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OpenAI and DeepMind executives, Geoffrey Hinton, and 350+ others sign a statement saying “mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority” — Leaders from OpenAI, Google Deepmind, Anthropic and other A.I. labs warn that future systems could be as deadly as pandemics and nuclear weapons.
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| Rohan Goswami / CNBC: |
Nvidia opens at a $1T market cap, joining Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, and Amazon, after raising its Q2 revenue forecast due to AI demand; NVDA is up 170%+ YTD — - Nvidia hit a $1 trillion market cap at the start of trading Tuesday, before slipping to $990 billion by close of trading.
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Amazon discontinues Alexa's celebrity voices feature, offering Samuel L. Jackson's, Shaquille O'Neal's, and Melissa McCarthy's voices, even for those who paid — Amazon is getting rid of its celebrity voices for Alexa. Not only are the voices of Samuel L. Jackson, Shaquille O'Neal …
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Analyst Ross Young says Apple's upcoming MR headset will have two 1.41" Micro OLED displays targeting 5,000+ nits of brightness and 4,000 pixels per inch — The tech community is collectively on the edge of our seats as we zoom toward the expected unveiling of Apple's mixed reality headset.
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| Asa Fitch / Wall Street Journal: |
An interview with Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger on having had “some serious” leadership, people, and methodology issues, the rough turnaround, competitors, and more — Rivals such as Nvidia have left the chip company far behind. CEO Pat Gelsinger aims to reverse firm's fortunes by vastly expanding its factories.
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Sources: Binance is discussing letting some of its institutional clients use bank deposits as collateral for margin trading, to help reduce counterparty risk — Binance is discussing a proposal to let some of its institutional clients keep their trading collateral at a bank instead …
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| Alexandra S. Levine / Forbes: |
Sources: TikTok has stored personal and financial data of its biggest stars, including those in its Creator Fund, on servers in China, accessible by staff there — TikTok has stored the most sensitive financial data of its biggest stars — including those in its “Creator Fund” — on servers in China.
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| Jane Lee / Reuters: |
Toronto-based AI chip designer Tenstorrent partners with LG to build chips for smart TVs, cars, and data centers; CEO Jim Keller worked at Apple, AMD, and Tesla — Canadian AI computer design startup Tenstorrent said on Tuesday it was partnering with South Korea's consumer electronics firm …
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Analysis: of 460+ companies that did SPAC deals, insiders at 232 sold ~$22B in well-timed stock trades; Chamath Palihapitiya made $310M selling Virgin Galactic — Executives and early investors sold shares worth $22 billion — The SPAC boom cost investors billions.
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| Brandy Betz / CoinDesk: |
Miami-based Transak, which sells payment and onboarding infrastructure for Web3 games and financial apps, raised a $20M Series A led by CE Innovation Capital — The startup offers on- and off-ramps that could make it easier for new users to interact with Web3 projects.
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| Nicole Carpenter / Polygon: |
A viral Nintendo's Tears of the Kingdom clip that shows Link unfurling a bridge wows game developers; Nintendo reportedly spent a full year polishing the game — What looks simple is actually very hard to make — There's a bridge to cross the lava pit in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom's Marakuguc Shrine, but it's broken.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft issues a temporary fix for Windows tablets like the Surface Pro X after their cameras stopped working on May 23 likely due to a faulty Qualcomm driver — Issues with cameras on some Arm-based devices, including the Surface Pro X, started on May 23rd, with owners reporting …
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