Microsoft users report a massive outage impacting Bing.com, Copilot for the web and mobile, Copilot in Windows, ChatGPT's internet search, DuckDuckGo, and more
A massive Microsoft outage affects Bing.com, Copilot for web and mobile, Copilot in Windows, ChatGPT internet search and DuckDuckGo.
Docs and sources: OpenAI didn't use Scarlett Johansson's voice for ChatGPT's Sky and hired another actress in June, months before Sam Altman contacted Johansson
A different actress was hired to provide the voice for ChatGPT's ‘Sky,’ according to documents and recordings shared with the Washington Post.
Leaked OpenAI documents show aggressive tactics toward ex-staff, and contradict leadership's comments on being unaware of a provision about equity cancellation
On Friday, Vox reported that employees at tech giant OpenAI who wanted to leave the company were confronted with expansive and highly restrictive exit documents.
Leaked contract: Samsung requires independent repair shops to notify Samsung, share customer data, and “immediately disassemble” devices with aftermarket parts
In exchange for selling them repair parts, Samsung requires independent repair shops to give Samsung the name … Mastodon: @jasonkoebler@mastodon.social Mastodon: Jason Koebler / @jasonkoebler@mastodon...
iFixit and Samsung end their repair partnership after two years; iFixit CEO Kyle Wiens says that “Samsung does not seem interested in enabling repair at scale”
iFixit and Samsung are parting ways. … “Samsung does not seem interested in enabling repair at scale,” …
Kuo: Apple is targeting a full-screen foldable MacBook launch in 2026 and considering a 20.25" or a 18.8" panel, with an M5 chip and Vision Pro-level price
Apple is working on all-screen foldable devices. Unlike its competitors, however, its focus seems less on foldable smartphones and tablets …
X Director of Engineering Haofei Wang says “we are making likes private” in an update happening “soon”, as “public likes are incentivizing the wrong behavior”
Musk could soon make likes on X private, changing a feature that historically placed several celebrities, including him, into scandals.
US DOJ and state AGs sue to break up Ticketmaster parent Live Nation over alleged antitrust violations, following a DOJ probe and Taylor Swift fan complaints
The U.S. Department of Justice is suing to break up Live Nation, the parent company of Ticketmaster, over alleged antitrust violations.
Google Pay now lets users see their card benefits and perks before selecting a card, use BNPL on more sites, and fill in card details using biometrics or a PIN
Google Pay is rolling out a number of updates that capitalize on its integrations with other Google products, like Android and the Chrome browser.
Truecaller partners with Microsoft's Azure AI Speech to let its AI Assistant users create an AI version of their voice based on a recorded clip to answer calls
Caller ID company Truecaller will let users create an AI version of their voice to answer calls.
Linus Tech Tips, accused in August 2023 of theft, ethical lapses, and sexual harassment, says an outside investigation found the claims were “largely unfounded”
Linus Tech Tips has released the findings from an investigation of the allegations levied upon them in 2023 …
Nvidia reports Q1 revenue up 262% YoY to $26.04B, vs. $24.65B est., forecasts Q2 revenue above est., and plans a 10:1 stock split on June 7; NVDA jumps 5%+
Nvidia shares topped $1,000 for the first time in extended trading on Wednesday after the chipmaker reported fiscal first-quarter results that topped analyst estimates.
As Nvidia's business booms, a look at some potential issues: rivals and key customers releasing their own AI chips, startups struggling to monetize AI, and more
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News Corp and OpenAI announce a multiyear agreement to bring News Corp's news content to OpenAI; sources say the deal could be worth $250M+ over five years
Agreement could generate over $250 million over five years for News Corp in cash and credits — Wall Street Journal owner News Corp struck …
Source: the US DOJ and state AGs plan to sue Live Nation on Thursday for illegally abusing its live ticketing monopoly through its 2010 Ticketmaster acquisition
- It will argue that Live Nation leveraged Ticketmaster's exclusive contracts with concert venues to maintain a monopoly …
A look at China-aligned hacking group Unfading Sea Haze, which has targeted government and military organizations in South China Sea countries since 2018
In a recent investigation by Bitdefender Labs, a series of cyberattacks targeting high-level organizations in South China Sea countries revealed a previously unknown threat actor.
The US House passes the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act, or FIT21, which would create a regulatory framework for digital assets
Dubbed the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act, or FIT21, the measure was approved by the House of Representatives with a 279-136 vote.
Google details Umoja, the first fiber optic cable that would connect Africa and Australia, starting in Kenya and running via the DRC and others to South Africa
Google is preparing to build what will be the first subsea fibre optic cable connecting the continents of Africa and Australia.
Embracer reports FY2023-24 net sales up 12% YoY to ~$3.9B, PC/Console up 7% YoY to ~$1.3B, and Mobile up 2% YoY to $551M; its CFO and deputy CEO steps down
CEO Lars Wingefors says past fiscal year was “transformative” as group presses on towards three-way split — News by James Batchelor Editor-in-chief
Q&A with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and CTO Kevin Scott on Copilot+ PCs, delivering a consistent experience, OpenAI, integration vs. modularization, and more
This week we have two Stratechery Interviews: the first is with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, and the second is with Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott. X: @modestproposal1 , @modestproposal1 , @modestproposal1...
