As Nvidia passes Microsoft's market cap, John Chambers, who was Cisco's CEO when Cisco passed Microsoft in the dot-com boom, says the situation now is different
Chip maker passes Microsoft for top spot, just as John Chambers-led Cisco Systems did two decades ago. He says the situation now is different.
Nvidia surpasses Microsoft to become the world's most valuable public company, with a $3.34T market cap; NVDA is up over 9x since January 2023
It's the most profitable chip brand, too Leigh Mc Gowran / Silicon Republic : Nvidia surges past Microsoft as world's most valuable company Kevin Raposo / KnowTechie : Nvidia surges past Microsoft, no...
Consensys says the US SEC is “closing its investigation into Ethereum 2.0” and “will not bring charges alleging that sales of ETH are securities transactions”
Leading Ethereum developer Consensys announced late Tuesday that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is …
On its Korean website, Samsung says its new Snapdragon-powered Galaxy Book 4 Edge is not compatible with or cannot install some Adobe apps, Fortnite, and more
Popular games, other software are found incompatible with model using Microsoft Windows and Qualcomm chip
The US surgeon general's call for social media warning labels seems to ignore evidence and may feed into a moral panic, similar to prior panics over video games
SCREEN BURN — Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy is wrong about the harmful effects of social media on kids …
Framework partners with DeepComputing to build a RISC-V mainboard for its Laptop 13, set to become one of the first RISC-V laptops; price and release are TBC
What if your laptop didn't need a processor from an established brand like Intel or AMD? What if it didn't even rely on proprietary paid architectures like Arm and x86?
Netflix plans to open two permanent in-person experience venues, in Dallas and near Philadelphia, in 2025, a continuation of its previous pop-ups
They're not exactly theme parks, but the new Netflix Houses — to open next year in King of Prussia, Pa., and Dallas — will feature a wide array …
Source: Apple told at least one supplier it has suspended work on the next Apple Vision Pro; sources say Apple still plans a cheaper model by the end of 2025
Apple Suspends Work on Next High-End Headset, Focused on Releasing Cheaper Model in Late 2025 Apple has told at least one supplier …
The US FTC says it has referred a complaint to the DOJ against TikTok and ByteDance over potential violations of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday it had referred a complaint to the Justice Department against the social media platform TikTok …
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Sources detail how Jensen Huang and Nvidia are guarding against slowing chip sales, including offering more cloud services and designing custom server racks
Around Christmas last year, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang called a series of meetings with company executives to discuss a growing concern …
Pornhub parent Aylo tells local news outlets in Kentucky and Indiana that local IP addresses are set to be geo-blocked in mid-July due to age verification laws
A local affiliate of Spectrum News reports that the geo-block will enter force on July 10 before HB 278 enters force in mid-July 2024.
AMD is working with police and a host provider to investigate a claim that company data was stolen, after a BreachForums user said they breached AMD's systems
Advanced Micro Devices Inc., the second-largest maker of personal computer processors, is looking into claims that company information was stolen in a hack.
FOI documents: eight UK train stations scanned passenger faces for two years as part of AI trials; Amazon software was used to predict age, gender, and emotions
CCTV cameras and AI are being combined to monitor crowds, detect bike thefts, and spot trespassers.
Analysis: Perplexity seems to scrape sites using surreptitious methods, ignoring robots.txt, with a Perplexity-tied machine doing so on Wired and other sites
A WIRED investigation shows that the AI-powered search startup Forbes has accused of stealing its content is surreptitiously scraping—and making things up out of thin air.
A look at Mozilla's acquisition of Anonym, which offers “privacy-preserving” ad tools, and how Anonym might interact with a user base that tends to block ads
Is such a thing possible for an industry that never respected people's wishes? — ANALYSIS Mozilla this week …
The UK CMA opens a merger inquiry into HPE's $14B acquisition of Juniper Networks, setting an August 14 deadline to decide on opening a full investigation
- UK watchdog will decide if deal poses any competition concerns
Forbes demands Perplexity not infringe on Forbes IP and drop Forbes-sourced articles; Perplexity-made content remains without attribution, including on YouTube
Sara Fischer / Axios : X: @johnvoelcker See also Mediagazer X: @johnvoelcker : An AI-generated story using @Forbes' original reporting without appropriate credit led to an AI-generated podcast ... an...
Panasonic unveils the Toughbook 40 Mk2, a 14-inch rugged laptop aimed at police and others, with up to Intel Core Ultra 7, 5G, and IP66, on sale now for $4,699+
- The Panasonic Toughbook 40 Mk2 boasts Intel Core Ultra processors and a customizable design
A look at Rebind, a mysterious startup that turns Margaret Atwood and other authors' voices into AI reading companions, and an interview with CEO John Dubuque
Margaret Atwood, Marlon James, Lena Dunham, Roxane Gay: We've all agreed to be turned into AI reading companions by a mysterious company called Rebind.
