Google says the DOJ's “wildly overbroad proposal goes miles beyond the Court's decision”, would hurt US consumers, and jeopardize the US' global tech leadership
President, Global Affairs & Chief Legal Officer, Google & Alphabet — As part of its lawsuit over how we distribute Search …
Filing: the US DOJ asks a judge to force Google to sell Chrome, restrict Android from favoring Google Search, and ban default search deals on iOS and other Oses
U.S. regulators want a federal judge to break up Google to prevent the company from continuing to squash competition through …
Nvidia reports Q3 revenue up 94% YoY to $35.1B, vs. $33.2B est., Data Center revenue up 112% YoY to $30.8B, vs. $29B est., and forecasts Q4 revenue above est.
Nvidia (NVDA) reported its Q3 earnings after the bell on Wednesday, beating analysts' expectations on the top and bottom lines …
Forcing Google to sell Chrome sounds good on paper but the reality of it happening is fairly small as it will be extremely messy, if not impossible to execute
The idea that Google would be broken up as a result of their loss in the antitrust trial against their Search monopoly was never going to happen.
Four former Google executives say innovation by rivals is key to breaking Google Search's dominance, and ChatGPT-like tools will one day supplant Google Search
Despite shared concerns about Google's power, critics of the company and former executives express little agreement on what …
As part of its proposed remedies, the US DOJ says Google should be required to syndicate its US search results to other rival search engines for the next decade
Brian Fung / CNN :
The DOJ's proposal would require Google to divest from AI partnerships, like with Anthropic, and ban Google from offering exclusive deals to content providers
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The CFPB will supervise tech companies with digital wallets, like Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Venmo, with 50M+ annual transactions, treating them more like banks
The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will now treat those companies more like banks as long as they handle …
Adam Mosseri says Threads is rebalancing ranking to prioritize content from people that users follow, warns that creators' “unconnected” reach may go down
As Bluesky's user numbers continue to rise, Instagram boss Adam Mosseri says Threads will change its For You page to show fewer posts from accounts you don't follow.
Google Quantum AI and DeepMind researchers debut ML decoder AlphaQubit, which surpasses existing methods in identifying and correcting quantum computing errors
- Google researchers introduced AlphaQubit, an AI-powered decoder that improves quantum error correction, reducing errors …
Cybersecurity startup Wiz acquires Dazz, a specialist in security remediation and risk management; sources say the cash-and-stock deal is valued at $450M
Wiz, one of the most talked-about names in the world of cybersecurity, is making a significant acquisition to expand its product reach …
Jensen Huang says “foundation model pretraining scaling is intact” and models like OpenAI's o1 could play a larger role in Nvidia's business moving forward
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The Trump administration's promises of mass deportations may lead to increased use of spyware like Graphite; ICE has a $2M contract with Graphite maker Paragon
Other Western democracies have been roiled by the use of spyware to target political opponents, activists, journalists, and other vulnerable groups.
How Satya Nadella put Microsoft back on top, including by cleaning up its toxic culture, embracing open source, and crafting the OpenAI deal, as it nears 50
When Satya Nadella took over as CEO, the company was lumbering and uncool. He cleaned up a toxic culture, crafted the deal of the decade, and put Microsoft back on top. Mastodon: @Kierkegaanks@beige....
Nick Pickles, who left X as VP of Global Affairs in September, joins Sam Altman's Tools for Humanity, which is building World Network, as chief policy officer
Nick Pickles, the former head of global affairs at Elon Musk's social media platform X, is joining forces with one of Musk's rivals, his fellow OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman.
Streamlabs: Twitch accounted for 82.3% of Q3 total hours streamed, followed by YouTube Gaming at 5.6% and Steam at 4.6%; Kick grew ~204% from Q2 2023 to Q3 2024
For years, the Logitech-owned creator dashboard Streamlabs and its data partner Stream Hatchet have compiled quarterly progress reports for the streaming industry.
Las Vegas-based Monkey Tilt, which combines online gambling with a chat function and content made by influencers, raised a $30M Series A led by Pantera
Monkey Tilt launched just eight months ago and has amassed $200 million of monthly betting volume. — Online gambling used …
Hawaii's The Garden Island stops using AI-generated newscasters on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram after two months, likely due to the negative public response
A local newspaper in Hawaii experimented with AI-generated presenters to engage and boost its readership. After two months, the bots have been shelved. Mastodon: @glynmoody@mastodon.social . Bluesky:...
Australia introduces a bill in Parliament to ban children younger than 16 from social media; companies would face fines of up to AU$50M for systemic violations
www.crikey.com.au/20... Cameron Wilson / @cameronwilson.bsky.social : The Communication Department's analysis of the under 16yo social media ban cites two sources: — a study which has findings that i...
