Apple Vision Pro impressions after 30 minutes of use: extraordinary tech, heavier than expected, visionOS is a breakthrough, incredible for sports, and more
I got to spend about 30 minutes Monday afternoon using a Vision Pro and VisionOS at Apple Park, in a temporary “field house” …
Court filings: Binance's lawyers allege SEC Chair Gary Gensler offered to be an advisor to the company in March 2019 when he was teaching at MIT Sloan
- According to a new filing from Binance's lawyers, SEC Chair Gary Gensler offered to be an advisor to the crypto exchange in 2019.
Court documents: the SEC accuses Binance and Binance.US of redirecting $12B+ in customer assets to entities controlled by Changpeng Zhao between 2019 and 2021
The Securities and Exchange Commission has accused Binance and Binance.US of redirecting over $12 billion in customer assets …
Twitch walks back new branded content guidelines, released on June 6, calling them “bad” for streamers and the company, after swift backlash from creators
/ ‘These guidelines are bad for you and bad for Twitch, and we are removing them immediately.’
The SEC's Binance lawsuit includes testimony from ex-Binance.US CEO Catherine Coley, who joined in 2019 before suddenly leaving two years later without a trace
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WhatsApp announces Channels, a one-to-many broadcast tool that is “a private way to follow what matters”, and plans to add payment services in the future
June 8, 2023 … The newest feature in WhatsApp brings a very different kind of messaging to the world's most popular chat app.
DeepMind's AlphaDev, an AI for discovering enhanced algorithms, devised new C++ sorting algorithms that are up to 70% faster and have been added to the language
The AI-generated algorithms are already being used by millions of developers. — DeepMind's run of discoveries in fundamental computer science continues.
Google updates how Bard handles math, coding questions, and string manipulation via “implicit code execution”, which lets the chatbot run code in the background
Bard, Google's beleaguered AI-powered chatbot, is slowly improving at tasks involving logic and reasoning.
Internal email: Google plans to include office attendance records in performance reviews and consider new requests to work remotely full-time as an exception
Search giant, which asks most workers to be in an office 3 days a week, will consider attendance as part of performance
Sources: Amazon plans to launch an ad-supported Prime Video tier and is talking with WBD and Paramount about adding their ad-based tiers to Prime Video Channels
Discussions come as ad buyers have been pushing for more access to premium shows and movies — Amazon is planning to launch …
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak plans to host an AI summit in the fall, saying the UK would be “well-placed” to convene discussions; attendees are unclear
Rishi Sunak's spokesperson denied G7 members were trying to set up an alliance against China and Russia.
The UK FCA plans to introduce tough crypto advertising rules, classifying crypto as “restricted mass market investments”, banning incentives to invest, and more
The Financial Conduct Authority said it will treat crypto like a high risk investment, and will consult on new guidance for its rules on promotions.
On the 10th anniversary of his revelations, Edward Snowden says he has “no regrets” and “2013 seems like child's play” versus current surveillance capabilities
But whistleblower says 2013 surveillance 'child's play' compared to technology today
GameStop fires CEO Matt Furlong two years after hiring him and appoints chairman and majority shareholder Ryan Cohen as its executive chairman; GME drops 15%+
June 7 (Reuters) - GameStop (GME.N) fired CEO Matt Furlong two years after hiring him and appointed billionaire Ryan Cohen as executive chairman …
Hollywood insiders discuss the end of Peak TV, an era started by Netflix dropping House of Cards' first season in one go in 2013, as streaming services cut back
If you call a slew of Hollywood's most powerful showrunners, studio chiefs, agents, and operators and ask them to describe …
A look at what the SEC and crypto industry learned from the SEC's ICO enforcement actions in 2017, why the SEC is targeting only select tokens, and more
SEC v. crypto exchanges — The US Securities and Exchange Commission began cracking down on crypto in 2017.
Adobe rolls out Firefly to businesses and offers “full indemnification” for copyright infringement lawsuits over any content created in the generative AI tool
Adobe is so confident in Firefly's ability to respect creators' copyrighted images that it'll legally compensate businesses …
SK Hynix begins mass producing its 238-layer 3D NAND memory chips with a 2,400 MT/s data transfer rate, up from the prior generation's 176 layers and 1,600 MT/s
The new memory promises speeds of up to 2,400 MT/s. — SK hynix said late on Wednesday that it had begun mass production of its 238-layer …
A radio host sues OpenAI for defamation over a ChatGPT hallucination, alleging the tool generated a false legal complaint accusing him of fraud and embezzlement
OpenAI LLC is facing a defamation lawsuit from a Georgia radio host who claimed the viral artificial intelligence program ChatGPT generated …
iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma will include Link Tracking Protection in Mail, Messages, and Safari's private mode to automatically remove tracking parameters in URLs
iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma include even more privacy-preserving features while browsing the web. — Link Tracking Protection …
Toronto-based NLP and chatbot startup Cohere raised $270M led by Inovia Capital, a source says at a $2.1B to $2.2B valuation, taking its total funding to ~$445M
Artificial intelligence startup Cohere has raised $270 million from a mix of venture capital and strategic investors including Oracle Corp …
GoTo CEO Andre Soelistyo plans to step down, to be replaced by Northstar partner Patrick Walujo, who aims to tackle years of losses and intensifying competition
Indonesian internet company GoTo Group is replacing its chief executive officer, seeking fresh leadership to reverse years of losses and tackle intensifying competition.
