Neuralink shows its first brain implant patient, a 29-year-old man paralyzed from the shoulders down, playing online chess using the Neuralink device
In a livestream on X, the paralyzed 29-year-old man used his Neuralink brain implant to control a computer.
Sources: the US DOJ plans to sue Apple as soon as Thursday, accusing the company of violating antitrust laws by blocking rivals from accessing iPhone features
- Lawsuit to be filed in federal court as soon as Thursday — Case comes as iPhone maker also faces scrutiny in Europe
Reddit priced its IPO at $34 per share, the top of its expected $31-$34 range, raising $519M and valuing the company at nearly $6.5B, ahead of its market debut
In this photo illustration a Reddit logo is seen displayed on a smartphone. — Reddit, the 19-year-old website that hosts millions …
The US DOJ sues Apple, alleging the company blocked its competitors from accessing iPhone features, made switching to non-Apple devices more difficult, and more
Justice Department says iPhone maker leveraged its dominance to block software and limit functionality of competing devices
Apple says the US DOJ winning its lawsuit “would set a dangerous precedent, empowering government to take a heavy hand in designing people's technology”
The U.S. Department of Justice today filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple, accusing the company of operating …
After a classified briefing on TikTok, Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell says that “the next steps might be something more public, like a hearing”
- But Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has not committed to putting the bill on the floor anytime soon.
Chinese state media: Tim Cook said “there's no supply chain in the world that's more critical to us than China” and praised “modernization in Chinese factories”
Apple chief Tim Cook has said China is “critical” to its business in comments made during a visit to the country …
Epic plans to release its Epic Games Store on iOS and Android later in 2024, offering “the same fair terms” as its PC store, including a 12% commission on sales
With plans to launch its own game store on iOS, it's now been announced that the Epic Games Store is coming to Android.
In a letter to Judge Kaplan, FTX CEO John Ray says SBF's claims of “zero” harm to users are “demonstrably false” and FTX had only 105 bitcoin when Ray took over
- Ray called the claims ‘callously’ and ‘demonstrably’ false — SBF had claimed customers on the exchange suffered no harm
YouTube TV gets multiview support on iOS and iPadOS, letting users watch up to four TV channels at once; Android support is set to arrive “in the coming months”
Google has confirmed that YouTube TV is now rolling out support for Multiview on the iPhone and iPad, but the feature won't arrive on Android for a while.
In a research paper, Google Research details how AI helped to provide accurate flood forecasting in over 80 countries up to seven days in advance of the flood
A paper published in Nature today shows how Google Research uses AI to accurately predict riverine flooding and help protect livelihoods …
A UK jury finds a UK citizen guilty of laundering BTC for a Chinese fugitive allegedly behind a ~$6B fraud in China; UK police seized BTC worth $2.2B+ in 2018
- Jury finds Jian Wen guilty on one count of money laundering — Jian helped Chinese fugitive Zhimin Qian launder Bitcoin
BlackRock unveils its first tokenized asset fund, BUIDL, built on the Ethereum network and fully backed by cash, US Treasury bills, and repurchase agreements
The asset management giant also made a strategic investment in asset tokenization company Securitize.
Canadian regulatory agency ISED clarifies its stance on banning Flipper Zero, saying the aim is to restrict the use of such devices “to legitimate actors only”
A Canadian regulatory agency says the aim is to restrict the Flipper Zero ‘to legitimate actors only.’ — Michael Kan
Fairly Trained certifies KL3M, an LLM legal tech consultancy startup 273 Ventures claims to have built without the permissionless use of copyrighted materials
OpenAI claimed it's “impossible” to build good AI models without using copyrighted data. An “ethically created” …
Sources: the EU plans to announce investigations into Apple's and Google's DMA compliance in the coming days; Meta's subscriptions could also face scrutiny
- Meta also expected to face scrutiny in EU's Big Tech clampdown — Digital Markets Act investigations could pave way for fines
How Reddit, one of the last online spaces where real people gather, went from one of the darkest parts of the internet to a content moderation success story
The site's journey from toxic cesspool to trusted news source illustrates the business value of keeping bad actors at bay.
Meta, Microsoft, X, and Match Group file an amicus brief in Epic v. Apple protesting Apple's plan to charge a commission for payments made outside the App Store
Tokyo-based Sakana AI, founded by two Google researchers, releases three Japanese language models built using “model merging”, which combines existing AI models
Sakana AI, a Tokyo-based artificial intelligence startup founded by two prominent former Google (GOOGL.O) researchers …
The TikTok divestment bill fits into a long and important US tradition of forbidding a hostile foreign power from controlling a major communication platform
and I am thrilled to see Tai seeking—greater balance in trade, the peace that falls between the extremes, avoiding the 20th century tendency to take every notion (like interdependence) beyond its logi...
Sources: Temu and Shein have supplanted Walmart and Target as focal points in internal Amazon meetings related to retail, as Amazon explores new promo campaigns
from Amazon to Walmart to Wawa Lionel Lim / Fortune : Temu-owner PDD spooked China's e-commerce giants last year with its low prices. Now the upstart has almost doubled its annual profits X: Sebastian...
Investor letter: Shein announces a “supply chain as a service” initiative, offering its supply chain infrastructure and tech to outside brands and designers
China-founded fashion giant shifts business strategy as it faces U.S. challenges — China-founded Shein has built … X: @jchengwsj and @wsj X: Jonathan Cheng / @jchengwsj : China-founded Shein has bui...
