazon's figures |
| 5:55 AM • | Wired: Elliptic finds a Cambodian online market offering the crypto scam industry products and services, including money laundering and victim data, with $11B in sales |
| 5:40 AM • | Robert Burnson / Bloomberg: A US judge rules in favor of X in a lawsuit alleging X owes $500M+ in severance pay to ~6,000 laid-off staff, saying the claims were not covered under ERISA |
| 4:55 AM • | Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Researchers detail the Blast-RADIUS MD5-based vulnerability affecting RADIUS, a widely used network access authentication protocol first developed in 1991 |
| 4:30 AM • | New York Times: A profile of Lee Saedol, an 18-time Go world champion who was beaten by Google DeepMind's AlphaGo in 2016 and now gives lectures about AI after retiring in 2019 |
| 4:00 AM • | Bloomberg: A look at the rise of algorithmic trading in currency markets: ~50% of hedge funds are using the tech for FX trading in 2024, up from 22% before the pandemic |
| 2:30 AM • | Matthew Ball / MatthewBall.co: Q&A with Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth on the company's metaverse strategy, barriers to MR/VR growth, Reality Labs spending, AR glasses, AI, and more |
| 2:10 AM • | CNN: An investigation finds Airbnb fails to protect its guests from hidden cameras and moves swiftly to contain user complaints and resolve them out of court |
| 1:25 AM • | Financial Times: Source: Apple is not taking an OpenAI board observer role, as AI antitrust scrutiny mounts; OpenAI plans to host regular meetings with investors and partners |
| 1:20 AM • | Ina Fried / Axios: Microsoft gives up an observer seat on OpenAI's board, citing the new board's “significant progress” and saying the company is “confident” in OpenAI's direction |
| 12:50 AM • | Financial Times: Index Ventures, an early investor in Mistral and Cohere, closed $2.3B to chase AI breakthroughs and says that 50%+ of its recent investments have been in AI |
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