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It's time for audio services like Spotify to deal with AI by using labels and banning or downweighting music made with AI tools that don't license training data (Ed Newton-Rex/Music Business Worldwide)

It's time for audio services like Spotify to deal with...

Aug 31, 2024

Ed Newton-Rex / Music Business Worldwide: It's time for audio services like Spotify...

The Threat to OpenAI Is Growing

Aug 31, 2024

More accessible artificial-intelligence systems are proliferating, giving the maker...

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Mark Zuckerberg says Meta AI has over 185M weekly active users and over 400M MAUs and it's "growing quickly" even without a rollout "in UK, Brazil, or EU yet" (Kalley Huang/The Information)

Mark Zuckerberg says Meta AI has over 185M weekly active...

Aug 30, 2024

Kalley Huang / The Information: Mark Zuckerberg says Meta AI has over 185M weekly...

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Brazilian judge orders Apple and Google to prevent downloads of X's app in Brazil and says those using a VPN to access X would face a fine of ~$9,000 a day (New York Times)

Brazilian judge orders Apple and Google to prevent downloads...

Aug 30, 2024

New York Times: Brazilian judge orders Apple and Google to prevent downloads of...

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An analysis of 6,599 keywords shows Google is offering AI Overviews for 17% of queries in the UK and US, but rarely for searches about current events (Dominic Ponsford/Press Gazette)

An analysis of 6,599 keywords shows Google is offering...

Aug 30, 2024

Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette: An analysis of 6,599 keywords shows Google is...

Brazil Bans X, Outlawing Access to App for Millions

Aug 30, 2024

The order follows months of back-and-forth between the social-media platform and...

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A federal judge dismisses a lawsuit claiming Elon Musk and Tesla pumped up Dogecoin into a "pyramid scheme", finding that Musk's statements were "aspirational" (Rachel Graf/Bloomberg)

A federal judge dismisses a lawsuit claiming Elon Musk...

Aug 30, 2024

Rachel Graf / Bloomberg: A federal judge dismisses a lawsuit claiming Elon Musk...

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Huione Guarantee, a Cambodia-based online marketplace that facilitates pig butchering and other scams, has processed $49B+ in crypto transactions since 2021 (Chainalysis)

Huione Guarantee, a Cambodia-based online marketplace that...

Aug 30, 2024

Chainalysis: Huione Guarantee, a Cambodia-based online marketplace that facilitates...

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AnandTech shuts down after covering PC and mobile hardware for over 27 years; publisher Future plans to keep its website and articles live indefinitely (Ryan Smith/AnandTech)

AnandTech shuts down after covering PC and mobile hardware...

Aug 30, 2024

Ryan Smith / AnandTech: AnandTech shuts down after covering PC and mobile hardware...

Nvidia's Future Relies on Chips That Push Technology's...

Aug 30, 2024

As the company pushes the chip-making envelope, manufacturing hurdles are causing...

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MongoDB reports Q2 revenue up 13% YoY to $478.1M, vs. $464.1M est., and forecasts Q3 and FY 2025 revenue above estimates; MDB jumps 13%+ after hours (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

MongoDB reports Q2 revenue up 13% YoY to $478.1M, vs. $464.1M...

Aug 29, 2024

Jordan Novet / CNBC: MongoDB reports Q2 revenue up 13% YoY to $478.1M, vs. $464.1M...

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Bridge, which aims to build a global payment network around stablecoins, raised $40M led by Sequoia and Ribbit, taking its total funding to $58M (Leo Schwartz/Fortune)

Bridge, which aims to build a global payment network around...

Aug 29, 2024

Leo Schwartz / Fortune: Bridge, which aims to build a global payment network around...

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A US district judge dismisses, with prejudice, a lawsuit accusing Elon Musk and Tesla of defrauding investors by hyping Dogecoin and conducting insider trading (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)

A US district judge dismisses, with prejudice, a lawsuit...

Aug 29, 2024

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: A US district judge dismisses, with prejudice, a lawsuit...

Apple, Nvidia Are in Talks to Invest in OpenAI

Aug 29, 2024

The tech giants would join a multibillion-dollar funding round alongside Microsoft...

Starlink Caught in Crosshairs of Elon Musk's Battle With...

Aug 29, 2024

An order to freeze the satellite internet business’s finances comes the same week...

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Business unusual: What's on French bosses' minds?

Business unusual: What's on French bosses' minds?

Aug 29, 2024

After a summer of Olympic fever, it's back to business in France. But uncertainty...

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French media: Pavel Durov's lawyer says it is "absurd to think that the head of a social network could be involved in criminal acts that do not concern him" (Reuters)

French media: Pavel Durov's lawyer says it is "absurd to...

Aug 29, 2024

Reuters: French media: Pavel Durov's lawyer says it is “absurd to think that the...

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Analysis: 16 of the biggest so-called undress and "nudify" websites use sign-in infrastructure from Google, Apple, Discord, X, Patreon, and Line (Matt Burgess/Wired)

Analysis: 16 of the biggest so-called undress and "nudify"...

Aug 29, 2024

Matt Burgess / Wired: Analysis: 16 of the biggest so-called undress and “nudify”...

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In his upcoming book, Trump says Mark Zuckerberg plotted against him during the 2020 election and he'd "spend the rest of his life in prison" if he did it again (Alex Isenstadt/Politico)

In his upcoming book, Trump says Mark Zuckerberg plotted...

Aug 29, 2024

Alex Isenstadt / Politico: In his upcoming book, Trump says Mark Zuckerberg plotted...

Brazil Supreme Court Threatens to Ban X

Aug 29, 2024

The court said Elon Musk’s social-media platform needs to appoint a new legal representative...

Asian Chip Stocks Retreat, Following Nvidia Lower

Aug 29, 2024

Asian semiconductor stocks broadly retreated on Thursday, tracking U.S. artificial-intelligence...

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California's State Assembly passes the AI safety bill SB 1047, which now goes back to the Senate for a process vote before requiring Governor Newsom's signature (Anna Tong/Reuters)

California's State Assembly passes the AI safety bill SB...

Aug 28, 2024

Anna Tong / Reuters: California's State Assembly passes the AI safety bill SB 1047,...

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Nvidia shares fall ~7% after hours, after the company failed to top the highest expectations and reported gross margin of 75.1%, vs. 75.5% est. (Financial Times)

Nvidia shares fall ~7% after hours, after the company failed...

Aug 28, 2024

Financial Times: Nvidia shares fall ~7% after hours, after the company failed to...

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Jensen Huang says Nvidia's new Blackwell chips will have "lots and lots of supply", and the company expects billions of dollars in revenue from the chips in Q4 (Bloomberg)

Jensen Huang says Nvidia's new Blackwell chips will have...

Aug 28, 2024

Bloomberg: Jensen Huang says Nvidia's new Blackwell chips will have “lots and lots...

OpenAI in Talks for Funding Round Valuing It Above $100...

Aug 28, 2024

Thrive Capital and Microsoft are among the investors putting several billion dollars...

French Authorities Charge Telegram CEO Durov

Aug 28, 2024

The move opens a deeper investigation into whether the tech entrepreneur failed...

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Medef summer conference: French business leaders react after Macron rejects leftist government

Medef summer conference: French business leaders react...

Aug 28, 2024

After French President Emmanuel Macron rejected the idea of naming a prime minister...

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Q&A with Signal President Meredith Whittaker on the app's 10th anniversary, growing in the EU, Pavel Durov's arrest, nonprofit status, X, US election, and more (Andy Greenberg/Wired)

Q&A with Signal President Meredith Whittaker on the app's...

Aug 28, 2024

Andy Greenberg / Wired: Q&A with Signal President Meredith Whittaker on the app's...

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French administrative document: alongside Pavel Durov, French authorities issued an arrest warrant for his Telegram co-founder brother Nikolai in March 2024 (Politico)

French administrative document: alongside Pavel Durov,...

Aug 28, 2024

Politico: French administrative document: alongside Pavel Durov, French authorities...

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Snap launches new safety tools and resources for US educators, and says Snapchat has 20M+ US teen users; Pew says 51% of US teens used Snapchat daily in 2023 (April Rubin/Axios)

Snap launches new safety tools and resources for US educators,...

Aug 28, 2024

April Rubin / Axios: Snap launches new safety tools and resources for US educators,...

Parenting Is Hazardous to Your Health, the Surgeon General...

Aug 28, 2024

The nation’s doctor says parents are lonely. Maybe it’s really the powerlessness...

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Source: last year, Meta abandoned plans to build its own custom chips for its AR glasses, instead opting to rely on third-party chipmakers like Qualcomm (Kali Hays/Fortune)

Source: last year, Meta abandoned plans to build its own...

Aug 27, 2024

Kali Hays / Fortune: Source: last year, Meta abandoned plans to build its own custom...

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MakerDAO rebrands as Sky and debuts a new USDS stablecoin, but the token draws backlash after users noticed it allows the issuer to remotely freeze the asset (Krisztian Sandor/CoinDesk)

MakerDAO rebrands as Sky and debuts a new USDS stablecoin,...

Aug 27, 2024

Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk: MakerDAO rebrands as Sky and debuts a new USDS stablecoin,...

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How call centers in the Philippines' vast outsourcing industry are adopting AI tools to assist human operators, in an effort to stay competitive (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)

How call centers in the Philippines' vast outsourcing industry...

Aug 27, 2024

Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: How call centers in the Philippines' vast outsourcing industry...

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Arrest of Telegram boss Durov sparks criticism amid free speech concerns

Arrest of Telegram boss Durov sparks criticism amid free...

Aug 27, 2024

Telegram boss Pavel Durov's police custody in France has been extended until August...

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South Dublin County Council rejects Google's plan to build a 72,400 square meter data center just outside Dublin for failing to meet sustainability requirements (Olivia Fletcher/Bloomberg)

South Dublin County Council rejects Google's plan to build...

Aug 27, 2024

Olivia Fletcher / Bloomberg: South Dublin County Council rejects Google's plan to...

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Klarna reports H1 2024 revenue up 27% YoY to ~$1.3B, a ~$66M adjusted profit, up from a ~$44M loss in H1 2023, and says AI does the job of 700 employees (Aisha S Gani/Bloomberg)

Klarna reports H1 2024 revenue up 27% YoY to ~$1.3B, a...

Aug 27, 2024

Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg: Klarna reports H1 2024 revenue up 27% YoY to ~$1.3B, a...

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Data infrastructure startup Cribl raised $200M led by GV, alongside a $119M secondary offering, at a $3.5B valuation, taking its total funding to $600M (Katie Roof/Bloomberg)

Data infrastructure startup Cribl raised $200M led by GV,...

Aug 27, 2024

Katie Roof / Bloomberg: Data infrastructure startup Cribl raised $200M led by GV,...

Mark Zuckerberg Says White House Was 'Wrong' to Pressure...

Aug 27, 2024

Meta CEO also says he won’t repeat 2020 efforts to fund local elections, which Republicans...

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Medef summer conference: French business leaders gather under cloud of political uncertainty

Medef summer conference: French business leaders gather...

Aug 27, 2024

As suspense continues over who will become France's next prime minister, the country's...

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Telegram founder arrested in Paris amid content concerns: Tech titans beware?

Telegram founder arrested in Paris amid content concerns:...

Aug 27, 2024

Could we be seeing a turning point for tech titans who reap huge profits for the...

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Grok AI: Elon Musk's unrestricted chatbot that could cause 'reckless' fake news

Grok AI: Elon Musk's unrestricted chatbot that could cause...

Aug 27, 2024

Elon Musk's "Grok," the AI chatbot reserved for premium members of X, has launched...

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Sources: Google aims to slash what it spends on deals with some Australian outlets under the News Media Bargaining Code, after Meta said it wouldn't renew deals (Sam Buckingham-Jones/Australian ...)

Sources: Google aims to slash what it spends on deals with...

Aug 26, 2024

Sam Buckingham-Jones / Australian Financial Review: Sources: Google aims to slash...

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In a letter to US Rep. Jim Jordan, Mark Zuckerberg says he regrets Meta wasn't more outspoken about the Biden admin's pressure to restrict some COVID-19 content (Siobhan Hughes/Wall Street Journal)

In a letter to US Rep. Jim Jordan, Mark Zuckerberg says...

Aug 26, 2024

Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal: In a letter to US Rep. Jim Jordan, Mark Zuckerberg...

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India's central bank says its CBDC pilot has 5M+ users and as many as 16 banks participating, but it's not rushing to roll out a full-scale implementation (Amitoj Singh/CoinDesk)

India's central bank says its CBDC pilot has 5M+ users...

Aug 26, 2024

Amitoj Singh / CoinDesk: India's central bank says its CBDC pilot has 5M+ users...

Apple Plans Sept. 9 Event; New iPhone, AI Features Expected

Aug 26, 2024

The company is expected to unveil the iPhone 16, which will come with new AI features...

Zuckerberg Says Goal Is to Be 'Neutral' on Politics

Aug 26, 2024

Republicans criticized donations by the Facebook founder during the 2020 campaign...

Apple's Top Finance Executive to Step Down

Aug 26, 2024

Luca Maestri, who kept spending down while rivals splurged, is one of a number of...

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Medef 2024 Summer Conference: Business leaders gather under the shadow of political uncertainty

Medef 2024 Summer Conference: Business leaders gather under...

Aug 26, 2024

As suspense continues over who will become France’s next prime minister….  the country’s...

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Chinese-made, Tencent-backed game Black Myth: Wukong sold 10M copies in just 83 hours, one of the fastest game debuts in history, earning an estimated $450M+ (Bloomberg)

Chinese-made, Tencent-backed game Black Myth: Wukong sold...

Aug 26, 2024

Bloomberg: Chinese-made, Tencent-backed game Black Myth: Wukong sold 10M copies...

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Ikea launches Ikea Preowned, an online marketplace for customers to sell secondhand furniture to each other, testing in Madrid and Oslo until the end of 2024 (Richard Milne/Financial Times)

Ikea launches Ikea Preowned, an online marketplace for...

Aug 26, 2024

Richard Milne / Financial Times: Ikea launches Ikea Preowned, an online marketplace...

