Elon Musk replied “You have said the actual truth” to an X user who, replying to a “Hitler was right” inquiry, accused Jewish groups of “hatred against whites”
The billionaire amplified a post Wednesday accusing the Jewish community of promoting “dialectical hatred against whites”
YouTube lets some Shorts creators test Dream Track, a new DeepMind-powered AI tool to generate and remix music in the styles of nine artists, including Sia
YouTube creators will get to test a new AI tool that generates and remixes music in the style of several famous musicians, including Sia, Demi Lovato, and T-Pain.
The Wireless Power Consortium says the first Qi v2.0 devices are set to arrive in time for the holidays and 100+ are in certification testing or waiting in line
Qi2 — the next version of the wireless charging standard, now with more magnets! — is more almost-here than ever.
Apple releases Apple Music Classical on iPad as part of a v1.1 update, the first major update to the app after its release in spring 2023 on iPhone
Apple Music Classical, included as part of a standard Apple Music subscription, launched as an iPhone only app in the spring ... but is now available on the iPad too.
Embracer reports Q2 net sales up 13% YoY to ~$1B, layoffs impacted 900 employees, or 5% of its workforce, and 36 fewer games are in development than Q2 2022
“Lord of the Rings” owner Embracer Group has reported a 13% increase in net sales year-on-year in Q2, in part thanks to its intensive restructuring program.
Alibaba reports Q2 revenue up 9% YoY to ~$31B, beating ~$30.9B est., a ~$3.8B net income, up from a ~$3B loss in Q2 2022, and calls off its cloud spinoff
- The decision marks a dramatic reversal on a signature move — Alibaba's historic six-way restructuring is now in doubt
Threads tests tags, which categorizes and links posts with a hashtag but without showing the # symbol, initially in Australia and “soon” in other countries
Instagram's Threads app has been duping Twitter/X in a number of ways and today it's adding one more feature that's …
Microsoft announces the Maia 100 chip for Azure clients, already in testing for its Bing and Office AI tools, and Cobalt, a chip for servers, launching in 2024
Software giant seeks to reduce dependence on outside suppliers in two key growth areas.
Microsoft launches a Windows App in preview for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, Windows, and the web, letting enterprise customers securely access Windows via other devices
Microsoft brings Windows to non-Windows devices. — What you need to know — Microsoft is launching the “Windows app” …
GitGuardian: nearly 3K of the 450K projects submitted to PyPI exposed at least one credential in code, like API keys, including some from “very large companies”
Many transgressions come from “very large companies that have robust security teams.”
Alibaba filing: Jack Ma's family trust plans to sell 10M American Depository Shares of Alibaba for around $871M; BABA drops 8%+
Akash Sriram / Reuters :
At its conference, Unity says Unity 6 is coming in 2024 and releases early access versions of Unity Muse, an AI suite for content creation, and Unity Cloud
Unity, the global game engine and monetizationplatform, said that its Unity 6 platform will launch in 2024 with AI innovations and platform updates.
Nvidia releases a new update for its GeForce Now app that introduces Game Syncing with the Microsoft Store, PC Game Pass, and Ubisoft+
Nvidia is releasing a new update for its GeForce Now app today that introduces Game Syncing with the Microsoft Store, PC Game Pass, and Ubisoft+.
Google's Threat Analysis Group discovers and helps patch a Zimbra email server flaw used to steal data from governments in Greece, Moldova, and elsewhere
Google's threat analysis team discovered the security flaw in June. — Google's Threat Analysis Group revealed on Thursday …
The FCC adopts a rule to prevent the “digital discrimination” of broadband access based on income, race, and more; ISPs and their GOP allies oppose the measure
Industry and GOP say rule goes too far, warn of a chilling effect on broadband investment
TikTok joins Meta in appealing against its EU DMA “gatekeeper” status, saying the service is “arguably the most capable challenger to more entrenched” rivals
TikTok on Thursday joined Meta (META.O) in appealing against the “gatekeeper” status under the Digital Markets Act …
Google's Search Generative Experience adds shopping tools to help find niche or unique items and expands virtual try-ons to men's tops from hundreds of brands
Google's AI-powered Search Generative Experience (SGE) is behind a bunch of new shopping features that aim to help users find niche …
Pew: 30% of US adults regularly get their news from Facebook, 26% from YouTube, 16% from Instagram, 14% TikTok, 12% X, 8% Reddit, and 5% Nextdoor and LinkedIn
Facebook may be ready to divorce the news business, but it's still the No. 1 source of news on social media for Americans.
Meta rolls out new Instagram filters, and tests letting users create custom stickers from their photos and videos, improvements to Reels, and more
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Stability AI VP of Audio Ed Newton-Rex resigns, saying he disagrees with the company's view that training generative AI models on copyrighted works is fair use
Ed Newton-Rex has quit his role at Stability AI. In an exclusive op-ed, he shares why.
Microsoft unveils Copilot Studio, a no-code tool that lets companies customize Microsoft 365 Copilot or integrate custom ChatGPT chatbots made with OpenAI's GPT
Last week OpenAI announced its new GPT platform to let anyone create their own version of ChatGPT, and now Microsoft is following …
Google rolls out Bard access in English for teens who “meet the minimum age requirement to manage their own Google Account”, offering safety guardrails
Following the Search Generative Experience (SGE) in September, Google is rolling out Bard access for teens with safety guardrails in place.
