Microsoft delays Recall to test it with the Windows Insider Program and won't ship it with Copilot+ PCs next week, after saying it would make the feature opt-in
Microsoft is planning to launch its new Copilot Plus PCs next week without its controversial Recall feature that screenshots everything you do on these new laptops.
Brad Smith tells a US House committee that Microsoft “accepts responsibility” for the issues the CSRB found, its business in China serves US interests, and more
Microsoft President Brad Smith faced the the House Homeland Security Committee amid sharp criticism the company's practices put government clients at risk.
A look at Apple's technical approach to AI, including core model performance, alignment strategies, and adapter and on-device strategy
Apple Intelligence makes a lot of sense when you get out of the AI bubble. Plus, the cool technical details Apple shared about their language models “thinking different.”
OpenAI adds retired US Army General Paul Nakasone, who led the NSA and US Cyber Command, to its board of directors and its Safety and Security Committee
- Nakasone, who led the military's Cyber Command in addition to his time atop the NSA, brings cybersecurity and national security expertise to the board.
Luma debuts Dream Machine, an AI model that generates high-quality videos from text and images, and plans to release APIs and plugins for popular creative tools
Luma AI, a San Francisco artificial intelligence startup, today announced the release of Dream Machine, a powerful new AI system capable …
US hospital operator Ascension says a May ransomware attack was caused by an employee downloading a malicious file, and has no proof data was taken from its EHR
Ascension, one of the largest U.S. healthcare systems, revealed that a May 2024 ransomware attack was caused by an employee …
Filing: Clearview AI proposes settling a class action lawsuit by collectively giving a 23% stake, worth ~$52M, to Americans whose faces are in its database
The facial recognition start-up doesn't have the funds to settle a class-action lawsuit, so lawyers are proposing equity for those whose faces were scraped from the internet.
Paradigm says it raised $850M for its third fund, which will focus on early-stage crypto projects; Paradigm launched a $2.5B crypto fund in November 2021
- Venture capital firm raised a $2.5 billion fund in 2021 — The new fund will invest in early-stage crypto projects
Apple says it doesn't train its models on users' private data or user interactions, and instead relies on licensed materials and publicly available online data
At WWDC on Monday, Apple revealed Apple Intelligence, a suite of features bringing generative AI tools like rewriting an email draft …
A deep dive into the Snapdragon X Elite/Plus architecture including Oryon, Qualcomm's custom-built Arm CPU cores, as first laptops with the SoC ship next week
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Apple's WWDC demos, with the integration of generative AI across its products, show the value of seeing AI as a feature rather than a standalone app or device
what's not to love? Michael J. Miller / PCMag : Apple Intelligence Satisfies Demand, But Doesn't Change the Game M.G. Siegler / Spyglass : “AI” is Apple's “Voldemort” Ben Thompson / Stratechery : [FRE...
Meta will not launch Meta AI in Europe after the Irish DPC asked it to delay training its LLMs using the public Facebook and Instagram content of adult EU users
Meta Platforms (META.O) will not launch its Meta AI in Europe for now following a request from the Irish privacy regulator, the U.S. social media company said on Friday.
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
NO PHONE NEEDED! Arol Wright / How-To Geek : Your PlayStation 5 Now Works Better With Discord Rik Henderson / T3 : Your PS5 can do some new tricks, as PlayStation releases a free upgrade Rafly Gilang ...
US authorities arrest and charge the founder and the head doctor of telehealth company Done Global for an alleged scheme to profit from Adderall prescriptions
($100m adderall distribution and health care fraud scheme by a telehealth startup founded by former fb designer & backed by craft ventures and offline ventures, according to crunchbase) — https://ww...
Sources: Stanford Internet Observatory is winding down after five years and won't conduct research into any future elections; Stanford may retain SIO's branding
persecutions to deter truth-telling — into vital research on right-wing extremism have paid off for the extremists. — In a cowardly but understandable move, Stanford University is dismantling its In...
WhatsApp increases the limit for video call participants to 32 people, enhances screen sharing by adding audio support, and introduces a speaker spotlight tool
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Sources: Shein tries to suppress its chair's claim that the retailer is American, amid fears it could annoy China, which needs to approve Shein's London IPO
Donald Tang's remarks are said to have annoyed Chinese officials who need to approve London IPO — Online fast-fashion retailer Shein …
A UK judge lays out how Greek payments company Viva Wallet should be valued, ending a legal battle between its CEO and part-owner JPMorgan
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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
Sharing an email I sent to my team today: — Hi everyone, — As you may have guessed based on the subject line, I have some personal news to share. … Forums: r/Android : Dave Burke, the person who l...
Sources: the EU has determined that Apple's anti-steering rules for developers do not comply with the DMA, and plans charges against Apple in the coming weeks
Brussels to announce iPhone maker is failing to adhere to new rules designed to open up its app store to competition
Tempus, which uses AI to process medical data, raised $410.7M after pricing its IPO at $37 a share, the top of a marketed range, giving it a $6.1B market value
Amy Or / Bloomberg :
The crypto industry has amassed a $160M war chest to bolster pro-crypto US candidates, which could be pivotal in handing the Senate majority to GOP in November
Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg :
Google releases patches for 50 security vulnerabilities impacting its Pixel devices, including a zero-day that has been exploited in targeted attacks
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer :
Donald Trump met ~12 bitcoin mining executives, and posted that he wants “all the remaining Bitcoin to be made in the USA” to help the US be “energy dominant”
Adobe Q2: revenue up 10% YoY to $5.31B, vs. $5.29B est., Digital Media revenue up 11% to $3.91B, Digital Experience revenue up 9%; ADBE jumps 14%+ after hours
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Sources: Lightspeed wants to become a registered investment adviser, letting it use more than 20% of its funds, the cap for VC firms, to trade secondary markets
Jack joined Lightspeed in 2024 and leads the Capital Markets business.
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
Snowflake plans to close an internal probe into recent cyberattacks after not detecting any unauthorized access into customer accounts since early last week
No unauthorized access of customer accounts has been detected in over a week, CISO Brad Jones tells me and Charles Gorrivan. …
Boulder, Colorado-based Enveda, which combines AI with ancient remedies for drug discovery, raised a $55M Series B extension from investors including Microsoft
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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 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
The Pentagon renews a contract with SpaceX to provide Starlink internet services in Ukraine until November 30 at a cost of $14.1M
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