Sources: Apple plans to exit its Goldman Sachs contract in 12 to 15 months, ending their consumer partnership, including for credit card and savings accounts
Tech giant proposed exiting contract in about 12-to-15 months — Apple is pulling the plug on its credit-card partnership with Goldman Sachs …
Spotify launches Spotify Wrapped 2023, adding a Me in 2023 feature that assigns users one of 12 themes to describe their listening habits, on mobile and desktop
The listening recap, available Wednesday, takes over social media every year — It's the time of year many people have been anxiously awaiting: Spotify Wrapped season.
Unity plans to cut 265 jobs, or 3.8% of its workforce, and end its services deal with VFX company Wētā FX to focus on its core business in a “company reset”
UPDATE: Scroll down for a statement from WētāFX: — Reuters is reporting that Unity Software …
Amazon launches Amazon Q, a workplace-focused AI assistant that starts at $20/user/month and competes with ChatGPT Enterprise, Microsoft's Copilot, and others
Amazon has been racing to shake off the perception that it is lagging in the push to take advantage of artificial intelligence.
Okta tells customers that hackers who breached its network stole information on all users of its customer support system, greater than the 1% claimed previously
- Okta had earlier said breach affected about 1% of customers — Company said some Okta employee information was also stolen
Robert De Niro criticizes Apple and the Gotham Awards, after sources say Apple cut part of his speech slamming Donald Trump, which he read anyway from his phone
The “Killers of the Flower Moon” actor was gearing up to slam Donald Trump at Monday's Gotham Awards, but when he took the stage …
Spotify reveals 2023's most-streamed artists, albums, songs, and podcasts: Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny, Miley Cyrus' Flowers, The Joe Rogan Experience, and more
Steven J. Horowitz / Variety :
Google releases an emergency security update to fix Chrome's sixth zero-day in 2023, related to the Skia open-source 2D graphics library and found by Google TAG
Google has fixed the sixth Chrome zero-day vulnerability this year in an emergency security update released today to counter ongoing exploitation in attacks.
A look at Ayaneo's $199+ Retro Mini PC AM01, designed to look like a 1980s-era Macintosh, with Ryzen chip options, up to 32GB of RAM, and up to 1TB of storage
Ayaneo, which is mostly known for making handheld gaming consoles, just fully revealed the new Retro Mini PC AM01 after teasing it a few weeks ago.
Wormhole, a messaging protocol started by Jump Crypto to let blockchain developers communicate, raised $225M at a $2.5B valuation, 2023's largest crypto raise
In a parched fundraising landscape, the team behind Wormhole, the messaging protocol that lets developers communicate across different blockchains …
Samsung launches its Samsung Internet browser on Windows via the Microsoft Store, offering a similar design to Chrome and bringing the mobile browser to desktop
Samsung Internet has moved out of the mobile space and onto the desktop with a new version available through the Microsoft Store for Windows PCs.
Meta pauses shipments of the Quest 3's Elite Strap with Battery after users report a charging fault renders the battery useless, and starts making new straps
Meta paused shipments of its Elite Strap with Battery for Quest 3 amid widespread user reports of a charging fault that renders the battery useless.
AWS unveils Graviton4, with 50% more cores, 75% more memory bandwidth, and up to 30% more performance than Graviton3, and Trainium2 for up to 4x faster training
Source: OpenAI's new board does not plan to offer a seat to Microsoft, VCs, and other outside shareholders, a sign of prioritizing safety over investor returns
Microsoft didn't need a seat on the board to do that then and it won't if it's needed again. … X: @luke_metro : The prospect of another employee revolt is going to do far more to protect shareholder v...
