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Tim Cook stepping down as Apple CEO, John Ternus taking over: Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering John Ternus will take over as CEO at the start of September. Read More

It's not just one thing — it's another thing: This sentence construction ("It's not just this — it's that") has become so common in AI-generated writing that it's no longer just a clue that a piece of writing may be synthetic — it's almost a guarantee. Read More

Google Photos adds new touch-up tools for 'quick' fixes: You can use the new tools to remove blemishes, refine skin texture, brighten eyes, or whiten teeth in photos. Read More

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Afternoon Must-Reads

Deezer says 44% of songs uploaded to its platform daily are AI-generated: Deezer says consumption of AI-generated music on the platform is still very low, between 1-3% of the total streams, and that 85% of these streams are detected as fraudulent and are demonetized. Read More

Rivian's factory hit by tornado ahead of R2 launch: Nobody was hurt after an EF-1 tornado hit the part of the factory where the R2 SUV is supposed to be built. Read More

App host Vercel says it was hacked and customer data stolen: Vercel blamed its breach on an earlier hack at Context AI, which allowed hackers to hijack a Vercel employee's account to steal customer data. Read More

FAA orders investigation into Blue Origin's New Glenn mishap: The New Glenn rocket will have to stay grounded while the company investigates what caused the apparent failure of its upper stage. Read More

Blue Origin's New Glenn put a customer satellite in the wrong orbit during its third launch: The first major failure of Blue Origin's new heavy-launch system could create delays to its ambition to help NASA and the Trump administration return to the moon. Read More