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| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Inflection AI, a startup led by DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman that released its Pi chatbot in May 2023, raised $1.3B, a source says at a $4B valuation — Backed by Microsoft, Nvidia and billionaires Reid Hoffman, Bill Gates and Eric Schmidt, the startup led by ex-DeepMind leader Mustafa Suleyman …
More: Unite.AI, Decrypt, Bloomberg, Crunchbase News, VentureBeat, The Decoder, TechCrunch, Reuters, Fortune, Financial Times, Business Wire, and WinBuzzer
LinkedIn: Professor Shafi Ahmed and Alex Konrad
Twitter: @dan_jeffries1, @alexrkonrad, @alex, @mhbergen, @mustafasuleymn, @trace_cohen, @tomaxwell, @alexrkonrad, @saranormous, @alexrkonrad, @alexrkonrad, and @nic__carter. Thanks:@alexrkonrad
| Kotaku: |
Niantic lays off 230 employees, closes its Los Angeles studio, and moves away from in-house game development, saying its expenses grew faster than its revenue — Pokémon Go will remain one of Niantic's top priorities moving forward — Niantic is shuttering its Los Angeles studio …
More: Niantic Labs, 9to5Mac, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, GamesIndustry.biz, Engadget, The Verge, Bloomberg, Game Developer, PhoneArena, Neowin, IGN, Game Rant, CNBC, GameSpot, Eurogamer.net, Dexerto, Video Games Chronicle, Mobilegamer.biz, Pocket Gamer.biz, Polygon, GoNintendo, and Dot Esports
LinkedIn: Milind Nilekani. Mastodon: @rjfaas@mastodon.social. Twitter: @knoebelbroet and @gostadiumpvp
Forums: r/Ingress and r/nbaallworldhub
| Kent Walker / Google: |
Google tells Canada's government it will remove Canadian news links from Search, News, and Discover and close Google News Showcase when Bill C-18 takes effect — President of Global Affairs, Google & Alphabet … The Government of Canada has enacted a new law called Bill C-18 …
More: NPR, CTV News, The Verge, 9to5Google, Michael Geist, Engadget, Globe and Mail, MobileSyrup, Android Central, The Keyword, and BBC
Mastodon: @danyork@mastodon.social, @WarnerCrocker@mastodon.social, @mercedesallen@mastodon.social, @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social, and @joshmcconnell@mastodon.nz
Twitter: @jason, @sarthakgh, @pt, @lutherlowe, @nateknox, @mickeydjuric, @adamsinger, @anjakaradeglija, @rustybrick, and @bobbyallyn. Forums: Hacker News
| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
Sources: Linda Yaccarino plans to add full-screen, sound-on video ads to Twitter's short-video feed and is wooing celebrities in the hopes of selling more ads — New CEO hits the ground running with plans for new ads offering and tells staff to get ready for ‘hand-to-hand combat’
More: New York Times, Fortune, Cryptopolitan, and Insider
Bluesky: @sarahposner.bsky.social. Mastodon: @aristeon89@mastodon.online, @therealahall@infosec.exchange, @dmnelson@mastodon.social, @colincornaby@mastodon.social, @emilygorcenski@indieweb …, @MagentaRocks@mastodon.coffee, and @juandesant@astrodon.social
Twitter: @mshannahmurphy, @rmac18, @digitalshields, @benmullin, @jayrosen_nyu, @benmullin, @bobbybigwheel, @rmac18, @rmac18, @emilygorcenski, @georgehahn, @slclunk, @gergelyorosz, @paologerbaudo, @huntclancy, @timkarr, @marxculture, @sloanefragment, @digiphile, @jangles, @niubi, @sharonodea, @scottemovienerd, @ashdylanlit, @iamspilly, @charlotte_stein, and @mshannahmurphy. Forums: Ars OpenForum
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft adds AI-powered shopping tools, including GPT-generated buying guides in the US, to its Bing search engine and the Bing AI chatbot in Edge's sidebar — Microsoft today announced a slew of new AI-powered shopping tools for its new Bing search engine and the Bing AI chatbot in the Edge sidebar.
More: Bing Blogs, Thurrott, Android Authority, Search Engine Journal, SlashGear, Search Engine Land, Windows Central, PCMag, XDA Developers, The Verge, Neowin, Tom's Guide, Mashable, and BigTechWire
Twitter: @tomwarren and @yusuf_i_mehdi
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Meta publishes a deep dive into how AI recommends Facebook and Instagram content, including 22 “system cards” covering AI use in Feed, Stories, Reels, and more — Meta has published a deep dive into the company's social media algorithms in a bid to demystify how content is recommended for Instagram and Facebook users.
