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Meta releases Meta Video Seal, an AI tool to apply imperceptible watermarks to AI-generated videos as well as a hidden message to determine the video's origins (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Meta releases Meta Video Seal, an AI tool to apply imperceptible...

Dec 12, 2024

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Meta releases Meta Video Seal, an AI tool to apply imperceptible...

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Microsoft launches Phi-4, a 14B-parameter language model that it says outperforms comparable and larger models, like Gemini Pro 1.5, on mathematical reasoning (Michael Nuñez/VentureBeat)

Microsoft launches Phi-4, a 14B-parameter language model...

Dec 12, 2024

Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: Microsoft launches Phi-4, a 14B-parameter language...

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Texas AG Ken Paxton investigates 15 companies, including Character.AI, Reddit, Instagram, and Discord, over their privacy and safety practices for minors (Kanishka Singh/Reuters)

Texas AG Ken Paxton investigates 15 companies, including...

Dec 12, 2024

Kanishka Singh / Reuters: Texas AG Ken Paxton investigates 15 companies, including...

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Trump rings opening bell at NYSE after being named Time's Person of the Year

Trump rings opening bell at NYSE after being named Time's...

Dec 12, 2024

Donald Trump rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange, a first for the...

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Zürich-based robotics startup Anybotics raised a $60M Series B extension, taking the round, announced in May 2023, to $110M and its total funding to $130M (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)

Zürich-based robotics startup Anybotics raised a $60M...

Dec 12, 2024

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Zürich-based robotics startup Anybotics raised a $60M...

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Filing: Samsung accuses India's competition watchdog of unlawfully detaining its employees and seizing data in a 2022 antitrust raid tied to Amazon and Flipkart (Reuters)

Filing: Samsung accuses India's competition watchdog of...

Dec 12, 2024

Reuters: Filing: Samsung accuses India's competition watchdog of unlawfully detaining...

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Stigg, which helps companies modernize their payment and billing infrastructure, raised a $17.5M Series A led by Red Dot, taking its total funding to $24M (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

Stigg, which helps companies modernize their payment and...

Dec 12, 2024

Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: Stigg, which helps companies modernize their payment...

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Donates $1 Million to Trump's Inaugural...

Dec 12, 2024

The president-elect had blasted the tech tycoon during the presidential campaign,...

Australia Plans Tech-Platform Charge to Shore Up News Media

Dec 12, 2024

Australia plans to implement a new charge on the owners of global tech platforms,...

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Australia to get social media platforms to support news industry

Australia to get social media platforms to support news...

Dec 12, 2024

Australia's labour government unveiled a new scheme this Thursday that would tax...

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French lawmakers consider emergency financing law

French lawmakers consider emergency financing law

Dec 12, 2024

French lawmakers are considering emergency financing laws to avoid a potential shutdown...

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ServiceTitan, which offers cloud software to contractors, prices its IPO at $71 per share, above the expected range, raising ~$625M and valuing it at ~$6.3B (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

ServiceTitan, which offers cloud software to contractors,...

Dec 11, 2024

Jordan Novet / CNBC: ServiceTitan, which offers cloud software to contractors, prices...

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OpenAI says ChatGPT and its developer-facing API have been partially recovered while Sora remains down, following an outage for over two hours (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)

OpenAI says ChatGPT and its developer-facing API have been...

Dec 11, 2024

Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: OpenAI says ChatGPT and its developer-facing API have...

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Honda plans to dissolve a self-driving vehicle partnership with GM after GM announced plans to exit robotaxi development; Honda had invested $852M in Cruise (Shoya Okinaga/Nikkei Asia)

Honda plans to dissolve a self-driving vehicle partnership...

Dec 11, 2024

Shoya Okinaga / Nikkei Asia: Honda plans to dissolve a self-driving vehicle partnership...

Microsoft to Incur $800 Million Charge Tied to Cruise Robotaxi...

Dec 11, 2024

Microsoft said it will record an $800 million impairment charge tied to its minority...

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Google launches latest AI model, Gemini 2.0, marking ‘a new agentic era’

Google launches latest AI model, Gemini 2.0, marking ‘a...

Dec 11, 2024

Google on Wednesday unveiled Gemini 2.0, a new artificial intelligence (AI) model...

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French lawmakers consider emergencing financing law

French lawmakers consider emergencing financing law

Dec 11, 2024

French lawmakers are considering emergency financing laws to avoid a potential shutdown...

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Sources: Apple is working with Broadcom to develop its first AI server chip, codenamed Baltra and set for 2026 mass production, a milestone for its silicon team (The Information)

Sources: Apple is working with Broadcom to develop its...

Dec 11, 2024

The Information: Sources: Apple is working with Broadcom to develop its first AI...

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TechInsights: Huawei's new Mate 70 Pro Plus has a Kirin 9020 chip made by SMIC using the same 7nm process as in 2023's Mate 60 Pro, despite rumors of a 5nm chip (Bloomberg)

TechInsights: Huawei's new Mate 70 Pro Plus has a Kirin...

Dec 11, 2024

Bloomberg: TechInsights: Huawei's new Mate 70 Pro Plus has a Kirin 9020 chip made...

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YouTube says viewers streamed 1B+ hours of content daily on TVs in 2024 globally, including 400M+ hours of podcasts monthly; sports content watchtime grew 30% (Kurt Wilms/YouTube Official Blog)

YouTube says viewers streamed 1B+ hours of content daily...

Dec 11, 2024

Kurt Wilms / YouTube Official Blog: YouTube says viewers streamed 1B+ hours of content...

The AI Researchers Pushing Computers to Launch Nightmare...

Dec 11, 2024

It’s largely up to companies to test whether their AI is capable of superhuman harm....

iOS 18.2 Review: The AI Apple Promised Us

Dec 11, 2024

ChatGPT integration, Genmojis and more—the newest Apple Intelligence update gives...

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Business uncertainty reaches new highs as France waits for a new PM

Business uncertainty reaches new highs as France waits...

Dec 11, 2024

A survey on the outlook of French businesses released by the Bank of France shows...

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Source: Google asked the US to break up Microsoft's exclusive agreement to host OpenAI's tech on Azure, after the FTC asked Google about Microsoft's practices (Aaron Holmes/The Information)

Source: Google asked the US to break up Microsoft's exclusive...

Dec 10, 2024

Aaron Holmes / The Information: Source: Google asked the US to break up Microsoft's...

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Amazon plans to test a 15-minute delivery service for items ranging from grocery to household goods in India this month, starting with some areas in Bengaluru (Sankalp Phartiyal/Bloomberg)

Amazon plans to test a 15-minute delivery service for items...

Dec 10, 2024

Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: Amazon plans to test a 15-minute delivery service...

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An interview with OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar on Donald Trump being the "president of this AI generation", Elon Musk's public threats, ChatGPT user growth, and more (Krystal Hu/Reuters)

An interview with OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar on Donald Trump...

Dec 10, 2024

Krystal Hu / Reuters: An interview with OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar on Donald Trump being...

EU Looks Into Google Ads Targeting Teens

Dec 10, 2024

The European Union’s digital regulator is looking into Google’s advertising practices...

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Paris-based Aqemia, which aims to scale drug discovery using quantum algorithms and AI, raised $38M led by Cathay Innovation, after raising €30M in January 2024 (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)

Paris-based Aqemia, which aims to scale drug discovery...

Dec 10, 2024

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Paris-based Aqemia, which aims to scale drug discovery...

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AI language learning startup Speak, which focuses on speaking, not gamification, raised $78M led by Accel at a $1B valuation, taking its total funding to $162M (Jackie Davalos/Bloomberg)

AI language learning startup Speak, which focuses on speaking,...

Dec 10, 2024

Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg: AI language learning startup Speak, which focuses on...

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Amazon launches Amazon Autos, letting US users buy a Hyundai with plans to add dealerships and manufacturers in 2025, after announcing it in November 2023 (Boone Ashworth/Wired)

Amazon launches Amazon Autos, letting US users buy a Hyundai...

Dec 10, 2024

Boone Ashworth / Wired: Amazon launches Amazon Autos, letting US users buy a Hyundai...

How Years of Reddit Posts Have Made the Company an AI Darling

Dec 10, 2024

The social-media veteran is profiting from feeding artificial-intelligence companies’...

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China launches antitrust probe into AI chipmaker Nvidia

China launches antitrust probe into AI chipmaker Nvidia

Dec 10, 2024

China's antitrust authorities announced the opening of an investigation into Nvidia...

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A deep dive into "debanking", which crypto advocates, including a16z, claim has been used against them by US political actors and agencies without due process (Patrick McKenzie/Bits about Money)

A deep dive into "debanking", which crypto advocates, including...

Dec 9, 2024

Patrick McKenzie / Bits about Money: A deep dive into “debanking”, which crypto...

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How WhatsApp has evolved from a messaging app into a comprehensive business platform, aggressively luring businesses to its suite of paid messaging products (Issie Lapowsky/Rest of World)

How WhatsApp has evolved from a messaging app into a comprehensive...

Dec 9, 2024

Issie Lapowsky / Rest of World: How WhatsApp has evolved from a messaging app into...

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Stability AI CEO Prem Akkaraju, who was hired in June 2024, says the startup has seen "triple digit growth" and has "a clean balance sheet, no debt" (Kali Hays/Fortune)

Stability AI CEO Prem Akkaraju, who was hired in June 2024,...

Dec 9, 2024

Kali Hays / Fortune: Stability AI CEO Prem Akkaraju, who was hired in June 2024,...

Nvidia Probed in China Over Possible Antimonopoly Violations

Dec 9, 2024

Beijing opened the investigation a week after the U.S. placed additional export...

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Reddit says it is testing Reddit Answers, which lets select US users ask questions and receive curated summaries of relevant responses and threads in English (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

Reddit says it is testing Reddit Answers, which lets select...

Dec 9, 2024

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Reddit says it is testing Reddit Answers, which lets select...

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WaveForms, which aims to create AI assistants that pick up on emotional cues from verbal interactions, raised a $40M seed from a16z at a $200M valuation (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg)

WaveForms, which aims to create AI assistants that pick...

Dec 9, 2024

Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: WaveForms, which aims to create AI assistants that pick...

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Filing: TikTok asks a US court to put on hold a law forcing a sale or ban of the app until SCOTUS can review it and the Trump admin can decide its position (Sabrina Willmer/Bloomberg)

Filing: TikTok asks a US court to put on hold a law forcing...

Dec 9, 2024

Sabrina Willmer / Bloomberg: Filing: TikTok asks a US court to put on hold a law...

Give People What They Really Want: Digital Gifts

Dec 9, 2024

These creative annual subscriptions and unique apps won’t end up in the landfill.

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After over a decade of war, a look at what's left of the Syrian economy

After over a decade of war, a look at what's left of the...

Dec 9, 2024

As Syrian rebels topple the government of Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, we take stock...

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Study: gTLDs like .shop and .xyz, which had 11% market share for new domains, accounted for ~37% of cybercrime domains reported between Sep. 2023 and Aug. 2024 (Brian Krebs/Krebs on Security)

Study: gTLDs like .shop and .xyz, which had 11% market...

Dec 8, 2024

Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: Study: gTLDs like .shop and .xyz, which had 11%...

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Bloomberg Intelligence: the Magnificent Seven's combined profit growth is projected to slow from 34% in 2024 to 18% in 2025, or just 3% if Nvidia is excluded (Jeran Wittenstein/Bloomberg)

Bloomberg Intelligence: the Magnificent Seven's combined...

Dec 8, 2024

Jeran Wittenstein / Bloomberg: Bloomberg Intelligence: the Magnificent Seven's combined...

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FEC post-election filings: Elon Musk gave $239M to America PAC, $20.5M as a sole donor to RBG PAC, $10M to Senate Leadership Fund, $3M to MAHA Alliance, more (CBS News)

FEC post-election filings: Elon Musk gave $239M to America...

Dec 8, 2024

CBS News: FEC post-election filings: Elon Musk gave $239M to America PAC, $20.5M...

He Investigates the Internet's Most Vicious Hackers---From...

Dec 8, 2024

In the increasingly dangerous world of cybercrime, Brian Krebs faces threats, manipulation...

Gift Cards Can Feel Generic. There's a Better Way to Give...

Dec 8, 2024

These creative annual subscriptions and unique apps won’t end up in the landfill.

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A look at the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park, a planned project aiming to make Chicago a quantum computing hub with PsiQuantum as the anchor tenant (Steven Rosenbush/Wall Street Journal)

A look at the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park,...

Dec 8, 2024

Steven Rosenbush / Wall Street Journal: A look at the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics...

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How the US-China fallout is fueling the rise of boomtowns in Vietnam and Malaysia, as companies and governments rush to develop AI and establish chipmaking hubs (Bloomberg)

How the US-China fallout is fueling the rise of boomtowns...

Dec 8, 2024

Bloomberg: How the US-China fallout is fueling the rise of boomtowns in Vietnam...

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ElevenLabs, which is reportedly raising $200M at a $3B valuation, launches a tool to let users create and edit AI-hosted podcasts from various source materials (Ashley Carman/Bloomberg)

ElevenLabs, which is reportedly raising $200M at a $3B...

Dec 8, 2024

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: ElevenLabs, which is reportedly raising $200M at a $3B...

He Investigates the Internet's Most Vicious Hackers---from...

Dec 8, 2024

In the increasingly dangerous world of cybercrime, Brian Krebs faces threats, manipulation...

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CapitaLand: Asia Pacific's colocation data center market is expected to grow to $52.2B by 2026, up from $25.5B in 2022, driven by demand for AI-based services (Reuters)

CapitaLand: Asia Pacific's colocation data center market...

Dec 7, 2024

Reuters: CapitaLand: Asia Pacific's colocation data center market is expected to...

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Broadcom shelves plans to work directly with the top 2,000 VMware customers, focusing on just 500 and giving 1,500 back to partners as a way to stem migrations (Simon Sharwood/The Register)

Broadcom shelves plans to work directly with the top 2,000...

Dec 7, 2024

Simon Sharwood / The Register: Broadcom shelves plans to work directly with the...

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The Intel Foundry Technology Research team announces breakthroughs in interconnect scaling, gate-all-around transistors, and packaging (Paul Alcorn/Tom's Hardware)

The Intel Foundry Technology Research team announces breakthroughs...

Dec 7, 2024

Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: The Intel Foundry Technology Research team announces...

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A look at Uber Shuttle, the shared bus service that has rolled out in over 20 cities and completed ~30M trips globally, as Uber awaits approval in Bengaluru (Anisha Sircar/Rest of World)

A look at Uber Shuttle, the shared bus service that has...

Dec 7, 2024

Anisha Sircar / Rest of World: A look at Uber Shuttle, the shared bus service that...

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How the UK has come to play a key role in the global regulation of AI after Sam Altman played a deepfake of Rishi Sunak on a 2023 call with the then PM (Vincent Manancourt/Politico)

How the UK has come to play a key role in the global regulation...

Dec 7, 2024

Vincent Manancourt / Politico: How the UK has come to play a key role in the global...

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Paytm sells its stake in Japanese payments firm PayPay to SoftBank for $279.2M, ending Paytm's ties with SoftBank, which sold its remaining Paytm shares in June (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Paytm sells its stake in Japanese payments firm PayPay...

Dec 7, 2024

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Paytm sells its stake in Japanese payments firm PayPay...

The Secret Weapon Helping Businesses Get Results from AI:...

Dec 7, 2024

It turns out the latest machines need us as much as we need them.

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Palantir and Anduril announce a partnership to advance AI capabilities for US national security, focusing on data readiness and processing data at scale (Connor Hart/Wall Street Journal)

Palantir and Anduril announce a partnership to advance...

Dec 6, 2024

Connor Hart / Wall Street Journal: Palantir and Anduril announce a partnership to...

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David Sacks, Trump's AI and crypto czar, lacks deep ties to either industry but is a longtime critic of tech regulation, which investors view as more important (Bloomberg)

David Sacks, Trump's AI and crypto czar, lacks deep ties...

Dec 6, 2024

Bloomberg: David Sacks, Trump's AI and crypto czar, lacks deep ties to either industry...

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TikTok users shouldn't count on Trump to save the app, as his stance has been inconsistent and the app's existence brings little upside for him post-election (Dave Lee/Bloomberg)

TikTok users shouldn't count on Trump to save the app,...

Dec 6, 2024

Dave Lee / Bloomberg: TikTok users shouldn't count on Trump to save the app, as...

Appeals Court Upholds U.S. Ban of TikTok

Dec 6, 2024

A three-judge panel ruled Congress has the power to shut down the Chinese-backed...

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Forget me bot: Mystery behind the names causing ChatGPT to crash

Forget me bot: Mystery behind the names causing ChatGPT...

Dec 6, 2024

What’s in a name? When it comes to AI, a name can mean a huge data protection headache....

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Plastic Planet: UN talks fail to curb production

Plastic Planet: UN talks fail to curb production

Dec 6, 2024

The world produces some 400 million tonnes of plastic waste every year. About half...

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Microsoft ends production of its $4,500+ Surface Studio 2+, after announcing the all-in-one desktop in October 2022, with seemingly no plans to make a successor (Zac Bowden/Windows Central)

Microsoft ends production of its $4,500+ Surface Studio...

Dec 6, 2024

Zac Bowden / Windows Central: Microsoft ends production of its $4,500+ Surface Studio...

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When asked if Musk is a threat to democracy, Nick Clegg says Musk can be either an avid Trump supporter or can try to become "a sort of political puppet master" (Jennifer McKiernan/BBC)

When asked if Musk is a threat to democracy, Nick Clegg...

Dec 6, 2024

Jennifer McKiernan / BBC: When asked if Musk is a threat to democracy, Nick Clegg...

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Romania's top court annuls presidential election, after its security council revealed "hybrid Russian attacks", like cyberattacks and TikTok influence campaigns (CNN)

Romania's top court annuls presidential election, after...

Dec 6, 2024

CNN: Romania's top court annuls presidential election, after its security council...

Nvidia Partner Ooredoo Eyes Data Center Acquisitions Amid...

Dec 6, 2024

Qatari telecom group Ooredoo is on a hunt to acquire data centers because it can’t...

TrumpPlans to Appoint Musk Confidant David Sacks as AI,...

Dec 6, 2024

The choice signals the growing influence of tech leaders and loyalists in the new...

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Trump says David Sacks will be the "White House AI and crypto czar" to "work on a legal framework so the crypto industry has the clarity it has been asking for" (Bloomberg)

Trump says David Sacks will be the "White House AI and...

Dec 5, 2024

Bloomberg: Trump says David Sacks will be the “White House AI and crypto czar” to...

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California says ride-hail drivers need to pass a fingerprint background check to transport unaccompanied teens; Uber launched Uber for Teens in CA in February (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)

California says ride-hail drivers need to pass a fingerprint...

Dec 5, 2024

Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: California says ride-hail drivers need to pass a fingerprint...

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The FCC proposes rules for carriers to submit an annual certification attesting they have a plan to protect against cyberattacks, after the Salt Typhoon hack (Reuters)

The FCC proposes rules for carriers to submit an annual...

Dec 5, 2024

Reuters: The FCC proposes rules for carriers to submit an annual certification attesting...

The UC Berkeley Project That Is the AI Industry's Obsession

Dec 5, 2024

Chatbot Arena ranks the world’s best AI models on a leaderboard based on user voting...

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Currency and bond markets price in fall of France's government

Currency and bond markets price in fall of France's government

Dec 5, 2024

As France's National Assembly voted to oust Prime Minister Michel Barnier's government,...

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With the government down, what will happen to France's budget?

With the government down, what will happen to France's...

Dec 5, 2024

French President Emmanuel Macron lashed out at the far-left and the far-right for...

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Sources: TSMC is in discussions with Nvidia to make its Blackwell AI chips at TSMC's new Arizona plant starting in early 2025, expanding on production in Taiwan (Reuters)

Sources: TSMC is in discussions with Nvidia to make its...

Dec 5, 2024

Reuters: Sources: TSMC is in discussions with Nvidia to make its Blackwell AI chips...

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A look at Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger's failed rescue strategy; since Gelsinger took over in February 2021, Nvidia added $3T in market cap while Intel lost $150B (Wall Street Journal)

A look at Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger's failed rescue strategy;...

Dec 5, 2024

Wall Street Journal: A look at Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger's failed rescue strategy;...

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Chainalysis names co-founder Jonathan Levin as CEO, replacing co-founder Michael Gronager, who is departing after taking a leave of absence from October 2024 (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)

Chainalysis names co-founder Jonathan Levin as CEO, replacing...

Dec 5, 2024

Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: Chainalysis names co-founder Jonathan Levin as CEO,...

He Was Going to Save Intel. He Destroyed $150 Billion of...

Dec 5, 2024

Pat Gelsinger was one of the chip pioneer’s true believers. After his rescue strategy...

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The White House says the Salt Typhoon hack has impacted eight telecom firms in the US, with dozens of other countries also affected, for as long as two years (Greg Otto/CyberScoop)

The White House says the Salt Typhoon hack has impacted...

Dec 4, 2024

Greg Otto / CyberScoop: The White House says the Salt Typhoon hack has impacted...

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TikTok Shop says its US sales tripled to over $100M on Black Friday and it drew a 165% annual increase in shoppers on the two days leading up to Cyber Monday (Alexandra S. Levine/Bloomberg)

TikTok Shop says its US sales tripled to over $100M on...

Dec 4, 2024

Alexandra S. Levine / Bloomberg: TikTok Shop says its US sales tripled to over $100M...

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Bitcoin reached $100K for the first time after rallying ~126% since January 2024, driven by Bitcoin ETF demand, April's halving, and Donald Trump's election win (Helen Partz/Cointelegraph)

Bitcoin reached $100K for the first time after rallying...

Dec 4, 2024

Helen Partz / Cointelegraph: Bitcoin reached $100K for the first time after rallying...

OpenAI Enters Silicon Valley's Hot New Business: War

Dec 4, 2024

The artificial-intelligence company behind ChatGPT has agreed to put its powerful...

OpenAI, Anthropic Expand in Europe With Zurich Offices

Dec 4, 2024

OpenAI said it would set up a new office in Zurich, Switzerland, as part of efforts...

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Sources: Apple and Baidu are working to add AI features to Chinese iPhones but have clashed over model training data, and the models have struggled with prompts (The Information)

Sources: Apple and Baidu are working to add AI features...

Dec 4, 2024

The Information: Sources: Apple and Baidu are working to add AI features to Chinese...

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District of Columbia AG sues Amazon over allegedly violating consumer laws by making slower deliveries to Prime users in historically lower-income neighborhoods (Cecilia Kang/New York Times)

District of Columbia AG sues Amazon over allegedly violating...

Dec 4, 2024

Cecilia Kang / New York Times: District of Columbia AG sues Amazon over allegedly...

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An interview with PlayStation co-CEOs Hermen Hulst and Hideaki Nishino on AI in gaming, "preserving the human touch" in game development, Astro Bot, and more (Tom Gerken/BBC)

An interview with PlayStation co-CEOs Hermen Hulst and...

Dec 4, 2024

Tom Gerken / BBC: An interview with PlayStation co-CEOs Hermen Hulst and Hideaki...

OpenAI Expands in Europe With Zurich Office

Dec 4, 2024

OpenAI said it would set up a new office in Zurich, Switzerland, as part of efforts...

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US-China chip war heats up as Beijing bans export of key minerals

US-China chip war heats up as Beijing bans export of key...

Dec 4, 2024

A day after the US government announced new export restrictions hitting China's...

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Sources: Meta's internal coding tool, Metamate, incorporates OpenAI's GPT-4 alongside Llama to make the tool more useful for developers and other Meta staff (Kali Hays/Fortune)

Sources: Meta's internal coding tool, Metamate, incorporates...

Dec 3, 2024

Kali Hays / Fortune: Sources: Meta's internal coding tool, Metamate, incorporates...

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Bluesky COO Rose Wang rejects the idea the social network is "left-leaning" and says Bluesky plans to launch a subscription service by the end of this year (Bloomberg)

Bluesky COO Rose Wang rejects the idea the social network...

Dec 3, 2024

Bloomberg: Bluesky COO Rose Wang rejects the idea the social network is “left-leaning”...

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AWS introduces Amazon Aurora DSQL, a new serverless, distributed SQL database that promises high availability, strong consistency, and PostgreSQL compatibility (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch)

AWS introduces Amazon Aurora DSQL, a new serverless, distributed...

Dec 3, 2024

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: AWS introduces Amazon Aurora DSQL, a new serverless,...

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US - China chip war heats up as Beijing bans export of key minerals

US - China chip war heats up as Beijing bans export of...

Dec 3, 2024

A day after the US government announced new export restrictions hitting China's...

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TikTok says it removed a network covertly campaigning for Calin Georgescu, whose shock victory in Romania's November 24 election threw the country into crisis (Gian Volpicelli/Bloomberg)

TikTok says it removed a network covertly campaigning for...

Dec 3, 2024

Gian Volpicelli / Bloomberg: TikTok says it removed a network covertly campaigning...

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Generative AI startup Yurts, which has contracts with the US Army, Air Force, and others, raised a $40M Series B led by XYZ, taking its total raised to $58.35M (Margaux MacColl/TechCrunch)

Generative AI startup Yurts, which has contracts with the...

Dec 3, 2024

Margaux MacColl / TechCrunch: Generative AI startup Yurts, which has contracts with...

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Sources: Intel starts shortlisting a handful of CEO candidates, including former board member Lip-Bu Tan, who left in August 2024 after clashing with Gelsinger (Milana Vinn/Reuters)

Sources: Intel starts shortlisting a handful of CEO candidates,...

Dec 3, 2024

Milana Vinn / Reuters: Sources: Intel starts shortlisting a handful of CEO candidates,...

Microsoft Faces $1.3 Billion Antitrust Lawsuit Over Cloud...

Dec 3, 2024

Microsoft faces a dispute in the U.K. over how it charges customers who buy cloud...

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Vietnamese real estate tycoon to raise $9 billion or face death penalty

Vietnamese real estate tycoon to raise $9 billion or face...

Dec 3, 2024

An Ho Chi Minh City court upheld a death sentence for Vietnamese real estate magnate...

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Threads is rolling out a search update globally over the next few weeks that will let users filter searches by "After date," "Before date," and "From profile" (Wes Davis/The Verge)

Threads is rolling out a search update globally over the...

Dec 2, 2024

Wes Davis / The Verge: Threads is rolling out a search update globally over the...

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Microchip Technology plans to close a plant in Tempe, Arizona, in the September 2025 quarter, affecting about 500 employees, and lowers its Q3 revenue forecast (Zaheer Kachwala/Reuters)

Microchip Technology plans to close a plant in Tempe, Arizona,...

Dec 2, 2024

Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters: Microchip Technology plans to close a plant in Tempe,...

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Delivery Hero's food delivery app Glovo says it will move to an employment-based model for its drivers in Spain, and anticipates a €100M earnings hit in 2025 (Associated Press)

Delivery Hero's food delivery app Glovo says it will move...

Dec 2, 2024

Associated Press: Delivery Hero's food delivery app Glovo says it will move to an...

Super Micro Says Accounting Review Clears Management, Plans...

Dec 2, 2024

Shares of the server maker jumped after the company said evidence reviewed by its...

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Intel says CEO Pat Gelsinger retired and left its board on December 1, and names CFO David Zinsner and Client Computing Group GM Michelle Holthaus as co-CEOs (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Intel says CEO Pat Gelsinger retired and left its board...

Dec 2, 2024

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Intel says CEO Pat Gelsinger retired and left its board...

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Toronto-based AI chip designer Tenstorrent raised a $700M Series D from Jeff Bezos, Samsung, and more at a $2.6B valuation and reports nearly $150M in contracts (Bloomberg)

Toronto-based AI chip designer Tenstorrent raised a $700M...

Dec 2, 2024

Bloomberg: Toronto-based AI chip designer Tenstorrent raised a $700M Series D from...

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Super Micro says an external review by a special committee of its board and external counsel found no evidence of wrongdoing, and plans to appoint a new CFO (Bloomberg)

Super Micro says an external review by a special committee...

Dec 2, 2024

Bloomberg: Super Micro says an external review by a special committee of its board...

Building Apple Products Has Become a Side Hustle for China's...

Dec 2, 2024

BYD has grown into a top iPad assembler and has put around 100,000 people to work...

Biden's Farewell to China's Tech Sector: A New Type of...

Dec 2, 2024

The export of memory chips used in AI applications is restricted, but a delayed...

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Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares resigns amid plummeting vehicle sales

Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares resigns amid plummeting vehicle...

Dec 2, 2024

The board of the world's fourth largest automaker, Stellantis, said that its CEO...

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How Indigenous engineers are using AI to preserve Native American languages, building speech recognition models for 200+ endangered languages in North America (Iris Kim/NBC News)

How Indigenous engineers are using AI to preserve Native...

Dec 1, 2024

Iris Kim / NBC News: How Indigenous engineers are using AI to preserve Native American...

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Q&A with Nokia CEO Pekka Lundmark on Nokia's mobile phone failure, moving from mobile and fixed networks into data centers and defense, fine-tuning 5G, and more (Bloomberg)

Q&A with Nokia CEO Pekka Lundmark on Nokia's mobile phone...

Dec 1, 2024

Bloomberg: Q&A with Nokia CEO Pekka Lundmark on Nokia's mobile phone failure, moving...

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Meta says it will require advertisers globally to get verified before running financial service ads targeting Australian users, starting in early February 2025 (Josh Taylor/The Guardian)

Meta says it will require advertisers globally to get verified...

Dec 1, 2024

Josh Taylor / The Guardian: Meta says it will require advertisers globally to get...

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Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares resigns as auto giant suffers slump in sales

Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares resigns as auto giant suffers...

Dec 1, 2024

Stellantis Chief Executive Carlos Tavares resigned abruptly on Sunday, two months...

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How the UK, Australia, the US, South Korea, and the EU are dealing with explicit AI deepfakes, as legislation around the world remains largely untested (Financial Times)

How the UK, Australia, the US, South Korea, and the EU...

Dec 1, 2024

Financial Times: How the UK, Australia, the US, South Korea, and the EU are dealing...

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A profile of SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, who made a highly risky bet to acquire debt-ridden Hynix in 2012 to form SK Hynix, which is now valued at ~$80B (Yoolim Lee/Bloomberg)

A profile of SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, who made a...

Dec 1, 2024

Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: A profile of SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, who made a...

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How Indigenous engineers are using AI to preserve Native American languages, building speech recognition models for over 200 endangered Indigenous languages (Iris Kim/NBC News)

How Indigenous engineers are using AI to preserve Native...

Dec 1, 2024

Iris Kim / NBC News: How Indigenous engineers are using AI to preserve Native American...

Why Can't the Weather Apps on Our Phones Get It Right?

Dec 1, 2024

Find the most accurate app for your city and read radar maps like a pro.

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Elon Musk files for an injunction to halt OpenAI's transition to a for-profit, alleges that OpenAI is discouraging investors from backing rivals like xAI, more (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Elon Musk files for an injunction to halt OpenAI's transition...

Nov 30, 2024

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Elon Musk files for an injunction to halt OpenAI's transition...

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Ethereum is grappling with uncertainties as its reliance on Layer-2 blockchains grows, leading to lower fee collection, while rivals like Solana gain ground (Sidhartha Shukla/Bloomberg)

Ethereum is grappling with uncertainties as its reliance...

Nov 30, 2024

Sidhartha Shukla / Bloomberg: Ethereum is grappling with uncertainties as its reliance...

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A look at AI-enabled dashcam tech being developed by Samsara, Motive, Nauto, and others to detect fatigue and deliver real-time audio alerts to drowsy drivers (Willie D. Jones/IEEE Spectrum)

A look at AI-enabled dashcam tech being developed by Samsara,...

Nov 30, 2024

Willie D. Jones / IEEE Spectrum: A look at AI-enabled dashcam tech being developed...

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How Tony Sayegh, head of public affairs at a major TikTok investor and an official in the first Trump admin, led the effort to win Trump's support for TikTok (Wall Street Journal)

How Tony Sayegh, head of public affairs at a major TikTok...

Nov 30, 2024

Wall Street Journal: How Tony Sayegh, head of public affairs at a major TikTok investor...

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The Commonwealth Bank of Australia says generative AI tools have helped it lower frauds by 30% and reduce call center customer wait times by 40% in 2024 (Harry Brumpton/Bloomberg)

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia says generative AI tools...

Nov 30, 2024

Harry Brumpton / Bloomberg: The Commonwealth Bank of Australia says generative AI...

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Google, which joined the Open Cloud Coalition, denies its offer of €100M+ in incentives to CISPE was linked to CISPE's antitrust complaint against Microsoft (Paul Kunert/The Register)

Google, which joined the Open Cloud Coalition, denies its...

Nov 30, 2024

Paul Kunert / The Register: Google, which joined the Open Cloud Coalition, denies...

Googling Is for Old People. That's a Problem for Google.

Nov 30, 2024

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MicroStrategy is now the largest corporate holder of bitcoins, owning ~2% of them, and its stock is up 450%+ this year, as its risky bitcoin strategy continues (Craig Coben/Financial Times)

MicroStrategy is now the largest corporate holder of bitcoins,...

Nov 29, 2024

Craig Coben / Financial Times: MicroStrategy is now the largest corporate holder...

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How Amazon Haul, a storefront for fashion, home, and other items at "ultralow prices", reflects the "haul" shopping phenomenon popularized by YouTube and TikTok (Vanessa Friedman/New York Times)

How Amazon Haul, a storefront for fashion, home, and other...

Nov 29, 2024

Vanessa Friedman / New York Times: How Amazon Haul, a storefront for fashion, home,...

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Q&A with cognitive scientist Gary Marcus on technical limitations and moral inadequacies of LLMs, constructing a regulatory framework for AI, and more (Steven Rosenbush/Wall Street Journal)

Q&A with cognitive scientist Gary Marcus on technical limitations...

Nov 29, 2024

Steven Rosenbush / Wall Street Journal: Q&A with cognitive scientist Gary Marcus...

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How to carry out a visual detox: Ways to sharpen our visual critical thinking

How to carry out a visual detox: Ways to sharpen our visual...

Nov 29, 2024

With the advent of social media, our brains are receiving a constant stream of images....

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Japan allocates another $9.9B to boost its chip, quantum computing, and AI endeavors, with an undisclosed amount going to chip startup Rapidus (Bloomberg)

Japan allocates another $9.9B to boost its chip, quantum...

Nov 29, 2024

Bloomberg: Japan allocates another $9.9B to boost its chip, quantum computing, and...

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Sources: Meta plans to build a 40K+ km-long fiber optic subsea cable extending around the world, a project that could cost more than $10B (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Sources: Meta plans to build a 40K+ km-long fiber optic...

Nov 29, 2024

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Sources: Meta plans to build a 40K+ km-long fiber optic...

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Sources: European regulators rebuked Wise in 2022 after finding it lacked proof of address for hundreds of thousands of customers, forcing it into remediation (Akila Quinio/Financial Times)

Sources: European regulators rebuked Wise in 2022 after...

Nov 29, 2024

Akila Quinio / Financial Times: Sources: European regulators rebuked Wise in 2022...

The 25 Best Tech Gifts of 2024, According to Our Gadget...

Nov 29, 2024

The Journal’s Personal Tech team rounds up our favorite stuff to wear, to help us...

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The EU ends its long-running probe into whether Amazon received illegal tax benefits worth €250M from Luxembourg, where Amazon's EU HQ is, after court losses (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)

The EU ends its long-running probe into whether Amazon...

Nov 28, 2024

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: The EU ends its long-running probe into whether Amazon...

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The German government plans new chip subsidies, sources say about €2B, two months after Intel shelved plans to build a €30B factory in Magdeburg (Christina Kyriasoglou/Bloomberg)

The German government plans new chip subsidies, sources...

Nov 28, 2024

Christina Kyriasoglou / Bloomberg: The German government plans new chip subsidies,...

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Writers and publishers criticize Spines, which raised a $16M seed round and charges authors $1,200 to $5,000 to use AI to edit and distribute their books (Ella Creamer/The Guardian)

Writers and publishers criticize Spines, which raised a...

Nov 28, 2024

Ella Creamer / The Guardian: Writers and publishers criticize Spines, which raised...

Australia Passes Landmark Social-Media Ban for Under-16s

Nov 28, 2024

The ban could see technology companies such as Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat fined...

Canada Sues Google, Alleging Anticompetitive Online-Ad...

Nov 28, 2024

The accusations are the latest antitrust headache for the tech giant.

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LVMH boss to testify in trial of former French spy chief Squarcini

LVMH boss to testify in trial of former French spy chief...

Nov 28, 2024

Bernard Arnault, France's richest man and the billionaire head of luxury group LVMH,...

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Bittersweet business: How the global cocoa industry is changing

Bittersweet business: How the global cocoa industry is...

Nov 28, 2024

The cocoa industry in Haiti is one of the few bright spots in an economy that's...

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Putin says there's no need to panic over Russia's plummeting ruble

Putin says there's no need to panic over Russia's plummeting...

Nov 28, 2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin says there's no need to panic over the country's...

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Australia's Senate passes a social media ban for children under 16, brushing aside lawmaker concerns on both sides; tech companies could be fined up to A$50M (Ben Westcott/Bloomberg)

Australia's Senate passes a social media ban for children...

Nov 28, 2024

Ben Westcott / Bloomberg: Australia's Senate passes a social media ban for children...

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How Huawei and other Chinese tech companies are bombarding workers in Taiwan, Europe, and Silicon Valley with job offers in areas like advanced chips and AI (Wall Street Journal)

How Huawei and other Chinese tech companies are bombarding...

Nov 28, 2024

Wall Street Journal: How Huawei and other Chinese tech companies are bombarding...

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How Altera deployed up to 1,000 AI agents that used LLMs to interact in Minecraft, finding that they formed a remarkable range of personality traits and roles (Niall Firth/MIT Technology Review)

How Altera deployed up to 1,000 AI agents that used LLMs...

Nov 28, 2024

Niall Firth / MIT Technology Review: How Altera deployed up to 1,000 AI agents that...

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Filing: Intel's $7.86B US government subsidy requires the company to own at least 50.1% of Intel Foundry if the unit is split into a new privately held entity (Stephen Nellis/Reuters)

Filing: Intel's $7.86B US government subsidy requires the...

Nov 27, 2024

Stephen Nellis / Reuters: Filing: Intel's $7.86B US government subsidy requires...

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Microsoft says a feature to let US users play and buy Xbox games from the Xbox app on Android is "ready to go live as soon as the court makes a final decision" (Richard Lawler/The Verge)

Microsoft says a feature to let US users play and buy Xbox...

Nov 27, 2024

Richard Lawler / The Verge: Microsoft says a feature to let US users play and buy...

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Mark Zuckerberg met with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago on November 27; sources: Zuckerberg, who has had a strained relationship with Trump, initiated the meeting (New York Times)

Mark Zuckerberg met with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago on...

Nov 27, 2024

New York Times: Mark Zuckerberg met with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago on November...

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French borrowing costs spike amid political turbulence

French borrowing costs spike amid political turbulence

Nov 27, 2024

Another looming political crisis is battering France's reputation on global markets....

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As ceasefire takes effect, Lebanon's economy is shattered by war

As ceasefire takes effect, Lebanon's economy is shattered...

Nov 27, 2024

A ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah, brokered by the US and France, went...

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US police are testing Axon's Draft One, an AI tool that generates police reports directly from Axon's bodycam audio, with 75 officers in Colorado and elsewhere (Barbara Booth/CNBC)

US police are testing Axon's Draft One, an AI tool that...

Nov 27, 2024

Barbara Booth / CNBC: US police are testing Axon's Draft One, an AI tool that generates...

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Analysis: Elon Musk posted about Trump's cabinet picks 70+ times from November 7 to 20 to promote his preferred candidates; Trump picked others in several cases (Reuters)

Analysis: Elon Musk posted about Trump's cabinet picks...

Nov 27, 2024

Reuters: Analysis: Elon Musk posted about Trump's cabinet picks 70+ times from November...

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Italy, Europol, and others say they dismantled a pirate streaming service that redistributed IPTV, Sky, and more, served 22M+ users, and made €250M per month (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

Italy, Europol, and others say they dismantled a pirate...

Nov 27, 2024

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Italy, Europol, and others say they dismantled a...

Inside Elon Musk's Quest to Beat OpenAI at Its Own Game

Nov 27, 2024

The Tesla CEO is racing to make xAI, which launched after its competitors, the world’s...

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Luma Partners: in Q3, M&A volume in ad tech rose 118% YoY and 26% QoQ and has continued to heat up in Q4 with Samba TV-Semasio, Zeta-LiveIntent, and other deals (Axios)

Luma Partners: in Q3, M&A volume in ad tech rose 118% YoY...

Nov 26, 2024

Axios: Luma Partners: in Q3, M&A volume in ad tech rose 118% YoY and 26% QoQ and...

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US appeals court finds the OFAC exceeded its authority in sanctioning Tornado Cash's immutable smart contracts, as they can't be owned and so are not "property" (Felix Ng/Cointelegraph)

US appeals court finds the OFAC exceeded its authority...

Nov 26, 2024

Felix Ng / Cointelegraph: US appeals court finds the OFAC exceeded its authority...

