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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
The European Commission issues a preliminary antitrust complaint against Google over its ad business, suggesting breaking up the unit; Google can now reply — The European Commission has made a formal antitrust complaint against Google and its ad business, saying that its preliminary view is that …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/neoliberal, and r/worldnews
| Adam Satariano / New York Times: |
The European Parliament passes the AI Act, which would curtail facial recognition, mandate data disclosures, and more; a final version should pass later in 2023 — A draft law in the European Parliament has become the world's most far-reaching attempt to address the potentially harmful effects of artificial intelligence.
More: European Parliament, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, Tech Monitor, Washington Post, Insider, Tom's Hardware, Access Now, The Guardian, Nikkei Asia, Business Post, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, WinBuzzer, PC Gamer, and Publications press releases
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| BBC: |
Margrethe Vestager says discrimination, not extinction, is a more pressing concern for AI due to training models and “guardrails” are needed to counter bias — Discrimination is a more pressing concern from advancing artificial intelligence than human extinction, says the EU's competition chief.
More: The Guardian and New York Times
Tweets: @maosbot, @sashamtl, @stefanfschubert, @riptari, and @timandraharknes
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
As over 8,000 subreddits go dark, Google's results, which often improve when adding “reddit” to the search, have suffered — Over 8,000 subreddits have gone dark to protest Reddit's upcoming API changes, and it's shown me just how much I rely on Reddit to find useful, human-sounding information in my Google search results.
More: Washington Post. Tweets: @broderick, @tonyajoriley, @nikitabier, @broskifgc, @gabrielayuso, @keep_indoors, and @realhumanschwab
| The Verge: |
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
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Forums: Hacker News, r/ModCoord, r/linux_gaming, and r/hackernews
| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
Amazon VP of EC2 Dave Brown says AWS is considering using AMD's new MI300 chips and declined to use Nvidia's DGX Cloud chips; Oracle is Nvidia's first partner — Amazon Web Services (AMZN.O), the world's largest cloud computing provider, is considering using new artificial intelligence chips …
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Forums: r/AMD_Stock and Slashdot
| Ryan Smith / AnandTech: |
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Tweets: @dylanonchips, @dylanonchips, @sasamarinkovic, @ryansmithat, @phatal187, and @anandtech
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| Hassan Mujtaba / Wccftech: |
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Tweets: @amd, @dylanonchips, @iancutress, and @bobodtech
| Forbes: |
A profile of Guangying “Heina” Chen, a mysterious associate of Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao who appears repeatedly in the SEC's lawsuit against the exchange — CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao's mysterious associate Guangying Chen emerges as a key player in his company's operations … | New York Times: |
A US federal judge asks the SEC and Binance to strike a compromise over the Binance.US asset freeze, while criticizing the SEC's use of its enforcement powers — A judge urged the Securities and Exchange Commission to reach a compromise with Binance that would allow the world's largest … | Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI releases new GPT-3.5-turbo and GPT-4 versions that include a new “function calling” feature, and reduces the pricing of the original GPT-3.5-turbo by 25% — As the competition in the generative AI space grows fiercer, OpenAI is upgrading its text-generating models while reducing pricing.
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Forums: r/ChatGPT, r/singularity, r/singularity, and r/mlscaling
| Axios: |
Sens. Josh Hawley and Richard Blumenthal introduce a bill denying Section 230 protections for generative AI content; experts are split on whether §230 applies — Sens. Josh Hawley and Richard Blumenthal want to clarify that the internet's bedrock liability law does not apply to generative AI … | Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: |
Spotify shifts its podcast strategy from being a sort of HBO by releasing exclusive shows to providing tools for podcast creators, similar to YouTube's model — Over the past four years, Spotify Technology SA has announced a succession of splashy deals showing off how much money it's willing …
Tweets: @ashleyrcarman
| Reuters: |
Sources: Arm discusses participating in its IPO with 10+ clients, including Intel, Apple, Alphabet, TSMC, and Samsung; any decision won't come until August — June 12 (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp's (9984.T) Arm is in talks with some of its biggest customers and end users about bringing … | Jay Peters / The Verge: |
A US court issues a temporary restraining order preventing Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition and sets an evidentiary hearing for June 22 and 23, 2023 — A federal court has issued a temporary restraining order that will prevent Microsoft from closing its $68.7 billion deal to acquire Activision Blizzard — at least for now.