More: Meta, Meta AI, The Hill, Search Engine Land, Engadget, TechCrunch, TechCrunch, PetaPixel, Observer, Transparency Center, Tech.co, MobileSyrup, OnMSFT.com, Gizmodo, Techlusive, and SiliconANGLE
| Patrick McGee / Financial Times: |
Advertisers demand significant refunds from YouTube after an Adalytics report found millions of ads served via YouTube's TrueView system are hidden from users — Study shows millions of ads are hidden away in violation of Google-owned group's policies — Advertising industry figures …
More: The Keyword, Gizmodo, New York Post, AdExchanger, Adalytics, PhoneArena, Tech.co, and Wall Street Journal
Mastodon: @williamgunn@mastodon.social. Twitter: @chronotope, @jason_kint, @foodofseals, @ralph_grabowski, @checkmyadshq, @nandoodles, @catthekin, and @checkmyadshq
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Q&A with Marc Andreessen on “Public Intellectual Marc”, software and the physical world, his AI essay, COVID-19, Twitter, China, a16z, crypto bets, and more — Today's Stratechery Interview — and the last Interview of the summer — is with Marc Andreessen.| Bloomberg: |
Documents and sources: in the coming weeks, the FTC plans to file a far-reaching antitrust lawsuit against Amazon's marketplace, after months of honing its case — Lina Khan's Federal Trade Commission has already filed three cases against Amazon.com Inc. Now she's gearing up for the Big One.
More: Ars Technica, New York Post, Gizmodo, Insider, The Information, CNBC, PYMNTS.com, and Reuters
| Kellen Browning / New York Times: |
Satya Nadella testifies he would love to end “exclusives on consoles”; Bobby Kotick says no CoD on PlayStation would cause “a revolt” and “reputational damage” — In federal court, Satya Nadella and Bobby Kotick opposed an attempt by the F.T.C …
More: The Verge, Video Games Chronicle, Video Games Chronicle, IGN, Bloomberg, OnMSFT.com, The Verge, MobileSyrup, CNBC, TheGamer, Forbes, WinBuzzer, Game Rant, Gameranx, KitGuru, Techlusive, GameRevolution, Neowin, Insider Gaming, Wall Street Journal, BigTechWire, TechRadar, IGN, IGN, BIG by Matt Stoller, Eurogamer.net, Reuters, GamesRadar, Bloomberg, Windows Central, Associated Press, and The Verge
LinkedIn: Danny Ryba. Mastodon: @campuscodi@mastodon.social, @BrendanSinclair …, and @carnage4life@mas.to
Twitter: @tomwarren, @tomwarren, @notpatrick, @rurikhan, @kellen_browning, @gregbensinger, @charlieintel, @charlieintel, @charlieintel, @charlieintel, @charlieintel, @deeketweak, @deeketweak, @fosspatents, @fosspatents, @charlieintel, @tomwarren, and @tomwarren
Forums: r/gaming, r/TwoBestFriendsPlay, r/XboxSeriesX, and r/videogames
| Bloomberg: |
Filing: Fidelity refiles for a spot bitcoin ETF with the US SEC, following similar applications from BlackRock, Invesco, WisdomTree, Valkyrie, and others — Fidelity Investments is the latest financial services heavyweight to throw its name into the race to offer the first US exchange-traded fund investing in Bitcoin.| Joshua Wolens / PC Gamer: |
Reddit user sliced_lime, most likely Mojang's Mikael Hedberg, says Mojang no longer plans to post changelogs to r/Minecraft due to Reddit's API pricing changes — The Minecraft subreddit won't be a source for official Mojang communications going forward. — If you want official updates …
More: The Drum, The Verge, CNBC, Gamereactor UK, Gameranx, Game Rant, Dexerto, WinBuzzer, and Eurogamer.net
Bluesky: @danilo.redeem-tomorrow.com. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. Twitter: @dylanmcd8, @pixelandpoly, @cheflubu_atl, @slicedlime, and @asakurapiku
Forums: r/Minecraft and r/technology
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
More: Reddit Upvoted, Wired, Techdirt, MobileSyrup, Gizmodo, and Beehaw
Mastodon: @matthewcassinelli …, @waxy@xoxo.zone, @dangillmor@mastodon.social, @EshuMarneedi@mastodon.social, and @astatide@tech.lgbt. Twitter: @ow
Forums: r/technology and r/ModCoord
| Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk: |
Binance says its euro banking partner Paysafe plans to stop supporting the exchange on September 26, after a retreat from the UK, the Netherlands, and Cyprus — The exchange recently announced retreats from the U.K., Netherlands and Cyprus. — Binance's euros banking partner … | Matt Burgess / Wired: |
Activists and researchers file a GDPR complaint against Pornhub in Italy, claiming the company is “illegally” handling users' data; the process could take years — Complaints filed in the European Union claim the porn site fails to follow basic data-collection policies under GDPR.
