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📱 Apple could launch a foldable iPhone in 2026
📈 Google search is thriving despite AI shift
💻 CrowdStrike blames bug that caused worldwide outage on faulty testing software
🚗 Google is pouring billions into self-driving taxis as Tesla prepares to reveal its rival
🛒 FTC is investigating how companies are using AI to base pricing on consumer behavior
🎁 + 8 other news you might like
🔮 + 3 handpicked research papers and tools
📱 Apple could launch a foldable iPhone in 2026LINK
Apple is reportedly developing its first foldable iPhone, codenamed V68, which might arrive in 2026, marking its first major design change since the iPhone X in 2017. The popularity of folding smartphones is rising, with a 49 percent market growth in early 2024, making it a strategic time for Apple to enter this market to boost its declining sales. The folding iPhone project has progressed beyond the conceptual stage, involving suppliers, and is expected to be a flip phone similar to Motorola's Razr or Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip6.
📈 Google search is thriving despite AI shiftLINK
Despite concerns from online publishers, Google's introduction of AI features generating conversational responses to search queries has attracted advertisers and propelled Alphabet's success. Alphabet's revenue for the April-June quarter rose by 14% from last year to $84.74 billion, surpassing analyst expectations and boosting stock prices by 2% in extended trading. Google's cloud-computing division, its fastest-growing segment, generated $10.3 billion in revenue in the past quarter, marking its first time surpassing the $10 billion threshold in a single quarter.
💻 CrowdStrike blames bug that caused worldwide outage on faulty testing softwareLINK
CrowdStrike identified a bug in test software as the cause of a faulty update that crashed 8.5 million Windows machines last week.
To prevent similar issues, CrowdStrike will strengthen its content update testing, improve error handling, and implement staggered deployments for future updates.
The faulty update was a 40KB Rapid Response Content file, which passed validation erroneously due to a bug in the Content Validator, leading to system crashes.
🚗 Google is pouring billions into self-driving taxis as Tesla prepares to reveal its rivalLINK
Alphabet is investing $5 billion in Waymo's self-driving taxi service, highlighting its commitment to autonomous vehicles.
Waymo has achieved over 50,000 paid autonomous rides weekly in cities like San Francisco and Phoenix, showcasing its progress and customer acceptance.
Tesla is also preparing to enter the self-driving taxi market, with an important event unveiling its rival service rescheduled from August to October.
🛒 FTC is investigating how companies are using AI to base pricing on consumer behaviorLINK
The FTC has launched an investigation into surveillance pricing at eight companies to understand its effects on privacy, competition, and consumer protections.
Surveillance pricing, also known as dynamic or personalized pricing, involves using personal data and algorithms to set prices based on individual characteristics such as location, age, and browsing history.
The FTC's probe aims to uncover how this practice might exploit consumers by harvesting personal data to charge higher prices, affecting everything from groceries to big-ticket items.
Other news you might like
Mark Zuckerberg explains why open source AI is good for developers.LINK
Google has big new ideas about the Play Store.LINK
AI arms race escalates: OpenAI offers free GPT-4o Mini fine-tuning to counter Meta’s Llama 3.1 release.LINK
Former Tesla lead unveils warehouse robot that can lift 3000 lbs.LINK
Elon Musk’s Neuralink employees want to cash out, here’s why.LINK
Tech billionaires' plans for a new city in California may be dead.LINK
Ferrari to accept crypto-payments in Europe.LINK
Sergey Brin is using money from selling his Tesla shares to bankroll a startup developing hallucinogenic mental-health treatments.LINK
Latest research and tools
Llama 3.1: a software tool in C that allows users to optimize their coding process by providing various qualifiers for more efficient programming.LINK
Scrapscript: a programming language designed for creating content-addressable, functional code.LINK
Dtui: a terminal-based interface that displays the current state of the system/session dbus, showing running services and allowing users to explore objects and interfaces within those services.LINK
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