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| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Microsoft unveils Copilot+ PCs as a new class of AI-capable Windows PCs with at least 40 TOPs of NPU performance, with several OEMs and chipmakers on board — The aim is to handle more AI processing locally rather than in the cloud. — We've been hearing rumblings for months now that Microsoft was working on so-called “AI PCs.”
More: The Official Microsoft Blog, Microsoft Devices Blog, Engadget, TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, Dell, Financial Express, Barron's Online, How-To Geek, HotHardware, Ars Technica, IGN, XDA Developers, PCWorld, KnowTechie, ExtremeTech, Spyglass, AndroidGuys, Axios, WinBuzzer, iClarified, Digital Trends, TechRadar, Neowin, Techaeris, and TweakTown
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LinkedIn: Ovi Barceló Hernández, John Crouch, Jenny Lay-Flurrie, Vivek Pradeep, and Satya Nadella
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Microsoft debuts the new Surface Pro with optional OLED display and 5G, 90% faster than last gen, a Flex keyboard with haptic feedback, more, starting at $1,000 — Microsoft just announced the new Surface Pro, the latest in its lineup of tablet / laptop hybrid devices and the first in a new generation … | Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: |
Impressions of Windows 11 AI features Recall, Live Captions, and Cocreator, and a chat with Satya Nadella on how the Copilot+ PC push will outperform MacBooks — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told our columnist new efficient, powerful chips equip Windows Copilot+ laptops to compete with Apple's MacBooks
More: Engadget, Bloomberg, Petri IT Knowledgebase, The Wall Street Journal on YouTube, and The Seattle Times
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| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
Microsoft debuts the 13.8" and 15" Surface Laptop with new Qualcomm chips, up to 22 hours of battery, Wi-Fi 7, support for three 4K external monitors, from $999 — Microsoft has taken the wraps off the new Surface Laptop — an Arm-based laptop for consumers.| Lawrence Bonk / Engadget: |
Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Samsung, and Lenovo joined Microsoft in debuting laptops featuring Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite or Plus chips and a dedicated Copilot key — They all have similar processors, but there are plenty of differences in design and functionality.
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| Umar Shakir / The Verge: |
Microsoft unveils Recall for Windows 11, an AI-powered search tool for Copilot+ PCs that keeps track of users' actions and gives them an explorable timeline — Microsoft's launching Recall for Windows 11, a new tool that keeps track of everything you see and do on your computer and …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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Forums: r/hardware, r/apple, and r/microsoft
| The Verge: |
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| Bloomberg: |
OpenAI pulls ChatGPT's Sky voice after users said it sounded like Scarlett Johansson, saying it is an actress' voice and wasn't chosen to be an “imitation” — - Selecting the Sky profile redirects ChatGPT users to Juniper — Company said it was not trying to imitate Johansson's voice
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Forums: Hacker News, r/technews, r/technology, r/nottheonion, r/OpenAI, and r/ChatGPT
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
DOJ announces the arrest of a Taiwanese national at JFK Airport who allegedly owned Incognito Market, a dark web site used by 200K+ to buy $100M+ worth of drugs — The owner and operator of Incognito Market, a dark web marketplace for selling illegal narcotics online, was arrested at the John F. Kennedy Airport in New York on May 18.
More: US Department of Justice, PCMag, CoinDesk, The Record, Decrypt, and PaymentSecurity.io. Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social
| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
NY AG announces a $2B settlement with crypto lender Genesis, after claiming Genesis misled investors about its Gemini Earn program, leading to $1B+ in losses — WATCH NOW — New York Attorney General Letitia James is settling with crypto lender Genesis for $2 billion, in an effort to repay defrauded investors.| Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk: |
Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein resigns, to be replaced by Goldman Sachs' head of strategy for asset and wealth management, Peter Mintzberg, on August 15 — Sonnenshein's replacement will be Peter Mintzberg, currently head of strategy for asset and wealth management at Goldman Sachs.
More: GlobeNewswire News Room, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, ZyCrypto, Cointelegraph, Fortune, Blockworks, Decrypt, Watcher Guru, Cryptopolitan, DL News, Bitcoin Insider, CoinGape, Crypto Briefing, Proactive, Bitcoinist.com, The Block, CoinJournal, CryptoPotato, and Cryptonews. LinkedIn: Michael Sonnenshein
| Samantha Cole / 404 Media: |
The FBI has arrested a man on criminal charges for allegedly producing and distributing AI-generated images of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct — He allegedly used Stable Diffusion, a text-to-image generative AI model, to create “thousands of realistic images of prepubescent minors,” prosecutors said.| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Truth Social's parent company, the Trump Media and Technology Group, reports $771K in Q1 revenue, a net loss of $327.6M, and an operating loss of $12.1M — Trump Media and Technology Group, the company affiliated with former U.S. president Donald Trump that operates Truth Social … | David Heaney / UploadVR: |
LG denies reports it canceled its partnership with Meta, three months after the companies agreed to develop XR devices, says it's “controlling its pace” — LG denied reports from Korean news outlets claiming it canceled its partnership with Meta, but said it is “controlling its pace”.
More: The Verge, Korea Joongang Daily, KED Global, Benzinga, Android Headlines, WinBuzzer, SlashGear, iPhone in Canada Blog, and MIXED Reality News
Forums: r/virtualreality, r/OculusQuest, and r/QuestPro
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Sundar Pichai about Google I/O announcements, AI Overviews' high clickthrough rates, competing with OpenAI, future of search, AI advancements, and more — The head of Google sat down with Decoder last week to talk about the biggest advancements in AI, the future of Google Search, and the fate of the web.
More: Search Engine Land, CNET, Mashable, Business Insider, The Decoder, Search Engine Journal, and Search Engine Roundtable
Threads: @reckless1280, @ethank, @reckless1280, @daveleebbg, and @reckless1280. Mastodon: @glenngabe@mas.to. X: @kristileilani
| Austin Carr / Bloomberg: |
AltStore developers detail the significant hurdles facing those looking to open third-party iOS app stores in Europe; AltStore has had 100K+ downloads in the EU — The experience of AltStore shows the significant hurdles facing those looking to open third-party app stores in Europe.| Hannah Ellis-Petersen / The Guardian: |
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