US v. Google: a federal judge rules that Google illegally monopolized the search market, including through deals to be the default option on phones and browsers
Google's payments to make its search engine the default on smartphone web browsers violates US antitrust law, a federal judge ruled Monday …
OpenAI co-founder John Schulman departs to join Anthropic and focus on AI alignment, and says “I'm not leaving due to lack of support for alignment research”
I shared the following note with my OpenAI colleagues today: I've made the difficult decision to leave OpenAI. This choice stems from my desire to deepen my focus on AI alignment, and to start a new c...
US v. Google: a judge rules Google has a monopoly in “general search text advertising” and used exclusive agreements to raise prices without any competition
A federal judge ruled that Google violated US antitrust law by maintaining a monopoly in the search and advertising markets.
A look at some of Apple's pre-prompt Apple Intelligence instructions, like “Do not hallucinate” and “Do not make up factual information” for the Rewrite tool
Apple's latest developer betas launched last week with a handful of the generative AI features that were announced …
In developer betas of iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS 15, Safari gets Distraction Control, which lets users block distracting elements on the page, like pop-ups
I discovered that if you hide distracting items in a private window, your settings will be preserved in memory after closing the private window and applied to other private windows, but your settings ...
Google unveils the $100 Google TV Streamer, with better performance than Chromecast with Google TV, Thread and Matter support, and more, shipping September 24
Google isn't waiting for its upcoming hardware event to announce the Chromecast's successor. Alongside the new, sleeker Nest Thermostat …
Google losing its US antitrust case may have major ripple effects for Apple, Amazon, and Meta, just as Microsoft's loss in 2000 influenced the Google decision
Steve Lohr / New York Times :
Apple and Mozilla may take a big revenue hit if the Google search ruling is upheld; $510M of Mozilla's $593M in revenue was via its Google deal in 2021 and 2022
“Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly.” — With those words from United States District judge Amit Mehta …
Sources: Nvidia scraped sources like Netflix and YouTube to train an unreleased foundational model; concerned staff were told they had full clearance to do so
Nvidia scraped videos from Youtube and several other sources to compile training data for its AI products, internal Slack chats …
OpenAI President Greg Brockman says he's taking a sabbatical through the end of 2024; a source says OpenAI product leader Peter Deng, who joined in 2023, left
Greg Brockman, OpenAI's president and one of 11 cofounders of the artificial intelligence firm, is taking an extended leave of absence.
Samsung starts mass production of the world's thinnest LPDDR5X DRAM, claiming it is 9% thinner than most LPDDR5X and improves devices' heat resistance by 21.2%
The new package frees additional space. — Samsung has started mass production of the world's thinnest LPDDR5X DRAM packages featuring 12 GB and 16 GB capacities.
In an email to staff, Linda Yaccarino says X will close its San Francisco office and move workers to San Jose offices and a new Palo Alto office shared with xAI
Elon Musk, X's owner, has clashed with California's leaders and has said the social media platform would move its headquarters to Texas.
Google losing its US antitrust case may have major ripple effects for Apple, Amazon, and Meta, just as Microsoft's loss in 2000 influenced the Google decision
Google unveils Gemini-based features for Google Home, coming later in 2024: descriptive captions for Nest camera videos, a smarter Assistant for Nest, and more
here's how Joe Maring / Digital Trends : Google showed me its AI future for Google Home, and it blew me away
OpenAI plans to change the format of its DevDay conference this fall to a series of on-the-road developer sessions, and GPT-5 will not be announced at DevDay
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
Google says the Chromecast with Google TV 4K and HD will remain on sale until stock runs out, as the company stops making the Chromecast, first launched in 2013
Abner Li / 9to5Google :
Uber reports Q2 revenue up 16% YoY to $10.7B, Gross Bookings up 19% YoY to $40B, vs. $39.7B est., Mobility Gross Bookings up 23% YoY to $20.6B, and 7.4M drivers
- Results driven by better-than-expected growth in ridehailing — Autonomous rides grew six-fold from year ago through partners
Apple's AI shift could move some searches to Siri and AI chatbots instead of web browsers and Google, softening the blow from the US v. Google antitrust ruling
A researcher finds another flaw in Georgia's voter registration cancellation portal, which has suffered bugs that made submitting requests for Georgians trivial
The flaw would have allowed anyone to submit a voter registration cancellation request for any Georgian using their name …
Red Ventures sells CNET, an early pioneer of online tech coverage, to Ziff Davis, which owns Mashable, PC Mag, and other brands, a source says for $100M+
Ziff Davis is acquiring CNET for more than $100 million. Its chief executive thinks more acquisitions are on the horizon.
The US awards South Korea's SK Hynix an initial $450M in grants and $500M in loans to build an advanced chip packaging facility in Indiana under the CHIPS Act
- Firm to get $450 million Chips Act grant, $500 million loan — Indiana facility focused on advanced packaging, research
Abnormal Security, which uses ML and AI to detect email cyberattacks, raised a $250M Series D at a $5.1B valuation, up from $4B after raising $210M in May 2022
Abnormal Security closed a $250 million Series D that now values the San Francisco-based cybersecurity startup at $5.1 billion.
