Sources: Tim Cook will personally donate $1M to President-elect Trump's inaugural committee in the spirit of unity; Apple is not expected to donate
The company is not expected to give. — Cook, with a consistent presence in Washington, has made it clear over the years that he believes …
India releases the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025, aimed at enforcing the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, for public comments
The Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, lay out the tentative terms of enforcing the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, which was passed in Parliament in 2023
After backlash, Meta says newly viral AI profiles on Facebook and Instagram were created in 2023 in “an early experiment”, and it is deleting the profiles
Earlier this week, Meta executive Connor Hayes told the Financial Times that the company is going to roll out AI character profiles …
Microsoft says it expects to spend $80B in FY 2025 on the construction of data centers that can handle AI workloads, with 50%+ of the spending in the US
Microsoft expects to spend $80 billion in fiscal 2025 on the construction of data centers that can handle artificial intelligence workloads, the company said in a Friday blog post.
In a test, asking Claude 3.5 Sonnet to “write better code” iteratively improved the code's features and speed, but more aggressive prompt engineering added bugs
In November 2023, after OpenAI added the ability for ChatGPT to generate images from DALL-E 3 within the ChatGPT web interface …
Samsung and Google plan to bring Eclipsa Audio, a new open-source 3D audio standard, to some YouTube videos later this year on Samsung's 2025 TVs and soundbars
Samsung and Google are ready to push a new standard, Eclipsa Audio. … Over the years, Samsung notably hasn't supported Dolby Vision HDR …
Religious leaders are experimenting with AI, spurring an industry of faith-based tech companies that offer AI tools to do theological research and write sermons
Rabbi Josh Fixler at Congregation Emanu El in Houston worked with a data scientist to create his experimental “Rabbi Bot.”
Elon Musk fanboy Adrian Dittmann's X activity and alleged 4chan posts suggest he might be Musk's fake online persona; source: the viral 4chan screenshot is fake
www.theverge.com/2025/1/3/243... [embedded post] Justin Baragona / @justinbaragona : According to The Verge, that screenshot that seems to tie the Adrian Dittmann account directly to Elon Musk is alm...
Memo: Sameer Singh, TikTok's general manager for North America's ads team, is leaving the company at the end of February, as the company faces a ban in the US
Sameer Singh will remain at the company until the end of February — Sameer Singh, TikTok's North America head of ad sales …
An in-depth look at Elon Musk's criticisms of Wikipedia, as he joins a growing chorus of right-wing voices attacking information sources outside their control
the context is essential. — www.citationneeded.n... (Please donate to Wikipedia, too!) Marciano Siniscalchi / @marciano : Looks like Elon fails to understand basic psychology and incentives. Peopl...
The US sanctions Beijing-based cybersecurity company Integrity Technology over its alleged links to China-backed hacking group Flax Typhoon
home.treasury.gov/news/press- r... Steve Herman / @newsguy : US imposes sanctions on the Beijing-based cybersecurity company Integrity Tech, which has links to China's Ministry of State Security, for ...
Apple and Strava partner to feature Strava athletes in Apple Fitness+ programming, add more detailed Fitness+ workout summaries in the Strava app, and more
Here's What To Expect David Phelan / Forbes : Apple Unveils iPhone's New Apple Fitness+ Lineup With More Strength, Yoga And Pickleball Paul Hill / Neowin : Strava and Apple Fitness+ partner: 3 months ...
Industry insiders hope the success of Black Myth: Wukong, which earned ~$1.1B from ~25M copies sold, will rekindle Chinese gaming investments after crackdowns
As Beijing eases regulations, developers are tooling up to produce big-budget titles with international appeal Bluesky: @zhugeex.com . X: @macaesbruno Bluesky: Daniel Ahmad / @zhugeex.com : I'm quoted...
Belgium-based Swave Photonics, which is developing its Holographic eXtended Reality platform for smart glasses and heads-up displays, raised a $28.27M Series A
Great way to start 2025 with the closing of the €27M ($28.27M) Series A funding round. … Peter Vanbekbergen : Keep a keen eye on this company that is going to disrupt the AR/VR space with a revolution...
Apple Intelligence, with features like Genmoji and Image Playground in iOS 18.2, requires 7GB of storage, compared to 4GB in iOS 18.1
frankly, I'd rather have the extra space Fox News : Ditch boring emoji and create your own unique versions with Genmoji on iPhone Chinmay Dhumal / MySmartPrice : Apple Intelligence Features Now Requir...
An unredacted lawsuit from Utah's AG claims TikTok has long known that TikTok Live promoted sexual content streams to minors and facilitated money laundering
and continued to profit from it. This blatant disregard for the safety of Utah's children is [image] Spencer Cox / @spencerjcox : Pure evil. They knew it. They boosted it. They profited from it. Utah ...
Inside the fall and last-minute revival of accounting startup Bench, which struggled with implementing automation tools and faced tumult in its executive suite
Friday, December 27, was supposed to be the start of a relaxing holiday weekend. — But it was chaos for thousands …
Sources: Getty Images is exploring a merger with rival Shutterstock; Getty jumped 13% for a $983M market value, Shutterstock rose 7.9% for a $1.1B market value
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... X: David Clinch / @davidclinchnews : Getty has been looking for a way to sort out its complicated financial underpinning for years, this could provide the revenue and...
The GMCI Meme index, which tracks leading memecoins by market cap, delivered 320% returns in 2024, outpacing AI at 91% and the top 30 cryptocurrencies at 88%
- The GMCI Meme index represents broader market trends rather than specific token performance. — The following is an excerpt …
Filing: Dara Khosrowshahi resigns from self-driving truck startup Aurora's board, to focus on his job as Uber CEO and reduce external board commitments
Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch :
An interview with YouTube CEO Neal Mohan on rolling out AI tools without upsetting creators, and more; YouTube has paid $70B to partners in the past three years
Veteran executive seen as a potential Google CEO must tackle threats from Trump to tech rivals
Alibaba Cloud partners with 01.AI, the Beijing-based AI unicorn founded by former Google China head Kai-Fu Lee, to set up an “industrial large model laboratory”
Ann Cao / South China Morning Post :
PitchBook: generative AI companies worldwide raised $56B from VCs in 2024 across 885 deals, up 92% from 2023, with startups outside the US raising just $6.2B
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
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