Ryan McMorrow / Financial Times:
A teardown of Huawei’s popular Qingyun L540 laptop, which relies on some foreign tech, reveals the challenges ahead for China’s tech self-sufficiency efforts — A look inside the bestselling Qingyun L540 shows how the campaign to use locally made components is progressing
TikTok permanently removes accounts associated with the parent organizations of Russian state media outlets RT and Sputnik, citing “covert influence operations” (David Ingram/NBC News)
David Ingram / NBC News:
TikTok permanently removes accounts associated with the parent organizations of Russian state media outlets RT and Sputnik, citing “covert influence operations” — Social media rivals Meta and YouTube have announced similar suspensions of Russian state media accounts this month.
Celestia Foundation, which is behind the Celestia modular blockchain network, raised a $100M round led by Bain Capital Crypto, taking its total raised to $155M (Daniel Kuhn/The Block)
Daniel Kuhn / The Block:
Celestia Foundation, which is behind the Celestia modular blockchain network, raised a $100M round led by Bain Capital Crypto, taking its total raised to $155M — – The organization behind the modular blockchain network has raised $100 million in a round led by Bain Capital Crypto, bringing its total financing to $155 million.
Revolut is spinning out its €8.5B wealth management offering into a standalone app and plans to launch it in European Economic Area countries by the end of 2024 (Emily Nicolle/Bloomberg)
Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg:
Revolut is spinning out its €8.5B wealth management offering into a standalone app and plans to launch it in European Economic Area countries by the end of 2024 — – Firm spinning out $9.5 billion wealth assets with new platform — Fintech seeking to tap customers beyond its main banking app
California Governor Gavin Newsom signs the Phone-Free Schools Act, which will require schools to restrict cellphone use during school hours by July 1, 2026 (New York Times)
New York Times:
California Governor Gavin Newsom signs the Phone-Free Schools Act, which will require schools to restrict cellphone use during school hours by July 1, 2026 — Calls for crackdowns have mounted with reports of cyberbullying and studies indicating that smartphones are harmful to children’s mental health.
US intelligence officials say Russia, Iran, and China are using AI tools to boost US election influence efforts, with Russia’s efforts being the most aggressive (Joseph Menn/Washington Post)
Joseph Menn / Washington Post:
US intelligence officials say Russia, Iran, and China are using AI tools to boost US election influence efforts, with Russia’s efforts being the most aggressive — American intelligence officials say Moscow’s efforts, aimed mostly at undermining Harris, are the most aggressive.
The US House approves a bill exempting some chipmaking projects from federal permitting requirements after Senate approval in 2023, sending it to Biden’s desk (Mackenzie Hawkins/Bloomberg)
Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg:
The US House approves a bill exempting some chipmaking projects from federal permitting requirements after Senate approval in 2023, sending it to Biden’s desk — – Bill would limit NEPA requirements for projects by Intel, TSMC — Republicans had killed earlier attempts at chips carve-out
Harmonic, a startup co-founded by Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev that aims to build AI better at math than humans, raised a $75M Series A at a $325M valuation (Cade Metz/New York Times)
Cade Metz / New York Times:
Harmonic, a startup co-founded by Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev that aims to build AI better at math than humans, raised a $75M Series A at a $325M valuation — Chatbots like ChatGPT get stuff wrong. But researchers are building new A.I. systems that can verify their own math — and maybe more.
Source: Meta plans to launch the voices of Judi Dench, Kristen Bell, John Cena, Awkwafina, and Keegan-Michael Key for its Meta AI chatbot at Connect this week (Katie Paul/Reuters)
Katie Paul / Reuters:
Source: Meta plans to launch the voices of Judi Dench, Kristen Bell, John Cena, Awkwafina, and Keegan-Michael Key for its Meta AI chatbot at Connect this week — Facebook owner Meta Platforms (META.O) is planning to announce this week that it has secured deals with actors including Judi Dench …
Apple says Apple Intelligence will require 4GB of storage on compatible iPhones, and the storage requirement “will increase as more features roll out” (Ryan Christoffel/9to5Mac)
Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac:
Apple says Apple Intelligence will require 4GB of storage on compatible iPhones, and the storage requirement “will increase as more features roll out” — Apple Intelligence is releasing soon as part of iOS 18.1. When it does, you may need to free up some additional storage on your iPhone.
