The US DOJ seizes 32 domains used in Russian influence campaigns, as part of efforts to tackle Russian efforts to influence the 2024 US presidential election
The Biden administration announced a sweeping set of actions to tackle a major Russian government-backed effort to influence …
Kantar: 26% of marketers plan to cut back X ad spending in 2025 and 14% plan to pull budgets in 2024, over concerns about content and trust in disseminated info
Annual survey highlights growing concern about platform content and trust in information disseminated
Bluetooth SIG releases its Bluetooth 6.0 spec, which has a Channel Sounding feature that could help Find My apps locate items with “centimeter-level accuracy”
The Bluetooth community is dedicated to evolving its technology, introducing more features, and including more devices …
Intel cancels plans to use its Intel 20A process node for its consumer Arrow Lake processors and instead plans to use external nodes, likely from TSMC
Out with the Intel node, in with TSMC. — In a surprise move, Intel announced today that it no longer plans to use its own ‘Intel 20A’ process node …
YouTube begins limiting repeated video recommendations about fitness levels, body weights, physical features, and more to teens globally, expanding from the US
Platform will ensure algorithms do not keep pushing similar content to young viewers, even though it does not breach guidelines
The UK CMA launches an investigation into whether Ticketmaster breached consumer protection law with the sale of Oasis tickets, including via “dynamic pricing”
The UK competition regulator has launched an investigation into the sale of Oasis tickets, including the use of “dynamic pricing”.
Verizon agrees to acquire rival telecom operator Frontier Communications for an enterprise value of $20B including debt; Frontier reported $5.8B in 2023 revenue
- The deal has an enterprise value of $20 billion including debt — Verizon to buy fiber rival to expand high-speed internet
US prosecutors charge a man for allegedly using AI to create hundreds of thousands of songs by fake bands to get $10M in royalties from streaming services
Federal prosecutors charged a North Carolina musician with gaming the system to win royalties from streaming services including Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music.
YouTube expands its parental controls with a feature that lets parents link their account to their teen's account and gain insight into the teen's activity
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DJI unveils Neo, a $200 drone aimed at content creators and casual users with features like palm takeoff, voice control, ActiveTrack, phone control, and more
It's simple to use but offers advanced features like smartphone and voice control. — DJI has just unveiled the Neo …
A San Francisco federal judge rules that X must face a class action age bias lawsuit by ~150 older workers laid off when Elon Musk acquired the company in 2022
A federal judge in San Francisco has ruled that roughly 150 older workers who were laid off by social media platform X …
Inside Amazon Zoox's command center in Foster City, California, which holds about 36 human technicians who oversee and provide remote assistance to robot taxis
In places like San Francisco, Phoenix and Las Vegas, robot taxis are navigating city streets, each without a driver behind the steering wheel. X: @antoniocasilli . LinkedIn: Greg C. . Forums: Hacker N...
Cybersecurity company Pango Group acquires all of Kaspersky's US customers, or ~1M users, after the Commerce Department banned Kaspersky's software in the US
- Pango owns and offers a portfolio of cybersecurity products, including VPNs, antivirus software and identity theft protection tools.
Heidelberg-based Aleph Alpha, which raised $500M+ in 2023, pivots to helping clients use AI tools, instead of trying to outperform models from OpenAI and others
- For years, Aleph Alpha was hailed as Europe's rival to OpenAI — Then it opted to stop relying on costly large-language models
Leaked Disney files include personal data of some staff and customers and show that Disney+ had $2.4B+ revenue in Disney's March quarter, or ~43% of DTC revenue
Data trove sheds light on entertainment giant's operations, and exposes personal data of some staff and customers
PayPal expands into US point-of-sale payments by integrating its debit card with Apple Wallet and offering 5% cash back on $1K/month for a chosen product group
PayPal (PYPL.O) is expanding into U.S. point-of-sale payments by integrating its debit card with Apple's mobile wallet …
The Internet Archive loses its appeal of a US district court ruling that favored publishers in a copyright dispute over the nonprofit's ebook lending program
I could follow the logic of the concept of the Digital Library itself, but the “National Emergency Library” was clearly a step too far. There was no way “let's unilaterally lend out unlimited digital...
Google releases Android 15, making its source code available on the Android Open Source Project; supported Pixel devices will get the new OS in the coming weeks
Today, following months of developer previews and public betas … Ryan Daws / Developer Tech News : Android 15: Developer productivity and UX take centre stage Rubens Eishima / nextpit : Curious About ...
