Microsoft starts testing ads inside the Start menu on Windows 11 in the Insider builds in the US, and says the app promotions can be disabled in Settings
Microsoft says it's starting to test ads inside the Start menu on Windows 11. The software maker will use the Recommended section of the Start menu …
Palo Alto Networks alerts customers that hackers are exploiting a zero-day in its popular GlobalProtect VPN product and promises a patch by April 14
Cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks is alerting customers that a zero-day vulnerability in its firewall tool is being exploited by hackers.
Elon Musk's xAI previews Grok-1.5 Vision, its first multimodal model, and says the AI model will be available soon to “early testers and existing Grok users”
Elon Musk's OpenAI rival has introduced its first multimodal model. Not only can it understand text …
As Meta lowers the minimum age for WhatsApp users from 16 to 13 in the UK and EU, after announcing the move in February, child safety groups criticize the move
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Sources: Salesforce is in advanced talks to acquire cloud data management company Informatica, whose market cap crossed $11B after its shares jumped 43% in 2024
Deal for data-management software firm would be among Salesforce's largest if completed — Salesforce is in advanced talks …
SAG-AFTRA reaches a tentative deal with major record labels, including WMG and Sony Music Entertainment, that includes protections over the use of AI
Hollywood performers and media professionals have reached a tentative deal with major record labels such as Warner Music Group (WMG.O) …
Twitch has become a major Spanish-language platform, with streamers like TheGrefg and Ibai Llanos hosting live sporting events that attract massive audiences
Spanish streamers are redefining Twitch's relationship to traditional media. — 1h — One of the most interesting stories … X: @joshuatopolsky See also Mediagazer X: Joshua Topolsky / @joshuatopolsk...
Google researchers detail a technique that gives LLMs the ability to work with text of infinite length while keeping memory and compute requirements constant
A new paper by researchers at Google claims to give large language models (LLMs) the ability to work with text of infinite length.
A profile of NYC-based Nanotronics, which has raised $162M and is making modular chipmaking plants that can be assembled on site and be functional within a year
From New York City, Nanotronics is building small, modular chip plants designed to be shipped anywhere
Tesla drops the price of its Full Self-Driving software subscription, which the company now calls FSD (Supervised), from $199 per month to $99 per month
“Tesla slashes Full Self-Driving monthly subscription to $99” — #tesla #cars #ev — https://electrek.co/... X: @tesla : You can now subscribe to FSD (Supervised) for $99/month in the US https://own...
A US judge sentences ex-Amazon security engineer Shakeeb Ahmed to three years in prison for stealing $12.3M+ from Nirvana and another crypto exchange in 2022
and forfeiture of all the stolen crypto — is the inevitable consequence of such destructive hacks." Wu Blockchain / @wublockchain : SHAKEEB AHMED was sentenced today by a U.S. District Judge to three ...
Huawei unveils the new MateBook X Pro, its first AI PC, running on HarmonyOS and powered by Intel Core Ultra 9, available in China from April 18 for up to ~$2K
MateBook X Pro features HarmonyOS and Pangu LLM, both developed in-house — TAIPEI — China's Huawei Technologies …
Q&A with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei about AI models costing ~$10B to train, why AI models are close to being “able to replicate and survive in the wild”, more
Every Tuesday and Friday, Ezra Klein invites you into a conversation about something that matters, like today's episode with Dario Amodei.
Roku says hackers accessed ~576K accounts using credential stuffing, and made purchases in ~400 cases, after a similar breach affecting ~15K accounts in March
. — https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ... Anthony Dean / @dtgeek@mastodon.social : New Roku Hack: Half a Million Accounts Compromised in New Data Breach — https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ... ...
A US official says the OFAC is investigating several US and foreign companies for shipments of chips with military applications that ultimately end up in Russia
- US, EU increasingly concerned about Russian sanctions evasion — US analyzing data from over 600 distributors selling to Russia
OpenAI gives premium ChatGPT users access to an updated GPT-4 Turbo, promising “more direct, less verbose” responses that “use more conversational language”
and OpenAI says it's better in these key areas GSMArena.com : OpenAI makes ChatGPT smarter and quicker for paying users John Palmer / Cryptopolitan : OpenAI Rolls Out Major GPT-4 Turbo Upgrade Livemin...
Google tests removing links to CA news sites to measure the impact of the California Journalism Preservation Act and pauses investments in the CA news ecosystem
A case study of the creation of an AI-powered local “news” website, directed to produce partisan stories on a US Senate race; a Fiverr developer made it for $80
I paid a website developer to create a fully automated, AI-generated ‘pink-slime’ news site, programmed to create false political stories.
Epic asks a US court to require Google to allow alt app stores in Play Store and limit Google's ability to restrict alt app store preloading on Android phones
Mike Scarcella / Reuters :
After Sam Altman and others called for AI regulation, some executives including Box CEO Aaron Levie say the US should not rush like the EU did
Tech Leaders Once Cried for AI Regulation. Now the Message Is ‘Slow Down’ — https://www.wired.com/... X: Aaron Levie / @levie : One of the most common concerns about AI is the risk that it takes a ...
Meta is testing an AI-powered search bar in Instagram to let users chat with Meta AI and discover content
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch :
Last week, LinkedIn began letting advertisers pay to amplify posts from some users through Thought Leader ads, as it enters the market of influencer marketing
Jordan Novet / CNBC :
Adobe used images created by tools like Midjourney and uploaded to its stock marketplace by users, to train Firefly; Adobe says ~5% of images were AI-generated
Source: Akamai is in advanced talks to buy Noname Security, which finds and fixes API vulnerabilities, for $500M; the startup was valued at $1B in December 2021
~$200M series B+C 1x preference will leave $300m for seed and series A investors plus employees. …
Chinese-owned Dutch chipmaker Nexperia is investigating a breach in March; report: customer data of companies including Apple, Huawei, and SpaceX was stolen
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