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Sources: Amazon plans to launch a more conversational Alexa with generative AI features later in 2024, and charge a monthly subscription to offset the cost — WATCH NOW — Amazon is upgrading its decade-old Alexa voice assistant with generative artificial intelligence and plans to charge …
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Forums: r/technology, r/amazonecho, r/news, r/alexa, r/singularity, r/homeassistant, and Slashdot
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Humane is seeking a buyer for its business, after the rocky launch of its Ai Pin; a source says the startup, founded in 2018, is seeking $750M to $1B — - Humane's AI pin was billed as an alternative to smartphones — AI hardware product received poor reviews after its launch
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Forums: r/technology and r/technology
| Imran Rahman-Jones / BBC: |
The UK ICO is “making enquiries with Microsoft” over the company's Recall feature, which some privacy campaigners have called a potential “privacy nightmare” — The UK data watchdog says it is “making enquiries with Microsoft” over a new feature that can take screenshots of your laptop every few seconds.
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| Reuters: |
AWS plans to invest €15.7B in data centers in Spain's Aragon region, replacing a 2021 plan to spend €2.5B; the Aragon government says the deal is over 10 years — Tech giant Amazon's (AMZN.O) cloud computing unit AWS will invest 15.7 billion euros ($17.02 billion) …
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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Zuckerberg creates the Meta Advisory Group with Patrick Collison, Nat Friedman, Tobi Lütke, and Charlie Songhurst, to advise on tech and growth opportunities — - Stripe's Collison, Shopify's Lütke among new advisers — Group to guide Meta on tech, strategic growth opportunities
More: The Verge, Quartz, and Canadian Press
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google starts rolling out its Magic Editor and other AI tools to all Android and iOS users for free via Photos, offering 10 Magic Editor library saves per month — Last month, Google Photos announced that it would be making Magic Editor and other AI-powered tools free for all Android and iOS users.
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Chinese automotive cybersecurity firm GoGoByte demonstrates a cheap and simple relay attack to unlock a Tesla Model 3 despite its ultra-wideband keyless system — Ultra-wideband radio has been heralded as the solution for “relay attacks” that are used to steal cars in seconds.| Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic: |
OpenAI's Scarlett Johansson debacle is merely a reminder of AI's manifest-destiny philosophy: “This is happening, whether you like it or not”, consent be damned — If you're looking to understand the philosophy that underpins Silicon Valley's latest gold rush, look no further than OpenAI's Scarlett Johansson debacle.
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| Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch: |
Techstars CEO Maëlle Gavet says she is leaving at the end of May for health reasons; Techstars co-founder and board chairman David Cohen will become the new CEO — Techstars CEO Maëlle Gavet announced on LinkedIn that she is leaving the company at the end of the month for health reasons.
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
TikTok launches its Symphony AI suite for brands, using generative AI to let marketers write scripts, produce videos, and enhance current assets — TikTok is the latest tech company to incorporate generative AI into its ads business, as the company announced on Tuesday that it's launching a new “TikTok Symphony” AI suite for brands.| Financial Times: |
China releases an AI model trained on “Xi Jinping Thought” and other official literature, a source says currently for research, before a possible wider launch — Internet regulator uses Chinese leader's political philosophy to help answer questions posed to latest large language model
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| Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: |
Link-in-bio startup Linktree passes 50M users, up from 41M in December 2023 and 47M+ in March 2024, and launches a beta of its social commerce product — Link-in-bio startup Linktree said on Wednesday that it has surpassed 50 million users. — The figure represents a significant uptick … | Austin Weinstein / Bloomberg: |
Intercontinental Exchange, which owns the NYSE, agreed to pay $10M to settle SEC allegations that it failed to immediately tell the agency about a hack in 2021 — The SEC said that in April 2021 ICE learned that its virtual private network had been hacked by a “threat actor.”| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Spotify begins rolling out Spotify Mix, a new bespoke font, replacing the Circular typeface variant used in everything from playlists to marketing campaigns — Spotify's latest update is visibly changing the audio streaming service to improve the experience for your eyeballs, rather than your ears.
