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| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
After Microsoft eroded Windows users' trust with bad practices for years, Recall is a PR disaster, as users remain skeptical despite the company's assurances — The world is up-in-arms over Windows Recall, but why? It stems from Microsoft's seeming lack of care for Windows and its users.
More: Wired, DoublePulsar, Ars Technica, xaitax on GitHub, CNET, The Register, ZDNet, OSnews, and SecurityWeek
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| David McCabe / New York Times: |
Sources: the US DOJ will take the lead in investigating whether Nvidia has violated antitrust laws; the US FTC will lead the inquiries into OpenAI and Microsoft — The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission agreed to divide responsibility for investigating three major players in the artificial intelligence industry.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Source and documents: the US FTC sent civil subpoenas to Microsoft and Inflection AI seeking information about how and why they negotiated their partnership — Commission has sent subpoenas to tech giant and startup, asking whether their partnership evaded required government review
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| New York Times: |
Sources: as the Ai Pin flopped, with just ~10K orders by early April, Humane started talking to HP about selling itself for $1B+; Humane has raised $240M — Days before gadget reviewers weighed in on the Humane Ai Pin, a futuristic wearable device powered by artificial intelligence …
More: The Verge, Engadget, CNBC, Android Headlines, and Digital Trends
| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
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| Aaron Tilley / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources detail how Apple fell behind in the AI race: its AI team failing to collaborate with product teams, a lack of access to computing resources, and more — For those who saw them, the demonstrations inside Apple increase earlier this decade of a revamped Siri offered a showcase …
More: ZDNet, 9to5Mac, The Verge, Wccftech, WinBuzzer, Business Insider, iMore, and MacDailyNews
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Nvidia hit a $3T+ market cap on June 5, rising over 5% and passing Apple at $2.99T as the second most valuable public US company, behind Microsoft at $3.15T — Nvidia passed Apple in market cap on Wednesday as investors continue betting on the chipmaker behind the artificial intelligence boom.
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Forums: r/neoliberal, r/technology, and r/StockMarket
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Google plans to store Maps Timeline data locally on users' devices instead of their Google account from December 1, after announcing the change in December 2023 — Google Maps is changing the way it handles your location data. Instead of backing up your data to the cloud, Google will soon store it locally on your device.| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Google partners with RapidSOS, a platform for emergency first responders, to let users contact 911 via RCS, starting in winter 2024 — Google said today it is partnering with RapidSOS, a platform for emergency first responders, to enable users to contact 911 through RCS (Rich Messaging Service).
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| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Carl Pei says smartphones will be the main AI form factor of the future, but the UX needs to be redefined, and Phone (3) will be Nothing's first true AI phone — Nothing CEO Carl Pei just published a video in which he makes two big claims: that smartphones are in fact the AI gadget of the future … | Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
How Suicide Squad became the biggest video game flop of 2024 so far, including a tumultuous development and delayed release; WBD took a $200M loss on the game — After seven years of tumultuous development, Warner Bros. took a $200 million loss on the Rocksteady game
More: Game World Observer, Game Developer, GamesIndustry.biz, Forbes, GamingBolt, TechRaptor, Game Rant, Gameranx, PC Games Insider, Push Square, