A livestream of Samsung Galaxy Unpacked July 2024
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Source: Apple is not taking an OpenAI board observer role, as AI antitrust scrutiny mounts; OpenAI plans to host regular meetings with investors and partners
ChatGPT maker plans strategy to engage crucial partners as regulatory scrutiny of sector increases
Samsung debuts the Galaxy Z Fold6, with a wider 22.1:9 display, up to 2,600 nits of brightness, a thinner frame, IP48, and seven years of updates, for $1,899
At an Unpacked event today in Paris, Samsung has officially unveiled its latest book-style foldable, the Galaxy Z Fold 6.
Microsoft hikes the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate by $3 to $19.99/month for new subscribers and plans a Standard tier for $14.99/month without day-one titles
Microsoft is planning to hike its Xbox Game Pass Ultimate pricing again in September, alongside launching a new “standard” …
Researchers detail the Blast-RADIUS MD5-based vulnerability affecting RADIUS, a widely used network access authentication protocol first developed in 1991
Ubiquitous RADIUS scheme uses homegrown authentication based on MD5. Yup, you heard right. — One of the most widely used network protocols …
The US DOJ and its partners seized two domain names and 968 accounts on X used by Russian actors to create an AI-enhanced bot farm that spread disinformation
Russian media outlet RT ran the bot farm to pump out disinformation via 968 Twitter accounts, the US Justice Department says.
Environmental report: Google stops buying carbon offsets and no longer maintains operational carbon neutrality, but still aims to hit net-zero emissions by 2030
The tech giant, which has seen its planet-warming emissions rise because of artificial intelligence, has stopped buying cheap offsets behind the neutrality claim.
Microsoft gives up an observer seat on OpenAI's board, citing the new board's “significant progress” and saying the company is “confident” in OpenAI's direction
- “We appreciate the support shown by OpenAI leadership and the OpenAI board as we made this decision,” Microsoft said.
Samsung unveils the Galaxy Z Flip6 with 3.4" and 6.7" displays, a 50MP camera, a larger 4,000 mAh battery, and a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, for $1,099+ from July 24
With its new Galaxy Z Flip 6, Samsung is addressing one of the biggest problems with its foldable flip phone, but in what is otherwise a fairly minor upgrade.
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6 and Z Flip6 hands-on: much better cameras, expanded Galaxy AI features, 12GB of RAM, and 10% stronger frames, but both cost $100 more
here's how to get a Galaxy Z Fold6 or Z Flip6 Omar Sohail / Wccftech : Galaxy Z Fold 6 Goes Official With Minor Specification Upgrades, A Higher Starting Price, And More Annual Software Updates Chae-Y...
FTC source: Microsoft ditching its OpenAI board observer seat is unlikely to resolve the FTC's concerns, as the agency conducts an antitrust review of AI deals
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Amazon reached its goal of 100% clean energy in 2023, seven years ahead of schedule, after investing in 500+ solar and wind projects, but experts are skeptical
but AI-driven climate challenges loom Adrian Weckler / Irish Independent : Amazon claims breakthrough with ‘100pc’ renewable energy target reached for data centres EU About Amazon : Ten takeaways from...
Samsung unveils the $300 Galaxy Watch7 and $650 Galaxy Watch Ultra, both with LTE and a 3nm Exynos W1000 chip, 2GB of RAM, and 32GB storage, available July 24
It's the Apple Watch Ultra, but for Android. Oh, and the Galaxy Watch 7 is here, too. … Last month, Samsung announced a cheaper, entry-level Galaxy Watch FE.
Samsung unveils the $400 Galaxy Ring with gesture controls, Samsung Health, IP68, and up to a seven-day battery life, in nine sizes and three colors on July 24
You can (finally) put the AI-powered smart ring on your finger — After months of speculation, Samsung finally announced the Galaxy Ring today at Unpacked.
Samsung Galaxy Ring hands-on: the $400 ring has a titanium frame, optical heart rate and skin temperature sensors, feels slimmer than the Oura Ring, and more
a first-of-its-kind product for the tech giant Zachary Chan / HardwareZone Singapore : Hands-on: Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra and Galaxy Watch7 James Stables / Wareable : Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 hands-on...
Microsoft agrees to buy a record 500K carbon credits from US oil producer Occidental Petroleum's 1PointFive to offset its emissions amid the AI energy surge
Additionally, section 45Q credits are uncapped, and act as a subsidy (your tax dollars become private profits) for carbon capture. … X: @ft : The deal between Microsoft and one of the largest US oil p...
Samsung hikes the Galaxy Z Flip6 and Z Fold6 by $100 to $1,099+ and $1,899+, respectively, aiming to reclaim the lead in foldables as Chinese competition mounts
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Google now lets Advanced Protection Program users set up with a single passkey, using Android or iOS biometric authentication, instead of two physical keys
Google has made it a little easier for those at more risk of targeted online attacks to enroll in its Advanced Protection Program for Google accounts.
