TuSimple pivots from self-driving trucking to focus on generative AI for video games and animation as part of its rebrand.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-19
TuSimple generative AI for video games and animation
Chinese self-driving trucking company TuSimple rebrands to CreateAI, in a pivot to generative AI for video games and animation, and debuts its first model, Ruyi
CNBC · 2024-12-19 · #38
Intel's updates fix four of the five identified root causes behind Arrow Lake's gaming performance problems.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-19
Intel Arrow Lake
Intel unveils the first updates to address Arrow Lake's gaming performance issues, fixing four of the five root causes, and plans a final update in January 2025
Tom's Hardware · 2024-12-19 · #40
Intel plans a final update for Arrow Lake gaming performance in January 2025.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-19
Intel Arrow Lake
Intel unveils the first updates to address Arrow Lake's gaming performance issues, fixing four of the five root causes, and plans a final update in January 2025
Tom's Hardware · 2024-12-19 · #40
GitHub launches a free tier of GitHub Copilot for Visual Studio Code, available to anyone with a GitHub account (no trial, subscription, or credit card required).
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-19
GitHub GitHub Copilot Visual Studio Code
GitHub offers Copilot in VS Code for free with 2,000 code completions and 50 chat messages per month; GitHub now has 150M developers, up from 100M in early 2023
TechCrunch · 2024-12-19 · #42
TuSimple rebrands to CreateAI.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-19
TuSimple CreateAI
Chinese self-driving trucking company TuSimple rebrands to CreateAI, in a pivot to generative AI for video games and animation, and debuts its first model, Ruyi
CNBC · 2024-12-19 · #38
An additional update is expected to arrive next month.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-19
Intel Arrow Lake
Intel unveils the first updates to address Arrow Lake's gaming performance issues, fixing four of the five root causes, and plans a final update in January 2025
Tom's Hardware · 2024-12-19 · #40
Lens is positioned as a SocialFi-focused, high-performance network with modular social features to enable onchain social apps.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-19
Lens SocialFi onchain social apps modular social features
Lens, a high-performance layer-2 blockchain developed by Avara for consumer apps, raised $31M led by Lightspeed Faction, and plans to launch Lens v3 in Q1 2025
TechCrunch · 2024-12-19 · #36
Avara is the developer of Lens, a high-performance layer-2 blockchain aimed at consumer and social applications.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-19
Avara Lens
Lens, a high-performance layer-2 blockchain developed by Avara for consumer apps, raised $31M led by Lightspeed Faction, and plans to launch Lens v3 in Q1 2025
TechCrunch · 2024-12-19 · #36
Lens plans to launch Lens v3 in Q1 2025.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-19
Lens Lens v3 Q1 2025
Lens, a high-performance layer-2 blockchain developed by Avara for consumer apps, raised $31M led by Lightspeed Faction, and plans to launch Lens v3 in Q1 2025
TechCrunch · 2024-12-19 · #36
A portion of Alphabet's recent ~30% share gains came after Google unveiled its Willow quantum chip.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-19
Google Alphabet Willow quantum chip
Analysis: Alphabet's shares have jumped about 30% from a September 2024 low, with a chunk of those gains coming after Google unveiled its Willow quantum chip
Bloomberg · 2024-12-19 · #35
Sources report Apple has halted and apparently canceled a long-running project to build an iPhone hardware subscription service.
rumored 1 article 2024-12-19
Apple iPhone hardware subscription service
Sources: Apple halts work on a project to build an iPhone hardware subscription service, which had been in development since 2022 and was set to launch then
Bloomberg · 2024-12-19 · #41
Truth Terminal operates as an AI bot on X.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-19
Truth Terminal X
A look at Truth Terminal, an AI bot on X that was created to spark debate about AI alignment, as its crypto wallet swells to ~$40M after boosting memecoins
Wired · 2024-12-19 · #17
Scientists use Dotmatics' software in drug research.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-19
Dotmatics scientists drug research
Sources: Insight Partners, which bought Dotmatics for around $629M in 2021, is exploring options for the R&D software maker, including selling it for $5B+
Bloomberg · 2024-12-19 · #18
OpenAI launches a service letting users talk to ChatGPT by calling a toll-free number (1-800-CHATGPT) in the U.S. or by messaging the same number on WhatsApp (available where ChatGPT is offered).
