Microsoft debuts Phi-3 Mini, a small 3.8B-parameter model about as capable as GPT-3.5, and plans Phi-3 Small and Phi-3 Medium models with 7B and 14B parameters
Microsoft launched the next version of its lightweight AI model Phi-3 Mini, the first of three small models the company plans to release.
Apple schedules a “special Apple Event” for May 7 at 10am ET, where new iPads are expected; rumors suggest the iPad Pro will get an OLED display and an M3 chip
After kicking off 2024 with the launch of the Vision Pro, the next act in Apple's 2024 script is a May product launch event.
iPhone sales in China fell 19.1% YoY to a 15.7% share in Q1 2024; Vivo fell 0.4% YoY to 17.4%, Honor rose 11.5% YoY to 16.1%, and Huawei rose 69.7% YoY to 15.5%
- China's smartphone sales grew 1.5% YoY and 4.6% QoQ in Q1 2024, marking the second consecutive quarter of positive YoY growth.
Google fires ~20 more staff the company says participated in protests denouncing an Israeli cloud contract; an activist workers' group says the total is now 50+
Some employees protested the tech giant's contract with the Israeli government. They've been let go.
Adobe adds AI tools powered by its new Firefly Image 3 model to Photoshop, including Reference Image to inspire the AI's output, available in beta on desktop
Adobe is adding some new generative AI tools to its Photoshop creative software that aim to give users additional ways to control the designs they generate.
Source: ALPHV breached UnitedHealth's Change Healthcare network on February 12, nine days before the ransomware attack; the company paid a ransom to the hackers
UnitedHealth Group paid ransom to hackers, person familiar with the cyber investigation said
Sources: two SEC lawyers resigned after a US federal judge sanctioned and sharply rebuked the SEC for “gross abuse” of power in crypto platform DEBT Box's case
- Judge sanctioned regulator for ‘gross abuse of power’ in March — Utah crypto firm was put into receivership on staff's advice
As Congress' TikTok bill moves ahead, US lawmakers must show on what grounds they are forcing a sale or ban of the popular and culturally significant platform
Congress must show the evidence to gain Americans' support for its proposed sale or ban of one of the world's most popular social networks.
Spotify reports Q1 revenue up 20% YoY to €3.6B, MAUs up 19% YoY to 615M, below 617.9M est., subscribers up 14% YoY to 239M, and a €168M operating income
- Subscribers to paid Spotify tiers jumped 14% to 239 million — Swedish audio-streaming company posted record operating profit
Meta rolls out an early access multimodal AI to Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses, primarily to help identify objects, translate signs, and write Instagram captions
When the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses launched last fall, they were a pretty neat content capture tool and a surprisingly solid pair of headphones.
Meta opens its VR OS, now called Horizon OS, to third parties, and says Asus and Lenovo plan Horizon OS-compatible headsets; Meta plans an Xbox branded Quest
Apple released the Vision Pro on February 2; 12 days later Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivered his verdict: Ben Lang / Road to VR : Oculus Founder Reacts to Horizon OS News: “Hopefully it isn't too lat...
Elon Musk criticizes Australia's order to remove a video of a religious leader's stabbing, after the eSafety commissioner took X to court and the PM weighed in
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Analysis: 10 Chinese entities acquired advanced Nvidia chips embedded in Supermicro, Dell, and Gigabyte products between November 20, 2023 and February 28, 2024
Chinese universities and research institutes recently obtained high-end Nvidia (NVDA.O) artificial intelligence chips through resellers …
Sonos updates its Android and iOS apps, rebuilding them to become more reliable, and plans to discontinue its Windows and macOS apps in favor of web apps
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Newsletter service Ghost says it plans to add ActivityPub support in 2024; rival service Buttondown also plans ActivityPub support
Newsletter Platform Ghost Adopts ActivityPub Meera Navlakha / Mashable : Look out Substack, Ghost will join the fediverse this year Karissa Bell / Engadget : Newsletter service Ghost will support the ...
