An interview with Tim Cook on Apple's pledge to become carbon neutral by 2030, the Vision Pro, return to the office, why Apple still advertises on X, and more
In Brown County, Texas - flat, dry, near the geographical center of the state - Apple has invested in a joint venture to power 100,000 homes with clean energy.
North Korea-tied Lazarus Group stole nearly $240M in crypto in the past 104 days, ramping up hacks and shifting focus from decentralized to centralized services
The elite North Korean hacking group Lazarus appears to have recently ramped up its operations, conducting a confirmed four attacks against crypto entities since June 3rd.
Microsoft CPO Panos Panay is leaving after 19 years, ahead of the September 21 Surface event; consumer marketing chief Yusuf Mehdi will lead Windows and Surface
Panos Panay, the chief product officer at Microsoft, leading Windows development and the company's Surface line, is leaving Microsoft.
How Spotify and other streaming services have transformed the sound of music: songs are shorter, albums are longer, and artists collaborate more across genres
To succeed on Spotify and other services, songs are getting shorter, albums are getting longer, and artists are collaborating across genres.
Q&A with DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman on LLMs becoming more controllable, “interactive” AI after generative AI, AI regulation being achievable, and more
DeepMind cofounder Mustafa Suleyman wants to build a chatbot that does a whole lot more than chat.
Apple's new AirPods Pro with USB-C add dust resistance but little else; an AirPods Pro software update alongside iOS 17 adds the useful Adaptive Audio and more
Last week, as predicted, Apple announced that the second-generation AirPods Pro would start shipping with a USB-C charging case instead …
Intel details its work on glass core substrates, a longterm project to replace organic substrates in chips, and plans a launch in the second half of the decade
Although Intel's annual Innovation event doesn't kick off until tomorrow, the company is already publishing some announcements ahead …
One year after Ethereum's Merge, developers approve a change to slow down staking, which has emerged as one of the few reliable ways to earn returns in crypto
Researchers find a GitHub repository belonging to Microsoft's AI research unit that exposed 38TB of sensitive data, including secret keys and Teams chat logs
Microsoft AI researchers accidentally exposed tens of terabytes of sensitive data, including private keys and passwords …
Crypto custody startup Bastion, co-founded by two ex-a16z executives, raised a $25M seed led by a16z crypto to expand its tools for traditional companies
- Bastion raises $25 million in funding round led by a16z crypto — Startup to provide custody and other services on one platform
The BBC, ITV, Channel 4, and other UK broadcasters announce Freely, offering linear TV channels via the internet, available on new smart TVs starting in 2024
Freely will be built into next-generation smart sets, in effect taking Freeview platform on to internet
The US should not regulate most AI, letting the tech mature for positive uses, to avoid favoring incumbents, killing startups, and forcing the industry overseas
that we've been living in an era of overregulation, which harms innovation and ossifies incumbents — is spot on But I disagree with his first example, regarding the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA...
TikTok's US staff complain about a new internal app to track office attendance; TikTok requires most staff to be in the office three times per week from October
A look at SBF's ~250 pages of reflections and self-justifications while under house arrest, which signal how he may defend himself at his October criminal trial
AI writing startup Writer, used by L'Oréal, Spotify, and Uber to create digital marketing campaigns, raised $100M led by Iconiq Growth at a $500M+ valuation
The company's technology can write and summarize a wide range of text. … Led by Chief Executive Officer May Habib …
T2, a rival to X launched after Elon Musk's takeover, rebrands as Pebble with a new logo and says T2 was never meant to be its permanent name
An X challenger didn't hide its ambitions to take on the social network formerly known as Twitter when it dubbed itself T2 at launch …
Twitter's ex-head of trust and safety reflects on Donald Trump publicly attacking him, the resulting abuse, fact-checking, Elon Musk, Twitter Files, and more
When I worked at Twitter, I led the team that placed a fact-checking label on one of Donald Trump's tweets for the first time. Mastodon: @unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyz , @yoyoel@macaw.social , and @Noup...
The UK CMA lists seven AI foundation model regulating principles and plans to engage Google, Meta, OpenAI, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Anthropic before a 2024 report
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Prosus and Naspers CEO Bob van Dijk steps down and plans to remain as a consultant to the boards for a year; Prosus executive Ervin Tu becomes the interim CEO
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Lyft to pay a $10M fine over US SEC claims that it failed to disclose a board director was paid millions to arrange a pre-IPO sale of $424M in private shares
- SEC says company didn't properly disclose details of sale — Lyft investor sold private stake for $424 million, SEC says
German prosecutors say Elon Musk's X has complied with hundreds of hate-crime user data requests; Twitter used to push back if requests threatened free speech
Q&A with Apple execs Jeremy Sandmel, Tim Millet, and Kaiann Drance on gaming ambitions for the iPhone 15 Pro, MetalFX's upscaling, game controllers, and more
Thoughts on Apple's Wonderlust event, including the Mother Nature skit, FineWoven iPhone cases and Watch straps, the iPhone 15 lineup, and the AirPods Pro 2
A look at the proliferation of pirated movies and TV shows on TikTok, posted as bite-sized clips by accounts that don't appear to make money from the content
Australia says Tinder, Bumble, Hinge, and other apps must submit a voluntary user safety code of conduct by June 30, 2024, or face new government regulations
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KKR agrees to buy 20% of Singapore-based Singtel's regional datacenter business for ~$807M at a ~$4B valuation, with an option to raise its stake to 25% by 2027
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On X, French President Emmanuel Macron backpedals after saying video games “intoxicated” some young rioters and declares games are an “integral part of France”
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Hong Kong IPOs: AI startup and US Entity List member Beijing Fourth Paradigm aims to raise up to $144M and cloud hospital startup Neusoft Xikang aims for $101M
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Analysis: Arm's $5B IPO generated $84M in fees for services firms including Deloitte, the most a company spent on fees since Axa in 2018 and over 7x the average
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A look at D Billions, a network of YouTube channels run by Kyrgyzstan-based media company AWA and which got billions of views by teaching kids words via songs
A profile of Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott, whose OpenAI-or-bust strategy rankled some staff who found their AI projects pushed aside and their resources curtailed
A look at Amazon's bets across industries, including health care, as some analysts and investors question the company's scattershot efforts and its poor returns
Wall Street Journal : X: @jessefelder and @scienceisstrat1 X: Jesse Felder / @jessefelder : 'Some analysts and investors are starting to lose patience with Amazon's scattershot efforts and the poor r...
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