Sources: Apple pays Arm under 30 cents per device to license Arm's IP, the lowest rate among Arm's smartphone customers; Apple accounts for <5% of Arm's sales
In 2017, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son gathered a group of executives from Arm Holdings, the British chip designer SoftBank had just bought …
Google DeepMind finds 2.2M crystal structures using GNoME, more than 45x larger than all substances ever found, and plans to make 381K available to scientists
Work shows power of AI to improve real-world technology in fields from renewable energy to advanced computation
Google Registry launches a .meme top level domain, adding to .dad, .boo, .ing, and its other unconventional domain names
If you ever wanted to make your website sound a little more silly, now's your chance. Google Registry just released a new top-level domain that lets you slap a big ol' .meme at the end of your websit...
A look at Foxconn's struggles to manufacture the iPhone 15 in India, contending with language barriers, labor disputes, regulatory hurdles, and more
Chinese engineers are flying to India to train the next generation of iPhone builders. — • SUNGUVARCHATRAM, INDIA
How deepfake porn victims in NYC suburb Levittown helped convict the perpetrator, a former classmate, an ordeal further complicated by the lack of clear US laws
A group of young women in a New York City suburb, horrified to learn their photographs had been manipulated and posted online, took matters into their own hands. Bluesky: @leahnylen.bsky.social . X: @...
Researchers discover six attacks that can break the secrecy of Bluetooth sessions, impacting the Bluetooth Core Specification 4.2 through the latest 5.4 spec
Researchers at Eurecom have developed six new attacks collectively named ‘BLUFFS’ that can break the secrecy of Bluetooth sessions …
Meta tells US officials that the company plans to block new political ads on Facebook and Instagram one week before the 2024 election, similar to past elections
- Facebook owner to block political ads one week before US vote — First US election with broad generative AI will test democracy
A profile of Adam D'Angelo, who will remain on OpenAI's board despite agreeing to oust Sam Altman and who was a key figure in negotiations to bring Altman back
Adam D'Angelo will continue to serve on the board despite previously agreeing to oust Altman as CEO and running a company that competes with ChatGPT.
GM CEO Mary Barra says the company plans to slow Cruise's expansion and significantly cut spending at the self-driving unit in response to safety concerns
General Motors will “substantially lower spending” on autonomous vehicle efforts in 2024 after accidents with its self-driving taxis in San Francisco.
Sources: Jack Ma praised PDD Holdings while urging Alibaba to change and “correct its course”, in a rare reply to a staff post on Alibaba's internal forum
- The billionaire replied to an employee on an internal forum — Ma congratulated archrival for pushing the boundaries
Apple launches Apple Music Replay, letting users review their 2023 history like top songs and artists, but the feature is still no match for Spotify Wrapped
and it's still not as good Steve Vegvari / iPhone in Canada Blog : Apple Music Replay 2023 Is Now Available Tsveta Ermenkova / PhoneArena : Apple Music Replay 2023: Your year in music is here Adamya S...
In a now-deleted November 28 post and on November 20, Elon Musk boosted the debunked Pizzagate conspiracy that led a man to fire an AR-15 in a DC eatery in 2016
in other words, implying that the debunking was BS because the journo was corrupt ergo Pizzagate is real. … Renato Mariotti / @renato.mariotti : Elon Musk has moved on from promoting antisemitism to ....
Sources: London-based AI startup Stability AI held early-stage talks with several companies about a sale, as executives face investor pressure over its finances
- Move follows letter from investor Coatue calling for changes — Coatue concerned about Stability AI's financial position
Pika, which builds AI tools for generating and editing videos, raised $55M, including a $35M Series A led by Lightspeed, after emerging from stealth in May 2023
Together AI, which helps pre-train and fine-tune open source foundation models more efficiently, raised a $102.5M Series A led by Kleiner Perkins
I spoke with Together AI CEO Vipul Ved Prakash — Together AI, a startup that's helping companies pre-train and fine-tune open source foundation models …
Rover, an online marketplace for pet care services, agrees to be acquired by Blackstone in a $2.3B all-cash deal, or $11 per share; ROVR jumps 28%+
- Shares surge as much as 31%, most since company's IPO — Pet economy exploded in pandemic with wave of adoptions
Uber plans to start listing London's famed black cabs in early 2024, despite objections from the Licensed Taxi Drivers' Association trade group
Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge :
Elliptic and Corvus Insurance: the “Black Basta” ransomware group, suspected of being a Conti offshoot, extorted at least $107M in bitcoin since early 2022
A cyber extortion gang suspected of being an offshoot of the notorious Russian Conti group of hackers has raked …
AMD unveils its largest global design center, housing ~3,000 engineers, in Bengaluru as part of the company's planned $400M investment over five years in India
Vikas SN / Moneycontrol :
After the mass layoffs in late 2022 and early 2023, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Meta continue to make small staff cuts to keep tight control on costs
Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta are making strategic trims even as they rebound from the tech downturn Forums: Slashdot Forums: Msmash / Slashdot : Tech's New Normal: Microcuts Over Growth at All C...