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French agency OFMIN, established in 2023 to prevent violence against minors, issued the arrest warrant for Pavel Durov, who is a citizen of France and the UAE (Gaspard Sebag/Bloomberg)

French agency OFMIN, established in 2023 to prevent violence...

Aug 26, 2024

Gaspard Sebag / Bloomberg: French agency OFMIN, established in 2023 to prevent violence...

How the Journal Analyzed Elon Musk's Posts on X

Aug 26, 2024

Analyses revealed that his feed has fundamentally shifted from business toward politics...

Elon Musk's Hard Turn to Politics, in 300,000 of His Own...

Aug 26, 2024

The billionaire’s social-media feed shows his metamorphosis from a businessman who...

China's AI Engineers Are Secretly Accessing Banned Nvidia...

Aug 26, 2024

Brokers are making overseas computing power available with a high degree of anonymity.

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Telegram says its CEO Pavel Durov has "nothing to hide" and that the messaging app "abides by EU laws", including the Digital Services Act (Bloomberg)

Telegram says its CEO Pavel Durov has "nothing to hide"...

Aug 25, 2024

Bloomberg: Telegram says its CEO Pavel Durov has “nothing to hide” and that the...

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A look at Telegram's claims that it's a "secure messenger" despite lacking default end-to-end encrypted messages and any E2E encrypted option for group chats (Matthew Green/A Few Thoughts ...)

A look at Telegram's claims that it's a "secure messenger"...

Aug 25, 2024

Matthew Green / A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering: A look at Telegram's...

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A deeper look at Google's shockingly good Reimagine feature for Pixel 9, which lets users add things to photos via prompts and lacks strong guardrails (Allison Johnson/The Verge)

A deeper look at Google's shockingly good Reimagine feature...

Aug 25, 2024

Allison Johnson / The Verge: A deeper look at Google's shockingly good Reimagine...

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Some San Francisco city officials say they're not lamenting X's departure from the city, as X bears little resemblance to the company that SF welcomed in 2012 (New York Times)

Some San Francisco city officials say they're not lamenting...

Aug 25, 2024

New York Times: Some San Francisco city officials say they're not lamenting X's...

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The problem with Xbox's new vision isn't that it's moving away from console-exclusive games, but that its release strategy is confusing and inconsistent (Jason Schreier/Bloomberg)

The problem with Xbox's new vision isn't that it's moving...

Aug 25, 2024

Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: The problem with Xbox's new vision isn't that it's moving...

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An excerpt from the book Character Limit details the chaotic revamp of Twitter Blue, including Elon Musk's haphazard planning and Esther Crawford's involvement (New York Times)

An excerpt from the book Character Limit details the chaotic...

Aug 25, 2024

New York Times: An excerpt from the book Character Limit details the chaotic revamp...

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A look at Germany-based discount retailer Lidl's foray into offering cloud computing services, signing up clients like SAP and generating €1.9B in sales in 2023 (Olaf Storbeck/Financial Times)

A look at Germany-based discount retailer Lidl's foray...

Aug 24, 2024

Olaf Storbeck / Financial Times: A look at Germany-based discount retailer Lidl's...

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Reports: Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was arrested at the Bourget airport outside Paris on Saturday evening, after being targeted by an arrest warrant in France (Reuters)

Reports: Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was arrested at the Bourget...

Aug 24, 2024

Reuters: Reports: Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was arrested at the Bourget airport outside...

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Threads says it is testing ephemeral posts that disappear within 24 hours with a limited number of users, but doesn't say if the experiment is region-specific (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

Threads says it is testing ephemeral posts that disappear...

Aug 24, 2024

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Threads says it is testing ephemeral posts that disappear...

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WazirX plans to start allowing limited Indian rupee withdrawals in two phases from August 26, after freezing them in the wake of a $230M exploit in July (Camomile Shumba/CoinDesk)

WazirX plans to start allowing limited Indian rupee withdrawals...

Aug 24, 2024

Camomile Shumba / CoinDesk: WazirX plans to start allowing limited Indian rupee...

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A look at China's humanoids market, after the city of Beijing launched a $1.4B robotics fund in January and Shanghai announced in July plans for a $1.4B fund (Reuters)

A look at China's humanoids market, after the city of Beijing...

Aug 24, 2024

Reuters: A look at China's humanoids market, after the city of Beijing launched...

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A profile of TollBit, which has raised $7M and aims to create a marketplace where AI companies can pay publishers for their content on an ongoing basis (Pranav Dixit/Engadget)

A profile of TollBit, which has raised $7M and aims to...

Aug 24, 2024

Pranav Dixit / Engadget: A profile of TollBit, which has raised $7M and aims to...

The Summer Is So Hot, Workers Are Wearing High-Tech Ice...

Aug 24, 2024

New technologies are making what had seemed like science fiction possible

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The French AI startup called H, formerly Holistic, says three of its five co-founders are leaving over "operational differences", after raising $220M in May (The Information)

The French AI startup called H, formerly Holistic, says...

Aug 23, 2024

The Information: The French AI startup called H, formerly Holistic, says three of...

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Meta says a small cluster of WhatsApp accounts linked to the Iran-backed hacking group APT42 targeted people affiliated with the Biden and Trump administrations (Shannon Bond/NPR)

Meta says a small cluster of WhatsApp accounts linked to...

Aug 23, 2024

Shannon Bond / NPR: Meta says a small cluster of WhatsApp accounts linked to the...

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Andrew Ng steps down as CEO of LandingAI, the computer vision startup he founded in 2017, and transitions to executive chairman; ex-COO Dan Maloney is named CEO (Devin Coldewey/TechCrunch)

Andrew Ng steps down as CEO of LandingAI, the computer...

Aug 23, 2024

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: Andrew Ng steps down as CEO of LandingAI, the computer...

Tesla Finance VP Departs in Latest Executive Exit at Automaker

Aug 23, 2024

An exodus of longtime leaders comes as the company confronts uncertainty in its...

Chips or Not, Chinese AI Pushes Ahead

Aug 23, 2024

Chinese technology companies cut off from the world’s most advanced chips for artificial-intelligence...

Apple to Let iPhone Users Delete Safari, Other Native Apps...

Aug 23, 2024

IPhone users in the European Union will be allowed to delete native apps, including...

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Shein sues Temu for copyright infringement, accusing the company of stealing trade secrets and masquerading "as a legitimate e-commerce 'marketplace'" (Samantha Cole/404 Media)

Shein sues Temu for copyright infringement, accusing the...

Aug 20, 2024

Samantha Cole / 404 Media: Shein sues Temu for copyright infringement, accusing...

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Sources: Walmart, JD.com's largest shareholder, is seeking to raise up to $3.74B by selling its stake in the Chinese e-commerce firm; JD falls 9%+ after hours (Amy Or/Bloomberg)

Sources: Walmart, JD.com's largest shareholder, is seeking...

Aug 20, 2024

Amy Or / Bloomberg: Sources: Walmart, JD.com's largest shareholder, is seeking to...

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Microsoft releases three Phi-3.5 models designed for basic/fast reasoning and more, available for developers to download, use, and fine-tune on Hugging Face (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)

Microsoft releases three Phi-3.5 models designed for basic/fast...

Aug 20, 2024

Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: Microsoft releases three Phi-3.5 models designed for...

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Qualcomm details its mid-range Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 SoC, based on TSMC's N4P, with up to 40% better GPU performance than the 7s Gen 2, shipping via Xiaomi first (Ryan Smith/AnandTech)

Qualcomm details its mid-range Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 SoC,...

Aug 20, 2024

Ryan Smith / AnandTech: Qualcomm details its mid-range Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 SoC,...

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Virginia-based Defcon AI, which aims to use ML to improve US military logistics, raised a $44M seed led by Bessemer, and has earned $15M in government contracts (Aria Alamalhodaei/TechCrunch)

Virginia-based Defcon AI, which aims to use ML to improve...

Aug 20, 2024

Aria Alamalhodaei / TechCrunch: Virginia-based Defcon AI, which aims to use ML to...

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Nvidia plans to let users link an Xbox account to its GeForce Now streaming service to enable automatic sign-in for supported games, starting on August 22 (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Nvidia plans to let users link an Xbox account to its GeForce...

Aug 20, 2024

Tom Warren / The Verge: Nvidia plans to let users link an Xbox account to its GeForce...

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The FBI, ODNI, and CISA say they are "confident" that Iran was responsible for recent attempted hacks into the Trump and Biden-Harris campaigns (Perry Stein/Washington Post)

The FBI, ODNI, and CISA say they are "confident" that Iran...

Aug 19, 2024

Perry Stein / Washington Post: The FBI, ODNI, and CISA say they are “confident”...

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Donald Trump shared AI-generated images on Truth Social that show Taylor Swift and her fans vowing their support for his campaign; Swift hasn't endorsed Trump (Nick Robins-Early/The Guardian)

Donald Trump shared AI-generated images on Truth Social...

Aug 19, 2024

Nick Robins-Early / The Guardian: Donald Trump shared AI-generated images on Truth...

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Ex-Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch, who was acquitted on US fraud charges in June, is among six missing after a yacht sank off Sicily, according to Italian authorities (Associated Press)

Ex-Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch, who was acquitted on US fraud...

Aug 19, 2024

Associated Press: Ex-Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch, who was acquitted on US fraud charges...

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In Q2, Walmart said its ad business grew 30% in the past year; eMarketer says Walmart will claim 6.8% of 2024 US retail media spending, for $3.7B in ad revenue (Gregory Meyer/Financial Times)

In Q2, Walmart said its ad business grew 30% in the past...

Aug 19, 2024

Gregory Meyer / Financial Times: In Q2, Walmart said its ad business grew 30% in...

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Girls In Tech, Women Who Code, and other groups that aimed to diversify Silicon Valley are closing or rebranding to stay afloat, as critics attack DEI efforts (Washington Post)

Girls In Tech, Women Who Code, and other groups that aimed...

Aug 19, 2024

Washington Post: Girls In Tech, Women Who Code, and other groups that aimed to diversify...

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Procreate CEO James Cuda says the iPad illustration app is "not going to be introducing any generative AI into our products", drawing praise from creatives (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)

Procreate CEO James Cuda says the iPad illustration app...

Aug 19, 2024

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Procreate CEO James Cuda says the iPad illustration...

Sam Altman's Worldcoin Is Battling With Governments Over...

Aug 19, 2024

The OpenAI chief’s Worldcoin project involves an attempt to scan the irises of every...

AMD Buys AI Equipment Maker for Nearly $5 Billion, Escalating...

Aug 19, 2024

ZT Systems produces servers and other equipment used in data centers for artificial...

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A look at Apple's work on its in-house modem chip, which may debut in some niche models next year, with the full rollout taking a few years to complete (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

A look at Apple's work on its in-house modem chip, which...

Aug 18, 2024

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: A look at Apple's work on its in-house modem chip, which...

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Arize AI: 56% of Fortune 500 companies cited AI as a "risk factor" in their recent annual reports, up from 9% in 2022; 86% of software firms cited AI as a risk (Tabby Kinder/Financial Times)

Arize AI: 56% of Fortune 500 companies cited AI as a "risk...

Aug 18, 2024

Tabby Kinder / Financial Times: Arize AI: 56% of Fortune 500 companies cited AI...

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How Worldcoin is building its World ID identity system, trying to assuage government and privacy activists' concerns about its iris scanning tech and data usage (Angus Berwick/Wall Street Journal)

How Worldcoin is building its World ID identity system,...

Aug 18, 2024

Angus Berwick / Wall Street Journal: How Worldcoin is building its World ID identity...

Sam Altman Is Battling With Governments Over Your Eyes

Aug 18, 2024

The OpenAI chief’s Worldcoin project involves an attempt to scan the irises of every...

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South Korea's plan to introduce tablets with AI features in schools faces backlash from parents and academics concerned about children's overexposure to devices (Financial Times)

South Korea's plan to introduce tablets with AI features...

Aug 18, 2024

Financial Times: South Korea's plan to introduce tablets with AI features in schools...

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A profile of Palmer Luckey, who sold Oculus to Facebook, was fired after donating to a pro-Trump troll group, and now imagines a new age of warfare at Anduril (Jeremy Stern/Tablet)

A profile of Palmer Luckey, who sold Oculus to Facebook,...

Aug 18, 2024

Jeremy Stern / Tablet: A profile of Palmer Luckey, who sold Oculus to Facebook,...

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A survey of 2,012 people in Germany finds ~50% wouldn't use the digital euro over privacy fears; the European Central Bank will decide on a rollout by 2025 end (Marilen Martin/Bloomberg)

A survey of 2,012 people in Germany finds ~50% wouldn't...

Aug 18, 2024

Marilen Martin / Bloomberg: A survey of 2,012 people in Germany finds ~50% wouldn't...

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X says it's closing its operations in Brazil, claiming a judge threatened arrest if X didn't comply with "censorship orders"; the service remains available (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch)

X says it's closing its operations in Brazil, claiming...

Aug 17, 2024

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: X says it's closing its operations in Brazil, claiming...

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Runway debuts Gen-3 Alpha Turbo, a faster and cheaper model than Gen-3 Alpha, capable of generating 5- or 10-second-long video clips, available for all plans (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)

Runway debuts Gen-3 Alpha Turbo, a faster and cheaper model...

Aug 17, 2024

Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: Runway debuts Gen-3 Alpha Turbo, a faster and cheaper...

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An interview with Palantir CEO Alex Karp on co-founding the company, autonomous weapons systems, AI, supporting Kamala Harris, Silicon Valley critics, and more (Maureen Dowd/New York Times)

An interview with Palantir CEO Alex Karp on co-founding...

Aug 17, 2024

Maureen Dowd / New York Times: An interview with Palantir CEO Alex Karp on co-founding...

How the Sparkles Emoji Became the Symbol of Our AI Future

Aug 17, 2024

Companies including Google, Slack and Spotify picked the same icon for their AI...

Elon Musk's X to Close Operations in Brazil as Clash Over...

Aug 17, 2024

Government threats about how it moderates its platform left the company “no choice,”...

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A YouTuber files a proposed class action against Nvidia, accusing it of scraping his content without consent to train AI models, weeks after also suing OpenAI (Justin Bachman/Legal Dive)

A YouTuber files a proposed class action against Nvidia,...

Aug 17, 2024

Justin Bachman / Legal Dive: A YouTuber files a proposed class action against Nvidia,...

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Ericsson to sell its network portability and data exchange services unit Iconectiv to Koch Equity Development for $1B; the deal is expected to close in H1 2025 (Lynn Doan/Bloomberg)

Ericsson to sell its network portability and data exchange...

Aug 17, 2024

Lynn Doan / Bloomberg: Ericsson to sell its network portability and data exchange...

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A profile of Anthony Tan, the solo developer of Way to the Woods, a game that received Epic Games funding and remains unreleased nine years after its conception (Jackson Ryan/New York Times)

A profile of Anthony Tan, the solo developer of Way to...

Aug 17, 2024

Jackson Ryan / New York Times: A profile of Anthony Tan, the solo developer of Way...

Teens' Energy-Drink Habit Is Amping Anxiety, Disrupting...

Aug 17, 2024

Young people are staying up late, consuming excess caffeine and crashing during...

What Americans Get Wrong About Electric Cars

Aug 17, 2024

Charging isn’t the headache that many people think it is. The outlet that’s already...

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A US appeals court largely upholds a ruling blocking the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, finding parts of the law likely violate the First Amendment (Cristiano Lima-Strong/Washington Post)

A US appeals court largely upholds a ruling blocking the...

Aug 16, 2024

Cristiano Lima-Strong / Washington Post: A US appeals court largely upholds a ruling...

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Google says it "missed the mark" after leaked screenshots showed a Team Pixel program agreement threatened influencers who didn't showcase the Pixel over rivals (Victoria Song/The Verge)

Google says it "missed the mark" after leaked screenshots...

Aug 16, 2024

Victoria Song / The Verge: Google says it “missed the mark” after leaked screenshots...

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Filing: AT&T and Verizon ask the FCC to deny SpaceX's request to waive rules, claiming Starlink's service with T-Mobile would interfere with existing networks (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)

Filing: AT&T and Verizon ask the FCC to deny SpaceX's request...

Aug 16, 2024

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: Filing: AT&T and Verizon ask the FCC to deny SpaceX's...

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Epic confirms that the Epic Games Store is available to download on Android devices worldwide, in addition to iPhones in the EU (Taylor Lyles/IGN)

Epic confirms that the Epic Games Store is available to...

Aug 16, 2024

Taylor Lyles / IGN: Epic confirms that the Epic Games Store is available to download...

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Epic says its games are available on AltStore for iOS in the EU and plans to bring them to Aptoide's iOS store in the EU and ONE Store on Android (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Epic says its games are available on AltStore for iOS in...

Aug 16, 2024

Jay Peters / The Verge: Epic says its games are available on AltStore for iOS in...

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The European Commission asks Meta for information about its Content Library tool and API under the DSA, following Meta's decision to deprecate CrowdTangle (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)

The European Commission asks Meta for information about...

Aug 16, 2024

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: The European Commission asks Meta for information about...

Apple's Hold on the App Store Is Loosening, at Least in...

Aug 16, 2024

Epic Games and Spotify are among the developers taking advantage of European rule...

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At a Crypto4Harris online event, Mark Cuban, Anthony Scaramucci, and other crypto advocates supporting Kamala Harris urged a reset in Democratic crypto policy (Hannah Lang/Reuters)

At a Crypto4Harris online event, Mark Cuban, Anthony Scaramucci,...

Aug 15, 2024

Hannah Lang / Reuters: At a Crypto4Harris online event, Mark Cuban, Anthony Scaramucci,...

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Binance resumes services in India, after completing registration with India's Financial Intelligence Unit, which imposed a ~$2.2M fine on Binance in June 2024 (Jamie Crawley/CoinDesk)

Binance resumes services in India, after completing registration...

Aug 15, 2024

Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk: Binance resumes services in India, after completing registration...

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Primate Labs releases Geekbench AI 1.0, formerly Geekbench ML, to test CPU, GPU, and NPU performance, available on Android, iOS, and desktop (Andrew Cunningham/Ars Technica)

Primate Labs releases Geekbench AI 1.0, formerly Geekbench...

Aug 15, 2024

Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: Primate Labs releases Geekbench AI 1.0, formerly...

Lawmakers Seek Answers From Meta About Ads for Illicit...

Aug 15, 2024

A bipartisan group of 19 legislators sent a letter to Meta Platforms asking why...

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Q&A with Google SVP Rick Osterloh on the new Pixel devices, Android, the history of the smartphone, integration, AI smartphones, Pixel trade-offs, and more (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)

Q&A with Google SVP Rick Osterloh on the new Pixel devices,...

Aug 15, 2024

Ben Thompson / Stratechery: Q&A with Google SVP Rick Osterloh on the new Pixel devices,...

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Google says it will remove Showcase.apk from Pixel devices "out of an abundance of precaution", after iVerify said hackers could use the dormant app to spy (Joseph Menn/Washington Post)

Google says it will remove Showcase.apk from Pixel devices...

Aug 15, 2024

Joseph Menn / Washington Post: Google says it will remove Showcase.apk from Pixel...

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Israeli stock research service TipRanks says investment firm Prytek bought 40% of the startup for $80M, giving Prytek an 80% stake; TipRanks has raised $102M (CTech)

Israeli stock research service TipRanks says investment...

Aug 15, 2024

CTech: Israeli stock research service TipRanks says investment firm Prytek bought...

Lenovo Profit Grows Another Quarter, Helped by AI

Aug 15, 2024

Lenovo’s profits rose for a second-straight quarter as the world’s largest PC maker...

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Google says Iran-backed hacking group APT42 has targeted both Trump and Biden campaigns, as well as Israeli military, government, and diplomatic organizations (Andy Greenberg/Wired)

Google says Iran-backed hacking group APT42 has targeted...

Aug 14, 2024

Andy Greenberg / Wired: Google says Iran-backed hacking group APT42 has targeted...

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A look at Germany-based Black Forest Labs, which recently emerged from stealth with a $31M seed led by a16z and whose FLUX.1 model powers Grok's image generator (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)

A look at Germany-based Black Forest Labs, which recently...

Aug 14, 2024

Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: A look at Germany-based Black Forest Labs, which recently...

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CFIUS fines T-Mobile a record $60M for allegedly failing to prevent and report unauthorized access to sensitive data after its Sprint merger in 2020 (Reuters)

CFIUS fines T-Mobile a record $60M for allegedly failing...

Aug 14, 2024

Reuters: CFIUS fines T-Mobile a record $60M for allegedly failing to prevent and...

Eric Schmidt Walks Back Claim Google Is Behind on AI Because...

Aug 14, 2024

The former CEO of Google said the tech company decided that work-life balance is...

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MIT releases a database of 700+ unique AI risks, based on 43 existing taxonomies, including peer-reviewed articles, preprints, conference papers, and reports (Ben Dickson/VentureBeat)

MIT releases a database of 700+ unique AI risks, based...

Aug 14, 2024

Ben Dickson / VentureBeat: MIT releases a database of 700+ unique AI risks, based...

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EliseAI, which offers AI property management tools for landlords, raised a $75M Series D led by Sapphire at a $1B valuation, taking its total funding to $140M (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

EliseAI, which offers AI property management tools for...

Aug 14, 2024

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: EliseAI, which offers AI property management tools for...

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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X and Ryzen 9 9900X review: the Zen 5 flagship chips are fine for highly threaded productivity workloads, but gaming issues need to be fixed (Gavin Bonshor/AnandTech)

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X and Ryzen 9 9900X review: the Zen 5 flagship...

Aug 14, 2024

Gavin Bonshor / AnandTech: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X and Ryzen 9 9900X review: the Zen 5...

Foxconn Posts Higher Profit, Record Revenue on AI Server...

Aug 14, 2024

The world’s largest contract electronics maker reported higher quarterly net profit...

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Filing: Intel sold its 1.18M shares in Arm during the second quarter, which, based on the stock's average price in Q2, would have raised ~$147M for the company (Ian King/Bloomberg)

Filing: Intel sold its 1.18M shares in Arm during the second...

Aug 13, 2024

Ian King / Bloomberg: Filing: Intel sold its 1.18M shares in Arm during the second...

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US District Judge Reed O'Connor recuses himself from X's advertiser lawsuit over an alleged ad boycott; O'Connor held stock in Tesla and Unilever (Bobby Allyn/NPR)

US District Judge Reed O'Connor recuses himself from X's...

Aug 13, 2024

Bobby Allyn / NPR: US District Judge Reed O'Connor recuses himself from X's advertiser...

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A look at the growth of free streaming service Tubi, which does not require an account to use, is entirely dependent on ad revenue, and is not yet profitable (John Koblin/New York Times)

A look at the growth of free streaming service Tubi, which...

Aug 13, 2024

John Koblin / New York Times: A look at the growth of free streaming service Tubi,...

Google's Gemini Live AI Sounds So Human, I Almost Forgot...

Aug 13, 2024

Google’s Android chief told our columnist the voice assistant was designed to impersonate...

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Indonesian president holds first cabinet meeting in Nusantara, the nation's future capital

Indonesian president holds first cabinet meeting in Nusantara,...

Aug 13, 2024

Indonesia is gearing up to inaugurate its new capital Nusantara later this week,...

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Politico, the NYT, the WaPo, and others say they received hacked Trump campaign materials, but gave few details, a marked contrast to Clinton's emails in 2016 (David Bauder/Associated Press)

Politico, the NYT, the WaPo, and others say they received...

Aug 13, 2024

David Bauder / Associated Press: Politico, the NYT, the WaPo, and others say they...

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India withdraws a draft broadcasting services bill after facing backlash from online creators over its potential effect on free speech and the compliance burden (John Reed/Financial Times)

India withdraws a draft broadcasting services bill after...

Aug 13, 2024

John Reed / Financial Times: India withdraws a draft broadcasting services bill...

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A profile of Peregrine, which was founded by an ex-Palantir exec to help US police access surveillance data, raised $30M in May, and had $10M in 2023 revenue (Thomas Brewster/Forbes)

A profile of Peregrine, which was founded by an ex-Palantir...

Aug 13, 2024

Thomas Brewster / Forbes: A profile of Peregrine, which was founded by an ex-Palantir...

Huawei Readies New Chip to Challenge Nvidia, Surmounting...

Aug 13, 2024

Chinese tech company looks for AI business with Ascend series but still faces production...

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Tally, a fintech that helped users manage and pay off credit card debt, is shutting down; it had raised $172M and, per PitchBook, was last valued at $855M (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch)

Tally, a fintech that helped users manage and pay off credit...

Aug 12, 2024

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: Tally, a fintech that helped users manage and pay...

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Elon Musk's Donald Trump X Spaces interview was quickly derailed by technical glitches at the scheduled start time; Musk blamed it on "a massive DDoS attack" (Rebecca Picciotto/CNBC)

Elon Musk's Donald Trump X Spaces interview was quickly...

Aug 12, 2024

Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC: Elon Musk's Donald Trump X Spaces interview was quickly...

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A source at X says there wasn't actually a DDoS attack that crashed the Trump interview; another X employee said there was a "99 percent" chance Musk was lying (The Verge)

A source at X says there wasn't actually a DDoS attack...

Aug 12, 2024

The Verge: A source at X says there wasn't actually a DDoS attack that crashed the...

How Elon Musk Is Using His Empire to Kickstart xAI

Aug 12, 2024

The billionaire is mobilizing resources around artificial intelligence. Some Tesla...

The Australian Billionaire on a Crusade to Force Facebook...

Aug 12, 2024

A mining executive’s lawsuit is one of the first to threaten tech immunity protections,...

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How Iran has emerged as the most aggressive foreign threat to the US election; Microsoft published a report detailing a litany of efforts to target the election (Wall Street Journal)

How Iran has emerged as the most aggressive foreign threat...

Aug 12, 2024

Wall Street Journal: How Iran has emerged as the most aggressive foreign threat...

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Thomas White, who served five years for administering Silk Road 2.0 and possessing images of CSAM, claims to have co-founded activism organization DDoSecrets (Joseph Cox/404 Media)

Thomas White, who served five years for administering Silk...

Aug 12, 2024

Joseph Cox / 404 Media: Thomas White, who served five years for administering Silk...

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Polymarket, which lets users bet on real-world events, partners with AI search engine Perplexity to show news summaries and with Tako to make AI visuals (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

Polymarket, which lets users bet on real-world events,...

Aug 12, 2024

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Polymarket, which lets users bet on real-world events,...

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How Elon Musk is diverting talent, data, and GPUs from his other businesses to xAI, leading to lawsuits that such resource shifting is hurting Tesla investors (Meghan Bobrowsky/Wall Street Journal)

How Elon Musk is diverting talent, data, and GPUs from...

Aug 11, 2024

Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal: How Elon Musk is diverting talent, data,...

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After Kamala Harris held a rally in Detroit with thousands in attendance, Donald Trump falsely claimed the crowd was "fake" and a picture of it was AI-generated (Peter Wade/Rolling Stone)

After Kamala Harris held a rally in Detroit with thousands...

Aug 11, 2024

Peter Wade / Rolling Stone: After Kamala Harris held a rally in Detroit with thousands...

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As 19 Chinese cities run robotaxi and robobus trials, a look at autonomous mass transit growth in China and the safety and job loss concerns from rapid adoption (Reuters)

As 19 Chinese cities run robotaxi and robobus trials, a...

Aug 11, 2024

Reuters: As 19 Chinese cities run robotaxi and robobus trials, a look at autonomous...

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Q&A with Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks on the toymaker's gaming push, licensing deals, and more; Monopoly GO! has earned $3B+ in revenue since its April 2023 launch (Bloomberg)

Q&A with Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks on the toymaker's gaming...

Aug 11, 2024

Bloomberg: Q&A with Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks on the toymaker's gaming push, licensing...

