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Julia Love / Bloomberg : Police in San Francisco and other cities are obtaining warrants for Waymo and Cruise driverless car camera footage to help solve murders and other crimes   —  In December 2021, San Francisco police were working to solve the murder of an Uber driver.  As detectives reviewed local surveillance footage … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/xVZSH97

Just because you wear a hearing aid doesn’t mean you have to forgo your favorite workouts. Here’s how to keep them safe while hitting the gym. from CNET https://ift.tt/6iGdmOl

Bloomberg : Filing: Fidelity refiles for a spot bitcoin ETF with the US SEC, following similar applications from BlackRock, Invesco, WisdomTree, Valkyrie, and others   —  Fidelity Investments is the latest financial services heavyweight to throw its name into the race to offer the first US exchange-traded fund investing in Bitcoin. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/5wImQPr

Step up your cycling game without leaving the house. These are the best indoor bike trainers around. from CNET https://ift.tt/rp4btZe

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch : Visa agrees to acquire Brazilian payments infrastructure startup Pismo for $1B in cash by the end of 2023; Pismo had raised a total of $118M until October 2021   —  Want more fintech news in your inbox?  Sign up here.  —  Credit card giant Visa is acquiring Brazilian payments infrastructure startup Pismo … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/Aic970m

Parts of the US are blanketed in smoke from Canadian wildfires. Experts offer tips on how to stay safe. from CNET https://ift.tt/5ptLY9j

The OnePlus folding phone could launch in August. from CNET https://ift.tt/Iyw8zWK

Andrew Brust / The New Stack : Databricks announces LakehouseIQ, which lets companies use natural language to search and query their data, new tools for its Lakehouse AI platform, and more   —  We review Databricks' announcements at Data and AI Summit, and how they counter yesterday's Snowflake Summit reveals. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/GLRdS5l

Carl Franzen / VentureBeat : New York-based Slang.ai, which offers an AI-powered phone answering service for restaurants and retailers, raised a $20M Series A led by Homebrew   —  Slang.ai, an AI-powered phone answering product for the restaurant industry founded by two former Spotify data scientists … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/yX2CDaA

David Heaney / UploadVR : Report: Google canceled its “Iris” AR glasses project earlier in 2023 and is now focused on creating AR software platforms to license to headset manufacturers   —  Google reportedly killed its glasses hardware project.  —  Business Insider's Hugh Langley cites … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/4RSUh9A

Here are the games Apple Arcade is adding this month. from CNET https://ift.tt/95twedY

Anthony Vargas / AdExchanger : Tel Aviv-based Anzu, which offers in-game ad tools across mobile, PC, and console platforms, raised a $48M Series B led by Emmis Corporation   —  Investors are betting on the growth of video games as an advertising channel.  —  On Tuesday, in-game ad company Anzu announced a $48 million Series B round … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/OpgStDn

Keep your iPhone 14 or iPhone 14 Pro safe from scrapes, scratches and shatters. We've tested the best cases on the market. from CNET https://ift.tt/hkavVcI

Issie Lapowsky / Fast Company : SCOTUS 7-2 ruling: for alleged cyberstalkers' words to be “true threats”, a court must prove a person recklessly disregarded that the words were seen as threats   —  The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that in order to find someone guilty of making a “true threat” … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/f9QyGpS

Kif Leswing / CNBC : Unity's shares jump 14%+ after it announces its Asset Store will sell third-party “AI solutions” that can generate game dialogue, graphics, and more   —  - Unity shares rose 12% on Tuesday after the gaming tool maker announced a marketplace for AI software that positions … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/RxjFveP

There are affordable meal delivery options to keep you and the crew stress-free and well fed. We've tested to find the best budget meal subscriptions and services for 2023. from CNET https://ift.tt/2mcKNbJ

James Vincent / The Verge : AI is killing the web with spam sites, article-churning “AI editors”, “AI-generated junk” in places like Etsy and Reddit, exhausting forum moderators, and more   —  In recent months, the signs and portents have been accumulating with increasing speed.  Google is trying to kill the 10 blue links. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/i6enmWy

From Compact to Expansive, A Visual Journey with Google's Foldable Wonder from CNET https://ift.tt/BO7FZYG

Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk : FTX bankruptcy team says the exchange owed customers ~$8.7B after commingling and misusing their deposits, and ~$7B in liquid assets have been recovered so far   —  Commingling and misuse of customer and corporate funds occurred from the inception of FTX, says current CEO John J. Ray III. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/TS4iwpU

The USMNT kick off their CONCACAF Gold Cup title defense against the Reggae Boyz at Soldier Field. from CNET https://ift.tt/2sRWEXV

Jordan Novet / CNBC : An interview with Asana CEO Dustin Moskovitz, who became Asana's majority owner after a post-listing share buying spree, on AI's risks as a philanthropy focus   —  - Asana CEO Dustin Moskovitz, who made billions from co-founding Facebook, has long been concerned about the risks of runaway artificial intelligence. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/0KwgfPR