Analysis of pinyin keyboard apps from Baidu, Honor, Huawei, iFlytek, OPPO, Samsung, Tencent, Vivo, and Xiaomi: flaws reveal keystrokes to network eavesdroppers
We urge users to install the latest updates to their keyboard apps and that they keep their mobile operating systems up to date.
Repairable laptop maker Framework Computer raised a $17M Series A-1, after an $18M Series A in early 2022, to expand into new product categories
Framework Computer was ahead of the curve. The company was founded in 2019, as 20 U.S. states began exploring potential right to repair bills.
Amazon ends drone deliveries in Lockeford, California, which began in 2022, and plans to expand them to Tolleson, Arizona, in 2024 and other US regions in 2025
Big news for us today: we are integrating our Mk30 drone system into an existing Amazon operation in Tolleson, AZ. … Forums: r/phoenix : Amazon drone delivery coming soon to parts of Phoenix area
A look at Jeff Yass' Susquehanna International Group, which has a ~15% ByteDance stake worth ~$40B and has invested $3.5B+ into 350+ China startups since 2005
Financial Times : X: @henryjfoy X: Henry Foy / @henryjfoy : TikTok fortune of billionaire Republican mega-donor Jeff Yass threatened by Washington Fascinating tale of how all the money in the world c...
Meta, Google, OpenAI, child safety group Thorn, nonprofit All Tech Is Human, and other AI groups sign on to an initiative to add new child safety measures
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HR software company Rippling raised a $200M Series F led by Coatue at a $13.5B valuation, up from $11.25B in March 2023, and a separate $590M tender offer
what a powerful recruiting tool, I have to imagine it also continues to foster trust internally among employees at scale too @parkerconrad https://www.rippling.com/... Varun Mayya / @waitin4agi_ : See...
Cloud data management company Informatica says it is not currently in acquisition talks, after Salesforce's reported interest in a ~$10B deal; INFA falls 8%+
to Salesforce or anyone else Wall Street Journal : Salesforce's Talks to Buy Informatica Fizzle Larry Dignan / Constellation Research : Informatica says it'll hit Q1 targets, says not actively in acqu...
TabaPay, which offers instant payment services, agrees to acquire assets of banking-as-a-service startup Synapse, after Synapse filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
We are excited to announce that TabaPay is acquiring the assets of Synapse. TabaPay, Inc. : TabaPay to Acquire the Assets of Synapse Financial Technologies, Inc. X: Rohit Mittal / @rohitdotmittal : Fo...
UK-based users sue Grindr in the UK for allegedly sharing personal data, such as their HIV status, with ad companies like Localytics from May 2018 to April 2020
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Revolut plans an ad sales push, expects to derive a “proper chunk” of its revenue from targeted ads, and hires an ex-TikTok executive to lead its media strategy
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Kaiko: in the past year, Binance's bitcoin trading share outside the US fell from 81.3% to 55.3%, OKX's rose from 3% to 7.3%, and Bybit's rose from 2% to 9.3%
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Russia sentences Meta spokesperson Andy Stone in absentia to six years for “publicly defending terrorism”; Russia designates Meta as an extremist organization
French electrical equipment maker Legrand agrees to acquire Dutch health software company Enovation from PE firm Main Capital Partners, sources say for €500M+
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The EU opens another TikTok investigation to assess whether TikTok Lite's design, which financially rewards users for watching or liking videos, is “addictive”
Perplexity AI, which offers an AI chatbot to summarize search results, raised ~$63M led by Daniel Gross at a $1B+ valuation, up from $520M in January 2024
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Nominal, which offers tools for data analysis, testing, and more to startups building advanced hardware like drones, emerges from stealth with $27.5M in funding
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Pomelo, a “send now, pay later” startup that lets users in the US send money in the form of credit to people in the Philippines, raised a $35M Series A
Q&A with BCG CEO Christoph Schweizer, who says the consulting firm expects 20% of its 2024 revenue and 40% of its 2026 revenue to come via helping integrate AI
Financial Times : X: @tanarrowz and @sundeep . Forums: r/consulting X: @tanarrowz : BCG expects to generate a fifth of its revenues in 2024 from helping corporations integrate artificial intelligence...
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