UK mobile operator Virgin Media O2 creates Daisy, an AI-generated “scambaiter” tool that mimics the voice of an elderly woman to waste scammers' time
After a survey found that 71% of Brits want revenge on scammers, mobile operator O2 deploys Daisy, an AI tool that keeps fraudsters on the line to waste their time.
OpenAI makes the ChatGPT desktop app for Windows available to all users, following an October release limited to paying ChatGPT subscribers
Previously limited to ChatGPT Plus subscribers, the app opens a ‘companion window’ on your PC, allowing you to easily use the AI chatbot alongside any other Windows programs.
Mark Zuckerberg says Threads is testing custom feeds for certain profiles or topics; the Threads' version seems easier to use than Bluesky's custom feeds
Threads is testing a way to create custom feeds for certain profiles or topics, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Friday.
NASA partners with Microsoft to create Earth Copilot, an AI chatbot that can answer questions about the Earth using NASA's geospatial information
NASA is teaming up with Microsoft to create an AI chatbot designed to make it easier to access and understand scientific data about the Earth.
Eighteen GOP state AGs sue the SEC and its commissioners, including Gary Gensler, alleging crypto regulatory overreach without Congressional authorization
Ahead of an expected regulatory leadership transition following the election of Donald Trump, 18 states have filed suit against the Securities …
OpenAI says the ChatGPT desktop app for macOS can now read code from some developer-focused apps, including VS Code, Xcode, TextEdit, Terminal, and iTerm2
It can write code in Xcode/VSCode —It can make a git commit in Terminal/iterm2 —If you give it permission of course... Ben / @benhylak : the best engineers like working on the hardest problems. i thin...
Biden admin finalizes its $6.6B CHIPS Act grant to TSMC; money will be disbursed in stages and TSMC is expected to receive at least $1B by the end of 2024
LIMA, Peru — The Biden administration has finalized its $6.6 billion CHIPS Act grant to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. …
Alibaba reports Q2 revenue up 5% YoY to ~$32.4B, below ~$32.7B est., and net income up 58% YoY to ~$6.07B due to the performance of its equity investments
Chinese e-commerce behemoth Alibaba on Friday beat profit expectations in its September quarter, but sales fell short as sluggishness …
Facebook makes Views its primary metric for content, bringing it in line with Instagram; each time a piece of content appears on a screen, it counts as a View
Views will be measured not just on video content but also on photos, text posts, and more. When Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced …
TikTok makes its AI ad creation tool, Symphony Creative Studio, available to all advertisers and adds the ability to use content from Getty Images with the tool
TikTok will let advertisers pull in content from Getty Images when using the platform's AI ad creation tool.
Sources: xAI raised $5B at a $45B valuation, almost double its valuation a few months ago; SpaceX prepares a tender offer that would value the company at $250B+
Billionaire's rocket builder plots huge share sale while AI start-up closes in on $5bn funding round
The US DOJ says Cruise admits to submitting a false report to influence an investigation into an October 2023 crash with a pedestrian and will pay a $500K fine
General Motors' (GM.N) self-driving car unit, Cruise, admitted on Thursday to submitting a false report to influence …
In his amended lawsuit against OpenAI, Musk names new defendants including Microsoft, Reid Hoffman, and ex-OpenAI board member and Microsoft VP Dee Templeton
Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI accusing the company of abandoning its nonprofit mission was withdrawn in July, only to be revived in August.
Ilya Lichtenstein is sentenced to five years in prison for conspiring with his wife, Heather “Razzlekhan” Morgan, to launder money from the 2016 Bitfinex hack
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Google releases a free Gemini app for iOS, letting users ask questions, chat via text, voice, or their camera, and use the conversational mode Gemini Live
Your AI assistant from Google — iPhone Screenshots Kenrick Cai / Reuters : Google brings AI voice assistant Gemini Live to iPhone The Mirror : Google's Gemini AI gets dedicated app on iPhone in UK f...
Apple updates Final Cut Pro for macOS and iPadOS, adding AI closed captions and Vision Pro spatial video editing on macOS, and Logic Pro for macOS and iPadOS
here's what's new Poulami Saha / Financial Express : Apple rolls out Final Cut Pro 11 with several new features; Full details Apple on YouTube : Final Cut Pro 11 | Apple Pro Apps Priyansha / Technowiz...
Apple removes RFE/RL's Svoboda app from the Russian App Store at the demand of Roskomnadzor; Apple also removed recent podcasts by Ekho Moskvy and others
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Thomas E. Kurtz, an American mathematician, computer scientist, and co-inventor of the BASIC programming language with John Kemeny, died at 96 on November 12
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Ant Group's profit grew ~193% YoY in the June quarter to $1.05B, reversing a year-long decline as it regains its footing from the Chinese government crackdown
Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg :
How Physical Intelligence is trying to give robots a humanlike understanding of the physical world by feeding data from robots doing tasks into its AI model
Physical Intelligence has assembled an all-star team and raised $400 million on the promise of a stunning breakthrough in how robots learn. X: @evankirstel and @willknight X: @evankirstel : Inside the...
X sues to block California's AB 2655, aimed at curbing AI-generated deceptive election content on social media, claiming it impinges on free speech
Elon Musk's social media platform X sued to block a California law aimed at curbing AI-generated deceptive election content on social media …
Fake AI albums added to artists' pages are flooding Spotify to profit from royalty fraud, abusing a distribution process effectively based on the honor system
and people who truly care, like artists themselves, don't have their hands on the controls.' https://www.theverge.com/... Josh Ellis / @jzellis : Gupta Music and Ameritz Music are flooding Spotify wit...
Filing: Samsung plans to buy back about $7.2B of its own stock in stages over the next year, in one of the larger shareholder return programs in its history
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Lenovo reports Q2 revenue up 24% YoY to $17.85B, above est., and net income up 44% YoY to $358.5M, vs. $343.3M est.; IDC: Lenovo's PC shipments grew 3% YoY
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Grubhub co-founder Matt Maloney says he led an effort to buy Grubhub for $1B+ around the start of 2024 and in 2022; Wonder bought Grubhub for $650M on Nov. 13
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Sources: the US FTC plans to investigate allegations that Microsoft is abusing its market power in productivity software to prevent customers from leaving Azure
Unfortunately for big tech, JD Vance is a big fan of Lina Khan and has described here as “doing a pretty good job” so the election is unlikely to be a respite from FTC investigations. … X: Daniel Newm...
Applied Materials reports Q4 revenue up 5% YoY to $7.05B, vs. $6.95B est., and forecasts Q1 revenue below estimates; AMAT drops 5%+ after hours
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François Chollet, the AI pioneer who created Keras, says he is leaving Google after nearly 10 years to start a company with a friend, but doesn't offer details
I'm leaving Google to go start a new company with a friend. More to be announced soon! I will stay deeply involved with the Keras project from the outside — you'll still find me active on the GitHub...
A profile of Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski amid hopes Klarna can achieve a $15B-$20B valuation in its US IPO, a redemption for the fintech poster child
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SwiftConnect, which provides a platform to let workers access physical offices via mobile digital badges, raised a $37M Series B led by Quadri Ventures
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
Anthropic is working with the US DOE's National Nuclear Security Administration to ensure Claude models don't share dangerous information about nuclear energy
Sam Sabin / Axios :
Chinese autonomous driving company Pony.ai aims to raise $195M in its US IPO, targeting a valuation of up to $4.48B
Risk Disclosure: Trading in financial instruments and/or cryptocurrencies … Grace Priscilla Teo / Tech in Asia : Chinese robotaxi firm Pony.ai launches US IPO
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