Apple tells Vision Pro users who forget their passcode to bring the device to a store or mail the device to AppleCare support to erase and reset the device
Buyers of Apple Inc.'s new Vision Pro headset are finding it can be a major hassle if they lose their passcode.
YouTube says a “Vision Pro app is on our roadmap”, but doesn't offer a timeframe; Safari for visionOS does not support YouTube's library of 360 and VR videos
Here's a little bit of an about-face: YouTube now says it has a Vision Pro app on its roadmap.
Google's TAG publishes a report on commercial spyware, detailing ~40 vendors, and says global governments should take more aggressive steps to combat spyware
The commercial spyware industry continues to supply highly advanced surveillance capabilities despite efforts to better regulate it.
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer announces an event next week to share “our vision for the future of Xbox”, amid rumors that Xbox exclusives are coming to PS5
Details of Microsoft's multi-platform plans have been gradually leaking, with The Verge revealing over the weekend …
The US State Department implements a new policy that allows “the imposition of visa restrictions on individuals involved in the misuse of commercial spyware”
Sam Sabin / Axios :
Meta proposes standards to identify AI content that its industry peers could use, and plans to label AI images posted on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
The social network wants to promote standardized labels to help detect artificially created photo, video and audio material across its platforms.
Sources: Tencent plans to adapt acclaimed role-playing console game Elden Ring into a mobile version, after acquiring licensing rights from FromSoftware in 2022
China's Tencent Holdings (0700.HK) has been working to adapt acclaimed action role-playing console game “Elden Ring” …
Solana suffers a major outage, lasting for over two hours, and says validators should prepare for a network restart, the first big outage since February 2023
- Solana has confirmed an outage on its mainnet, with engineers across the ecosystem currently investigating.
Bluesky CEO Jay Graber says the social network, launched on iOS in February 2023, is now open to the public, has 3M+ users, and plans to add developer tools
The upstart social network has been by invitation only since its launch last year — When Jack Dorsey, then Twitter's CEO …
Nintendo reports Q3 net sales down 6% YoY to ~$4B, net profit up 18% YoY to ~$919M, and forecasts 15.5M Switch sales in the current fiscal year, up from 15M YoY
- Nintendo said it now expects to sell 15.5 million of its flagship Switch consoles in its current fiscal year, upping a previous forecast.
Apple Vision Pro review: disappointing for productivity, a very narrow field of view, and the Guest User feature is bad, all making the device hard to recommend
No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame. — CmdrTaco, Slashdot — My one small comfort in the cold Wisconsin winters …
Sources: SMIC plans to use its stock of US and Dutch-made equipment to build 5nm Kirin chips designed by Huawei's HiSilicon for smartphones, despite US curbs
SMIC and Huawei plan to make new 5nm processor, supporting Beijing's goal for advanced semiconductors
Spotify reports Q4 revenue up 16% YoY to €3.7B, MAUs up 23% YoY to 602M, subscribers up 15% YoY to 236M, a €75M operating loss, and expects 618M MAUs in Q1 2024
- Spotify posts second-largest gain ever for the quarter — Company has been cutting costs in drive to become profitable
On Meta's Q4 call, Mark Zuckerberg said Meta's next step in AI is “learning” from user data, and the dataset is larger than Common Crawl, raising privacy fears
film from 10 years ago. Zuckerberg's Plan for AI Hinges on Your Facebook and Instagram Data https://www.bloomberg.com/... @business : Facebook's path to riches has hurt many, and so might its road to ...
Roblox rolls out real-time AI chat translations, with support for 16 languages, built on an LLM trained on open-source and internal Roblox data
Works in 16 languages — Metaverse platform Roblox is bringing a new AI translation tool online for its millions of users around the world …
Mozilla announces Monitor Plus, a $14/month US service that scans 190+ data broker sites and automatically submits requests for removal of the user's data
Mozilla today is introducing a new subscription service that will help people locate and remove their personal and sensitive information from data broker websites around the web.
TSMC plans to build a second Japanese plant in Kumamoto, set to open in 2027, taking its investment to $20B+; the first plant will hit volume production in Q4
Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC (2330.TW) said on Tuesday it will build a second Japanese plant to begin operation by the end of 2027 …
How researchers used AI to read the Herculaneum papyri, charred in 79 AD by Mount Vesuvius' eruption, potentially rewriting key parts of ancient world history
Well, make a 3D CT scan, use the images to virtually unfold, recognize the ink drops, and off you go. Amazing work by three students (from Berlin, Nebraska and ETH Zurich). … X: Nat Friedman / @natfr...
