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ShinyHunters claims it stole 1.5B+ Salesforce records from 760 companies using compromised Salesloft Drift OAuth tokens; a source says the figures are accurate (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer)

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CrowdStrike agrees to acquire Pangea, which protects companies from prompt injection attacks by monitoring AI interactions with users and software, for ~$260M (James Rundle/Wall Street Journal)

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Upscale AI, which is building a suite of open standards-based networking tools for AI infrastructure, raised a $100M+ seed led by Mayfield and Maverick Silicon (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

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A US district judge rules Amazon violated consumer law by collecting Prime subscribers' billing info before disclosing terms, handing the FTC a partial win (Reuters)

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Survey: 50% of US adults are more concerned than excited about the increased use of AI in daily life; 53% say AI will harm people's ability to think creatively (Pew Research Center)

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Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel

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Sources: several xAI execs left after clashing with two of Musk's closest advisers over concerns about unrealistic financial projections and xAI's management (Wall Street Journal)

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Hands-on with Meta Ray-Ban Display and Neural Band: small display adds new functionality, useful real-time translation, Neural Band seems the ideal input method (Ben Lang/Road to VR)

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Meta upgrades Horizon Worlds with Meta Horizon Studio, letting creators use AI prompts to build worlds, powered by its new "built from scratch" virtual engine (Jay Peters/The Verge)

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Meta rolls out Horizon TV for Quest headsets, with apps including Disney+ and ESPN, and partners with Universal and Blumhouse to let users watch 3D movies (Emma Roth/The Verge)

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Meta rolls out Hyperscape Capture in early access, letting developers and creators use Quest 3 devices to scan a room and turn it into a VR space in minutes (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

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Meta Connect 2025: the 6 biggest announcements

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Meta’s Ray-Ban Gen 2 and Oakley Vanguard glasses are available to preorder

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Meta is bringing an all-in-one movie and TV streaming hub to Quest headsets

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Meta unveils Meta Ray-Ban Display, with a screen in the right lens and the Meta Neural Band, a wristband that detects hand gestures, on sale Sept. 30 for $799 (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

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Meta is making the metaverse look better

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Meta will let you use a Quest VR headset to turn your real-world space into a virtual world

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Meta announces the Oakley Meta Vanguard, with a 12MP wide-angle camera, Garmin and Strava integrations, and immersive audio, launching on October 21 for $499 (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

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I sat down with Mark Zuckerberg to try Meta’s impressive new Ray-Ban Display glasses

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Meta unveils the Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2), with extended 8-hour battery life and 3K Ultra HD video capture for up to three minutes, available today starting at $329 (Jay Peters/The Verge)

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