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Now you can just tell SmartThings how to automate your home

Ahead of Galaxy Unpacked this week, Samsung announced several new features coming to its smart home platform, SmartThings, including the ability to create routines using natural language. That means you’ll be able to simply tell SmartThings what you want your smart home to do, and it’ll take care of all the complicated details for you. […]

Stat Counter: Windows 11 had a 50.9% share of the Windows market on July 4, ahead of Windows 10's 46.2%; the OS, released in 2021, only had a <10% share in 2022 (Zac Bowden/Windows Central)

Zac Bowden / Windows Central:
Stat Counter: Windows 11 had a 50.9% share of the Windows market on July 4, ahead of Windows 10's 46.2%; the OS, released in 2021, only had a <10% share in 2022  —  After four years on the market, Windows 11 has finally surpassed Windows 10 to become the most dominant desktop OS platform in the world.

Destiny&#8217;s mobile spinoff will arrive in August

Destiny: Rising, the mobile-exclusive sci-fi RPG shooter set in Bungie’s Destiny universe, will be released for iOS and Android on August 28th. The launch date was announced by Chinese developer NetEase Games alongside the release of a new gameplay trailer that shows off some of the missions, strikes, PvP battles, and PvE features that players […]

Huawei's AI lab refutes accusations that its Pangu Pro MoE model source code used uncredited material from key rivals, after a GitHub group debated its origins (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Huawei's AI lab refutes accusations that its Pangu Pro MoE model source code used uncredited material from key rivals, after a GitHub group debated its origins  —  The Pangu Pro MoE is the world's first model of its kind to be trained on Ascend chips — Huawei's answer to Nvidia Corp.'s AI accelerators …

Experts say ransomware group DragonForce, which targeted M&S, Harrods, and the Co-op, started a turf war with rival RansomHub that may bring more company hacks (Kieran Smith/Financial Times)

Kieran Smith / Financial Times:
Experts say ransomware group DragonForce, which targeted M&S, Harrods, and the Co-op, started a turf war with rival RansomHub that may bring more company hacks  —  A clash between rival criminal ransomware groups could result in corporate victims being extorted twice, cyber experts warn