Sources: Apple isn't paying OpenAI to add ChatGPT into its OSes and aims to eventually make money from AI by striking revenue-sharing deals with chatbot makers
- The iPhone maker isn't paying OpenAI to use the chatbot — Apple announced OpenAI agreement as part of AI push this week
Ex-employee Andrew Harris says Microsoft for years dismissed his warnings of an Active Directory flaw that led to the 2021 SolarWinds hack; Harris left in 2020
Microsoft hired Andrew Harris for his extraordinary skill in keeping hackers out of the nation's most sensitive computer networks.
Sony rolls out an update to Discord on the PS5 that integrates the app into the console's dashboard and lets users join voice calls directly, starting in Asia
Sony is improving its Discord integration on the PS5 so that you can join voice calls directly from the console.
Japan passes a law that prohibits Apple and Google from preventing the sale of third-party apps and services that compete with native iOS and Android offerings
Japan's parliament enacted Wednesday a law to promote competition in smartphone app stores by restricting tech giants Apple Inc …
Sources: OpenAI's annualized revenue hits $3.4B, up from ~$1B in summer 2023 and $1.6B in late 2023, with ~$3.2B from subscriptions to its chatbots and API fees
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After a major leak of unannounced games, Epic releases an update “so third-party tools can't surface any new unpublished product titles” from its Games Store
[Update] After publishing our story, we received a statement from Epic on this matter (via an Epic PR agency):
Long-time Android Engineering VP Dave Burke steps down to explore “AI/bio” projects at Alphabet; sources say the Platforms & Devices team is undergoing a reorg
Back in April, Google announced a merger of the Platforms & Ecosystems and Devices & Services divisions.
Samsung unveils the $199+ Galaxy Watch FE in a single 40mm size with a 1.2" OLED display, Exynos W920 chip, NFC, GPS, and 16GB of storage, on sale from June 24
Samsung just announced it's launching a third smartwatch, the Galaxy Watch FE. It's meant to be the company's new entry-level smartwatch …
MLCommons shares results from its MLPerf 4.0 training benchmarks, which added Google's and Intel's AI accelerators; Nvidia H100 GPUs topped all nine benchmarks
For years, Nvidia has dominated many machine learning benchmarks, and now there are two more notches in its belt.
AI search engine Perplexity says it was working on revenue-sharing deals with publishers when Forbes staff accused it of plagiarizing Forbes' White Stork scoop
The Scoop — Perplexity, the AI search startup that recently came under fire from Forbes for allegedly misusing its content …
OpenAI has expanded its global affairs team from three at the start of 2023 to 35 now, stationed strategically in locations where AI legislation is advanced
ChatGPT maker beefs up global affairs unit as politicians push for new laws that could constrain powerful AI models
Samsung cuts AI chip production time by ~20% after integrating memory chip, foundry, and chip packaging, and expects chip industry revenue to hit $778B by 2028
Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) said its contract manufacturing business plans to offer a one-stop shop for clients to get their AI chips …
X says Likes are now private for everyone, meaning users are no longer able to see who liked someone else's post
I wonder if they've made bookmarks easier to find in the UI. Kylie Robison / The Verge : X is about to start hiding all likes Threads: @bobbyallyn : now that Twitter likes are private, this is a good ...
Sources: at an all-hands, X CEO Linda Yaccarino urged staff to discuss xAI's Grok with advertisers and said little about the recently delayed promotions process
During an internal all-hands meeting led by X CEO Linda Yaccarino on Wednesday, concerned employees tuned in to hear …
Sources detail Amazon's struggles to build a new generative AI-powered Alexa, including privacy concerns keeping Alexa's teams from using Anthropic's Claude
“Alexa, let's chat.” — With that phrase, David Limp, at the time Amazon's head of devices and services, showed off …
How China is testing more driverless cars than any other country, with 16+ cities letting 19+ companies test vehicles on public roads, aided by government help
Assisted driving systems and robot taxis are becoming more popular with government help, as cities designate large areas for testing on public roads. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to . X: @baidu_inc and...
WhatsApp updates calling by increasing the limit for video calls to up to 32 people, and adding screen sharing with audio support and a speaker spotlight tool
WhatsApp updated the video calling experience across devices on Thursday by introducing screen sharing with audio support, and a new speaker spotlight feature.
