Nobitex, Iran's largest crypto exchange, says it was hacked, and pro-Israel group Predatory Sparrow takes credit; Elliptic: the hackers stole and “burned” $90M+
Iran's largest crypto exchange, Nobitex, said Wednesday that it was hacked and funds have been drained from its hot wallet.
An MIT study of 54 people: writing SAT essays using ChatGPT had the lowest brain engagement and poorer neural performance than using Google Search or no tools
Does ChatGPT harm critical thinking abilities? A new study from researchers at MIT's Media Lab has returned some concerning results.
Sources: Microsoft plans to announce thousands of job cuts, particularly in sales, in early July following its fiscal year end, after cutting 6,000 jobs in May
The cuts are expected to be announced early next month, following the end of Microsoft's fiscal year, according to people familiar with the matter.
Meta says it is adding support for passkeys to Facebook for iOS and Android “soon”, and will begin rolling out passkeys to Messenger “in the coming months”
Using your device security instead of a password makes it harder to get tricked into giving up your Facebook account.
The US State Department restarts student visa interviews and requires all applicants to make their social media accounts public for vetting by US embassies
The new requirements could affect hundreds of thousands of visa applications each year, raising concerns about staffing requirements.
An interview with Apple SVP Craig Federighi on the journey to iPadOS' windowing system and menu bar, the iPad's essence as a “magical piece of glass”, and more
It's a cool, sunny morning at Apple Park as I'm walking my way along the iconic glass ring to meet with Apple's SVP …
Texas Instruments plans to spend $60B+ on US chip plants, including two new factories in Sherman, Texas, and says its long-term spending plan remains unchanged
The company said its long-term capital spending plan remains unchanged. The total includes amounts allotted to plants …
Andrej Karpathy's talk on “Software 3.0”, with LLMs enabling programming via natural language, the decade of agents, LLMs as “fallible people spirits”, and more
Andrej Karpathy's keynote at AI Startup School in San Francisco. Slides provided by Andrej: https …
The European Court of Justice's advocate-general says the EU fining Google €4.12B for using Android to squash rivals should be upheld, a major blow to Google
ECJ adviser supports Brussels regulators' findings over dominance of tech giant's Android mobile operating system
Q&A with Pavel Durov on his arrest in France, Macron, Russia, the FBI, the fight for Telegram, leaving his wealth to the 100+ children he has fathered, and more
INTERVIEW. “Le Point” met with the co-founder and CEO of the secure messaging app Telegram, who was charged in August 2024.
A study of 14 open-source LLMs: reasoning models use exponentially more energy, likely producing more greenhouse gas emissions, but don't answer more accurately
When it comes to artificial intelligence, more intensive computing uses more energy, producing more greenhouse gases.
Korean media: Google switching from Samsung's foundry to TSMC for its upcoming Pixel 10 series' Tensor G5 chip was a “shock” and is a wake-up call for Samsung
According to a new report, Google's switch from Samsung's foundry to TSMC for the Tensor G5 chip in the upcoming Pixel 10 series was a … Source: The Bell .
How Iranian and Israeli hacking groups spent years sparring online; the US State Department is offering $10M for info on members of Iran-linked CyberAv3ngers
As hackers have inserted themselves into the military conflict between Israel and Iran, American officials are focused on trying …
Source: Meta is in advanced talks to hire Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross to help lead its AI efforts and maybe partly buy out their VC fund, NFDG, worth billions
Meta Platforms is in advanced talks to hire the prominent artificial intelligence investors Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross …
OpenAI warns that its upcoming models could pose a higher risk of helping create bioweapons and is partnering to build diagnostics, countermeasures, and testing
OpenAI cautioned Wednesday that upcoming models will head into a higher level of risk when it comes to the creation of biological weapons …
OpenAI details why “emergent misalignment”, where training models on wrong answers in one area can lead to issues in many others, happens and how to mitigate it
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch :
A look at the tech industry's lack of consensus on what AGI or ASI is, whether LLMs are the best path, and what the tech might look like if or when it arrives
It has been tipped as the next big breakthrough out of Silicon Valley, but is it a scientific goal — or a marketing buzzword? Bluesky: @jjaron . X: @starcourse Bluesky: Jacob Aron / @jjaron : Brillian...
Scale AI emphasizes that it “remains an independent company” and won't give Meta access to its “internal systems or to our customers' confidential information”
Over the past week, we've received thoughtful questions from our customers, partners, and contributors …
Sources: Microsoft is prepared to walk away from high-stakes OpenAI negotiations if they cannot agree on critical issues, such as the size of Microsoft's stake
ChatGPT maker's plans to convert into a for-profit leads software giant to make contingency plans
Q&A with Hugging Face Chief Ethics Scientist Margaret Mitchell on aligning AI development with human needs, the “illusion of consensus” around AGI, and more
Melissa Heikkilä / Financial Times : Forums: Slashdot Forums: Msmash / Slashdot : AI Ethics Pioneer Calls Artificial General Intelligence ‘Just Vibes and Snake Oil’
Midjourney launches V1, its first AI video generation model, letting subscribers animate images via its website; video tasks will cost ~8x more than image tasks
Popular AI image generation service Midjourney has launched its first AI video generation model V1, marking a pivotal shift …
Wix acquires Base44, which lets users build apps from text prompts, for $80M; Base44 was founded by a solo entrepreneur six months ago and employs six people
31-year-old Maor Shlomo built the viral AI app-maker as a side project that began last year during a post-reserve trip.
