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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the “technology is not yet good enough that people can be full remote forever, particularly on startups” — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman isn't averse to change—he helped kickstart the current A.I. race with chatbot ChatGPT, after all, threatening …
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Qualcomm acquires Autotalks, an Israeli fabless chipmaker that builds SoCs to help improve automotive safety, sources say paying between $350M and $400M — Qualcomm's longer term bet on the automotive sector as a lucrative customer base for its chips and related communications technology …
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| Akanksha Khushi / Reuters: |
Binance shut down bitcoin withdrawals for an hour late on Sunday and for about three hours on Monday, blaming an unanticipated rise in transaction fees — Cryptocurrency exchange Binance halted bitcoin withdrawals for several hours on Monday, citing heavy volumes and a surge in processing fees, before clearing them at a higher cost.
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| Josh Taylor / The Guardian: |
An interview with Jürgen Schmidhuber, whose neural network work in the 1990s went on to be used in Google Translate and Siri, on why many AI fears are misplaced — Jürgen Schmidhuber believes AI will progress to the point where it surpasses human intelligence and will pay no attention to people
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After China banned crypto in September 2021, FTX's creditor lists, citizens, and industry insiders suggest Chinese residents continue to trade digital assets — Nineteen months after China banned crypto, more signs have emerged that its citizens continue to buy and sell digital assets.
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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says the SEC is on “a lone crusade”, rows back on suggesting the company may relocate from the US, and expresses interest in Dubai — - The SEC earlier this year served Coinbase with a Wells Notice. — Brian Armstrong, Coinbase's CEO … | Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
After Arm shunned a London listing in favor of New York, some VCs in the UK blame Brexit and institutional investors, who lack a good understanding of tech — - British chip designer Arm recently decided to list in New York, leading to worries that London will miss out on more blockbuster tech IPOs.| Benjamin Mullin / New York Times: |
Images of a Texas mall mass shooting go viral on Twitter, fueling criticism of its reduced moderation; Twitter allows some graphic posts like Ukraine war images — Graphic images of the attack went viral on the platform, which has made cuts to its moderation team.| Ryan Weeks / The Block: |
Sam Altman's Worldcoin launches World App, a self-custodial mobile app to manage World ID and other coins, in over 80 countries, ahead of its token launch — - The World App launches today in over 80 countries after a beta testing phase. — It will allow users to manage their World ID … | Reuters: |
Sources: Alibaba's logistics arm Cainiao Network Technology plans to raise $1B to $2B via a Hong Kong IPO in early 2024; Alibaba has a 67% stake in Cainiao — Alibaba's (9988.HK) logistics arm aims to raise up to $2 billion via a listing in Hong Kong likely early next year …
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An interview with Warner Bros. Discovery CTO Avi Saxena and Chief Product Officer Tyler Whitworth on building Max from the ground up, new features, and more — A few weeks before Warner Bros. Discovery launches its new HBO Max/Discovery+ streaming service, Max, TechCrunch spoke … | Jan Schwartz / Reuters: |
Source: Volkswagen plans to fire most of the management team at Cariad next week, after the software unit missed its development goals and exceeded its budget — Carmaker Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) is set to dismiss all but one of the executive board members at its software division Cariad next week …
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