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Celsius sued Tether on Friday in an attempt to claw back ~40K bitcoins, now worth ~$2.4B, that Celsius claims Tether sold improperly at the bottom of the market (Zack Abrams/The Block)

Celsius sued Tether on Friday in an attempt to claw back...

Aug 11, 2024

Zack Abrams / The Block: Celsius sued Tether on Friday in an attempt to claw back...

How Musk Is Using Tesla and His Other Companies to Kickstart...

Aug 11, 2024

The billionaire is mobilizing resources around artificial intelligence. Some Tesla...

Novel Ideas to Cool Data Centers: Liquid in Pipes or a...

Aug 11, 2024

Nvidia is trying a novel method of keeping its cutting-edge servers cool and limiting...

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Around 200 nations approved the UN Convention against Cybercrime, expected to win General Assembly approval; critics say it could be used to justify repression (Michael Weissenstein/Associated Press)

Around 200 nations approved the UN Convention against Cybercrime,...

Aug 10, 2024

Michael Weissenstein / Associated Press: Around 200 nations approved the UN Convention...

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A look at the consequences of Spotify's disinvestment in podcasts in Latin America, where one survey found 90% of podcast listeners used Spotify (Stan Alcorn/Rest of World)

A look at the consequences of Spotify's disinvestment in...

Aug 10, 2024

Stan Alcorn / Rest of World: A look at the consequences of Spotify's disinvestment...

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How cybersecurity researcher Jon DiMaggio used fake personas to infiltrate LockBit and trick its alleged administrator into revealing operation details (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)

How cybersecurity researcher Jon DiMaggio used fake personas...

Aug 10, 2024

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: How cybersecurity researcher Jon DiMaggio...

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Unbelievably saddened by the loss of my dear friend @SusanWojcicki after two years of living with cancer. She is as core to the history of Google as anyone, and it's hard to imagine the world without her. She was an incredible person, leader and friend who had a tremendous (Sundar Pichai/@sundarpichai)

Unbelievably saddened by the loss of my dear friend @SusanWojcicki...

Aug 10, 2024

Sundar Pichai / @sundarpichai: Unbelievably saddened by the loss of my dear friend...

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Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO and a key figure in Google's creation, dies at age 56, after two years of living with cancer (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO and a key figure in...

Aug 10, 2024

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO and a key figure in Google's...

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Q&A with Wikimedia Foundation executives on how AI could make knowledge more accessible to people, the risk that AI may impact its volunteers' engagement, more (Rani Molla/Sherwood News)

Q&A with Wikimedia Foundation executives on how AI could...

Aug 10, 2024

Rani Molla / Sherwood News: Q&A with Wikimedia Foundation executives on how AI could...

Tech Bros Are Betting They Can Help Win a War With China

Aug 10, 2024

Billions of dollars of venture capital is flowing into defense-tech startups focused...

The Screen Time You Shouldn't Feel Bad About

Aug 10, 2024

Understanding what you actually do on your phone can help you make smarter adjustments.

Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Dies at Age 56

Aug 10, 2024

The Silicon Valley native joined Google as one of its earliest employees, was instrumental...

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Instagram is testing a Snap Maps-like feature that lets users post text and video updates to a map that can be shared with friends (Jacob Kastrenakes/The Verge)

Instagram is testing a Snap Maps-like feature that lets...

Aug 9, 2024

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: Instagram is testing a Snap Maps-like feature that...

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Sources: Anysphere, a GitHub Copilot rival, has raised a $60M Series A co-led by a16z and Thrive at a $400M post-money valuation (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)

Sources: Anysphere, a GitHub Copilot rival, has raised...

Aug 9, 2024

Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: Sources: Anysphere, a GitHub Copilot rival, has raised...

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Trump Media, Truth Social's parent company that has a ~$5B market cap, reports Q2 revenue down 30% YoY to $837K; Trump owns 59.9% of Trump Media's common stock (Eva Dou/Washington Post)

Trump Media, Truth Social's parent company that has a ~$5B...

Aug 9, 2024

Eva Dou / Washington Post: Trump Media, Truth Social's parent company that has a...

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The Irish Data Protection Commission says X has agreed to pause training Grok using millions of Europeans' public posts it collected between May 7 and August 1 (Clothilde Goujard/Politico)

The Irish Data Protection Commission says X has agreed...

Aug 9, 2024

Clothilde Goujard / Politico: The Irish Data Protection Commission says X has agreed...

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Keir Starmer confirms UK's Online Safety Act will be reviewed after London mayor Sadiq Khan said the law was "not fit for purpose" after far-right riots (The Guardian)

Keir Starmer confirms UK's Online Safety Act will be reviewed...

Aug 9, 2024

The Guardian: Keir Starmer confirms UK's Online Safety Act will be reviewed after...

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Sources: Chinese robotaxi company WeRide is seeking about $100M in a US initial public offering and around $200M to $300M in a concurrent private placement (Bloomberg)

Sources: Chinese robotaxi company WeRide is seeking about...

Aug 9, 2024

Bloomberg: Sources: Chinese robotaxi company WeRide is seeking about $100M in a...

A Crackdown Is Coming for People Hanging On to Student...

Aug 9, 2024

An old school ID or the honor system are no longer enough to guarantee savings.

Chip Maker SMIC's Shares Jump on Earnings Beat, Strong...

Aug 9, 2024

Shares in Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. rose sharply in Hong Kong...

Foreign TikTok Networks Are Pushing Political Lies to Americans

Aug 9, 2024

A flood of anti-Trump videos, generated with the help of AI, traced back to a web...

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NYC-based Cents, which provides business management and payments services for the laundry industry, raised a $40M Series B, taking its total funding to $77M+ (AlleyWatch)

NYC-based Cents, which provides business management and...

Aug 8, 2024

AlleyWatch: NYC-based Cents, which provides business management and payments services...

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TikTok and Pinterest partner with Amazon to let users buy items from Amazon ads without leaving the social media apps (Theo Wayt/The Information)

TikTok and Pinterest partner with Amazon to let users buy...

Aug 8, 2024

Theo Wayt / The Information: TikTok and Pinterest partner with Amazon to let users...

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CloudPay, which offers cloud-based payroll and payments services to businesses, raised $120M led by Blue Owl Capital, taking its total funding to $228M (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

CloudPay, which offers cloud-based payroll and payments...

Aug 8, 2024

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: CloudPay, which offers cloud-based payroll and payments...

AI Startup Glean Nears Fundraise Valuing it at $4.5 Billion

Aug 8, 2024

The $250 million investment would double the company’s valuation from six months...

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Indian crypto exchange WazirX plans to undo all trades that occurred following its withdrawal freeze on July 18 "over the next few days", after a $230M+ hack (Adam James/The Block)

Indian crypto exchange WazirX plans to undo all trades...

Aug 8, 2024

Adam James / The Block: Indian crypto exchange WazirX plans to undo all trades that...

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Analysis: Truth Social is increasingly relying on niche ad campaigns that target hard-core Trump fans and Christian conservatives, often from small advertisers (New York Times)

Analysis: Truth Social is increasingly relying on niche...

Aug 8, 2024

New York Times: Analysis: Truth Social is increasingly relying on niche ad campaigns...

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TikTok launches TikTok Spotlight, in-app hubs for movies and TV shows that add links to "applicable" videos with information and where to watch, tested on Dune (Emma Roth/The Verge)

TikTok launches TikTok Spotlight, in-app hubs for movies...

Aug 8, 2024

Emma Roth / The Verge: TikTok launches TikTok Spotlight, in-app hubs for movies...

AI Companies Fight to Stop California Safety Rules

Aug 8, 2024

The industry says a bill moving through the state legislature would chill innovation...

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Zillow names COO Jeremy Wacksman as CEO, replacing Rich Barton, who is stepping down to become co-executive chair; Zillow reported Q2 earnings topping estimates (Patrick Clark/Bloomberg)

Zillow names COO Jeremy Wacksman as CEO, replacing Rich...

Aug 7, 2024

Patrick Clark / Bloomberg: Zillow names COO Jeremy Wacksman as CEO, replacing Rich...

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A researcher details a Windows Update vulnerability that could be exploited to downgrade key components of Windows to older versions that contain known flaws (Lily Hay Newman/Wired)

A researcher details a Windows Update vulnerability that...

Aug 7, 2024

Lily Hay Newman / Wired: A researcher details a Windows Update vulnerability that...

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Techstars lays off 17% of its workforce, and says it will end the JP Morgan-backed $80M Advancing Cities fund after it is fully deployed at the end of 2024 (Dominic-Madori Davis/TechCrunch)

Techstars lays off 17% of its workforce, and says it will...

Aug 7, 2024

Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch: Techstars lays off 17% of its workforce, and...

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Sources: in 2017 and 2018, Intel and OpenAI executives discussed Intel buying a 15% stake for $1B in cash, but CEO Bob Swan did not go forward with the deal (Max A. Cherney/Reuters)

Sources: in 2017 and 2018, Intel and OpenAI executives...

Aug 7, 2024

Max A. Cherney / Reuters: Sources: in 2017 and 2018, Intel and OpenAI executives...

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Imec, one of the top chip R&D companies, reports several breakthroughs for printing logic and memory chips in a joint ASML lab using ASML's new High NA tool (Toby Sterling/Reuters)

Imec, one of the top chip R&D companies, reports several...

Aug 7, 2024

Toby Sterling / Reuters: Imec, one of the top chip R&D companies, reports several...

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Disney CEO Bob Iger says the company's password sharing crackdown will kick off "in earnest" in September, after announcing paid sharing in February 2024 (Emma Roth/The Verge)

Disney CEO Bob Iger says the company's password sharing...

Aug 7, 2024

Emma Roth / The Verge: Disney CEO Bob Iger says the company's password sharing crackdown...

AI Is Coming for India's Famous Tech Hub

Aug 7, 2024

Artificial intelligence is upending the country’s tech outsourcing industry. While...

Sony Boosts Guidance After Profit Beat

Aug 7, 2024

Sony Group reported a rise in first-quarter net profit on the strength of its game,...

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Coupang reports Q2 revenue up 25% YoY to $7.3B and a net loss of $77M, its first loss since 2022, due to its Farfetch deal and a South Korean regulatory fine (Yoolim Lee/Bloomberg)

Coupang reports Q2 revenue up 25% YoY to $7.3B and a net...

Aug 6, 2024

Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: Coupang reports Q2 revenue up 25% YoY to $7.3B and a net...

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CrowdStrike shares a root cause analysis of the July 19 outage, and says it's working with two third-party software security vendors to conduct further review (Jessica Lyons/The Register)

CrowdStrike shares a root cause analysis of the July 19...

Aug 6, 2024

Jessica Lyons / The Register: CrowdStrike shares a root cause analysis of the July...

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Supermicro shares drop 13% after hours after the company reported Q4 earnings missing analyst expectations, and announces a 10-for-1 stock split (Annie Palmer/CNBC)

Supermicro shares drop 13% after hours after the company...

Aug 6, 2024

Annie Palmer / CNBC: Supermicro shares drop 13% after hours after the company reported...

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UK filings: since 2023, Saudi Arabia's PIF has put $750M into Magic Leap, including $160M so far in 2024; Magic Leap says it needs to raise more by next month (Mark Bergen/Bloomberg)

UK filings: since 2023, Saudi Arabia's PIF has put $750M...

Aug 6, 2024

Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: UK filings: since 2023, Saudi Arabia's PIF has put $750M...

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Red Ventures sells CNET, an early pioneer of online tech coverage, to Ziff Davis, which owns Mashable, PC Mag, and other brands, a source says for $100M+ (Benjamin Mullin/New York Times)

Red Ventures sells CNET, an early pioneer of online tech...

Aug 6, 2024

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times: Red Ventures sells CNET, an early pioneer of online...

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Uber says its Advertising annual revenue run-rate passed $1B in Q2, up from $650M+ in Q2 2023; Uber began selling in-app Journey Ads programmatically in June (Kathryn Lundstrom/Adweek)

Uber says its Advertising annual revenue run-rate passed...

Aug 6, 2024

Kathryn Lundstrom / Adweek: Uber says its Advertising annual revenue run-rate passed...

Google's Antitrust Loss Set to Reshape Search and Mobile...

Aug 6, 2024

Google’s loss in a historic antitrust trial is reverberating across Silicon Valley....

Struggling AI Startups Look for a Bailout from Big Tech

Aug 6, 2024

Amazon, Google and Microsoft are using a new type of deal for artificial-intelligence...

Meta Restores Malaysian Leader's Posts About Hamas

Aug 6, 2024

Meta Platforms has restored social-media posts by Malaysia’s prime minister concerning...

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Apple's shift to AI could allow it to handle searches via Siri and AI chatbots instead of web browsers, softening the blow from the Google antitrust ruling (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Apple's shift to AI could allow it to handle searches via...

Aug 5, 2024

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Apple's shift to AI could allow it to handle searches via...

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Sources: Black Sesame, which designs chips for self-driving systems, priced its Hong Kong IPO at the low end of its marketed range, raising $133M (Bloomberg)

Sources: Black Sesame, which designs chips for self-driving...

Aug 5, 2024

Bloomberg: Sources: Black Sesame, which designs chips for self-driving systems,...

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US v. Google: a judge says Google has a monopoly in "general search text advertising" and it used exclusive agreements to raise prices without any competition (Lauren Feiner/The Verge)

US v. Google: a judge says Google has a monopoly in "general...

Aug 5, 2024

Lauren Feiner / The Verge: US v. Google: a judge says Google has a monopoly in “general...

Elon Musk Revives Lawsuit Against OpenAI and Sam Altman

Aug 5, 2024

The billionaire alleged he was manipulated into believing the artificial-intelligence...

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The UK says "there's no justification" for Elon Musk saying that "civil war is inevitable", and calls on social media companies to moderate more misinformation (Alex Wickham/Bloomberg)

The UK says "there's no justification" for Elon Musk saying...

Aug 5, 2024

Alex Wickham / Bloomberg: The UK says “there's no justification” for Elon Musk saying...

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An analysis of 200K+ English-language AI conversations: 21% of people use chatbots for creative writing, 18% for homework help, 17% for search, and 15% for work (Washington Post)

An analysis of 200K+ English-language AI conversations:...

