Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab raised a $2B seed led by a16z at a $12B valuation; Nvidia, Accel, ServiceNow, Cisco, AMD, and Jane Street also invested
bsky.app/profile/wire... [embedded post] @akhilrao : i feel like i've known Murati is at a startup called Thinking Machine Labs for months. maybe idk what “stealth” means [embedde...
The Atlantic and Vox Media sign multiyear licensing and product deals with OpenAI; The Atlantic plans an experimental Atlantic Labs with OpenAI's and other tech
- The Atlantic has been publishing content since 1857. … - Both agreements also allow OpenAI to tap into the respective …
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Google adds a range of new features and updates to Google Maps in India, including ML-powered Address Descriptors in 75+ cities and Live View walking navigation
Live view walking navigation — Lens in Maps — Fuel-efficient routing — Address Descriptors — Where is My Train adds Mumbai local trains (Kolkata to get next) #GoogleMaps [image] Vi...
Google adds a range of new features and updates to Google Maps in India, including ML-powered Address Descriptors in 75+ cities and Live View walking navigation
Live view walking navigation — Lens in Maps — Fuel-efficient routing — Address Descriptors — Where is My Train adds Mumbai local trains (Kolkata to get next) #GoogleMaps [image] Vi...
Google adds a range of new features and updates to Google Maps in India, including ML-powered Address Descriptors in 75+ cities and Live View walking navigation
Live view walking navigation — Lens in Maps — Fuel-efficient routing — Address Descriptors — Where is My Train adds Mumbai local trains (Kolkata to get next) #GoogleMaps [image] Vi...
AMD unveils its largest global design center, housing ~3,000 engineers, in Bengaluru as part of the company's planned $400M investment over five years in India
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Amazon to invest up to $4B in Anthropic, with an initial investment of $1.25B for a minority stake in the AI startup, and an option to increase the total to $4B
Amazon Web Services lures Claude chatbot maker, which was valued at nearly $5bn earlier this year
Walmart-backed PhonePe, which leads India's UPI-based payments market, launches the Indus AppStore on Android and promises no platform fees or IAP commission
PhonePe launched the Indus AppStore Developer Platform on Saturday, promising zero platform fee and no commission on in-app purchases …
Walmart-backed PhonePe, which leads India's UPI-based payments market, launches the Indus AppStore on Android and promises no platform fees or IAP commission
PhonePe launched the Indus AppStore Developer Platform on Saturday, promising zero platform fee and no commission on in-app purchases …
Netflix reports Q2 revenue up 2.7% YoY to $8.2B, vs. $8.3B est., net income up 3.3% YoY to $1.5B, 5.9M net new subs, and a Q3 forecast below est.; NFLX down 8%+
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Netflix brings its password-sharing crackdown to India and other markets and says an “extra member” option won't be offered in places with its new restrictions
Netflix is bringing password-sharing crackdown to consumers in India and every other market starting today …
A developer says Twitter appears to be DDoSing itself via a Twitter web app JavaScript bug, which could be tied to Elon Musk's emergency blocks and rate limits
For anyone keeping track, this isn't even the first time they've completely broken … Nick Heer / Pixel Envy : Tweets Are Now Login-Walled — Like Šime Vidas, I have often linked o...
Elon Musk says Twitter has temporarily limited verified accounts to reading 10K posts/day, unverified 1K, and new unverified 500, due to “extreme” data scraping
Censorship Expert Says Musk ‘Has Stepped on a Rattlesnake’ Jonas Mäki / Gamereactor UK : Twitter stops data collection by adding lots of restrictions Brayden Lindrea / Cointelegrap...
A developer says Twitter appears to be DDoSing itself due to a bug in Twitter's web app, which could be tied to Elon Musk's emergency blocks and rate limits
For the last two days, Elon Musk has claimed that Twitter is under attack from “several hundred organizations” who were conducting …
Elon Musk says verified Twitter accounts are temporarily limited to reading 10K posts/day, unverified 1K, and new unverified 500, due to “extreme” data scraping
Twitter is putting limits to how many tweets its users can read as the Elon Musk-owned service suffers extended outage …
WhatsApp announces Communities, a group messaging feature for larger, more structured groups of up to 1,024 people, rolling out worldwide in the coming months
WhatsApp today is officially launching Communities, the new feature offering larger, more structured discussion groups that first entered into testing earlier this year.
Google extends third-party in-app billing to India, Australia, Indonesia, Japan, and the European Economic Area, letting all non-gaming developers participate
but only cuts fees by 4% Google Support : Enrolling in the user choice billing pilot Abdullah / Gizchina : Google Play Store finally allows third-party payments Jay Bonggolto / And...
Google extends third-party in-app billing to India, Australia, Indonesia, Japan, and the European Economic Area; non-gaming developers globally can participate
All non-gaming developers can offer an additional billing option to their mobile and tablet users on Google Play in India …
Google announces Maps updates: photorealistic aerial views of nearly 100 landmarks, more detailed cycling routes, and improved location sharing
Google — facing increasing competition from other apps like Instagram and TikTok when it comes to consumers searching for things …