OpenAI, Meta, Google, Microsoft, and others make voluntary AI governance pledges to the White House, including cybersecurity investment and watermarking systems
The White House is bringing in AI's top seven companies Friday to make a series of voluntary promises to protect users.
Reddit removes the moderators of r/malefashionadvice, one of the biggest subreddits to close protesting Reddit's API changes, and takes charge of the subreddit
Reddit is now in charge of r/malefashionadvice, which for a time was the biggest subreddit still closed in protest of the platform's API pricing changes.
Sources: Apple is struggling to assemble iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max models due to larger screens and narrower bezels, possibly causing September launch shortages
Apple is facing challenges assembling its two upcoming new iPhone models, the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max, which could lead …
FTX sues Sam Bankman-Fried, Caroline Ellison, Gary Wang, and Nishad Singh for $1B+, alleging they misappropriated funds for “pet projects” before FTX bankruptcy
FTX Trading Ltd on Thursday sued founder Sam Bankman-Fried and other former executives at the cryptocurrency exchange …
After a May 2023 White House meeting, OpenAI drafted an internal policy memo supporting the US government requiring licenses for developing advanced AI systems
This is as if Google asked the government to step in after they started shipping websites using Asynchronous JavaScript and XML. A license to build an LLM would stop Open Source LLMs in their tracks....
Filing: the US FTC suspends its in-house trial against Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition set for August 2023, opening the door to settlement talks
- Move allows Microsoft, Activision to speak with commissioners — Companies asked for delay ahead of August in-house trial
Sensor Tower: Threads' DAUs declined to 13M, down 70% from the July 7 peak; Similarweb: average time spend on Threads' app declined to four mins, down from 19
Data show user engagement has fallen 70% as executives focus on options such as a chronological feed
Sources: Sergey Brin has increased his visits to Google in recent months to three to four days a week, working with AI researchers building Google's Gemini
Co-founder is working alongside AI researchers at tech giant's headquarters, aiding efforts to build powerful Gemini system
Troy Hunt: sensitive info of ~4,000 people who attended Roblox Developer Conference between 2017-2020 was leaked in 2021; Roblox disclosed the leak just now
This may cost the company a few Robux. — The major gaming platform Roblox has suffered a major data breach …
Telegram launches Stories for its Premium users, letting users control who can see their stories and how long they last before disappearing
You can display them forever or make them disappear at various times up to 48 hours. — Telegram's new Stories feature is here as promised …
OpenAI adds opt-in “custom instructions”, or a user's details that ChatGPT should remember, in beta for ChatGPT Plus subscribers everywhere but the UK and EU
persistent instructions & context that are applied to every conversation. Gives you more control over ChatGPT & makes it possible for it to remember facts about you: Forums: r/OpenAI : Introducing Cus...
Open-source GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin is not coming to Steam; its developers deny that Nintendo sent a DMCA but cite its “long-held stance on emulation”
OpenAI's head of trust and safety Dave Willner leaves OpenAI citing the pressures of the job on his family life and says he would be available for advisory work
OpenAI's head of trust and safety Dave Willner is leaving the company, he said in a LinkedIn post on Friday …
A look at Samsung's and Texas Instruments' chip fabs in Texas, as the state becomes a US chipmaking hub with six projects totaling $61B and creating 8K+ jobs
WATCH NOW — How Texas became the center of U.S. chipmaking — On a 1,200-acre plot of land in a small town 30 miles north of Austin …
Meta rolls out Quest v56, featuring Hand Tracking 2.2, which the company claims reduces latency by up to 40% in typical usage and up to 75% during fast movement
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Activision Blizzard lays off ~50 esports employees and asks Overwatch League teams to vote on an updated operating agreement, and to decide the league's future
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The US Federal Reserve launches FedNow, its long-awaited real-time payments system that will eventually let individuals and businesses transfer money in seconds
JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, and 33 Banks Onboard Emma Roth / The Verge : The Federal Reserve's 24/7 payment system could deposit your paycheck instantly Paul Hill / Neowin : FedNow Service launches bringin...
Sources: in a recent Microsoft breach, China-linked hackers accessed the emails of the US ambassador to China and the assistant secretary of state for East Asia
Presented by P&W Military Engines — Grassley defies FBI with Biden-focused clash John Sakellariadis / Politico : Top American diplomats on China swept up in Microsoft email hack NBC News : China-linke...
Amazon plans to roll out its Amazon One palm scanning payment tech to all 500+ US Whole Foods stores by the end of 2023; 200+ locations already have Amazon One
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Twitter is letting some verified organizations post job listings directly on their profiles through a job listings feature
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Amazon settles with the US DOJ and the FTC for $25M over not complying with parents' requests to delete their kids' Alexa voice recordings and geolocation data
The U.S. Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that Amazon has agreed to pay a $25 million fine …
The US DOJ merges its crypto enforcement team, formed in 2021, into the department investigating computer-related crimes, giving crypto crimes more resources
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A Google bug report says the company fixed a Chrome zero-day that an Apple employee found during a March 2023 hacking competition but did not report to Google
Someone else in the competition, who did not find the bug and wasn't even on the same team, reported it. … Twitter: @iancoldwater : This seems so mundane that I'm not sure why it warranted a news stor...
TSMC reports Q2 revenue down 10% YoY to ~$15.68B and net income down 23.3% YoY to ~$5.9B, the first quarterly decline since 2019, as all non-AI chip sales slump
And Those Of Others Larry Dignan / Constellation Research : TSMC's Q2: 6 takeaways to know CNBC : TSMC reports first profit drop in 4 years as electronics demand slump continues Andrew Jolly / HPCwire...
A study based on open-source data estimates that 30K+ workers at European tech companies have moved to China in the past 20 years; China rejects the findings
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YouTube increases YouTube Premium's price in the US from $11.99 per month to $13.99 per month and YouTube Music from $9.99 per month to $10.99 per month
Canalys: after three quarters of decline, smartphone shipments in India have stabilized with 36.1M units in Q2 2023, down 1% YoY; Samsung led with an 18% share
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Letter: the US SEC subpoenaed Bolt and sent a notice to former CEO Ryan Breslow in 2022 over their past misleading statements to current and potential investors
The Securities and Exchange Commission subpoenaed e-commerce software startup Bolt and sent a notice to co-founder …
Tiger Global, Peak XV, and other investors ask India to reconsider its new 28% online gaming tax that they say would lead to a $2.5B write-off and 1M jobs lost
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Autonomous trucking company Aurora Innovation raised $600M in a private placement of its stock, at $2.70/share, and plans a ~$220M public offering, at $3/share
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GitHub releases Copilot Chat, its AI-powered coding chatbot, to all Copilot for Business users in a limited public beta via Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code
Dallas-based o9 Solutions, which sells supply chain management tools, raised $116M led by General Atlantic at a $3.7B valuation, up from $2.7B in January 2022
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Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.