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Evolv reaches an agreement to resolve an FTC inquiry alleging the company made false claims about its AI-powered security system's ability to screen for weapons (Stephen Nakrosis/Wall Street Journal)

Evolv reaches an agreement to resolve an FTC inquiry alleging...

Nov 26, 2024

Stephen Nakrosis / Wall Street Journal: Evolv reaches an agreement to resolve an...

CrowdStrike Raises Outlook, Post Higher Revenue Amid Swing...

Nov 26, 2024

CrowdStrike swung to a loss in the third quarter, dragged down by expected headwinds...

Intel Gets Up to $7.9 Billion Award for U.S. Chip-Plant...

Nov 26, 2024

The government grant is less than originally expected because the chip giant is...

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Trump vows steep tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China over drug trafficking, migration

Trump vows steep tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China over...

Nov 26, 2024

US President-elect Donald Trump has announced that he will slap a 25 percent across-the-board...

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OpenAI, Meta, and Orange plan to train AI models on African languages, starting with Wolof and Pulaar, addressing a shortage for Africa's thousands of dialects (Bloomberg)

OpenAI, Meta, and Orange plan to train AI models on African...

Nov 26, 2024

Bloomberg: OpenAI, Meta, and Orange plan to train AI models on African languages,...

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Interpol arrested 1,006 suspects in 19 African countries from September 2 to October 31 to clamp down on cybercrime that left 35,000 victims with $193M losses (Mark Banchereau/Associated Press)

Interpol arrested 1,006 suspects in 19 African countries...

Nov 26, 2024

Mark Banchereau / Associated Press: Interpol arrested 1,006 suspects in 19 African...

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/dev/agents, which plans to build a cloud-based OS for AI agents that can work across phones, laptops, and cars, raised $56M, a source says at a $500M valuation (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg)

/dev/agents, which plans to build a cloud-based OS for...

Nov 26, 2024

Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: /dev/agents, which plans to build a cloud-based OS...

Intel Gets Up To $7.9 Billion Award for U.S. Chip-Plant...

Nov 26, 2024

The government grant is less than originally expected because the chip giant is...

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Brazil's antitrust regulator says Apple must allow app developers to link to external payment methods and to offer other in-app payment processing options (Reuters)

Brazil's antitrust regulator says Apple must allow app...

Nov 25, 2024

Reuters: Brazil's antitrust regulator says Apple must allow app developers to link...

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Telegram's H1 2024 unaudited financial docs: $525M in revenue, up 190% YoY, a $335M post-tax profit, and digital assets worth $1.3B, up from $400M at 2023's end (Financial Times)

Telegram's H1 2024 unaudited financial docs: $525M in revenue,...

Nov 25, 2024

Financial Times: Telegram's H1 2024 unaudited financial docs: $525M in revenue,...

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A look at Bluesky's moderation efforts amid a growth spurt; Bluesky plans to quadruple the size of its contract workforce of content moderators from 25 to 100 (Casey Newton/Platformer)

A look at Bluesky's moderation efforts amid a growth spurt;...

Nov 25, 2024

Casey Newton / Platformer: A look at Bluesky's moderation efforts amid a growth...

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PlayAI, which uses AI to clone voices for $49 or $99 per month and recently rolled out AI agents, raised a $20M seed co-led by 500 Startups and Kindred Ventures (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

PlayAI, which uses AI to clone voices for $49 or $99 per...

Nov 25, 2024

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: PlayAI, which uses AI to clone voices for $49 or $99...

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Klarna reports ~$1.85B in Q1 to Q3 2024 revenue, up 23% YoY, pretax loss down 99% YoY to ~$180K, and Q3 net income up 57% YoY to ~$19.7M, as its US IPO nears (Aisha S Gani/Bloomberg)

Klarna reports ~$1.85B in Q1 to Q3 2024 revenue, up 23%...

Nov 25, 2024

Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg: Klarna reports ~$1.85B in Q1 to Q3 2024 revenue, up 23%...

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The EU says Bluesky breaches its rules for not disclosing key details about itself, and has asked 27 governments to see "if they can find any trace of Bluesky" (Financial Times)

The EU says Bluesky breaches its rules for not disclosing...

Nov 25, 2024

Financial Times: The EU says Bluesky breaches its rules for not disclosing key details...

AI's Future and Nvidia's Fortunes Ride on the Race to Pack...

Nov 25, 2024

Musk’s xAI and Meta are among those building super clusters of computer servers...

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'Glicked' dominates US box office

'Glicked' dominates US box office

Nov 25, 2024

"Wicked" and "Gladiator II" dominated the US box office over the weekend, with "Wicked"...

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Sources: Marc Andreessen, Travis Kalanick, and others are involved in Department of Government Efficiency; Andreessen is acting as a networker for recruitment (Washington Post)

Sources: Marc Andreessen, Travis Kalanick, and others are...

Nov 24, 2024

Washington Post: Sources: Marc Andreessen, Travis Kalanick, and others are involved...

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A look at the shortcomings of Google's Tensor SoC for Pixel devices, with four generations failing to impress in key performance and power efficiency metrics (Robert Triggs/Android Authority)

A look at the shortcomings of Google's Tensor SoC for Pixel...

Nov 24, 2024

Robert Triggs / Android Authority: A look at the shortcomings of Google's Tensor...

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Sources: Intel, the biggest recipient of money under the CHIPS Act, will see its funding drop to less than $8B from the $8.5B that was announced earlier in 2024 (New York Times)

Sources: Intel, the biggest recipient of money under the...

Nov 24, 2024

New York Times: Sources: Intel, the biggest recipient of money under the CHIPS Act,...

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Gamers who prefer playing together are fueling demand for esports hotels across China; research firm Niko Partners says China has more than 21,000 such hotels (Bloomberg)

Gamers who prefer playing together are fueling demand for...

Nov 24, 2024

Bloomberg: Gamers who prefer playing together are fueling demand for esports hotels...

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How researchers used AI in tandem with drones to find 303 previously uncharted Nazca Lines in Peru, almost doubling the number that had been mapped as of 2020 (Franz Lidz/New York Times)

How researchers used AI in tandem with drones to find 303...

Nov 24, 2024

Franz Lidz / New York Times: How researchers used AI in tandem with drones to find...

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Profiles of Teresa Ribera, Henna Virkkunen, and Ekaterina Zaharieva, the three incoming EU commissioners in charge of key tech policy areas into 2029 (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)

Profiles of Teresa Ribera, Henna Virkkunen, and Ekaterina...

Nov 24, 2024

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Profiles of Teresa Ribera, Henna Virkkunen, and Ekaterina...

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Six months into a deal with OpenAI, Spanish bank BBVA says staff created 2,900+ GPTs and reported productivity gains, but questions ChatGPT's scalability (Isabelle Bousquette/Wall Street Journal)

Six months into a deal with OpenAI, Spanish bank BBVA says...

Nov 23, 2024

Isabelle Bousquette / Wall Street Journal: Six months into a deal with OpenAI, Spanish...

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Australia drops plans to fine internet platforms up to 5% of their global revenue for failing to prevent the spread of misinformation online (Sam McKeith/Reuters)

Australia drops plans to fine internet platforms up to...

Nov 23, 2024

Sam McKeith / Reuters: Australia drops plans to fine internet platforms up to 5%...

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Customers of banking startups like Yotta describe losing savings ranging from $7,000 to $200,000+ due to Synapse's collapse, after US regulators refused to help (Hugh Son/CNBC)

Customers of banking startups like Yotta describe losing...

Nov 23, 2024

Hugh Son / CNBC: Customers of banking startups like Yotta describe losing savings...

TikTok CEO Seeks Musk's Counsel on Incoming Trump Administration

Nov 23, 2024

The popular video app and Chinese parent ByteDance view the rival social-media owner...

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An investigation finds several women across the US were deceived, drugged, terrorized, and sexually enslaved by sex traffickers to make money from OnlyFans (Reuters)

An investigation finds several women across the US were...

Nov 23, 2024

Reuters: An investigation finds several women across the US were deceived, drugged,...

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A look at challenges facing Samsung Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong, including the company falling behind in the AI chip race and discontent from employees (Financial Times)

A look at challenges facing Samsung Executive Chairman...

Nov 23, 2024

Financial Times: A look at challenges facing Samsung Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong,...

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Strava's new API rules for third parties will make it harder for users across dozens of fitness apps and wearables to integrate their fitness data in one place (Victoria Song/The Verge)

Strava's new API rules for third parties will make it harder...

Nov 23, 2024

Victoria Song / The Verge: Strava's new API rules for third parties will make it...

These Startups Are Finally Bringing EV Chargers to America's...

Nov 23, 2024

The lack of charging infrastructure is the biggest barrier to owning an electric...

The Next AI Battle: Who Can Get the Most Nvidia Chips in...

Nov 23, 2024

Some industry giants are building so-called super clusters of computer servers that...

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Sources: Saudi Aramco's technology subsidiary is in talks to invest ~$1B in US telecommunications software maker Mavenir, in a deal likely to value it at ~$3B (Reuters)

Sources: Saudi Aramco's technology subsidiary is in talks...

Nov 22, 2024

Reuters: Sources: Saudi Aramco's technology subsidiary is in talks to invest ~$1B...

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A US judge declines to sanction Musk for skipping an SEC meeting for a probe into his Twitter takeover, as he reimbursed the SEC and met its lawyers in October (Malathi Nayak/Bloomberg)

A US judge declines to sanction Musk for skipping an SEC...

Nov 22, 2024

Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg: A US judge declines to sanction Musk for skipping an...

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A UN task force proposes taxing crypto mining to raise funds for climate action and cites IMF research that says $0.045 per kWh used could raise $5.2B annually (Justine Calma/The Verge)

A UN task force proposes taxing crypto mining to raise...

Nov 22, 2024

Justine Calma / The Verge: A UN task force proposes taxing crypto mining to raise...

Amazon Invests an Additional $4 Billion in Anthropic, an...

Nov 22, 2024

The tech giant doubles its investment in the startup as it aims to compete in the...

Amazon Web Services Launches Quantum-Computing Advisory...

Nov 22, 2024

AWS’s program aims to prepare customers for society’s shift towards quantum computing....

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US prosecutors have demanded the breakup of Google. What happens next?

US prosecutors have demanded the breakup of Google. What...

Nov 22, 2024

The chips are down. In the biggest antitrust trial of this century, US federal prosecutors...

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The EU closes a four-year long investigation into Apple's rules for e-book and audiobook app developers after the complainant withdrew its complaint (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

The EU closes a four-year long investigation into Apple's...

Nov 22, 2024

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: The EU closes a four-year long investigation into Apple's...

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Three Nvidia customers spent a collective $12.6B in Q3, when it had a total revenue of $35.1B; each of them spent $10B+ in the nine months to October (Christiaan Hetzner/Fortune)

Three Nvidia customers spent a collective $12.6B in Q3,...

Nov 22, 2024

Christiaan Hetzner / Fortune: Three Nvidia customers spent a collective $12.6B in...

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Anthropic raised an additional $4B from Amazon, will make AWS its primary cloud partner, and is working with Annapurna Labs to develop new Trainium accelerators (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Anthropic raised an additional $4B from Amazon, will make...

Nov 22, 2024

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Anthropic raised an additional $4B from Amazon, will...

EU Drops Probe of Apple's Treatment of Rival Audiobook,...

Nov 22, 2024

The European Commission said it dropped a probe that began in 2020 after a rival...

U.K. Competition Watchdog Recommends Investigating Apple,...

Nov 22, 2024

The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority said its experts recommended investigating...

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SafeRent, an AI screening tool used by landlords, agrees to pay ~$2.3M to settle a discrimination lawsuit and will no longer display certain tenant scores (Emma Roth/The Verge)

SafeRent, an AI screening tool used by landlords, agrees...

Nov 21, 2024

Emma Roth / The Verge: SafeRent, an AI screening tool used by landlords, agrees...

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Snap files to dismiss New Mexico's lawsuit over Snap's alleged child safety issues with predators, saying the complaint misrepresents the state's investigation (Lauren Feiner/The Verge)

Snap files to dismiss New Mexico's lawsuit over Snap's...

Nov 21, 2024

Lauren Feiner / The Verge: Snap files to dismiss New Mexico's lawsuit over Snap's...

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Brave Search introduces AI chat to let users ask follow-up questions to initial queries, bringing together capabilities of chat-first and search-first tools (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

Brave Search introduces AI chat to let users ask follow-up...

Nov 21, 2024

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Brave Search introduces AI chat to let users ask follow-up...

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One year of Milei's Argentina: Is 'shock therapy' working?

One year of Milei's Argentina: Is 'shock therapy' working?

Nov 21, 2024

It's been just over a year since Argentina elected Javier Milei as president. The...

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Kenya scraps airport, power deals with Adani after US fraud indictment

Kenya scraps airport, power deals with Adani after US fraud...

Nov 21, 2024

Kenya's president has announced the cancellation of two major infrastructure deals...

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Colorado-based Enveda, which uses AI to find drug candidates, raised $130M, after raising $55M in June, and launches a clinical trial for an oral eczema drug (Sarah McBride/Bloomberg)

Colorado-based Enveda, which uses AI to find drug candidates,...

Nov 21, 2024

Sarah McBride / Bloomberg: Colorado-based Enveda, which uses AI to find drug candidates,...

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Cybersecurity startup Wiz acquires Dazz, a specialist in security remediation and risk management; sources: the cash-and-stock deal is valued at $450M (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Cybersecurity startup Wiz acquires Dazz, a specialist in...

Nov 21, 2024

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Cybersecurity startup Wiz acquires Dazz, a specialist...

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Nick Pickles, who left X as VP of Global Affairs in September, joins Sam Altman's Tools for Humanity, which is building World Network, as chief policy officer (Michelle Conlin/Reuters)

Nick Pickles, who left X as VP of Global Affairs in September,...

Nov 21, 2024

Michelle Conlin / Reuters: Nick Pickles, who left X as VP of Global Affairs in September,...

