Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign announcement on Twitter Spaces suffers crashes, feedback glitches, and audio failures
- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign announcement plans evening were derailed by massive technical glitches on Twitter that prevented him from declaring his candidacy.
Sony announces Project Q, a handheld device with an 8-inch screen for streaming games from a PlayStation 5 via Remote Play over Wi-Fi, launching later in 2023
Sony has officially confirmed it's working on a PlayStation handheld to make it easier to play your PS5 games.
Sam Altman says he has “many concerns” about the EU's proposed AI Act and OpenAI “will try to comply, but if we can't comply we will cease operating”
ChatGPT chief Sam Altman voices ‘many concerns’ over bloc's planned legislation
Microsoft says Chinese state-sponsored hackers compromised “critical infrastructure organizations” across US industries, with a focus on gathering intelligence
- Chinese state-sponsored hackers have compromised “critical” cyber infrastructure in a variety of industries …
Pegasus was used in the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict to target a government worker, a UN official, and others in 2021 and 2022, the first known use in a war
The Armenia spyware victims include a former Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia (the Ombudsperson) …
A study describes how a patient who was paralyzed from waist down was able to walk naturally again with brain and spine implants using an AI thought decoder
In a new study, researchers describe a device that connects the intentions of a paralyzed patient to his physical movements.
Nvidia reports Q1 revenue down 13% YoY to $7.19B, vs. $6.52B est., Data Center revenue up 14% YoY, and a Q2 revenue forecast above estimates; NVDA jumps 25%+
- Nvidia reported first-quarter earnings for its fiscal 2024 on Wednesday, with a stronger-than-expected forecast that drove shares up 26% in extended trading.
Sources: Apple plans a smart home display-like iOS 17 mode showing notifications, appointments, the weather, and more when an iPhone is locked in landscape mode
Apple Inc. is planning a new interface for iPhones that shows information such as calendar appointments, the weather and notifications …
Margrethe Vestager says the EU and the UK disagreeing on Microsoft's Activision deal raises “important questions” and the EU was swayed by the proposed remedies
The European Union's decision to approve Microsoft Corp.'s $69 billion plan to buy Activision Blizzard Inc …
Fahrenheit, a group of bidders led by Arrington Capital, win an auction to oversee Celsius Network's assets, including $500M in “liquid cryptocurrency”
Failed crypto lender Celsius Network LLC is poised to restart as a new company after Fahrenheit LLC, a group of bidders led …
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently visited London, part of tour to 17 cities, including Paris, Warsaw, and Lagos, to discuss AI, balanced regulation, and more
On a stop in London, the OpenAI CEO called for balanced regulation and warned of the risks of deepfake disinformation.
Microsoft formally files its appeal against the UK CMA's decision to block its $69B Activision deal; the judicial review process could take up to nine months
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OpenAI expands its free ChatGPT app for iOS, which launched in the US last week, to 11 countries, including the UK, Germany, France, and Nigeria
The smart chat assistant is at your service in 11 new markets. — OpenAI's ChatGPT app for iOS is available in 11 new markets.
Starling Bank CEO Anne Boden steps down, replaced by COO John Mountain as interim CEO; Starling, which has raised over $1B, reports £453M in FY2023 revenue
Anne Boden nearly lost a grip on Starling Bank years ago when the neobank was in the middle of a coup effort led by its CTO …
Snowflake reports Q1 revenue up 48% YoY to $623.6M, vs. $608M est., forecasts Q2 product revenue below est., and plans to acquire startup Neeva; SNOW drops 10%+
- Snowflake beat on the top and bottom lines for the fiscal first quarter, but it gave product revenue guidance that missed consensus estimates.
A look at Disney and Comcast's fight over Hulu; sources say their Hulu valuations differ significantly, they're in arbitration, and Comcast stopped funding Hulu
Parent companies are in final phase of battle marked by legal threats, broken promises and secret arbitration
A profile of Microsoft President Brad Smith, a DC veteran pushing to shape AI regulation, including by proposing a new agency, testing a well-worn playbook
In 2017, Microsoft president Brad Smith made a bold prediction. Speaking on a panel at the Davos World Economic Forum …
Motorola Edge Plus review: excellent Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 performance and battery life, a sturdy build, and fast charging, but a curved display hampers usability
It's much closer to being a true flagship competitor, but the Edge Plus 2023 lacks the extra something that it needs to stand up to the category leaders.
Google expands its Google Play Games beta on PC to Europe and New Zealand, expanding the offering from 13 countries to 56 countries and to 100+ Android games
As telegraphed earlier this year, the Google Play Games on PC Beta is now available in Europe and New Zealand.
Tools for Humanity, co-founded by Sam Altman to build Worldcoin, raised a $115M Series C led by Blockchain Capital, aiming to scan eyes to create IDs for all
A crypto startup co-founded by OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman has raised new funding to further its mission of providing a digital ID for everyone on the planet.
