Dvora Meyers / The Verge:
A look at the AI-assisted Judging Support System for scoring in gymnastics that made its debut at the 2023 world championships and helps settle disputes — When Simone Biles saluted the judges and stepped onto the mat to vault at the Sportpaleis in Antwerp, Belgium, it seemed like every camera in the packed arena was trained on her.
Some popular sites like Condé Nast’s and Reuters’ have robots.txt files meant to block Anthropic’s bots, but Anthropic has just made new bots with other names (Jason Koebler/404 Media)
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Some popular sites like Condé Nast’s and Reuters’ have robots.txt files meant to block Anthropic’s bots, but Anthropic has just made new bots with other names — Hundreds of sites have put old Anthropic scrapers on their blocklist, while leaving a new one unblocked.
Apple debuts Apple Intelligence in the iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS 15.1 developer betas, with text generation and Siri updates, but missing some features (Kif Leswing/CNBC)
Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Apple debuts Apple Intelligence in the iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS 15.1 developer betas, with text generation and Siri updates, but missing some features — – Apple on Monday released the first version of Apple Intelligence, … Apple on Monday released the first version of Apple Intelligence …
A look at ByteDance’s CapCut, which has 318M+ MAUs outside China, vs. ~97.4M Canva MAUs, and has made $125M so far in 2024 on mobile, per Sensor Tower (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
A look at ByteDance’s CapCut, which has 318M+ MAUs outside China, vs. ~97.4M Canva MAUs, and has made $125M so far in 2024 on mobile, per Sensor Tower — – CapCut could be banned in US by same law threatening TikTok — Adobe working on Premiere editing app that runs in browser
LinkedIn and Pinterest are testing programs that let publishers sell ads on their videos and pages, respectively, in exchange for a cut of the resulting revenue (Sahil Patel/The Information)
Sahil Patel / The Information:
LinkedIn and Pinterest are testing programs that let publishers sell ads on their videos and pages, respectively, in exchange for a cut of the resulting revenue — Social media platforms such as Pinterest, TikTok and LinkedIn are trying a new tack to gain a bigger share of digital advertising …
NYC-based Altana, which develops AI logistics software to help companies manage their supply chains, raised a $200M Series C at a $1B valuation (Richard Nieva/Forbes)
Richard Nieva / Forbes:
NYC-based Altana, which develops AI logistics software to help companies manage their supply chains, raised a $200M Series C at a $1B valuation — The aim is to create a “Google Maps for the supply chain” for customers like Maersk, L.L. Bean and the Pentagon.
A US court ruled on July 24 that border agents must get a warrant before searching the electronic devices of US and international travelers crossing the border (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
A US court ruled on July 24 that border agents must get a warrant before searching the electronic devices of US and international travelers crossing the border — A federal district court in New York has ruled that U.S. border agents must obtain a warrant before searching the electronic devices …
Germany-based osapiens, which develops ESG compliance tech, raised a $120M Series B led by Growth Equity, bringing its total funding to $145M (Stefano De Marzo/EU-Startups)
Stefano De Marzo / EU-Startups:
Germany-based osapiens, which develops ESG compliance tech, raised a $120M Series B led by Growth Equity, bringing its total funding to $145M — osapiens, a leading ESG Platform and provider of compliance and sustainability reporting solutions, announced the completion of a €110.7 …
Sources: HPE is expected to secure unconditional EU approval for its $14B acquisition of Juniper Networks; the EC is scheduled to decide on the deal by Aug. 1 (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: HPE is expected to secure unconditional EU approval for its $14B acquisition of Juniper Networks; the EC is scheduled to decide on the deal by Aug. 1 — Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) (HPE.N) is expected to secure unconditional EU antitrust approval for its $14 billion acquisition …
South Korea will provide $400M to vendors hit by payment delays on two Qoo10 e-commerce platforms, and Qoo10’s founder pledges to use his own assets to help (Reuters)
Reuters:
South Korea will provide $400M to vendors hit by payment delays on two Qoo10 e-commerce platforms, and Qoo10’s founder pledges to use his own assets to help — South Korea will provide $400 million in financial support to small businesses hit by payment delays on two Qoo10 e-commerce platforms …