Apple Offers $100 Million Investment in Indonesia to Lift...

Nov 21, 2024

The amount the U.S. tech giant has offered is 10 times higher than an initial plan...

Google Should Be Forced to Sell Chrome Browser, Justice...

Nov 21, 2024

A spinoff would be a major blow to Google following its loss in the antitrust trial.

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History's biggest break-up: US federal prosecutors say Google must sell Chrome

History's biggest break-up: US federal prosecutors say...

Nov 21, 2024

In the antitrust trial of the century, the US Justice Department has filed for tech...

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Adtech company The Trade Desk announces Ventura, a smart TV operating system, and plans to partner with TV manufacturers for its rollout, expected in H2 2025 (Sara Fischer/Axios)

Adtech company The Trade Desk announces Ventura, a smart...

Nov 20, 2024

Sara Fischer / Axios: Adtech company The Trade Desk announces Ventura, a smart TV...

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Google researchers introduce AlphaQubit, a machine-learning decoder that surpasses existing methods in identifying and correcting quantum computing errors (Matt Swayne/The Quantum Insider)

Google researchers introduce AlphaQubit, a machine-learning...

Nov 20, 2024

Matt Swayne / The Quantum Insider: Google researchers introduce AlphaQubit, a machine-learning...

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Neuralink receives approval from Canada to launch clinical trials of its brain implants and plans to run its first non-US trial with Toronto Western Hospital (Sarah McBride/Bloomberg)

Neuralink receives approval from Canada to launch clinical...

Nov 20, 2024

Sarah McBride / Bloomberg: Neuralink receives approval from Canada to launch clinical...

Palo Alto Networks Full-Year Guidance Disappoints; Shares...

Nov 20, 2024

Palo Alto Networks raised its outlook for the year and said revenue climbed in its...

Elon Musk's xAI Startup Is Valued at $50 Billion in New...

Nov 20, 2024

The artificial-intelligence company has told investors it raised $5 billion in its...

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SpaceX's sixth Starship test flight: Soft splashdown but no booster catch

SpaceX's sixth Starship test flight: Soft splashdown but...

Nov 20, 2024

In this Science segment, we look at SpaceX's latest test flight of its Starship...

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Samsung Galaxy Watch FE review: looks like the Watch 7 and has similar health features, but has the guts of 2021's Watch 4, poor battery life, and one size only (Victoria Song/The Verge)

Samsung Galaxy Watch FE review: looks like the Watch 7...

Nov 20, 2024

Victoria Song / The Verge: Samsung Galaxy Watch FE review: looks like the Watch...

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Belgium-based Odoo, which develops open-source enterprise resource planning software, hit a €5B valuation in a secondary share round led by CapitalG and Sequoia (Ryan Browne/CNBC)

Belgium-based Odoo, which develops open-source enterprise...

Nov 20, 2024

Ryan Browne / CNBC: Belgium-based Odoo, which develops open-source enterprise resource...

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Vista sells a minority stake in IT infrastructure monitoring company LogicMonitor to investors in a deal valuing it at ~$2.4B; LogicMonitor also raised $800M (Ryan Gould/Bloomberg)

Vista sells a minority stake in IT infrastructure monitoring...

Nov 20, 2024

Ryan Gould / Bloomberg: Vista sells a minority stake in IT infrastructure monitoring...

U.S. Military Selects Little-Known Utah Supplier for Drone...

Nov 20, 2024

The Army chose Teal Drones to provide thousands of reconnaissance aircraft, bypassing...

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With tariffs in mind, Donald Trump picks Howard Lutnick as commerce secretary

With tariffs in mind, Donald Trump picks Howard Lutnick...

Nov 20, 2024

US President-elect Donald Trump has picked Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick...

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Google ships the first Android 16 developer preview, far ahead of schedule vs. the past decade, hoping to lower fragmentation by giving manufacturers more time (Mishaal Rahman/Android Police)

Google ships the first Android 16 developer preview, far...

Nov 19, 2024

Mishaal Rahman / Android Police: Google ships the first Android 16 developer preview,...

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Spectro Cloud, which offers a Kubernetes management service for enterprises, raised a $75M Series C led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Spectro Cloud, which offers a Kubernetes management service...

Nov 19, 2024

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Spectro Cloud, which offers a Kubernetes management service...

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Roboflow, which provides open-source tools for developers to build computer vision models, raised a $40M Series B led by GV (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)

Roboflow, which provides open-source tools for developers...

Nov 19, 2024

Allie Garfinkle / Fortune: Roboflow, which provides open-source tools for developers...

Google's $2 Billion Anthropic Investment Gets U.K. Antitrust...

Nov 19, 2024

The Competition and Markets Authority said it wouldn’t open an in-depth investigation...

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EU-Mercosur trade deal: Governments divided over ratification

EU-Mercosur trade deal: Governments divided over ratification

Nov 19, 2024

The EU-Mercosur trade deal faces divisions among governments over ratification....

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Donald Trump appoints TV star Sean Duffy as transport secretary

Donald Trump appoints TV star Sean Duffy as transport secretary

Nov 19, 2024

Sean Duffy, a former lumberjack athlete, MTV star, attorney, Fox News regular, and...

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Trump names China hawk Howard Lutnick as US Commerce Secretary

Trump names China hawk Howard Lutnick as US Commerce Secretary

Nov 19, 2024

US President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Haward Lutnick, a Wall Street executive...

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Microsoft unveils new custom chips: the Azure Boost DPU, its first data processing unit, and the Azure Integrated HSM, a new in-house cloud security chip (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Microsoft unveils new custom chips: the Azure Boost DPU,...

Nov 19, 2024

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Microsoft unveils new custom chips: the Azure Boost DPU,...

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Networking chip startup Enfabrica raised a $115M Series C led by Spark Capital and unveils a 3.2TB-per-second accelerated compute fabric of ACF SuperNIC chip (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

Networking chip startup Enfabrica raised a $115M Series...

Nov 19, 2024

Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: Networking chip startup Enfabrica raised a $115M Series...

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Rox, which is developing AI-powered agents for salespeople, raised $50M across seed led by Sequoia and Series A led by General Catalyst (Paayal Zaveri/Bloomberg)

Rox, which is developing AI-powered agents for salespeople,...

Nov 19, 2024

Paayal Zaveri / Bloomberg: Rox, which is developing AI-powered agents for salespeople,...

Biden Team Races to Deliver Chip Grants Before Trump Takes...

Nov 19, 2024

Government officials and chip makers like Intel are in talks over billions of dollars...

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The US Library of Congress says hackers accessed some email communications between congressional offices and library staff between January and September 2024 (NBC News)

The US Library of Congress says hackers accessed some email...

Nov 18, 2024

NBC News: The US Library of Congress says hackers accessed some email communications...

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Sources: Apple has raised its offer to invest in Indonesia from about $10M to almost $100M, in a bid to persuade the government to lift its iPhone 16 sales ban (Faris Mokhtar/Bloomberg)

Sources: Apple has raised its offer to invest in Indonesia...

Nov 18, 2024

Faris Mokhtar / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple has raised its offer to invest in Indonesia...

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Memo: Amazon employees have found there is too much of a delay between asking a question to the new AI-based Alexa and getting a response or completing a task (Jason Del Rey/Fortune)

Memo: Amazon employees have found there is too much of...

Nov 18, 2024

Jason Del Rey / Fortune: Memo: Amazon employees have found there is too much of...

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Why French farmers oppose the EU-Mercosur free trade deal

Why French farmers oppose the EU-Mercosur free trade deal

Nov 18, 2024

As French farmers take to the streets to oppose a potential free trade deal between...

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Roblox debuts new parental controls and gatekeeping features, like letting parents link accounts to a child's and banning text chat for under 13s outside games (Sarah E. Needleman/Wall Street Journal)

Roblox debuts new parental controls and gatekeeping features,...

Nov 18, 2024

Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal: Roblox debuts new parental controls and...

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PitchBook: in 2023, US VCs returned $26B worth of shares back to investors, the lowest amount since 2011, and invested $60B more than they collected, a record (Berber Jin/Wall Street Journal)

PitchBook: in 2023, US VCs returned $26B worth of shares...

Nov 18, 2024

Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal: PitchBook: in 2023, US VCs returned $26B worth...

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MicroStrategy bought ~51,780 bitcoin for ~$4.6B between November 11 and November 17, its largest purchase since starting in 2020, and now holds $29B+ in bitcoin (Dave Liedtka/Bloomberg)

MicroStrategy bought ~51,780 bitcoin for ~$4.6B between...

Nov 18, 2024

Dave Liedtka / Bloomberg: MicroStrategy bought ~51,780 bitcoin for ~$4.6B between...

AI Investments Are Booming, but Venture-Firm Profits Are...

Nov 18, 2024

Investors hope the Trump administration will make tech acquisition deals easier.

Roblox Adds Parental Controls After Claims It Compromises...

Nov 18, 2024

Videogame company has denied the allegations and says the new protections were planned...

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Sources detail efforts by Google and Meta to sink KOSA, which passed in the Senate almost unanimously, by dividing US House lawmakers with culture war issues (Wall Street Journal)

Sources detail efforts by Google and Meta to sink KOSA,...

Nov 17, 2024

Wall Street Journal: Sources detail efforts by Google and Meta to sink KOSA, which...

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Trump says FCC commissioner Brendan Carr will chair the agency; Carr can immediately assume control once Trump is inaugurated as he is already on the commission (John Hendel/Politico)

Trump says FCC commissioner Brendan Carr will chair the...

Nov 17, 2024

John Hendel / Politico: Trump says FCC commissioner Brendan Carr will chair the...

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Trump: FCC commissioner Brendan Carr will chair the FCC; Carr has suggested limiting Section 230 of the Communications Act to curb Big Tech content moderation (Bloomberg)

Trump: FCC commissioner Brendan Carr will chair the FCC;...

Nov 17, 2024

Bloomberg: Trump: FCC commissioner Brendan Carr will chair the FCC; Carr has suggested...

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The US FTC's DNC Registry data shows the agency received ~1.1M consumer complaints about robocalls in FY 2024, down from ~1.2M in FY 2023 and 3.4M+ in FY 2021 (Federal Trade Commission)

The US FTC's DNC Registry data shows the agency received...

Nov 17, 2024

Federal Trade Commission: The US FTC's DNC Registry data shows the agency received...

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Q&A with Jakob Uszkoreit on his contribution to the Attention Is All You Need paper, Google's conservatism, ChatGPT's success, biological computers, and more (Benj Edwards/Ars Technica)

Q&A with Jakob Uszkoreit on his contribution to the Attention...

Nov 17, 2024

Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: Q&A with Jakob Uszkoreit on his contribution to the...

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Research center Bitácora Social estimates that six out of 10 catalog sellers in Mexico now sell products from online platforms, including Shein and Temu (Daniela Dib/Rest of World)

Research center Bitácora Social estimates that six...

Nov 17, 2024

Daniela Dib / Rest of World: Research center Bitácora Social estimates that six...

The 19 Best Tech Gifts of 2024, According to Our Gadget...

Nov 17, 2024

The Journal’s Personal Tech team rounds up our favorite stuff to wear, to help us...

Inside Big Tech's Bid to Sink the Online Kid Safety Bill

Nov 17, 2024

Tech giants and their allies are leaning on culture-war issues to splinter bipartisan...

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FOIA docs show Palantir has been in talks with the UK's Ministry of Justice about using its tech to calculate the "reoffending risks" of prisoners (Ben Quinn/The Guardian)

FOIA docs show Palantir has been in talks with the UK's...

Nov 16, 2024

Ben Quinn / The Guardian: FOIA docs show Palantir has been in talks with the UK's...

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Netflix says 60M households watched the Paul vs. Tyson boxing bout live around the world, peaking at 65M concurrent streams (Bloomberg)

Netflix says 60M households watched the Paul vs. Tyson...

Nov 16, 2024

Bloomberg: Netflix says 60M households watched the Paul vs. Tyson boxing bout live...

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US DHS issues guidance on adopting AI in critical infrastructure, identifying AI-driven attacks, targeted attacks on AI systems, and design flaws as core risks (GovTech)

US DHS issues guidance on adopting AI in critical infrastructure,...

Nov 16, 2024

GovTech: US DHS issues guidance on adopting AI in critical infrastructure, identifying...

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Investigation: Microsoft offered the US government free cybersecurity upgrades in 2021, increasing government reliance on Microsoft due to high switching costs (ProPublica)

Investigation: Microsoft offered the US government free...

Nov 16, 2024

ProPublica: Investigation: Microsoft offered the US government free cybersecurity...

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An interview with Apple's Tim Millet and Tom Boger on Apple's chip strategy, making big changes to the Neural Engine after the 2017 transformer paper, and more (Nandagopal Rajan/The Indian Express)

An interview with Apple's Tim Millet and Tom Boger on Apple's...

Nov 16, 2024

Nandagopal Rajan / The Indian Express: An interview with Apple's Tim Millet and...

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A profile of and an interview with Aura Salla, a former Meta lobbyist turned EU Parliament member, who says the EU's Big Tech regulation went too far, too fast (Morgan Meaker/Wired)

A profile of and an interview with Aura Salla, a former...

Nov 16, 2024

Morgan Meaker / Wired: A profile of and an interview with Aura Salla, a former Meta...

A Powerful AI Breakthrough Is About to Transform the World

Nov 16, 2024

The technology driving ChatGPT is capable of so much more. What’s coming next will...

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Report: Samsung plans to release its smart glasses in Q3 2025; the glasses will be powered by Qualcomm's AR1 chipset and use Google's Gemini to handle AI tasks (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)

Report: Samsung plans to release its smart glasses in Q3...

Nov 15, 2024

Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: Report: Samsung plans to release its smart glasses in Q3...

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Sources: T-Mobile's network was among the systems hacked by the China-linked Salt Typhoon group, and some foreign telecommunications firms were also compromised (Wall Street Journal)

Sources: T-Mobile's network was among the systems hacked...

