Spruce Pine, N.C., supplies around 70 percent of the naturally occurring "high-purity quartz" needed for computing devices and products. Experts are gravely concerned about the impact the flooding from Helene could have on the tech industry. By [@WIRED](
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Hurricane Helene Will Send Shockwaves Through the Semiconductor Industry
Downpours at Spruce Pine, North Carolina, have taken the biggest known deposit of high-purity quartz offline, leaving the global tech supply chain ...
Google has a variety of defenses to the DOJ’s accusations that it has created illegal monopolies in the ad tech market. One of its biggest is that the agency simply doesn’t understand online advertising. Read more at [@theverge](
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How Google tried to unravel the DOJ’s ad tech case
DOJ compared Google’s ad tech to Costco rotisserie chicken.
Analysts at Barclays report that Apple “may have just cut” iPhone 16 production by three million units. Read more at [@9to5mac](
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Apple cuts iPhone 16 orders at key supplier, Barclays claims - 9to5Mac
In a new investor note seen by 9to5Mac today, analysts at Barclays report that Apple “may have just cut” iPhone...
The FCC announced a $31.5 million settlement with T-Mobile over multiple data breaches that compromised the personal information of millions of U.S. consumers from 2021-2023. More from @npub1pkrn...6763. #FCC #TMobile #Cybersecurity #Tech
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T-Mobile pays $31.5 million FCC settlement over 4 data breaches
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced a $31.5 million settlement with T-Mobile over multiple data breaches that compromised the per...
The investment firm Fidelity estimates the value of its investment into Elon Musk's X platform has dropped more than 78% since it purchased shares in 2022. Via [@Gizmodo](
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Musk’s X Falls Below $10 Billion as Value Continues to Plummet
The social media site is probably worth less than a quarter of the $44 billion he paid for it.
Buyers that paid at least $93,990 to be among the first to own Tesla's Cybertruck are finally getting a key, promised feature: self-driving. Read more at [@Engadget](
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Tesla's Full Self-Driving is now available for some Cybertrucks
Buyers that paid at least $93,990 to be among the first to own (Tesla's Cybertruck are finally getting a key, promised feature: full self-driving (...
Epic has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google and Samsung, accusing them of illegally conspiring to undermine third-party app stores. More from [@theverge](
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Epic is suing Google — again — and now Samsung, too
The Auto Blocker conspiracy theory.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed SB 1047, a high-profile bill that would have regulated the development of AI. The bill was authored by State Senator Scott Wiener and would have made companies that develop AI models liable for implementing safety protocols to prevent “critical harms.” [@Techcrunch](
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California Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed SB 1047, a high-profile bill that would have regulated the development of AI. The bill was authored by ...
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Scrolling is a hard habit to break and often comes with negative consequences. But tech writer Paul Hatton has found an app that has helped him put an end to endless scrolling. He writes about it for [@TechRadar](
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On a recent visit to Meta’s Menlo Park campus, writer Jay Peters noticed cameras staring at him. They weren’t from security towers. They were on Ray-Ban and Meta’s smart glasses that the tech company hopes we’ll all be wearing one day. “It was a different kind of time machine: a glimpse into CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s future world where glasses are the new phones,” Peters writes for [@theverge](
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Welcome to Meta’s future, where everyone wears cameras
Meta really wants to put cameras on your face.
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