Google teases Project Astra, a camera-based AI app to process visual data in real time, and showed a person wearing a pair of smart glasses using the feature
It'll even remember things it saw that are no longer in the frame. — Deputy Editor, Reviews
Ilya Sutskever says he will leave OpenAI to work on a “personally meaningful” project; Director of Research Jakub Pachocki will become OpenAI's chief scientist
OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever said Tuesday that he's leaving the Microsoft-backed startup.
The arrival of AI search bodes ill for everyone who relies on web search to have their business discovered, their blog post read, or their journalism funded
With AI search results coming to the masses, the human-powered web recedes further into the background
Jan Leike, who was co-leading OpenAI's Superalignment team with Ilya Sutskever to “steer and control” more powerful AI, has also resigned from the company
Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI's co-founder and chief scientist who helped lead the infamous failed coup against Sam Altman …
Google plans to roll out AI Overviews in Search to all US users by next week, and to more countries soon; they will be available to 1B+ users by the end of 2024
AI Overviews is rolling out to all US based searchers in Google Search, making AI Overviews available to hundreds of millions …
Google announces a private preview of a new Gemini 1.5 Pro version that can take in up to 2M tokens, twice its predecessor and rivals like Anthropic's Claude 3
Gemini, Google's family of generative AI models, can now analyze longer documents, codebases, videos and audio recordings than before.
Eight TikTok creators sue the US government over the law forcing a sale or ban of TikTok, arguing the move violates their First Amendment rights
Trump defense goes after Cohen; Alsobrooks beats Trone Benzinga : TikTok Creators Challenge Biden's Divestment Law In Court, Argue Platform Gives ‘A Unique And Irreplaceable Means To Express’ Meera Na...
Apple unveils accessibility features, like Eye Tracking, to let users with physical disabilities control iPads or iPhones with their eyes, and Music Haptics
The company is making it easier to use your gaze to navigate iOS and iPadOS. — Deputy Editor, Reviews
Google rolls out a search filter, named “Web”, to show only text-based links in results, available globally alongside other filters, like for images and videos
Google is rolling out a new search filter to show only text-based links in the search results. The filter is named “Web”.
Apple letting the new iPad Pro run macOS would require major tradeoffs and touch on a Mac would lead to “a lot of flakey software that doesn't really work”
It is not unusual for customers to want the best of all worlds. It is why Detroit invented convertibles and el caminos. But the idea of a “dual boot” device is just nuts. It is guaranteed the only rea...
Billionaire tech critic Frank McCourt says he is preparing a “people's bid” to buy and rebuild TikTok so users “own and control their identity and their data”
The Scoop — A billionaire tech critic says he is mounting a bid to buy TikTok, the massive Chinese …
A leaked Dell XPS roadmap details Qualcomm's “Oryon V2” series, possibly named Snapdragon X Gen2 and launching in H2 2025, and “QC Oryon V3”, set for late 2027
Dell XPS Qualcomm leak: next-gen Snapdragon X series in mid-2025 — Qualcomm Snapdragon X Gen2 and Gen3 already in the planing.
El Salvador has mined 473.5 bitcoin, worth ~$29M, since September 2021 thanks to a volcano-fueled geothermal power plant, bringing its portfolio to 5,750 BTC
El Salvador has mined nearly 474 bitcoins since 2021 thanks to a volcano-fueled geothermal power plant, official data showed on Tuesday …
Google open sources code for Project Gameface, its hands-free gaming “mouse” that users control using head movements and facial gestures, to Android developers
Google has announced that the code for Project Gameface, its hands-free gaming ‘mouse’ that you control by making faces …
A study of 2,414,294 people in 168 countries between 2006 and 2021 finds 84.9% of associations between internet connectivity and wellbeing were positive
Links between internet adoption and wellbeing are likely to be positive, despite popular concerns to the contrary …
Netflix strikes a three-year deal with the NFL to stream two new Christmas Day games this season, and “at least one game” in 2025 and in 2026
The streaming giant lands the league's two new Christmas Day games, beginning this season. — Netflix will stream live NFL games, beginning this season.