Binance launches NFT loans, starting with ETH borrowing against “blue-chip” NFTs, such as BAYC, MAYC, and Azuki with an interest rate of 7.91% per annum
- Binance has launched NFT loans feature on its NFT marketplace. — The feature currently supports ETH borrowing against …
Google DeepMind shows how its visual language model Flamingo is generating descriptions for YouTube Shorts based on metadata, helping improve discoverability
Google just combined DeepMind and Google Brain into one big AI team, and on Wednesday, the new Google DeepMind shared details …
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signs the broadest-yet right-to-repair bill, with exceptions including game consoles and cybersecurity tools, effective July 1, 2024
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Nymbus, which offers tools for banks to migrate their legacy stack and help launch neobanks, raised a $70M Series D led by Insight Partners
Nymbus, a startup that partners with banks to migrate their legacy stack and launch neobanks to attract new customers, today announced …
Netflix cracks down on password sharing in the US and offers paid sharing, which lets some accounts add an extra member outside their household for $7.99/month
Starting today, we will be sending this email to members … LinkedIn: Dan Rayburn : Netflix password sharing notifications started rolling out in the US, Europe, Asia, New Zealand, Australia, and Middl...
A look at how puritanism took over fandom communities, the growing “anti-fandom” movement, and how the US' FOSTA-SESTA worsened sex positivity discourse online
Aja Romano / Vox : Tweets: @tabbiewolf , @dollmaidcrystal , and @secretsunblog Tweets: @tabbiewolf : Oddly, this article doesn't touch on rhymes-with-ShamerShate at all, which I think was where a lot...
Amazon plans to close its Appstore in China on July 17, 2023, after its 2022 announcement that the company would shutter its Kindle e-bookstore in the country
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A look at AI-generated podcasts, like “The Joe Rogan AI Experience” and “Myself, I Am and That”, created using AI voice tools from ElevenLabs and other startups
Kate Knibbs / Wired : Tweets: @arjunbasu See also Mediagazer Tweets: Arjun Basu / @arjunbasu : What if I already am? Then what? Generative AI Podcasts Are Here. Prepare to Be Bored https://www.wired....
Sources: some Meta employees say important work has been at a standstill and the company's 2023 product roadmap is undecided, as its final round of layoffs ends
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Memo: Grab co-founder Tan Hooi Ling plans to exit her operational roles and give up her board seat by the end of 2023, as the company fights to reverse losses
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European gaming giant Embracer says a “groundbreaking strategic partnership” worth $2B+ collapsed and slashes its 2023 profit forecast; EMBRAC-B drops 40%+
Microsoft adds native support for rar, 7-zip, tar, gz, and other archive formats to Windows 11, via the libarchive open-source project
A Montenegrin court overturns a lower court's decision that would have let Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon be released on €400K bail; Kwon remains in jail
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TikTok is testing its chatbot, Tako, in select markets; from the right side of the app, the bot helps users discover new content and ask questions about a video
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Q&A with Grimes, who invited anyone to make Grimes songs using AI tools, on “open-sourcing” her voice, her obsession with AI, and five GrimesAI-created tracks
the producer and pop singer who has long been enthralled with visions of the future — sees opportunity. https://www.nytimes.com/... @cfarivar : “We were going through my old college sketch pads last y...
An SEC filing shows OpenAI closed a $175.3M fund to invest in startups, 75% more than the money raised when the fund launched in May 2021, from 14 investors
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Filing: Indonesia-based eFishery, which offers devices, tools, and financing to fish and shrimp farmers, raised a $108M Series D at a $1.3B post-money valuation
Grace Priscilla Teo / Tech in Asia :
Filing: the Biden administration says SCOTUS should let stand a 2022 appeals court ruling favoring Google in its alleged copying of Genius' lyric transcriptions
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Interviews with 30+ sources detail issues at Tom Siebel's AI startup C3.ai, causing product delays; the company is on its third name since its founding in 2009
The AI hype cycle has birthed innumerable boosters. An unlikely member of this group is Silicon Valley billionaire Tom Siebel.
Sources: after closing Arm Research in 2022, Arm plans to limit its “blue sky” research and focus on more commercially viable products, ahead of its IPO in 2023
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Six weeks after Amazon demoed its generative AI tech with an unusually vague announcement and just one testimonial, most cloud customers still don't have access
Elementl, which offers data orchestration services based on Dagster, raised a $33M Series B led by Georgian, bringing its total funding to $48.8M
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Poolside, co-founded by former GitHub CTO Jason Warner to build a “subsystem” for AI services like GitHub Copilot and Replit's Ghostwriter, raised a $26M seed
Eric Newcomer / Newcomer : Tweets: @mfts0 , @solomonstre , and @ericabrescia Tweets: Marc Seitz / @mfts0 : Once a builder, always a builder. Wow, I'm excited to hear the news of this. Knowing the bac...
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