Nov 15, 2024

Wall Street Journal: Sources: T-Mobile's network was among the systems hacked by...

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An Ohio man is sentenced to three years for running crypto mixer Helix, which laundered $311M+ from 2014 to 2017; he must forfeit $311M+ and assets worth $400M+ (Jonathan Greig/The Record)

An Ohio man is sentenced to three years for running crypto...

Nov 15, 2024

Jonathan Greig / The Record: An Ohio man is sentenced to three years for running...

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'Drill, baby, drill': What Trump's election victory means for climate change

'Drill, baby, drill': What Trump's election victory means...

Nov 15, 2024

Nations have gathered in Azerbaijan for COP29, under the shadow cast by the re-election...

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Xi Jinping to inaugurate China-backed mega port in Peru

Xi Jinping to inaugurate China-backed mega port in Peru

Nov 15, 2024

The APEC summit is kicking off in Lima, Peru, ahead of the G20 summit in Brazil...

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Mark Zuckerberg releases filthy song to celebrate anniversary

Mark Zuckerberg releases filthy song to celebrate anniversary

Nov 15, 2024

Tech giant Meta is feeling the heat, no matter how relaxed its leader Mark Zuckerberg...

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Sources: xAI raised $5B at a $45B valuation, almost double its valuation a few months ago; SpaceX prepares a tender offer that would value the company at $250B+ (Financial Times)

Sources: xAI raised $5B at a $45B valuation, almost double...

Nov 15, 2024

Financial Times: Sources: xAI raised $5B at a $45B valuation, almost double its...

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X sues to block California's AB 2655, aimed at curbing AI-generated deceptive election content on social media, claiming it impinges on free speech (Peter Blumberg/Bloomberg)

X sues to block California's AB 2655, aimed at curbing...

Nov 15, 2024

Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg: X sues to block California's AB 2655, aimed at curbing...

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UK mobile operator Virgin Media O2 creates Daisy, an AI-generated "scambaiter" tool that mimics the voice of an elderly woman to waste scammers' time (Jibin Joseph/PCMag)

UK mobile operator Virgin Media O2 creates Daisy, an AI-generated...

Nov 15, 2024

Jibin Joseph / PCMag: UK mobile operator Virgin Media O2 creates Daisy, an AI-generated...

Elon Musk Ramps Up Legal Fight With OpenAI, Microsoft

Nov 15, 2024

The billionaire accused the ChatGPT maker of anticompetitive behavior in new court...

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Applied Materials reports Q4 revenue up 5% YoY to $7.05B, vs. $6.95B est., and forecasts Q1 revenue below estimates; AMAT drops 5%+ after hours (Jaspreet Singh/Reuters)

Applied Materials reports Q4 revenue up 5% YoY to $7.05B,...

Nov 14, 2024

Jaspreet Singh / Reuters: Applied Materials reports Q4 revenue up 5% YoY to $7.05B,...

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TikTok makes its AI ad creation tool, Symphony Creative Studio, available to all advertisers and adds the ability to use content from Getty Images with the tool (Emma Roth/The Verge)

TikTok makes its AI ad creation tool, Symphony Creative...

Nov 14, 2024

Emma Roth / The Verge: TikTok makes its AI ad creation tool, Symphony Creative Studio,...

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Fake AI albums targeting real artists are flooding Spotify to profit from royalty fraud, abusing a distribution process effectively based on the honor system (Elizabeth Lopatto/The Verge)

Fake AI albums targeting real artists are flooding Spotify...

Nov 14, 2024

Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge: Fake AI albums targeting real artists are flooding...

Meta Fined $843 Million by EU Over Marketplace Ads Platform

Nov 14, 2024

The European Commission said the company tied its classified-ads platform to its...

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Benefit fraud: Amnesty accuses Denmark of using AI to build 'system of surveillance'

Benefit fraud: Amnesty accuses Denmark of using AI to build...

Nov 14, 2024

Amnesty International is accusing Denmark of using artificial intelligence in a...

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Xi Jinping set to inaugurate China-backed megaport in Peru

Xi Jinping set to inaugurate China-backed megaport in Peru

Nov 14, 2024

The APEC summit is kicking off in Lima, Peru, ahead of the G20 Summit in Brazil...

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China's Latin America trade ties take centre stage at APEC summit

China's Latin America trade ties take centre stage at APEC...

Nov 14, 2024

China's President Xi Jinping is expected to inaugurate a new "mega port" built by...

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The EU fines Meta €797.72M for tying Facebook Marketplace to Facebook and "imposing unfair trading conditions" on rival websites, the first such fine for Meta (Javier Espinoza/Financial Times)

The EU fines Meta €797.72M for tying Facebook Marketplace...

Nov 14, 2024

Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: The EU fines Meta €797.72M for tying Facebook...

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Google releases a new free Gemini app for iOS, letting users ask questions and chat via text, voice, or camera, as well as use conversational Gemini Live (David Pierce/The Verge)

Google releases a new free Gemini app for iOS, letting...

Nov 14, 2024

David Pierce / The Verge: Google releases a new free Gemini app for iOS, letting...

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Sources: the CFPB moves to place Google under formal federal supervision, an extraordinary move that may lead to regular inspections; Google fiercely resisted (Tony Romm/Washington Post)

Sources: the CFPB moves to place Google under formal federal...

Nov 14, 2024

Tony Romm / Washington Post: Sources: the CFPB moves to place Google under formal...

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France will not accept Mercosur trade deal in current form, French PM tells EU

France will not accept Mercosur trade deal in current form,...

Nov 14, 2024

As European farmers protest against a renewed push to ratify the controversial free...

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UK consumer rights group Which? launches a legal claim against Apple, seeking £3B in compensation, alleging that Apple locked ~40M UK users into iCloud services (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)

UK consumer rights group Which? launches a legal claim...

Nov 13, 2024

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: UK consumer rights group Which? launches a legal claim...

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Google says real-time protections against scam calls and malicious apps are rolling out on Pixel 6 or newer devices and coming soon to more Android phones (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Google says real-time protections against scam calls and...

Nov 13, 2024

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google says real-time protections against scam calls and...

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Australia plans to enact laws imposing a "digital duty of care" on big tech, which would make companies liable for citizens' safety online (Nicole Hegarty/ABC)

Australia plans to enact laws imposing a "digital duty...

Nov 13, 2024

Nicole Hegarty / ABC: Australia plans to enact laws imposing a “digital duty of...

Advanced Micro Devices to Cut Global Headcount by 4%

Nov 13, 2024

The layoffs would affect about 1,040 employees and are part of a shift in AMD’s...

Spotify Takes Aim at YouTube in Battle for Podcasts

Nov 13, 2024

The audio streaming giant plans to pay hosts to make podcast videos and allow premium...

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Trump taps Musk and Ramaswamy to lead 'Government Efficiency' effort

Trump taps Musk and Ramaswamy to lead 'Government Efficiency'...

Nov 13, 2024

US President-elect Donald Trump has announced that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and one-time...

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Does the global workforce have the skills necessary to fight climate change?

Does the global workforce have the skills necessary to...

Nov 13, 2024

In its 2024 Green Skills Report, social media platform LinkedIn uses data from its...

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Sources detail Elon Musk's role in Trump's transition: Mar-a-Lago meetings, calls with world leaders, voicing support for Brendan Carr at the FCC, and more (Theodore Schleifer/New York Times)

Sources detail Elon Musk's role in Trump's transition:...

Nov 13, 2024

Theodore Schleifer / New York Times: Sources detail Elon Musk's role in Trump's...

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In a policy blueprint, OpenAI says the US and its neighbors should form a "North American Compact for AI" to compete with China in talent, financing, and more (Jackie Davalos/Bloomberg)

In a policy blueprint, OpenAI says the US and its neighbors...

Nov 13, 2024

Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg: In a policy blueprint, OpenAI says the US and its neighbors...

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A US judge rules that Meta must face trial in a US FTC lawsuit seeking its break up over claims that it bought Instagram and WhatsApp to crush competitors (Jody Godoy/Reuters)

A US judge rules that Meta must face trial in a US FTC...

Nov 13, 2024

Jody Godoy / Reuters: A US judge rules that Meta must face trial in a US FTC lawsuit...

I Spoke Only to Chatbots for 24 Hours. Who Needs Human...

Nov 13, 2024

Joanna Stern strapped chatbots from Meta, Google, OpenAI and Microsoft to a tripod...

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Shell wins appeal against landmark climate ruling

Shell wins appeal against landmark climate ruling

Nov 13, 2024

Oil giant Shell has succeeded in overturning a landmark 2021 court ruling that ordered...

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Donald Trump says Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, to provide "guidance from outside of Government" (Eric Beech/Reuters)

Donald Trump says Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead...

Nov 12, 2024

Eric Beech / Reuters: Donald Trump says Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead...

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FrontierMath, a new benchmark for evaluating AI model's advanced mathematical reasoning, shows current AI systems solve less than 2% of its challenging problems (Michael Nuñez/VentureBeat)

FrontierMath, a new benchmark for evaluating AI model's...

Nov 12, 2024

Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: FrontierMath, a new benchmark for evaluating AI model's...

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SoftBank's telecom unit plans to build an AI supercomputer in Japan using Nvidia's DGX B200 platform, and a follow-up effort featuring the Grace Blackwell chip (Bloomberg)

SoftBank's telecom unit plans to build an AI supercomputer...

Nov 12, 2024

Bloomberg: SoftBank's telecom unit plans to build an AI supercomputer in Japan using...

In Europe, Instagram Ads Are About to Get Less Personal

Nov 12, 2024

Meta Platforms, the Facebook and Instagram owner, faces pressure in Europe to ask...

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The cost and economic impact of Trump's mass deportation plans

The cost and economic impact of Trump's mass deportation...

Nov 12, 2024

As Donald Trump assembles his team ahead of a second term as US president next year,...

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Netflix says its ad tier has 70M users globally, up from 40M in May 2024 and 22M in January 2024, and 50%+ of sign-ups are for ad plans in supported countries (Brian Steinberg/Variety)

Netflix says its ad tier has 70M users globally, up from...

Nov 12, 2024

Brian Steinberg / Variety: Netflix says its ad tier has 70M users globally, up from...

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Writer, which makes enterprise generative AI tools, raised a $200M Series C led by Premji, Radical Ventures, and Iconiq at a $1.9B valuation, for $326M raised (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Writer, which makes enterprise generative AI tools, raised...

Nov 12, 2024

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Writer, which makes enterprise generative AI tools, raised...

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New York-based ScaleOps, which offers cloud spend management tools, raised a $58M Series B led by Lightspeed, taking its total funding to $80M (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

New York-based ScaleOps, which offers cloud spend management...

Nov 12, 2024

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: New York-based ScaleOps, which offers cloud spend management...

When Did Apple's Notes App Become an Extension of Our Brains?

Nov 12, 2024

The simple iPhone app is a receptacle for nearly everything: passwords, grocery...

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Bitcoin passes $89K for the first time, Tesla closes up 8.96%, Coinbase closes up 19.76%, and Robinhood closes up 7.4%, as investors pile into "Trump trades" (Financial Times)

Bitcoin passes $89K for the first time, Tesla closes up...

Nov 11, 2024

Financial Times: Bitcoin passes $89K for the first time, Tesla closes up 8.96%,...

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A look at DeFlock, an open-source project that has crowdsourced the locations of 5,600+ automated license plate reader cameras globally from Flock and others (Jason Koebler/404 Media)

A look at DeFlock, an open-source project that has crowdsourced...

Nov 11, 2024

Jason Koebler / 404 Media: A look at DeFlock, an open-source project that has crowdsourced...

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Signal announces a suite of call features, including the ability to share a link to a call, emoji reactions, a "raise hand" button, and a dedicated calls tab (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Signal announces a suite of call features, including the...

Nov 11, 2024

Jay Peters / The Verge: Signal announces a suite of call features, including the...

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Sources: Amazon is developing smart glasses for its delivery drivers to guide them to, around, and within buildings, but the tech may take years to perfect (Greg Bensinger/Reuters)

Sources: Amazon is developing smart glasses for its delivery...

Nov 11, 2024

Greg Bensinger / Reuters: Sources: Amazon is developing smart glasses for its delivery...

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MicroStrategy says it bought 27,200 bitcoin for roughly $2.03B in cash at an estimated $74,463 per coin, taking its total bitcoin holding to 279,420 (Adam James/The Block)

MicroStrategy says it bought 27,200 bitcoin for roughly...

Nov 11, 2024

Adam James / The Block: MicroStrategy says it bought 27,200 bitcoin for roughly...

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11x, which makes AI bots that help salespeople with common tasks, raised $50M led by a16z at a $320M valuation, after raising a $24M Series A in September 2024 (Bloomberg)

11x, which makes AI bots that help salespeople with common...

Nov 11, 2024

Bloomberg: 11x, which makes AI bots that help salespeople with common tasks, raised...

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Climate finance at top of agenda as COP29 opens in Azerbaijan

Climate finance at top of agenda as COP29 opens in Azerbaijan

Nov 11, 2024

As delegates from all over the world attend the opening of COP29 in Azerbaijan this...

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Gurman: the second generation Apple Vision Pro may arrive between the fall of 2025 and spring of 2026 and could feature an M5 around when the first Macs get it (Michael Burkhardt/9to5Mac)

Gurman: the second generation Apple Vision Pro may arrive...

Nov 10, 2024

Michael Burkhardt / 9to5Mac: Gurman: the second generation Apple Vision Pro may...

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An interview with Mozilla interim CEO Laura Chambers about Firefox's 20th birthday, growth due to the EU's DMA, privacy, the Google search deal, AI, and more (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch)

An interview with Mozilla interim CEO Laura Chambers about...

Nov 10, 2024

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: An interview with Mozilla interim CEO Laura Chambers...

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Research integrity specialists and scientific publishers raise concerns about the ease with which scientific data can be fabricated using generative AI tools (Diana Kwon/Nature)

Research integrity specialists and scientific publishers...