Sources: Huawei plans to start mass-producing its most advanced AI chip, the Ascend 910C, in Q1 2025, even as it struggles to make enough chips due to US curbs
China's Huawei plans to start mass-producing its most advanced artificial intelligence chip in the first quarter of 2025 …
SpyCloud researchers say Chinese black market operators are openly recruiting insiders working for government surveillance agencies to sell their access online
Chinese black market operators are openly recruiting government agency insiders, paying them for access to surveillance data …
Several media and tech executives say UK VC Matt Clifford, who has advised successive Tory and Labour governments, has an outsized influence over AI policy
British venture capitalist has advised successive Tory and Labour governments — Last year, as thousands of customers withdrew … X: @nickswan73 , @hkanji , @james_coe1 , and @krishnanrohit . LinkedIn...
Sources: two congressional Republicans prepare an age verification bill that puts the onus for age verification on app store operators, boosting Meta's campaign
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Ad software company Mediaocean acquires Innovid, an ad tech company focused on CTV, for $500M; Innovid had a market cap of ~$240M at market close on November 20
#adtech LinkedIn: Anya Ware : Waking up to some BIG news this morning! Two industry leaders are joining forces—Mediaocean and Innovid! … Bill Wise : Beyond excited to share that Mediaocean is acquiri...
Snowflake reports Q3 revenue up 28% YoY to $942.09M, vs. $898.46M est., and partners with Anthropic to bring Claude 3.5 models to Cortex AI; SNOW jumps 20%+
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OpenAI releases a free online course for K-12 teachers to integrate ChatGPT into their classrooms, but some educators remain skeptical about the technology
and its potential to go awry. https://techcrunch.com/... Larry Ferlazzo / @larryferlazzo : Why would that be, I wonder? —OpenAI releases a teacher's guide to ChatGPT, but some educators are skeptical ...
Adtech company The Trade Desk announces Ventura, a smart TV operating system, and plans to partner with TV manufacturers for its rollout, expected in H2 2025
ad tech marketers weigh in Peter Adams / Marketing Dive : Trade Desk tries to shake up streaming TV with content-agnostic strategy Jeff Baumgartner / Light Reading : The Trade Desk's angle into the sm...
A profile of Thrive Capital, whose biggest portfolio companies include OpenAI and Stripe, as rivals dismiss the VC firm's approach as closer to asset management
As OpenAI raced to raise almost $7bn last month, one investor was always on hand. Thrive Capital stayed close … X: @sjhmorris X: Stephen Morris / @sjhmorris : Thrive Capital: the venture firm staking...
Baidu reports Q3 revenue down 3% YoY to $4.78B, net income up 14% YoY to $1.09B, and online marketing revenue up 12% YoY to $1.1B, driven by AI cloud business
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Palo Alto Networks reports Q1 revenue up 14% YoY to $2.14B, vs. $2.12B est., and projects FY 2025 sales in line with estimates; PANW drops ~5% after hours
Claudia Assis / MarketWatch :
Colorado-based Enveda, which uses AI to find drug candidates, raised $130M, after raising $55M in June, and launches a clinical trial for an oral eczema drug
Sarah McBride / Bloomberg :
Alibaba appoints Jiang Fan its new e-commerce chief in an overhaul of the struggling business; Jiang was demoted in 2020 after allegations of improper conduct
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London-based Lighthouse, which offers tools to help hotels analyze market demand and rates, raised a ~$370M Series C led by KKR, sources say at a $1B+ valuation
A milestone moment in hospitality tech …
A look at biometric ID company Clear, as it works to expand its face-based line-cutting service at retailers, banks, doctor's offices, and other places
Clear is working to expand its “frictionless,” “face-first” line-cutting just about everywhere—by turning your face into your wallet. — Are you up for it? … X: William / @chronic_town : sounds aweso...
A look at OpenScholar, an LLM for scientific research built by the Allen Institute for AI and the University of Washington that outperforms GPT-4o on accuracy
Synthesizing 1M+ open access computer science papers. Akari Asai on GitHub : OpenScholar — This repository includes the official implementation of OpenScholar … Ai2 on YouTube : Ai2 OpenScholar Demo...
Wordware, which lets customers like Instacart and Runway create AI agents using natural language instead of code, raised a $30M seed led by Spark Capital
from seasoned engineers to non-technical domain experts—can build AI agents that streamline processes, enhance [image] LinkedIn: Tytus Cytowski : 👉 We represented Wordware (YC S24) in its $30M series ...
NYC-based Lightning AI, which lets customers fine-tune and run AI models in their preferred cloud environments, raised $50M, taking its total funding to $103M
“With the recent $50 million investment …
Q&A with Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora about the role of the tech industry in Trump's administration, AI, the future of cybersecurity, and more
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Neuralink receives approval from Canada to launch clinical trials of its brain implants and plans to run its first non-US trial with Toronto Western Hospital
Sarah McBride / Bloomberg :
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