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Amazon launches Amazon Q, a workplace-focused AI assistant that starts at $20/user/month and competes with ChatGPT Enterprise, Microsoft's Copilot, and others — Amazon has been racing to shake off the perception that it is lagging in the push to take advantage of artificial intelligence.
More: CNBC, About Amazon, The Verge, The Information, The Register, Seattle Business Journal, Decrypt, VentureBeat, Unite.AI, Amazon Web Services, Inc., SiliconANGLE, Forbes, TechCrunch, CIO Dive, GeekWire, Unsupervised Learning, Search Engine Journal, ITPro, Bloomberg, TechRadar, Neowin, Wired, TechCrunch, Constellation Research, TechEBlog, New.blicio.us, and WRAL TechWire
Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social and @forevernever.bsky.social
X: @ajassy, @quinnypig, @tunguz, @quinnypig, @scobleizer, @danyay, @quinnypig, and @mattmcilwain. Forums: Hacker News
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AWS unveils Graviton4, with 50% more cores, 75% more memory bandwidth, and up to 30% more performance than Graviton3, and Trainium2 for up to 4x faster training — AWS Graviton4 is the most powerful and energy-efficient AWS processor to date for a broad range of cloud workloads
More: Gizmodo, Engadget, The Register, Amazon Web Services, Inc., SiliconANGLE, TechRepublic, CryptoSlate, TechCrunch, TechPowerUp, insideHPC, iPhone in Canada Blog, Constellation Research, Analytics India Magazine, and GeekWire
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Forums: Hacker News, r/hardware, and r/singularity
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
More: Bloomberg, ZDNet, CoinGeek, ServeTheHome, NVIDIA, Amazon Web Services, NVIDIA, Analytics India Magazine, and Reuters
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| Thomas Ricker / The Verge: |
Ikea announces new smart home sensors: Parasoll, for doors and windows, Vallhorn, for motion, and Badring, for water leakages, on sale in H1 2024 for under $10 — Ikea's push to democratize the smart home continues with the introduction of three new Zigbee sensors that won't break the bank.
More: IKEA, Tom's Guide, Engadget, TechHive, Android Headlines, Gizmodo, 9to5Google, 9to5Mac, TechRadar, and Thurrott
Forums: Hacker News, r/tradfri, and r/homeassistant
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Europol, Norway, the US, Ukraine, and other countries arrest members of a ransomware group in Ukraine linked to attacks on organizations in 71 countries — In cooperation with Europol and Eurojust, law enforcement agencies from seven nations have arrested in Ukraine the core members …
More: Europol, Eurojust, TechCrunch, CyberScoop, Euractiv, Security Affairs, Dexerto, Stack Diary, The Record, Security Boulevard, The Register, SecurityWeek, Metacurity, and The Hacker News
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Forums: r/InfoSecNews and r/worldnews
| Vitalik Buterin / Vitalik Buterin's website: |
An in-depth reflection on Marc Andreessen's “techno-optimist manifesto”: tech is amazing, the high costs of delays, AI and risk, d/acc, centralization, and more — Special thanks to Morgan Beller, Juan Benet, Eli Dourado, Sriram Krishnan, Nate Soares, Jaan Tallinn, Vincent Weisser … | Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
In a now-deleted Nov. 28 tweet and on Nov. 20, Elon Musk boosted the debunked Pizzagate conspiracy theory that led a man to fire an AR-15 in a DC eatery in 2016 — The far-right theory motivated a gunman to fire multiple rounds inside the Comet Ping Pong pizzeria in 2016.
More: The Hill, Gizmodo, VICE, and The Messenger
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple Music Replay, which lets users look back at their listening history like top songs and artists in 2023, arrives but is still no match for Spotify Wrapped — Apple's year-end review and answer to Spotify Wrapped, Apple Music Replay, has arrived, but it's still no match for Spotify's personalized look back at your year in music.| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Pika, a startup building AI tools for generating and editing videos, raised $55M led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, after emerging from stealth six months ago — The generative AI hype hasn't died down yet. — Case in point, Pika, a startup creating an AI-powered platform to edit …
More: The Information, VentureBeat, Business Wire, PetaPixel, The Decoder, New.blicio.us, POCIT. Telling the stories …, and Forbes
X: @pika_labs, @karpathy, @levie, @demi_guo_, @jasoncrawford, and @chenlin_meng
| Jonathan M. Katz / The Atlantic: |
Substack and Telegram searches reveal “scores” of white supremacist, neo-Confederate, and Nazi newsletters among Substack's 17K+ total; 16+ display Nazi symbols — The newsletter platform's lax content moderation creates an opening for white nationalists eager to get their message out.
Threads: @anildash and @carnage4life. Mastodon: @CdnCurmudgeon@mastodon.social
X: @blackamazon, @yappelbaum, @egavactip, and @william_wgordon
| Amir Efrati / The Information: |
Source: OpenAI's revamped board doesn't plan to include representatives from outside investors, a sign that it will prioritize safety ahead of investor returns — OpenAI's revamped board of directors doesn't plan to include representatives from outside investors, according to a person familiar with the situation.| Matt Levine / Bloomberg: |
| AnnaMaria Andriotis / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Apple plans to exit its Goldman Sachs contract in 12 to 15 months, ending their consumer partnership, including for credit card and savings accounts — Tech giant proposed exiting contract in about 12-to-15 months — Apple is pulling the plug on its credit-card partnership with Goldman Sachs …
More: MacRumors, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, and MarketWatch
X: @apollozac, @mbrkhrdt, @brandonbutch, and @rsgnl
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Joseph Hoppe / Wall Street Journal: |
The UK CMA provisionally finds Adobe's $20B Figma acquisition would likely harm innovation for design software and invites responses ahead of a final decision — The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority said it has provisionally found Adobe's planned $20 billion acquisition … | Emily Bary / MarketWatch: |
CrowdStrike reports Q3 revenue up 35% YoY to $786M, vs. $777M est., ARR up 35% YoY to $3.15B, and net income of $26.7M, vs. a net loss of $55M a year ago — CEO calls out ‘increased win rates and record pipeline’ — CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. exceeded expectations with its latest quarterly results Tuesday …
| Justine Calma / The Verge: |
Google says a first-of-its-kind geothermal energy project, to power its data centers with clean energy in partnership with Fervo, is up and running in Nevada — A first-of-its-kind geothermal project is now up and running in Nevada, where it will help power Google's data centers with clean energy.| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Adalytics: Google ads appear on many compromising sites that make up its Search Partners network; Google attacks Adalytics but says it'll review its findings — Adtech report exposes brand safety and ad fraud risks lurking in the Google Search Partners network...
More: Adalytics, Search Engine Land, AdExchanger, Politico, Adweek, Financial Times, VideoWeek, Ad Age, and Digiday
X: @edantaylor, @rubschreurs, @adtechgod, @edantaylor, and @edantaylor
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Atomico: European startups are on track to raise $45B in 2023, down from $85B in 2022; just seven unicorns are expected in 2023, vs. 48 in 2022 and 108 in 2021 — The downturn in the technology sector — dragged by inflation, higher interest rates and geopolitical events — continues to persist … | Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Oxford Internet Institute study of 2M+ people's internet use: no “smoking gun” for widespread mental health harms, opposing the idea that some are more at risk — No evidence to support ‘popular ideas that certain groups are more at risk’, according to researchers
More: Sage Journals, CoinDesk, Ars Technica, Fortune, PCMag, ox.ac.uk, TechCrunch, and TechSpot
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