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| Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
Google pays Apple 36% of the revenue the internet giant earns from search ads through Safari, per the US v. Google testimony of Alphabet's main economics expert — Kevin Murphy, a University of Chicago professor, disclosed the number during his testimony in Google's defense at the Justice Department's antitrust trial in Washington.
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Threads: Threads, @quillmatiq, @carnage4life, and @quillmatiq
Mastodon: @slightlyoff@toot.cafe, @asymco@mastodon.social, @carnage4life@mas.to, and @schizanon@mas.to. Bluesky: @epro.social
X: @eric_seufert, @joshm, @jason_kint, @antitrustmemes, @pranavdixit, @benremaly, @amaldorai, @lutherlowe, @leehepner, @bigtechontrial, @bigtechontrial, @leah_nylen, and @jason_kint
Forums: Hacker News, r/apple, Beehaw, Ars OpenForum, and MacRumors Forums
| Nathan Grayson / Aftermath: |
Amazon restructures its games division to focus on free streaming games offered with Prime and cuts ~180 jobs, the unit's second round of layoffs in 2023 — Video game workers just can't catch a break — Video game layoff season - an extension of what has basically at this point become …
More: The Verge, CNBC, The Information, VentureBeat, PYMNTS.com, Reuters, Seattle Business Journal, Bloomberg, Gizmodo, MobileSyrup, Polygon, Engadget, Game Rant, Thurrott, GeekWire, Stevivor, ComingSoon.net, Neowin, GamesIndustry.biz, IGN, Kotaku, Dot Esports, RAIN News, Destructoid, Game Developer, GameSpot, Video Games Chronicle, TheGamer, Pocket Gamer.biz, Reuters, and iPhone in Canada Blog
| Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
Sam Altman expects “to raise a lot more over time” from Microsoft and other investors to keep up with the punishing costs of building more sophisticated LLMs — Sam Altman expects big tech group will back start-up's mission to create software as intelligent as humans
More: The Information, New York Post, PYMNTS.com, Gizchina, Cryptopolitan, Tom's Guide, Beyond Search, MSPoweruser, The Messenger, Tech.co, Neowin, The Decoder, Insider, and Metaverse Post
Bluesky: @cooperlund.bsky.social and @droid-boy.de
X: @johanjaveus, @garymarcus, @simeon_cps, @johnthornhillft, @rowancheung, @fabiochiusi, and @starcourse
LinkedIn: Clay Eltzroth, Michael Hobbs, Jose Hoyos, Pernille Tranberg, Aun Naqvi, and Simon Smith
Forums: r/singularity and Slashdot
| Sharon Goldman / VentureBeat: |
A look at OpenAI's structure where a six-member non-profit board can decide if the company has achieved AGI, which would exclude Microsoft from some IP licenses — According to OpenAI, the six members of its nonprofit board of directors will determine when the company has “attained AGI” …
More: Gizmodo and PYMNTS.com
X: @grady_booch, @dcallahan2, @sharongoldman, and @garymarcus
LinkedIn: Pranab Ghosh, Sharon Goldman, Matthew Small, Judah P., Alexander Wong, and Bill Moore
| John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal: |
Google sues unnamed individuals in India and Vietnam for tricking US-based SMB owners with Facebook accounts into clicking fake Bard ads that install malware — Lawsuit attributes the alleged scheme to hackers in India and Vietnam — Scammers are capitalizing on the rush of consumer interest …
More: The Keyword, The Verge, SiliconANGLE, The Register, Android Central, Engadget, Search Engine Journal, Tom's Guide, 9to5Google, Gizmodo, Mashable, Android Headlines, PCMag, Forbes, Cybernews.com, MSPoweruser, Security Boulevard, Reuters, Neowin, ITPro Today, The Messenger, and MediaPost. LinkedIn: Halimah DeLaine Prado
| Maddie Stone / The Verge: |
After Apple voiced support for California's Right to Repair Act, a look at what's next for the movement, like tackling unsustainable designs and software locks — Apple stunned the world when it came out in support of California's right-to-repair law. But software locks and other obstacles seem …
More: New York Times, 9to5Mac, Pixel Envy, iFixit News, Tech Xplore, iFixit News, AppleInsider, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, and mjtsai.com
X: @benlovejoy, @ifixit, @themadstone, @repaircoalition, and @nproctor
Forums: Hacker News, r/gadgets, r/Anticonsumption, and r/apple
| Ryan Smith / AnandTech: |
Nvidia announces the H200, an update to its standalone H100 accelerator that swaps 5.3Gbps/pin HBM3 memory for 6.5Gbps/pin HBM3E memory and ships in Q2 2024 — With faster and higher capacity HBM3E memory set to come online early in 2024, NVIDIA has been preparing its current-generation server GPU products to use the new memory.
