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The California Privacy Protection Agency plans to review manufacturers' treatment of data collected from vehicles, including locations and images from cameras (Joseph Menn/Washington Post)

A US judge denies Terraform Labs' motion to dismiss an SEC lawsuit, saying the SEC made a "plausible claim" that UST and LUNA may have violated securities law (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Sources: Nvidia has asked some cloud provider startups for their customers' names; it also ensures some upstart cloud providers get early shipments of new chips (Anissa Gardizy/The Information)

How popular gaming platforms like Minecraft and Roblox are being used to promote Russia's war narrative, influencing some young and Russian-speaking audiences (New York Times)

Ampere Analysis: ad tiers from Netflix, Disney, and others have collectively crossed 100M users in the US; 90%+ of Hulu subscribers are on its ad-supported tier (Lucas Manfredi/The Wrap)

X says Elon Musk will lead product and engineering teams, CEO Linda Yaccarino will lead teams including legal and sales, and both will oversee trust and safety (Sheila Dang/Reuters)

Source: UK Home Office officials aim to lobby the ICO for expanded use of facial recognition in shops, in contrast to the EU's ban of the tech in public spaces (Mark Townsend/The Guardian)

A look at nine under-the-radar lobbying firms helping influence US crypto legislation in 2023 on behalf of Binance, Crypto.com, Coinbase, and others (Kari McMahon/The Block)

An in-depth look at a January strike at Amazon's BHX4 Coventry warehouse, a carefully planned and legal effort, the likes of which Amazon UK had never faced (Jack Shenker/The Guardian)

Starlink's near total control of satellite internet is raising global alarms; 4,500+ Starlink satellites are in orbit, accounting for 50%+ of active satellites (New York Times)

Japan plans to add ~110K new trainees to acquire digital skills through fiscal 2024, as the government projects a 2.3M digital worker shortage by fiscal 2026 (Hiroyuki Akiyama/Nikkei Asia)

Twitter/X reinstates Kanye West's account, suspended in December 2022, and says he won't be eligible to monetize it, and ads won't appear next to his posts (Rebecca Elliott/Wall Street Journal)

Despite TikTok prohibiting branded content promoting alcohol, some creators say they're sponsored by alcohol brands, and they drink excessively to promote them (Jessica Lucas/HuffPost)

Sources: the Biden admin is looking for malware it believes China hid inside critical infrastructure, mainly aimed to disrupt the military if a conflict emerges (New York Times)

The backup driver of a self-driving Uber that killed a pedestrian in Arizona in 2018 pleads guilty to endangerment, in the first automated vehicle fatality case (Lauren Smiley/Wired)

Twitter/X officially rolls out its ads revenue sharing program for eligible users globally, after giving some creators payouts earlier this month (Jay Peters/The Verge)

YouTube officially launches Multiview for YouTube TV and Primetime Channels, starting with WNBA games, but with no mobile and web support and other limits (Abner Li/9to5Google)

The British Museum partners with Ethereum-based metaverse game The Sandbox to create NFTs showing the museum's collections and offer "new immersive experiences" (Stephanie Hirschmiller/Decrypt)

A look at smart guns, which can only be fired by an authorized user, as Colorado-based Biofire prepares to ship a $1,499 handgun in December, after raising $30M (Zusha Elinson/Wall Street Journal)

US smartphone shipments fell 24% YoY in Q2 2023, the third consecutive quarter of decline; Samsung shipments fell 37% YoY, and Apple's fell 6% (Matthew Orf/Counterpoint Research)

Croissant, which integrates into merchants' sites and uses AI to generate a guaranteed buyback value on listed items, launches with a $24M seed (Adriana Lee/WWD)

Wiz researchers say two vulnerabilities in the OverlayFS filesystem module in Ubuntu may allow unprivileged local users to gain elevated privileges (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

RapidAI, which develops AI-powered software to help diagnose neurovascular, cardiac, and vascular diseases, raised a $75M Series C led by Vista Credit Partners (PYMNTS.com)

Roku reports Q2 revenue up 11% YoY to $847.2M, vs. $773.5M est., platform revenue up 11% YoY to $744M, and active accounts up 16% YoY to 73.5M; ROKU jumps 8%+ (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Reddit starts testing an "Official" label to indicate that an account is authentic, visible on its iOS and Android apps, and unveils accessibility improvements (Jay Peters/The Verge)