Apple Vision Pro teardown: not great repairability-wise, an unforgivable proprietary battery plug, and a lenticular lens layer that makes EyeSight look blurry
The strangest thing about the Vision Pro is also the thing that makes it most uniquely Apple: it's got a big shiny bubble glass front …
Remote desktop software maker AnyDesk says it has suffered a cyberattack recently; source: hackers stole source code and private code signing keys
AnyDesk confirmed today that it suffered a recent cyberattack that allowed hackers to gain access to the company's production systems.
Sources: some Tesla and SpaceX directors have consumed drugs with Elon Musk feeling there is an expectation to do so, raising concerns about their independence
Board members have reaped hundreds of millions from stock awards and separate investments, even as some have done drugs with Musk …
A look at the decline of Quora, which used to stand out as an accuracy-focused, knowledge-centric platform but is now filled with bizarre, AI-generated entries
This raised the issue of consent and ownership, as Quorans had to decide whether to consent to the new terms or take their work and flee. Mastodon: @glenngabe@mas.to , @waxy@xoxo.zone , @juergen_huber...
How social media is forcing writers and artists to build personal brands and become influencers, making many artists uncomfortable and feel like sellouts
So you want to be an artist. Do you have to start a TikTok? — When Rachael Kay Albers was shopping around her book proposal … Threads: @joanwestenberg and @jonathangarelick Mastodon: @lilithsaintcr...
A changelog for Bard shows Google plans to rename Bard as Gemini, with an Advanced tier and an Android app
Google Bard is in for a big shakeup in the next few days, as an early changelog reveals that the “Gemini” rebrand is coming next week with a new Android app and more.
Apple open sources Pkl, a configuration-as-code language with rich validation and tooling, with Swift, Go, Java, and Kotlin integration
We are delighted to announce the open source first release of Pkl (pronounced Pickle), a programming language for producing configuration. Threads: @danielpunkass . Mastodon: @lkanies@hachyderm.io . X...
TechCrunch+'s founding editor about its launch to complement TechCrunch's ads and events revenue and its failure due to issues with finding business reporters
January was a brutal month for journalists, globally from death and locally from layoffs. The latter hit home this week … Threads: @firstadopter . Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to . X: @mjburnsy , @rez...
Interview with Phil Schiller about Apple's efforts to minimize potential risks that third-party app stores, mandated by EU's DMA, may expose iPhone users to
Third-party app stores will soon appear on the iPhone in the EU. That's good for small companies, but it could be terrible for consumers.
Amid mass tech layoffs, some workers with years of experience or deep technical expertise are having trouble getting hired again while some seek non-tech jobs
Google, Amazon, Microsoft and a raft of others fired thousands of workers in January, continuing a layoff wave that began in 2022. Threads: @beth4158 . Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to and @remotesynth@...
A look at the dispute between Bitcoin miners in Arkansas and residents, who say the noise is ruining lives, lowering property values, and driving away wildlife
Pushed by an advocacy group, Arkansas became the first state to shield noisy cryptocurrency operators from unhappy neighbors.
A Hong Kong-based firm's employee was tricked into paying $25M to fraudsters who used deepfake tech to pose as the company's CFO and staff during a video call
A finance worker at a multinational firm was tricked into paying out $25 million to fraudsters using deepfake technology to pose …
Watershed, which provides software that helps companies track and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, raised a $100M Series C at a $1.8B valuation
Announcing our Series C — Today, we announced $100M in new Series C funding, valuing Watershed at $1.8B. Watershed : Watershed Announces $100M in New Funding as Corporate Climate Action Accelerates ...
Investment in AI remained a dominant theme in tech earnings calls, with AI models that clients can customize according to their needs a key priority
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The rise and fall of Ben Armstrong, aka BitBoy, who was one of the most popular crypto YouTubers, lost much of his wealth, and now faces personal turmoil
David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times :
Rivals say Neuralink's brain implant tech isn't unique or novel, but acknowledge that Elon Musk's attention grabbing has propelled the field closer to reality
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California records show Apple's self-driving cars drove about 452K miles in 2023, up 4x from 2022 and 30x from 2021, but well below Waymo's 6M+ miles
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Sources: Apple plans to acquire Brighter AI, a German startup specializing in anonymizing face and license plate data, to enhance privacy features on Vision Pro
Zac Hall / 9to5Mac :
Synergy: enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure services was ~$74B in Q4 2023, up 20% YoY, and $5.6B over Q3 2023, the largest QoQ increase ever achieved
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Hugging Face launches HuggingChat Assistants, allowing users to create customized AI chatbots with specific capabilities using LLMs like Mixtral or Llama2
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Meta's Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) lab, which is responsible for Llama, is made up largely of women; sources say ~60% of FAIR's leadership team are women
Reed Albergotti / Semafor : X: @aiatmeta , @jpineau1 , @semafor , @tarantulae , and @shireenyates . LinkedIn: Joelle Pineau X: @aiatmeta : @jpineau1 ❤️ Joelle Pineau / @jpineau1 : If being an outlier...
More than 100 human rights and LGBTQ groups and many kids condemn the Kids Online Safety Act after the January 31 hearing, saying it is “to control information”
Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post : Mastodon: @Jeremiah@alpaca.gold . X: @cendemtech , @progresschamber , @evan_greer , and @washingtonpost Mastodon: Jeremiah Lee / @Jeremiah@alpaca.gold : @Techmeme I ...
A look at Reddit's third-party app ecosystem seven months after API changes: most current apps now charge users a monthly fee, some are profitable, and more
Scharon Harding / Ars Technica : X: @anirvan . Forums: r/technews and r/RedReader X: Anirvan Chatterjee / @anirvan : This is such a fascinating roundup of all the ways 3rd party devs have been dealin...
Analysis: ByteDance spent $8.74M on US lobbying activities in 2023, up 77% YoY, and Shein spent $2.12M, up 7.6x from 2022, amid rising US-China trade tensions
Ryotaro Yamada / Nikkei Asia : X: @nikkeiasia X: @nikkeiasia : ByteDance, Shein sharply boost spending on lobbying in U.S. Chinese firms seek to minimize effects of alarm over bilateral tensions http...
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