Samsung unveils a new Odyssey gaming monitor lineup that uses eye-tracking tech to convert 2D visuals into glasses-free 3D, set for release “within this year”
Samsung has announced a new Odyssey gaming monitor lineup at gamescom that uses eye-tracking technology to convert 2D visuals into glasses-free 3D.
Linux users say Microsoft's August 13 Windows patch leaves dual-boot devices unable to boot into Linux when Secure Boot is enforced; Microsoft hasn't commented
Microsoft said its update wouldn't install on Linux devices. It did anyway. — Last Tuesday, loads of Linux users …
Microsoft plans to launch the $450 white discless Xbox Series X, a $600 2TB Galaxy Black special-edition Series X, and $350 1TB Series S on October 15 in the US
Microsoft is launching three new Xbox Series S / X console options in October. There's the $449.99 white discless Xbox Series X …
Google adds a Polish feature that edits existing drafts to Gemini in Gmail, on top of Formalize, Elaborate, and Shorten, for Google One AI Premium and Workspace
Google is upgrading its Gemini writing tools in Gmail to help you polish drafts that you've already written.
The UK CMA closes its Google Play Store and Apple App Store investigation ahead of a new digital rules regime, set for fall 2024, that will give it more power
- CMA's digital market powers set to come into force this fall — Regulator expects early work of rules to focus on app stores
PIP Labs, which is developing the blockchain Story Protocol to track IP usage, raised an $80M Series B led by a16z Crypto, sources say at a $2.25B valuation
San-Francisco-based startup Story said Wednesday that it raised $80 million of funding for a blockchain designed …
Filing: chipmaker Microchip Technology says its servers were breached by “an unauthorized party”, causing its facilities to operate at “less than normal levels”
- Nvidia, GlobalWafers have also been attacked in the past — Breach comes as nations are competing for chip dominance
Public Citizen: crypto companies have spent $119M+ in the 2024 election cycle through Q2, or 48% of all corporate money, an “unprecedented” spending spree
The crypto industry's campaign spending in 2024 really is unlike anything we've seen in modern politics …
In a Reddit AMA, Sonos CEO Patrick Spence says Sonos won't rerelease its old app, after testing showed that doing so “would make the problems worse, not better”
here's what happened Paul Lamkin / The Ambient : Sonos rolls back on rolling back app Malcolm Owen / AppleInsider : Sonos CEO insists iOS app cannot be rolled back to the older, better one r/sonos : G...
WISPAP says Pakistan's internet speeds have dropped 30%-40% over the past few weeks; many in tech believe the government is testing an internet firewall
Zofeen T Ebrahim / The Guardian :
Microsoft releases three Phi-3.5 models designed for basic/fast reasoning and more, available for developers to download, use, and fine-tune on Hugging Face
Microsoft isn't resting its AI success on the laurels of its partnership with OpenAI. — No, far from it.
A US district judge in Texas strikes down the FTC's ban on worker noncompete agreements, due to start September 4, after temporarily blocking the rule in July
Potential $400B Earnings Boost For Workers Over Next Decade Blocked Ben Werdmuller / Werd I/O : The FTC's noncompete agreements ban has been struck down Todd Spangler / Variety : Judge Strikes Down FT...
After rivals' criticism, CrowdStrike President Michael Sentonas says no vendor can “technically” guarantee their software won't cause an incident akin to July's
Botched update that hit millions of computers leads to claims of ‘ambulance chasing’ by competitors
Shein sues Temu for copyright infringement, accusing the company of stealing trade secrets and masquerading “as a legitimate e-commerce ‘marketplace’”
Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. Rob Beschizza / Boing Boing : Online retailers Shein and Temu go to war Jasmin Malik Chua / Sourcing Journal : Temu a ‘...
OpenAI launches fine-tuning for GPT-4o, letting developers customize a version of the model with their own datasets to improve domain-specific performance
The UK's rules to curb online payment scams, set to roll out on October 7, 2024, face backlash from financial firms, including over insufficient time to adjust
- Critics say firms aren't fully prepared, warn of more frauds — Hundreds of financial firms are struggling to comply …
US court records: US agencies are increasingly accessing parts of the 500M encrypted message haul retrieved from the hack of encrypted phone company Sky in 2021
European cops hacked the encrypted phone provider Sky in 2021. More and more cases in the U.S. are using that mass of collected messages. Mastodon: @josephcox@infosec.exchange Mastodon: Joseph Cox / ...
