SCOTUS says it will hear a challenge on January 10 to a new law that could lead to a TikTok ban in the US, ahead of the law taking effect on January 19
Washington — The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will take up a challenge to a new law that could lead to a ban on TikTok in the U.S.
A look at Microsoft's risky Xbox strategy, where exclusives are the exception; sources say Microsoft is working on cross-platform Xbox interface Project Rainway
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Sources: US officials are investigating Chinese router maker TP-Link, which has an estimated 65% US market share, and could ban the sale of its routers in 2025
TP-Link is the bestselling router on Amazon—and has been linked to Chinese cyberattacks — U.S. authorities are investigating whether …
Nvidia unveils Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit, a $249 compact AI development board that promises 67 TOPS, compared to 40 TOPS of the $499 last-gen kit
The Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit will be available later this month and comes with 8GB of RAM.
Apple updates Apple Maps on the web to add support for Look Around, which is Apple's version of Google Street View
Apple in June introduced a beta version of Apple Maps on the web, allowing users of other platforms such as Windows PCs to access its map service directly from a web browser.
Bluesky using domains to verify users has led to cybersquatting and impersonation, as domains don't offer enough social proof for the average person
Bluesky, until now, has had a reputation as being a more moderation-friendly alternative to X, Threads, Mastodon, and other social networks.
After a rough year, Intel says its $250 Arc B580 “Battlemage” GPU, which received near-universal praise from reviewers, has already sold out in most retailers
While we haven't managed to review it ourselves due to a fluke issue, the $250 Arc B580 “Battlemage” …
OpenAI adds o1 to its API, but only for certain developers to start, announces new versions of GPT-4o and GPT-4o mini as part of its Realtime API, and more
OpenAI is bringing o1, its “reasoning” AI model, to its API — but only for certain developers, to start.
The NERC, overseen by the FERC, warns soaring US electricity demand from data centers to power AI could strain US and Canadian grids, risking blackouts
Surging demand from tech sector could overwhelm generation capacity, report says — North America's electricity grid faces …
Google introduces FACTS Grounding benchmark for evaluating the factuality of LLMs, and announces a leaderboard that ranks Gemini 2.0 Flash Experimental on top
Our comprehensive benchmark and online leaderboard offer a much-needed measure of how accurately LLMs ground their responses …
Omdia estimates Microsoft bought 485K of Nvidia's Hopper GPUs in 2024, ByteDance and Tencent bought ~230K each, Meta bought 225K, and Tesla/xAI bought ~200K
OpenAI's biggest backer buys nearly half a million GPUs this year in global race to build artificial intelligence systems
Salesforce says it will hire 2,000 people to sell AI agent software, a month after saying it would hire 1,000 for the task and two years after laying off 7,000+
Salesforce will hire 2,000 people to sell artificial intelligence software to clients, CEO Marc Benioff said on Tuesday …
eMarketer expects Instagram to hit $32B in US ad revenue in 2025, or 50% of Meta's ad sales; filings: Instagram was ~30% of Meta's global business in early 2022
- Video-sharing app estimated to reach $32 billion in ad revenue — Instagram users spend majority of their time watching videos
Sources: Amazon recently pushed back RTO dates for some staff in Austin, Dallas, and Phoenix by as much as four months, citing a lack of office space
- Company is struggling to find space in at least seven cities — Start dates are being pushed back as much as four months
Amazon unveils new packaging for its Echo, Kindle, and Fire TV products, including removing plastic, less paper and ink, and using more recycled fibers
Some boxes delivered by Amazon will have the same look on the inside as they do on the outside as devices from the company are being packaged …
Data center operator Vultr raised $333M led by LuminArx, with participation from AMD and others, at a $3.5B valuation, its first outside funding round
AMD's investment is part of how the chip giant plans to make a dent in the artificial intelligence chip market dominated by Nvidia
A profile of Tyler Denk, co-founder of newsletter platform Beehiiv, which raised a $33M Series B in April 2024 and generates $1.6M to $1.75M in monthly revenue
Tyler Denk has cultivated a brash online persona while building Beehiiv into a buzzy newsletter platform. Both are lucrative.
