Opera says it is testing a new ChatGPT-powered “shorten” feature in its browser that provides bulleted summaries of articles or webpages in the sidebar
The feature, called “shorten,” is part of the company's broader plans to integrate AI tools into its browser, similar to what Microsoft's doing with Edge.
The City of Oakland confirms reports of a ransomware attack on its networks but says that 911, financial data, and fire and emergency resources weren't impacted
The City of Oakland confirmed reports that its networks had been hit with ransomware after rumors emerged online that several agencies …
Sources: Meta delayed finalizing multiple teams' budgets while preparing a fresh round of job cuts, slowing down projects even for the metaverse and advertising
Mark Zuckerberg's aim of wrestling costs in his ‘year of efficiency’ causes disruption at the social media company
Pathmatics estimates the monthly revenue from Twitter's top 1,000 advertisers fell 60%+ from around $127M in October 2022 to just over $48M by January 25, 2023
New York CNN — — More than half of Twitter's top 1,000 advertisers in September were no longer spending on the platform …
Google staff criticize company leadership over the Bard announcement, calling the unveil “botched”, “myopic”, and “un-Googley” on the internal forum Memegen
- Google employees took to Memegen this week, filling the message repository with criticisms …
Source: PayPal is pausing work on its stablecoin as regulators increase their scrutiny of cryptocurrencies and its key partner Paxos faces a probe in New York
PayPal Holdings Inc. is pausing work on its stablecoin as regulators increase scrutiny of cryptocurrencies and a key partner …
An advertising joint venture by Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, and Vodafone to rival Meta and Google wins unconditional EU antitrust approval
Deutsche Telekom (DTEGn.DE), Orange (ORAN.PA), Telefonica (TEF.MC) and Vodafone (VOD.L) on Friday secured unconditional EU antitrust approval …
Meta's limited ad targeting options and Amazon's ad product investments are leading brands to shift their budgets to Amazon; Amazon's ad business grew 19% in Q4
- Facebook's more limited targeted capabilities coupled with Amazon's investment in ads products is leading a growing number of brands to shift their ad budgets.
A look at “liquid” neural nets, which change their underlying algorithms based on observed inputs, making them more flexible than standard ML neural networks
“Liquid” neural nets, based on a worm's nervous system, can transform their underlying algorithms on the fly, giving them unprecedented speed and adaptability. Tweets: @quantamagazine , @mit_csail , @...
Inside Apple's efforts to develop new financial services, which have suffered from slow progress and missed deadlines due to engineering and technical setbacks
Apple's slate of new financial services — including “buy now, pay later” offerings, savings accounts and an iPhone subscription program — have hit delays.
Sources: TikTok's Internal Audit team that spied on journalists had wide investigative powers with little oversight; ByteDance says it's restructuring the team
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How Rumble, which claims to have 71M MAUs, became the only success story in right-wing social media by letting creators who are banned elsewhere monetize video
For a moment, the right's longtime dream of an alternative social media seemed within reach. Various companies had been trying … Tweets: @jwherrman , @ggreenwald , and @ben_kew Tweets: John Herrman /...
Sources and memo: Zappos laid off over 300 employees in January, or ~20% of its workforce, including in customer service, as part of broader layoffs at Amazon
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Some local legislators and residents in Northern Virginia, home to ~275 data centers with dozens more planned, complain of land use, cooling fan noise, and more
I have, my house is *in* that picture. — It's ridiculously bad. 24/7 constant droning even inside. — There's another one by Manassas Airport that doesn't have this issue. … Tweets: Paul Kedrosky /...
Stock exchange data: Alibaba sold its remaining 3.16% Paytm stake for ~$167.14M, days after Paytm posted its first quarterly operating profit post IPO
A 2023 overview of macro tech trends, focusing on the e-commerce slowdown, layoffs, Amazon, advertising, and generative AI opportunities beyond text and images
Presentations Every year, I produce a big presentation exploring macro and strategic trends in the tech industry. This year, ‘The New Gatekeepers’.
Creating trustworthy generative AI requires resources probably on the scale of what companies like Microsoft and Google possess, making them even more powerful
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Mercury Research: x86 CPU shipments from Intel, AMD, and others fell 34% YoY and 19% QoQ in Q4, the biggest drops in 30 years; 374M units were shipped in 2022
Michael Kan / PCMag :
Lagos-based Jumia, once hailed as the “Amazon of Africa”, has seen its stock drop 85%+ since its April 2019 IPO amid falling customer growth and mounting losses
David Adeleke / Rest of World : Tweets: @hkanji , @ulonnaya , @naijaflyingdr , @restofworld , and @eajene Tweets: Hussein Kanji / @hkanji : Another Rocket Internet success story stumbles https://rest...
A look at Sinbad.io, a Bitcoin mixer launched in October 2022 that appears to have become the preferred outlet for North Korean hackers to launder stolen crypto
the question doesn't interest me. What we do know is they are evading our sanctions and facilitating illicit financing for enemies of the United States. That can't stand. https://www.wired.com/... And...
Shopify: Revolutionizing Commerce with Winter Edition '26
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Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
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