Sources: Israel's bombing campaign in Gaza used Lavender, an AI system that identified 37,000 potential human targets based on their apparent links to Hamas
Israeli intelligence sources reveal use of ‘Lavender’ system in Gaza war and claim permission given to kill civilians in pursuit of low-ranking militants
X adds blue checks to some large accounts as part of its plan to give free Premium memberships to users with at least 2,500 “verified subscriber followers”
Just as Elon Musk said, X is doling out free Premium and Premium memberships to accounts with a high number of verified followers.
Sources: Google considers adding certain AI-powered search features to its premium subscription services, which already offer access to Gemini in Gmail and Docs
Proposals would mark first time any of the software group's core product falls behind a paywall
Sources: Apple is exploring home robotic devices, including a mobile robot that can follow users and a table-top device that uses robotics to move a display
- The company has teams working on automated home devices — The search is on for new growth sources after EV gets nixed
Google sues two alleged crypto scammers, accusing them of using its Play Store to offer fraudulent crypto trading and investment apps to steal users' money
Google is suing two alleged crypto scammers, accusing them of using its Play Store to offer fraudulent cryptocurrency trading apps …
An interview with Andres Freund, a Microsoft database engineer working on PostgreSQL, on discovering the XZ Utils backdoor, doubting his own findings, and more
Super proud of you Andres! Forums: Hacker News : Andres Freund and the xz backdoor r/technology : Did One Guy Just Stop a Huge Cyberattack? - A Microsoft engineer noticed something was off on a piece...
An interview with Andrew Bosworth on the 10th anniversary of Reality Labs, the past and future of VR, AR, and AI, Meta's next AR glasses prototype, and more
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth talks with CNET about the past and future of VR, AR and AI. — 2014 doesn't seem that long ago to me.
Ripple plans to launch a stablecoin later in 2024 that is “100% backed by US dollar deposits, short-term US government Treasuries, and other cash equivalents”
The token will be “100% backed by U.S. dollar deposits, short-term U.S. government Treasuries and other cash equivalents.” according to the company.
Sources: Alphabet is considering an offer for HubSpot, an online marketing software company with a $35B market value, which would be its largest acquisition yet
Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL.O) has been talking to its advisers about the possibility of making an offer for HubSpot (HUBS.N) …
A profile of hacker Alejandro Caceres, aka P4x, who took down North Korea's internet in 2022 and says the US needs to wield its hacking powers more aggressively
As “P4x,” Alejandro Caceres single-handedly disrupted the internet of an entire country. Then he tried to show the US military how it can—and should—adopt his methods.
A Washington state judge bars using AI-enhanced video as evidence in a murder trial, a ruling experts say may be the first-of-its-kind in a US criminal court
Lawyers for a man charged with murder in a triple homicide had sought to introduce cellphone video enhanced by machine-learning software.
Elon Musk says “Tesla is increasing comp ... of our AI engineering team” because OpenAI has been “aggressively recruiting Tesla engineers” with “massive” offers
- CEO says carmaker is going extra mile to retain specialists — Exodus may exacerbate concerns about conflicts, governance
US rock band Kiss sells rights to its music, name, image, and likeness to Swedish entertainment company Pophouse to create a live show, a source says for ~$300M
Sale to Swedish entertainment group Pophouse set to 'fulfil the band's vision to become immortal'
Developers say open-source software culture, where users demand constant updates from volunteer coders, is a security issue, as shown by the XZ Utils backdoor
A previously unknown contributor to the popular open-source Android app store F-Droid repeatedly pressured its developers to push … Mastodon: @samleecole@journa.host , @doctormo@floss.social , and @mh...
An interview with Saber founder Matthew Karch on criticism of Embracer, joining Embracer's board in 2020, layoffs, and Embracer's $2B+ Savvy deal breaking down
Studio founder shares his view of the story behind Embracer's struggles, and why he's bullish on the group's recovery
Substack's new emphasis on followers, not subscriptions, and its opaque steps to migrate paid subscriptions off the platform make leaving harder for writers
And it'll be worse this time around! — The writing life, which has never exactly been a picnic for independent journalists and freelancers … Mastodon: @dangillmor@mastodon.social , @andreagrimes@oct...
How some MBA programs in the US are reorienting courses around AI by adding AI-related classwork, encouraging students to present on AI innovations, and more
American University, other top M.B.A. programs reorient courses around artificial intelligence; ‘It has eaten our world’ Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to . X: @grady_booch , @barbariancap , and @jmriver...
Some Amazon merchants complain of scam returns, where buyers ship junk back to sellers and claim they are returns, and say Amazon's policies favor customers
Merchants receive junk instead of returned purchases, a sore point as they say Amazon's policies favor customers
Apple resolves an outage impacting some of its online services, including the App Store, Apple TV, Podcasts, and Music, that lasted for over an hour on April 3
Apple server faces outage as users get message that platform 'can't connect' Mastodon: Matt Birchler / @matt@isfeeling.social : You know, if you could let users download your app from your own site th...
