Nancy Pelosi issues a statement in opposition to California's AI safety bill, saying it's “well-intentioned but ill-informed” and “more harmful than helpful”
San Francisco - Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi issued this statement in opposition to California Senate Bill 1047:
X says it's closing its operations in Brazil, claiming a judge threatened arrest if X didn't comply with “censorship orders”; the service remains available
X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, said today that it's ending operations in Brazil …
OpenAI removed a cluster of Iranian accounts using ChatGPT for an influence campaign targeting the US elections, and says the effort didn't gain much traction
The company said the Iranian effort, which used ChatGPT, did not gain much traction. — OpenAI said on Friday that it had discovered …
A look at Apple's work on its in-house modem chip, which may debut in some niche models next year, with the full rollout taking a few years to complete
Apple's move to drop Qualcomm modem chips won't have a payoff at the outset, but it could set the stage for bigger things later.
Dating apps are struggling as users seek organic ways to meet; Match Group reported a decline in the total number of paying users for seven straight quarters
Online dating industry in crisis as shares fall and nearly half of all users report negative experiences on the apps
A YouTuber files a proposed class action against Nvidia, accusing it of scraping his content without consent to train AI models, weeks after also suing OpenAI
A video creator alleges that the companies scraped his videos, and millions of others, without permission to help train their generative AI learning models.
South Korean AI chip makers Rebellions and Sapeon agree to merge; Rebellions has raised $225M+ and Sapeon's shareholders include SK Telecom and SK Hynix
South Korean artificial-intelligence chip makers Rebellions Inc and Sapeon Korea Inc have signed a definitive merger agreement, the privately held companies said on Sunday.
A profile of Palmer Luckey, who sold Oculus to Facebook, was fired after donating to a pro-Trump troll group, and now imagines a new age of warfare at Anduril
The facts of Palmer Luckey's life are so uniquely bizarre—combining elements of fantasy with lunacy and also world-altering change … Threads: @anildash . X: @carnage4life , @carnage4life , @lulumeserv...
Google says it “missed the mark” after leaked screenshots showed a Team Pixel program agreement threatened influencers who didn't showcase the Pixel over rivals
The language warned that creators could be cut out of the program for saying they prefer products from other companies more than Pixel devices. … Victoria Song / @vicmsong : Spent some time talking wi...
Epic debuts the Epic Games Store on iOS in the EU, offering its games, including Fortnite, and plans to start onboarding third-party games starting in December
Apple can go to hell — [images] @macstories@mastodon.macstories.net : The Epic Cost of Tim Sweeney's App Store Disputes with Apple and Google https://www.macstories.net/... Steve Troughton-Smith / @...
Runway debuts Gen-3 Alpha Turbo, a faster and cheaper model than Gen-3 Alpha, capable of generating 5- or 10-second-long video clips, available for all plans
After showing it off in preview late last month, Runway has officially released Gen-3 Alpha Turbo, the latest version …
A US judge temporarily blocks the launch of Venu Sports, the streaming service from Fox/WBD/Disney, a week before rollout, after Fubo filed an antitrust lawsuit
https://duck.haus/... @jsnell@zeppelin.flights : @joesteel Good call IMO - as a Fubo subscriber, I'd probable drop them for Venu, and that's entirely because Venu has illegally conspired to create new...
A US appeals court largely upholds a ruling blocking the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, finding parts of the law likely violate the First Amendment
making decisions based on evidence, not claims.https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Nora Benavidez / @attorneynora : Breaking news: the Ninth Circuit just ruled that California Age appropriate Design C...
A survey of 2,012 people in Germany finds ~50% wouldn't use the digital euro over privacy fears; the European Central Bank will decide on a rollout by 2025 end
- ECB officals to decide on rollout by end of next year — Half of people in Germany can't imagine using e-euro
Background check service National Public Data confirms a breach after hackers leaked a stolen database with millions of SSNs and other sensitive personal info
General Information What Happened? There appears to have been a data … CNET : National Public Data Breach: How to Protect Your Social Security Number Mike Snider / USA Today : National Public Data co...
An interview with Palantir CEO Alex Karp on co-founding the company, autonomous weapons systems, AI, supporting Kamala Harris, Silicon Valley critics, and more
#giftarticle #surveillance — https://www.nytimes.com/... X: Chad Wahlquist / @cmwahlqu : “There's nothing that we did at @PalantirTech in building our software company that's in any M.B.A.-made play...
Filing: AT&T and Verizon ask the FCC to deny SpaceX's request to waive rules, claiming Starlink's service with T-Mobile would interfere with existing networks
PETITION TO DENY OF AT&T I. INTRODUCTION AT&T Services, Inc. … Federal Communications Commission : Verizon Opposition To Petition For Waive Jess Weatherbed / The Verge : AT&T and Verizon have a beef w...
A profile of Anthony Tan, the solo developer of Way to the Woods, a game that received Epic Games funding and remains unreleased nine years after its conception
Anthony Tan was 16 when his idea for a video game about a deer caught the industry's eye. Nine years later, he's still working on it. Mastodon: @dctrjack@aus.social Mastodon: Jack Ryan / @dctrjack@au...
South Korea's plan to introduce tablets with AI features in schools faces backlash from parents and academics concerned about children's overexposure to devices
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Amount, which provides digital lending services for credit unions and banks, raised $30M from Curql, Goldman Sachs, WestCap, Hanaco Ventures, QED, and others
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Walmart and DroneUp end drone delivery in all 18 Phoenix, Salt Lake City, and Tampa hubs to focus on Dallas-Fort Worth; DroneUp cuts 70, or ~17% of its staff
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Ericsson to sell its network portability and data exchange services unit Iconectiv to Koch Equity Development for $1B; the deal is expected to close in H1 2025
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FanDuel founders and other early shareholders sue KKR and Shamrock Capital over the 2018 Paddy Power Betfair merger that wiped out the value of their holdings
https://www.axios.com/... … X: Dan Primack / @danprimack : FanDuel's parent company is worth $37 billion. Its founders and early employees got nothing. https://www.axios.com/... $FLUT LinkedIn: Vivek ...
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