EA plans to cut 5% of its workforce, part of a plan that includes reducing office space and sunsetting some games; EA employed 13,400 workers as of March 2023
- EA announced Wednesday that it will cut 5% of its workforce. — The video game company employed 13,400 workers as of the end …
Sources detail Apple's $10B+ car project: years of disagreements over building a self-driving car or just an EV, talks with Elon Musk on buying Tesla, and more
Internal disagreements over the direction of the Apple car led the effort to sputter for years before it was canceled this week.
Coinbase says all services on its website have been restored after a “display issue” on February 28 caused some users to see a zero balance in their account
Coinbase Global (COIN.O) said on Wednesday that all services on its website have been restored after an issue earlier …
Researchers find serious security flaws in cheap video door bells sold by a Chinese company under various brands names on Amazon, Shein, and other sites
The devices are also sold by Walmart, Sears, and other retailers—and big platforms have faced few consequences for shipping flawed products
Microsoft outlines the new DirectSR API, which lets game developers integrate super resolution AI-upscaling features from Nvidia, AMD, and Intel
Microsoft has outlined a new Windows API designed to offer a seamless way for game developers to integrate super resolution AI-upscaling features from Nvidia, AMD, and Intel.
Sources: the US SEC sent a subpoena to OpenAI in December 2023, seeking internal records, after the board's decision in November 2023 to fire Sam Altman as CEO
Regulator is examining internal communications of CEO Sam Altman, after board last year temporarily ousted him for alleged lack of candor
Researchers detail an ongoing repo confusion attack, which involves cloning existing repos and infecting them with malware loaders, impacting 100K+ GitHub repos
GitHub keeps removing malware-laced repositories, but thousands remain. — GitHub is struggling to contain …
Tim Cook says Apple will “break new ground” in generative AI this year; Apple shareholders reject a request for a report into whether Apple uses AI ethically
- Shareholders approve recommendations for board, executive pay — Longtime directors Al Gore and James Bell officially step down
The US launches a probe into possible security risks of Chinese-manufactured vehicles, saying modern cars are like smartphones and could be used for espionage
The Biden administration says software and digital connections in modern cars could be used to spy on Americans or sabotage the vehicles
Change Healthcare confirms that the ransomware group BlackCat is behind the ongoing attack that caused widespread disruptions to pharmacies across the US
- Change Healthcare on Thursday confirmed that the ransomware group Blackcat is behind the ongoing cybersecurity attack that's been impacting its systems since last week.
X adds a feature that lets Spaces hosts enable live video when they create a new session, available on iOS
Spaces, the live audio feature for X, is now letting hosts turn on their video during chat sessions. The platform formerly known as Twitter announced the news on Wednesday …
Gemini agrees to return the $1B+ owed to customers and pay a $37M fine in a settlement with the New York Department of Financial Services related to Gemini Earn
The New York Department of Financial Services on Wednesday announced a settlement with Gemini, the crypto firm founded by the Winklevoss twins …
Microsoft launches a Copilot for Finance in public preview; the chatbot can perform some common role-specific actions in Excel and Outlook
- Microsoft is launching a Copilot for Finance, which it said will be able to perform a handful of common role-specific actions in Excel and Outlook.
The UK is piloting the use of ChatGPT and open-source AI models to analyze responses to public consultations and write draft answers to parliamentary questions
Initiative is part of Rishi Sunak's drive to boost Whitehall productivity through technology — UK ministers are piloting …
Source: Embracer will sell its subsidiary Saber Interactive to private investors in a $500M deal, making Saber a privately owned company with ~3,500 staff
Saber will continue developing Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic — Swedish gaming company Embracer Group AB will sell …
Humanoid robot maker Figure AI confirms it has raised $675M at a $2.6B valuation and shows off a general-purpose robot called Figure 01
- Figure AI raised $675 million from investors including Jeff Bezos, Nvidia, Amazon, Microsoft and OpenAI. — The startup says it will use the money …
FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel proposes subjecting carmakers to the Safe Connections Act to protect domestic abuse survivors from misuse of internet car systems
The chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday proposed a potential new rule that would subject automakers …
As Twitch shuts down in South Korea citing high costs due to new “sender pays” network rules, livestreamers struggle to use Korean rivals like AfreecaTV
The streaming giant attributed its departure to high network fees. — On February 27, Twitch officially shut down business in South Korea.
Kuo: Vision Pro demand is higher than Apple originally expected, with US shipments expected to hit 200-250k units this year; return rates are now below 1%
but a cheaper model could be here sooner Joe Rossignol / MacRumors : Kuo: Apple Vision Pro on Track to Launch in More Countries Before WWDC in June Nick Soong / Appleosophy : Kuo: Major Upgrade for Vi...
Alleged renders of Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 6 show a boxy frame, flat sides, and dimensions that make it slightly shorter and wider than its predecessor
here's Samsung's next foldable Kamlesh Bhati / Sparrows News : Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6 Renderings and Dimensions Visualize the Future Saurav Dey / KnowTechie : Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 render leak revea...
Substack debuts direct messaging, letting users have private one-on-one conversations; by default, users can only receive DMs from people they're connected to
Substack is introducing direct messaging, allowing users to have private one-on-one conversations, the company announced today.
