Ivana Saric / Axios:
An analysis shows that at least 26 US states have passed or are considering bills regulating the use of generative AI in election-related communications — – There have already been instances of generative AI being “used to confuse – and even suppress – voters,” Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) told Axios in an email.
Sources: TSMC and Samsung execs have visited the UAE and are considering building chip factories funded by the UAE, with a central role for Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: TSMC and Samsung execs have visited the UAE and are considering building chip factories funded by the UAE, with a central role for Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala — Potential projects in the United Arab Emirates could be worth more than $100 billion, though major hurdles remain
A profile of SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son, who transformed the Japanese tech conglomerate into a global investment group and is criticized for high-risk investments (Lionel Barber/Financial Times)
Lionel Barber / Financial Times:
A profile of SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son, who transformed the Japanese tech conglomerate into a global investment group and is criticized for high-risk investments — He has won and lost fortunes with his bets on technology. So is the investor a visionary — or a gambler who got lucky?
Law enforcement agencies shut down a phishing-as-a-service platform offered by iServer since 2018 that was used to unlock 1.2M+ stolen or lost mobile phones (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
Law enforcement agencies shut down a phishing-as-a-service platform offered by iServer since 2018 that was used to unlock 1.2M+ stolen or lost mobile phones — iServer provided a simple service for phishing credentials to unlock phones. — A coalition of law-enforcement agencies said it shut …
Thoughts on the iPhone’s slowing pace of hardware innovation, first impressions of the iPhone 16 Pro Max, and a closer look at Apple Intelligence roll out plans (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Thoughts on the iPhone’s slowing pace of hardware innovation, first impressions of the iPhone 16 Pro Max, and a closer look at Apple Intelligence roll out plans — The new iPhone has tantalizing camera improvements, but the device is emblematic of Apple’s slower pace of hardware innovation.
With the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, which can easily slot into people’s lives, Meta has exceeded expectations in a year when many AI gadgets flopped (Victoria Song/The Verge)
Victoria Song / The Verge:
With the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, which can easily slot into people’s lives, Meta has exceeded expectations in a year when many AI gadgets flopped — The Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses exceeded expectations in a year when AI gadgets flopped. But can it keep the momentum going?
Inside Equinix’s 114,300-square-foot data center in Northern Virginia, a region that is home to the largest concentration of data centers in the world (Washington Post)
Washington Post:
Inside Equinix’s 114,300-square-foot data center in Northern Virginia, a region that is home to the largest concentration of data centers in the world — We toured a facility in Northern Virginia to see how it works and to understand why water use and energy consumption are such a concern.
What to expect from Meta Connect 2024 keynote on September 25 at 1pm ET: new AI features powered by Llama 3.1, cheaper Quest 3S headset, and more (Umar Shakir/The Verge)
Umar Shakir / The Verge:
What to expect from Meta Connect 2024 keynote on September 25 at 1pm ET: new AI features powered by Llama 3.1, cheaper Quest 3S headset, and more — Meta is holding its annual Connect developers conference next week, and it’s going to showcase a bunch of expected and perhaps some surprise …
Google says the UK risks being “left behind” in the AI race without more data centers and should relax laws barring AI models being trained on copyrighted works (Dan Milmo/The Guardian)
Dan Milmo / The Guardian:
Google says the UK risks being “left behind” in the AI race without more data centers and should relax laws barring AI models being trained on copyrighted works — Exclusive: Tech company wants Labour to relax laws that prevent AI models being ‘trained’ on copyrighted materials
A look at Balaji Srinivasan’s Network State concept, which envisions online communities acquiring land via crowdfunding, with the goal of becoming new countries (Gabriel Gatehouse/BBC)
Gabriel Gatehouse / BBC:
A look at Balaji Srinivasan’s Network State concept, which envisions online communities acquiring land via crowdfunding, with the goal of becoming new countries — Do you look at the possibility of political turbulence ahead of November’s US presidential election and think: democracy could be in trouble?
