Hands-on with Meta's Quest 3 prototype: lighter, thinner, faster, and with better video pass-through than the Quest 2, but the VR displays have similar clarity
This week, I go hands-on with Meta's yet-to-be-announced Quest 3 and explain how it may be the biggest challenger to Apple's new headset.
Nvidia announces a range of AI products and updates, including the DGX GH200 supercomputer platform, data center networking tools, and a robotics platform
In a two-hour presentation in Taiwan, Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang unveiled a new batch of products and services tied …
Apple's MR headset could succeed where others failed by adding more 3D content and interfaces but faces a challenge in balancing computing power and wearability
Augmented and virtual reality have mostly been dead ends so far. How Apple's vision could succeed where others have failed.
An interview with Niels Provos and David Mazieres, co-inventors of popular password-hashing function bcrypt, which turns 25 this year, on password security
The co-inventor of “bcrypt” is reflecting on the ubiquitous function's 25 years and channeling cybersecurity's core themes into electronic dance music.
In July, NYC will start enforcing a law requiring firms using AI in hiring to notify candidates of its use and have independent auditors check for bias annually
New York City's pioneering, focused approach sets rules on how companies use the technology in work force decisions. LinkedIn: Steve Katcher , Roy Kaufman , Alex Sommer , and Dr. Angela Jackson Tweets...
US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says the US “won't tolerate” China's ban on Micron chips in some critical sectors and calls the decision “economic coercion”
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A New York lawyer faces sanctions for using ChatGPT to write his legal brief that had “bogus judicial decisions, with bogus quotes and bogus internal citations”
Thanks, ChatGPT? Maya Posch / Hackaday : ChatGPT v. The Legal System: Why Trusting ChatGPT Gets You Sanctioned CourtListener : Mata v. Avianca, Inc. (1:22-cv-01461) Igor Bonifacic / Engadget : A lawye...
Source: South Korea won't encourage its memory-chip firms to grab Micron's lost market share in China to not disrupt its long-term US semiconductor relationship
South Korea will avoid capitalizing on China's ban on a US chipmaker, seeing the move by Beijing as an attempt to drive …
The developers behind open-source GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin say Nintendo sent Valve a DMCA takedown notice to block Dolphin's impending release on Steam
Unfortunately pretty much everyone has been getting the legal details wrong, incl. … Tweets: @ethangach : NEW: Nintendo breaks silence on making Valve remove the Dolphin emulator from Steam. A spokesp...
A profile of Tapbots co-founders Paul Haddad and Mark Jardine; former Twitter executive Amir Shevat says third-party apps once accounted for ~17% of engagement
After Elon Musk killed their Twitter app, two software developers in the North Texas suburbs are trying to shape the future of social media.
South Korea's Naver plans to offer versions of its ChatGPT-like AI model to governments worried about US data controls, addressing political and cultural issues
Localised versions to address political and cultural sensitivities as well as US data controls
Binance plans to launch a local service for Japanese residents in the summer and discontinue its global services for users in the country on November 30, 2023
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A look at media coverage of generative AI over the past six months, as journalists and academics criticize the hype and provide ways to improve reporting
The Tow Center looked at how news organizations have been covering generative AI over the past six months. Tweets: @emilymbender , @emilymbender , @emilymbender , @janebsinger , @emilymbender , @datad...
Source: HSBC intends to rebrand Silicon Valley Bank UK as HSBC Innovation Banking, and plans to announce the change during London Tech Week in June
Europe's biggest lender will next month announce that SVBUK is being renamed HSBC Innovation Banking, Sky News learns. — City editor @MarkKleinmanSky
A survey of 3,000 US workers, an equal number of Boomers, Gen Xers, Millennials, and Gen Zers, finds 85% of them have used AI tools to perform tasks at work
Checkr surveyed American workers from four generations to uncover their feelings about adoption of generative AI tools at work …
An interview with IBM VP of Quantum Computing Jay Gambetta on the company's plan to build a 100,000-qubit computer within 10 years, finding scientists, and more
The company wants to make large-scale quantum computers a reality within just 10 years. — Late last year, IBM took the record …
A look at hCaptcha, a reCAPTCHA alternative used by Discord and others, which trains ML systems and generative adversarial networks using AI-generated images
Discord's captcha is asking users to identify a ‘Yoko,’ a snail-like object that does not exist and was created by AI. — Matthew Gault Tweets: @jeffjarvis , @lazerwalker , @gregegansf , @motherboard...
Chartbeat data for 1,350 publishers: Twitter referral traffic fell from 1.9% in April 2018 to 1.2% in April 2023; medium-sized publishers' traffic dropped 40%
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DappRadar: Blur's NFT lending marketplace Blend accumulated 169.9K ETH, or ~$308M, in trading volume since its May 1 launch, taking 82% in lending market share
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Source and analysis: PDD-owned Temu is losing an average of $30 per order and between ~$588M to ~$954M per year, as the app tries to break into the US market
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Analysts and others say Wind Information, described as a Chinese alternative to Bloomberg terminal, is limiting international users' access to some information
Rebecca Feng / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @tyillc , @pstasiatech , @jchengwsj , and @jchengwsj Tweets: Richard Field / @tyillc : You can tell China's government has something to hide when it lower...
Accel and Sequoia check whether their portfolio companies in India and SE Asia are exposed to AI disruption; 75%+ of Sequoia India's new deals are AI related
Saritha Rai / Bloomberg : Tweets: @pkedrosky , @pkedrosky , and @saritharai Tweets: Paul Kedrosky / @pkedrosky : Weird Bloomberg piece out on how various venture firms are “scouring” their portfolios...
Activists and telecom experts say the Kenyan government's plan to track counterfeit phones, approved by the Supreme Court, is “excessive” and threatens privacy
Damilare Dosunmu / Rest of World : Tweets: @restofworld Tweets: @restofworld : Kenya is reportedly one of the biggest markets for counterfeit goods in Africa, with mobile phones among the most popula...
Brazilian lawmakers file a complaint against Google for letting Google Play users download Slavery Simulator from April 20 to May 24 before taking the game down
Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Tesla, Apple, and Nvidia stocks have gained a median 43% since January 2023, almost 5x the S&P 500, bolstered by AI optimism
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