Russian-speaking LockBit threatens to release Trump case documents in Fulton County Court that “could affect the upcoming US election” unless a ransom is paid
The LockBit ransomware group is threatening to release Fulton County Court documents related to Donald Trump's case unless …
ServiceNow, Hugging Face, and Nvidia release free code-generating AI models StarCoder2-3B/7B/15B, the first two of which can run on most modern consumer GPUs
Developers are adopting AI-powered code generators — services like GitHub Copilot and Amazon CodeWhisperer …
Brave launches its AI-powered assistant Leo, which can create real-time summaries of webpages or videos, generate long form content, and more, on Android
Brave is launching its AI-powered assistant, Leo, to all Android users. The assistant allows users to ask questions, translate pages, summarize pages, create content and more.
Vibe.co, a self-serve platform that lets SMBs buy video ads on streamers, raised a $22.5M Series A led by Singular, bringing its total funding to around $30M
Small and midsize businesses (SMBs) want to capitalize on the rise in streaming consumption but lack the budgets for upfront commitments.
A review of court records shows US federal investigators used push alert tokens in at least four cases to arrest suspects in cases related to CSAM and murder
The ubiquitous phone feature has powered a surveillance technique used to catch suspected kidnappers and pedophiles. Forums: Hacker News and Lobsters Forums: Hacker News : FBI using push notification ...
Canada's antitrust watchdog expands its four-year probe into Google's online ad practices, with a focus on whether the company engages in predatory pricing
The Competition Burea is investigating whether the search giant engages in predatory pricing — OTTAWA—Canada's antitrust watchdog …
Snowflake says that CEO Frank Slootman is retiring, and reports Q4 revenue up 32% YoY to $774.7M and Q1 product revenue guidance below est.; SNOW drops 20%+
acq by EMC for $2.4B ServiceNow—$9B rev Snowflake—$2.5B rev Tanay Jaipuria / @tanayj : As the saying goes, you either die a startup or live long enough to appoint a desi CEO [image] @jason : Meet Gene...
Sources: Nigeria detains two senior Binance executives who flew to the country following its decision last week to ban several crypto trading websites
Financial Times :
Stack Overflow launches OverflowAPI to give AI companies access to its knowledge base, starting with Google, which will use the data for Gemini for Google Cloud
Developer Q&A site Stack Overflow is launching a new program today that will give AI companies access to its knowledge base through a new API, aptly named OverflowAPI.
Eight EU consumer rights groups lodge GDPR complaints with national data protection authorities, accusing Meta of coercing users with its “pay-or-consent” model
Meta has rolled out changes to its service in the EU in November 2023 … France 24 : European consumers challenge Meta paid service as privacy ‘smokescreen’ Théophane Hartmann / Euractiv : Consumer gro...
Webull plans to go public via a SPAC merger with SK Growth Opportunities around September 2024 and expects to raise ~$100M, valuing the online brokerage at $7B+
Hannah Miao / Wall Street Journal :
Arkham: the US government appears to have transferred out about $922M worth of bitcoin from two crypto wallets that held funds seized from a 2016 Bitfinex hack
Timmy Shen / The Block :
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff tells a reporter, who is looking into his Hawaii land acquisition, that he knows where she is staying and her personal details
Oglala Lakota and of Irish descent| IndigeQueer. Shannon Thaler / New York Post : Salesforce's billionaire CEO Marc Benioff is quietly buying up vast tracts of real estate in Hawaii Bluesky: @scotian...
Alibaba is cutting prices for over 100 core cloud products in China by up to 55%, and 20% on average, including data storage and elastic computing products
Bloomberg :
India approves setting up three chipmaking units worth $15.2B from companies including India's Tata Group and Japan's Renesas
Shivam Patel / Reuters :
Salesforce reports Q4 revenue up 11% YoY to $9.29B, vs. $9.2B est., FY 2025 revenue guidance below est., and announces a $10B increase in its share buyback plan
Salesforce (CRM Quick Quote CRM - Free Report) … Radhika Saraogi / TipRanks Financial : CRM Earnings: Salesforce Posts Upbeat Q4, Initiates Dividend Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE : Salesforce reports ea...
Adobe unveils Project Music GenAI Control, a platform that can generate audio from text descriptions or a reference melody and let users customize the results
Raw Story, AlterNet, and, in a separate case, The Intercept sue OpenAI in a NY federal court for copyright infringement; The Intercept is also suing Microsoft
Yiwen Lu / New York Times :
AI chatbots designed to help hackers, using manipulated versions of models from companies like Meta, OpenAI, and Anthropic, are being sold on the dark web
Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal :
Q&A with OnlyFans CEO Keily Blair on paying out $15B+ to creators since inception, negative perceptions of the site, hosting sports and other content, AI, more
Cristina Criddle / Financial Times : X: @keilyblair and @1br0wn . LinkedIn: Keily Blair See also Mediagazer X: Keily Blair / @keilyblair : Are you “OnlyFans curious”? Want to know what's next for @On...
HP reports Q1 revenue down 4.4% YoY to $13.19B, vs. $13.56B est., Personal Systems revenue down 4% YoY to $8.8B, and Printing revenue down 5% YoY to $4.4B
Doc: EU regulators are probing whether Microsoft is preventing its customers from buying software that competes with its Entra ID identity management service
Aaron Holmes / The Information :
Filing: Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi receives options to buy stock worth ~$136M after hitting a performance target to reach a $120B valuation for the company
Camilla Hodgson / Financial Times :
Sources: Fiserv and Amadeus are the two main contenders to acquire Shift4 Payments, which provides payment processing services and has a market value of $6.5B
Sources: cloud storage service Egnyte has hired underwriters for a US IPO as early as this year that could value it at $3B+; Egnyte was valued at $460M in 2018
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