Behind the YouTube influencers, WhatsApp and Telegram groups, and services like FewFeed fueling Facebook's problem of creators profiting from viral “AI slop”
Gyan Abhishek is standing in front of a giant touch screen, like Jim Cramer on Mad Money or an ESPN talking head analyzing a football play. Threads: @jasonkoebler and @jenvalentino_nyt X: @jason_koebl...
The US NIST is set to publish three security algorithms, put out for comment in 2023, to protect data from quantum hacking, as the agency awaits the sign off
Global authorities speed up focus on growing threat to traditional cryptography — SPOTLIGHT
Uber says its Advertising annual revenue run-rate passed $1B in Q2, up from $650M+ in Q2 2023; Uber began selling in-app Journey Ads programmatically in June
Kathryn Lundstrom / Adweek : X: @jason See also Mediagazer X: @jason : My price target for $uber is $88.88 in the next year 🚀 congrats to @dkhos and the team on exceptional progress on all fronts, fr...
How Google's Character.AI deal, which sources say had a $2B licensing fee, and other Big Tech AI deals show startups are seeking bailouts after raising billions
Amazon, Google and Microsoft are using a new type of deal to get employees and technology from artificial-intelligence firms
Amazon says Amazon India chief Manish Tiwary “has decided to pursue an opportunity outside” of Amazon after taking over in late 2020, as competition intensifies
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
Sources: Samsung plans to bring some Galaxy AI features to select mid-range smartphones as well, including the Galaxy A35 and Galaxy A55 which launched in 2024
Letter: the secretaries of state from PA, WA, MI, NM, and MN ask Elon Musk to change X's Grok to stop the AI assistant from spreading false election information
Grok, the AI search assistant on Musk's X platform …
A memo from Microsoft Chief People Officer Kathleen Hogan: “everyone at Microsoft” now has “security” as a “Core Priority”, used in performance reviews
“The Security Core Priority is not a check-the-box compliance exercise; it is a way for every employee and manager to commit to … X: Justin Elze / @hackinglz : I have heard security is important https...
NCR Voyix agrees to sell its digital banking business to buyout firm Veritas Capital for $2.45B+ in cash; the platform serves 1,300+ US financial institutions
Ryan Gould / Bloomberg :
Google releases patches for 46 Android security vulnerabilities, including a kernel zero-day the company says “may be under limited, targeted exploitation”
August 2024 Dwaipayan Roy / NewsBytes : Google fixes zero-day vulnerability in Android kernel Zak Doffman / Forbes : Samsung Issues Critical Update For Millions Of Galaxy Users—Google Confirms New Att...
Researchers discover a bug, exploited since 2018, in Windows Smart App Control and SmartScreen that lets attackers avoid security warnings for unsigned binaries
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer :
Riverlane, a Cambridge, UK-based maker of quantum error correction tech, raised a $75M Series C led by Planet First Partners, sources say at a $400M valuation
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
UK filings: since 2023, Saudi Arabia's PIF has put $750M into Magic Leap, including $160M so far in 2024; Magic Leap says it needs to raise more by next month
Mark Bergen / Bloomberg :
Q&A with Intel VP Robert Hallock on the upcoming Lunar Lake chips, Intel using TSMC nodes, and how the Arm vs. x86 power debates are based on a false premise
Vaidyanathan Subramaniam / Notebookcheck : Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social . Forums: r/hardware Bluesky: Mary Branscombe / @marypcbuk.bsky.social : That's interesting because if it's true that Intel ...
ProRata, which aims to attribute and share AI chatbot subscription revenue with content owners, raised a $25M Series A and inks deals with major media companies
A handful of major news and music companies have agreed to license their content to ProRata.ai, a generative AI startup that claims … See also Mediagazer
Illinois' governor signs a bill amending the Biometric Information Privacy Act to significantly curb the penalties for improperly collecting and using data
Daniel Wiessner / Reuters :
How Nvidia is racing to build the staff and offices needed to respond to scrutiny by the US, UK, EU, and China; the company controls 90% of the AI chip market
New York Times :
ByteDance debuts AI text-to-video app Jimeng AI on iOS in China, after its July 31 Android release; China's Kuaishou released Kling AI in beta globally in July
Palantir raises 2024 revenue guidance to $2.74B-$2.75B and operating income guidance to $966-$974M, vs. $882.9M est., citing AI demand; PLTR jumps 16%+
Mainframes are finding a new life in the AI era, as some banks, insurance providers, and airlines look to use them to run AI locally rather than in the cloud
Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal :
Sources: Huawei, Baidu, and other Chinese tech companies have been stockpiling Samsung HBM chips since early 2024, in anticipation of US curbs on those chips
Software consultancy Thoughtworks agrees to be taken private by PE firm Apax Partners for ~$1.75B; TWKS jumps 26%+ but is still far below its 2021 IPO price
Sources: Black Sesame, which designs chips for self-driving systems, priced its Hong Kong IPO at the low end of its marketed range, raising $133M
Bloomberg :
Source: Placer.ai, which provides AI-powered market research based on location data, raised $75M at a $1.45B valuation, up from $1B at its Series C
Lumen, which sells data center networking and security products, says it secured new deals worth $5B from tech companies, as AI tech booms; LUMN jumps 35%+
Q&A with Booking CEO Glenn Fogel on the company's Booking.com, OpenTable, Kayak, Priceline, and Agoda brands, using AI to book trips, hotels, and more
Nilay Patel / The Verge :
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