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Tweets: @ethangach, @waff48, @daveleebbg, @macton93, @econliberties, @tomwarren, @jordannovet, @joshua_sisco, @macton93, @tomwarren, and @joshua_sisco. Forums: r/Games
| Nic Newman / Reuters Institute: |
Reuters' 2023 Digital News Report: despite social media fragmentation, users' dependence on platforms for news keeps growing; Facebook drops and TikTok grows — This year's report comes against the backdrop of a global cost-of-living crisis, a continuing war in the heart of Europe, and further climate instability across the world.
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| Chris Plante / Polygon: |
Q&A with Phil Spencer on AI in games, using Xbox player data and ML, Game Pass lessons, “living games”, games built within Minecraft, looking to 2024, and more — Phil Spencer talks with Polygon about the future of living games, Xbox's huge 2024, AI, and more| Marnie Munoz / Bloomberg: |
Study: US cyber insurance premiums surged 50% in 2022, due to ransomware attacks and online commerce, as policy holders claimed $7.2B, up 3x in three years — US cyber insurance premiums surged 50% in 2022 as increased ransomware attacks and online commerce drove demand for coverage.| Nicole Carpenter / Polygon: |
Swedish gaming conglomerate Embracer Group plans to close multiple studios, cancel games, and cut staff, after a $2B deal unexpectedly fell through — Embracer Group has close to 17,000 employees over more than 100 studios, many of which were acquired over the past few years
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Tweets: @drewlevin, @joshscherr, @futterish, and @lewis_gordon
| Thomas Seal / Bloomberg: |
Vodafone and Three agree to combine to create the UK's largest mobile network, pending regulatory approval, and will take on £6B in debt; Vodafone will own 51% — Vodafone Group Plc and CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. agreed to combine their UK mobile businesses in a deal that will create …
More: Tech Monitor, Android Authority, Vodafone UK & Three UK, 9to5Google, The Register, South China Morning Post, Reuters, CNBC, DatacenterDynamics, RCR Wireless News, Tech Startups, Financial Times, TechCrunch, TechRadar, Tech Xplore, Variety, Neowin, BBC, The Guardian, Sky News, The Apple Post, Pocket-lint, and ITPro
Tweets: @tomwarren, @mattophobia, @benwood, and @alexdobie
| James Cirrone / Blockworks: |
After Apple threatened App Store delisting, Nostr-based social media app Damus must remove bitcoin tipping on posts but can keep the button on profiles — Damus creator William Casarin told his followers on the app that Apple would allow zaps, just with a slight tweak
More: CNBC, Coinspeaker, crypto.news, Inside Bitcoins, The Block, Fortune, Reclaim The Net, Cointelegraph, Cryptopolitan, Decrypt, CryptoSlate, and Bitcoinist.com
Tweets: @damusapp, @jack, @jack, @damusapp, @djsuperflow, @balajis, @seedsigner, @dagnum_pi, @babaloomagoo, @nicolasburtey, @walkeramerica, @petermccormack, @raycivkit, @bitpaine, @timsweeneyepic, @warrendavidson, @hodlonaut, @crypto_mags, and @_jklnz. Forums: r/nostr
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers steal encryption keys stored in smart cards and smartphones by video recording the devices' power LEDs, with some significant real-world limitations — Key-leaking side channels are a fact of life. Now they can be done by video-recording power LEDs.| Sayan Chakraborty / Nikkei Asia: |
Peak XV head Shailendra Singh discusses the Sequoia split, saying the move will remove potential conflicts, especially in AI and with Sequoia's US portfolio — Split with American parent eliminates potential conflicts in hot sectors like AI — Managing Director Shailendra Singh …
More: Bloomberg, Crowdfund Insider, Entrackr, DealStreetAsia, and Tech in Asia
| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Amazon Fire Max 11 review: cheap, nice screen, and decent stylus, but anemic app store, very limited multitasking, cramped aspect ratio, and bad trackpad — The Fire Max 11 has the most advanced and refined hardware of any Amazon tablet yet. But it is held back by the same old problems.
More: XDA Developers, ZDNet, CNET, SlashGear, and Android Central
| Kenneth Chang / New York Times: |
IBM details using a 127-qubit quantum processor to simulate the behavior of 127 atom-scale bar magnets, known as an Ising model, taking under a millisecond — A quantum computer came up with better answers to a physics problem than a conventional supercomputer.
More: New Scientist
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