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  • Meta's landmark social media settlement
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    Plus, Nvidia had another blockbuster quarter, and the E.P.A may be making it harder for communities to voice their concerns about data centers.

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  • "The Odyssey" extended its run at the Alex Theatre after becoming the highest-grossing 70 mm exhibitor.
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    Miles Williams, artistic director of The Alex Theatre, said demand for old school film projection is strong, particularly among Gen Z moviegoers.

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  • Meta’s push to make their smart glasses cool
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    Meta has partnered with pop culture figures like Kylie Jenner and Teyana Taylor to promote their smart glasses. Journalist Carrie Battan says the Jenner campaign only raised more concerns about privacy and misuse.

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  • California's data and privacy laws aren't being followed
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    The state's Delete Act was supposed to give Californians a one-stop-shop to request their online information be deleted. But only a minority of registered data brokers are abiding by those laws, says Jennifer King, privacy and data policy fellow at the Stanford University Institute for Human-Centered AI.

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  • AI loves negative parallelism
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    That sentence structure is what once made William Shakespeare's writing great. But, chatbots tend to style outputted words as "it's not X, it's Y" to sound nuanced, says Will Oremus, writer at The Atlantic.

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  • OpenAI to offer safety features for teens using ChatGPT
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    Plus, AI hardware is being stolen, and Amazon is scaling up its drone deliveries. Paresh Dave, senior writer at Wired, joins Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino on this week’s “Tech Bytes: Week in Review.”

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  • Why the Trump administration plans to boost funding for subsea cables
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    The administration notified Congress that it plans to spend over $175 million to replace undersea cables in the Caribbean and Central America.

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  • Cyberattacks on U.S. water systems raise concerns about security
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    At least a dozen states have reported cyberattacks on their water systems, starting with Minnesota in late July. But other kinds of infrastructure – like hospitals or the energy sector – are also vulnerable, said Nikita Shah, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

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  • SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and satellite payload launch in Florida in 2023.
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    The FAA has proposed waiving some environmental requirements for space launch.

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