Aug 5, 2024

Washington Post: An analysis of 200K+ English-language AI conversations: 21% of...

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Investor letter: Elliott Management says megacap tech stocks, particularly Nvidia, were in "bubble land", and AI is "overhyped" and "not ready for prime time" (Financial Times)

Investor letter: Elliott Management says megacap tech stocks,...

Aug 5, 2024

Financial Times: Investor letter: Elliott Management says megacap tech stocks, particularly...

Thrive Capital Raises $5 Billion for Venture Funds on Heels...

Aug 5, 2024

The fundraising reflects optimism over artificial intelligence despite the startup...

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A Google DeepMind research scientist details some LLM use cases, argues LLMs are not overhyped and should be judged on what they can do, not what they can't (Nicholas Carlini)

A Google DeepMind research scientist details some LLM use...

Aug 4, 2024

Nicholas Carlini: A Google DeepMind research scientist details some LLM use cases,...

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Mynt, the parent company of Philippines-based e-wallet GCash, more than doubled its valuation to $5B after investments from Ayala Corp, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial (Rishav Chatterjee/Reuters)

Mynt, the parent company of Philippines-based e-wallet...

Aug 4, 2024

Rishav Chatterjee / Reuters: Mynt, the parent company of Philippines-based e-wallet...

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Despite a weak earnings report, corporations are still buying from Intel, which continues to dominate market share for non-AI computing workloads on servers (Wall Street Journal)

Despite a weak earnings report, corporations are still...

Aug 4, 2024

Wall Street Journal: Despite a weak earnings report, corporations are still buying...

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Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled and tells users to switch to other ad blockers before deprecation of Manifest V2 extensions (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled...

Aug 4, 2024

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be...

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Sources: JD.com founder and chair Richard Liu has been quietly leading the company from overseas, primarily in London, despite stepping down as the CEO in 2022 (Eleanor Olcott/Financial Times)

Sources: JD.com founder and chair Richard Liu has been...

Aug 4, 2024

Eleanor Olcott / Financial Times: Sources: JD.com founder and chair Richard Liu...

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Apple Services Q3 revenue topped Mac, iPad, and wearables combined and may soon exceed hardware profits, but its services can't ever have priority over hardware (Jason Snell/Six Colors)

Apple Services Q3 revenue topped Mac, iPad, and wearables...

Aug 4, 2024

Jason Snell / Six Colors: Apple Services Q3 revenue topped Mac, iPad, and wearables...

There's a Tool to Catch Students Cheating With ChatGPT....

Aug 4, 2024

The technology that is mired in internal debate can detect text written by artificial...

How Elon Musk Wants to Wire the Human Brain, and the Rivals...

Aug 4, 2024

Neuralink’s brain implant allowed a patient to move a cursor with his brain and...

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A look at Bungie's future after it laid off 220 staffers, as current and former employees say it grew too fast and tried to develop too many projects at once (Jason Schreier/Bloomberg)

A look at Bungie's future after it laid off 220 staffers,...

Aug 3, 2024

Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: A look at Bungie's future after it laid off 220 staffers,...

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Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 review: all-day battery, seven years of updates, and widgets for the outer screen are helpful but hard to run full apps (Allison Johnson/The Verge)

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 review: all-day battery, seven years...

Aug 3, 2024

Allison Johnson / The Verge: Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 review: all-day battery, seven...

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How YouTube, NBC, Eurosport, and others are enlisting creators to cover the Paris Olympics, to fill in storytelling gaps and captivate a younger generation (Josh Noble/Financial Times)

How YouTube, NBC, Eurosport, and others are enlisting creators...

Aug 3, 2024

Josh Noble / Financial Times: How YouTube, NBC, Eurosport, and others are enlisting...

Running Your Household Is a Second Job, but It Doesn't...

Aug 3, 2024

Tech can help, as long as it doesn’t become yet another chore.

Breaking Down the Tech Giants' AI Spending Surge

Aug 3, 2024

Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft are placing ever-bigger bets on the artificial...

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A profile of Huawei, which has expanded into new businesses, built out its supply chain, and boosted profit, thanks to billions of dollars in Beijing support (Wall Street Journal)

A profile of Huawei, which has expanded into new businesses,...

Aug 3, 2024

Wall Street Journal: A profile of Huawei, which has expanded into new businesses,...

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Inside the MAGA-fueled 2024 Bitcoin Conference in Nashville, as attendees were divided on Trump's keynote speech, some let down, others calling it historic (Gaby Del Valle/The Verge)

Inside the MAGA-fueled 2024 Bitcoin Conference in Nashville,...

Aug 3, 2024

Gaby Del Valle / The Verge: Inside the MAGA-fueled 2024 Bitcoin Conference in Nashville,...

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How AI-formulated bioweapons became a security obsession inside Washington, DC, forcing officials to take tech advances in weaponizing disease seriously (Riley Griffin/Bloomberg)

How AI-formulated bioweapons became a security obsession...

Aug 3, 2024

Riley Griffin / Bloomberg: How AI-formulated bioweapons became a security obsession...

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Data breach notifications show US pharmaceutical giant Cencora has notified at least 1.43M individuals that their data was compromised in a February data breach (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)

Data breach notifications show US pharmaceutical giant...

Aug 2, 2024

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Data breach notifications show US pharmaceutical giant...

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Apple apologizes and pulls an ad set in Thailand after backlash from Thai lawmakers and influencers who deemed its portrayal of the country offensive (Patpicha Tanakasempipat/Bloomberg)

Apple apologizes and pulls an ad set in Thailand after...

Aug 2, 2024

Patpicha Tanakasempipat / Bloomberg: Apple apologizes and pulls an ad set in Thailand...

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A security researcher says 4.6M Illinois voter and election records, including Social Security Numbers, were exposed by a contractor's unsecured databases (Lily Hay Newman/Wired)

A security researcher says 4.6M Illinois voter and election...

Aug 2, 2024

Lily Hay Newman / Wired: A security researcher says 4.6M Illinois voter and election...

Google Pulls Olympic-Themed AI Ad After Failing to Stick...

Aug 2, 2024

The search giant’s move is the latest misstep around its rollout of generative AI.

U.S. Sues TikTok, Alleging It Violated Child Privacy Law

Aug 2, 2024

The lawsuit adds to the Chinese-owned social-media company’s escalating legal challenges...

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger's Dream Job Takes a Nightmarish...

Aug 2, 2024

The effort to revive the storied chip maker faces daunting new challenges more than...

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An Indian tribunal orders a halt on insolvency proceedings against Byju's, days after Byju's settled a $19M payments dispute case with the Indian cricket board (Arpan Chaturvedi/Reuters)

An Indian tribunal orders a halt on insolvency proceedings...

Aug 2, 2024

Arpan Chaturvedi / Reuters: An Indian tribunal orders a halt on insolvency proceedings...

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The UK's NCA shuts down Russian Coms, a caller ID spoofing platform used by hundreds of criminals to make 1.8M+ scam calls in 107 countries since 2021 (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

The UK's NCA shuts down Russian Coms, a caller ID spoofing...

Aug 2, 2024

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: The UK's NCA shuts down Russian Coms, a caller...

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A special committee of 23andMe's board says it's not "prepared to move forward" with CEO Anne Wojcicki's $0.40 per share offer to take the company private (Kristen V Brown/Bloomberg)

A special committee of 23andMe's board says it's not "prepared...

Aug 2, 2024

Kristen V Brown / Bloomberg: A special committee of 23andMe's board says it's not...

Apple's iPhone Sales Slip, but Investors Still Expect AI...

Aug 2, 2024

The iPhone maker is preparing to release “Apple Intelligence” in the fall, which...

Nintendo's Switch Sales, Profit Slump as Successor Console...

Aug 2, 2024

The Japanese videogame maker said net profit fell 55% for the three months ended...

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Intel extends the warranty for its boxed Core 13th and 14th Gen desktop processors by an additional two years, due to customers experiencing instability issues (Paul Alcorn/Tom's Hardware)

Intel extends the warranty for its boxed Core 13th and...

Aug 1, 2024

Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: Intel extends the warranty for its boxed Core 13th...

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Sources: the US DOJ is investigating Nvidia's acquisition of Israeli AI infrastructure orchestration and management service Run:ai on antitrust grounds (Josh Sisco/Politico)

Sources: the US DOJ is investigating Nvidia's acquisition...

Aug 1, 2024

Josh Sisco / Politico: Sources: the US DOJ is investigating Nvidia's acquisition...

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Contextual AI, which offers retrieval augmented generation tools for enterprises, raised an $80M Series A led by Greycroft; PitchBook values Contextual at $609M (Kenrick Cai/Reuters)

Contextual AI, which offers retrieval augmented generation...

Aug 1, 2024

Kenrick Cai / Reuters: Contextual AI, which offers retrieval augmented generation...

Intel to Cut Jobs and Suspend Dividend in Cost-Saving Push

Aug 1, 2024

The chip maker posted disappointing sales as the company struggles to gain a foothold...

Microsoft Adds OpenAI to Its List of Competitors in AI...

Aug 1, 2024

Software giant counts its partner among rivals such as Amazon and Google in its...

Apple's iPhone Sales Slide, but Investors Still Expect...

Aug 1, 2024

The iPhone-maker is preparing to release “Apple Intelligence” in the fall, which...

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WBD, Disney, and Fox plan to launch their joint sports streaming venture Venu for $42.99 per month initially, with a seven-day free trial, expected fall 2024 (Brian Steinberg/Variety)

WBD, Disney, and Fox plan to launch their joint sports...

Aug 1, 2024

Brian Steinberg / Variety: WBD, Disney, and Fox plan to launch their joint sports...

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Roblox reports Q2 revenue up 31% YoY to $894M, bookings up 22% YoY to $995M, a $206M net loss, average DAUs up 21% YoY to 79.5M, projects Q3 bookings above est. (Cecilia D'Anastasio/Bloomberg)

Roblox reports Q2 revenue up 31% YoY to $894M, bookings...

Aug 1, 2024

Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: Roblox reports Q2 revenue up 31% YoY to $894M,...

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The European Commission unconditionally approves HPE's $14B takeover of networking gear maker Juniper Networks after finding no competition concerns (Bart Meijer/Reuters)

The European Commission unconditionally approves HPE's...

Aug 1, 2024

Bart Meijer / Reuters: The European Commission unconditionally approves HPE's $14B...

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The US SEC sues former IRL CEO Abraham Shafi, accusing him of a $170M fraud by misleading investors about the company's growth and concealing personal expenses (Joe Miller/Financial Times)

The US SEC sues former IRL CEO Abraham Shafi, accusing...

Jul 31, 2024

Joe Miller / Financial Times: The US SEC sues former IRL CEO Abraham Shafi, accusing...

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On Meta's earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg said Llama 4 will likely need ~10x more compute than Llama 3.1 to train, Quest 3 sales exceeded expectations, and more (Alex Heath/The Verge)

On Meta's earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg said Llama 4 will...

Jul 31, 2024

Alex Heath / The Verge: On Meta's earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg said Llama 4 will...

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Sources: Commerce Department officials inform Applied Materials that the company's planned $4B Silicon Valley R&D facility doesn't qualify for CHIPS Act grants (Mackenzie Hawkins/Bloomberg)

Sources: Commerce Department officials inform Applied Materials...

Jul 31, 2024

Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg: Sources: Commerce Department officials inform Applied...

Meta's AI Costs Surge as Digital Advertising Revenue Grows

Jul 31, 2024

Meta Platforms said quarterly digital advertising grew rapidly while its investments...

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Google rolls out new features to make removing explicit deepfakes from Search at scale easier and to prevent them from appearing high up in results (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)

Google rolls out new features to make removing explicit...

Jul 31, 2024

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Google rolls out new features to make removing explicit...

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Sony signs a deal to be the NFL's official tech and headphones partner, with a new headset in 2025; the NFL also plans to expand the use of Sony's Hawk-Eye tech (Randall Williams/Bloomberg)

Sony signs a deal to be the NFL's official tech and headphones...

Jul 31, 2024

Randall Williams / Bloomberg: Sony signs a deal to be the NFL's official tech and...

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Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian says the CrowdStrike outage will cost the company $500M, after canceling 6,000+ flights, and Delta will seek damages (Financial Times)

Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian says the CrowdStrike outage...

Jul 31, 2024

Financial Times: Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian says the CrowdStrike outage will...

I've Been Driving an EV for a Year. I Have Only One Regret.

Jul 31, 2024

Range anxiety isn’t a thing, leasing can be a gamble, and other lessons our columnist...

T-Mobile Has a New Side Gig: Fiber Internet

Jul 31, 2024

The cellphone carrier is on the cusp of becoming a major home internet provider...

Meta Has Run Hundreds of Ads for Cocaine, Opioids and Other...

Jul 31, 2024

Instagram and Facebook are still running ads for illegal drugs, months after the...

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Global oil prices jump after Hamas leader's assassination in Iran

Global oil prices jump after Hamas leader's assassination...

Jul 31, 2024

Global oil benchmarks Brent crude and West Texas Intermediate surged this Wednesday...

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How Elon Musk and X's division of labor stymied some of Linda Yaccarino's plans, like a Visa deal; internal figures show X had 250.8M DAUs in Q2, up 1.56% YoY (Wall Street Journal)

How Elon Musk and X's division of labor stymied some of...

Jul 30, 2024

Wall Street Journal: How Elon Musk and X's division of labor stymied some of Linda...

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Samsung reports Q2 revenue up 23.42% YoY to ~$53.45B, vs. ~$53.3B est., operating profit up 1,458% YoY to ~$7.5B, as AI memory chip demand remains strong (Sheila Chiang/CNBC)

Samsung reports Q2 revenue up 23.42% YoY to ~$53.45B, vs....

Jul 30, 2024

Sheila Chiang / CNBC: Samsung reports Q2 revenue up 23.42% YoY to ~$53.45B, vs....

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Netflix files to raise $1.8B in a new debt offering, its first since the company was elevated to investment-grade status by Moody's and S&P Global (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)

Netflix files to raise $1.8B in a new debt offering, its...