Microsoft updates the Surface Laptop 6 and Surface Pro 10 for enterprise, adding a Copilot key, a Neural Processing Unit for Windows 11 AI features, and more
Microsoft is gearing up for its “year of the AI PC” with two new Surface devices that won't be sold directly to consumers.
The Browser Company, which makes the Arc browser, raised $50M led by Pace Capital at a $550M valuation, bringing its total funding to $128M
The Browser Company, which makes the Arc browser, has raised $50 million in a round led by Pace Capital at a $550 million valuation, TechCrunch has learned exclusively. X: @jackrandalll , @joekndy , @...
An analysis of cookie pop-ups on the 10K most popular websites shows that dozens share data with 1,000+ companies, and thousands share data with 100+ companies
Cookie pop-ups now show the number of “partners” that websites may share data with. Here's how many of these third-party companies …
Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3, a 4nm chip aimed at high-end smartphones that adds on-device generative AI and Wi-Fi 7; OnePlus is the first partner
Abner Li / 9to5Google :
X suspends the accounts of some journalists and researchers who posted the alleged real name of neo-Nazi cartoonist Stonetoss, after Stonetoss appealed to Musk
https://www.wired.com/... [image] Steve Thompson / @SteveThompson@mastodon.social : “Elon Musk's X Is Suspending Accounts That Reveal a Neo-Nazi Cartoonist's Alleged Identity” — https://www.wired.c...
As “censorship free” social network Parler returns to the iOS App Store, CEO Ryan Rhodes talks new features, moderation, and building “a true open platform”
Borderless AI, whose AI agent automates HR tasks like onboarding and payments, emerges from stealth with a $27M seed led by Susquehanna and Aglaé Ventures
Few HR startups have grown faster or seen more venture capital funding in recent years than so-called “employers of record,” …
A commit in Ethereum Foundation's GitHub repository shows the foundation has received a voluntary and confidential inquiry from an unspecified state authority
GitHub releases code scanning autofix, powered by Copilot and CodeQL, in public beta for GitHub Advanced Security customers, to help them fix vulnerabilities
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch :
US government emails show India rolled back its policy to impose restrictions on laptop imports in 2023 after behind-the-scenes lobbying by US officials
Reuters : X: @munsifv , @munsifv , @munsifv , @adityakalra , @reuters , @adityakalra , @munsifv , @adityakalra , @munsifv , @adityakalra , @munsifv , @adityakalra , @adityakalra , @suhasinih , @adity...
Micron reports Q2 revenue up 58% YoY to $5.82B, vs. $5.53B est., and forecasts Q3 revenue above estimates, buoyed by demand for AI hardware; MU jumps 11%+
The US House passes a bill to prevent data brokers from selling personal data to China, Russia, or other “foreign adversaries”; the bill now heads to the Senate
and what it means for marketers Gintaras Radauskas / Cybernews.com : House passes important privacy bill overshadowed by TikTok fever Benzinga : How TikTok Bill ‘Will Benefit’ App Users, Explains Key ...
Used car marketplace Carvana, whose stock fell from $360 to $4, has now rallied to $86, avoiding a financial abyss after restructuring its $9B debt in 2023
Sujeet Indap / Financial Times : X: @sindap X: Sujeet Indap / @sindap : NEW: At the beginning of 2023, Carvana was a $4 stock and circling bankruptcy. 15 months later it's at $86. Founder and CEO, Er...
Sources: Cohere, which has raised $445M and was seeking new funding at a $6B valuation in 2023, generated just ~$13M in annualized revenue at the end of 2023
a whopping 450x multiple. @HeeterMaria and I have the inside details here: https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
Paris-based Greenly, whose carbon accounting software helps SMBs track their carbon emissions, raised a $52M Series B, and reports $10M+ in ARR in 2023
Tim De Chant / TechCrunch :
Chipmaker Astera Labs jumped 72% in its trading debut after its IPO topped expectations to raise $713M, giving the company a market value of $9.46B
Bengaluru-based smart ring maker Ultrahuman raised a $35M Series B, with $25M in equity and the rest in debt, from Blume, Steadview Capital, Nexus, and others
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch :
Boston-based CyberSaint, which helps enterprises assess, measure, remediate, and communicate their cyber risk posture, raised a $21M Series A led by Riverside
Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE :
Sources: the BBC plans to build its own AI models, and is holding talks with tech companies, including Amazon, about selling its content for AI training
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times : X: @ravmattu See also Mediagazer X: Ravi Mattu / @ravmattu : Another good scoop from @DanielThomasLDN: BBC planning to build its own AI models and talking to Big Tec...
X launches API top-up packs, letting developers fetch roughly 10,000 more posts for $100 after exceeding their tier's limits midway through a month
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch :
Marc Lore's food delivery startup Wonder raised $700M from NEA, GV, and others, taking its total funding to $1.5B, and aims to open nearly 100 NYC locations
Sources: after more than six months, the FBI has resumed limited outreach to some US tech companies about foreign propagandists using their platforms
NBC News : X: @ericgeller and @kevincollier X: Eric Geller / @ericgeller : “Employees at two companies that had previously received the briefings said the agency had resumed limited outreach but that...
OpenAI hasn't yet set a timeline for the release of Sora, as the company tries to catch up to Meta, Google, and other text-to-video AI startups like Runway AI
Rachel Metz / Bloomberg :
Court docs: Sachin Dev Duggal, the CEO of UK-based Builder.ai, which offers low-code tools and raised $450M+, is a suspect in an Indian money laundering probe
Financial Times : X: @alexandraheal and @refsrc X: Alexandra Heal / @alexandraheal : NEW: The men behind one of London's rare tech successes, Microsoft-backed start-up https://builder.ai/, named in I...
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