Microsoft debuts the new Surface Pro, with optional OLED display and 5G, 90% faster than last gen, a new Flex keyboard with haptic feedback, and more (David Pierce/The Verge)

David Pierce / The Verge:
Microsoft debuts the new Surface Pro, with optional OLED display and 5G, 90% faster than last gen, a new Flex keyboard with haptic feedback, and more  —  Microsoft just announced the new Surface Pro, the latest in its lineup of tablet / laptop hybrid devices and the first in a new generation …

The CAA partners with Veritone to build a storage system for A-list artists to store their digital assets and get compensated for the use of their AI likeness (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)

Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
The CAA partners with Veritone to build a storage system for A-list artists to store their digital assets and get compensated for the use of their AI likeness  —  Creative Artists Agency (CAA), one of the top entertainment and sports talent agencies, is hoping to be at the forefront …

NY AG announces a $2B settlement with crypto lender Genesis, after claiming Genesis misled investors about its Gemini Earn program, leading to $1B+ in losses (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)

MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC:
NY AG announces a $2B settlement with crypto lender Genesis, after claiming Genesis misled investors about its Gemini Earn program, leading to $1B+ in losses  —  WATCH NOW  —  New York Attorney General Letitia James is settling with crypto lender Genesis for $2 billion, in an effort to repay defrauded investors.

Q&A with Sundar Pichai about Google I/O announcements, AI Overviews’ high clickthrough rates, competing with OpenAI, future of search, AI advancements, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)

Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with Sundar Pichai about Google I/O announcements, AI Overviews’ high clickthrough rates, competing with OpenAI, future of search, AI advancements, and more  —  The head of Google sat down with Decoder last week to talk about the biggest advancements in AI, the future of Google Search, and the fate of the web.

Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein resigns, to be replaced by the head of strategy for asset and wealth manager at Goldman Sachs, Peter Mintzberg, on August 15 (Jamie Crawley/CoinDesk)

Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk:
Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein resigns, to be replaced by the head of strategy for asset and wealth manager at Goldman Sachs, Peter Mintzberg, on August 15  —  Sonnenshein’s replacement will be Peter Mintzberg, currently head of strategy for asset and wealth manager at Goldman Sachs

Sources: LG has ended its Meta partnership due to a lack of “synergy”, three months after the companies agreed to develop XR devices; LG may partner with Amazon (Chae-Yeon Kim/KED Global)

Chae-Yeon Kim / KED Global:
Sources: LG has ended its Meta partnership due to a lack of “synergy”, three months after the companies agreed to develop XR devices; LG may partner with Amazon  —  Industry sources say LG, recently cut ties, may have seen little synergy from its collaboration with Meta on XR devices

CyberArk acquires machine identity management company Venafi from Thoma Bravo in a deal valued at around $1.54B; Thoma Bravo bought Venafi for $1.15B in 2020 (Sophie Shulman/CTech)

Sophie Shulman / CTech:
CyberArk acquires machine identity management company Venafi from Thoma Bravo in a deal valued at around $1.54B; Thoma Bravo bought Venafi for $1.15B in 2020  —  The Israeli company is purchasing the machine identity management company from Thoma Bravo as it looks to combine Venafi’s machine …