More: Ars Technica, NVIDIA, Engadget, NVIDIA on YouTube, Bloomberg, Nvidia Newsroom, NVIDIA on GitHub, More Than Moore, CNBC, TweakTown, ServeTheHome, Appuals, HPCwire, The Verge, Wccftech, TechStartups, TechPowerUp, Tom's Hardware, Constellation Research, Fierce Electronics, CRN, Barron's Online, and SiliconANGLE
X: @nisten, @nvidiaaidev, @nvidiadc, @nvidiadc, @hpc_guru, @miguelusque, @thejefflutz, @josephjacks_, @anandtech, @kylebrussell, and @tunguz
Forums: r/hardware and Ars OpenForum
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Meta rolls out the ability for users to delete their Threads profile without having to delete their Instagram account — Meta is rolling out a way for you to delete your Threads profile without having to delete your Instagram account, too. You'll be able to access the new feature …
More: 9to5Mac, Social Media Today, Neowin, Android Headlines, Engadget, Livemint, NewsBytes, and PCMag
Threads: @mosseri, @mosseri, @cmcalgary, @parkerortolani, @kmarford, @guillecummings, @louisetilbrookdesigns, @datadrivenmd, and @jbillinson
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
In a first, researchers show that a large portion of cryptographic keys used to protect data in computer-to-server SSH traffic are vulnerable to full compromise — An error as small as a single flipped memory bit is all it takes to expose a private key. — For the first time …
More: eprint.iacr.org. Mastodon: @dangoodin@infosec.exchange, @acdha@code4lib.social, and @neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org. Bluesky: @cachiporra.bsky.social
LinkedIn: Michael Pak, Jason W., and Sebastian S.
Forums: Hacker News, r/cybersecurity, r/cryptography, Slashdot, and Ars OpenForum
| Mark Matousek / The Information: |
Internal Brex data: Q3 annualized net revenue hit $283M, up 1% QoQ, and the company is far from profitable, as the growth spurt after SVB's collapse trails away — Almost no startup benefited more from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank than Brex, which saw a surge in deposits from young companies … | Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Truth Social lost $73M and took $3.7M in net sales since launching in early 2022, shows a filling from Trump Media & Technology Group's SPAC merger partner DWAC — The company that TMTG is planned to merge with, DWAC, broke out the surprising results in a securities filing Monday.
More: Rolling Stone. Bluesky: @alanbaxter.bsky.social, @lschmeiser.bsky.social, @cmhenry.bsky.social, and @caseynewton.bsky.social
X: @alexweprin, @tomaxwell, @asilbwrites, @alexweprin, and @kimmasters
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
WhatsApp launches a Discord-like voice chat feature for large groups that is designed to be less disruptive than a group call, which rings every group member — WhatsApp is rolling out a new Discord-like voice chat feature for large groups, the Meta-owned company announced on Monday.
More: The Verge, WABetaInfo, Android Headlines, TechRadar, Lifewire, Social Media Today, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Economic Times, Pocket-lint, Neowin, Metro.co.uk, Daily Mail, and Thurrott
Threads: @whatsapp and @mattnavarra
Bluesky: @rlux.nyc and @stshank.bsky.social
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