Taylor Swift says she's voting for Kamala Harris, noting that Donald Trump sharing an AI-generated image of her “endorsing” him prompted her to reveal her plans
Like many of you, I watched the debate tonight. If you haven't already, now is a great time to do your research …
Meta admits to scraping every Australian adult Facebook user's public data to train AI, with no opt-out option as it is not required to do so under privacy law
In short: — Facebook is scraping the public data of all Australian adults on the platform, it has acknowledged in an inquiry.
An analysis finds 40+ examples of Facebook removing emergency-related posts during 20+ US wildfires since June 2024; Meta says it is “investigating this issue”
The Post has collected more than 40 examples of Facebook removing emergency-related posts during at least 20 wildfires since June.
On Day 2 of the US DOJ's antitrust trial focused on ads, a former News Corp executive testifying as a government witness said Google held publishers “hostage”
Google's tool that lets publishers sell ad space on their websites is ubiquitous, but that's largely a testament …
Mistral releases its first multimodal model, Pixtral 12B, available on GitHub and Hugging Face, and via API-serving platforms Le Chat and Le Platforme “soon”
French AI startup Mistral has released its first model that can process images as well as text.
MariaDB, which went public via SPAC in December 2022, says it's been acquired by PE firm K1 and names a new CEO, after filing to delist its shares from the NYSE
MariaDB's short-lived tenure as a public company is all but over, as the struggling database business is now fully under the auspices of K1 Investment Management.
Google starts linking to The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine in Search, letting users view archived versions of pages as part of “About this page” feature
Rolling out starting today, Google Search results will now directly link to The Internet Archive to add historical context for the links in your results.
A surge in alleged scams poses a serious image problem for Revolut, which faces more complaints than all its UK rivals facing authorized push payment scams
The $45 billion challenger bank says it's committed to tackling online fraud as it seeks ‘exponential’ growth.
Sergey Brin says he's working at Google “pretty much every day” and that AI algorithmic improvements are “even outpacing the increased compute” put into models
Google co-founder and ex-Alphabet president Sergey Brin said he's back working at Google “pretty much every day” …
Riot Platforms plans the world's largest bitcoin mine in Corsicana, a former Texas oil boom town, using a liquid immersion system, despite residents' protests
A cash-strapped city in rural Texas will soon be home to the world's largest bitcoin mine. Local protesters are “raising hell.”
The European Court of Justice rules against Apple over a record €13B Irish tax bill, confirming a 2016 decision; filing: Apple will incur a ~$10B charge in Q4
https://www.bbc.com/... “The EU Commission accused Ireland of giving Apple illegal tax advantages eight years ago but the Irish government has consistently argued against the need for the tax to be p...
Matt Shumer, who was accused of fraud over HyperWrite's 70B-parameter AI model, says he “got ahead” of himself but doesn't explain why his model underperformed
Matt Shumer, co-founder and CEO of OthersideAI, also known as its signature AI assistant writing product HyperWrite …
A US district judge blocks Utah from enforcing the Minor Protection in Social Media Act, set to take effect on October 1, saying the law likely violates the 1A
1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF UTAH NETCHOICE … Nate Raymond / Reuters : Utah law restricting youth social media use blocked by judge Bryan Schott / Utah Political Watch : F...
The former CEO of Everyday Robots, Alphabet's AI robotics moonshot that was shut down in January 2023, reflects on its start and efforts to give AI a robot body
As the head of Alphabet's AI-powered robotics moonshot, I came to believe many things. For one, robots can't come soon enough. X: @seankinneyrcr , @wired , @wired , @ieeefuturedir , @seankirmani , an...
Microsoft says it has demonstrated, with Quantinuum, logical operations with the largest number of error-corrected qubits yet, and partners with Atom Computing
Microsoft Quantum and Quantinuum demonstrate the first combination of computation and error correction in quantum computing, creating 12 highly reliable logical qubits. Plus, HPC, AI, and quantum com...
Amazon plans to spend £8B in the UK to grow its AWS business, expecting to support up to 14K jobs and contribute £14B to the UK's GDP between 2024 and 2028
Joe Mayes / Bloomberg :
The European Court of Justice rules against Google, keeping a 2017 decision for a €2.4B fine for Google abusing monopoly power to crush rival shopping services
and an existential crisis Verdict : Apple and Google lose EU court battles over combined $17bn Tom Jowitt / Silicon UK : Google Must Pay €2.4bn Fine, EU Court Rules Luke Jones / WinBuzzer : Google Fai...
CTIA: Americans used 100M+ TB of wireless data in 2023, up 36% YoY, the largest single-year increase; the number of wireless connections rose 6% YoY to 558M
David Shepardson / Reuters :
Google plans to buy carbon removal credits from direct air capture provider Holocene for $100 per ton, far below current prices, for delivery by the early 2030s
Justine Calma / The Verge :
Waymo: its cars in Phoenix and SF had 48% fewer crashes/mile than humans and 73% fewer injury-causing ones; humans rear-ended Waymos in 16 of the 23 worst ones
Timothy B Lee / Understanding AI :
Memo to commemorate Alibaba's 25th anniversary: Jack Ma says competition will make the company stronger and to trust “the power of market forces and innovation”
Jiahui Huang / Wall Street Journal :
The NYT tech guild of 600+ staff, the largest US union of tech workers with bargaining rights, authorizes a strike after over two years of talks and no contract
Tech Guild represents largest union of tech workers with bargaining rights in the U.S. r/union : New York Times Tech Guild votes to authorize a strike See also Mediagazer
Maryland-based Forterra, which develops autonomous driving tech for military and commercial vehicles, raised a $75M Series B
Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE :
Qualifyze, which makes audit management and compliance software for pharmaceutical companies, raised a $54M Series B, bringing its total funding to $84M
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Chainalysis: payments in Singapore using stablecoins reached a record high of almost $1B in Q2, led by transactions at merchant outlets, vs. ~$161M in H2 2023
Suvashree Ghosh / Bloomberg :
NYC-based Versana, a two-year-old platform that allows lenders to access data about $2.7T worth of loans, raised $26M from Barclays, Bank of America, and others
Jan-Henrik Foerster / Bloomberg :
Sources describe a code red at Stripe when its Wells Fargo payments partnership ended and Goldman Sachs decided against the role of facilitating card payments
Michael Roddan / The Information :
Google starts rolling out a Google One “Lite” plan in India that offers 30GB storage for Rs. 59, or ~$0.70, per month
but you probably won't get it just yet
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