Tether plans to spend ~$500M over the next six months to become one of the world's top Bitcoin miners, after acquiring a 20% stake in Northern Data in September
- Tether to invest about $500 million in the next six months — Stablecoin issuer builds its own facilities in three countries
Some companies that provide Big Tech and other clients with AI data-labeling services are inadvertently hiring minors, often exposing them to traumatic content
Companies that provide Big Tech with AI data-labeling services are inadvertently hiring young teens to work on their platforms, often exposing them to traumatic content.
Common Sense Media's first ratings for 10 chatbots and AI services warn parents that Snapchat's MyAI, Dall-E 2, and Stable Diffusion may not be safe for kids
Common Sense Media's first ratings for chatbots and other AI services warn parents that AI image generators and Snapchat's My AI chatbot may not be safe for kids.
Q&A with Satya Nadella on Microsoft's OpenAI relationship, the ongoing developer platform shift, AI fueling a creative revolution, and generative AI IP lawsuits
The Monetary Authority of Singapore awards Paxos and StraitsX with in-principle license approvals to issue stablecoins pegged to local dollars or a G10 currency
Suvashree Ghosh / Bloomberg :
Amazon plans to merge its Comixology app with Kindle on December 4, and automatically integrate all comics that Comixology users own into their Kindle libraries
Advent International acquires myPOS, a UK-based payments services provider for small merchants; sources: the deal is expected to value myPOS at around €500M
Advent International has signed a deal to buy payments firm myPOS as part of the London-based buyout group's latest push into digital payments …
Proton Mail CEO Andy Yen announces Key Transparency, a tool built on Proton's private blockchain to let high-profile users verify email addresses, in beta
Proton Mail, the leading privacy-focused email service, is making its first foray into blockchain technology with Key Transparency …
Microsoft launches Loop, a Notion-like collaboration and productivity app, in general availability on the web and mobile, after a public preview in March 2023
Two Israeli startups, Lasso Security and Ask-AI, reject the investments of Web Summit's venture arm after its ex-CEO Paddy Cosgrave accused Israel of war crimes
Web Summit attempted to put a turbulent chapter behind it this week, drawing more than 70,000 attendees to the annual tech conference in Lisbon.
Google launches two Titan Security Keys with FIDO2 that can store up to 250 unique passkeys, and commits to giving 100K security keys to high-risk users in 2024
Abner Li / 9to5Google :
Security researchers detail the largest cyberattack against Danish critical infrastructure, which involved Zyxel zero-days and 22 breached companies in May 2023
Zyxel zero days and nation-state actors (maybe) had a hand in the sector's worst cybersecurity event on record... …
Google plans to end Google News' support for paid magazines on December 18 and says users will be able to export copies of paid magazines before the shutdown
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google :
PJ&A, which provides medical transcription services in the US, says a March 2023 cyberattack exposed ~9M patients' SSNs, medical files, and other sensitive data
Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer :
Fitbit Charge 6 review: practically a “Pixel band” with good fitness and health features but the side button is haptic and the Fitbit-Google transition is bumpy
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UPS opens a $79M, 20-acre facility near Louisville, Kentucky, staffed by ~200 human workers initially and 3,000+ robots handling manual tasks by the end of 2024
Thomas Black / Bloomberg :
Codegen, which plans to use AI to automate “codebase-wide” tasks like large migrations and refactoring, raised a $16M seed led by Thrive Capital
Jay Hack, an AI researcher with a background in natural language processing and computer vision, came to the realization several years ago … X: @mathemagic1an X: Jay Hack / @mathemagic1an : Excited to...
AI chip startup Sapeon, backed by South Korean conglomerate SK Group, unveils the Sapeon X330, claiming 4x the X220's performance, for mass H1 2024 production
Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg :
Lenovo reports Q2 revenue down 16% YoY to $14.4B, meeting estimates but marking the fifth straight quarterly sales decline, and net income down 60% YoY to $249M
Josh Ye / Reuters :
Human smugglers are using Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, and WhatsApp to recruit a new generation of coyotes to transport migrants from Mexico to the US
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Synopsys, one of the largest chip design software developers, worked with Microsoft to build a Copilot trained on Synopsys' vast data trove to help design chips
Stephen Nellis / Reuters :
Analysis: Chinese imports of chip and integrated circuit manufacturing equipment rose 93% YoY to ~$8.7B in Q3 2023 and Dutch lithography imports jumped over 6x
Ryosuke Eguchi / Nikkei Asia :
Microsoft adds AI-generated captions to some Bing search results, using GPT-4 to analyze a search query and extract “the most pertinent insights” from webpages
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land :
Investigation: Amazon backs three advocacy groups working to thwart Microsoft's government cloud contracts; an Amazon executive wrote a public FTC comment
Emily Birnbaum / Bloomberg :
IDC: China-based Transsion, the largest smartphone manufacturer in Africa by market share, shipped 26M units in Q3 2023, up 35% YoY, for an 8.6% global share
Takashi Kawakami / Nikkei Asia :
Source: ByteDance's Douyin tests letting some creators with 100K+ followers add paywalls to parts of their videos; Chinese media reports Douyin takes a 30% cut
Josh Ye / Reuters :
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