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• Russian man running notorious Deer.io platform arrested by FBI (zdnet.com)
  Feds say Deer.io has been hosting hundreds of online shops where hackers are selling hacked accounts.
• Apple-Dell partnership? Nuh-uh, girlfriend. (arstechnica.com)
  Apple and Dell, sitting in a tree? Maybe if they're sawing branches out from …
• DHL expands robotic footprint with 1000 autonomous robots (zdnet.com)
  Autonomous mobile robots are fast becoming the lynchpin of global commerce.
• Bird Buddy’s new Petal backyard nature cameras attract and document more than just birds (theverge.com)
  Bird Buddy is expanding with a new camera that can recognize more than birds and a modular habitat for plants and insects.
• In the limited world of wearable video, there are a few things a product needs to make it attractive (arstechnica.com)
  Video headsets are expensive and lacking in performance. Here is what features …
• Whatever happened to the Kids Online Safety Act? (theverge.com)
  Congress is sorting through several kids’ online safety bills after the leading proposal last year died in the House after an overwhelming…
• Australian Federal Police calls for audit into its telco data requests (zdnet.com)
  After finding 'compliance issues' from as far back as 2007, the AFP has commissioned PwC to independently audit requests it made to telecom…
• Alternate visions of scientific theories (arstechnica.com)
  Musings on Alfred Russel Wallace, the development of scientific theories, and …
• White House calls Amazon ‘hostile’ after report says it will label tariff price hikes (theverge.com)
  White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt called Amazon “hostile” just hours after a report from Punchbowl suggested it will highlight t…
• Seeking diversity in Australia's intelligence and cybersecurity workforce (zdnet.com)
  As analysts call for a review of Australia's intelligence agency staffing, aimed at increasing diversity, CyberCX sets up a cyber scholarsh…
• Jack Thompson responds to the Take Two lawsuit (arstechnica.com)
  Jack Thompson isn't worried about being sued by Take Two. In fact, he thanks …
• IBM tests the use of artificial intelligence for breast cancer screenings (zdnet.com)
  The research has uncovered how AI can help radiologists improve the overall accuracy of mammogram screenings.
• Three Speech says Warhawk will be a download title. Seriously (arstechnica.com)
  Three Speech goes on the record and says Warhawk is download-only. Do we …
• MAGA’s next wave of influencers saved TikTok (theverge.com)
  TikTok was headed for a ban in the US, but President Donald Trump’s performance on it outweighed fears of Chinese surveillance and propagan…
• IBM, Telstra, Boeing among largest tech suppliers to Australian government (zdnet.com)
  Over the 10 years through 2018-19, contracts to the value of AU$490.8 billion were procured publicly by the federal government.
• Saturday Showdown: Should downloadable games remain small, or is there a future in larger titles? (arstechnica.com)
  Frank and Ben discuss the state of downloadable content. The debate is over …
• Australian universities tout development of quantum error correction codes (zdnet.com)
  Meanwhile, another development sees the accidental cracking of a puzzle half a century old.
• Why the Slate Truck is the most interesting car released in years. (theverge.com)
  The excellent Tim Stevens joins The Vergecast to talk all things Slate, which recently unveiled its first product, an extremely barebones,…
• Disney clears Steve Jobs in probe of Pixar options (arstechnica.com)
  While there were irregularities in grants made by Pixar, Disney found no …
• The Slate Truck is a whole new kind of car (theverge.com)
  The story of the Slate Truck, Slate Auto, and the cheap electric pickup, plus tips on ditching your phone, and the best simple Windows lapt…
• Viddy Well: your gaming video round-up (arstechnica.com)
  On this week's Viddy Well, we have a Miyamoto cameo and a tragically under...
• ACMA wants to see consistent telco consumer safeguards introduced (zdnet.com)
  The ACMA believes it will help align with obligations under the Privacy Act.
• Former Disney employee sentenced to three years for menu hacking (theverge.com)
  A former Disney worker will serve three years in federal prison and pay nearly $690,000 for altering allergen info on menu items following…
• Weapons’ new trailer makes PTA meetings look like a nightmare (theverge.com)
  Weapons — out August 8th — looks like an even more alarming horror in its latest trailer.
