Apple schedules WWDC 2023 for June 5 to June 9 as a virtual event with a June 5 keynote, where iOS 17, iPadOS 17, tvOS 17, watchOS 10, and macOS 14 are expected
where it aims to debut its first mixed-reality headset in addition to iOS 17 and watchOS 10 — will kick off on June 5th and run through the 9th. Patrick McGee / @patrickmcgee_ : @anshublog This is sup...
Kuo: Apple's mixed reality headset may not appear at WWDC as mass production is pushed back to Q3, amid doubts about the device creating an “iPhone moment”
Apple has again pushed back mass production of its mixed-reality headset and the device may not appear …
Microsoft is exploring expanding ads in Bing Chat and sharing the ad revenue with partners whose content contributed to the chat response
It was inevitable, but Microsoft has confirmed that more ads are coming to Bing's AI-powered chatbot. Microsoft corporate vice president Yusuf Mehdi …
Researchers say hackers have compromised the 3CX VoIP IPBX desktop app, used by 600K+ companies and 12M+ daily users, in an ongoing supply chain attack
A digitally signed and trojanized version of the 3CX Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) desktop client is reportedly being used to target …
Sources: Google Brain and DeepMind have been forced to work together on a project known as Gemini to compete with OpenAI's GPT-4, after Bard's stumble
OpenAI's success in overtaking Google with an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot has achieved what seemed impossible in the past …
Google's Threat Analysis Group details two limited but highly targeted spyware campaigns using several zero-day exploits against Android, iOS, and Chrome
Two targeted spyware campaigns involving several zero-day exploits for Android, iOS and mobile versions of the Chrome browser were unmasked …
Sources: to comply with EU privacy rulings, Meta will let users opt out of some highly personalized ads, using an online form that Meta will review and approve
Facebook, Instagram parent hopes plans to alter a privacy approach that would limit the impact from EU orders
Twitter details new API access tiers: Free with 1.5K tweets/month at app level, Basic for $100/month, and Enterprise; old APIs will stop working within 30 days
Twitter has finally confirmed some of the details and pricing for the new version of its API.
EA plans to lay off ~6% of its workforce and cut its office space, incurring $170M to $200M in restructuring charges; EA had nearly 13,000 employees in mid-2022
Publisher of ‘Madden NFL’ and other videogame series is also making office-space reductions — White-Collar Recession: Why Job Cuts Are Hitting Professional Workers
Netflix's iOS app code suggests the company may expand its video game service to TV sets for the first time, using phones as controllers
Netflix Inc. is working to bring its nascent video-game service to television sets for the first time, moving beyond smartphones and tablets in a sign of its growing ambitions.
Report: Google AI engineer Jacob Devlin quit to join OpenAI in January after complaining that Bard was being trained with ChatGPT data; Google denies the charge
Google's Bard hasn't exactly had an impressive debut — and The Information is reporting that the company is so interested …
An AI-focused tech ethics group asks the FTC to investigate OpenAI, saying the rollout of its AI tools has been “biased, deceptive, and a risk to public safety”
An artificial intelligence-focused tech ethics group has asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate OpenAI …
As his companies lag OpenAI in the AI race, Musk launders his “concerns” about AI through the Future of Life Institute, primarily funded by the Musk Foundation
Elon Musk signed an open letter on Tuesday calling for a six-month pause in the development of artificial intelligence tools …
Midjourney halts free trials, citing “extraordinary demand” and “abuse”, after fake images of Trump getting arrested and Pope Francis wearing a coat went viral
Midjourney, the year-old firm behind recent fake visuals of Trump and the pope, illustrates the lack …
The FDA says approval for medical devices now requires meeting certain cybersecurity standards issued in the omnibus spending bill signed in December 2022
The Food and Drug Administration affirmed Wednesday that medical device manufacturers must now prove their products meet certain …
Sources: Meta is considering a company-wide political ads ban in Europe, concerned its platforms will be unable to comply with forthcoming online campaign laws
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Leaked documents from Moscow-based company NTC Vulkan show how it helps GRU, FSB, and SVR with hacking operations, attacks on national infrastructure, and more
Documents leaked by whistleblower angry over Ukraine war — Private Moscow consultancy bolstering Russian cyberwarfare
Helped by his Twitter acquisition, Elon Musk surpasses President Obama as the most followed person on the service with 133,068,709 followers
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The US sends $25M to Costa Rica for Conti ransomware recovery and gave $25M last month to help Albania recover from a ransomware attack allegedly caused by Iran
The U.S. government is sending $25 million to the government of Costa Rica to help the country recover from a devastating ransomware attack …
An interview with Vinod Khosla on how AI will “free humanity from the need to work”, seeing the AI future early, OpenAI investment, AI and geopolitics, and more
At nearly 70, Vinod Khosla is an elder statesman in Silicon Valley but he's been on top of the most cutting-edge trends, including artificial intelligence. Tweets: @mvzelenks , @rachaelrad , @sarthakg...