Source: Meta's Llama struggles to gain traction on AWS, where Claude is most popular; Microsoft only pitches Llama to clients with data expertise, per a staffer
Meta Platforms knows how to get brands like Away and Temu to buy advertisements on Facebook and Instagram. X: @theinformation X: @theinformation : Meta's Search for AI Clout Takes It Into New Terrain ...
Sources: Walmart, JD.com's largest shareholder, is raising about $3.6B by selling its stake in the Chinese e-commerce firm; JD falls 9%+
Names Alibaba As Only Name That Has Real Liquidity Philip Whiterow / Proactive : Walmart shares tick higher following JD.Com sale Juro Osawa / The Information : Walmart Sells Stake in China's JD.com f...
Grafana Labs, which makes the Grafana visualization tools, completes a primary and secondary transaction worth ~$270M at a $6B+ valuation, up from $3B in 2022
Grafana Labs, the open-source company that probably powers at least a few operational dashboards in your company …
Condé Nast agrees a multiyear deal with OpenAI, letting ChatGPT and SearchGPT surface stories from The New Yorker, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Bon Appetit, and Wired
Publishers looking at the media landscape are likely realizing … BBC : ChatGPT firm OpenAI strikes deal with Vogue owner Ananya Gairola / Benzinga : ChatGPT-Maker OpenAI Forges Content Partnership Wit...
A US appeals court revives a class action suit by Google Chrome users who say Google collected personal info even if Chrome was not synced with a Google account
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters :
New York-based Trunk Tools, which provides automation tools to organize unstructured construction documentation, raised a $20M Series A led by Redpoint
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
In a letter to investors, Bolt says it is finalizing a $450M Series F at a $14B valuation; documents show the deal terms are bewildering and hard to believe
This is a pay-to-play VC deal for the ages. https://www.theinformation.com/ ... @erinkwoo [image] Sheel Mohnot / @pitdesi : Wild: Breslow back to Bolt as CEO, company raising $450M at a $14B valuation...
A look at Rockbridge, a Silicon Valley-backed right-wing donor group co-founded by JD Vance to influence US politics; docs and sources: its 2024 budget is ~$75M
Reuters : X: @wendysiegelman , @randoigno , @wendysiegelman , @reuters , @ppopiel , @davidch80671676 , @josephax , @renenutt , @bazmaniandevil , and @wendysiegelman Forums: Hacker News , r/politics ,...
Interviews with US political campaigns and tech companies: despite 30+ companies offering their AI products, most campaigns are wary and largely not biting
More than 30 tech companies have pitched A.I. tools to political campaigns for November's election. The campaigns have been wary.
Sources and docs: sales reps say Google's targeting of teen minors goes beyond Meta; Google lets advertisers target an “unknown” group that skews toward teens
This activity is broader than the agreement between Google and Meta that the FT reported this month Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social Bluesky: Mary Branscombe / @marypcbuk.bsky.social : Google makes eve...
Since 2023, Chinese investors, including Alibaba and Tencent, have valued 6+ China-based startups developing LLMs, dubbed “Little AI Dragons”, at $1B+ each
Since 2023, 40% of Alibaba's deals in China and 30% of Tencent's have targeted AI startups
Microsoft launches a single unified Teams app that allows switching between work, personal, and education accounts on Windows and Mac
Tom Warren / The Verge :
Didi reports Q2 revenue up 4.1% YoY to ~$7.1B and ~196M net profit, after ride-hailing transactions hit a record, as Didi recovers from a $1.2B US fine in 2022
Bloomberg :
Qualcomm details its mid-range Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 SoC, based on TSMC's N4P, promising 40% better GPU performance than its 7s Gen 2, shipping via Xiaomi first
Ryan Smith / AnandTech :
Xiaomi reports Q2 revenue up 32% YoY to ~$12.5B, above ~$12.2B est., and a ~$715M net income, above ~$533M est., as its core smartphone business recovers
Bloomberg :
Chinese government data: China is unleashing billions in lending to tech startups using intellectual property as collateral, up 57% YoY to ~$58.8B in H1 2024
Financial Times : X: @zacharykeck , @chinabeigebook , and @tanarrowz X: Zachary Keck / @zacharykeck : Unless I am missing something, the problem in China is not credit has dried up. It's that demand ...
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