More: Spotify, TechCrunch, and iPhone in Canada Blog
| Scott Gilbertson / Wired: |
A review of privacy-focused /e/OS, a fully “deGoogled” OS based on the Android Open Source Project, that combines Micro G, to handle Google APIs, and LineageOS — Even if you aren't technically inclined, this privacy-first mobile operating system helps you escape surveillance capitalism.
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| Isabelle Bousquette / Wall Street Journal: |
Cologne-based AI translation startup DeepL, which develops its own models, raised $300M led by Index Ventures at a $2B valuation and reports 100K+ customers — The round, led by Index Ventures, reflects businesses' increasing interest in function-specific AI models
More: SiliconANGLE, TNW, CNBC, Yahoo Finance, Tech Startups, OTPP, and EU-Startups
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| Sam Biddle / The Intercept: |
Doc: WhatsApp staff warned of traffic analysis flaws where attackers may reveal who is in a conversation; Meta calls them theoretical and not unique to WhatsApp — In March, WhatsApp's security team issued an internal warning to their colleagues: Despite the software's powerful encryption … | Wired: |
An investigation into ticketing service Eventbrite found 7,400+ illicit listings, such as for escort services and drugs, some of which its algorithm recommended — A WIRED investigation found thousands of Eventbrite posts selling escort services and drugs like Xanax and oxycodone …
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| Bloomberg: |
Microsoft and UAE-based G42 plan to build a $1B geothermal-powered data center in Kenya, opening in about two years, to boost computing capacity in East Africa — Initial phase will cost $1 billion and help the software giant expand its cloud computing operation in East Africa.
More: PYMNTS.com, Microsoft, Reuters, MSPoweruser, Techpoint Africa, DatacenterDynamics, and Tech Startups
| Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: |
How Pinecone and other startups use vector databases and retrieval-augmented generation, or RAG, to help businesses link their private data with LLMs — Vector databases were an obscure technology until Pinecone and other startups turned it into a billion-dollar market amid the AI boom| Thyagaraju Adinarayan / Bloomberg: |
Cambridge-based Raspberry Pi confirms plans for a London Stock Exchange IPO in June, aiming to raise $40M via new shares, and reports $265.8M in 2023 revenue — - Set to sell $40 million in new shares and list on main market — Arm and Lansdowne Partners are cornerstone investors in IPO
More: The Register, Tom's Hardware, and Financial Times
| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Chinese smartphone maker Honor plans to include Google's Gemini and Imagen 2, powered by Google Cloud, in upcoming devices, one of the first companies to do so — Chinese smartphone maker Honor on Wednesday became one of the first device makers to say it will bring Google's artificial intelligence features to its upcoming devices.
More: Silicon UK, HONOR, Mashable, and Benzinga
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft will soon let businesses build custom Copilot AI agents for automating tasks, and unveils Team Copilot to help with tasks in Teams, Loop, and Planner — Microsoft will soon allow businesses and developers to build AI-powered Copilots that can work like virtual employees and perform tasks automatically.
More: Microsoft 365 Blog, Semafor, TechCrunch, The Verge, Bloomberg, Windows Central, WinBuzzer, Cautious Optimism, Microsoft, Mashable, Microsoft 365 on YouTube, PYMNTS.com, Computerworld, Benzinga, Windows Copilot News, Petri IT Knowledgebase, Petri IT Knowledgebase, Thurrott, Windows Central, MSPoweruser, SiliconANGLE, Engadget, GeekWire, Microsoft Developer on YouTube, TechCrunch, and The Verge
X: @satyanadella, @jezcorden, @eighttwo_three, @lexisnexis, @benbajarin, @neilcybart, @msdev, @benbajarin, and @mattmday
Forums: r/singularity and r/technews
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