Yahoo debuts a revamped version of its free Yahoo News app, powered by Artifact's AI tech, after acquiring the Instagram co-founders' news app in April 2024
Artifact, the news app startup from Instagram's cofounders, was purchased by Yahoo earlier this year.
As Chinese companies test driverless cars, with government and public support, state media seldom reports crashes or incidents, and online posts are censored
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Terraform Labs agrees to pay $4.47B to resolve an SEC lawsuit, after a jury in April 2024 found the company and Do Kwon liable for fraud following a civil trial
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Donald Trump met ~12 Bitcoin mining executives in Florida, and says he wants “all the remaining Bitcoin to be made in the USA” to help US be “energy dominant”
MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC :
A look at the Microsoft Excel World Championship, an annual tournament hosted by Financial Modeling World Cup where competitors solve Excel puzzles for prizes
click the cells! — from @kristenradtke_ and Secret Verge Weapon Graham Macaree https://www.theverge.com/... David Pierce / @imdavidpierce : I went to Vegas to see the world's best spreadsheeters compe...
Broadcom reports Q2 revenue up 43% YoY to $12.49B, vs. $12.01B est., raises FY 2024 revenue forecast, announces a 10:1 stock split; AVGO jumps 9%+
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A hacker says they breached Tile internal tools, including one for processing data for cops, and stole customer data like phone numbers, addresses, and Tile IDs
police data provider says it faced “extortion” attempt following breach Ionut Arghire / SecurityWeek : Life360 Says Personal Information Stolen From Tile Customer Support Platform Trevor Mogg / Digita...
Google says ChromeOS will soon be developed on portions of the Android stack, including its Linux kernel and frameworks, to bring AI features to users faster
for more AI features, faster Muskaan Saxena / TechRadar : Google wants to put more AI in Chromebooks - and it's using Android to help it Jay Bonggolto / Android Central : Chromebooks are borrowing tec...
Amazon and telecom Vrio plan to launch a satellite internet service in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia, coming online in mid-2025
Eliana Raszewski / Reuters :
Oracle plans to shut down Oracle Advertising, as revenue in the ad business came in at $300M in the 2024 fiscal year, down from a reported $2B in 2022
The business generated $300 million in revenue in the 2024 fiscal year, down from a reported $2 billion in 2022
In an interview, OpenAI CTO Mira Murati responded to Elon Musk's denouncement of Apple's OpenAI deal, saying OpenAI cares deeply about user privacy and security
Japanese trade data: 50%+ of chipmaking equipment exports went to China for three straight quarters through Q1 2024, driven by demand for less advanced gear
Hirofumi Kanaoka / Nikkei Asia :
Dublin-based AccountsIQ, which offers AI-powered bookkeeping, raised €60M, after raising just €12.7M in its nearly 20 year history, and reports 1,000 clients
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Canary Technologies, which offers tools for hotel guest management, raised a $50M Series C led by Insight Partners, bringing its total raised to nearly $100M
Christine Hall / TechCrunch :
Stability AI releases Stable Diffusion 3 Medium, intended to be a smaller yet capable model on consumer GPUs, with 2B parameters, compared to SD3 Large's 8B
Sources: Indian rapid grocery delivery startup Zepto plans to raise ~$650M co-led by Nexus and StepStone at a $3.5B valuation, up from $1.4B in August 2023
Moneycontrol :
Ant Group spent a record ~$2.9B on research in 2023, as the Alibaba affiliate develops its BaiLing LLM; Ant and affiliate MYbank served 87M businesses by 2023
Xinyi Luo / Bloomberg :
An interview with Brex co-founders Henrique Dubugras and Pedro Franceschi, who is now its sole CEO, on restructuring, being cash-flow positive by 2025, and more
Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch :
Databricks tells investors its annualized revenue is expected to reach $2.4B through July 2024, or the first half of its FY 2025, up 60% from a year earlier
growing faster at $2.4B ARR (60%) than last year at $1.5B ARR (50%) #whatdownturn
A look at Satya Nadella's AI efforts; a source says some future Microsoft AI products may switch from OpenAI's tech to the model developed by Suleyman's team
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