SBF testifies that he only understood “pieces” of the full financial state of his companies and was “surprised” by FTX's $8B balance-sheet hole in October 2022
Former billionaire denies intending to defraud customers in testimony to the jury at trial
X adds a $16/mo. Premium+ plan with no ads in For You or Following and the “largest reply boost”, and a $3/mo. Basic plan with a “small boost” but no checkmark
X, the platform previously known as Twitter, has introduced a new $16 per month Premium Plus plan …
US v. Google: Google's search head testifies that the company spent $26.3B in 2021 to be the default search engine in multiple browsers, phones, and platforms
Even if it's easy to switch browsers or platforms or search engines, the one that appears when you turn it on matters a lot.
Apple fixed an old iOS bug that let nearby wireless routers gather real MAC addresses even when Private Wi-Fi Address is enabled, including in Lockdown Mode
“From the get-go, this feature was useless,” researcher says of feature put into iOS 14. — Three years ago, Apple introduced …
Adam Mosseri says Threads is working on an API, despite concerns that “it'll mean a lot more publisher content and not much more creator content”
Instagram head Adam Mosseri said today that a Threads API is in the works. This will give chance to developers to create different apps and experiences around Threads.
Researchers earned $1M+ for 58 zero-day exploits targeting consumer products at Pwn2Own Toronto 2023 and hacked a fully patched Samsung Galaxy S23 four times
The Pwn2Own Toronto 2023 hacking competition has ended with security researchers earning $1,038,500 for 58 zero-day exploits …
Google invests $500M upfront in Anthropic and agrees to add $1.5B more over time, after investing $550M in the generative AI startup earlier in 2023
Google move follows Amazon investment as tech giants place bigger bets on startups racing to develop artificial intelligence
Internet and phone services collapse in the Gaza Strip as Israel's military expands its ground operations, largely cutting off communications for 2.3M residents
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A profile of, and interview with, OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever, who made a “superalignment” team to safely build and control superintelligent AI models
“It's going to be monumental, earth-shattering. There will be a before and an after.” — Ilya Sutskever, head bowed, is deep in thought.
Adam Mosseri says he wants Threads to be the “de facto platform for public conversations online” and web app is not a “primary focus” as mobile usage is higher
Instagram boss Adam Mosseri has high ambitions for Threads: he wants it to become the …
OpenAI forms Preparedness, a new team to assess, evaluate, and probe AI models to protect against “catastrophic risks”, including biological and nuclear threats
A US executive order, expected to be issued as soon as October 30, will require firms building powerful AI models to report how they plan to protect their tech
The White House is poised to make an all-hands effort to impose national rules on a fast-moving technology, according to a draft executive order
Cruise pauses all driverless operations two days after the California DMV suspended its permits, but plans to continue operating supervised autonomous vehicles
maybe as much as 10x. It does not seem surprising that Cruise has had more problems since launching driverlessly. Timothy B. Lee / @binarybits : Waymo announced 20 million miles of testing (with safet...
Filing: Gemini sues Genesis Global, its former business partner for its Gemini Earn product, over 60M GBTC shares, worth $1.6B+, that were pledged as collateral
Oliver Knight / CoinDesk :
Pixel owners using the multiple profiles feature say their devices are becoming “unusable” due to an Android 14 bug that is locking them out of device storage
https://arstechnica.com/... We've made additional fixes for upstream user profile issues still impacting the stock Pixel OS since then too. X: Zøë Wolfe / @glitch_wolfe : On the off chance you're an ...
How OpenAI uses ChatGPT prompt engineering to get around DALL-E 3's fundamental biases, discourage DALL-E 3 from recreating the work of living artists, and more
“Don't create images in the style of artists whose last work was created within the last 100 years (e.g. Picasso, Kahlo). Artists whose last work was over 100 years ago are ok to reference directly (...
Sources: the UK government is working with OpenAI to develop Gov.uk Chat, an AI chatbot to help people pay taxes and access pensions
Move raises fears that taxpayers may be directed away from understaffed phone lines — Rishi Sunak is planning to launch an AI chatbot to help … Bluesky: @dead.place . X: @jamestitcomb Bluesky: Flynn...
Q&A with Discord's head of trust and safety John Redgrave on the content moderation challenges in the age of generative AI, exploring E2EE on Discord, and more
Discord, the online messaging platform that started as a haven for gamers, became better known earlier this year as the site …
After state AGs sued Meta for not using age-verification methods to safeguard kids, privacy groups raise concerns about security and the tech's untested nature
Tonya Riley / Bloomberg Law :
Sources: Flexport is in talks to acquire collapsed digital freight startup Convoy's tech, a move that would expand Flexport's push into the US trucking market
https://lnkd.in/eF58482E Brittain Ladd : FLEXPORT IN DISCUSSIONS TO ACQUIRE CONVOY — Many people on LinkedIn have been reaching out to me since the news broke that Convoy was going out of business …
A US appeals court upholds a jury's ruling that Craig Wright wasn't in a legal partnership with the late David Kleiman and doesn't owe half of their mined BTC
Jack Schickler / CoinDesk :
Payments processor Wex plans to acquire North Carolina-based Payzer, which sells field services tools to ~150K contractors like plumbers and roofers, for ~$250M
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Sources: Humane timed its ~$1K Ai Pin launch to the October 14 eclipse, but moved it to November 9 after reports broke about Sam Altman and Jony Ive's AI device
and require a subscription Threads: @martinsfp : Wearable cameras are back, baybee: “A peek inside secretive startup Humane before the grand unveiling of its first product, the screenless, wearable Ai...
Shopify: Revolutionizing Commerce with Winter Edition '26
Over 150+ new features transform how merchants build, design, and grow—with technology that amplifies creative vision.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
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.