Tech entrepreneurs who left the Bay Area during the pandemic are returning, saying they can't miss out on the funding, hackathons, and networking of the AI boom
Tech entrepreneurs who left the Bay Area during the pandemic say they can't afford to miss out on the funding … Bluesky: @darthbluesky.bsky.social . Mastodon: @BruceHalperin@sfba.social . Tweets: @tom...
In a letter, two US senators accuse TikTok of misleading Congress on the company's handling of US user data, demanding answers to 12+ questions by June 16
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Sequoia's Roelof Botha says splitting the VC stops the trio from rubbing against one another; sources: China arm manager Neil Shen agitated for a separate unit
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The European Court of Justice strikes down Barcelona's 2018 restrictions on ride-hailing licenses, a victory for Uber, Cabify, and other services across Europe
ECJ's verdict will allow likes of Uber and Cabify to increase presence in Catalan city — A top EU court has struck …
Paris-based Pigment, a business planning and forecasting service that integrates with Salesforce and other tools, raised an $88M Series C led by Iconiq Growth
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Apple details features coming to its services this fall, like offline maps and real-time EV charging availability in Maps and Collaborative Playlists in Music
Google Cloud partners with Mayo Clinic to test a service for making AI chatbots and search apps; Mayo created a tool that helps staff find patient data and more
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Mojang launches Minecraft: Bedrock Edition for ChromeOS, after early access in March 2023; the $20 game runs on Chromebooks from the past three years and more
Berlin-based Payrails, which offers a framework for enterprise payment services, raised a $14.4M seed extension led by EQT Ventures, bringing its seed to $20.8M
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
The European Commission approves €8B in state subsidies for chip research, adding to €13.7B in private funding for ~€22B in total, as part of the EU's Chips Act
Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg :
The Cyberspace Administration of China plans tighter controls on file-sharing tools like AirDrop that protestors in China and Hong Kong used in recent years
Yoko Kubota / Wall Street Journal :
Sources: TikTok is aiming for $20B in global e-commerce GMV in 2023, more than quadruple the $4.4B in 2022, after TikTok Shop's rapid growth in Southeast Asia
but it faces big challenges PYMNTS.com : Report: TikTok Plans to Quadruple Its eCommerce Network Jofie Yordan / Tech in Asia : TikTok Shop bets on SEA to reach $20b revenue target in 2023: report Anir...
Interviews and surveys: South Korean NGO Pscore details North Koreans' limited online use, including a days-long approval process for monitored internet access
Matt Burgess / Wired : Tweets: @martyn_williams Tweets: Martyn Williams / @martyn_williams : A new report from PSCORE provides some fascinating details on how North Koreans access the Internet. Some ...
Some software providers and startups are promoting AI-based workplace monitoring tools to combat burnout, reduce stress, and improve productivity and engagement
Danielle Abril / Washington Post : Tweets: @datasociety , @seamusblackley , @seamusblackley , @danielledigest , and @dangainor Tweets: @datasociety : “We're used to a model where you need to suck up ...
Pornhub adds a video message to its homepage for Virginia, Mississippi, and Arkansas visitors, asking to oppose the states' newly passed age verification laws
Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica :
Meta plans to update its account center to give users more control over its cross-site tracking and profiling, ahead of a German antitrust ruling set for July 4
Reddit creates an exemption from its unpopular new usage-based API pricing terms for “select developers of non-commercial apps that address accessibility needs”
Jay Peters / The Verge :
Digibee, a low-code service that helps enterprises build integration workflows, raised a $60M Series B led by Goldman Sachs, taking its total funding to $90M+
Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE :
Contextual AI, which is building the next generation of LLMs for enterprise use-cases, emerges from stealth with a $20M seed led by Bain Capital Ventures
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
Chats, screenshots, and interviews: some people are pirating GPT-4 and offering free access after stealing OpenAI API tokens scraped from other people's code
Joseph Cox / VICE : Tweets: @fabianstelzer , @simonw , @alex , @josephfcox , @iethics , @josephfcox , and @josephfcox Tweets: Fabian Stelzer / @fabianstelzer : “pirating API tokens” - apt scene https...
A survey of 472 corporate board directors ahead of the SEC's cyber-risk regulations: 76% have at least one expert, 62% say risk awareness is improving, and more
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