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| Emilia David / The Verge: |
Meta releases Code Llama, a tool built on top of Llama 2 to generate new code and debug human-written work, under the same community license as Llama 2 — Meta has released a tool called Code Llama, built on top of its Llama 2 large language model, to generate new code and debug human-written work, the company said.
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| Tom Phillips / Eurogamer.net: |
Q&A with Phil Spencer on Game Pass, Microsoft's mobile focus, streaming story-based games like Starfield on mobile, Xbox generations, console prices, and more — Phil Spencer on new hardware, price drops, mid-gen refreshes - and why the company won't ditch Series S. — Interview by Tom Phillips Editor-in-Chief
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| Brendan Case / Bloomberg: |
Walmart partners with Alphabet's Wing to test drone deliveries of up to six miles at two stores in the Dallas area, dropping off food and household essentials — - Project boosts aerial range capabilities for the retailer — Service will be offered at two stores in the Dallas area
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Apple voices its support for California's Right to Repair Act, which passed a Senate vote 38-0 in May 2023 and now awaits approval before a full assembly vote — In a surprise move, Apple this week penned a letter to California state senator Susan Talamantes Eggman, voicing support for SB 244 …
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| Irregular Ideas: |
We are at the tail end of the first wave of LLM-based AI, which outperforms the average human in some tasks but is not good enough and is expensive to train — On a recent cross-country trip—I (Paul) drove from California to Illinois and back again. On the drive, I saw a sign I had never seen before …
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| Clive Cookson / Financial Times: |
Research teams from Stanford University and the University of California, San Francisco use AI and electrodes to turn thoughts into speech via a lifelike avatar — Scientists use electrodes and AI programs to turn thoughts into speech via a lifelike avatar| Erin Woo / The Information: |
Sources: TikTok plans to bar links to e-commerce sites like Amazon, to force users to buy via TikTok Shop; a source says Shop will lose $500M+ in the US in 2023 — The cost of TikTok's online shopping expansion in the U.S. is beginning to add up. — TikTok Shop, the app's nascent shopping service …
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| David Gewirtz / ZDNet: |
Google announces new security features for Workspace, including zero-trust, data loss prevention, and digital sovereignty controls, rolling out in 2023 and 2024 — Google Workspace, your most secure choice in productivity suites, will be getting even more secure.| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
To comply with the EU's DSA, Google plans to expand its Ads Transparency Center and offer more info on EU targeted ads, give researchers more access, and more — Google will provide more information on targeted advertisements and give researchers more access to data on how its products work … | Scott Moritz / Bloomberg: |
Filing: T-Mobile plans to cut 7% of its global staff, or ~5,000 jobs, mostly in corporate and tech; AT&T has cut 74,130 jobs, or 32% of its staff, since 2021 — T-Mobile USA Inc. is cutting 7% of its staff, part of an effort to rein in costs as the company spends heavily to attract …
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| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Epic Games debuts the Epic First Run program, offering developers 100% of net revenue for six months if they launch PC games exclusively on the Epic Games Store — Games and apps in the Epic First Run program will also benefit from extra exposure on the storefront.
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| VideoCardz.com: |
MSI shares an unlisted video confirming Intel's upcoming 14th Gen CPUs will see no major core count upgrades and will be 3% faster on average than 13th Gen CPUs — MSI unimpressed with 14th Gen Core series — MSI made a mistake of sharing an unlisted video which has now leaked out.
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| Bloomberg: |
Study: 30 sites showed nearly 150K nonconsensual porn deepfakes in May 2023, up 9x since 2019, totaling 3.8B views, enabled by services from Big Tech companies — To stay up and running, deepfake creators rely on products and services from Google, Apple, Amazon, CloudFlare and Microsoft| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Hugging Face confirms raising a $235M Series D from Salesforce, Google, Amazon, Nvidia, Intel, AMD, Qualcomm, and others, bringing its total funding to $395.2M — As first reported by The Information, then seemingly verified by Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff on X (formerly known as Twitter) …
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Modular, a platform for developing AI systems, raised $100M led by General Catalyst, bringing its total funding to $130M; GV, Greylock, and others invested too — Modular, a startup creating a platform for developing and optimizing AI systems, has raised $100 million in a funding round led …
More: The Information, VentureBeat, and Reuters
| Nathan McAlone / Insider: |
OnlyFans reports revenue up 17% YoY to $1.1B in the FY to November 30, 2022, profit up 24% YoY to $404M, creators up 47% YoY to 3.2M, and users spent $5.6B — - The OnlyFans business is still booming. — OnlyFans users spent $5.6 billion on the platform in 2022, up from $4.8 billion in 2021.
More: Bloomberg, The Information, Variety, London Evening Standard, and GOV.UK
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| Dade Hayes / Deadline: |
WBD plans to launch CNN Max, a 24/7 stream pulled from CNN's US and international feeds alongside some original content, in “open beta” on September 27 on Max — - Netflix Added 2.6M U.S. Subscribers In July, Continuing Advertising Momentum Amid Password-Sharing Crackdown, Study Finds
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Amazon launches Amazon Luna on LG's smart TVs released between 2021 and 2023 and running webOS 6.0+, after debuting Luna on Samsung's smart TVs in August 2022 — LG is teaming up with Amazon to bring the Amazon Luna cloud-based game streaming service on its smart TVs.
More: 9to5Google, AFTVnews, Amazon Luna, Eurogamer.net, PR Newswire, ZDNet, and iPhone in Canada Blog
| Associated Press: |
Uber raises the minimum age requirement for new ride-hailing California drivers to 25, but not Uber Eats, citing the rising costs of commercial auto insurance — Uber raised the minimum age requirement for most of its new drivers in California to 25 on Thursday under rules the company …
More: Gizmodo, Engadget, The Verge, and Associated Press
| Bloomberg: |
Telecoms plan to repair the West Africa Cable System, which runs ~16,000 km from Europe to Africa, by September, after disruptions at all South African networks — - Cable-layer vessel Leon Thevenin moored in Cape Town — Rock fall in Congo Canyon damaged West Africa cable system| Abraham Augustine / TechCabal: |
Toronto-based LemFi, which offers immigrants remittances and other payment services, raised a $33M Series A led by Left Lane, taking its total funding to ~$34M — On the back of successfully serving African migrants in Canada and the UK, LemFi has raised $33 million in Series A funding …
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