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Meta announces Quest+, a VR subscription service that gives Quest 2, Quest 3, and Quest Pro users access to two games every month for $7.99/month or $59.99/year — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg just announced Quest Plus, the company's new “virtual reality subscription” that gives users access to “the best titles on the platform,” he said.
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| Will Knight / Wired: |
DeepMind co-founder and CEO Demis Hassabis shares details on Gemini, a ChatGPT rival DeepMind is making that blends strengths of LLMs with AlphaGo-type systems — Demis Hassabis says the company is working on a system called Gemini that will tap techniques that helped AlphaGo defeat a Go champion in 2016.
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| Brian Fung / CNN: |
A breakdown of how much each US state will get in the $42.5B broadband infrastructure plan; Texas leads with $3.3B+, followed by California with $1.8B+ — The Biden administration on Monday outlined how states across the country will be receiving billions of dollars in federal funding …
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Databricks agrees to acquire generative AI startup MosaicML in a ~$1.3B deal closing in Q2; MosaicML launched in 2021, raised $64M, and has 62 employees — The deal aims at connecting businesses' data with services to help them build their own, cheaper language models, Databricks CEO says
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A survey of 2,000+ US adults finds 57% know of ChatGPT, 46% for Bing Chat, 45% for My AI, and 38% for Bard; only ~33% have used the tools, with Gen Z dominating — We polled 2,000 people about how they're using AI, what they want it to do, and what scares them about it the most.
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A look at Harry and Meghan's Hollywood flop in streaming's era of slower growth; sources: Netflix is unlikely to renew their $100M deal, which runs through 2025 — They arrived three years ago with royal star power amid a streaming boom, but have notched more cancellations and rejections than produced shows| Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk: |
FTX bankruptcy team says the exchange owed customers ~$8.7B after commingling and misusing their deposits, and ~$7B in liquid assets have been recovered so far — Commingling and misuse of customer and corporate funds occurred from the inception of FTX, says current CEO John J. Ray III.| Alison Sider / Wall Street Journal: |
Pete Buttigieg warns of possible air travel disruption ahead of a July 1 cutoff for airlines to retrofit equipment to avoid 5G interference or face restrictions — Airlines have until July 1 to update equipment or face restrictions on landing in poor visibility conditions
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| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Google Pixel Fold review: nice landscape mode for videos and usable outer display, but it's heavy, may not be durable, has limited multitasking, and is pricey — If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. — The Google Pixel Fold is a lot of phone.
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| Jaspreet Singh / Reuters: |
US-based chipmaker Wolfspeed says that an Apollo-led group plans to make a $1.25B debt investment, with room for an additional $750M, to support a US expansion — Wolfspeed (WOLF.N) said on Monday that a group led by Apollo Global Management (APO.N) would make a debt investment of $1.25 billion …
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| Yuval Mann / Ynetnews: |
An interview with early Waze investors Yahal Zilka and Ehud Levy on why they invested, the impact of Google's acquisition on Israel's tech industry, and more — The disregard for map companies, the dilemma between BlackBerry and iPhone, the indifference on the part of Tim Cook … | Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
AI-powered analytics startup ThoughtSpot plans to acquire business intelligence startup Mode Analytics for $200M in cash and stock; Mode had raised $81M to date — ThoughtSpot, an AI-powered analytics startup, today announced that it's entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Mode Analytics …
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