Kioxia's shares rose 6%+ on its first day of trading in Tokyo, giving the chipmaker a ~$5.2B market cap; a group led by Bain had paid $18B for Kioxia in 2018
Private equity group finally floats Japanese flash memory provider at a valuation far below what it paid in 2018
SandboxAQ, which aims to apply quantum tech and techniques to AI, raised $300M from Alger, Yann LeCun, and others at a $5.6B valuation to recruit more engineers
- Former Alphabet division focuses on quantum and AI tech — CEO Jack Hidary staffing up with more Ph.D.s and engineers
The UK opens a consultation on AI and copyright, aiming to offer an “opt out” exception to copyright law, forcing companies to open models to scrutiny, and more
Campaign for Protection of Rights Fights Back Jeremy Kahn / Fortune : Top AI labs aren't doing enough to ensure AI is safe, a flurry of recent datapoints suggest Find out how algorithmic tools are use...
Q&A with Microsoft Chief Product Officer of Responsible AI Sarah Bird on generative AI, its impact on work, Copilots, OpenAI, AGI, AI agents, bias, and more
Chief product officer of ‘responsible AI’ says the focus needs to be on augmenting — not replicating — human capabilities
The UK Gambling Commission blocks eight illegal casinos using Roblox to lure children into online gambling, following a news investigation into the casinos
Grubhub settles with the US FTC and IL AG for $25M, for allegedly adding restaurants without consent and misleading users about order fees and drivers about pay
Jody Godoy / Reuters :
Game emulator Delta adds an in-app link to pay outside of the App Store, via Patreon, likely the first US app to use Apple's External Purchase Link Entitlement
Details: www.macstories.net/news/an-app- ... Mastodon: John Voorhees / @johnvoorhees@mastodon.macstories.net : I love that Delta is closing out the year with another pioneering app feature that should...
A look at Huawei subsidiary Yinwang, which sells hardware and software to carmakers, has a $16B valuation, and more than doubled its revenue to ~$655M in 2023
Group best known for telecoms believes it can build a lucrative business in a changing car industry
MobiKwik's shares surged as much as 82% on their trading debut, after the Indian digital payments firm, which claims to have 161M users, raised $69M in its IPO
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
Masayoshi Son's $100B AI investment pledge to Trump would require a massive fundraising effort, new debt, or selling some of SoftBank's holdings to raise cash
Eliot Brown / Wall Street Journal :
CAA partners with YouTube to help CAA clients identify and remove AI-generated content that features their likeness, with a wider rollout planned in early 2025
This is another example of industry leading AI video capabilities from Google. I'm curious to see how quickly this becomes a standard feature on video platforms X: Todd Spangler / @xpangler : In earl...
The US ITC says smartphones made by Lenovo's Motorola infringe on Ericsson's 5G patents, which could lead to an import ban; a final ruling is set for April 2025
Blake Brittain / Reuters :
SCOTUS rejects ISPs' challenge to a New York law requiring ISPs to offer $15 or $20/month services to low-income users by not revisiting a lower court ruling
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica :
Bureau, which offers tools to prevent user identity fraud, raised a $30M Series B led by Sorenson Capital, a source says at a ~$150M valuation
Jaspreet Singh / Reuters :
A profile of 114-year-old Japanese conglomerate Hitachi, whose market cap recently hit $100B after becoming an industrial software and hardware provider
New chief executive takes over streamlined conglomerate with most of its revenues and employees overseas
India's commerce minister says that Shein will operate in India purely as a tech partner, with Reliance Retail having full ownership and control of operations
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
NYC-based Precision Neuroscience, a maker of brain-computer interfaces, raised a $102M Series C led by General Equity Holdings at a ~$500M post-money valuation
Richard Waters / Financial Times :
A look at Reddit's growth in sports fan communities; internal data: Reddit recorded a 35% YoY increase in engagement in 1,000+ sports-themed Subreddits in 2024
Sam Bradley / Digiday :
Analysis: as uncertainty looms over Japan's China-dependent chipmaking stocks, Sony, Nintendo, and Capcom have seen double-digit returns since Trump's victory
Bloomberg :
Experts say national security and immigration policies could deprive US companies of AI talent from China, which had 47% of the top AI researchers in 2022
Yvonne Lau / Rest of World :
As the AI industry booms, non-AI startups that raised a Series A 18 months ago are likely facing challenges in raising a Series B, even with good revenue growth
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