Amazon investors vote to reject all 14 resolutions that asked to disclose more on its carbon emissions and directors' donations, form an AI committee, and more
Amazon.com (AMZN.O) investors voted against all 14 resolutions that asked the retailer to disclose more about its carbon emissions …
Global foundry revenue rose 12% YoY in Q1 2024, but dropped 5% QoQ; TSMC's market share rose 1% YoY to 62%, Samsung rose 2% YoY to 13%, and SMIC rose 1% to 6%
- The foundry industry is experiencing a relatively slow recovery with 5% QoQ decline in Q1 2024, citing a softer recovery of general end market.
Lumos, which helps companies manage employees' identities and access to apps and systems, raised a $35M Series B led by Scale, taking its total funding to $65M+
Andrej Safundzic, Alan Flores Lopez and Leo Mehr met in a class at Stanford focusing on ethics, public policy and technological change.
South Korea announces a ~$19B support package for its domestic chip industry, aiming to help boost its global market share in non-memory chips from 2% to 10%
South Korea announced on Thursday revised plans for a support package for the country's vital semiconductor industry worth 26 trillion won …
TikTok launches its Symphony AI suite for brands, using generative AI to let marketers write scripts, produce videos, and enhance current assets
TikTok is the latest tech company to incorporate generative AI into its ads business, as the company announced on Tuesday that it's launching a new “TikTok Symphony” AI suite for brands.
TikTok adds new measures to limit the spread of videos from state-affiliated media accounts, and disrupted 15 influence operations in January to April 2024
The platform will keep state-affiliated media accounts out of users' feeds if they “attempt to reach communities outside their home country …
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UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch is set to take the stand in his own defense against charges of duping HP, a rare and bold decision; Lynch also took the stand in 2019
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Xiaomi reports Q1 revenue up 27% YoY to ~$10.4B, above ~$10.3B est., net profit down 1% YoY to ~$588M, above ~$572M est., and smartphone shipments up 34% YoY
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Q&A with Taiwan's ex-Digital Minister Audrey Tang on Plurality, a book on collaboration-enhancing tech she wrote with Microsoft's internal economist Glen Weyl
Daniel Kuhn / CoinDesk : X: @vitalikbuterin , @ebothorel , @coindesk , and @chrisblanduk X: @vitalikbuterin : Glen @glenweyl and Audrey @audreyt , two people whose thinking I highly respect and that ...
Box CEO on how generative AI can turn the mostly unstructured data inside enterprises into valuable knowledge, enabling greater automation of workflows and more
Aaron Levie / @levie : X: @hunglee , @villi , @adambrotman , and @tomwarren X: Hung Lee / @hunglee : Structured vs Unstructured data - AI will collapse the distinction and make it all accessible know...
Meta's Yann LeCun says LLMs won't reach human intelligence and instead FAIR is working on a “world modeling” vision, to create AI that can develop common sense
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In an interview, Brad Smith says Microsoft's deal with UAE-based AI firm G42 could eventually involve the transfer of key US chips and AI technology abroad
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How social e-commerce app Xiaohongshu has defied China's tech sector crackdown and boomed through a combination of influencers, AI, and soft marketing tactics
Bloomberg : X: @venus_feng X: @venus_feng : All Chinese e-commerce sites are preparing the mid-year shopping festival next month, and this time, Xiaohongshu has increasingly catching traction at live...
A profile of Sachin Dev Duggal, the CEO of Builder.ai, which offers low-code tools and has raised ~$450M, as sources describe staff retention problems and more
Financial Times : X: @muradahmed X: Murad Ahmed / @muradahmed : Sachin Duggal's https://builder.ai/ is one of the UK's best funded tech unicorns, backed by Microsoft, Qatar and SoftBank. This @FT inv...
Lenovo reports Q4 revenue up 9% YoY to $13.8B, vs. $13B est., second straight quarter of revenue growth, and net profit up 118% YoY to $248M, vs. $162M est.
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US-listed PDD, which runs Temu and Pinduoduo, reports Q1 revenue up 131% YoY to ~$12B and operating profit up 275% YoY to ~$3.6B, as global expansion gains pace
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LA-based Aerodome, which uses autonomous drones to help first responders get a view of problems like crimes and fires, raised a $21.5M Series A led by CRV
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Istanbul-based Colendi, which provides digital banking services, raised a $65M Series B at a $700M valuation from Citi Ventures and others
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Praktika, which lets users create personalized AI-powered avatars to make learning a language feel more natural, raised a $35.5M Series A led by Blossom Capital
With the recent developments in generative AI, I believe we are witnessing … Adam Turaev : Thrilled to share that Praktika has successfully raised its Series A round to revolutionize language learning...
New Hampshire indicts Steve Kramer, the political consultant who admitted to commissioning the deepfake robocall of Biden, on five counts, including bribery
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Portland-based Hydrolix, a data lake service that offers a repository for log data, raised a $35M Series B led by S3 Ventures, bringing its total raised to $68M
Data is the new oil, but too much gets discarded due to prohibitive storage costs. …
Bluesky now lets users send DMs and says the service is working on adding support for messages with images and end-to-end encryption
Social networking startup and X competitor Bluesky is officially launching DMs … Carrie Marshall / T3 : Bluesky just gave you a great reason to finally quit Twitter Amanda Yeo / Mashable : Bluesky fin...