Sources: Apple will launch Image Playground and Genmoji in iOS 18.2; Sonos cuts its plans to build ~1M units of Ace headphones per year, to ~100K per year
Apple's AI features keep getting delayed — and that slow rollout likely means that the iPhone 16 won't see a “super cycle” of orders.
What to expect from Apple's September 9 event: four iPhone 16 models, two AirPods models, Apple Watch Series 10 with a thin body, Apple Intelligence, and more
here's the differences Michael Simon / Macworld : Apple Watch Series 10 tipped to get upgraded sensors, better water resistance Kathryn Pomroy / Kiplinger.com : Apple's Launch Event 2024: Next-Generat...
CelesTrak: SpaceX controls 62%+ of all active satellites in orbit, ~10x more than closest rival OneWeb, after launching its 7,000th Starlink satellite on Sep. 5
SpaceX's Starlink network is growing by an average of three satellites per day — Elon Musk now controls nearly two thirds …
A look at the 2nd Circuit's incredibly damaging ruling favoring publishers in a copyright dispute over The Internet Archive's ebook lending program
What would you think if an author told you they would have written a book, but they wouldn't bother because it would be available to be borrowed for free from a library?
Analysis of 3.2M+ Telegram messages from 16K+ channels shows how the app is inundated with criminal activity, CSAM, drug dealers, white nationalists, and more
Drug dealers, scammers and white nationalists openly conduct business and spread toxic speech on the platform …
A look at the DOJ's and multiple states' antitrust lawsuit against Google's ad business, as its trial is set to begin on September 9
A month after losing a landmark antitrust case brought by the Department of Justice, Google is headed back to court to face off for a second time against federal prosecutors.
Sources: xAI discussed a deal that would give Tesla access to its AI models to help power Full Self-Driving in exchange for a share of Tesla's software revenue
Under a proposed arrangement, the startup would give Tesla access to its AI technology in exchange for a slice of the carmaker's software revenue
An investigation details the lack of enforcement of CA's Prop 22 about four years after the ballot initiative, backed by gig economy companies, became state law
Prop. 22 promised improved pay and benefits for California gig workers. But when companies fail to deliver, the state isn't doing much to help push back.
In a letter, Kamala Harris is endorsed for president by 88 corporate leaders, including Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman and Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen
Many are former CEOs of big public companies … Forums: r/antiwork : Eighty-eight corporate leaders endorse Harris in new letter, including CEOs of Yelp, Box r/KamalaHarris : Eighty-eight corporate lea...
A profile of Pavel Durov's older brother Nikolai, who is reportedly still in Russia and is responsible for Telegram's encryption standard MTProto protocol
Nikolai Durov, who is also wanted by cops in France, is responsible for the messaging app's encryption standard.
Hero Games' Daniel Wu reflects on his studio's 20% stake in Game Science, the creator of China's biggest PC game Black Myth: Wukong, which has sold 18M+ copies
one of the fastest starts the global gaming industry has seen. That record pace has in turn minted millions for its earliest and biggest investor. https://www.bloomberg.com/... Zheping Huang / @pingro...
Bluesky says it had over 9M users as of September 6, after adding 3M new users in the week or so since Brazil blocked X, and that video support is “coming soon”
Bluesky keeps growing: The company announced that as of Friday morning, it had added 3 million new users, bringing its total user count to more than 9 million.
S&P Global announces that Dell and Palantir will join the S&P 500, effective on September 23, 2024; DELL jumps 5%+ and PLTR jumps 7%+ after hours
https://lnkd.in/... Forums: Hacker News : Dell and Palantir to join S&P 500; shares of both jump
Meta details its plans for WhatsApp and Messenger interoperability with third-party apps in the EU, with group chats in 2025 and voice and video calling in 2027
here's how it will look Ians / Latest Odisha News, Breaking News Today : WhatsApp, Messenger to allow messages from 3rd-party services in EU: Meta Dwaipayan Roy / NewsBytes : WhatsApp will soon allow ...
A profile of Texas-based Tyler Tech, which has become a dominant US local government software provider, despite a history of software flaws and release delays
Tyler Tech dominates America's software industry managing parks, courts, municipal offices and prison networks. And you thought the DMV was rough before. X: @stephenehorn , @skhaulenbeek , @johnhamli...
Payroll startup Warp, part of YC's W23 batch, disavows a racist post from an affiliate X account, amid claims its affiliates on X are posting “engagement bait”
Warp is under the spotlight following controversial posts from an account tied to the company. X: @joinwarp , @varunramg , @picopaco17 , @gergelyorosz , @khabrnow , @shedcap , @fluxtheorist , @gergely...
Roblox plans a generative AI tool to let creators make 3D scenes using text prompts, and announces new social features like Party and Music Charts
will developers join paid tiers to help it reach the ‘next frontier’? Scott J Mulligan / MIT Technology Review : Roblox is launching a generative AI that builds 3D environments in a snap Brett Byll / ...
Some creators move from unpredictable algorithm-driven platforms to subscription services; YouTube group The Try Guys launched 2nd Try, a $5/month streamer
The Try Guys, one of YouTube's most established creator groups, have successfully abandoned their reliance on Google's algorithms … X: @dannygroner . Forums: r/TheTryGuys X: Danny Groner / @dannygrone...
Replit launches Replit Agent, an AI agent that can build entire apps from scratch based on prompts, available in beta to Replit Core and Teams subscribers
available today for subscribers: [video] @sullyomarr : after using replit's coding agent i think...its over for a lot of traditional saas wanted slack notifications when customers subscribed/cancelled...
Companies and customers say the cost of renting cloud services using Nvidia's A100 and H100 chips is lower in China than in the US despite the export controls
$6 per hour for eight Nvidia A100 GPUs Shrilekha Pethe / TipRanks Financial : Nvidia's (NASDAQ:NVDA) AI Chips Flood China Despite U.S. Export Ban Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information : Musk's Rivals ...
Character.AI, Aleph Alpha, and other AI startups that raised hundreds of millions are struggling to compete against better-funded rivals and Big Tech companies
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A look at LMSYS' Chatbot Arena and the issues surrounding the crowdsourced LLM benchmark platform, including biases, lack of transparency, and commercial ties
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch : X: @woojinrad X: Woojin Kim / @woojinrad : The AI industry is obsessed with Chatbot Arena, but it might not be the best benchmark | @TechCrunch Human raters bring their bi...
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