AWS CEO Adam Selipsky takes a thinly veiled swipe at Microsoft's OpenAI deal: “You don't want a cloud provider that's beholden primarily to one model provider”
Nope. It's Q as in the weapons master from the James Bond movies who gives 007 a bunch of superfluous weapons that don't work reliably. … X: Corey Quinn / @quinnypig : My dude, the price for some Bed...
Adalytics: Google ads appear on many compromising sites that make up its Search Partners network; Google attacks Adalytics but plans to review its findings
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch :
Dell signs a $150M deal with Imbue, which raised $200M in September, to provide the AI startup with computing hardware to develop AI systems and advanced models
Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg :
OpenText agrees to divest its app modernization and connectivity business to Rocket Software for about $2.28B in cash, expected to close by June 30, 2024
Denny Jacob / Wall Street Journal :
Didi blamed a “low-level” software glitch for an outage that disrupted its car-hailing service in China and added the outage wasn't the result of a cyberattack
Sarah Zheng / Bloomberg :
CrowdStrike reports Q3 revenue up 35% YoY to $786M, vs. $777M est., ARR up 35% YoY to $3.15B, and net income of $26.7M, vs. a net loss of $55M a year ago
November 28, 2023 at 4:05 PM EST PDF Version Ending ARR surpasses $3 billion milestone … X: @thetranscript_ : Crowdstrike with a double beat. CEO: “...net new ARR growth accelerated to a record $223 M...
Substack and Telegram searches reveal scores of white supremacist, neo-Confederate, and Nazi newsletters on Substack; over 16 displayed overt Nazi symbols
Jonathan M. Katz / The Atlantic : Threads: @anildash and @carnage4life . Mastodon: @CdnCurmudgeon@mastodon.social X: @william_wgordon , @yappelbaum , @egavactip , and @blackamazon . Forums: r/TrueRed...
Investigation: Palestinians are excluded from or face barriers when trying to monetize via Google services, bringing the region's digital divide under scrutiny
Paresh Dave / Wired : X: @wired and @peard33 X: @wired : People in Palestinian territories have been locked out of YouTube's revenue sharing for creators and other Google services. Human rights organ...
A look at Rakuten's troubled MVNO, which has about 2.5% marketshare in Japan; Rakuten has posted 13 straight quarters of operating loss totaling roughly $5.5B
Anton Bridge / Reuters :
Amazon executive John Boumphrey says selling pre-owned goods in the UK and Europe is now a $1.3B business and Amazon sold 4M+ used items in 2022 in the UK
James Davey / Reuters :
HPE reports Q4 revenue down 7% YoY to $7.4B, including Compute down 31% YoY to $2.6B, HPC & AI up 37% YoY to $1.2B, and Intelligent Edge up 41% YoY to $1.4B
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Reports Q4 Results to Close Impressive Fiscal 2023; Raises Dividend in Fiscal 2024 Chris Mellor / Blocks and Files : HPE fails to crack $8 billion quarter barrier Aamir Shei...
Q&A with Wix CEO Avishai Abrahami on Wix's embrace of AI, how the business models of the web can survive AI, Israel-Hamas war content moderation, and more
Nilay Patel / The Verge :
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