The FBI seizes the notorious BreachForums hacking forum used to leak and sell stolen corporate data to other cybercriminals and the website's Telegram channel
The FBI has seized the notorious BreachForums hacking forum used to leak and sell stolen corporate data to other cybercriminals.
Anthropic hires Instagram and Artifact co-founder Mike Krieger as its chief product officer, after the startup released an iOS app for its Claude chatbot
As Anthropic tries to take on the AI giants, it has a new big-name executive on board: the company announced this morning that Mike Krieger is its new chief product officer.
Google debuts Veo, a text-to-video model that outputs at 1080p resolution, and Imagen 3, its highest quality image generation model with improved text rendering
Immutable Games launches Guild of Guardians, its flagship mobile fantasy RPG that let players win GOG tokens, NFTs, and more; Immutable raised $200M in 2022
“Guild of Guardians” is launching worldwide on both Apple and Android devices. — Immutable Games is offering up to $1 million in prizes.
Google announces AI-powered scam call detection on Android, a chatty new voice mode with its Gemini Live feature, and voice and video search with Google Lens
Sources: Neuralink's disclosure last week that tiny wires inside its first patient's brain had pulled out of position is an issue it has known about for years
Neuralink's disclosure last week that tiny wires inside the brain of its first patient had pulled out of position is an issue …
Google announces Gemini 1.5 Flash, which is more lightweight and cheaper than Gemini Pro, but has the same multimodal capabilities and 1M-token context window
As India's elections run from April 19 to June 1, a look at the BJP's vast WhatsApp operations, including using the app to campaign free from public scrutiny
An analysis of thousands of messages reveals how India's ruling party uses the app to campaign free from public scrutiny. — • MANDI, INDIA
Intel details Thunderbolt Share, a new specification and app to connect two PCs, letting users transfer data at 40Gbps or more, control another PC, and more
With Thunderbolt Share, Intel is turning the Thunderbolt cable into a way to connect two PCs to one another, sharing files or controlling a PC.
Bipartisan US Senators release a long-awaited plan for AI, calling for spending $32B annually by 2026 on R&D, creating a federal data privacy law, and more
Their plan is the culmination of a yearlong listening tour on the dangers of the new technology.
AWS details its European “sovereign cloud”, designed to enable greater data residency, starting in Germany in 2025, and plans to invest €7.8B in Europe by 2040
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon's cloud computing business, has confirmed further details of its European …
Google says Circle to Search can now solve physics and math problems, and will expand later this year to diagrams and graphs, powered by LearnLM models
Uber plans to work with local fleets to add US shuttle bus services to and from airports, concert venues, and sports stadiums, for a fraction of UberX's cost
- Uber Shuttle priced at a fraction of usual cost of rideshares — Uber also announces Costco partnership in product update
USDC issuer Circle, which confidentially filed for a US IPO in January, plans to shift its legal base to the US from Ireland, and may face more onerous taxes
- Circle's holding company is currently located in Ireland — With an IPO looming, the firm will re-domicile to the US
Google opens early API access to its Google Home platform, letting developers join a waitlist to access 600M+ Matter or Works with Google Home devices
Google has announced that it's opening up API access to its Google Home smart home platform. This means that any app maker …
Google unveils Music AI Sandbox, a suite of music tools that include the ability to create loops via text, without disclosing a public launch date
Exciting news from Google at #IO2024 🎉 We introduced #Veo and #Imagen3 … See also Mediagazer
TSMC SVP Kevin Zhang says ASML's new machines, which cost €350M each, are too expensive, and the A16 node, due in late 2026, won't need to use the new machines
“The cost is very high,” TSMC Senior Vice President Kevin Zhang said at a technology symposium in Amsterdam on Tuesday …
Humanity Protocol, a blockchain-based identity system that uses scans of people's palms, raised a $30M seed led by Kingsway Capital at a $1B valuation
The startup raised $30 million at a $1 billion valuation as it looks to challenge projects like Worldcoin.