New York Times : As the use of AI-generated ads in political campaigns increases, lawmakers, political consultants, and election researchers push for creating new guardrails   —  Gaps in campaign rules allow politicians to spread images and messaging generated by increasingly powerful artificial intelligence technology. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/aqnBfe4

Startup Ample's new robotic swapping stations can change a battery in five minutes. from CNET https://ift.tt/dwXBVFY

Maria Heeter / The Information : Source: a group of investors led by Apollo Global Management plans to make a $1B+ debt investment in US chipmaker Wolfspeed, which has a $6B market cap   —  A group of investors led by Apollo Global Management is making a more than $1 billion debt investment in Wolfspeed … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/HN4zIfK

Reed Albergotti / Semafor : Q&A with AWS Product VP Matt Wood on the generative AI boom, the escalating AI battle between tech giants, curating the best models for AWS, and more   —  Matt Wood, vice president of product for Amazon Web Services, is at the tip of the spear of Amazon's response in the escalating AI battle between the tech giants. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/6895jJL

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer : US law enforcement seized the clear web domain of BreachForums on June 22, after arresting the data leak site's alleged operator “Pompompurin” on March 15   —  U.S. law enforcement today seized the clear web domain of the notorious BreachForums (aka Breached) … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/XJ36bnq

Pew Research Center : A survey of ~305 experts on their expectations for digital advances by 2035, like AI systems and smart eyewear and earbuds, and concerns over the darker sides   —  They have deep concerns about people's and society's overall well-being.  But they also expect great benefits in health care, scientific advances and education from Techmeme https://ift.tt/FHi04KX

SEC powers Florida and LSU have reached the best-of-three final in Omaha, and you don't need cable to watch. from CNET https://ift.tt/Z6kHpRr

Lisa O'Carroll / The Guardian : The EFJ and media experts condemn the latest European Media Freedom Act draft that would let national security agencies place spyware on journalists' phones   —  Move to allow spyware to be placed on reporters' phones would have a ‘chilling effect’, say media experts from Techmeme https://ift.tt/fH4u6Az

If you're a MacOS user, your virtual private network needs to be as smart as your machine. Here are the ones we recommend based on our latest tests. from CNET https://ift.tt/gkqU8p5

These virtual private networks are the top performers we've tested for Apple users looking to boost browsing privacy. from CNET https://ift.tt/Kr29cFP

Bloonface / Café Lob-On : The Twitter-to-Mastodon migration that started in November 2022 failed because of Mastodon's exclusionary culture, decentralization making the UX worse, more   —  I've been using fediverse stuff (Mastodon and, most recently, Calckey - I'm just going to use “Mastodon” as shorthand here … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/q5wGgnS

Tom Warren / The Verge : At the FTC v. Microsoft hearing, Phil Spencer says Microsoft bought ZeniMax for $7.5B to stop Starfield and other Bethesda games becoming PlayStation exclusives   —  Microsoft's Xbox chief has revealed one of the key reasons behind the acquisition of Bethesda parent company ZeniMax: potential Starfield PlayStation exclusivity. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/24rtnIg

Financial Times : A profile of Alibaba co-founder Eddie Wu, set to become CEO in the fall, who has a close relationship with mentor Jack Ma and will manage the company's breakup   —  Tech group co-founder to take reins and preside over its break-up  —  When Alibaba co-founder Eddie Yongming Wu struck … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/QnxI1RP

The ReMarkable 2, Kindle Scribe and other E Ink tablets offer readers and notetakers a way to save paper and keep all their work organized in one place. from CNET https://ift.tt/sGBZHpt

Jon Victor / The Information : Source: Jacob Devlin, who quit Google to join OpenAI in January 2023 after complaining Bard was being trained on ChatGPT data, has returned to Google   —  Jacob Devlin, a prominent artificial intelligence researcher who left Google for rival OpenAI in January after complaining internally … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/eDIkaxi

New York Times : A profile of Michael Kives, a Hollywood agent turned investor, as FTX's bankruptcy lawyers sue his VC firm K5 Global to recover ~$700M that SBF had invested   —  Michael Kives, a former Hollywood agent, connected FTX's founder to Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom, Bill Clinton and others. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/fQVToYS

These TVs maximize image quality and minimize the delay between your controller and the action. from CNET https://ift.tt/2c5Nqdw

Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes : New York-based Captions, an AI-powered video editing app, raised a $25M Series B led by Kleiner Perkins, bringing its total funding to $40M at a $250M valuation   —  The video editing software, designed for “talking videos,” has been used by 3 million creators to date and stands at a $250 million valuation. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/20uPYtk

Kaya Yurieff / The Information : TikTok COO Vanessa Pappas steps down after five years at the company to refocus on “entrepreneurial passions”   —  TikTok's Chief Operating Officer V. Pappas has quit, Pappas told staff on Thursday, according to an email viewed by The Information. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/g7KZfYu