Jul 30, 2024

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: Netflix files to raise $1.8B in a new debt...

3D Printers Are Having a Moment Thanks to the U.S.

Jul 30, 2024

Efforts by the White House to onshore manufacturing jobs and incentivize U.S. emissions...

Samsung's Net Profit Soars on Strong Semiconductor Business

Jul 30, 2024

Samsung Electronics’ net profit rose nearly six times in the second quarter, with...

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Perplexity is launching a program to share ad revenue with partners such as Time, Der Spiegel, Fortune, and WordPress.com, after weeks of plagiarism accusations (Kylie Robison/The Verge)

Perplexity is launching a program to share ad revenue with...

Jul 30, 2024

Kylie Robison / The Verge: Perplexity is launching a program to share ad revenue...

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London-based fertility app Flo Health raised a $200M+ Series C from General Atlantic at a $1B+ valuation and expects subscription revenue of over $200M in 2024 (Stephanie Stacey/Financial Times)

London-based fertility app Flo Health raised a $200M+ Series...

Jul 30, 2024

Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times: London-based fertility app Flo Health raised...

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Microsoft calls on US Congress to pass a comprehensive law to crack down on AI deepfakes that aim to interfere in elections or maliciously target people (Jeff Stone/Bloomberg)

Microsoft calls on US Congress to pass a comprehensive...

Jul 30, 2024

Jeff Stone / Bloomberg: Microsoft calls on US Congress to pass a comprehensive law...

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Italy's Meloni visits China with trade high on agenda

Italy's Meloni visits China with trade high on agenda

Jul 30, 2024

On a five-day visit to China, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has vowed to...

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Twitch rolls out a revamped iOS and Android app, which now shows a TikTok-like feed of recommended content when it's opened, instead of a "Following" list (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Twitch rolls out a revamped iOS and Android app, which...

Jul 29, 2024

Jay Peters / The Verge: Twitch rolls out a revamped iOS and Android app, which now...

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Meta rolls out AI Studio in the US, letting users create and share AI chatbots, and Instagram creators set up chatbots to answer DM questions and story replies (Karissa Bell/Engadget)

Meta rolls out AI Studio in the US, letting users create...

Jul 29, 2024

Karissa Bell / Engadget: Meta rolls out AI Studio in the US, letting users create...

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Meta releases Segment Anything Model 2 with support for object segmentation in videos and images; the code and weights are available under an Apache 2.0 license (Devin Coldewey/TechCrunch)

Meta releases Segment Anything Model 2 with support for...

Jul 29, 2024

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: Meta releases Segment Anything Model 2 with support...

Apple Intelligence: Here's When the New AI Features Come...

Jul 29, 2024

The new Siri and other tools won’t be available until iOS 18.1 is released later...

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Sources: Twitch remains unprofitable a decade after Amazon's acquisition; Docs show Twitch generated ~$667M in ad revenue and $1.3B in commerce revenue in 2023 (Wall Street Journal)

Sources: Twitch remains unprofitable a decade after Amazon's...

Jul 29, 2024

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Twitch remains unprofitable a decade after Amazon's...

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ISD: hundreds of extremist TikTok accounts are openly sharing Hitler-related propaganda, including Holocaust denial videos, and trying to recruit new members (David Gilbert/Wired)

ISD: hundreds of extremist TikTok accounts are openly sharing...

Jul 29, 2024

David Gilbert / Wired: ISD: hundreds of extremist TikTok accounts are openly sharing...

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South Korea will provide $400M to vendors hit by payment delays on two Qoo10 e-commerce platforms, and Qoo10's founder pledges to use his own assets to help (Reuters)

South Korea will provide $400M to vendors hit by payment...

Jul 29, 2024

Reuters: South Korea will provide $400M to vendors hit by payment delays on two...

Amazon Paid Almost $1 Billion for Twitch in 2014. It's...

Jul 29, 2024

The live-video service has slowing user growth and workers are expecting more layoffs...

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Venezuela's damaging dependence on its oil industry

Venezuela's damaging dependence on its oil industry

Jul 29, 2024

As Venezuela's opposition contests the re-election of President Nicolas Maduro,...

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Dune Analytics: ~1.7M new digital coins entered circulation in H1 2024, compared with 264K in H1 2023, as the crypto market revival fuels a surge in memecoins (David Yaffe-Bellany/New York Times)

Dune Analytics: ~1.7M new digital coins entered circulation...

Jul 28, 2024

David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times: Dune Analytics: ~1.7M new digital coins entered...

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Sources: Apple plans to roll out Apple Intelligence by October, missing the planned Sept. launch of its OSes; devs get to test AI features as soon as this week (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Sources: Apple plans to roll out Apple Intelligence by...

Jul 28, 2024

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple plans to roll out Apple Intelligence by...

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How podcasting is turning into an industry of megastars with huge deals and the biggest audiences; Edison: the top 25 podcasts reach ~50% of US weekly listeners (Anne Steele/Wall Street Journal)

How podcasting is turning into an industry of megastars...

Jul 28, 2024

Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal: How podcasting is turning into an industry of...

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A dozen technologists and researchers at Chinese tech companies say open-source technologies were a key reason behind China narrowing the AI gap with the US (New York Times)

A dozen technologists and researchers at Chinese tech companies...

Jul 28, 2024

New York Times: A dozen technologists and researchers at Chinese tech companies...

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Banking trade body UK Finance: while 60% of all UK adults used mobile banking in 2023, people mainly using cash for everyday spending increased 66% YoY (Claer Barrett/Financial Times)

Banking trade body UK Finance: while 60% of all UK adults...

Jul 28, 2024

Claer Barrett / Financial Times: Banking trade body UK Finance: while 60% of all...

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A look at AIxCC, or AI Cyber Challenge, a competition launched in 2023 and run by DARPA to design an AI program that scans open source code for security flaws (Joseph Menn/Washington Post)

A look at AIxCC, or AI Cyber Challenge, a competition launched...

Jul 28, 2024

Joseph Menn / Washington Post: A look at AIxCC, or AI Cyber Challenge, a competition...

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Trump proposes a strategic national crypto stockpile; Bitcoin 2024 organizers say they were in talks to have Kamala Harris appear, but she ultimately declined (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)

Trump proposes a strategic national crypto stockpile; Bitcoin...

Jul 27, 2024

MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: Trump proposes a strategic national crypto stockpile;...

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Sources: Apple met with UK TV ratings body Barb to discuss options for tracking ads on Apple TV+, in another sign that it plans to introduce ads on the service (James Warrington/The Telegraph)

Sources: Apple met with UK TV ratings body Barb to discuss...

Jul 27, 2024

James Warrington / The Telegraph: Sources: Apple met with UK TV ratings body Barb...

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California DMV granted Nuro approval to test its third-gen R3 autonomous delivery vehicle in four Bay Area cities, a boost for the startup after some setbacks (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)

California DMV granted Nuro approval to test its third-gen...

Jul 27, 2024

Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: California DMV granted Nuro approval to test its third-gen...

One of America's Hottest Entertainment Apps Is Chinese-Owned

Jul 27, 2024

Talkie, a chatbot mimicking celebrities, friends and romantic partners that is one...

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The 2024 Paris Summer Olympics is using real-time AI-based video surveillance tech to detect and predict threats, raising concerns over mass surveillance (Jorja Siemons/Bloomberg Law)

The 2024 Paris Summer Olympics is using real-time AI-based...

Jul 27, 2024

Jorja Siemons / Bloomberg Law: The 2024 Paris Summer Olympics is using real-time...

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A profile of CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz, who co-founded CrowdStrike in 2011 after departing as McAfee's CTO following Intel's acquisition of McAfee for $7.68B (Robert McMillan/Wall Street Journal)

A profile of CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz, who co-founded...

Jul 27, 2024

Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal: A profile of CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz,...

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Sources detail how Elon Musk undermined CEO Linda Yaccarino's efforts to repair X's business over the past year; X's US revenue fell 53% YoY to $114M in Q2 (Kate Conger/New York Times)

Sources detail how Elon Musk undermined CEO Linda Yaccarino's...

Jul 27, 2024

Kate Conger / New York Times: Sources detail how Elon Musk undermined CEO Linda...

CrowdStrike's CEO Has Known Failure---but Never Like This

Jul 27, 2024

TikTok Collected U.S. Users' Views on Gun Control, Abortion...

Jul 27, 2024

The Justice Department made the details public in response to a TikTok lawsuit arguing...

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US-based security vendor KnowBe4 says it unwittingly hired a North Korean hacker who then unsuccessfully attempted to load malware into the company's network (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)

US-based security vendor KnowBe4 says it unwittingly hired...

Jul 26, 2024

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: US-based security vendor KnowBe4 says it unwittingly...

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Freelancer.com, iFixit, and others say Anthropic's crawler has aggressively scraped their websites, potentially breaching their terms of service (George Hammond/Financial Times)

Freelancer.com, iFixit, and others say Anthropic's crawler...

Jul 26, 2024

George Hammond / Financial Times: Freelancer.com, iFixit, and others say Anthropic's...

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Chinese self-driving startup WeRide files to list on the Nasdaq under the symbol WRD, reporting a loss of $268M on revenue of $55M in 2023 (Michael Hytha/Bloomberg)

Chinese self-driving startup WeRide files to list on the...

Jul 26, 2024

Michael Hytha / Bloomberg: Chinese self-driving startup WeRide files to list on...

CrowdStrike Says 97% of Systems Hit by Outage Are Back...

Jul 26, 2024

The CEO said the company still has more work to do to address the fallout from last...

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A profile of, and interview with, Sequoia's Roelof Botha on increasing Sequoia's focus on AI investments, staying politically neutral, and more (Michal Lev-Ram/Fortune)

A profile of, and interview with, Sequoia's Roelof Botha...

Jul 26, 2024

Michal Lev-Ram / Fortune: A profile of, and interview with, Sequoia's Roelof Botha...

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An interview with Samsung's mobile chief TM Roh on the Galaxy AI push, monetizing AI, future products in foldables and mixed reality, and more (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC)

An interview with Samsung's mobile chief TM Roh on the...

Jul 26, 2024

Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: An interview with Samsung's mobile chief TM Roh on the Galaxy...

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How TikTok is trying to fend off a potential US ban, including through ad campaigns, lobbying, and funding lawsuits by creators (Bloomberg)

How TikTok is trying to fend off a potential US ban, including...

Jul 26, 2024

Bloomberg: How TikTok is trying to fend off a potential US ban, including through...

The New Threat to the Chip Industry: Worker Unrest

Jul 26, 2024

With the industry growing in importance and investment pouring in, workers are demanding...

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The US DOJ indicts a North Korean hacker, who remains at large, for his alleged role in Andariel group's cyberattacks on US hospitals, NASA, and military bases (Associated Press)

The US DOJ indicts a North Korean hacker, who remains at...

Jul 25, 2024

Associated Press: The US DOJ indicts a North Korean hacker, who remains at large,...

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Binarly: UEFI Secure Boot is completely compromised on 200+ device models sold by Acer, Dell, Gigabyte, Intel, and Supermicro due to a cryptographic key leak (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)

Binarly: UEFI Secure Boot is completely compromised on...

Jul 25, 2024

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Binarly: UEFI Secure Boot is completely compromised on...

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FTC's Lina Khan says open-weights AI models can promote competition and "liberate startups from the arbitrary whims of closed developers and cloud gatekeepers" (Bloomberg)

FTC's Lina Khan says open-weights AI models can promote...

Jul 25, 2024

Bloomberg: FTC's Lina Khan says open-weights AI models can promote competition and...

OpenAI Tests SearchGPT, Taking Aim at Google

Jul 25, 2024

Built with input from publishers, the search engine will summarize real-time information...

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We need a US-led global coalition of like-minded countries and a new strategy to ensure that a democratic vision for AI prevails over an authoritarian one (Sam Altman/Washington Post)

We need a US-led global coalition of like-minded countries...

Jul 25, 2024

Sam Altman / Washington Post: We need a US-led global coalition of like-minded countries...

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The UK's FCA fines Coinbase £3.5M for providing payment services to over 13,000 "high-risk" customers, in its first enforcement action against a crypto company (Financial Times)

The UK's FCA fines Coinbase £3.5M for providing payment...

Jul 25, 2024

Financial Times: The UK's FCA fines Coinbase £3.5M for providing payment services...

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OpenAI introduces Rule-Based Rewards, a method to automate some model fine-tuning and cut down the time required to ensure a model behaves safely (Emilia David/VentureBeat)

OpenAI introduces Rule-Based Rewards, a method to automate...

Jul 25, 2024

Emilia David / VentureBeat: OpenAI introduces Rule-Based Rewards, a method to automate...

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SK Hynix Q2: revenue up 125% YoY to ~$11.86B, operating profit of ~$3.96B, its highest quarterly profit in six years, and sees further rising chip demand in H2 (Reuters)

SK Hynix Q2: revenue up 125% YoY to ~$11.86B, operating...

Jul 24, 2024

Reuters: SK Hynix Q2: revenue up 125% YoY to ~$11.86B, operating profit of ~$3.96B,...

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Elon Musk's poll asking if Tesla should invest $5B in xAI ends with 67.9% voting yes, after Musk said on Tesla's earnings call that he supported the idea (Dana Hull/Bloomberg)

Elon Musk's poll asking if Tesla should invest $5B in xAI...

Jul 24, 2024

Dana Hull / Bloomberg: Elon Musk's poll asking if Tesla should invest $5B in xAI...

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Microsoft says Bing stopped crawling Reddit after Reddit updated its robots.txt file on July 1 (Barry Schwartz/Search Engine Land)

Microsoft says Bing stopped crawling Reddit after Reddit...

Jul 24, 2024

Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: Microsoft says Bing stopped crawling Reddit...

This Summer's Shopping Trend Is a Minimalist's Nightmare

Jul 24, 2024

Stanley cups, Bogg Bags and phone cases aren’t enough on their own.

