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The Download: failed social media bans, and extending pets’ lives
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Kids are outsmarting social media bans. That’s not a problem we need to solve. —Michal Luria, Aliya Bhatia, and Danah Boyd Social media bans are stacking up. In July, France joined…
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Meta strikes up to $100B AMD chip deal as it chases ‘personal superintelligence’
Meta is buying billions of dollars in AMD AI chips in a multiyear deal tied to a 160 million-share warrant, deepening its push to diversify beyond Nvidia and expand data center capacity.
Oura launches a proprietary AI model focused on women’s health
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While Other Retailers Shrink Bonuses, Walmart Is Paying Out 121% to Its Corporate Staff
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Anthropic launches new push for enterprise agents with plugins for finance, engineering, and design
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Conduent data breach grows, affecting at least 25M people
The number of people affected by a data breach at government contractor giant Conduent is growing, as millions of people continue to receive notices warning them that hackers stole their personal data.
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Mogul says it has tracked $1.5B in music royalties, raised $5M in funding
Mogul, which helps artists track royalties and value their catalogs, raised $5 million in a round led by the Yamaha Music Innovations Fund.