OpenAI has announced that its Safety and Security Committee will become an independent board oversight committee, chaired by Zico Kolter, director of the machine learning department at Carnegie Mellon University's school of computer science. The committee will oversee the safety and security processes guiding OpenAI's model deployment and development. Members include Adam D'Angelo, Paul Nakasone, and Nicole Seligman.

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Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, creators of Gemini Trust Co., are the biggest individual crypto donors this election cycle, giving a combined $10.1 million. The total political donations from or in support of the crypto industry have reached around $190 million, with 50 days to go until the November general election.

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Larry Ellison, co-founder of Oracle Corp., has become the world's second-richest person, surpassing Jeff Bezos, with a net worth of $209 billion. Oracle's stock surged 6% after the company reported earnings that exceeded expectations. Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, remains the richest person with a net worth of $251 billion.

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Apple has released iOS 18, its latest software update for iPhones, which includes a new user interface and the ability to change the color of home screen icons. The update was announced at an event at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California, and does not include Apple's forthcoming AI system, Apple Intelligence, which will be released in a beta version later this fall. Apple Intelligence will be a separate software update.

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Apple has released the latest version of its iPhone operating system, iOS 18, which includes several new security and privacy features. The rollout comes a week after Apple unveiled new versions of the iPhone, AirPods, and Apple Watch. Preorders for the new iPhones began on Friday and will be widely available on September 20.

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Hundreds of Amazon delivery drivers at a facility in New York's Queens neighborhood have joined the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, a union. The drivers work for three contracted delivery firms out of the Amazon facility known as DBK4. A majority of drivers at each of the contracted firms signed authorization cards to join the Teamsters.

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The US Food and Drug Administration cleared Apple's new sleep apnea detection feature for use, which will be available on Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10, and Ultra 2 later this month. The feature can detect sleep apnea, a sleep disorder that causes a person's breathing to repeatedly stop and start throughout the night, affecting over 30 million people in the US. Apple CEO Tim Cook unveiled the feature during an event at Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California.

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Apple shares fell 3.6% after reports of lower-than-expected demand for the new iPhone 16, with TF Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo citing lower demand for the iPhone 16 Pro series as a key factor. The demand is down 12% year over year from the first-weekend sales of the iPhone 15 last year. The major selling point, Apple Intelligence, is not available at launch alongside the iPhone 16.

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Andy Ginther, the mayor of Columbus, Ohio, was not transparent with the public after a ransomware attack in July. The city was sued by a dark web researcher, Connor Goodwolf, who investigated the hack. Goodwolf is an IT consultant who tracks dark web crimes and organizations.

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The Bitcoin network has reached an all-time high in terms of power, with the network hash rate increasing. This suggests that there have never been more miners online, actively securing the network. However, the profitability of crypto mining has decreased, with the average daily revenue per exahash falling by 11.8% in August, according to a report by Jefferies.

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