Tarlogic researchers find an undocumented “backdoor” in Chinese manufacturer Espressif's ESP32 microchip used in 1B+ devices for WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity
The ubiquitous ESP32 microchip made by Chinese manufacturer Espressif and used by over 1 billion units as of 2023 contains …
A look at YouTube's hidden world: most of the videos on the platform capture everyday life and have rarely been seen, with the median video having just 41 views
There's a secret side of YouTube, just beyond the guiding hand of the algorithm - and it's nothing like what you know. Bluesky: @thomasgermain , @antisomniac , and @mausellmoli Mastodon: @ethanz@socia...
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and a threat,” he says. “YouTube showed us how powerful viral video could be.” He still thinks “Lazy Sunday” was a primary reason Google bought YouTube. https://variety.com/... Simon Owens / @simonowe...
A look back at GeoCities, launched in 1994 as Beverly Hills Internet, which allowed people who had no technical knowledge of HTML to build web pages
GeoCities, known throughout most of 1995 as Beverly Hills Internet, was one of the first commercial internet services to make it easy … Mastodon: @stefan@stefanbohacek.online , @ricmac@mastodon.social...
As Japan copes with a labor shortage, its market for service robots, which assist people with tasks like waiting tables, is expected to almost triple by 2030
As Japan copes with a labor shortage, the service robot market is expected to triple in the next five years.
Zoom researchers detail a “Chain of Draft” method to let LLMs accurately solve reasoning problems with as little as 7.6% of the tokens used by current methods
A team of researchers at Zoom Communications has developed a breakthrough technique that could dramatically reduce …
A US federal judge allows the Kadrey v. Meta case, in which authors allege Meta violated IP rights by using their books to train Llama models, to move forward
A federal judge is allowing an AI-related copyright lawsuit against Meta to move forward, although he dismissed part of the suit.
SEC whistleblower complaint: an ex-executive who is launching a book alleges Facebook built a censorship system for the CCP in a bid to enter China in the 2010s
Meta went to extreme lengths, including developing a censorship system, in a failed attempt to bring Facebook to millions …
Source: Bybit hackers planted malicious code to manipulate transactions by compromising a developer's computer at crypto wallet provider Safe, used by Bybit
On the night of Feb. 21, Ben Zhou, the chief executive of the cryptocurrency exchange Bybit, logged on to his computer to approve what appeared to be a routine transaction.
Sources: Apple planned to announce a smart home hub in March but it has been postponed since the device relies on the delayed Siri capabilities
Also: The company continues to explore different glasses ideas, and the latest iOS beta software adds a Vision Pro app and new AI capabilities.
Sources detail how crypto flooded Trump with cash, including $50M+ in donations from at least eight execs, and how he is doing much of what the industry wants
The president had called cryptocurrency a ‘scam’ but during his campaign last year he was persuaded of its value, especially as an investment for the Trump family
Filings: the US DOJ drops a bid to force Google to sell its AI investments to boost search competition but still seeks a court order requiring it to sell Chrome
an important search access point—to provide an opportunity for a new rival to operate a significant gateway to search the internet, free of Google's monopoly control.” Anna Langlois / @_annalanglois :...
Wikipedia editors and administrators detail the turmoil over maintaining neutrality on pages about the Israel-Hamas war and other conflicts in the Middle East
Shadow edit campaigns and political disputes have created headaches for overwhelmed editors and administrators.
Sources describe the collapse of fintech middleman Synapse that left ~$200M in customer money frozen, with entities blaming each other for shoddy recordkeeping
In 2022, after her family had a series of health scares, Kayla Morris sold her house. She cleared $280,000, representing 15 years of her life savings.
NYC-based Firsthand, whose tools let marketers and publishers engage consumers through AI agents on their own sites or other sites, raised a $26M Series A
- The New York-based startup previously raised $6.6 million in seed funding, led by Radical Ventures.
Starting September 1, schools in Beijing will offer at least eight hours of AI classes per academic year for primary and secondary students
I got more “computer time” at school in the 80s...
Meta will recommend using Unity and Unreal's built-in OpenXR support, after developers said Meta's Unity and Unreal integrations blocked other PC VR headsets
At Meta, our core philosophy is that a vibrant, multi-platform development community … X: Kent Bye / @kentbye : Public response from Meta about their controversy around OpenXR. Honestly happy to see s...
Freed, which offers an AI scribe that automates clinical notetaking in real time and is used by 17K+ clinicians, raised a $30M Series A led by Sequoia Capital
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After the ~$1.5B hack, Bybit borrowed about $280M in ether from crypto industry peers to help process 350,000 customer withdrawal requests over 10 hours
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Crogl, whose AI agent helps cybersecurity researchers analyze daily network alerts to find and fix security incidents, raised a $25M Series A and a $5M seed
I invested in the seed round last year (h/t to Akshay Bhushan at Tola Capital 🙏) because of: … Tim Tully : Excited to announce Menlo Ventures is backing monzy merza, Bradford Lovering, David Dorsey an...
Sources: activist investor Mantle Ridge has built a $1B+ stake in Cognizant and believes the tech services firm, which has a $41B+ market cap, is undervalued
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Sources detail the nearly 10-hour-long tech meltdown of the European Central Bank's main payment system on February 27 due to a piece of malfunctioning hardware
Reuters : LinkedIn: John O. LinkedIn: John O. : Read about last week's near miss payments train crash. The payments machine behind trillions broke down for an entire day. Not good for the euro's cr...
CoreWeave's S-1 reveals its three co-founders own less than 3% of Class A shares after cashing out ~$488M, but still control ~80% of votes via Class B shares
Julie Bort / TechCrunch : Bluesky: @kellblog , @quinnypig.com , and @silversalty Bluesky: Dave Kellogg / @kellblog : Uh, I think that's bad for corporate governance Corey Quinn / @quinnypig.com : If ...
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