SK Hynix Second-Quarter Profit Surges on AI Chip Sales

Jul 24, 2024

SK Hynix second-quarter net profit rose sharply, keeping up the momentum of its...

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Google updates the Play Store on Android to add categorized "collections" to show installed app content, expands Play Pass, and adds curated comics in Japan (Chris Welch/The Verge)

Google updates the Play Store on Android to add categorized...

Jul 24, 2024

Chris Welch / The Verge: Google updates the Play Store on Android to add categorized...

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Law enforcement officials and experts: criminal groups are shying away from large ransomware-as-a-service platforms after disruption operations and an exit scam (Alexander Martin/The Record)

Law enforcement officials and experts: criminal groups...

Jul 24, 2024

Alexander Martin / The Record: Law enforcement officials and experts: criminal groups...

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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6 review: very good battery life, easy multitasking, and seven years of updates, but narrow cover screen, bulky, heavy, and expensive (Allison Johnson/The Verge)

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6 review: very good battery life,...

Jul 24, 2024

Allison Johnson / The Verge: Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6 review: very good battery life,...

Time to Turn Off Cookies? Making Sense of Google's Chrome...

Jul 24, 2024

Google isn’t killing off the ubiquitous tracking software, but here’s what you can...

What's With Everyone Buying Accessories for Their Accessories?

Jul 24, 2024

Stanley cups, Bogg Bags and phone cases aren’t enough on their own.

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Meta says it will allow developers to use the outputs from Llama models, including Llama 3.1 405B, to improve other models for the first time (Benj Edwards/Ars Technica)

Meta says it will allow developers to use the outputs from...

Jul 23, 2024

Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: Meta says it will allow developers to use the outputs...

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X reverts its water pistol emoji back to a firearm on the web, after Twitter originally switched the pistol emoji from a realistic-looking handgun in 2018 (Keith Broni/Emojipedia)

X reverts its water pistol emoji back to a firearm on the...

Jul 23, 2024

Keith Broni / Emojipedia: X reverts its water pistol emoji back to a firearm on...

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Texas Instruments reports Q2 revenue down 16% YoY to $3.82B and forecasts Q3 revenue in line with analysts' estimates of $4.14B, easing fears of a chip downturn (Ian King/Bloomberg)

Texas Instruments reports Q2 revenue down 16% YoY to $3.82B...

Jul 23, 2024

Ian King / Bloomberg: Texas Instruments reports Q2 revenue down 16% YoY to $3.82B...

Founder of South Korean Tech Giant Kakao Arrested Over...

Jul 23, 2024

Kakao founder Brian Kim’s arrest on allegations of stock-price manipulation sent...

Google Parent's Ad Sale Growth Slows as AI Investments...

Jul 23, 2024

Shares fall after Alphabet warns third quarter margins will be crimped.

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Vancouver-based Clio, which makes cloud tools to help law firms run more efficiently, raised a $900M Series F at a $3B valuation, up from $1.6B in April 2021 (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch)

Vancouver-based Clio, which makes cloud tools to help law...

Jul 23, 2024

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: Vancouver-based Clio, which makes cloud tools to...

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Adobe rolls out new Illustrator features like Generative Shape Fill, powered by Firefly Vector 2, now in public beta, alongside new and updated Photoshop tools (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)

Adobe rolls out new Illustrator features like Generative...

Jul 23, 2024

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Adobe rolls out new Illustrator features like Generative...

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Posh, an iOS app that offers a TikTok-like vertical feed of events, raised a $22M Series A, taking its total funding to $31M, and claims 2M registered users (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

Posh, an iOS app that offers a TikTok-like vertical feed...

Jul 23, 2024

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Posh, an iOS app that offers a TikTok-like vertical feed...

Google Talks to Acquire Cybersecurity Startup Wiz Fall...

Jul 23, 2024

The search giant was in talks to acquire Wiz for $23 billion.

China Is Getting Secretive About Its Supercomputers

Jul 23, 2024

Big machines are critical for developing weapons and AI, so scientists are hunting...

Kakao Shares Slump After Founder's Arrest Over Alleged...

Jul 23, 2024

Kakao Corp. founder Brian Kim’s arrest on allegations of stock-price manipulation...

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AMD President Victor Peng, who rejoined the chipmaker in 2022 following its acquisition of Xilinx, where he served as CEO, plans to retire on August 30, 2024 (Ian King/Bloomberg)

AMD President Victor Peng, who rejoined the chipmaker in...

Jul 22, 2024

Ian King / Bloomberg: AMD President Victor Peng, who rejoined the chipmaker in 2022...

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Reeling from CrowdStrike-related outages, Delta has canceled 4,000+ flights since Friday, including 900+ flights on Monday so far, according to FlightAware (Reuters)

Reeling from CrowdStrike-related outages, Delta has canceled...

Jul 22, 2024

Reuters: Reeling from CrowdStrike-related outages, Delta has canceled 4,000+ flights...

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Wa'ed Ventures, the $500M venture arm of Saudi Aramco, made its first investment in South Korea by investing $15M in AI chipmaker Rebellions (Bloomberg)

Wa'ed Ventures, the $500M venture arm of Saudi Aramco,...

Jul 22, 2024

Bloomberg: Wa'ed Ventures, the $500M venture arm of Saudi Aramco, made its first...

Google Is Keeping Cookies in Chrome After All

Jul 22, 2024

The tech giant reverses course after four years of fights with advertisers and regulators.

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The politics of Silicon Valley: Who are the tech barons backing Trump and Vance?

The politics of Silicon Valley: Who are the tech barons...

Jul 22, 2024

As the US presidential election campaign is roiled by Joe Biden's decision to pull...

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Toronto-based AI startup Cohere raised a $500M Series D led by Canadian pension fund PSP at a $5.5B valuation, after raising $270M at a $2.2B valuation in 2023 (Bloomberg)

Toronto-based AI startup Cohere raised a $500M Series D...

Jul 22, 2024

Bloomberg: Toronto-based AI startup Cohere raised a $500M Series D led by Canadian...

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Reddit COO Jen Wong says the company has revenue sharing deals with the NFL, NBA, MLB, and others to get video and other content, hoping to draw advertisers (Sahil Patel/The Information)

Reddit COO Jen Wong says the company has revenue sharing...

Jul 22, 2024

Sahil Patel / The Information: Reddit COO Jen Wong says the company has revenue...

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Tel Aviv-based enterprise identity management startup Linx emerges from stealth with $27M co-led by Index and Cyberstarts after raising $6M led by Cyberstarts (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Tel Aviv-based enterprise identity management startup Linx...

Jul 22, 2024

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Tel Aviv-based enterprise identity management startup...

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Indian crypto exchange WazirX has "temporarily" paused trading activities days after it suspended customer withdrawals after losing ~$230M in a security breach (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Indian crypto exchange WazirX has "temporarily" paused...

Jul 21, 2024

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Indian crypto exchange WazirX has “temporarily” paused...

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How indie game developer Terrible Posture Games avoided bankruptcy after an ~$800K investment from an unlikely source: Nerd Ninjas, another indie developer (Jason Schreier/Bloomberg)

How indie game developer Terrible Posture Games avoided...

Jul 21, 2024

Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: How indie game developer Terrible Posture Games avoided...

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Sources: Apple's Eddy Cue has pushed TV+ studio chiefs to exert more control over budgets, hoping to change Apple's reputation as the biggest spender in town (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)

Sources: Apple's Eddy Cue has pushed TV+ studio chiefs...

Jul 21, 2024

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple's Eddy Cue has pushed TV+ studio chiefs to...

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The officers of India's largest retirement fund, the EPFO, warn the organization's crash-prone IT systems require immediate attention of the Union Government (Vikas Dhoot/The Hindu)

The officers of India's largest retirement fund, the EPFO,...

Jul 21, 2024

Vikas Dhoot / The Hindu: The officers of India's largest retirement fund, the EPFO,...

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An investigation details how scammers are using crypto ATMs to commit fraud; the FBI says US losses from scams carried out via crypto ATMs was $120M+ in 2023 (OCCRP)

An investigation details how scammers are using crypto...

Jul 21, 2024

OCCRP: An investigation details how scammers are using crypto ATMs to commit fraud;...

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Academics say publisher Taylor & Francis hadn't told them about selling access to authors' research as part of a $10M+ Microsoft AI deal, nor let them opt out (Matilda Battersby/The Bookseller)

Academics say publisher Taylor & Francis hadn't told them...

Jul 21, 2024

Matilda Battersby / The Bookseller: Academics say publisher Taylor & Francis hadn't...

Dreaded Blue Screen Is Latest Tech Woe for Microsoft

Jul 21, 2024

The global outage on millions of Windows machines caused by CrowdStrike highlights...

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One defective CrowdStrike update for Windows breaking global systems resurfaces concerns about Microsoft's monopoly in government and enterprise IT systems (Washington Post)

One defective CrowdStrike update for Windows breaking global...

Jul 20, 2024

Washington Post: One defective CrowdStrike update for Windows breaking global systems...

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Some Black founders and investors say they feel betrayed by Ben Horowitz's support for Trump, as he has always been seen as an ally to the Black community (Dominic-Madori Davis/TechCrunch)

Some Black founders and investors say they feel betrayed...

Jul 20, 2024

Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch: Some Black founders and investors say they feel...

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Starlink faces regulatory obstacles in Africa, as countries worry about losing control over content and the company providing services without paying taxes (Sultan Quadri/Semafor)

Starlink faces regulatory obstacles in Africa, as countries...

Jul 20, 2024

Sultan Quadri / Semafor: Starlink faces regulatory obstacles in Africa, as countries...

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Q&A with California state Senator Scott Wiener on his AI safety bill, addressing AI risks and liability concerns, critiques from the open source community, more (Kelsey Piper/Vox)

Q&A with California state Senator Scott Wiener on his AI...

Jul 20, 2024

Kelsey Piper / Vox: Q&A with California state Senator Scott Wiener on his AI safety...

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Trump's comments on Taiwan hollowing out the US chip industry are incorrect, and risks opening up a fissure for China to exploit and push its own tech sector (Tim Culpan/Bloomberg)

Trump's comments on Taiwan hollowing out the US chip industry...

Jul 20, 2024

Tim Culpan / Bloomberg: Trump's comments on Taiwan hollowing out the US chip industry...

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CrowdStrike says a sensor configuration update to Windows systems triggered a logic error that resulted in a system crash and BSOD on impacted systems (CrowdStrike)

CrowdStrike says a sensor configuration update to Windows...

Jul 20, 2024

CrowdStrike: CrowdStrike says a sensor configuration update to Windows systems triggered...

The Tesla of Stoves Comes With a Battery to Power Your...

Jul 20, 2024

The appliances of the future will protect us from power outages—and could share...

A Case for Backing Up Your Precious Photos and Files at...

Jul 20, 2024

You shouldn’t rely solely on the cloud. Here’s what to do instead.

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Oracle agrees to pay $115M to settle a lawsuit accusing it of invading people's privacy by collecting their personal information and selling it to third parties (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)

Oracle agrees to pay $115M to settle a lawsuit accusing...

Jul 19, 2024

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: Oracle agrees to pay $115M to settle a lawsuit accusing...

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Over 200 Bethesda Game Studios workers unionize with the CWA, forming the first "wall-to-wall" union at a Microsoft game studio; Microsoft recognized the union (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)

Over 200 Bethesda Game Studios workers unionize with the...

Jul 19, 2024

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Over 200 Bethesda Game Studios workers unionize with...

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Xiaomi unveils the Mix Fold 4, starting at ~$1,237, and the Mix Flip, its first flip foldable, with a 4.01" cover display, starting at ~$825, available in China (Damien Wilde/9to5Google)

Xiaomi unveils the Mix Fold 4, starting at ~$1,237, and...

Jul 19, 2024

Damien Wilde / 9to5Google: Xiaomi unveils the Mix Fold 4, starting at ~$1,237, and...

CrowdStrike Made Its Name Fighting Technology Problems....

Jul 19, 2024

The little-known company is very popular in Corporate America, contributing to the...

ChatGPT Maker OpenAI Goes Smaller and Cheaper With New...

Jul 19, 2024

OpenAI released a smaller and cheaper version of the technology that powers ChatGPT,...

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CrowdStrike and other endpoint security tools need access to the core of operating systems, giving them the ability to disrupt systems they're trying to protect (Bloomberg)

CrowdStrike and other endpoint security tools need access...

Jul 19, 2024

Bloomberg: CrowdStrike and other endpoint security tools need access to the core...

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Experts say CrowdStrike's fix requires tampering with system files with no way to automate it at scale, meaning outages could persist for longer than expected (New York Times)

Experts say CrowdStrike's fix requires tampering with system...

Jul 19, 2024

New York Times: Experts say CrowdStrike's fix requires tampering with system files...

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Samsung says it has "temporarily" stopped deliveries of Galaxy Buds 3 Pro to retailers after some early owners reported quality control issues with the ear tips (Hadlee Simons/Android Authority)

Samsung says it has "temporarily" stopped deliveries of...

Jul 19, 2024

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority: Samsung says it has “temporarily” stopped deliveries...

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Austin-based Saronic, which is developing autonomous military boats, raised a $175M Series B led by a16z at a $1B+ valuation, taking its total funding to ~$245M (David Jeans/Forbes)

Austin-based Saronic, which is developing autonomous military...

Jul 18, 2024

David Jeans / Forbes: Austin-based Saronic, which is developing autonomous military...

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Google says its goo.gl URL shortener links will stop working after August 25, 2025, after it stopped generating new goo.gl URLs in March 2019 (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Google says its goo.gl URL shortener links will stop working...

Jul 18, 2024

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google says its goo.gl URL shortener links will stop working...

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Sources: Cellebrite gave the FBI unreleased tech to access the Trump shooter's phone, a "newer Samsung model", after the FBI's first attempt to crack it failed (Bloomberg)

Sources: Cellebrite gave the FBI unreleased tech to access...

Jul 18, 2024

Bloomberg: Sources: Cellebrite gave the FBI unreleased tech to access the Trump...

Elon Musk Wants His AI Bot to Deliver the News. It Is Struggling...

