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Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni reportedly knew Phia was ‘cookie stuffing’ for months

Phia's founders knew about the startup's alleged cookie stuffing practice for months, contradicting initial claims it was an unknown issue.

Accel closes oversubscribed $550M India fund within weeks, 19 months after its last

Accel closes a $550 million India fund, oversubscribed and closed within weeks, to invest in AI and consumer internet startups.

An FCC filing points to new Sonos headphones coming soon

An FCC filing reveals new Sonos headphones, possibly called Sonos Ace Ultra, are coming soon with updated features and color options.

Ars Technica

Russian drones found near vital European offshore gas site, get blown up

Romanian army divers destroyed two Russian-made drones found near Romania's largest natural gas project in the Black Sea.

Ars Technica

Chrome adopts what may be the best protection yet against account takeovers

Chrome adopts device-bound session credentials to protect against account takeovers by storing encryption keys in secure device modules.

Claude Code is leaking real email address as a User-Agent string in curl command

A bug in Claude Code is reportedly leaking users' real email addresses by including them in the User-Agent string of curl commands without explicit confirmation.

Bumble ditches its rule that kept men from making the first move

Bumble is ending its women-message-first rule, allowing anyone in a match to send the first message and extending the response window to 72 hours, aiming for less pressure and more flexibility.

9to5Google

Galaxy Z Fold 8’s wider shape still survives bend test, teardown shows off titanium and poor Qi placement [Video]

A durability test and teardown of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 reveal its wider shape withstands bending, titanium reinforces the inner display, and the Qi charging coil is poorly placed.

Wired

AI Could Help Fossil Fuel Companies Create More Emissions

New research indicates that AI, by enhancing the fossil fuel industry's productivity, could increase global carbon emissions by up to 5 percent, significantly surpassing data center emissions.

North Korean remote IT staffer worked for US government agency, says FBI

The FBI is investigating how a North Korean IT worker, known for fraudulently obtaining remote employment, was hired by an unnamed U.S. federal government agency.

Why your Amazon order confirmation emails have become so unhelpful

Amazon's order confirmation emails now list only item categories, not specific items, due to changes in their email system.

11 Aug5 min read

Ars Technica

New surveillance tech links your phone to your license plate

New surveillance technology links phone and Bluetooth signals to license plates, enhancing roadside cameras as tracking tools.

11 Aug7 min read

GuliKit’s new Switch controller features next-generation anti-drift thumbsticks

GuliKit's new ES Max Switch controller features next-generation anti-drift thumbsticks with improved responsiveness and precision.

Spotify will label ‘AI Persona’ profiles and exclude their music from recommendations

Spotify will label AI-generated artists with "AI Persona" tags and exclude their music from recommendations.

Bumble now lets men make the first move

Bumble now allows anyone to send the first message, with a 72-hour response window.

Spotify says it won’t recommend music from ‘AI Personas’

Spotify will label AI artists and remove their music from recommendations starting in mid-September.

Recycle – Floppydisks

Floppydisk.com offers a recycling program for 3.5-inch floppy disks, providing a shipping offset for quantities over 200, and also buys new, sealed floppy disk packs.

Antirez/h3.c: MiniMax H3 inference engine for Mac computers

Antirez/h3.c introduces a native MiniMax-H3 inference engine for Apple Silicon, enabling prompt-to-video/audio generation with features like first/last-frame conditioning and ordered reference images.

Chicken Scheme 6.0

Chicken Scheme 6.0 now includes all R7RS small language modules, converts internal strings to UTF-8 for full Unicode support, and updates various core libraries and procedures.

11 Aug76 min read

OpenAI reportedly completed a $7 billion employee tender offer

OpenAI reportedly completed a $7 billion employee tender offer, valuing the company at $852 billion, which suggests a potential delay in its anticipated initial public offering.