More: Mashable. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to and @mattburgess@infosec.exchange. Twitter: @afrontiercity. Forums: r/technology
| Julia Love / Bloomberg: |
Police in San Francisco and other cities are obtaining warrants for Waymo and Cruise driverless car camera footage to help solve murders and other crimes — In December 2021, San Francisco police were working to solve the murder of an Uber driver. As detectives reviewed local surveillance footage … | Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: TSMC and its suppliers plan to send several hundred more workers from Taiwan to Arizona to speed up building its US plant, which is behind schedule — World's largest contract chipmaker faces delays in Arizona project as market slows — Construction of TSMC's chip plant in Arizona …
More: Reuters, Tom's Hardware, 9to5Mac, Patently Apple, Financial Times, and AppleInsider
| Hema Parmar / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Tiger Global refused hundreds of bids for its private assets in recent months for being too low; on January 1, Tiger managed $51B, including $37B in VC — Tiger Global Management turned down hundreds of bids for its private assets in recent months because it felt the offers were too low …
Twitter: @eliotwb and @bamabonds
| Brandy Betz / CoinDesk: |
Vienna-based One Trading, formerly called Bitpanda Pro, raised a €30M Series A led by Valar Ventures, as the digital asset exchange separates from Bitpanda — The crypto exchange has split from Bitpanda and now operates as One Trading. — Austria-based One Trading …
More: The Block, Axios, FinTech Global, AIN.Capital, and Finextra
| New York Times: |
A test of five AI-image detection tools finds they tend to struggle with altered and low-quality images and sometimes fail even when an image is obviously fake — The pope did not wear Balenciaga. And filmmakers did not fake the moon landing. In recent months, however … | Ina Fried / Axios: |
ADL survey of 2,139 US people: 33% of adults and 51% of teens aged 13 to 17 reported being harassed online in 2023, up from 23% and 36%, respectively, in 2022 — More than half of Americans say they have experienced hate or harassment online, according to a new survey from the Anti-Defamation League …
More: ADL, MSNBC, Mashable, Los Angeles Times, Reuters, Jerusalem Post, The Independent, and The Hill
Twitter: @morning_joe, @jgreenblattadl, @inafried, @yaeleisenstat, @sarahkateellis, @jgreenblattadl, @axios, @glaad, and @axios
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Snap announces that Snapchat+, which lets users access experimental and pre-released features for $3.99 per month, reached 4M paid subscribers in its first year — Snapchat on Thursday will announce that its subscription service, Snapchat+, has reached 4 million paid subscribers in its first year, executives told Axios.| Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
NYC-based Runway AI, which lets customers generate videos from text prompts, raised $141M from Google, Nvidia, and others, taking its total funding to ~$237M — Runway AI Inc., whose artificial intelligence software can create a short video from just a few typed words …
More: Metaverse Post, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, Runway, Reuters, and FinSMEs
Twitter: @om, @graceisford, @lux_capital, @javilopen, @techjournalist, @sarahcat21, and @mhdempsey. Thanks:@colegarry2
| Washington Post: |
Meta's Oversight Board calls for Meta to suspend Cambodian PM Hun Sen on Facebook and Instagram, the first time the Board has asked Meta to ban a head of state — MANILA — The social media giant Meta's Oversight Board called Thursday for the immediate suspension of Cambodian Prime Minister …
More: The Hill, Oversight Board, Gizmodo, Al Jazeera, Associated Press, Nikkei Asia, The Guardian, Engadget, Reuters, and Reuters
Twitter: @oversightboard, @rebtanhs, and @oversightboard
| Richard Priday / Tom's Guide: |
Review of £749 Asus Zenfone 10: compact with a 5.9" display, good performance and battery life, but cameras are limited and only two years of software updates — Everything you need in a premium Android phone, in a surprisingly small frame — Tom's Guide Verdict … Why you can trust Tom's Guide?
More: CNET, Forbes, Android Central, PhoneArena, Trusted Reviews, Digital Camera World, TalkAndroid.com, Tech Advisor, Android Authority, The Verge, Pocket-lint, AndroidGuys, Phandroid, Digital Trends, GSMArena.com, CNET, Gizchina, Lifewire, Droid Life, Wccftech, TechRadar, XDA Developers, Laptop Mag, Android Police, and T3
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