Sources: Apple and Google are in active talks to use Gemini to power some new iPhone features in 2024; Apple also held talks with OpenAI to use its models
- Companies considering AI deal that would build on search pact — Apple also recently held discussions with OpenAI about deal
Respawn and EA postpone the North American Finals of Apex Legends, after an unknown hacker gave pro players hacks like aimbots and wallhacks during the event
Something rather terrifying has disrupted the North American Finals of Apex Legends, and players are now starting to potentially worry …
A look at issues and monetization options for CarPlay; sources say Apple plans to produce 20M-25M units of the entry and mid-tier AirPods launching in fall 2024
Apple's new CarPlay interface was originally designed to fend off Android, but now it's Apple's last hope to conquer the automotive industry.
Sources: Sony pauses PSVR2 production to clear unsold inventory after making 2M+ units; shipments have declined every quarter since PSVR2's February 2023 launch
- $550 accessory has suffered from lack of compelling content — Sony testing PC compatibility to expand gadget's appeal
xAI open sources the base model weights and network architecture of Grok-1, a 314B parameter Mixture-of-Experts model trained in October 2023, under Apache 2.0
We are releasing the base model weights and network architecture of Grok-1, our large language model.
Filings: in December 2023, Reddit canceled CEO Steve Huffman's pay incentives tied to hitting a $25B valuation, signaling reduced hopes for a blockbuster IPO
Social media company cancels Steve Huffman's performance awards based on hitting $25bn market value
Sources: Reddit's IPO is currently between four and five times oversubscribed, making the company more likely to at least attain its $6.5B valuation target
Echo Wang / Reuters :
Reviewing Reddit's IPO filings: signs of stalling user growth, struggles to grow overseas, a dependence on Google, wooing brands, a new Class C stock, and more
WIRED reviewed edits made by Reddit to its IPO filings over the years ahead of its stock market debut this week. Here are seven big takeaways.
Qualcomm unveils the Snapdragon 8S Gen 3, aiming to bring most 8 Gen 3 features, including on-device AI models, to mid-range smartphones in the “coming months”
Qualcomm just launched a new chipset that's designed to sit just below its current flagship in terms of capabilities and price.
YouTube now requires creators to label their realistic-looking videos made using AI, via an upload checklist; clearly unrealistic videos will not need a label
New York CNN — — Starting Monday, YouTube creators will be required to label when realistic-looking videos …
A profile of Reddit co-founder Steve Huffman, who blends the personal and professional as CEO and plans to test a tepid IPO market for the unprofitable company
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In the years since Facebook and Twitter banned Donald Trump after the January 6 attacks, he and his allies have beaten down efforts to filter election lies
A government shutdown is looming — again Frank Ricci / The Daily Caller : Biden Admin's ‘Misinformation’ Crackdown Faces Day Of Reckoning At SCOTUS Ryan King / New York Post : Pence has ‘forgiven’ Tru...
At an EU DMA hearing, an Apple lawyer fended off criticism over DMA compliance; Meta, Amazon, Alphabet, ByteDance, and Microsoft will now have similar hearings
Apple (AAPL.O) on Monday fended off criticism that it has not done enough to open up its closed eco-system as required under …
Apple and Google partnering for an AI deal is beneficial for both, giving Apple a compelling AI story for investors and Google access to affluent users
Dave Lee / Bloomberg :
Experts say forcing a TikTok US sale within 180 days, as the bill requires, would be too complicated and costly, and likely mean the app would be banned
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The US says Poland, Ireland, Finland, Germany, Japan, and South Korea joined the US-led anti-spyware pact; Five Eyes and six countries signed the pledge in 2023
Sean Lyngaas / CNN :
Google Research details VLOGGER, an AI model that can generate lifelike videos of people speaking, gesturing, and moving, from a single photo and an audio clip
Google researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence system that can generate lifelike videos of people speaking …
Inside generative AI music startup Suno, whose model can compose songs, including human vocals, using a text prompt, as Suno aims to “democratize” music making
and it's scarily adept. Learn about the startup with 12 employees changing everything, and what it might mean for musicians. Story: https://www.rollingstone.com/ ... [image] Erik Hayden / @erik_hayden...
A US judge rules Apple must face a class-action suit over AirTag stalking, as three plaintiffs made sufficient negligence and liability claims under CA law
There's a good discussion here on how much misuse of your product are you liable for because your threat model didn't consider them? … Forums: r/technology : AirTag anti-stalking class-action lawsuit ...
To settle a class action suit, Uber agreed to pay ~$178M to compensate taxi drivers in Australia who claimed they lost income when Uber entered the local market
The Australian legal system is a unique beast. I thought enforcing a link tax was unusual but this takes the cake. — https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Q&A with Figma CEO Dylan Field on the failed Adobe deal, competing with Adobe, Figma's new Multi-edit tool, building tools, AI, AGI, Dev Mode, the web, and more
The leader of design toolmaker Figma on life after the failed Adobe deal and what comes next in a live interview from SXSW. Threads: @reckless1280 Threads: Nilay Patel / @reckless1280 : Very much enjo...
Some GPT Store developers express disappointment by the lack of users and OpenAI not offering user analytics; OpenAI does not yet let developers charge money
Last fall, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman sought to capitalize on the raging success of ChatGPT by launching an app store.
Behind the rise of AI ambient clinical documentation tools, which let doctors record and automatically turn conversations with patients into clinical notes
Ashley Capoot / CNBC : X: @edgainesiii , @ashleycapoot , and @crcook1978 Forums: r/singularity and r/technology X: Ed Gaines / @edgainesiii : 1/96% of physicians using the Microsoft “DAX Co-Pilot” fo...
A profile of server maker Supermicro, whose flexibility in offering custom servers has been an advantage in the AI boom, as the company joins the S&P 500
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A look at the proliferation of gimmicky online crypto-certification programs, as the lack of a well recognized professional crypto accreditation leaves a vacuum
Olga Kharif / Bloomberg :
Google quietly refreshes its Fitbit branding from “Fitbit by Google” to “Google Fitbit” and updates the watermark font to match Google Pixel and Google Nest
Abner Li / 9to5Google :
Figure Markets, a crypto trading platform developed by Figure Technologies, raised a $60M Series A led by Jump Crypto, Pantera Capital, and Lightspeed Faction
Danny Park / The Block :
App analytics company Sensor Tower acquires Data.ai for an undisclosed amount; Crunchbase: Data.ai raised $157M+ while Sensor Tower raised just $46M
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch :
A profile of Indian startup Yotta Data Services, which plans to buy ~20K Nvidia H100 chips by June 2024 to offer computing power to Indian companies to build AI
Saritha Rai / Bloomberg :
An interview with Aaron Levie about Box's acquisition of Crooze, as Box embraces the content management industry's shift toward AI and workflow automation
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