Google adds Gemma variants CodeGemma, for code completion and generation tasks, and RecurrentGemma, to offer researchers faster inference at higher batch sizes
In February we announced Gemma, our family of lightweight, state-of-the-art open models built from the same research and technology used to create the Gemini models.
NetEase and Microsoft say they plan to bring World of Warcraft and other Blizzard games back to China after a feud ended the 14-year partnership in January 2023
Chinese video games giant NetEase (9999.HK) said it is working with Microsoft (MSFT.O) to bring popular games including …
Automattic acquires Beeper, a source says for $125M, and absorbs its 27 employees; Beeper co-founder Eric Migicovsky will become Automattic's head of messaging
- Automattic purchases Beeper in $125 million deal; CEO to join — Beeper briefly brought Apple's iMessage to Android devices
The FCC says all but the smallest ISPs must now publish broadband “nutrition labels” on all their plans, ending an eight-year battle between ISPs and the agency
Starting on Wednesday, all but the smallest ISPs will be required to publish broadband “nutrition labels” on all of their plans, the regulator announced.
Sources: Apple assembled $14B worth of iPhones in India in the past fiscal year, doubling production YoY; Apple now makes as much as 14% of its iPhones in India
- It now assembles about 1 in 7 of its iPhones from India — That ramp-up suggests an accelerating shift from China
Intel debuts Gaudi 3, set for Q3 mass production, claiming up to 1.7x the training performance, 50% more inference, and 40% better efficiency than Nvidia's H100
Google unveils ARM-based Axion chips for AI, claiming they have up to 30% better performance over the top ARM rivals, coming to Google Cloud customers in 2024
OpenAI makes GPT-4 Turbo with Vision generally available in its API, and lets Vision requests use JSON mode and function calling
As enterprise developers and astute company leaders know, the application programming interface (API) is the nexus of modern software development that sits atop tech platforms …
Meta announces its next-generation Meta Training and Inference Accelerator chips for AI training, and says MTIA v1 and the new chips are both now in production
Meta promises the next generation of its custom AI chips will be more powerful and able to train its ranking models much faster.
Piper Sandler survey of 6,020 US teens: 33% now own a VR device, up from 31% in fall 2023, and the weekly use of VR devices grew from ~10% in fall 2023 to ~13%
The AR/VR device market has always been considered a niche. Even with the launch of the Apple Vision Pro earlier this year …
Rakuten Kobo announces its first color e-readers, the $220 Kobo Libra Colour and the $150 Kobo Clara Colour, available for preorder now and shipping on April 30
Rakuten Kobo is launching its first color e-readers, the Kobo Libra Colour and the Kobo Clara Colour.
How Ukraine deemed US startups' drones glitchy and pricey, and turned to cheaper Chinese drones; PitchBook: ~300 US drone startups have raised ~$2.5B since 2022
Drones from American startups have been deemed glitchy and expensive, prompting Ukraine to turn to alternatives from China
Sources: ByteDance's EBITDA rose ~60% YoY in 2023 to $40B+ and its sales rose from $80B to nearly $120B, passing Tencent's revenue and profit for the first time
- Revenue at TikTok owner also grew substantially in 2023 — Company's US business is being challenged by lawmakers
The US is right to target TikTok and prevent a foreign adversary from controlling a platform to deploy “persuasive AI” that can manipulate US citizens and more
Chinese control of a powerful ‘persuasive AI’ tool cannot be tolerated — The writer is the founder of Khosla Ventures
Google's Cloud Next keynote was by far its most impressive presentation in the AI era, not least because the company realizes its infrastructure advantages
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Adobe updates Frame.io, adding new workflow and tagging capabilities for project management, in beta for Free and Pro customers on the web, iOS, and iPadOS
Adobe has introduced the latest version of Frame.io, overhauling the cloud-based media collaboration service with oodles of new workflow …
Intel says its next-gen Lunar Lake laptop chips will have 100+ TOPS of performance in AI tasks and elements of Microsoft's Copilot will soon run locally on PCs
A while back, I took a bit of a swipe at Axios, which I felt … Hilbert Hagedoorn / Guru3D : Intel Previews Lunar Lake with Enhanced AI Capabilities at Vision 2024 Phoronix : Intel HID Driver Ready For...
Aloha Browser says its EU users jumped 250% in March 2024 after the DMA came into effect; Vivaldi, Ecosia, Brave, DuckDuckGo, and Opera also saw user growth
Independent browser companies in the European Union are seeing a spike in users in the first month after EU legislation forced Alphabet's Google …
Atos, the main cybersecurity provider to the 2024 Olympics, secures €450M in interim financing to stay afloat, including a €50M loan from the French Government
PARIS — When Atos called for help, France just couldn't say no. — The IT company, vital to France's staging …
Ad buyers on Meta's platforms complain of performance issues on its systems in recent months, and say campaign costs are up significantly while returns are down
Marketers on Facebook and Instagram notice glitches, higher prices and poorer returns on the once-reliable network
WPP announces a collaboration with Google, integrating Gemini AI tools with WPP data to create scripts, product images, and more for ad clients like Coca-Cola
The groundbreaking partnership implies Google's robots could begin creating ads for world-leading brands like Coca-Cola. — Chat with SearchBot
Madrid-based big data observability startup Onum, which launched in 2023, raised a $28M Series A led by Dawn Capital, with participation from Insight and Kibo
Big data observability startup Onum said today it's ready to accelerate its ambitious growth plans after closing on a $28 million early-stage round of funding.