Nov 10, 2024

Diana Kwon / Nature: Research integrity specialists and scientific publishers raise...

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A study of 50K peer reviews for CS articles published in AI conference proceedings in 2023 and 2024: 7%-17% of the sentences in the reviews were written by LLMs (James Zou/Nature)

A study of 50K peer reviews for CS articles published in...

Nov 10, 2024

James Zou / Nature: A study of 50K peer reviews for CS articles published in AI...

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Research finds AI disinformation amplified satire, false political narratives, and hate speech during the US elections, but did not change the minds of voters (Washington Post)

Research finds AI disinformation amplified satire, false...

Nov 10, 2024

Washington Post: Research finds AI disinformation amplified satire, false political...

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A painting depicting Alan Turing as the god of AI, which was created by an AI-powered humanoid robot called Ai-Da, sold at a Sotheby's auction for nearly $1.1M (Zachary Small/New York Times)

A painting depicting Alan Turing as the god of AI, which...

Nov 10, 2024

Zachary Small / New York Times: A painting depicting Alan Turing as the god of AI,...

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Chegg lost 500K+ subscribers since ChatGPT's launch, and its stock is down 99% from early 2021, as students looking for homework help turn to free AI tools (Miles Kruppa/Wall Street Journal)

Chegg lost 500K+ subscribers since ChatGPT's launch, and...

Nov 9, 2024

Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: Chegg lost 500K+ subscribers since ChatGPT's...

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Sources: the jump in quality from GPT-4 to Orion is far smaller than the jump from GPT-3 to GPT-4; Orion may not outperform predecessors in tasks like coding (The Information)

Sources: the jump in quality from GPT-4 to Orion is far...

Nov 9, 2024

The Information: Sources: the jump in quality from GPT-4 to Orion is far smaller...

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A profile of Chen Yixin, a Xi Jinping protégé who heads the Chinese intelligence agency accused of likely steering the Salt Typhoon cyberattacks on the US (Chun Han Wong/Wall Street Journal)

A profile of Chen Yixin, a Xi Jinping protégé...

Nov 9, 2024

Chun Han Wong / Wall Street Journal: A profile of Chen Yixin, a Xi Jinping protégé...

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Ethereum Foundation financial report: $970.2M in treasury as of Oct. 31, down from $1.6B in March 2022; ~80% of holdings in ETH, which declined 20%+ since 2022 (Margaux Nijkerk/CoinDesk)

Ethereum Foundation financial report: $970.2M in treasury...

Nov 9, 2024

Margaux Nijkerk / CoinDesk: Ethereum Foundation financial report: $970.2M in treasury...

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The 2024 US election cycle showed how crypto has turned out to be a practically perfect special interest group for an era of unlimited corporate spending (Zeke Faux/Bloomberg)

The 2024 US election cycle showed how crypto has turned...

Nov 9, 2024

Zeke Faux / Bloomberg: The 2024 US election cycle showed how crypto has turned out...

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Data shows open interest on Polymarket fell 64% from $510.95M on November 5 to $184.16M by November 8, highlighting the platform's reliance on political betting (MK Manoylov/The Block)

Data shows open interest on Polymarket fell 64% from $510.95M...

Nov 9, 2024

MK Manoylov / The Block: Data shows open interest on Polymarket fell 64% from $510.95M...

New Tech Tries to Catastrophe-Proof Your Home

Nov 9, 2024

Tech once used to make homes more sustainable has fresh applications in making structures...

How ChatGPT Brought Down an Online Education Giant

Nov 9, 2024

Chegg’s stock has dropped 99% as students looking for help with homework defect...

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A Michigan man, a member of an online terrorist network called 764, is sentenced to 30 years in prison for preying on kids in Discord servers and chat rooms (Ashley Belanger/Ars Technica)

A Michigan man, a member of an online terrorist network...

Nov 8, 2024

Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica: A Michigan man, a member of an online terrorist...

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A US judge sentences Russian-Swedish national Roman Sterlingov to 12.5 years for operating crypto mixer Bitcoin Fog from 2011 to 2021, laundering ~$400M (Sabrina Willmer/Bloomberg)

A US judge sentences Russian-Swedish national Roman Sterlingov...

Nov 8, 2024

Sabrina Willmer / Bloomberg: A US judge sentences Russian-Swedish national Roman...

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Sources: Upwind, which sells tools to secure cloud infrastructure, is raising a $100M Series B at a $850M-$900M valuation, after raising $50M in September 2023 (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Sources: Upwind, which sells tools to secure cloud infrastructure,...

Nov 8, 2024

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Sources: Upwind, which sells tools to secure cloud infrastructure,...

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Trump could reshape global tech industry, whether Silicon Valley likes it or not

Trump could reshape global tech industry, whether Silicon...

Nov 8, 2024

Tech executives have lined up to congratulate Donald Trump on his US presidential...

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Mercury Research: AMD's desktop CPU market share, in units, grew from 19.1% in Q3 2023 to 28.7% in Q3 2024 and from 19.5% to 22.3% for mobile in the same period (Mark Hachman/PCWorld)

Mercury Research: AMD's desktop CPU market share, in units,...

Nov 8, 2024

Mark Hachman / PCWorld: Mercury Research: AMD's desktop CPU market share, in units,...

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Sources: TSMC told Chinese customers it would no longer manufacture AI chips at advanced process nodes of 7nm or smaller as of this coming Monday (Financial Times)

Sources: TSMC told Chinese customers it would no longer...

Nov 8, 2024

Financial Times: Sources: TSMC told Chinese customers it would no longer manufacture...

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Kuo: Apple plans to upgrade the wide-angle lens in the high-end iPhone 18 in 2026 to a variable aperture camera (Ming-Chi Kuo)

Kuo: Apple plans to upgrade the wide-angle lens in the...

Nov 8, 2024

Ming-Chi Kuo: Kuo: Apple plans to upgrade the wide-angle lens in the high-end iPhone...

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A US judge dismisses a copyright lawsuit by Raw Story and AlterNet against OpenAI over AI training, for now, saying the outlets couldn't show enough harm (Blake Brittain/Reuters)

A US judge dismisses a copyright lawsuit by Raw Story and...

Nov 7, 2024

Blake Brittain / Reuters: A US judge dismisses a copyright lawsuit by Raw Story...

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Block says it is investing less in music streaming app Tidal and winding down decentralized "Web5" venture TBD to focus on bitcoin mining and its crypto wallet (Aoyon Ashraf/CoinDesk)

Block says it is investing less in music streaming app...

Nov 7, 2024

Aoyon Ashraf / CoinDesk: Block says it is investing less in music streaming app...

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Source: Baidu plans to unveil smart glasses with built-in cameras and voice support for AI model Ernie next week, launching as soon as early 2025 for under $299 (Bloomberg)

Source: Baidu plans to unveil smart glasses with built-in...

Nov 7, 2024

Bloomberg: Source: Baidu plans to unveil smart glasses with built-in cameras and...

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Trump 2.0: Who would new tariffs hurt the most?

Trump 2.0: Who would new tariffs hurt the most?

Nov 7, 2024

Wall Street rallied on Wednesday, bitcoin hit a new record while German auto stocks...

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Germany's ruling coalition collapses over economic issues after finance minister sacked

Germany's ruling coalition collapses over economic issues...

Nov 7, 2024

On Wednesday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz dismissed his finance minister and coalition...

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Nissan to cut 9,000 jobs as profits plunge 93%

Nissan to cut 9,000 jobs as profits plunge 93%

Nov 7, 2024

Japanese carmaker Nissan says it will cut 9,000 jobs globally, after net profit...

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Anthropic partners with Palantir and AWS to provide US intelligence and defense agencies access to its Claude models and "operationalize" their use (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Anthropic partners with Palantir and AWS to provide US...

Nov 7, 2024

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Anthropic partners with Palantir and AWS to provide US...

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Donald Trump's win flips the idea that Elon Musk overpaid for X on its head, after Musk turned his feed into a Trump-inspired billboard for his 200M+ followers (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)

Donald Trump's win flips the idea that Elon Musk overpaid...

Nov 7, 2024

Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: Donald Trump's win flips the idea that Elon Musk overpaid...

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Matter launches its 1.4 spec, including "enhanced multi-admin" and updates to energy management support, in a bid to get the smart home standard back on track (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge)

Matter launches its 1.4 spec, including "enhanced multi-admin"...

Nov 7, 2024

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: Matter launches its 1.4 spec, including “enhanced...

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Trump 2.0: who will possible new tariffs hurt the most?

Trump 2.0: who will possible new tariffs hurt the most?

Nov 7, 2024

Wall Street rallied, bitcoin hit a new record while German auto stocks plunged......

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Bumble reports Q3 revenue down 0.7% YoY to $273.6M, vs. $271.9M est., its first quarterly sales drop since going public in 2021, and 4.3M total paying users (Priyanka.G/Reuters)

Bumble reports Q3 revenue down 0.7% YoY to $273.6M, vs....

Nov 6, 2024

Priyanka.G / Reuters: Bumble reports Q3 revenue down 0.7% YoY to $273.6M, vs. $271.9M...

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Take-Two reports Q2 net bookings up 2% YoY to $1.47B, vs. $1.43B est., net revenue up 4% to $1.35B, and sells its Private Division label to an unnamed buyer (Zaheer Kachwala/Reuters)

Take-Two reports Q2 net bookings up 2% YoY to $1.47B, vs....

Nov 6, 2024

Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters: Take-Two reports Q2 net bookings up 2% YoY to $1.47B,...

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Australia plans to introduce legislation that would ban children under 16 from using social media, not exempting those already with accounts or parental consent (Maani Truu/ABC)

Australia plans to introduce legislation that would ban...

Nov 6, 2024

Maani Truu / ABC: Australia plans to introduce legislation that would ban children...

TikTok Canada Unit Ordered to Dissolve Operations on National-Security...

Nov 6, 2024

Canada ordered the domestic unit of TikTok to dissolve its business operations in...

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The EU Commission opens an antitrust investigation into smartphone glass maker Corning over allegedly abusing its market dominance to squeeze out rivals (Samuel Stolton/Bloomberg)

The EU Commission opens an antitrust investigation into...

Nov 6, 2024

Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: The EU Commission opens an antitrust investigation into...

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PlayStation 5 Pro review: high fidelity and frame rate, and smaller, lighter, and quieter than the original PS5, but $699 is pricey and a disk drive costs extra (Sean Hollister/The Verge)

PlayStation 5 Pro review: high fidelity and frame rate,...

Nov 6, 2024

Sean Hollister / The Verge: PlayStation 5 Pro review: high fidelity and frame rate,...

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A look at Trump's potential new administration, including Elon Musk, tasked with "a complete financial and performance audit of the entire federal government" (Financial Times)

A look at Trump's potential new administration, including...

Nov 6, 2024

Financial Times: A look at Trump's potential new administration, including Elon...

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More trade wars to come? A look at Trump and Harris's tariff plans

More trade wars to come? A look at Trump and Harris's tariff...

Nov 6, 2024

As American voters cast their ballots, the rest of the world is watching closely...

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Filing: Trump Media lost $19.2M in Q3, while revenue fell 5.6% YoY to just $1.01M; DJT closed down 1.16% on November 5, but jumped 20%+ after hours (Fred Imbert/CNBC)

Filing: Trump Media lost $19.2M in Q3, while revenue fell...

Nov 5, 2024

Fred Imbert / CNBC: Filing: Trump Media lost $19.2M in Q3, while revenue fell 5.6%...

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How the Salt Typhoon hackers breached US telecommunication infrastructure to carry out targeted espionage against the US for at least eight months (Wall Street Journal)

How the Salt Typhoon hackers breached US telecommunication...

Nov 5, 2024

Wall Street Journal: How the Salt Typhoon hackers breached US telecommunication...

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Coupang reports Q3 revenue up 27% YoY to $7.9B, net retail sales of $6.14B, vs. $6.24B est., and operating income below projections; CPNG drops 8% after hours (Yoolim Lee/Bloomberg)

Coupang reports Q3 revenue up 27% YoY to $7.9B, net retail...

Nov 5, 2024

Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: Coupang reports Q3 revenue up 27% YoY to $7.9B, net retail...

Super Micro Computer to Strengthen Governance, Oversight...

Nov 5, 2024

The server maker said it continues to work on matters related to its filings with...

AI Startup Perplexity to Triple Valuation to $9 Billion...

Nov 5, 2024

The artificial intelligence search company is raising $500 million in its fourth...

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US stocks retreat ahead of Election Day, but long-term trend points to gains

US stocks retreat ahead of Election Day, but long-term...

Nov 5, 2024

All three major indices on Wall Street closed Monday's session in the red ahead...

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More trade wars to come? A look at Trump's and Harris' tariff plans

More trade wars to come? A look at Trump's and Harris'...

Nov 5, 2024

As American voters cast their ballots, the rest of the world is watching, as the...

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TSMC CFO Wendell Huang says the chipmaker now expects to pay more for power in Taiwan than anywhere else; TSMC's electricity prices rose 25% in April 2024 (Kathrin Hille/Financial Times)

TSMC CFO Wendell Huang says the chipmaker now expects to...

Nov 5, 2024

Kathrin Hille / Financial Times: TSMC CFO Wendell Huang says the chipmaker now expects...

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Polymarket confirms paying US-based influencers, including large Instagram meme accounts, to promote election betting despite being banned in the US (Bloomberg)

Polymarket confirms paying US-based influencers, including...

Nov 5, 2024

Bloomberg: Polymarket confirms paying US-based influencers, including large Instagram...

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French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering (Reuters)

French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's...

Nov 5, 2024

Reuters: French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France...

Beef Up Your Password Security on Three Key Accounts

Nov 5, 2024

If you’re short on time, focus on your bank, email and phone accounts.

Mystery Surrounds Discovery of TSMC Tech Inside Huawei...

Nov 5, 2024

The apparent use of TSMC circuitry, believed to have first routed through a Chinese...

