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Sources: Apple discussed multiyear $50M+ deals with NBC News, Condé Nast, IAC, and other media organizations to train its generative AI systems on news articles — The company has discussed multiyear deals worth at least $50 million to train its generative A.I. systems on publishers' news articles.
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Sources: the US DOJ, which has an ongoing four-year-old probe into Apple's alleged anticompetitive behavior, has taken interest in Apple blocking Beeper Mini — Beeper Mini, which offers iPhone messaging on Android phones, has grown fast and its duel with the tech giant has gotten the attention of antitrust regulators.
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| Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority: |
A Google Play Services update suggests Google's file-sharing feature Nearby Share could be rebranded to Quick Share, the name Samsung uses for a similar tool — - Nearby Share is Google's peer-to-peer file sharing service available on all Android devices with Google apps.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: OpenAI is in early talks to raise funding at a $100B+ valuation, and discussed raising between $8B and $10B from Abu Dhabi-based G42 for a chip venture — OpenAI is in early discussions to raise a fresh round of funding at a valuation at or above $100 billion … | Leo Schwartz / Fortune: |
Paxos plans to expand its products to the Solana blockchain on January 17, 2024, after receiving approval from the New York Department of Financial Services — The leading stablecoin issuer Paxos has received regulatory approval to expand its products to the Solana blockchain, which it plans to launch on January 17, 2024.
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| Anissa Gardizy / The Information: |
Source: Cisco is paying ~$650M in cash for Isovalent, or 32 times the startup's ARR; Isovalent raised a $40M Series B at a ~$250M valuation in September 2022 — Cisco Systems' acquisition of Isovalent, a cloud networking and security startup backed by Google and Microsoft, announced on Thursday … | Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
ScamSniffer: Google and X ads are promoting sites containing “MS Drainer”, a cryptocurrency drainer that has stolen $59M from 63,210 victims since March 2023 — Google and Twitter ads are promoting sites containing a cryptocurrency drainer named ‘MS Drainer’ that has already stolen $59 million … | Bloomberg: |
China publishes draft rules for online gaming, including setting spending limits and banning daily login rewards; stocks for Tencent and NetEase both drop 10%+ — - Tencent, NetEase shares dive in Hong Kong after new rules — Beijing has in recent years sought to combat gaming addiction
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Humane plans to begin shipping its Ai Pin in March 2024, starting with customers who placed priority orders and in order of the date of purchase — Humane announced Friday that the AI Pin, its splashy AI-powered wearable, will start shipping in March 2024.
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Spotify pulls support for two music festivals in France, in protest against a new tax that would impose a levy of 1.5% to 1.75% on all music streaming services — Spotify is pulling support for two music festivals in protest against a controversial new tax directed at music-streaming platforms operating … | Erin Griffith / New York Times: |
Court docs: how false claims and risky trades by HeadSpin's CEO and a lack of oversight by investors like GV and Iconiq Capital led to the startup's unraveling — False claims and risky trades at the Silicon Valley start-up HeadSpin were part of a pattern of trouble emerging at young companies that lacked controls.| Eva Dou / Washington Post: |
After the Jedi cloud contract fell apart, the US DOD has allocated less than 2% of its $9B Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability program, started in December 2022 — In the past year, less than 2 percent of $9 billion set aside to upgrade the U.S. military's computing technology has been committed
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