Scale AI rivals like Snorkel AI, Labelbox, and Turing report a surge in interest from clients worried about Scale's independence after Meta's $14.3B investment
Bloomberg :
MIT researchers unveil Self-Adapting LLMs, a framework that enables LLMs to keep improving by generating their own training data based on the input received
Scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have devised a way for large language models to keep learning on the fly …
A look at seven UX issues in the Fediverse's web experience, such as complex onboarding, no DM UI wrapper or public posting warning, and unusable user discovery
So, confession time: I was recently helping a new client get set up on the Fediverse—guiding them through their first steps into our glorious decentralized galaxy. Mastodon: @j12t@j12t.social and @mas...
Study: US kids who said social media, phone, or video game use was “addictive” were 2x to 3x as likely to have thoughts of suicide or harm themselves by age 14
Addictive screen use trajectories were associated with suicidal behaviors … JAMA : Addictive Screen Use Trajectories and Suicidal Behaviors, Suicidal Ideation, and Mental Health in US Youths Bluesky: ...
The US DOJ seizes $225.3M in crypto linked to “pig butchering” scams of 400+ victims, marking “the largest cryptocurrency seizure in US Secret Service history”
The sum represents the largest cryptocurrency seizure against crypto scam operations in US history. — https://www.justice.gov/... X: @tether_to : Tether Acknowledged by DOJ for Support in $225M Seiz...
Sources: Google is using its expansive library of YouTube videos to train Gemini and Veo 3; Google says it only uses a subset of videos for the training
Google is using its expansive library of YouTube videos to train its artificial intelligence models, including Gemini and the Veo 3 video and audio generator, CNBC has learned.
Cannes Lions: YouTube CEO Neal Mohan says YouTube Shorts now averages 200B daily views, up 186% from the 70B average daily views YouTube reported in March 2024
But Creators May Need A Paid Plan GSMArena.com : Google will let creators generate videos for YouTube Shorts using the Veo 3 AI model Laurent Giret / Thurrott : YouTube Users Will Soon Be Able to Crea...
Google rolls out Search Live, which supports voice conversations with AI Mode, available in the Google app via the Live button and can work in the background
The company that won't talk to paying customers now wants to chat endlessly with anyone who taps a glowing button. — Try that energy on an Google Cloud contract renewal call. [embedded post]
A look at China's efforts to grow its “low-altitude economy”, or the airspace below 1,000 meters, by leveraging its domination in drone production and drone R&D
www.ft.com/content/65e4... [image] Sense Hofstede / @sensehofstede.nl : China made millions of drones. Now it has to find uses for them - FT: ‘The Civil Aviation Administration of China expects the ...
Klarna launches a $40/month unlimited mobile plan in the US via a partnership with telecom services startup Gigs, following similar offerings by Revolut and N26
Ryan Browne / CNBC :
China's 618 mid-year shopping festival, which ran from May 13 to June 18, ended without much fanfare despite deep discounts, as consumers have economic concerns
Careem, Uber's ride-hailing MENA arm, will suspend its decade-old Pakistan service on July 18, citing economic challenges, competition, and capital constraints
It is with a heavy heart that I share this update: Careem will suspend its ride-hailing service in Pakistan on July 18. …
A look at Scale AI rival Surge AI, which raised no outside capital, told staff it had $1B+ in 2024 revenue, vs. Scale's $870M, and has always been profitable
The Information : X: @amir and @jessicalessin X: Amir Efrati / @amir : Alex Wang timed his exit perfectly. Scale AI was being beaten by a startup rival that never raised VC and was profitable the who...
Luxembourg-based Tadaweb, which analyzes open-source intelligence, raised $20M led by Arsenal Growth and Forgepoint Capital, taking its total funding to $40M
Chris Metinko / Axios :
Source: OpenAI is changing ChatGPT Enterprise's pricing structure from a fixed price to include a credits system, allowing more companies' workforces to use it
Update Bluesky: Ed Zitron / @edzitron.com : This is what you do when you are having trouble selling into the enterprise [embedded post]
Multiplier, which acquires accounting services firms and scales them with AI, raised $27.5M across a seed led by Ribbit Capital and a Series A led by Lightspeed
Marina Temkin / TechCrunch :
Fleet, which offers open-source device management tools for OSes, various networks, VPNs, and more, raised a $27M Series B led by Ten Eleven Ventures
Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE :
White House crypto and AI czar David Sacks says China has grown adept at evading US export controls and is at most two years behind US chip design capabilities
Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg :
Commure, which provides ambient AI, revenue cycle management, and workflow automation tools for healthcare providers, raised $200M from General Catalyst
Erin Brodwin / Axios :
SoftBank-backed Spotter, which fronts cash to YouTubers for a cut of revenue, is facing significant challenges due to YouTube's shift toward Shorts, and more
Aisha Counts / Bloomberg :
Shopify: Revolutionizing Commerce with Winter Edition '26
Over 150+ new features transform how merchants build, design, and grow—with technology that amplifies creative vision.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.