The nonprofit Cosmos Institute launches to “cultivate” AI technologists “equipped with deep philosophical thinking”, and plans an AI lab, a VC org, and more
The Cosmos Institute, a nonprofit whose founding fellows include Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark …
OpenAI says it has 1M+ paid corporate ChatGPT users across ChatGPT Team, Enterprise, and Edu, up from 600K paid ChatGPT Team and Enterprise users in April 2024
The startup introduced an enterprise product a year ago in a bid to boost revenue. … OpenAI now has more than 1 million paid users …
The US, the UK, the EU, and others sign a Council of Europe treaty to ensure that AI use is “fully consistent with human rights, democracy and the rule of law”
We're not very close to any specifics on how, exactly, AI regulations will be implemented and ensured …
YouTube announces AI detection tools to protect against copying creators' likeness, including their faces and voices, and plans to offer AI scraping controls
YouTube on Thursday announced a new set of AI detection tools to protect creators, including artists, actors …
Arkansas-based Laravel, known for its open-source PHP web framework released in June 2011 and which now has 35 employees, raised a $57M Series A from Accel
Taylor Otwell has done some risky demos in his life. — In a world where nearly every onstage demo is very controlled, Otwell …
Sources: Huawei and SMIC are struggling to make chips for Huawei's next flagship, the Mate 70, due to US restrictions; Huawei was aiming for a September release
Huawei Technologies, whose phones are a major competitor to Apple's iPhones in China, has scheduled a big product announcement for next Tuesday …
Shares of Truth Social's parent TMTG continue to slide, as the expiration date nears for a lockup agreement preventing Trump and others from selling their stock
https://www.theguardian.com/ ... ...there is one sentence that's a perfect example of a minor data journalism thing that doesn't seem to be part of any newsroom's editorial guidelines, but •should ...
Nvidia says it has inquired with the US DOJ and hasn't been subpoenaed, following a report that it had received a subpoena from the DOJ over antitrust concerns
When investing in the Magnificent Seven becomes interesting ... … Forums: r/technology : Nvidia says it has ‘not been subpoenaed’ by the DOJ — Bloomberg reported on the antitrust investigation Tuesday...
New Mexico's AG sues Snapchat, alleging it is a “breeding ground” for predators seeking to collect sexually explicit images of children and extort them
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A CJEU adviser sides with Italy's antitrust authority, saying that Google refusing to provide third-party access to Android Auto may breach EU competition rules
An adviser to Europe's top court on Thursday sided with Italy's antitrust authority, saying Alphabet (GOOGL.O) …
Meta's Oversight Board rules that users should be allowed to post “aspirational” statements for Venezuelan state-supported paramilitary groups to be killed
great. [embedded post] Ian Rennie / @theangelremiel.bsky.social : Without expressing support or condemnation for this decision, it does feel like one that will set a precedent that others will follow...
Applied Digital, which builds and leases data-center space and has started an AI cloud-computing service with Nvidia chips, raised $160M from Nvidia and others
Capital is expected to help data-center and AI cloud company grow — Artificial-intelligence chip giant Nvidia is joining …
India and Singapore sign a series of deals to ramp up collaboration in semiconductors and digital technologies, including cybersecurity, 5G, AI, and more
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Indian bike taxi startup Rapido raised $200M at a $1.1B valuation led by WestBridge and plans to expand its newly launched cab-hailing service
The Economic Times :
HPE reports Q3 revenue up 10% YoY to $7.71B, vs. $7.66B est., Server revenue up 35% YoY to $4.3B, and adjusted gross margins of 31.8%, vs. 33.4% est.
Brody Ford / Bloomberg :
C3.ai reports Q1 revenue up 21% YoY to $87.2M, vs. $86.9M est., and subscription revenue up 20% YoY to $73.5M, vs. $79.1M est.; its stock falls 16%+ after hours
Juby Babu / Reuters :
A look at the economics of Waymo's robot taxi business as its dominance has grown since Cruise pulled its fleet off the road
Eli Tan / New York Times :
Some tech and crypto firms, and Wyoming rush to launch their own stablecoins to profit from a recovering crypto market, as experts say tokens are of little use
Wyoming is all set to launch a stablecoin that will … LinkedIn: Anita Dorothy Millar : Aside from trading, what are the use cases for #stablecoins? Cross-border payments? Protection against a volati...
Sources: OSOM, the smartphone startup founded by ex-Essential employees, is shutting down later this week, after a lawsuit alleged CEO Jason Keats misused funds
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority :
Ant Group launches Zhixiaobao, a standalone AI app to let users facilitate daily tasks such as ordering meals and hailing taxis, and access third-party services
Xinmei Shen / South China Morning Post :
An analysis of OpenAI's GPT Store finds 100+ custom GPTs that appear to violate OpenAI's policies regarding sexual content, legal and medical advice, and more
Todd Feathers / Gizmodo :
Seattle-based Revefi, which seeks to automatically detect and troubleshoot companies' data-related issues, raised a $20M Series A led by Icon Ventures
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
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