Meta expands its Take It Down tool, which helps teens combat non-consensual sharing of intimate imagery, to 25 languages
Meta is introducing a few new updates and efforts to help teens on its platforms combat sextortion, the company announced on Tuesday.
SMIC reports unaudited Q4 revenue rose 3.5% YoY to $1.68B, below est., and $902.5M net income, down from $1.82B YoY; 2023 capex was up 17.6% YoY to $7.47B
YouTube says YouTube TV now has 8M+ subscribers, up from 5M+ in mid-2022, and that the YouTube Partner Program has 3M+ channels receiving ad revenue share
CEO Neal Mohan also says more than 3 million channels now receive ad-revenue share, touts 1 billion hours viewed on TV daily
DocuSign plans to lay off 6% of its workforce, or ~440 jobs, and will incur a $28M-$32M charge, after acquisition talks seemingly fell through; DOCU drops 6%+
- Deal talks with Bain, Hellman & Friedman stalled over price — Restructuring to help DocuSign grow as independent company
The UK, the US, France, Poland, and other nations, plus Google, Microsoft, Meta, and others, sign a statement recognizing the need for more action on spyware
Governments have struggled to stop the spread of commercial hacking tools. — The United Kingdom, France and allied countries …
Admissions essay reviewers say that certain words, such as “tapestry”, appear more frequently in submissions now and can be seen as red flags that AI was used
ChatGPT and other generative AI are being widely used in higher education in school admissions.
A look at OnlyFake, an underground website that claims to use “neural networks” to generate highly convincing fake IDs for $15; one ID passed OKX's verification
Texas-based NinjaOne, which helps automate IT processes, raised a $231.5M Series C led by ICONIQ Growth at a $1.9B valuation and counts Nvidia among its users
Mehnaz Yasmin / Reuters :
Palantir reports Q4 revenue up 20% YoY to $608.4M, vs. $602.4M est., net income $93.4M, up from $30.9M YoY, and its LLMs saw “unrelenting” demand; PLTR up 20%+
Ashley Capoot / CNBC :
Microsoft strikes an AI deal with Semafor for a breaking news feed called Signals; Ben Smith says it will be written by journalists, using AI as a research tool
Autonomous sidewalk delivery robot startup Starship Technologies raised $90M co-led by Plural and Iconical, bringing its total raised to $230M
Cate Lawrence / Tech.eu :
The FCC plans to stop accepting new enrollments for a US government broadband subsidy, used by 23M households, which is set to run out of funding in months
David Shepardson / Reuters :
Japan plans to extend ~$1.64B in subsidies for Kioxia and Western Digital to expand memory chip production, after merger talks between the two stalled in 2023
Sam Nussey / Reuters :
A US federal judge sets the trial for the DOJ's and multiple states' antitrust lawsuit against Google's ad business to begin on September 9, 2024
Mike Scarcella / Reuters :
The UK government plans to spend £100M+ to support AI innovation and regulation, including to launch nine research hubs and to help regulators address AI risks
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch :
Graphika: the viral pornographic Taylor Swift deepfakes originated from a 4chan challenge to bypass anti-porn filters in Microsoft Designer and OpenAI's DALL-E
you will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy [embedded post] Forums: Msmash / Slashdot : Taylor Swift Deepfakes Originated From AI Challenge, Report Says
Ambience Healthcare, which offers an OS to help health care organizations with admin, raised a $70M Series B led by Kleiner Perkins and OpenAI's Startup Fund
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Oobit, which lets consumers pay using crypto while merchants receive fiat currency, raised a $25M Series A led by the investment arm of Tether and others
Will Canny / CoinDesk :
Meta plans to deprecate its Facebook Groups API; developers say doing so will greatly impact companies offering tools to schedule and automate posts
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Google agrees to pay $350M to settle a lawsuit over a Google+ security lapse that exposed personal data; people who bought stock in 2018-2019 can get a share
Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post : X: @rustybrick X: Barry Schwartz / @rustybrick : Google+ back from the grave - well, for a lawsuit
Unit 42: the number of victims reported by ransomware leak sites grew 49% YoY in 2023, with ~50% in the US, despite authorities taking down some services
Lauren Feiner / The Verge :
Cloud native container management platform Weaveworks, which raised over $61M, shuts down after facing uneven sales and failing to get acquired
I am very sad to announce - officially - that Weaveworks will be closing its doors and shutting down commercial operations. …
Sources: Reddit had over $800M in revenue in 2023, up 20%+ YoY, and was not profitable for the full year; a source says Reddit was profitable in Q4
Amy Or / Bloomberg :
A look at the legal challenges of defining and prosecuting virtual crimes, after rising reports of attacks, harassment, and sexual assault in the metaverse
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