IDC: global PC shipments rose 3% YoY to 64.9M units in Q2 2024; Apple's shipments rose 20.8% YoY, the biggest jump among global PC makers
Global shipments of personal computers rose by 3% in the second quarter, helped by demand for AI-capable devices, with Apple (AAPL.O) …
Elliptic finds a Cambodian online market offering the crypto scam industry products and services, including money laundering and victim data, with $11B in sales
Deepfake scam services. Victim data. Electrified shackles for human trafficking. Crypto tracing firm Elliptic found …
Samsung Electronics's union workers declare an indefinite strike on the final day of a three-day walkout and say management showed no intention of holding talks
Union cites management's unwillingness to talk to union leaders — Samsung Electronics unionized workers have decided to launch …
Google updates Gemini for Android to work better with foldables, expands Circle to Search, and more; the Galaxy Watch7 and Watch Ultra will ship with Wear OS 5
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch :
Intuit plans to cut ~10% of its global workforce, or ~1,800 employees, and rehire the same number of staff, primarily in engineering, product, and sales
- Move affects 1,800 people; company will re-hire in other areas — About 1,050 of the employees were dismissed due to performance
Samsung unveils $250 Galaxy Buds3 Pro and $180 Galaxy Buds3, with ANC and switching to an AirPods-like stemmed design and case, available on July 24
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AMD agrees to buy Helsinki-based Silo AI, which offers tailored AI models and platforms to enterprise customers, for $665M in cash; Silo has a 300-person team
All-cash acquisition by California-based chipmaker is the largest of its kind in Europe in a decade
An investigation finds Airbnb fails to protect its guests from hidden cameras and moves swiftly to contain user complaints and resolve them out of court
Sources: xAI ends talks with Oracle to expand an existing arrangement to rent Nvidia chips; source: Oracle is not part of xAI's supercomputer project in Memphis
Anissa Gardizy / The Information :
Anthropic now lets developers use Claude 3.5 Sonnet to generate, test, and evaluate their prompts, and adds new features, like generating automatic test cases
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch :
Filing: Evolve Bank & Trust says LockBit accessed the personal data of at least 7.6M people during a February 2024 ransomware attack
On Monfay, Evolve confirmed that the personal data of at least 7.6 million people, was accessed during the incident. It's possible this number will keep going up as the investigation continues. … For...
Index Ventures, an early investor in Mistral and Cohere, closed $2.3B to chase AI breakthroughs and says that 50%+ of its recent investments have been in AI
an $800m venture fund and a $1.5 billion growth fund. https://www.indexventures.com/ ... [video] @indexventures : Our north star will always be the founder. We don't do deals. We back exceptional foun...
A US judge rules in favor of X in a lawsuit alleging X owes $500M+ in severance pay to ~6,000 laid-off staff, saying the claims were not covered under ERISA
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Source: the Google Pixel Watch 3 will come in 41mm and 45mm sizes, have smaller 4.5mm bezels, a brighter 2,000-nit display, and ultra-wideband support
Google begins rolling out speedometers in Google Maps for iOS and CarPlay globally, more than five years after adding the features to the Android app
Microsoft and trade group CISPE agree a deal to settle CISPE's antitrust complaint; CISPE members can run software on Azure at prices equivalent to Microsoft's
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Q&A with Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth on the company's metaverse strategy, barriers to MR/VR growth, Reality Labs spending, AR glasses, AI, and more
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Germany agrees a compromise proposal to strip Huawei components from the 5G core mobile network by the end of 2026; sources say companies have until 2029
Michael Nienaber / Bloomberg :
Google plans to make its dark web monitoring feature available to all users for free in late July, no longer requiring a Google One membership
Damien Wilde / 9to5Google :
A US judge dismisses more claims in a developer lawsuit over allegations of GitHub Copilot unlawfully copying their code; of 22 original claims, only two remain
The Biden administration plans to direct up to $1.6B in CHIPS Act funding towards R&D to accelerate domestic capacity for advanced chip packaging
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Skild AI, which is building a foundational model for robotics, raised a $300M Series A at a $1.5B valuation led by Lightspeed, SoftBank, Coatue, and Jeff Bezos
to build a general purpose foundation model for embodied intelligence. https://www.sequoiacap.com/... Deepak Pathak / @pathak2206 : Thrilled to announce @SkildAI! Over the past year, @gupta_abhinav_ a...
Current and former Tesla staff: self-driving data annotation staff were told to prioritize analyzing car data of VIP drivers, like Elon Musk and YouTube stars
Source: a16z has secured thousands of AI chips, including Nvidia H100 GPUs, and is renting them to portfolio companies, with the aim of expanding to 20K+ GPUs
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A group of investors led by Vista Equity Partners has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Nasuni, valuing the hybrid cloud storage provider at ~$1.2B
A look at the rise of algorithmic trading in currency markets: ~50% of hedge funds are using the tech for FX trading in 2024, up from 22% before the pandemic
Bloomberg : X: @ltabb X: Larry Tabb / @ltabb : Old School FX Traders Are Being Replaced By Algos With Names Like Viper We've seen this story before and it didn't work out too well on the equity side ...
A profile of Lee Saedol, an 18-time Go world champion who was beaten by Google DeepMind's AlphaGo in 2016 and now gives lectures about AI after retiring in 2019
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