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-19
OpenAI ChatGPT 1-800-CHATGPT WhatsApp
OpenAI debuts a way to talk to ChatGPT by dialing 1-800-CHATGPT for 15 minutes of free access per month in the US or messaging the number via WhatsApp globally
CNBC · 2024-12-19 · #43
Chime aims to disrupt banking with a digital, fee-free offering.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-19
Chime
Sources: neobank Chime confidentially files for a US IPO, aiming to go public in 2025; Chime had a $25B valuation in August 2021
Bloomberg · 2024-12-19 · #23
Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing has shipped over 20 billion image sensors.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-19
Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing image sensors
Q&A with Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing President Yoshihiro Yamaguchi on shipping 20B+ image sensors, a new manufacturing plant in Kumamoto, Japan, and more
Nikkei Asia · 2024-12-19 · #33
BirdVoxDetect is an open-source, ML-powered software tool that ornithologists can use and adapt to detect songbird flight calls in audio recordings.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-19
BirdVoxDetect ornithologists songbird flight calls audio recordings
A look at BirdVoxDetect, an ML-powered open-source software that ornithologists can use and adapt to detect flight calls from songbirds in audio recordings
MIT Technology Review · 2024-12-19 · #15
Decart helps organizations train AI models at scale.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-19
Decart
Decart, which helps organizations train AI models at scale, raised a $32M Series A, sources say at a $500M+ valuation, after a $21M seed in October 2024
TechCrunch · 2024-12-19 · #16
GitHub reports reaching 150 million developers, up from 100 million in early 2023.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-19
GitHub 150 million developers
GitHub offers Copilot in VS Code for free with 2,000 code completions and 50 chat messages per month; GitHub now has 150M developers, up from 100M in early 2023
TechCrunch · 2024-12-19 · #42
Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing is opening/establishing a new manufacturing plant in Kumamoto, Japan.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-19
Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing manufacturing plant in Kumamoto, Japan
Q&A with Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing President Yoshihiro Yamaguchi on shipping 20B+ image sensors, a new manufacturing plant in Kumamoto, Japan, and more
Nikkei Asia · 2024-12-19 · #33
The Copilot free tier in VS Code is limited to 2,000 code completions per month and 50 chat messages per month.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-19
GitHub Copilot 2,000 code completions per month 50 chat messages per month
GitHub offers Copilot in VS Code for free with 2,000 code completions and 50 chat messages per month; GitHub now has 150M developers, up from 100M in early 2023
TechCrunch · 2024-12-19 · #42
Global app downloads across the App Store and Google Play fell 2.3% year‑over‑year to 109.7B in 2024.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-19
Global app downloads App Store Google Play
Appfigures: global consumer spending in mobile apps on the App Store and Google Play rose 15.7% YoY to $127.3B in 2024, but app downloads dropped 2.3% to 109.7B
TechCrunch · 2024-12-19 · #14
Hitachi has become an industrial software and hardware provider.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-18
Hitachi industrial software industrial hardware
A profile of 114-year-old Japanese conglomerate Hitachi, whose market cap recently hit $100B after becoming an industrial software and hardware provider
Financial Times · 2024-12-18 · #19
Delta adds an in-app link to Patreon that lets US users pay outside of the App Store.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-18
Delta (app) Patreon
Game emulator Delta adds an in-app link to pay outside of the App Store, via Patreon, likely the first US app to use Apple's External Purchase Link Entitlement
MacStories · 2024-12-18 · #37
Delta is likely the first US App Store app to support linking to an external payment option via the External Purchase Link entitlement.
rumored 1 article 2024-12-18
Delta (app)
Game emulator Delta adds an in-app link to pay outside of the App Store, via Patreon, likely the first US app to use Apple's External Purchase Link Entitlement
MacStories · 2024-12-18 · #37
Before App Store availability, Delta offered a beta to patrons via AltStore.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-18
Delta (app) AltStore
Game emulator Delta adds an in-app link to pay outside of the App Store, via Patreon, likely the first US app to use Apple's External Purchase Link Entitlement
MacStories · 2024-12-18 · #37
Apple updates Apple Maps on the web to add support for Look Around, its version of Google Street View.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-18
Apple Apple Maps Look Around Apple Maps on the web
Apple updates Apple Maps on the web to add support for Look Around, which is Apple's version of Google Street View
9to5Mac · 2024-12-18 · #8
Sources say Microsoft is working on a cross-platform Xbox interface codenamed Project Rainway.
rumored 1 article 2024-12-18
Microsoft Project Rainway
A look at Microsoft's risky Xbox strategy, where exclusives are the exception; sources say Microsoft is working on cross-platform Xbox interface Project Rainway
Windows Central · 2024-12-18 · #3
The Arc B580 Battlemage GPU received near-universal praise from reviewers.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-18
Arc B580 Battlemage GPU
After a rough year, Intel says its $250 Arc B580 “Battlemage” GPU, which received near-universal praise from reviewers, has already sold out in most retailers
The Verge · 2024-12-18 · #6
Apple introduced a beta version of Apple Maps on the web in June, allowing users on other platforms (e.g., Windows PCs) to access the map service via a browser.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-18
Apple Apple Maps on the web
Apple updates Apple Maps on the web to add support for Look Around, which is Apple's version of Google Street View
9to5Mac · 2024-12-18 · #8