Meta plans to shut down its enterprise tool Workplace in August 2025, making it read-only until May 2026; Meta will continue to use the product internally
Hands on with Setapp's alternative iOS app store in invite-only beta: currently has 13 apps, installing the store involves a dozen screen interactions, and more
Apple says it prevented $7B+ in “potentially fraudulent transactions” on the App Store from 2020 through 2023, including $1.8B+ in 2023, down from $2B+ in 2022
A US federal court orders Elon Musk to testify again in an SEC investigation into his $44B Twitter takeover; the SEC sued Musk in October 2023 to testify
A federal court ordered on Tuesday that Elon Musk must testify again in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's investigation into his $44 billion takeover of Twitter.
YouTube says it will comply with a Hong Kong court order to block 32 video links, after the government sought to ban the Glory to Hong Kong protest anthem
UN sanctions monitors: North Korea laundered $147.5M of crypto through Tornado Cash in March after stealing it late last year from HTX crypto exchange
Michelle Nichols / Reuters :
Yemen is holding back repairs on the key AAE-1 internet cable in the Red Sea during a criminal investigation into the cable owners' alleged Houthi militia ties
Bloomberg :
Networking infrastructure startup Alkira, which lets users virtualize hybrid cloud assets, raised a $100M Series C led by Tiger, for $176M in total funding
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Raspberry Pi announces plans for an IPO in London, reporting $265.8M revenue and $43.5M adjusted EBITDA in 2023, and is reportedly seeking a ~$630M valuation
Olivia Solon / Bloomberg :
Sea reports Q1 revenue up 23% YoY to a record $3.73B and a $23M net loss, Shopee's revenue grew 31% YoY to a record $2.95B, and expects 2024 to be profitable
Tsubasa Suruga / Nikkei Asia :
Adam Mosseri says Threads “recently rolled out” its own fact-checking program after piggybacking on Instagram and Facebook's network for a few months
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch :
Amazon made its debut pitch at the Upfronts annual ad sales event on May 14, competing with major media networks and highlighting its push beyond digital ads
Annie Palmer / CNBC :
Google releases Project IDX, its next-gen AI-centric browser-based IDE, in open beta, and says that 100,000+ developers tried the service in invite-only phase
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch :
Huawei is revamping its retail strategy and aggressively opening flagship stores in China, opening four such stores between December 2023 and February 2024
Josh Ye / Reuters :
David Sacks reveals Glue, an employee chat app designed around topic-based threads and embedded GenAI models, and opens a waitlist for companies to sign up
Weka, which offers a parallel file system and data management tools for AI and HPC, raised a $140M Series E led by Valor Equity at a $1.6B post-money valuation
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
London-based PolyAI, which makes AI voice assistants for call centres, raised $50M led by Hedosophia, with money from Nvidia and others, at a $500M+ valuation
London-based start-up behind artificial intelligence call centre assistants secures funding — London-based PolyAI has secured …
Research: Southeast Asian scam syndicates, which typically use forced labor to run online scams like pig butchering, are stealing an estimated $64B annually
James Reddick / The Record :
Foxconn's Sharp shifts its focus to consumer electronics and AI after exiting TV display production, and is looking to sell its camera and chip device units
Nikkei Asia :
Sources and documents: Chinese chipmaker CXMT and others are in the early stages of making high bandwidth memory chips, a major step in China's chip plans
Insiders detail the crypto industry's lobbying efforts ahead of the 2024 US elections, as crypto-focused PACs shape the outcome of some key congressional races
Cheyenne Ligon / CoinDesk : Forums: r/CryptoCurrency Forums: r/CryptoCurrency : The Crypto Industry's Influence on U.S. Elections is Bigger Than Ever, Industry Insiders Say
Kentucky-based PayHOA, a bootstrapped startup that offers software for self-managed homeowner associations, raised a $27.5M Series A and reports 652K+ users
Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch :
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