Apple announces a new 13- and 15-inch MacBook Air with M3, offering an 8-core CPU and up to a 10-core GPU, starting at $1,099 or $1,299 and shipping on March 8
Apple today announced its next-generation M3 MacBook Air range, in 13-inch and 15-inch sizes. The new models are available to order today, and will start shipping March 8.
Meta confirms its services are suffering a broad outage, which started around 10am ET, affecting Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Meta Quest logins
Facebook, Instagram, and Threads are all experiencing issues. The three Meta-owned platforms aren't working for many users …
Apple says that after a software update the M3 14-inch MacBook Pro will be able to drive two external monitors when its lid is closed, like the M3 Air can
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Anthropic's pricing for Claude 3 Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku, which all have a 200K-token context window, ranges from “super expensive” to “radically competitive”
Willison: “No model has beaten GPT-4 on a range of widely used benchmarks like this.”
OpenAI updates ChatGPT with a Read Aloud feature that auto-detects 37 languages and reads GPT-4 and GPT-3.5 responses out loud on the web, Android, and iOS
OpenAI's new Read Aloud feature for ChatGPT could come in handy when users are on the go by reading its responses in one of five voice options out loud to users.
Google outlines updates to comply with the EU's DMA: search changes to prioritize large intermediaries and aggregators, new tools for app developers, and more
Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google on Tuesday outlined changes to search results and new tools for apps developers to promote their products …
Chinese smartphone sales declined 7% YoY in the first six weeks of 2024; Huawei rose 64% YoY while Apple fell 24% YoY, Oppo fell 29% YoY, and Vivo fell 15% YoY
- Growth: China's smartphone unit sales declined by 7% YoY during the first six weeks of 2024.
Nothing debuts the 6.7" Phone (2a), its first budget phone, with a 5,000mAh battery and a MediaTek chip, starting at £319 for 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage
Budget phones tend to be pretty forgettable, but the Nothing Phone 2A isn't your average budget phone — that much is obvious just looking at it.
Anthropic announces Claude 3 Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku, aiming to reduce AI model hallucinations; Opus and Sonnet are available now, and Haiku in the coming weeks
Claude 3 Opus, Claude 3 Sonnet, and Claude 3 Haiku—set new industry benchmarks across reasoning, math, coding, multilingual understanding, and vision. [image] Flo Crivello / @altimor : Claude v3's sco...
Bitcoin surpassed $69K, eclipsing its previous all-time high set on November 10, 2021, with US spot bitcoin ETFs a likely catalyst of the latest bull run
The success of the spot ETFs which opened for business on January 11 was the catalyst for this latest bull run for the world's largest crypto.
X's audio and video calls, which are on by default, are peer-to-peer, revealing users' IP addresses to each other unless they toggle an enhanced privacy setting
The new X calling feature can hurt your privacy — In his quest to turn a simple and functioning Twitter app into X …
As bitcoin passes $69K and its November 2021 all-time high, Coinbase's stock, which fell to $46.43 in 2023, passes $235, more than doubling in the past month
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StatCounter: Linux hit 4.03% desktop OS market share in February 2024, after taking 30 years to hit 3% in June 2023, as distros adopt more user-friendly designs
According to StatCounter's data, by the end of February 2024, Linux has achieved a 4.03% desktop market share.
At an event, Sergey Brin said Google “definitely messed up” Gemini's image generation debut and it's “not our intention” for Gemini to lean left “in many cases”
- Google's Sergey Brin spoke to a roomful of entrepreneurs over the weekend at the “AGI House” in Hillsborough, California.
As Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, and Microsoft comply with the EU's DMA before March 7, experts are skeptical its rules will have the desired effect
This week is the deadline for large online platforms to comply with new EU regulations on competition. Too little too late, say some
The US Treasury sanctions spyware group Intellexa Consortium's founder and one of his business partners, the first US sanctions on people over spyware misuse
The U.S. government announced Tuesday sanctions against the founder of the notorious spyware company Intellexa and one of his business partners.
Sources: Microsoft plans to unveil Surface Pro 10 with an OLED screen and Surface Laptop 6, both with Intel Core Ultra and Snapdragon X Elite chips, on March 21
Microsoft's first AI PCs will be unveiled on March 21, ahead of next-gen Windows 11 AI features coming this fall. — What you need to know
Cloudflare announces Firewall for AI, a protection layer that companies can deploy in front of LLMs to find abuses and attacks before they can reach the models
Cloudflare Inc., a global cloud connectivity provider company, today announced the development of Firewall for AI to provide companies …
UK digital bank Monzo raised $430M led by Alphabet's CapitalG at a $5B valuation, up from $4.5B in December 2021, and plans to use funds to expand in the US
London-based digital bank raised $430mn from investors including CapitalG and HongShan — Monzo has secured a fresh round …
Tropic Haze, the developer of Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu, agrees to pay $2.4M to settle Nintendo's lawsuit, shut down the emulator, and surrender the domain
“Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu will utterly fold and pay $2.4M to settle its lawsuit” — https://www.theverge.com/... @cassidy@mastodon.blaede.family : I'm frustrated by the Yuzo/Nintendo settlement;...