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Meta is extending its ban on new political ads past Election Day in the US, "until later this week" (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)

Meta is extending its ban on new political ads past Election...

Nov 4, 2024

Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: Meta is extending its ban on new political ads past Election...

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Caitlin Kalinowski, who served as Meta's head of AR glasses from March 2022 to July 2024 and oversaw Orion, joins OpenAI to lead robotics and consumer hardware (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)

Caitlin Kalinowski, who served as Meta's head of AR glasses...

Nov 4, 2024

Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: Caitlin Kalinowski, who served as Meta's head of AR glasses...

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Sources: Canadian authorities arrested Alexander "Connor" Moucka, who is allegedly behind hacks in June and July of up to 165 Snowflake customers including AT&T (Bloomberg)

Sources: Canadian authorities arrested Alexander "Connor"...

Nov 4, 2024

Bloomberg: Sources: Canadian authorities arrested Alexander “Connor” Moucka, who...

U.S. Chip Toolmakers Move to Cut China From Supply Chains

Nov 4, 2024

Applied Materials and Lam Research are telling vendors to follow new restrictions,...

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US housing crisis in focus as voters prepare to choose next president

US housing crisis in focus as voters prepare to choose...

Nov 4, 2024

The US economy is humming with GDP expected to grow at a healthy clip, unemployment...

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Sources: Meta's plans to build a US nuclear-powered AI data center were thwarted in part after a rare bee species was found on land earmarked for the project (Financial Times)

Sources: Meta's plans to build a US nuclear-powered AI...

Nov 4, 2024

Financial Times: Sources: Meta's plans to build a US nuclear-powered AI data center...

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Physical Intelligence, which plans to use AI to create brains for robots, raised $400M led by Jeff Bezos, Thrive Capital, and Lux Capital at a $2B valuation (Michael J. de la Merced/New York Times)

Physical Intelligence, which plans to use AI to create...

Nov 4, 2024

Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times: Physical Intelligence, which plans to...

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Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2 review: the new $60 screen is easy to build, works with the latest OS, and holds the Pi on its back, but scrolling can be awkward (Les Pounder/Tom's Hardware)

Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2 review: the new $60 screen...

Nov 4, 2024

Les Pounder / Tom's Hardware: Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2 review: the new $60 screen...

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Boeing workers to vote on new company offer to end 7-week strike

Boeing workers to vote on new company offer to end 7-week...

Nov 4, 2024

Union machinists vote Monday on whether to accept Boeing's latest contract offer...

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Q&A with Kay Koplovitz about her transition to VC with Springboard after the sale of USA Networks, why women-led startups are underestimated, DEI, and more (Sarah Kessler/New York Times)

Q&A with Kay Koplovitz about her transition to VC with...

Nov 3, 2024

Sarah Kessler / New York Times: Q&A with Kay Koplovitz about her transition to VC...

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Gurman: Apple is working on a MacBook Pro overhaul featuring a thinner design, but it probably won't be released until 2026 following delays in display tech (Michael Burkhardt/9to5Mac)

Gurman: Apple is working on a MacBook Pro overhaul featuring...

Nov 3, 2024

Michael Burkhardt / 9to5Mac: Gurman: Apple is working on a MacBook Pro overhaul...

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Perplexity launched a dedicated hub for the US general election, including ballot measures and voting results, while rivals like OpenAI have been more cautious (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Perplexity launched a dedicated hub for the US general...

Nov 3, 2024

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Perplexity launched a dedicated hub for the US general...

I'm a New Mom. The Latest Wearable Breast Pumps Gave Me...

Nov 3, 2024

Cord-free portable pumps, worn in the bra, allow women to produce milk for their...

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Google Cloud Q3 revenue grew 35% YoY to $11.35B with a 17% operating margin, outpacing AWS' 19% YoY revenue growth to $27.45B with a 38% operating margin (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

Google Cloud Q3 revenue grew 35% YoY to $11.35B with a...

Nov 3, 2024

Jordan Novet / CNBC: Google Cloud Q3 revenue grew 35% YoY to $11.35B with a 17%...

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A single grant of $123M has been finalized from $33B+ announced so far under the US CHIPS Act, which is facing criticism on both sides of the political aisle (Politico)

A single grant of $123M has been finalized from $33B+ announced...

Nov 3, 2024

Politico: A single grant of $123M has been finalized from $33B+ announced so far...

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An interview with Steve Ballmer on trying to turn USAFacts, his not-for-profit civic initiative, into a source of dispassionate statistics for US voters (Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson/Financial Times)

An interview with Steve Ballmer on trying to turn USAFacts,...

Nov 3, 2024

Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson / Financial Times: An interview with Steve Ballmer on...

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AI in Hollywood is a tech leap with a vast impact but remains a tool, not a replacement, for creatives; its speed, quality, and cost allow for VFX breakthroughs (Devin Gordon/New York Times)

AI in Hollywood is a tech leap with a vast impact but remains...

Nov 2, 2024

Devin Gordon / New York Times: AI in Hollywood is a tech leap with a vast impact...

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Filing: US regulators rejected a proposal to let Amazon buy nuclear power for AWS data centers in Pennsylvania over energy grid reliability and other concerns (Laila Kearney/Reuters)

Filing: US regulators rejected a proposal to let Amazon...

Nov 2, 2024

Laila Kearney / Reuters: Filing: US regulators rejected a proposal to let Amazon...

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Interviews with Amazon's health chief Neil Lindsay and others on the company's health care push, the PillPack and One Medical acquisitions, its future, and more (Harry McCracken/Fast Company)

Interviews with Amazon's health chief Neil Lindsay and...

Nov 2, 2024

Harry McCracken / Fast Company: Interviews with Amazon's health chief Neil Lindsay...

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Bitcoin's 2024 price rally masks a bleaker picture in the wider crypto market, with crypto VC investment remaining a far way off the 2021 bull market and more (Bloomberg)

Bitcoin's 2024 price rally masks a bleaker picture in the...

Nov 2, 2024

Bloomberg: Bitcoin's 2024 price rally masks a bleaker picture in the wider crypto...

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The digital ad market, helped by US political ads, AI ad tools, and consumer spending, drove strong Q3 revenue growth for Alphabet, Meta, Snap, Reddit, and Roku (Sara Fischer/Axios)

The digital ad market, helped by US political ads, AI ad...

Nov 2, 2024

Sara Fischer / Axios: The digital ad market, helped by US political ads, AI ad tools,...

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A Chainalysis study based on digital wallet use data from January 1, 2024 to October 8, 2024 suggests Tether's USDT has gained traction in EMEA time zones (Bloomberg)

A Chainalysis study based on digital wallet use data from...

Nov 2, 2024

Bloomberg: A Chainalysis study based on digital wallet use data from January 1,...

The Budget Hawk Atop a Tech Giant's $64 Billion Spending...

Nov 2, 2024

Amy Hood is at the center of Microsoft’s bet-the-company dive into AI.

Why Elon Musk's Robotaxi Dreams Are Premature

Nov 2, 2024

Tesla is pushing to build true self-driving vehicles by 2026. The way its CEO wants...

People Are Hooked on Costco Hearing Aids, and This Is Why

Nov 2, 2024

Devoted customers come for the free hearing aid cleanings and leave with full carts.

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Polymarket user Fredi9999, a self-described Frenchman, says he bet $30M+ on Trump after analyzing polls; he can't exit his wagers without crashing the market (Alexander Osipovich/Wall Street Journal)

Polymarket user Fredi9999, a self-described Frenchman,...

Nov 1, 2024

Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal: Polymarket user Fredi9999, a self-described...

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Nvidia will replace Intel in the Dow Jones Industrial Average on November 8, after Amazon replaced Walgreens in February; Intel joined the index in 1999 (Bloomberg)

Nvidia will replace Intel in the Dow Jones Industrial Average...

Nov 1, 2024

Bloomberg: Nvidia will replace Intel in the Dow Jones Industrial Average on November...

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Microsoft and a16z jointly share US public policy ideas for AI startups, saying "regulation should be implemented only if its benefits outweigh its costs" (Microsoft)

Microsoft and a16z jointly share US public policy ideas...

Nov 1, 2024

Microsoft: Microsoft and a16z jointly share US public policy ideas for AI startups,...

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Running app Strava found to be international security risk – again

Running app Strava found to be international security risk...

Nov 1, 2024

As we approach the US presidential election, the safety of the candidates, their...

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Canalys: global smartphone shipments grew 5% YoY in Q3 to reach 309.9M units, the strongest Q3 performance since 2021; Samsung led with 57.5M units, Apple 54.5M (Canalys)

Canalys: global smartphone shipments grew 5% YoY in Q3...

Nov 1, 2024

Canalys: Canalys: global smartphone shipments grew 5% YoY in Q3 to reach 309.9M...

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The capital expenditures of Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Microsoft are set to total over $200B in 2024 as companies accelerate spending chasing AI (Bloomberg)

The capital expenditures of Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and...

Nov 1, 2024

Bloomberg: The capital expenditures of Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Microsoft are...

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Satellite services provider Globalstar says Apple took a 20% ownership stake worth ~$400M, and has committed another $1.1B to expand satellite service capacity (Benjamin Mayo/9to5Mac)

Satellite services provider Globalstar says Apple took...

Nov 1, 2024

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: Satellite services provider Globalstar says Apple took...

OpenAI Adds Search Engine to ChatGPT, Challenging Google

Nov 1, 2024

OpenAI has embedded a search engine in its popular ChatGPT chatbot, as tech companies...

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Russia fines Google a sum greater than world's total GDP

Russia fines Google a sum greater than world's total GDP

Nov 1, 2024

Russia has fined Google $20 decillion, or $20 billion trillion trillion, a sum greater...

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Amazon reports Q3 AWS revenue up 19% YoY to $27.45B, vs. $27.52B est., and AWS operating income of $10.45B, vs. $9.15B est., up from $7B in Q3 2023 (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

Amazon reports Q3 AWS revenue up 19% YoY to $27.45B, vs....

Oct 31, 2024

Jordan Novet / CNBC: Amazon reports Q3 AWS revenue up 19% YoY to $27.45B, vs. $27.52B...

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Google plans to release Android 16 in Q2 2025 "to better align with the schedule of device launches"; major Android releases have been in Q3 or Q4 since 2013 (Mishaal Rahman/Android Authority)

Google plans to release Android 16 in Q2 2025 "to better...

Oct 31, 2024

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority: Google plans to release Android 16 in Q2 2025...

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Ex-Lacework CEO and Facebook's former global head of engineering Jay Parikh joins Microsoft's senior leadership team and will report directly to Satya Nadella (Bloomberg)

Ex-Lacework CEO and Facebook's former global head of engineering...

Oct 31, 2024

Bloomberg: Ex-Lacework CEO and Facebook's former global head of engineering Jay...

I Replied Stop to a Political Text Message. I Got 100 More.

Oct 31, 2024

Our columnist tried to cut off unwanted texts, and a barrage followed. Here’s how...

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BYD revenue exceeds Tesla's for first time, boosted by Chinese trade-in scheme

BYD revenue exceeds Tesla's for first time, boosted by...

Oct 31, 2024

Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD saw its revenue top 200 billion yuan ($28 billion)...

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Russia fines Google a sum greater than the size of the world’s total GDP

Russia fines Google a sum greater than the size of the...

Oct 31, 2024

Russia has fined Google 20 decillion dollars, or 20 billion trillion trillion dollars…...

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Roblox reports Q3 revenue up 29% YoY to $919M, bookings up 34% YoY to $1.1B, above $1B est., and DAUs up 27% YoY to 88.9M; RBLX jumps 20%+ pre-market (Cecilia D'Anastasio/Bloomberg)

Roblox reports Q3 revenue up 29% YoY to $919M, bookings...

Oct 31, 2024

Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: Roblox reports Q3 revenue up 29% YoY to $919M,...

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An investigation finds eight deceptive operations on Meta's platforms that collectively controlled 340+ Pages and placed 160K ads to collect users' information (ProPublica)

An investigation finds eight deceptive operations on Meta's...

Oct 31, 2024

ProPublica: An investigation finds eight deceptive operations on Meta's platforms...

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The Biden admin unveils an $825M investment in an Albany-based chip research and development facility; the NTSC says the facility aims to drive EUV innovation (Reuters)

The Biden admin unveils an $825M investment in an Albany-based...

Oct 31, 2024

Reuters: The Biden admin unveils an $825M investment in an Albany-based chip research...

Samsung Sees Progress in Memory Chips for AI After Delays

Oct 31, 2024

The South Korean tech giant reported better-than-expected net profit but earnings...

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Siemens agrees to buy engineering software company Altair for ~$10B including debt, a 19% premium on Altair's October 21 closing price; deal to close in H2 2025 (Bloomberg)

Siemens agrees to buy engineering software company Altair...

Oct 30, 2024

Bloomberg: Siemens agrees to buy engineering software company Altair for ~$10B including...

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Kraken lays off workers and names Arjun Sethi as co-CEO; sources say the cuts amount to 15% of its workforce, or ~400 employees, including the COO and the CTO (New York Times)

Kraken lays off workers and names Arjun Sethi as co-CEO;...

Oct 30, 2024

New York Times: Kraken lays off workers and names Arjun Sethi as co-CEO; sources...

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Samsung Q3: revenue up 17% YoY to ~$57.4B, net profit up 73% to ~$7.3B, operating profit of ~$6.7B, and chip unit operating profit down 40% QoQ to ~$2.8B (Kwanwoo Jun/Wall Street Journal)

Samsung Q3: revenue up 17% YoY to ~$57.4B, net profit up...

Oct 30, 2024

Kwanwoo Jun / Wall Street Journal: Samsung Q3: revenue up 17% YoY to ~$57.4B, net...

Meta Reports Record Revenue, Slower Ad Growth

Oct 30, 2024

The social media giant is spending billions on artificial intelligence and products...

Samsung Profit Beats Expectations but Chip Business Sags

Oct 30, 2024

The South Korean technology giant reported better-than-expected net profit for the...