TSMC reports Q1 revenue up 16.5% YoY to ~$18.5B and expects revenue to grow 20%+ in 2024, reversing 2023's slight decline, and a $28B to $32B capex in 2024
That outperformance lends weight to expectations that the world's most valuable chipmaker will return to solid growth this year …
Collaborative Robotics, which is developing a Cobot to work alongside humans, raised a $100M Series B led by General Catalyst, taking its total funding to $140M
Humanoids have sucked a lot of the air out of the room. It is, after all, a lot easier to generate press for robots that look and move like humans.
How TSMC is transforming the Japanese farm town of Kikuyo into a key node in Asia's chip supply chain, backed by billions of dollars from Japan's government
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Guesty, a platform for accommodation managers to manage Airbnbs and more, raised $130M, sources say at a $900M valuation, after raising a $170M Series E in 2022
Travel and tourism are very much back on the map for consumers and the business world. Now, to underscore that surge …
The FCC plans to cut its broadband subsidy payout to $14 per month, under half of the current rate; AT&T, Charter, and others are yet to detail their response
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Developer email: Amazon will no longer pay developers to create Alexa apps, and stops offering free AWS credits; developers can still monetize apps via IAPs
- End of program scraps key element of effort to build app store — Google killed third-party apps for its Assistant in 2022
Israeli cloud security startup Wiz buys cloud detection and response startup Gem Security, sources say for $350M, after buying developer platform Rafft in 2023
The first time Gili Raanan ever gave Assaf Rappaport a big check, it was in a gas station. — “It was a convenience store …
Apple researchers publish a paper on Ferret-UI, a multimodal LLM tailored for enhanced understanding of mobile UI screens
this AI can read your iPhone screen Mini Games / The Indian Express : Apple's ‘Ferret-UI’ AI model could understand what's on your screen in a new way Oliver Haslam / iMore : Apple's latest AI advance...
Cruise resumes manually driving its vehicles without autonomous systems engaged to create maps and gather road information in select cities, starting in Phoenix
In a lengthy memo on Alibaba's internal forum, Jack Ma voiced support for the company during its turbulent restructuring, saying Alibaba is on the right path
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Platform Science, which provides connected vehicle tools for enterprise fleets, raised $125M from 8VC, Prologis, and others, taking its total funding to $309M
Excited to be working with BDT & MSD Partners, Activant Capital, Prologis, NewRoad Capital Partners, Daimler Truck AG, PACCAR
A US official says SpaceX's Pentagon contract to deploy terminals in Ukraine between June 2023 and May 2024 is worth $23M; the deal may not be renewed
Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg :
Roblox partners with PubMatic to show video ads on in-game billboards to users aged 13 and over; creators that opt to show the ads will get a cut of ad revenue
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Researchers found an exposed Azure server with Microsoft staff credentials used to access internal systems; Microsoft was told February 6 and fixed on March 5
https://techcrunch.com/... #cybersecurity #microsoft Zack Whittaker / @zackwhittaker@mastodon.social : New, by me: Security researchers found an Azure storage server exposed to the internet containin...
Meta's Nick Clegg says it's surprising how infrequently AI tools are being used to subvert elections and confirms Llama's next version will arrive by next month
YouTube adds shopping features, including creator-curated product lists for users to browse called Shopping Collections and a hub with info on commission rates
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch :
Copenhagen-based Reshape, whose AI-powered robotic imaging system helps track visual changes in lab experiments, raised a $20M Series A led by Astanor Ventures
Paul Sawers / TechCrunch :
Quora-owned AI chatbot platform Poe now allows bot creators to set a per-message price for their bots and rolls out enhanced analytics dashboard for creators
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Investment platform Linqto plans to go public via SPAC with Blockchain Coinvestors Acquisition at a ~$700M valuation, in a deal expected to close in H2 2024
Arasu Kannagi Basil / Reuters :
Alethea, whose ML service monitors online chatter to help companies detect disinformation, raised a $20M Series B led by GV, bringing its total raised to $34M
Sam Sabin / Axios :
Mumbai-based Neysa, which offers a suite of generative AI tools to help clients manage their AI projects, raised a $20M seed led by Matrix, Nexus, and NTTVC
Jessica Rajan / The Economic Times :
Q&A with Getty Images CEO Craig Peters on the deal with Nvidia to create AI tools trained on Getty's stock images, the need for AI industry standards, and more
Scott Roxborough / The Hollywood Reporter :
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