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Apple’s rumored ‘Upgrade’ program brings lease-to-own pricing for iPhones, Macs, and iPads
Apple is reportedly launching an ‘Apple Upgrade’ program offering lease-to-own options for iPhones, Macs, and iPads, with Klarna as the financial partner.
Substack adds an AI detector to help spot blogs written by no one
Substack launches an AI detection tool powered by Pangram that helps readers identify potentially AI-generated content in posts, notes, and comments across the platform.
One-two punch delivered in global operation disrupts cybercrime “assembly line”
International authorities and technology companies disrupted a cybercrime network using malware tools Amadey and StealC, recovering 27 million stolen credentials and $47 million in criminal assets.
T-Mobile moving tens of thousands of virtual machines off VMware amid lawsuit
T-Mobile is suing Broadcom in New York court, claiming the company must continue supporting its VMware perpetual licenses purchased in 2023 across tens of thousands of virtual machines.
Hackers can use 9 of the most popular AI tools to assemble massive botnets
Researchers have discovered a new attack method called HalluSquatting that exploits AI coding assistants’ inability to correctly identify resources, potentially enabling large-scale botnet creation and coordinated cyberattacks.
Teen hackers jailed after live streaming cyber attack on TfL
Two men have been sentenced to five years and six months in prison for orchestrating a cyber-attack on Transport For London while in their late teens, disrupting services and compromising millions of users’ data.
Trump Media to sell fast feed of ‘market-moving’ posts to Wall Street
Trump Media is launching a paid service starting August 1 to deliver high-speed access to influential posts to Wall Street firms, aiming to generate revenue from market-moving content.
SpaceX in your index fund, explained
SpaceX’s inclusion in the Nasdaq-100 index raises questions about stability in index funds, though experts argue the company’s presence does not fundamentally threaten their role as a safe investment vehicle.
Ofcom unable to take further legal action against suicide forum
Ofcom announced it cannot pursue further legal action against a pro-suicide forum linked to over 130 UK deaths, saying it has exhausted available legal routes under the Online Safety Act.
WhatsApp usernames are already raising impersonation red flags
WhatsApp this week started rolling out username reservations ahead of the broader launch planned later this year. The feature — which lets people find and message each other by handle instead of phone number — is already raising impersonation concerns, drawing...
The Control Gap: Enterprise AI organizations have an ownership problem, not a technology problem — and most are governing it by hand
AI portfolios are expanding far faster than the ability to govern them across enterprises. Most organizations run a contested field of platforms, each claiming to be the “primary” AI layer; few could confidently detect a model drifting or failing in production; and...
Apple’s Hide My Email feature has a bug that’s been exposing real email addresses, researcher claims
Apple’s Hide My Email feature is a convenient privacy tool that uses disposable addresses to hide a user’s true email for the sake of online anonymity. Unfortunately, new research appears to show that a bug in the feature allows users’ real email addresses to be...
SpaceX has an AI device prototype, and it sure sounds phone-ish
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has shown investors a prototype of a “handset-like” AI device, reports The Wall Street Journal. The prototype is reportedly sleeker and slimmer than an iPhone, making us wonder if it’s something between a small touchscreen phone and a Rabbit R1....
Ashton Kutcher leaving Sound Ventures to launch new VC firm with Morgan Beller
Ashton Kutcher is stepping away from Sound Ventures — the firm he co-founded with Guy Oseary 11 years ago — to start a separate VC fund, the Wall Street Journal reported. The actor and investor’s new firm is being co-founded with Morgan Beller, who until recently was...
Neocloud Together AI raises $800M, leaps to $8.3B valuation
Together AI — an AI neocloud that rents out Nvidia GPU clusters and other AI-specific infrastructure — has raised an $800 million Series C at an $8.3 billion valuation, the company announced on Wednesday. The company was founded in 2022. The round was led by Aramco...
Lime begins life as a public company after years of uncertainty
Micromobility company Lime has raised $167 million in its IPO, ending an almost decade-long run as a private company that saw wild valuation swings as it navigated multiple major hype cycles and a global pandemic. The nine-year-old scooter and bike company, which is...
Autonomous vehicle hype is back, and Humble Robotics is bringing it to freights
Loading the player… The autonomous vehicle space is starting to feel like a repeat of the 2016 hype cycle. Travis Kalanick is back building a robotics company, and the talent wars and capital are heating up the same way they did the first time around. The money’s...
Lime raises $167M in IPO after years of teasing a public debut
Micromobility company Lime has raised $167 million in its IPO. The nine-year-old scooter and bike company, which is backed by Uber, sold 6.68 million shares at $25 each, at the mid-point of its $24 to $26 price range. Shares started trading on the Nasdaq stock...
Anthropic is bringing back Claude Fable 5 globally after US lifts export control order — where can enterprises access it?
Anthropic is restoring global access to its most powerful generally released AI model yet, Claude Fable 5, today, after the U.S. Department of Commerce last night withdrew the emergency export controls it had issued previously around the model. The U.S. export control...
Restaurants can now accept orders placed directly from ChatGPT and Claude thanks to Square’s new, low-fee, no setup integration
Square is launching a new ChatGPT app and Claude plugin, enabling consumers to discover restaurants and seamlessly place orders directly within these AI platforms — and allowing restaurants, in turn, to accept orders from users and their AI agents without any...
Venice AI becomes a unicorn with $65M Series A as its privacy-first AI platform takes off
Concerns over the impact of AI chatbots on mental health, personal safety, harassment, and disinformation have forced AI developers to implement safeguards to better control how and what their AI models are allowed to respond or do. But concerns and worries can’t...
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Photocopying Machines: Merits and Demerits
A photocopying machine is an electronic appliance that is used in the duplication of a document by producing many copies. There are two types of photocopiers, which are either for small scale or large-scale use. The small-scale type of printer is meant for home...
The Benefits of Opting for A Small Industrial Robot Arm
Both small and large industrial robot arms have their place in an industrial production line. Large industrial robot arms are ideal for two kinds of tasks. Tasks that involve lifting heavy objects. Tasks that require an excellent arm reach. Small industrial robot...
Bitcoin’s Value Reaching a Peak in 2017
"Bitcoin Chart" (CC BY-SA 2.0) by Fabian Figueredo Bitcoin's continued rise up the financial ranks continued at the start of 2017 with the cryptocurrency's price breaking the $1,000 mark. 2016 saw Bitcoin enjoy a revival following two years of turbulence. Increased...
Move Over Graphene, a New Transistor Material Is in Town!
Graphene, long hailed as one of engineering’s greatest wonder materials, may have found a competitor in phosphorene. Though graphene—made of single layers of carbon atoms—exhibits incredible flexibility and strength along with unique electrical properties, it has one...