Wednesday, July 5, 2023

The Port of Nagoya Japan's largest and busiest port plans to resume operations on July 6 after a July 4 ransomware attack; no group has claimed the hack yet (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
The Port of Nagoya, Japan's largest and busiest port, plans to resume operations on July 6 after a July 4 ransomware attack; no group has claimed the hack yet  —  The Port of Nagoya, the largest and busiest port in Japan, has been targeted in a ransomware attack that currently impacts the operation of container terminals.



Nothing Phone (2) leaked press renders reveal phones design

Nothing's Phone (2), set to release on July 11, has press renders showing an aluminium frame with antenna bands, a slightly curved back, and a re-organized glyph interface with 11 segmented LED strips and 33 lighting zones. Unlike its predecessor, the Phone (2) will come in grey, offer a more high-end experience with Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chip, and run Nothing OS 2.0. The phone will feature a slightly bigger display, 0.15 inches more than Phone (1), and a larger battery with a capacity of 4700mAh. It will have a lower carbon footprint than Phone (1) and will be sold exclusively through Flipkart in India. https://ift.tt/Yx8TBMS

Mozilla Firefox last update for these Windows macOS versions

In January this year, Microsoft ended support for Windows 7 and Windows 8. As a consequence, Firefox is also releasing the last update on Windows 7 and Windows 8. Similarly, Firefox is getting the last major version that will support Apple macOS Sierra 10.12, macOS High Sierra 10.13, and macOS Mojave 10.14. https://ift.tt/LPHnzAa

Instagram launches a basic Threads web interface offering an early look at what to expect before its July 6 launch; the service appears to have 2500 users (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Tom Warren / The Verge:
Instagram launches a basic Threads web interface, offering an early look at what to expect before its July 6 launch; the service appears to have 2,500+ users  —  Instagram's new Threads app, a Twitter competitor, isn't supposed to launch until July 6th but the web interface is live right now for everyone to explore.



How some farmers in Senegal who struggle to read or write use WhatsApp voice notes to collaborate with NGOs and researchers and learn new farming practices (Jack Thompson/Rest of World)

Jack Thompson / Rest of World:
How some farmers in Senegal, who struggle to read or write, use WhatsApp voice notes to collaborate with NGOs and researchers and learn new farming practices  —  For farmers in Senegal who struggle to read or write, sending voice notes has unlocked a new world of collaboration across the industry.



Xiaomi Mix Fold 3 confirmed to launch in August: What to expect

The foldable phone market is expected to grow in the coming years with tech companies like Samsung, Oppo, Google, Motorola and others laying emphasis on it. Xiaomi has also confirmed the launch of its next-generation foldable — Mix Fold — in August this year. https://ift.tt/AO6KBQT

Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason jr. says music with AI-created elements is eligible for a Grammy but the AI portion will not be considered for the award (Maria Sherman/Associated Press)

Maria Sherman / Associated Press:
Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason jr. says music with AI-created elements is eligible for a Grammy, but the AI portion will not be considered for the award  —  Last month, the Recording Academy announced a series of changes to the Grammy Awards to better reflect an evolving music industry.



Tuesday, July 4, 2023

Samsung Display sues BOE in Texas accusing the Chinese rival of infringing five of its patents for mobile OLED displays; Samsung dominates the OLED market (Hyunjoo Jin/Reuters)

Hyunjoo Jin / Reuters:
Samsung Display sues BOE in Texas, accusing the Chinese rival of infringing five of its patents for mobile OLED displays; Samsung dominates the OLED market  —  South Korea's Samsung Display has filed a lawsuit against BOE Technology (000725.SZ), accusing the Chinese rival of infringing five …



Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone says the company is profitable as a private firm and plans a future IPO; Lanzone joined after Yahoo's September 2021 spinout from Verizon (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone says the company is profitable as a private firm and plans a future IPO; Lanzone joined after Yahoo's September 2021 spinout from Verizon  —  Yahoo, one of the internet's oldest and best-known brands that had once been a dotcom stock market darling, is planning to return to the public markets.



Marques Brownlee details the Nothing Phone (2) in a video: slightly bigger than the Phone (1) tweaked LEDs on the back a curved glass rear design and more (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)

Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
Marques Brownlee details the Nothing Phone (2) in a video: slightly bigger than the Phone (1), tweaked LEDs on the back, a curved glass rear design, and more  —  Carl Pei's Nothing is just a week or two away from the full launch, and after showing off the camera earlier today, a new video shows off the Nothing Phone (2) in full.



This drug developed by AI for lungs disease enters human clinical trials

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF), a disease that causes scarring in the lungs, has a new AI-designed drug named INS018-055 that has entered human clinical trials. Insilico Medicine has developed this drug named using its generative AI platform. INS018-055 clinical trials taking place in China could offer an alternative treatment with fewer side effects. Insilico Medicine is also developing two more drugs using AI, a Covid-19 drug in Phase one trial, and a USP1 inhibitor for the treatment of solid tumours that has already received FDA approval. https://ift.tt/wUZB8DE

Digital World Acquisition Corp. reaches a tentative SEC settlement over its planned Trump Media merger agreeing to pay $18M and revise some of its filings (Matthew Goldstein/New York Times)

Matthew Goldstein / New York Times:
Digital World Acquisition Corp. reaches a tentative SEC settlement over its planned Trump Media merger, agreeing to pay $18M and revise some of its filings  —  Digital World's settlement with the S.E.C. could clear the way for a merger with Trump Media & Technology Group.



Thierry Breton says Google Amazon Apple Meta and Microsoft notified the EU that they meet the DMA's gatekeeper status of 45M MAUs and a €75B market cap (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Thierry Breton says Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft notified the EU that they meet the DMA's gatekeeper status of 45M+ MAUs and a €75B+ market cap  —  Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google, Amazon (AMZN.O), Apple (AAPL.O), Meta Platforms (META.O) and Microsoft (MSFT.O) …



The CJEU rules that Germany's Federal Cartel Office didn't overstep by demanding Meta overhaul its ad business in 2019; Meta says it is "evaluating" the ruling (Stephanie Bodoni/Bloomberg)

Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg:
The CJEU rules that Germany's Federal Cartel Office didn't overstep by demanding Meta overhaul its ad business in 2019; Meta says it is “evaluating” the ruling  —  Meta Platforms Inc.'s Facebook lost its fight at the European Union's top court to topple a German antitrust decision …



Post-pandemic loneliness is driving young US adults to use apps like Discord to make real-life friends; users say seeking friends as adults still carries stigma (Tatum Hunter/Washington Post)

Tatum Hunter / Washington Post:
Post-pandemic loneliness is driving young US adults to use apps like Discord to make real-life friends; users say seeking friends as adults still carries stigma  —  American adults are lonely — and done waiting on friendship to find them IRL  —  On a gloomy June afternoon …



Arizona's Maricopa County is set to have the second largest concentration of US data centers by 2028, as the state races to increase electricity production (Pranshu Verma/Washington Post)

Pranshu Verma / Washington Post : Arizona's Maricopa County is set to have the second largest concentration of US data centers by 202...