The US DOJ sues TikTok, saying it collected children's data without parents' permission, knowingly let users under the age of 13 create accounts, and more
The Justice Department said that TikTok illegally collected children's data and knowingly allowed users under the age of 13 to create accounts.
Character.AI co-founders Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas, and some employees, are joining Google; Google has signed a non-exclusive agreement to use its tech
In a big move, Character.AI co-founder and CEO CEO Noam Shazeer is returning to Google after leaving the company in October 2021 to found the a16z-backed startup.
Intel shares fall 26% to close at $21.48 in their biggest drop since 1974, after the company reported a big earnings miss; Intel's market cap is now below $100B
Intel shares plunged the most in 50 years on Friday, reaching a price not seen since 2013, after the chipmaker reported …
Trump says Zuckerberg called him after the assassination attempt and told Trump he wouldn't endorse a Democrat because he “respected” Trump's reaction that day
Former President Donald Trump has expressed a newfound fondness for Mark Zuckerberg after years of railing against him.
Sources: Nvidia told Microsoft, and another large cloud provider, that its new Blackwell AI chips will be delayed by three months or more due to design flaws
Nvidia's upcoming artificial intelligence chips will be delayed by three months or more due to design flaws …
Apple apologizes and pulls an ad set in Thailand after backlash from Thai lawmakers and influencers who deemed its portrayal of the country offensive
here's why MacDailyNews : Weak-kneed Apple apologizes for another ad after complaints Al Bawaba : Apple under fire for ‘Terrible’ Thailand ad Threads: J Emory Parker / @jemoryparker : Now that we've d...
A security researcher says 4.6M Illinois voter and election records, including Social Security Numbers, were exposed by a contractor's unsecured databases
Social Security numbers, death certificates, voter applications, and other personal information was accessible on the open internet …
Google pulled an Olympics TV ad where a father uses Gemini to help his daughter write a personal letter to an athlete, after criticisms that the ad is tone-deaf
Character.AI told staff that investors will be bought out at a valuation of ~2.5x its $1B 2023 valuation, and it plans to adopt open-source models for products
and what we don't X: @swyx : Ok after some reading whining about the broken founding employee contract I actually did some research: - Adept stock is getting bought at par - Inflection stock getting b...
Sources: Meta is offering Hollywood celebrities like Judi Dench millions of dollars for the right to use their voices for AI projects; SAG-AFTRA agreed to terms
- Judi Dench, Awkwafina are among the celebrities holding talks — Some terms sought by Meta trigger actors' fears of AI
ROMHacking.net, a community of people sharing hacks and fixes for old games, winds down, closes all ROM hack submissions, and moves its data to Internet Archive
no archive, no handoff, nothing. 20 years of community contributions just *gone*. Gideon Zhi / @gideonzhi : By now you've probably seen that https://romhacking.net/ is effectively dead. In the end, it...
Nintendo reports Q1 revenue down 46.5% YoY to ~$1.65B, vs. ~$1.92B est., net profit down 55.3% YoY to ~$536M, and Switch sales down 46% YoY to 2.1M units
Here's What We Know About The Switch's Successor Evgeny Obedkov / Game World Observer : Lack of new major games causes Nintendo's Q1 revenue to fall 46.5%, with Switch continuing to slide TechRadar : ...
A look at Musk-backed America PAC's “Register to Vote” online campaign, which collects users' personal data in swing states, but does not help them register
https://www.cnbc.com/... (NYTimes had reported in July, “The group has taken pains to be secretive. Joe Lonsdale...played a key role in the group, recruiting many of his friends — including the Jimmy...
Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, and Meta boosted capex by 50% to a total of $106B in H1 2024, as they build AI infrastructure and pledge more investment hikes
Technology stocks have been volatile as Microsoft, Meta, Amazon and Google report huge increases in their investments in artificial intelligence
Data breach notifications show US pharmaceutical giant Cencora has notified at least 1.43M individuals that their data was compromised in a February data breach
Cencora has so far notified over a million people around the U.S. that their personal and protected health information …
Intel extends the warranty for its boxed Core 13th and 14th Gen desktop processors by an additional two years, due to customers experiencing instability issues
longer warranty applies to 13th- and 14th-Gen Core processors r/technews : Intel's crashing 13th and 14th Gen CPUs get two additional years of warranty coverage r/LinusTechTips : Intel announces an ex...
Crypto lender Genesis and related companies complete their bankruptcy restructuring and begin distributing ~$4B in digital assets and cash to creditors
I feel pretty taken advantage of here and down more money than I care to admit through this FTX
Inside the MAGA-fueled 2024 Bitcoin Conference in Nashville, as attendees were divided on Trump's keynote speech, some let down, others calling it historic
Inside the MAGA-fueled fever dream of the 2024 Bitcoin Conference. … There were rumors that Elon Musk would introduce former …
A profile of Huawei, which has expanded into new businesses, built out its supply chain, and boosted profit, thanks to billions of dollars in Beijing support
The Chinese telecom giant struggled at first under U.S. sanctions—then Beijing stepped in X: @jchengwsj , @jchengwsj , @jchengwsj , @jchengwsj , @jchengwsj , and @jchengwsj . LinkedIn: Liza Lin X: Jon...
Sources: the US DOJ is investigating Nvidia's acquisition of Run:ai, a Tel Aviv-based startup that enables virtualization of GPUs, on antitrust grounds
investigating potential strong-arm tactics related to AI GPU supply Hope King / Axios : Report: Nvidia faces DOJ antitrust probe Associated Press : The government is reportedly investigating Nvidia fo...
UK shelves promised £800M for Edinburgh University exascale supercomputer and £500M for AI Research Resource, saying former government never allocated the funds
How AI-formulated bioweapons became a security obsession inside Washington, DC, forcing officials to take tech advances in weaponizing disease seriously
A stunt got White House officials to take technological advances in weaponizing disease seriously. — Rocco Casagrande entered … X: @ggronvall and @donatopmancini X: Gigi Gronvall / @ggronvall : So.....
A look at RayV Lite, an open-source laser hacking tool built by two hackers for less than $500 that can reverse engineer chips and exploit their vulnerabilities
Andy Greenberg / Wired : X: @a_greenberg , @malwarejake , @a_greenberg , and @a_greenberg X: Andy Greenberg / @a_greenberg : More specifically, the RayV Lite can perform laser fault injections and la...
Surface Pro 11 review: OLED display is vibrant, Flex Keyboard is magic, hardware is solid, but it's costly, not all x86 apps run well, AI features are skippable
Sources: Revolut has told staff it is launching a sale of up to $500M worth of existing shares at a $45B valuation; former employees are ineligible
Akila Quinio / Financial Times :
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