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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: 45 mins ago
Amazon launches Bedrock Studio in public preview, a web tool to help orgs experiment with and collaborate on generative AI models and then build AI-powered apps
Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: 2 hours ago
Apple lowers the price of 10th-gen iPads $100 to $349 and discontinues the 9th-gen iPad with Home button and headphone jack
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: 2 hours ago
The new iPad Pro drops the ultra-wide camera; 1TB and 2TB models have 16GB RAM and M4 chips with 10-core CPUs, vs. 8GB RAM and 9-core CPU M4 in 256/512GB models
CNBC: 3 hours ago
Disney reported Disney+ and Hulu had an operating income of $47M in Q2, vs. a loss of $587M YoY, the first time the streamers had a combined profit in a quarter
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Chris Welch / The Verge:
Apple unveils $999+ 11" and $1,299+ 13" iPad Pros, with M4, an OLED Ultra Retina XDR screen, up to 1,600 nits; the 13" is Apple's thinnest product yet, at 5.1mm
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The Verge:
Apple announces M4, a new chip focused on improving AI-related tasks, featuring up to 4x faster GPU performance than the M2 and 50% faster CPU than M2
Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:
Apple announces new $599+ 11" and $799+ 13" iPad Airs, featuring an M2 chip, a landscape front camera, and faster Wi-Fi, available in four colors next week
Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg:
Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa says the company will announce Switch's successor this fiscal year; Nintendo has sold 141M+ units since Switch's 2017 debut
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch:
UK and US authorities identify and charge the leader of the LockBit ransomware gang, a 31-year-old Russian national; the US also issued sanctions against him
New York Times:
Sources and messages: Binance compliance officer Tigran Gambaryan told executives and Nigerian contacts of a ~$150M crypto bribe request, prior to his arrest
Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal:
OpenAI releases a tool to detect DALL-E 3-created images, claiming 98% accuracy for unaltered images, and joins Microsoft and Adobe's content credentials group
New York Times:
TikTok sues the US government over the law forcing a sale or ban, saying it violates users' First Amendment rights and divestiture is “simply not possible”
Katrina Manson / Bloomberg:
Microsoft deploys a generative AI model entirely divorced from the internet, saying US intel agencies can now harness the tech to analyze top secret information
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
OpenAI says it's developing a Media Manager tool, slated for release by 2025, to let content owners identify their works to OpenAI and control how they are used
CNBC:
Disney reported Disney+ and Hulu had an operating income of $47M in Q2, vs. a loss of $587M YoY, the first time the streamers had a combined profit in a quarter
Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg:
UK banking app Revolut launches Revolut X, a crypto trading service to let “experienced traders” buy and sell 100+ different tokens, with 0% to 0.09% fees
Julian Chokkattu / Wired:
Google unveils Pixel 8a with the Tensor G3 chip, a 6.1" 120Hz OLED with up to 2K nits brightness, and Gemini Nano access, shipping May 14 for $499+
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Cloud security startup Wiz raised a $1B Series E co-led by a16z, Lightspeed, and Thrive at a $12B valuation, and plans to expand its business via acquisitions
Nqobile Dludla / Reuters:
Amazon launches its online store in South Africa, offering same-day and next-day delivery and 3,000+ pickup points, challenging local rivals like Takealot.com
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Apple has been building a chip designed to run AI software in data center servers; the project is codenamed Project ACDC, or Apple Chips in Data Center
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