Danny Nelson / CoinDesk:
dYdX, which is reportedly exploring a sale, says v3, an older version of its DeFi crypto exchange that averages ~$1.5B/week in derivates trading, was hacked — News of the problem emerged just as Bloomberg reported dYdX v3 is for sale. — Decentralized crypto-exchange giant dYdX said Tuesday …
The FTC seeks info from Mastercard, JPMorgan, and six other companies related to their “surveillance pricing products” that use personal data, AI, and more (Suzanne Smalley/The Record)
Suzanne Smalley / The Record:
The FTC seeks info from Mastercard, JPMorgan, and six other companies related to their “surveillance pricing products” that use personal data, AI, and more — The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Tuesday that it has launched an inquiry into how companies surveil consumers …
Meta VP Rob Sherman confirms a report that Meta received an EU request to pause future AI model training on data in the EU, and says the EU may get left behind (Financial Times)
Financial Times:
Meta VP Rob Sherman confirms a report that Meta received an EU request to pause future AI model training on data in the EU, and says the EU may get left behind — Comments come after privacy watchdog asks Facebook owner to pause training of future AI models on region’s data
Meta plans to roll out its AI assistant to Quest in August, limited to US and Canada users in experimental mode, after first coming to Ray-Ban smart glasses (Mariella Moon/Engadget)
Mariella Moon / Engadget:
Meta plans to roll out its AI assistant to Quest in August, limited to US and Canada users in experimental mode, after first coming to Ray-Ban smart glasses — The experimental version of the AI assistant will make its way to Quest headsets in August. — Meta’s AI-powered assistant …
Sources: Apple is working on a foldable, clamshell design iPhone that could launch as soon as 2026, and has reached out to component suppliers in recent months (The Information)
The Information:
Sources: Apple is working on a foldable, clamshell design iPhone that could launch as soon as 2026, and has reached out to component suppliers in recent months — Apple is working on a foldable iPhone that could be released as early as 2026 and in recent months reached out to suppliers …
Meta debuts Llama 3.1 405B, the “first frontier-level open source AI model”, as well as new Llama 3.1 70B and 8B models, and says it’s working on Llama 4 (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
Meta debuts Llama 3.1 405B, the “first frontier-level open source AI model”, as well as new Llama 3.1 70B and 8B models, and says it’s working on Llama 4 — The Meta CEO defends both his open source strategy and a massive investment in artificial intelligence.
Netflix last week said it’s developing 80 games, most are “interactive narrative games” based on its IP, and will debut one per month; Netflix offers 100+ games (Chris Morris/Fortune)
Chris Morris / Fortune:
Netflix last week said it’s developing 80 games, most are “interactive narrative games” based on its IP, and will debut one per month; Netflix offers 100+ games — Netflix could be on its way to becoming one of the most prolific video game publishers in the industry.