• StarHub to buy Strateq for SG$82 million (zdnet.com)
  The Singaporean telco wants to purchase 88% of the Malaysian-based data firm.
• Game Review: M.A.C.H. (PSP) (arstechnica.com)
  M.A.C.H. is fast and offers some thrills, but with a limited selection of …
• Meta releases AI app to compete with ChatGPT (theverge.com)
  The new standalone Meta AI app features a Discover feed of how your friends interact with AI. The app also pairs with the Meta Ray-Ban smar…
• EU lawmakers propose a "right to repair" for mobile phones and other devices (zdnet.com)
  About two in three Europeans would like to keep using their current digital devices for longer, the European Commission says
• Every SNES game, or the Zelda Wii mod? Where would your money go? (arstechnica.com)
  Two completely over-the-top auctions for the gaming fans out there. Can you …
• Avast disables JavaScript engine in its antivirus following major bug (zdnet.com)
  Vulnerability would have allowed attackers to take over computers running the Avast antivirus.
• The Midway: heroes in a half-shell edition (arstechnica.com)
  We have the TMNT arcade game, and some other titles. Really, in the face of …
• Plasma boosters 2.0: These space startups have an ambitious goal (zdnet.com)
  Smaller plasma boosters to enable access to space-as-a-service.
• Borderlands 4 release date moved up two weeks (theverge.com)
  Randy Pitchford has announced the release date for Borderlands 4 is moving up two weeks to September 12th and its rumored the change is to…
• Ransomware: Don't get caught out by this simple mistake (zdnet.com)
  Steve Ranger tells Karen Roby that security experts are warning that companies may not be as well protected from ransomware as they think t…
• Microsoft admits OneCare antivirus is far from perfect (arstechnica.com)
  Microsoft manager admits OneCare has bits and pieces missing.
• It’s prom night on Fear Street. (theverge.com)
  Co-writer / director Matt Palmer’s Fear Street: Prom Queen is the first of Netflix’s new trilogy of horror features inspired by R.L. Stine’…
• No pain, no gain: AMD jumps into semiconductor top 10 list (arstechnica.com)
  According to iSuppli, AMD has leaped into elite company?it's now one of the …
• Ballmer demonstrates new Microsoft Dynamics package (arstechnica.com)
  Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer demonstrates Microsoft Dynamics Live...
• Yelp will let restaurants use AI to take calls. (theverge.com)
  Companies that offer services will be able to use the AI-powered answering service, too. Yelp will “soon begin testing” the product, accord…
• Ring announces two new Video Doorbells, Chimes, and Pre-Roll feature (zdnet.com)
  The company's new Video Doorbell 3 and 3 Plus will launch next month.
• Album art in your OS X dock with DockArt (arstechnica.com)
  Replace your iTunes Dock icon with album art using the free DockArt plugin.
• Microsoft paying businesses to use Live Search (arstechnica.com)
  As it falls further behind Google, Microsoft tries to boost usage of Windows …
• Amazon has no choice but to display tariffs on prices now (theverge.com)
  The White House called a rumor that Amazon might display tariff prices a “hostile and political act,” and now it looks like Amazon caved.
• EMeet OfficeCore M2 conference speaker review: Conference call capability from any device (zdnet.com)
  At under $200 this versatile eMeet OfficeCore M2 conference speaker is perfect for small and medium-sized businesses.
• iTunes 7.1.1 update released to correct minor "oopsies" (arstechnica.com)
  Apple quickly released a 7.1.1 update to iTunes today, in order to address …
• Google’s AI podcast maker is now available in over 50 languages (theverge.com)
  Audio Overviews, Google’s AI feature that lets you generate a podcast-like conversation based on your research, is now available in more th…
• New Commodore gaming PCs looking sharp (arstechnica.com)
  Pictures and additional information have surfaced about Commodore's new gaming …
• Dutch government loses hard drives with data of 6.9 million registered donors (zdnet.com)
  External hard drives stored all donor data from February 1998 to June 2010.
• Reddit bans researchers who fed hundreds of AI comments into r/changemymind (theverge.com)
  Reddit’s lawyer called the University of Zurich researchers’ project an ‘improper and highly unethical experiment.’
• German federal patent court declares Microsoft FAT patent invalid (arstechnica.com)
  Germany invalidates Microsoft FAT patent.