In 2024, the internet will see the biggest reshuffling of power in 25 years, with a resurgent “human web” and regulators forcing tech giants to open up
The new year offers many of the promises of an online moment we haven't seen in a quarter-century … Everything is changing rapidly.
An AWS developer claims Amazon is “silently sacking” staff by pushing them to take a different role that they would quit later, avoiding the need for severance
Amazon has a stock problem. It's not only Amazon, but they have more to lose. If you're a customer, that's going to be bad for your business too.
The scale of layoffs in the gaming industry in 2023 was far beyond a typical year, with an estimated 9,000+ workers losing their jobs globally
Layoffs are an unfortunate reality of any industry, but the scope and scale of video game layoffs in 2023 are far beyond a typical year.
A look at the rise of AI-generated virtual influencers, with some charging thousands of dollars to promote products, leading to concerns from human influencers
Hyper-realistic ‘virtual influencers’ are being used to promote leading brands — drawing ire from human content creators
A profile of Joe Kiani, whose company Masimo spent ~$100M suing Apple, as some say his aggressive use of the US patent system stymies the innovation of others
Joe Kiani has taken on Apple in a patent dispute that has cost his company millions of dollars to pursue. So far he is winning, but the fight isn't over.
A profile of Mario and Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto, who joined Nintendo in the 1970s and says he has no plans to retire as game director at the company
Few people have influenced global pop culture as much as the creator of Mario and Zelda, widely considered the father of modern gaming.
Counterpoint: about 16M foldable phones were sold in 2023, just 1.3% of the 1.2B smartphone market, as foldables start to gain traction in the US and China
Samsung, Motorola and Huawei continue to invest in high-priced flip devices despite weak sales — Every large smartphone maker except Apple …
Nikon, Sony, and Canon are developing camera tech that embeds digital signatures in images so that they can be distinguished from realistic AI-generated fakes
Digital signatures to provide way to tell real photos from — Sony will release a firmware for professional-grade cameras to embed digital signatures to photos.
In his year-end report, US Chief Justice John Roberts says AI is a mixed blessing for the legal field and urges “caution and humility” as the tech is adopted
Artificial intelligence represents a mixed blessing for the legal field, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts …
The lawsuits against AI companies could shape the future of copyright or may simply serve as leverage for plaintiffs to secure more favorable licensing deals
The use of content from news and information providers to train artificial intelligence systems may force a reassessment of where to draw legal lines.
Filing: US prosecutors have decided not to pursue a second trial against Sam Bankman-Fried, as much of the evidence was already presented at the first trial
A look at AI chatbots modeled on real experts, like US psychologist Martin Seligman, that are often created without permission, highlighting a policy gray area
New AI-generated digital replicas of real experts expose an unnerving policy gray zone. Washington wants to fix it, but it's not clear how. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to Mastodon: Dare Obasanjo / @c...
California laws leave driverless vehicles immune from traffic tickets, while Texas and Arizona rewrote traffic laws to issue tickets to owners for AV violations
City streets are the testing ground for hundreds of self-driving cars in California, despite safety concerns and gray areas surrounding traffic laws.
A look at Wi-Fi 7, slated for certification in Q1 2024, with multi-link operations that allow devices to spread a data stream across multiple frequency bands
https://spectrum.ieee.org/wi- fi-7 Damn. Just when I'm settling in with eero WiFi Pro 6E routers.... (which are AWESOME, by the way). X: Lucas Holt / @laffer1 : That's half the problem. The other i...
How effective altruism, branded by some as a cult obsessed with AI doomsday, influences the White House's, Congress', and think tanks' approach to AI regulation
or rather, it works on the same sort of psychological impulses that have led to millenniarian cults across recorded history 2) For EA to still play an effective and even necessary role in making sure ...
Sources: OpenAI recently topped $1.6B in annualized revenue, up from $1.3B in mid-October; some OpenAI leaders believe OpenAI can reach a $5B ARR by 2024's end
It's effectively an imaginary number. It isn't the revenue made this year. … X: Ant Stanley / @iamstan : Annualized Revenue is a VC metric and different from Annual revenue. It is the latest month's ...
Filing: Baidu's $3.6B deal to buy Joyy's Chinese livestreaming business YY Live, announced in 2020, expires as China regulators didn't approve it by December 31
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With its emphasis on user privacy, Apple is one of the few tech companies that can develop new AI data usage paradigms, setting much-needed industry standards
Joan Westenberg : Threads: @parkert , @rstephens , @joanwestenberg , @joanwestenberg , @parkerortolani , @justinfineberg_ , and @hi.im.vijay . X: @andrewchen Threads: Parker Thompson / @parkert : The...
A profile of Alexander Reben, who will become OpenAI's first artist in residence for three months starting January 2024, amid a debate over the use of AI in art
> https://www.nytimes.com/... if you haven't been to the @CrockerArt you really need to make the pilgrimage. Jomari Peterson / @jomari_p : Congrats @artBoffin on his art residency at @OpenAI ! I am pr...
How some authors are embracing ChatGPT and other chatbots as the latest iteration of an ancient literary conceit, a writer's “muse”
GROK: Sit down, you stupid meatbag, and I'll tell you an epic cosmic story that would make Rick Sanchez impressed. [embedded post] @afnarratives.bsky.social : Why would you do this. Tell your plots ...
A look at Australia's maturing tech sector, which faces challenges like a shortage of late-stage capital and a scarcity of executives with scaling experience
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People's Bank of China lists Ant Group's Alipay as having no controller, as Ant finished removing controlling stakeholders almost a year after Jack Ma's promise
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How Figma is adding AI into its products, including launching FigJam AI in public beta in November to help improve meetings with summaries, next steps, and more
by everyone from companies to cutting-edge researchers. …
Chinese robotaxi companies are shifting to less advanced but more commercially viable smart-driving solutions, as funding dries up and losses continue to mount
Rita Liao / TechCrunch : X: @jenniferxie12 , @siddkhastgir , @tombamonte , and @ritacyliao X: @jenniferxie12 : 1/6 First, all roads lead to Rome. Second, find a way. Finally, build a following. Who w...
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