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Global smartphone shipments in Q1 2024 grew 7.8% YoY to 289.4M units; iPhone shipments fell 9.6% YoY, more than any other top brand, and Xiaomi grew 33.8% YoY — Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker , global smartphone shipments increased 7.8% year over year to 289.4 million units in the first quarter of 2024 (1Q24).
More: Silicon Republic, Android Authority, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Business Standard, Livemint, The National, MySmartPrice, Sam Lover, SamMobile, Business Insider, CNBC, Forexlive, PhoneArena, Financial Times, Hindustan Times, Sammy Fans, NewsBytes, and Benzinga
X: @idc, @alvinfoo, @gurgavin, @tomgara, @dividendmaster, and @thestalwart
Forums: r/apple and r/wallstreetbets
| Kamila Wojciechowska / Android Authority: |
Source: Google's new Pixel 9 series, next-generation Pixel Fold, and an under-development 5G tablet will use a new Samsung modem that has satellite connectivity — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdwN- WKDVec — Most people don't consider the modem when considering buying a new phone, and why should they?
More: 9to5Google, Xiaomiui.Net, SamMobile, RM Update News, Gizmochina, Sam Lover, PiunikaWeb, The Verge, Tom's Guide, PhoneArena, PCMag, Android Police, and Android Authority on YouTube
X: @trytechtips, @howtomen, and @yukitan0121
Forums: r/Android, r/GooglePixel, and r/hardware
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Meta is testing its Meta AI chatbot with WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger users in India and parts of Africa; Meta announced chatbot plans in February 2023 — Meta has confirmed to TechCrunch that it is testing Meta AI, its large language model-powered chatbot, with WhatsApp …
More: Business Standard, PhoneArena, Windows Report, Social Media Today, Trak.in, Engadget, TalkAndroid.com, Pakistan Observer, News.ng, Gizchina, Livemint, and Inc42 Media
X: @onthegrapevine, @garymarcus, @brianlfrye, and @wadhwa
| Joseph Politano / Apricitas Economics: |
An overview of Bureau of Labor Statistics data, which shows California's percentage of US tech jobs has continued to steadily decline since 2020 — The Golden State Used to Dominate Tech Employment—But Its Share of Total US Tech Jobs has Now Fallen to the Lowest Level in a Decade — Thanks for reading!
X: @sasboomstick, @takisk, @__sangheetha__, @josephpolitano, @josephpolitano, @soquelcreek, @binarybits, @arpitrage, @josephpolitano, @jm_mcgrath, @_giacomo_volpe_, @josephpolitano, @makeabuck2, @josephpolitano, and @josephpolitano. LinkedIn: Jeroen de Jong
Forums: Hacker News and r/Economics
| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Elon Musk's xAI previews Grok-1.5 Vision, its first multimodal model, and says the AI model will be available soon to “early testers and existing Grok users” — Elon Musk's OpenAI rival has introduced its first multimodal model. Not only can it understand text …
More: xAI Blog, Windows Report, Mashable, Social Media Today, SiliconANGLE, Cryptopolitan, The Decoder, Financial Express, Engadget, MarkTechPost, MSPoweruser, Maginative, Neowin, and Analytics India Magazine
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Forums: r/LocalLLaMA, r/singularity, and r/singularity
| Hannah Giorgis / The Atlantic: |
A look at BlackPlanet, a social network for African Americans that went live in 1999, had ~15M users in 2008, and arguably laid the foundation for Black Twitter — Revisiting BlackPlanet, and a lost era when social media was still fun — A few years ago, Stephanie Williams and her husband fielded …
Mastodon: @jezlyn@mastodon.social and @clive@saturation.social
X: @chefboiyardie, @thedallas, @kristyt, @joshuaogundu, @abetterboulder, @itsneenzjeez, and @theatlantic
LinkedIn: Anika Collier Navaroli, Japhy Grant, and Tara Turk-Haynes
| Nicole Sperling / New York Times: |
As Netflix's new film chief Dan Lin takes charge, the company aims to shift its film strategy to focus on audience appeal and cost efficiency — Dan Lin, the streaming service's new film chief, wants to produce a more varied slate of movies to better appeal to the array of interests among subscribers.| Emma Jacobs / Financial Times: |
LinkedIn: the number of companies with a designated head of AI position or a chief AI officer (CAIO) has almost tripled globally in the past five years — As boards grapple with the opportunity and risk of generative artificial intelligence, companies are leaning into a new role: the chief AI officer.| Anuj Ahooja / augment: |
An experiment to see how a Threads feed would work on Mastodon, using lists and testing third-party clients, which shows the bright future of the fediverse — This is my journey that started as an experiment to see how my Threads feed would look like on Mastodon and ended with me finding experiences …
More: Social Media Today, Engadget, Business Today, and CNET
Threads: @nwbrownboi, @jitpal, @mikehos3, @quillmatiq, and @jasongraphix
| Cristiano Lima-Strong / Washington Post: |
Sources detail how Senate Commerce Committee chair Maria Cantwell, who recently proposed a privacy bill, has undermined privacy negotiations for years — Many aides say Maria Cantwell, a powerful Democratic leader, has repeatedly upended privacy negotiations.
Threads: @taylorlorenz. Mastodon: @JosephMenn@infosec.exchange. X: @viacristiano, @viacristiano, @nsqe, @realrussbaker, @viacristiano, @wolfejosh, @michaelsobolik, @cat_zakrzewski, and @viacristiano
Forums: Hacker News and r/politics
| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
Bluesky says it is now allowing heads of state to sign up, and adds features including hashtags in profile bios and the ability to long press a link to share — Bluesky is apparently ready for a bigger challenge. It says it's allowing heads of state to sign up now, a little over two months after it opened for general signups.
More: Engadget. Bluesky: @bsky.app, @marxcobalt.bsky.social, @dranzone.net, @rhcmuts.bsky.social, @libraryvines.bsky.social, @gingermike55.bsky.social, and @araphel.wtf. X: @bluesky
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Airchat, Naval Ravikant's social media app built around audio recordings, which the app transcribes, relaunches on iOS and Android; the app is invite-only — Airchat is a new social media app that encourages users to “just talk.” — A previous version of Airchat was released last year …
More: Forbes, MobileSyrup, NewsBytes, SlashGear, and Benzinga
Threads: @mehtology, @anildash, @gergelyorosz_, @alexheath, @aniketmishralive, @khoa, @hsia_5, @benjamin_goggin_, @cahnore, @metaend.eth, and @wongmjane
X: @martyswant, @greghkahn, @aerocles, @padamchopra_, @bwinterrose, @stevejang, @ryan_waas, @brettdash_, @businessbarista, @iamjasonlevin, @konrad_it, @luke_metro, @umunbeing, @luke_metro, @buildanything, @bndkt, @whyrohitwhy, @wynnlemmons, @_amangaur__, @alexdrocca, @amandanat, @umunbeing, @theethanding, @_jairath, @yanatweets, @amandanat, @vinilvasani, @concept_central, @davidjchie, @jeremiahprummer, @ladywithsarcasm, @printfls, @ankit_ck, @arjunkhemani, and @getairchat
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