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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft rebrands Bing Chat as Microsoft Copilot to take on ChatGPT, pitching Copilot as the free version and Copilot for Microsoft 365 as the paid version — Microsoft launched its big AI push earlier this year as part of its Bing search engine, integrating a ChatGPT-like interface directly into its search results.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft unveils Copilot Studio, a no-code tool that lets companies customize Microsoft 365 Copilot or integrate custom ChatGPT chatbots made with OpenAI's GPT — Last week OpenAI announced its new GPT platform to let anyone create their own version of ChatGPT, and now Microsoft is following … | Emma Roth / The Verge: |
| Bloomberg: |
Microsoft announces the Maia 100 chip for Azure clients, already in testing for its Bing and Office AI tools, and Cobalt, a chip for servers, launching in 2024 — Software giant seeks to reduce dependence on outside suppliers in two key growth areas.
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| Mat Honan / MIT Technology Review: |
Q&A with Satya Nadella on Microsoft's OpenAI relationship, the ongoing developer platform shift, AI fueling a creative revolution, and generative AI IP lawsuits — In an exclusive interview with MIT Technology Review, Nadella shares his view of the platform shift for developers.| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple extends free Emergency SOS usage on the iPhone 14 for two more years, to September 2025; the company has not yet announced how much the feature will cost — Apple today announced it is extending the free usage period for Emergency SOS satellite features for iPhone 14 users.
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Intel patches a bug affecting virtually all modern Intel CPUs that lets code running inside a VM crash the hypervisor, a risk to cloud providers in particular — Among other things, bug allows code running inside a VM to crash hypervisors. — Intel on Tuesday pushed microcode updates …
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| Kristi Hines / Search Engine Journal: |
Sam Altman says that OpenAI is pausing new ChatGPT Plus signups “for a bit” as “the surge in usage” after the company's DevDay event “has exceeded our capacity” — OpenAI has paused new ChatGPT Plus signups due to overwhelming demand for new features introduced at recent DevDay conference.
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| Salvador Rodriguez / Wall Street Journal: |
In 2022, Meta quietly began letting ads say past US elections were “rigged” or “stolen”; sources say executives decided this based on free speech considerations — Company weighed free-speech considerations in changing its policy last year
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| Kevin Okemwa / Windows Central: |
Microsoft launches Loop, a Notion-like collaboration and productivity app, in general availability on the web and mobile, after a public preview in March 2023 — Everyone's looped in. — What you need to know — Microsoft Loop is now shipping to commercial customers on web and mobile platforms.
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| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Google updates Google Maps to add transit directions for “lowest cost”, “less walking”, “fewer transfers,” and more, emoji reactions, and collaborative lists — Google announced a slew of updates to Maps, including improved transit directions, emoji reactions, and collaborative lists.
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| Nico Grant / New York Times: |
Epic v. Google: Sundar Pichai confirms Google paid Apple 36% of the search revenue generated on iPhones, saying the total payment “was well over $10B” in 2022 — Sundar Pichai, Google's chief executive, testified on Tuesday for the second time in two weeks to defend his company against monopoly claims.| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
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| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
Meta appeals against the EU's decision to designate Facebook's Messenger and Marketplace as “core” services under the DMA — Company argues that Facebook's Messenger and Marketplace should not be designated as ‘core’ services — Meta has become the first company to publicly challenge … | VideoCardz.com: |
Asus apologizes for accidentally printing “Evangenlion”, not “Evangelion”, on new $700 ROG Maximus Z790 Hero EVA-02 Edition motherboards and offers replacements — ASUS will replace misprinted Evangelion motherboard parts — Purely cosmetic part has misspelled logo on $700 motherboard.
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Three young hackers behind Mirai talk about building the DDoS botnet, losing control of their monster, their work for the FBI as part of a plea deal, and more — Netflix, Spotify, Twitter, PayPal, Slack. All down for millions of people. How a group of teen friends plunged into an underworld … | Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Google launches Notes, an experiment to let users that opt-in via Search Labs annotate search results, including with images and colorful fonts — Ever wanted to add your own annotations to search results you find on Google? With Google's new “Notes” experiment, launching Wednesday as an opt … | Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
YouTube expands support for enhanced bitrate 1080p HD video to Android, web, and smart TVs, from just iOS, and rolls out achievement badges for users over 18 — YouTube is expanding a few new features for premium users, the company announced on Wednesday. The platform is expanding …
More: YouTube Official Blog, Engadget, The Verge, 9to5Google, Android Central, and Lifewire. LinkedIn: Matt Kramer
| Washington Post: |
Meta calls for legislation requiring app stores to get parental approval for kids aged 13 to 15 to download apps, pushing Google and Apple to play a bigger role — The tech giant is calling for legislation requiring that parents approve teens' downloads on app stores like Google and Apple
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google rolls out new Google Photos features, including AI auto-grouping Photo Stacks and improved recognition and categorization of screenshots and documents — Following the big app redesign, Google Photos is rolling out a trio of new features, like auto-grouping Photo Stacks.
More: The Keyword, Thurrott, XDA Developers, TechCrunch, The Verge, Android Police, Droid Life, Forbes, How-To Geek, and BGR. X: @mishaalrahman
| Daniel Cooper / Engadget: |
Amazon announces Astro for Business, letting SMBs buy its Alexa-powered Astro security robot for $2,350 per unit for sites no larger than 5,000 square feet — Astro for Business aims to automate nighttime patrols. — It's been a couple of years since Amazon first showed off Astro …
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| Josh Ye / Reuters: |
Tencent president Martin Lau says the company stockpiled Nvidia chips to develop Hunyuan “for at least a couple more” versions and seeks a local chip supplier — Chinese tech group Tencent Holdings (0700.HK) said on Wednesday it will look for domestic sources for AI training chips following … Sponsor Posts
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