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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
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LinkedIn: Pernille Tranberg, Aun Naqvi, Simon Smith, Clay Eltzroth, Michael Hobbs, and Jose Hoyos. Forums: r/singularity
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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 … | 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, AppleInsider, iFixit News, and Philip Elmer‑DeWitt
X: @themadstone, @repaircoalition, and @nproctor
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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.| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
WhatsApp launches a new Discord-like voice chat feature for large groups that is designed to be less disruptive than group calls, which ring 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 Economic Times, The Verge, Thurrott, Daily Mail, Neowin, Metro.co.uk, The Sun, and Huawei Central
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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 …
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Forums: Hacker News, Slashdot, and Ars OpenForum
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A look at Apple's work on its “ambitious and compelling” OS updates for 2024, paused for a week after hitting a key milestone in iOS 18 and macOS 15 development — Apple's recent software development delay underscores the need to get ambitious 2024 updates right.
More: MacRumors, iLounge, KnowYourMobile, iPhone in Canada Blog, MobileSyrup, 9to5Mac, MacDailyNews, Digital Trends, Redmond Pie, XDA Developers, TechRadar, iMore, BGR, Android Headlines, KnowTechie, MySmartPrice, GSMArena.com, Cult of Mac, Pocket-lint, Wccftech, TweakTown, Pocketnow, Phandroid, Benzinga, The Verge, Forbes, PhoneArena, Supercharged, AppleInsider, and AppleInsider
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Forums: r/technology, r/sideloaded, r/jailbreak, r/ios, r/iphone, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
Salesforce names longtime executive Denise Dresser as Slack CEO, its third leader in the past year; Dresser was previously president of accelerated industries — “Denise is an incredible business leader who has excelled at every level in her career at Salesforce,” Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff … | Hannah Lang / Reuters: |
In a major policy change, EWS says 2,100 banks on payment app Zelle began refunding imposter scam victims on June 30, 2023, after US lawmaker and CFPB pressure — Banks on the payment app Zelle have begun refunding victims of imposter scams to address consumer protection concerns raised … | Todd Shields / Bloomberg: |
The Biden administration directs agencies to work on giving up airwaves to make room for commercial 5G networks, part of the National Spectrum Strategy — - Biden administration releases National Spectrum Strategy — Need to make better use of airwaves, administration says
More: Reuters, The White House, Telecompetitor, and U.S. Department of Commerce
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The Block sells an 80% stake to Singaporean VC Foresight Ventures, valuing the crypto outlet at $70M and freeing the business from its financial ties to FTX — Crypto media company The Block sold a majority stake to Singaporean venture capital firm Foresight Ventures in a deal valuing the crypto outlet at $70 million.| Byron Kaye / Reuters: |
Australian telecom Optus says that “changes to routing information” after a “routine software upgrade” caused the November 8 outage that impacted 10M+ customers — Australian telecoms provider Optus said on Monday that a massive outage which effectively cut off 40% …
More: ABC, Tech Monitor, DatacenterDynamics, iTnews, and Australian Financial Review
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