Twitter's former CEO, CFO, legal chief, and general counsel sue Elon Musk over allegedly $128M+ in unpaid severance and Musk's claim he had cause to fire them
with program advice from Cisco and Salesforce Ryan Dinsdale / IGN : Elon Musk and X/Twitter Sued for $128 Million Over Alleged Unpaid Severance Amanda Yeo / Mashable : Former Twitter/X executives sue ...
Instagram now lets users edit DMs up to 15 minutes after sending, pin up to three messaging threads to the top of their inbox, and save their favorite stickers
Joining Facebook And WhatsApp Hadlee Simons / Android Authority : Instagram picks up a few much-needed features from WhatsApp BetaNews : Now you can edit Instagram DMs, pin messages and more Tsveta Er...
Sources: Chinese AI startup MiniMax raised $600M+ led by Alibaba at a $2.5B+ valuation; the round remains in progress and HongShan has committed funds
- Minimax scores funding from investors including HongShan — Alibaba has spearheaded two major deals so far this year
After removing 100+ Indian apps on March 1, Google is now “temporarily reinstating the apps of the developers with appeals pending in the Supreme Court”
Cybersecurity asset management service Axonius raised a $200M extension led by Lightspeed and Accel to its $200M Series E from 2022 at a flat $2.6B valuation
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Sources: US officials told AMD that the company's AI chip for the Chinese market is still too powerful, and that AMD must obtain a license to sell the chip
but the US Commerce Department told them it's still too powerful to sell without a license w/ @leejane71 https://www.bloomberg.com/... Forums: r/AMD_Stock : AMD Hits US Roadblock in Selling AI Chip Ta...
A profile of Oregon-based Agility Robotics, which tests its humanoid robots in Amazon's warehouses and has named former Magic Leap CEO Peggy Johnson as its CEO
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Google's March Pixel updates include a Hello button to let Google Assistant screen calls, Circle to Search on Pixel 7, and 10-bit HDR video uploads to Instagram
all the new features for your Pixel phones, watches, and tablets Artie Beaty / ZDNet : New Pixel feature drop delivers 10 exciting upgrades to Google's phone and watch Tim / Droid Life : Pixel Phones ...
Microsoft files a motion to dismiss the NYT's copyright lawsuit, accusing the NYT of “doomsday futurology” for predicting ChatGPT could ruin the news business
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Mews, which offers cloud-based hotel management tools, raised $110M led by Kinnevik at a $1.2B post-money valuation; the company says it's not yet profitable
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Israel-based VC firm Team8 raised $500M from Microsoft, Cisco, and others for funds that will invest in 30+ cyber, data, AI, health, and other Israeli startups
Marissa Newman / Bloomberg :
Topsort, whose API allows small businesses to simplify their ad campaigns, raised a $20M Series A led by Upload Ventures, bringing its total raised to $28.6M
Read more from TechCrunch here: Francisco Larrain : Incredibly proud of our mission, the market validation and the amazing team behind it! Regina Y. : Incredibly excited to share the news of Topsort's...
At a Riyadh event, Amazon says the company plans to spend $5.3B in Saudi Arabia to create new AWS infrastructure by 2026, DataVolt plans to invest $5B, and more
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Colombian payments orchestration startup Yuno raised a $25M Series A from DST, a16z, Tiger, and more at a $150M valuation to expand in Asia, Europe, and Africa
Christine Hall / TechCrunch : LinkedIn: Nicolás Duarte LinkedIn: Nicolás Duarte : Very proud to be part of the Yuno team, we will continue working to revolutionize the payment industry and keep achie...
After Elon Musk assured right-wingers like Libs of TikTok that X's anti-trans hate policy wouldn't affect them, X updates it with “where required by local laws”
In just a few months, Google spent well over $1B to settle lawsuits, including $700M on Play Store claims, as the company fights two cases brought by the US DOJ
Nico Grant / New York Times : X: @florian4gamers X: Florian Mueller / @florian4gamers : The $700M Google Play Store with three dozen state attorneys-general is not a done deal yet as Judge Donato bel...
Q&A with Grindr CEO George Arison on the company's plans, including an “à la carte” travel payment option; GRND is down 75% since its November 2022 SPAC merger
Financial Times : X: @ft X: @ft : Grindr CEO George Arison is betting the company can broaden its appeal and boost revenues. There are early signs that investors share his optimism, with the stock ra...
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