The California Labor Commissioner's Office fines Amazon $5.9M for violating a 2022 state law by failing to properly inform workers of quotas at two warehouses
Caroline O'Donovan / Washington Post :
Sources: Nvidia agrees to buy Shoreline, which helps automate fixing software problems, in a deal that values Shoreline at ~$100M; Shoreline has raised ~$57M
The deal was struck recently and values Shoreline at about $100 million, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the matter is private.
VR game studio Another Axiom says Gorilla Tag passed $100M in revenue since its early 2021 launch, one of the most successful VR games ever, and has 3M MAUs
VR studio Another Axiom today announced that its breakout title, Gorilla Tag, has surpassed $100 million in revenue.
Internal memo: Meta merges its Reality Labs teams into the “Metaverse” product group that now includes Quest, and the AR product group, now called “Wearables”
wearables experts have said for years that a key to making an on-face wearable a success is making it as light/comfortable/useful as... well... a pair of glasses. Alex Heath / @alexeheath : Some news:...
Developers say Apple is denying or delaying notarization of iOS apps, including emulators, for alternative app stores in EU, possibly in violation of DMA rules
https://litchie.com/... #retrogaming @eduo@mastodon.social : @atpfm I noticed you discussed UTM being rejected not only from the App Store but from all “marketplaces” (which theoretically was not sup...
Amazon plans to invest €10B to expand cloud and logistics in Germany, including €8.8B by 2026 on AWS, taking its total planned German investment to €17.8B
Qilin, a cohort of Russian-speaking hackers, claims responsibility for the ransomware attack impacting London hospitals for weeks and demands a $50M ransom
Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg :
A Google DeepMind study involving 20 professional comedians who already use AI in their work finds LLMs struggled to produce material that was original or funny
Rhiannon Williams / MIT Technology Review :
Sources: Huawei, which is considering taking a cut of in-app purchases on HarmonyOS, nears a deal with Tencent to exclude WeChat from revenue sharing
Pei Li / Bloomberg :
A study of 10 chatbots, including Perplexity and ChatGPT, shows they often repeat Russian disinformation and cite fugitive John Dougan's fake local news sites
Decagon, which uses generative AI to replace or augment a company's customer support staff, raised a $35M Series A led by Accel, with participation from a16z
Anna Tong / Reuters :
Filings: X is still working on a Venmo-like payments feature, with a 2024 US launch target; X had $1.48B in revenue in first six months of 2023, down ~40% YoY
Sources: Google and OpenAI step up staff vetting over Chinese espionage threats; Sequoia has also encouraged some portfolio companies to tighten staff vetting
Google, OpenAI and Sequoia Capital push to improve security practices following high-profile spying cases
Fengate Asset Management acquires over two-thirds stake in eStruxture, which operates data centers in 15 locations in four Canadian cities, in a $1.3B deal
Paul Vieira / Wall Street Journal :
A former Snap engineer debuts Butterflies, a social network where users can create AI personas that then interact with users and other AIs via posts and DMs
...the app's main twist is that, when signing up, you create an AI character, or Butterfly, that starts generating photos and interacting with other accounts on its own. There is no limit to the numb...
Appfigures: iOS 18 could “Sherlock” trail apps, grammar helpers, math solvers, password managers, and emoji apps that have an estimated $393M in annual revenue
competition chief blasts “very serious” issues with DMA non-compliance Samantha Wiley / iLounge : TestFlight iOS app gets a revamp Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac : How to manage and track all of your Apple ...
HPE and Nvidia unveil private cloud offerings for generative AI workloads, coming this fall, including HPE Private Cloud AI, a co-developed “turnkey” option
Larry Dignan / Constellation Research :
How generative AI model providers can create business models that reward copyright holders and content creators, much like what has happened on the web
Tim O'Reilly / O'Reilly Media : LinkedIn: Tim O'Reilly See also Mediagazer LinkedIn: Tim O'Reilly : I make the argument that rather than being “AI's original sin,” the use of copyrighted material by ...
China plans new measures to encourage venture capital into its tech sector, including letting investors set up yuan funds; 2023 VC investment fell 7% to $69.9B
Foster Wong / Bloomberg : X: @kylebrussell X: Kyle Russell / @kylebrussell : VC in China is like the speech about being a modern woman in Barbie “You have to invest in the best but they can't be SEEN...
Qualcomm agrees to pay $75M to settle a shareholder lawsuit over accusations of defrauding them by hiding alleged anticompetitive sales and licensing practices
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters :
AI search engine startup Genspark launches, offering a Sparkpage overview for queries, and raised a $60M seed led by Lanchi at a $260M post-money valuation
Japan is looking to lure AI investment away from Europe and elsewhere by adopting a light-touch, industry-led approach to regulating AI
Nikkei Asia :
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