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A leak purports to show thousands of pages of internal API documentation for Google Search, some of which appear to contradict Google's public statements — On Sunday, May 5th, I received an email from a person claiming to have access to a massive leak of API documentation from inside Google's Search division.
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| Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: |
In a podcast, ex-OpenAI board member Helen Toner says the board learned of ChatGPT's launch on Twitter, criticizes Sam Altman's leadership on safety, and more — - Helen Toner spoke about Sam Altman's firing in a new podcast — Toner has called for more regulation around AI safety
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| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
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| Kim Zetter / Wired: |
How researchers recovered access to ~$2M worth of bitcoin stored in a software wallet, using a flaw in a decade-old version of the RoboForm password manager — Thanks to a flaw in a decade-old version of the RoboForm password manager and a bit of luck, researchers were able to unearth …
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| Emilia David / The Verge: |
Microsoft launches Copilot for Telegram in beta; the bot is limited to text-based requests and cannot generate images for now — Microsoft has added an official Copilot bot within the messaging app Telegram, which lets users search, ask questions, and converse with the AI chatbot.| Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
The National Samsung Electronics Union plans its first ever strike after wage negotiations, which have been ongoing since the start of 2024, broke down — - The union is largest among several at the Korean company — Samsung has been playing catchup in memory chips for AI
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| Kate Irwin / PCMag: |
The Internet Archive says it has been under an intermittent DDoS attack for the past three days, making access inconsistent, but “the data is not affected” — The California-based nonprofit that archives books and webpages online experiences distributed denial-of-service attacks …
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
The US Treasury sanctions three Chinese nationals and three Thailand-based companies linked to a botnet controlling residential proxy service “911 S5” — The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned a cybercrime network comprising three Chinese nationals and three Thailand-based companies linked … | Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
Sensor Tower: Tencent's Dungeon & Fighter Mobile generated $140M+ in player spending in its first week in China, and 2.6M iOS users downloaded the game in China — - ‘DnF Mobile’ topped download and sales charts in China — Annual revenue could surpass $1 billion, Niko estimates
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| Richard Milne / Financial Times: |
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube rolls out Playables, a collection of over 75 free games available on mobile and desktop, to all users — YouTube's “app store” for games is rolling out more broadly. The company announced on Tuesday that its collection of lightweight, free games dubbed “Playables” …
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| Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: |
Google plans to shut down Google Business Profile chat, which let customers reach out to businesses in Maps and Search via text chat, on July 31, 2024 — Google will be shutting down the Google Business Profile chat and call history feature on July 31, 2024.| Financial Times: |
Analysis: food delivery apps Deliveroo, Just Eat Takeaway, Delivery Hero, and DoorDash have racked up $20.3B in combined operating losses since they went public — DoorDash, Deliveroo, Delivery Hero and Just Eat Takeaway put new focus on profits, despite slower growth following the pandemic| Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: |
PwC plans to roll out ChatGPT Enterprise to its 75K US staff and 26K UK staff, becoming the largest customer and first reseller of OpenAI's enterprise product — The Big Four accounting firm signs a new license and sales deal as the maker of ChatGPT ramps up its enterprise sales efforts
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Solutions by Text, which offers conversational messaging tools for businesses to let users pay bills and more via text, raised $110M, after raising $35M in 2021 — Solutions by Text, a company that gives people a way to pay their bills and apply for loans via text messaging, has secured $110 million in new growth funding.
More: Wall Street Journal
| Hannah Miller / Bloomberg: |
PayPal adds its PayPal USD stablecoin, launched on Ethereum in August 2023 and issued by Paxos, to Solana; PYUSD currently has a nearly $400M market cap — - The payments company launched PYUSD on Ethereum in August — PayPal chose Solana for speed and low cost, despite outages| Bloomberg: |
BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust becomes the largest bitcoin fund, holding $19.68B to surpass Grayscale's $19.65B and Fidelity's $11.1B since its 2024 launch — - Asset manager's product dethroned the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust — Recently launched US ETFs have made Bitcoin more accessible| Sheila Chiang / CNBC: |
Analysis: Temu and Pinduoduo parent PDD, whose shares are up 109% in the past year, has a ~$208B market cap, compared with Alibaba's $196B and JD.com's $48B — PDD's value-for-money positioning and growth of its Temu marketplace has helped the tech giant lead China's e-commerce arena …
More: Benzinga
| Derek Gatopoulos / Associated Press: |
EU Agency for Cybersecurity head Juhan Lepassaar says disruptive digital attacks, many tied to Russia-backed groups, have doubled in the EU in recent months — Disruptive digital attacks, many of which have been traced to Russia-backed groups, have doubled in the European Union in recent months … | Bloomberg: |
Brazilian digital bank Nubank hits a $58.2B market cap, surpassing Itau, previously the most valuable financial institution in Latin America, at ~$56B — - Digital lender worth $58.2 billion as earnings fuel rally — Nubank is one of ‘most attractive’ EM stocks, Vontobel says
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