Emails: Xbox President Sarah Bond forms a game preservation team, and reiterates that the next Xbox should be “the biggest technical leap ever in a generation”
The backward compatibility program will continue to future Xbox hardware. — What you need to know
The US awards TSMC $6.6B in grants and up to $5B in loans to build a third Arizona fab, slated to make 2nm chips by 2030, alongside TSMC's $65B+ investment
- World's top chipmaker to add capacity with third fab in state — Raimondo says latest US package aimed at AI, national security
Spotify debuts AI Playlist in beta for its Premium users in the UK and Australia, letting Android and iOS users generate and revise playlists using text prompts
Spotify already found success with its popular AI DJ feature, and now the streaming music service is bringing AI to playlist creation.
US lawmakers post a draft of the American Privacy Rights Act, which would create a data broker registry, let consumers opt out of some data collection, and more
WASHINGTON - Since the dawn of the internet age, tech companies have developed increasingly sophisticated ways to collect …
Thoughts on Apple's search for a new growth engine, Spatial Personas, and Kevin Lynch's move to the AI group; sources say new iPads may launch the week of May 6
Apple's search for a bold new product category is back on, and it includes a foray into robots.
Elon Musk says X is “lifting all restrictions” in Brazil after a court ruling to block certain accounts, which X is defying, and calls on the judge to resign
This article translated — Elon when autocrats request the data and censorship of opponents and critics: Ok, we gotta comply with the law. — Elon when democratic governments request data on people ...
Canada unveils a CA$2.4B fund to boost its AI sector by giving access to computing capabilities and technical infrastructure and creates its AI Safety Institute
- The centerpiece is money for ‘technological infrastructure’ — Canada has yet to pass law regulating artificial intelligence
Microsoft announces Microsoft AI London, a new hub for its consumer AI division led by former Inflection AI and DeepMind engineer Jordan Hoffmann
Microsoft has announced a new London hub for its recently unveiled consumer AI division. It will be fronted by Jordan Hoffmann …
Solana grapples with network congestion issues, leading to delays in transaction processing and dropped transactions, due to spam transactions and memecoins
- The Solana network is facing congestion, attributed to spam transactions. — Solana developers are working on solutions, including software patches and updates.
Web Summit co-founder Paddy Cosgrave confirms returning as Web Summit CEO; Cosgrave resigned in October 2023 over controversial comments on the Israel-Hamas war
Paddy Cosgrave, the co-founder of the Web Summit tech conference, is returning to his role as CEO after resigning in October …
A Brazilian Supreme Court judge opens an inquiry into Elon Musk for obstruction of justice involving X, and says X faces ~$20K/day in fines for noncompliance
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Sunday opened an inquiry into Elon Musk for obstruction …
Tesla faces a trial in San Jose this week over Apple engineer Walter Huang's fatal Autopilot crash in 2018; Tesla prevailed in two previous California trials
- Driver's family blames swerve on defect in Tesla technology — Company claims Walter Huang was distracted with video game
Sources: Pegatron is in advanced talks to hand over its only iPhone plant in India to the Tata Group, which will hold a 65%+ stake; Apple supports the move
Pegatron (4938.TW) is in advanced talks to hand over control of its only iPhone manufacturing facility in India to the Tata Group …
Nielsen data from 2021 to 2023: nine of the ten most-watched streaming programs are reruns, but a majority of the 100 most popular titles are original series
Netflix isn't the most-watched streaming service in the US. But it does have the most hit shows. — We are inching closer to Paramount having a new owner. X: @lucas_shaw , @lucas_shaw , @lucas_shaw ...
Internal Kremlin documents from May 2022 to August 2023 show an ongoing campaign to promote American isolationism via fabricated news articles and social media
especially as congressional approval for further aid is critical for Kyiv's ability to defend itself. w/@josephmenn https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... John Harwood / @johnjharwood : “Kremlin-linked s...
How some teachers are using AI tools like ChatGPT, Writable, Grammarly, and EssayGrader to help grade papers, make lesson plans, and create assignments
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Avraham Eisenberg, a crypto trader the US says stole $110M on the Mango Markets exchange in 2022, begins his trial this week, testing “code is law” claims
- US says game theorist stole $110 million from Mango depositors — Trader says transaction was legal under rules of exchange
Sources and filings: Sam Altman's net worth is ~$1B, driven by investments in Reddit, Stripe, Helion, YC startups, and others, despite having no OpenAI equity
CEO Sam Altman famously has no equity in OpenAI, but startup bets like Reddit, Stripe and Helion have made him a billionaire anyway, a Forbes investigation found. X: @alexrkonrad , @alexrkonrad , @n_s...
Montenegro's Supreme Court overturns Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon's extradition to South Korea; Kwon's lawyers had pushed for South Korea over the US
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Dune Analytics: decentralized exchange Uniswap tops $2T in all-time trading volume after breaching $1T in May 2022 and remains the largest DEX by trading volume
Alibaba cuts prices for cloud customers by 23% on average across ~500 cloud product specifications in 13 regions, seeking to fend off rivals and revive growth
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Filing: Denver-based digital marketing company Ibotta prices its 2.5M IPO shares at $76-$84 each, seeking to raise $472.5M; Ibotta had a $1B valuation in 2019
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PitchBook: VC investment in crypto startups rose 32% QoQ to $2.5B in Q1 2024, down from $2.6B in Q1 2023, after a brutal year for crypto and blockchain startups
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Maryland's legislature passed two privacy bills, one restricting data collection practices and the other focused on minors' safety on social platforms
“We are making a statement to the tech industry, and to Marylanders, that we need to rein in some of this data gathering,” said Delegate Sara Love, a Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegat...
Lime plans to spend $55M in 2024 to expand its e-bike fleet, adding 30K+ bikes in North America and elsewhere, and reports 2023 gross bookings up 32% to $616M
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A look at Huawei's efforts to make HarmonyOS a formidable rival to iOS and Android; Counterpoint: 16% of smartphones sold in China in Q4 2023 used HarmonyOS
A look at Towa Corp., which TechInsights says commands two-thirds of the global chip molding equipment market and has seen shares jump ~400% in the past year
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How company websites using unreliable AI accessibility widgets, often for blind users, to comply with regulations has prompted thousands of lawsuits globally
Joanna S Kao / Financial Times : Forums: Hacker News Forums: Hacker News : Blind internet users struggle with error-prone AI aids
Cybertech Global and IVC: in 2023, Israeli cybersecurity exit deals grew by 65% YoY to $7.1B; total tech sector exits were ~$11B, down from $13.5B in 2022
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