Jul 18, 2024

The AI model Grok posted incorrect information, amplified unverified claims and...

ChatGPT Maker Goes Smaller and Cheaper with New AI Tech

Jul 18, 2024

OpenAI released a smaller and cheaper version of the technology that powers ChatGPT,...

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Sources: Meta has explored a multibillion-euro investment in eyewear group EssilorLuxottica, which makes the Ray Ban-Meta glasses, to expand its partnership (Financial Times)

Sources: Meta has explored a multibillion-euro investment...

Jul 18, 2024

Financial Times: Sources: Meta has explored a multibillion-euro investment in eyewear...

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Nintendo unveils an official Joy-Con charging stand for the Switch, over seven years after the console's launch, available on October 17, but gives no price (Ryan Dinsdale/IGN)

Nintendo unveils an official Joy-Con charging stand for...

Jul 18, 2024

Ryan Dinsdale / IGN: Nintendo unveils an official Joy-Con charging stand for the...

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New York-based Coast, which offers expense management tools for vehicle fleets, raised a $40M Series B, after raising $25M in March 2024 and $27.5M in 2022 (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch)

New York-based Coast, which offers expense management tools...

Jul 18, 2024

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: New York-based Coast, which offers expense management...

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The US SEC sues former DWAC CEO Patrick Orlando for allegedly misleading investors about his company's plans for a SPAC merger with Trump's social media company (Bloomberg)

The US SEC sues former DWAC CEO Patrick Orlando for allegedly...

Jul 17, 2024

Bloomberg: The US SEC sues former DWAC CEO Patrick Orlando for allegedly misleading...

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Apple says its OpenELM model doesn't power any AI features, including Apple Intelligence, after a report said Apple used YouTube subtitles to train the model (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)

Apple says its OpenELM model doesn't power any AI features,...

Jul 17, 2024

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: Apple says its OpenELM model doesn't power any AI features,...

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Meta decides to suspend its generative AI tools in Brazil after the government objected to Meta's new privacy policy on using personal data to train AI models (Reuters)

Meta decides to suspend its generative AI tools in Brazil...

Jul 17, 2024

Reuters: Meta decides to suspend its generative AI tools in Brazil after the government...

Musk's AI Headlines on X Show Risks of Aggregating Social...

Jul 17, 2024

The AI model Grok posted incorrect information, amplified unverified claims and...

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Israel-based CytoReason, which uses AI to develop disease models, raised $80M from Nvidia, Pfizer, Thermo Fisher, and OurCrowd, and plans a Massachusetts office (Steven Scheer/Reuters)

Israel-based CytoReason, which uses AI to develop disease...

Jul 17, 2024

Steven Scheer / Reuters: Israel-based CytoReason, which uses AI to develop disease...

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Yemen says a ship has repaired the subsea AAE-1 cable, linking Asia and Europe, in the Red Sea, and remains in the water to repair the Seacom and EIG cables (Bloomberg)

Yemen says a ship has repaired the subsea AAE-1 cable,...

Jul 17, 2024

Bloomberg: Yemen says a ship has repaired the subsea AAE-1 cable, linking Asia and...

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Sources: at a June dinner, David Sacks, Chamath Palihapitiya, and others told Trump to pick JD Vance as VP; Elon Musk and Peter Thiel also advocated for Vance (New York Times)

Sources: at a June dinner, David Sacks, Chamath Palihapitiya,...

Jul 17, 2024

New York Times: Sources: at a June dinner, David Sacks, Chamath Palihapitiya, and...

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Donald Trump says "I'm for TikTok, because you need competition", and "if you don't have TikTok, you have Facebook and Instagram" and "that's Zuckerberg" (Bloomberg)

Donald Trump says "I'm for TikTok, because you need competition",...

Jul 16, 2024

Bloomberg: Donald Trump says “I'm for TikTok, because you need competition”, and...

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Sources: Disney is working on features to increase the hours viewers spend on streaming, including pop-up live channels and more-tailored recommendations (Wall Street Journal)

Sources: Disney is working on features to increase the...

Jul 16, 2024

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Disney is working on features to increase the hours...

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On their podcast, Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz explain why they are backing Trump, say Trump is pro-crypto, Biden's overregulation harms startups, and more (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)

On their podcast, Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz explain...

Jul 16, 2024

Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: On their podcast, Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz explain...

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The UK CMA opens a formal investigation into Microsoft's Inflection AI investment, and sets a September 11 deadline on opening an in-depth investigation (Katharine Gemmell/Bloomberg)

The UK CMA opens a formal investigation into Microsoft's...

Jul 16, 2024

Katharine Gemmell / Bloomberg: The UK CMA opens a formal investigation into Microsoft's...

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Vectara, which offers AI "grounded search", or Retrieval Augmented Generation, tools to enterprise, raised a $25M Series A, following a $28.5M seed in 2023 (Sean Michael Kerner/VentureBeat)

Vectara, which offers AI "grounded search", or Retrieval...

Jul 16, 2024

Sean Michael Kerner / VentureBeat: Vectara, which offers AI “grounded search”, or...

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Sources: Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz have told a16z staff in recent days that they plan to make large donations to PACs supporting Donald Trump (The Information)

Sources: Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz have told a16z...

Jul 16, 2024

The Information: Sources: Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz have told a16z staff...

Zero to Billions: The Startup on the Verge of the Biggest...

Jul 16, 2024

Google parent Alphabet is in talks to buy the cloud cybersecurity company Wiz, founded...

China Puts Power of State Behind AI---and Risks Strangling...

Jul 16, 2024

Beijing’s support has seen China make up ground in the artificial-intelligence race...

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Mexican fintech OCN, formerly known as OneCarNow, which offers car rentals for gig workers in Mexico and the US, raised a $86M Series A in equity and debt (Andrea Navarro/Bloomberg)

Mexican fintech OCN, formerly known as OneCarNow, which...

Jul 15, 2024

Andrea Navarro / Bloomberg: Mexican fintech OCN, formerly known as OneCarNow, which...

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Sources: Elon Musk plans to commit ~$45M/month to America PAC, a new pro-Trump super PAC; other backers include Palantir's Joe Lonsdale and the Winklevoss twins (Wall Street Journal)

Sources: Elon Musk plans to commit ~$45M/month to America...

Jul 15, 2024

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Elon Musk plans to commit ~$45M/month to America PAC,...

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Twitch streamer Ibai Llanos' fourth boxing tournament in Madrid, with matches between influencers, set a record 3.85M+ concurrent viewers at its peak on July 13 (Adam Bumas/Wired)

Twitch streamer Ibai Llanos' fourth boxing tournament in...

Jul 15, 2024

Adam Bumas / Wired: Twitch streamer Ibai Llanos' fourth boxing tournament in Madrid,...

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HP unveils the 14" OmniBook Ultra, with an AMD Ryzen AI 300 CPU, one of the first non-Arm powered Copilot+ PCs, for $1,450+, and the OmniStudio X 27 and X 31.5 (Sean Endicott/Windows Central)

HP unveils the 14" OmniBook Ultra, with an AMD Ryzen AI...

Jul 15, 2024

Sean Endicott / Windows Central: HP unveils the 14" OmniBook Ultra, with an AMD...

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A look at the AMD Ryzen AI 300 series, its AI PC chip family for laptops, and the Ryzen 9000 series for desktops, both built on the new Zen 5 CPU architecture (Gavin Bonshor/AnandTech)

A look at the AMD Ryzen AI 300 series, its AI PC chip family...

Jul 15, 2024

Gavin Bonshor / AnandTech: A look at the AMD Ryzen AI 300 series, its AI PC chip...

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OneStream, which makes enterprise financial software, aims to raise up to $465.5M in a US IPO, selling 24.5M shares for $17 to $19 for an up to $4.4B valuation (Bloomberg)

OneStream, which makes enterprise financial software, aims...

Jul 15, 2024

Bloomberg: OneStream, which makes enterprise financial software, aims to raise up...

How Startup Wiz Went From Zero to a Possible $23 Billion...

Jul 15, 2024

The cloud cybersecurity company founded by a group of ex-Israeli military officers...

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X's trending topics surfaced conspiracy theories around Donald Trump's assassination attempt; YouTube and Facebook primarily directed users to news outlets (Jacob Kastrenakes/The Verge)

X's trending topics surfaced conspiracy theories around...

Jul 14, 2024

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: X's trending topics surfaced conspiracy theories...

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An interview with Sam Altman and Arianna Huffington on their startup Thrive AI Health to build an AI health coach, and why AI has become a technology of faith (Charlie Warzel/The Atlantic)

An interview with Sam Altman and Arianna Huffington on...

Jul 14, 2024

Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic: An interview with Sam Altman and Arianna Huffington...

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A look at Nexus, a Bank for International Settlements-backed project aiming to link domestic smartphone-based payment systems for instant cross-border payments (Andy Mukherjee/Bloomberg)

A look at Nexus, a Bank for International Settlements-backed...

Jul 14, 2024

Andy Mukherjee / Bloomberg: A look at Nexus, a Bank for International Settlements-backed...

Young Women With Eating Disorders Feel the Pull of Energy...

Jul 14, 2024

Celsius and Alani Nu appeal to women wanting a fit lifestyle. Doctors say some young...

Google Near $23 Billion Deal for Cybersecurity Startup...

Jul 14, 2024

Deal would be tech giant’s largest acquisition ever.

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Intel has been facing mounting pressure to fix Raptor Lake CPU stability issues since February 2024; a game studio accuses Intel of selling "defective" CPUs (Matthew Connatser/The Register)

Intel has been facing mounting pressure to fix Raptor Lake...

Jul 14, 2024

Matthew Connatser / The Register: Intel has been facing mounting pressure to fix...

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A look at Polymarket, a crypto-based prediction market with a focus on elections that has raised $70M+ and traded $350M+ in predictions on the US election (Ben Cohen/Wall Street Journal)

A look at Polymarket, a crypto-based prediction market...

Jul 14, 2024

Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal: A look at Polymarket, a crypto-based prediction...

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In their first-ever interview, Shiba Inu leaders Shytoshi Kusama and Kaal Dhairya discuss remaining anonymous, Elon Musk, SHIB's origins, future plans, and more (Anil Bhoyrul/Arabian Business)

In their first-ever interview, Shiba Inu leaders Shytoshi...

Jul 14, 2024

Anil Bhoyrul / Arabian Business: In their first-ever interview, Shiba Inu leaders...

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Galaxy Digital: investment in crypto by VCs and others rose to $3.2B in Q2 2024, the highest amount in a quarter since Q4 2022, and up from $2.5B in Q1 2024 (Nikou Asgari/Financial Times)

Galaxy Digital: investment in crypto by VCs and others...

Jul 13, 2024

Nikou Asgari / Financial Times: Galaxy Digital: investment in crypto by VCs and...

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Source: Google and Samsung's XR headset, codenamed Moohan and initially planned for Q1 2024, is now set for March 2025, with a developer version in October 2024 (Hugh Langley/Business Insider)

Source: Google and Samsung's XR headset, codenamed Moohan...

Jul 13, 2024

Hugh Langley / Business Insider: Source: Google and Samsung's XR headset, codenamed...

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Outspent by tech companies, universities are racing to stay relevant in AI research, as some academics turn their focus to less computing-intensive areas of AI (Isabelle Bousquette/Wall Street Journal)

Outspent by tech companies, universities are racing to...

Jul 13, 2024

Isabelle Bousquette / Wall Street Journal: Outspent by tech companies, universities...

Young Women With Eating Disorders Are Overdoing It With...

Jul 13, 2024

Celsius and Alani Nu appeal to women wanting a fit lifestyle. Doctors say some young...

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A look at the rise and fall of Jump Crypto and former President Kanav Kariya, and Jump's involvement in some of crypto's biggest scandals, like FTX's collapse (Leo Schwartz/Fortune)

A look at the rise and fall of Jump Crypto and former President...

Jul 13, 2024

Leo Schwartz / Fortune: A look at the rise and fall of Jump Crypto and former President...

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Ahead of a key UK Amazon workers' union vote, a look at Amazon's efforts to prevent employees from organizing, after fending off most of the similar US attempts (Delphine Strauss/Financial Times)

Ahead of a key UK Amazon workers' union vote, a look at...

Jul 13, 2024

Delphine Strauss / Financial Times: Ahead of a key UK Amazon workers' union vote,...

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A look at MetaFilter, which turns 25 on July 14; owner Jessamyn West, who helped stabilize it after near death, doesn't plan to license its archives to AI (Steven Levy/Wired)

A look at MetaFilter, which turns 25 on July 14; owner...

Jul 13, 2024

Steven Levy / Wired: A look at MetaFilter, which turns 25 on July 14; owner Jessamyn...

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Snowflake confirms that the data breach at AT&T is connected to the hack that has affected other customers, including Ticketmaster and LendingTree (Bloomberg)

Snowflake confirms that the data breach at AT&T is connected...

Jul 12, 2024

Bloomberg: Snowflake confirms that the data breach at AT&T is connected to the hack...

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An internal document and source detail OpenAI's Strawberry, formerly known as Q*, which aims to improve its AI models' reasoning capabilities dramatically (Reuters)

An internal document and source detail OpenAI's Strawberry,...

Jul 12, 2024

Reuters: An internal document and source detail OpenAI's Strawberry, formerly known...

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An experiment where writers had access to GPT-4 for short story ideas finds it boosted creativity for some but reduced the collective diversity of novel content (Devin Coldewey/TechCrunch)

An experiment where writers had access to GPT-4 for short...

Jul 12, 2024

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: An experiment where writers had access to GPT-4 for...

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Flying taxis at Paris 2024: Time running out for approval amid political bust-up

Flying taxis at Paris 2024: Time running out for approval...

Jul 12, 2024

It’s one of the logistical questions hanging over the Paris Olympics, two weeks...

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Partior, a blockchain-based interbank payment network backed by JPMorgan, DBS, and Standard Chartered, raised a $60M Series B led by Peak XV Partners (Jamie Crawley/CoinDesk)

Partior, a blockchain-based interbank payment network backed...

Jul 12, 2024

Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk: Partior, a blockchain-based interbank payment network...