A Google Cloud and Cloud Security Alliance survey of 2,486 IT and security professionals finds that 63% believe AI could help in threat detection and response
Generative artificial intelligence technology is fast finding a home in cybersecurity operations, as a comprehensive …
Cohere releases Command R+, an AI model for business customers the startup says performs competitively against OpenAI and others on “business-critical” tasks
Cohere says its new technology is cheaper than OpenAI's offerings. — Artificial intelligence startup Cohere Inc …
Windows 10 security updates will cost $61/device for year one, doubling for year two and doubling again for year three, after ending support on October 14, 2025
WhatsApp experienced a global outage on April 3, preventing users from exchanging messages; Facebook Messenger and Instagram also experienced issues
Google expands Search Generative Experience to the UK, after launching it almost a year ago in the US, starting with some logged-in users
Google has begun trialling search answers written by artificial intelligence (AI) in the UK, after the feature was tested in the US last year.
Oceana: Amazon created 208M lbs of US plastic packaging waste in 2022, up 9.6% YoY: Amazon says it reduced plastic packaging use by 11.6% YoY globally in 2022
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Paris-based Pigment, a subscription-based business planning and forecasting service, raised $145M, sources say at a $1B+ valuation, for $393M in total funding
- French software startup said to be valued above $1 billion — Funding round comes as VC financing remains sluggish globally
Uber Eats rolls out delivery services with Waymo's self-driving cars in the Phoenix area, Uber's seventh site with autonomous deliveries and first with Waymo
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Meta is testing giving cash bonuses to creators who post engaging content on Threads, as part of an invite-only program
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SK Hynix plans to invest ~$3.87B in an advanced packaging plant and R&D facility in West Lafayette, Indiana, to produce high bandwidth memory chips from H2 2028
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OpenAI says that paid users can now edit DALL-E images in ChatGPT across web, iOS, and Android, using a selection tool and additional text prompts
here's how Vish Gain / Silicon Republic : OpenAI says users can now edit images on Dall-E through ChatGPT Matt Growcoot / PetaPixel : You Can Now Edit Images on DALL-E in ChatGPT: Here's How Matthias ...
OpenAI expands its Custom Model training program with “assisted fine-tuning”, letting organizations set up data training pipelines, evaluation systems, and more
OpenAI is expanding a program, Custom Model, to help customers develop tailored AI models using its technology for specific use cases, domains and applications.
AI chip startup SiMa.ai raised $70M led by Maverick Capital to develop chips for cameras, cars, and other consumer devices, taking its total funding to $270M
- Maverick Capital leads funding round, Point72 participates — SiMa.ai's board includes directors from Intel and TSMC
A look at some exciting startups from day one of YC's Winter 2024 Demo Day, including those using AI for creating music and helping lawyers review documents
out pops a professional-quality song with your custom lyrics. Britton Winterrose / @bwinterrose : irl YC demo day was just as incredible as i hoped it would be founders, new friends, old friends grate...
Facebook updates its mobile video player with a TikTok-like vertical look and new controls for Reels, Live, and longform videos, starting with the US and Canada
Cisco launches the AI-Enabled ICT Workforce Consortium, joined by Google, Microsoft, IBM, Intel, SAP, and Accenture, to research AI's impact on 56 ICT job roles
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Aerospike, which offers a highly scalable NoSQL database platform for processing data queries, raised $109M led by Sumeru, taking its total funding to $241M
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X rolls out support for posting Community Notes in India ahead of the 2024 general elections and says the program now has contributors in 69 countries
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Singapore-based SingleInterface, which lets offline businesses manage and grow an online presence, raised $30M, its first external raise since its 2015 founding
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AT&T plans to invest an additional $3B by 2030 to help close the US digital divide, after initially committing $2B by 2024, which helped nearly 5M Americans
Hope King / Axios :
Toronto-based Brim, which offers credit card and payment tech infrastructure to financial institutions, raised an $85M Series C led by Export Development Canada
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Self-driving software startup Ghost Autonomy, formerly Ghost Locomotion, shuts down, after raising ~$220M, and just five months after partnering with OpenAI
Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch :
Zhu Xingming, founder of Chinese robot maker Inovance, dubbed little Huawei, says protectionism won't stop its growth as automation is critical to supply chains
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In-memory computing, which seeks to reduce power consumption by processing data where it's stored, is seeing a boost in interest fueled by the AI energy crisis
and even inspiring some geopolitical maneuvering https://www.bloomberg.com/... via @BW
The EU removes from draft rules a requirement that non-EU cloud providers must set up a joint venture with an EU company to qualify for a cybersecurity label
Shopify: Revolutionizing Commerce with Winter Edition '26
Over 150+ new features transform how merchants build, design, and grow—with technology that amplifies creative vision.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.