FreedomGPT, a chatbot from Austin VC firm Age of AI, is free of ChatGPT's safety filters and ethical guardrails, and praises Hitler, uses the N-word, and more
FreedomGPT spews out responses sure to offend both the left and the right. Its makers say that is the point. Tweets: @markyarm , @klonick , @pt , @dvsch , and @normative . Thanks: @pranavdixit Tweets...
SEC Chair Gary Gensler says existing securities law covers most of what is happening in the crypto markets and any additional legislation is unnecessary
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Crypto exchange OKX says it has identified $157M in digital assets belonging to FTX and Alameda Research, and is turning them over to the bankruptcy estate
Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk :
DataDome, which provides bot protection services for apps, websites, and APIs, raised a $42M Series C led by InfraVia Growth, bringing its total funding to $82M
Online businesses are at risk of bad bot activity, certainly more now than they used to be. According to a survey from Imperva …
Seattle-based Fixie, which aims to help developers integrate LLMs into their own applications, raised a $17M seed led by Redpoint Ventures
Taylor Soper / GeekWire :
Alibaba says it may cede control of some businesses if they opt to list after its overhaul and plans to monetize non-core assets to improve capital structure
If you work in tech long enough, you will experience many company reorgs. Alka Jain / Livemint : Alibaba to decide on control over six business units after IPOs Tweets: @reutersbiz : Alibaba's breakup...
The SEC sues shuttered crypto exchange Beaxy and its execs for allegedly not registering and Beaxy Digital's founder for raising $8M via unregistered token BXY
Google launches an Ads Transparency Center, showing all the ads from verified advertisers on its platforms, in the formats, the regions, and the dates they ran
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The New York Times says it isn't planning to pay for Twitter verification and, as a rule, won't reimburse reporters for verification of personal accounts
New: The New York Times says it is not planning to pay for Twitter verification: “We aren't planning to pay the monthly fee for verification of our institutional Twitter accounts,” a spokesperson tell...
Sources: Sam Bankman-Fried is paying his mounting legal fees from a $10M+ tax-free gift he gave his father with money borrowed from Alameda in 2021
WeMeta: the median price per square meter of land in Decentraland has dropped from ~$45 in 2022 to $5 in 2023, as the hype around the metaverse has receded
but Lyft's New CEO Has It Worse Mastodon: Mike Elgan / @MikeElgan@mastodon.social : Word of the moment: “meh-taverse” — https://www.wsj.com/... Matt Navarra / @mattnavarra@mastodonapp.uk : The Metav...
Report: PhonePe, one of India's largest fintech services, has called off plans to acquire BNPL service ZestMoney for $200M to $300M, over due diligence concerns
Livemint : Source: The Economic Times .
How NetEase and Activision's 14-year partnership fell apart, in part due to China's tech crackdown, as filings show the deal was worth ~$750M in annual revenue
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Sources: Gemini is preparing to launch an international crypto derivatives exchange to offer perpetual futures, which US regulations prohibit for retail traders
Akash Pasricha / The Information :
Court records and messages from alleged hackers reveal a massive hacking campaign targeting thousands of environmental activists, dating back to at least 2017
P97, which works with fuel brands, car OS makers, and others to let users pay for gas or electric charge through app or connected car, raised a $40M Series C
The rising prices for gas continue to be a headache and stress for a lot of people around the world, but it underscores something …
Researchers find a flaw in Wi-Fi protocol IEEE 802.11 that could be exploited to inject malicious content into TCP packets and more, impacting routers and OSes
Reddit says in 2022 it removed 473% more subreddits and permanently suspended 244% more users accounts violating its policy on non-consensual intimate imagery
Introduction — The mission of Reddit is to bring community … Steve Dent / Engadget : Reddit says it's banning more people than ever in big transparency push
As Microsoft, Meta, Google, Amazon, Twitter, and others cut their responsible AI teams, experts worry about potential abuses, disinformation, and hallucination
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Q&A with Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko on open-source governance, business models, rejecting VC firms, running instances, ActivityPub, content moderation, and more
Berlin-based Parloa, which uses AI and low-code tools to automate call center operations, raised a €20M Series A led by EQT Ventures
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
Docs: investments in 4chan include $800K from owner Hiroyuki Nishimura, $4.8M from his company, and $2.4M from Tokyo-based Good Smile, which makes Disney toys
I got my hands on records of the corporate partnership that enabled, and financed, the corrosive imageboard. Tweets: Liam Robertson / @doctor_cupcakes : This is such a bizarre story. https://twitter.c...
Paris-based Inato, which offers a marketplace to connect pharmaceutical companies with clinical trial sites, raised a $20M Series A2 led by Cathay Innovation
Emily Olsen / MobiHealthNews :
UK-based Fetch.ai, which develops infrastructure to help “build, deploy, and connect smart agents to automate Web3 systems”, raised $40M from DWF Labs
Paris-based Glopal, which helps e-commerce merchants sell globally through localization, marketing, logistics, and payments services, raised a €20M Series A
NYC-based LeapXpert, which monitors staff business chats via apps like WhatsApp, WeChat, and iMessage for compliance, raised a $22M Series A+ led by Rockefeller
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
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