Another look at Apple's executive succession, as it increases the spotlight on hardware chief John Ternus; sources: Apple weighed hiring a senior Meta AI exec
Apple is intensifying the spotlight on hardware chief John Ternus as executive succession looms.
Indonesia restores TikTok's local operating license after the company provided government-requested user activity data for August 25-30, when protests happened
Indonesia revoked a suspension on TikTok's local operating license after the social media platform shared data requested by the government.
Huawei's Zurich Lab unveils SINQ, an open-source quantization method that it claims can reduce LLM memory use by 60-70% without significant quality loss
- Dual-Axis Scaling: Instead of using a single scale factor for quantizing a matrix, SINQ uses separate scaling vectors for rows and columns.
Sources: OpenAI and Jony Ive have yet to solve key technical and software issues that could delay the company's palm-sized device, slated for release in 2026
ChatGPT maker is working with former Apple design boss to launch a palm-sized personal assistant next year
How video games are shaping a generation of boys, as a survey says US males aged 15 to 24 now spend ~10 hrs/week on average on games, over 2x the time from 2010
They've become an important way to spend time with peers. But they've also become more addictive. Bluesky: @daviddarmofal Bluesky: David Darmofal / @daviddarmofal : Let me tell you about Atari in the...
A draft proposal outlines the European Commission's “Apply AI strategy”, which is set to be presented on October 7 and aims to “strengthen EU AI sovereignty”
Brussels to unveil plan targeting digital sovereignty as it warns technology can be ‘weaponised’ by geopolitical rivals
An interview with Sam Altman and OpenAI President Greg Brockman on the tepid initial reception to GPT-5's launch, scaling, reinforcement learning, AGI, and more
OpenAI's CEO explains that its large language model has been misunderstood—and that he's changed his attitude to AGI.
The AI boom is driving memory and storage shortages that may last a decade; OpenAI's Stargate has deals for 900K DRAM wafers per month, or ~40% of global output
Once-cheap SSDs, DRAM, and HDD prices are climbing fast as AI demand and constrained supply converge to create the tightest market in years. Bluesky: @smcgrath.phd , @broximar , @zhugeex.com , @tprstl...
A look at challenges facing Tether and Circle's stablecoin duopoly, such as intermediaries like exchanges and DeFi protocols exploring their own stablecoins
Amazing work Nic Carter … Thomas Messina : Excellent article from Nic Carter on the future of stablecoins — “Based on the declining fixed costs of issuing a stable …
A study found that by late 2024, around 24% of English-language corporate press releases and 14% of UN press releases used LLM-assisted writing
Hopefully it got the numbers right. — If there is one place that AI seems to have found work, it's in corporate press offices.
GWI: Time spent on social media globally peaked in 2022 and is steadily declining; North America is the exception, with usage up 15% in 2024 compared to Europe
Time spent on the platforms is declining in every age group, though is most pronounced in younger generations … Stefano Santinelli : AI floods our feeds - and social media's ceiling is showing. — 📊 ...
Sources: Sam Altman is on a global tour since September, including UAE and East Asia, seeking funding and urging companies like TSMC to prioritize OpenAI orders
Chief executive is looking to East Asia and the Mideast for funding and manufacturing partners for his multitrillion-dollar plan to build more data centers
OpenAI updates GPT-5 Instant to better recognize and support people in distress; ChatGPT will route such sensitive parts of conversations to the model
PitchBook: VC investment in Asia slowed to $48.9B in the first nine months of 2025, just over half of 2024's total, amid uncertainty due to US tariff policies
NEW YORK — Asian venture capital dealmaking has slowed down so far this year, as the region faces liquidity shortages …
The FBI estimates that North Koreans posing as IT workers, using stolen IDs and AI-fabricated work, funneled up to $1B into the country over the past five years
In corporate security circles, a ghastly new fear has led to some strange advice for recruiters interviewing potential IT staffers …
How Ordos, a coal-rich northern Chinese city, has become a testing ground for self-driving trucks after turning into a ghost town due to 2012's coal price crash
The empty boulevards that once symbolized the mainland's property bust now serve as testing grounds for hundreds of autonomous vehicles. Bluesky: @restofworld.org Bluesky: @restofworld.org : New from ...
Alibaba says its mapping app Amap's destination ranking feature hit 400M users since its launch in September; Amap had a record 360M daily users on October 1
As of June, Amap had 895.5 million monthly active users, making it the fourth biggest mobile app in China by that measure
Since Dec. 2024, Anker has offered cash and other incentives to Eufy security camera users for donating footage, including of thefts, to train its AI systems
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