Reuters:
Epic files a CA lawsuit accusing Samsung and Google of colluding to deter users from rival app stores via Samsung’s Auto Blocker, and plans to speak to the EU — “Fortnite” video game maker Epic Games on Monday accused Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O) and Samsung (005930.KS) …
Raspberry Pi AI Camera review: the new $70 kit has a smart camera with performance that will cover 99% of basic user projects, and works as a standard Pi camera (Les Pounder/Tom’s Hardware)
Les Pounder / Tom’s Hardware:
Raspberry Pi AI Camera review: the new $70 kit has a smart camera with performance that will cover 99% of basic user projects, and works as a standard Pi camera — Smarter Pi — Tom’s Hardware Verdict … It may not come as a big surprise. After all, the $70 Raspberry Pi AI Camera …
A look at the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism, created by Meta, Microsoft, YouTube, and X in 2016 to share info; X quietly left the board this month (Paresh Dave/Wired)
Paresh Dave / Wired:
A look at the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism, created by Meta, Microsoft, YouTube, and X in 2016 to share info; X quietly left the board this month — X has left the board of GIFCT, an organization through which tech companies exchange information to keep violent content off the web.
AT&T agrees to sell its majority stake in DirecTV to private equity firm TPG for $7.6B in cash, including $1.7B in pre-tax quarterly distributions in H2 2024 (Amy Thomson/Bloomberg)
Amy Thomson / Bloomberg:
AT&T agrees to sell its majority stake in DirecTV to private equity firm TPG for $7.6B in cash, including $1.7B in pre-tax quarterly distributions in H2 2024 — – DirecTV is holding advanced talks to merge with rival Dish — AT&T and TPG are owners of DirecTV, which was founded in 1994
Google’s lawyers wrapped up their defense of the company in the US DOJ ad tech antitrust trial last week; a judge’s ruling is expected in the coming months (New York Times)
New York Times:
Google’s lawyers wrapped up their defense of the company in the US DOJ ad tech antitrust trial last week; a judge’s ruling is expected in the coming months — The tech giant, which wrapped up its arguments in the federal monopoly trial, simply says it has the best product.
Antenna: Netflix cancellations spiked for a few days in late July 2024 after Reed Hastings endorsed Kamala Harris and announced a $7M super PAC donation (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Antenna: Netflix cancellations spiked for a few days in late July 2024 after Reed Hastings endorsed Kamala Harris and announced a $7M super PAC donation — Rate of cancellations almost tripled after Trump backers called for action against the streaming service. — Say goodbye to another tough week in Hollywood.
Sources: ByteDance plans to develop an AI model trained primarily with Huawei Ascend 910B chips, which it already uses for less intensive inference tasks (Reuters)
Reuters:
Sources: ByteDance plans to develop an AI model trained primarily with Huawei Ascend 910B chips, which it already uses for less intensive inference tasks — TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance plans to develop an AI model trained primarily with chips from compatriot Huawei Technologies (HWT.UL) …
Interview with SolarWinds CISO Tim Brown on the 2020 breach, facing the US SEC’s charges that were largely dismissed in July, global cyber regulations, and more (Stephanie Stacey/Financial Times)
Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times:
Interview with SolarWinds CISO Tim Brown on the 2020 breach, facing the US SEC’s charges that were largely dismissed in July, global cyber regulations, and more — Tim Brown was first cyber executive to face SEC charges after a massive Russian hack — The first cyber chief to fight …
California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoes AI safety bill SB 1047; source: Newsom vetoed because the bill applies only to large AI models and leaves others unregulated (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal:
California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoes AI safety bill SB 1047; source: Newsom vetoed because the bill applies only to large AI models and leaves others unregulated — Governor seeks more encompassing rules than the bill opposed by OpenAI, Meta and supported by research scientists
California passes a law that includes “neural data” under personal sensitive information, aiming to protect people’s brain data from being misused by companies (Jonathan Moens/New York Times)
Jonathan Moens / New York Times:
California passes a law that includes “neural data” under personal sensitive information, aiming to protect people’s brain data from being misused by companies — The state extended its current personal privacy law to include the neural data increasingly coveted by technology companies.
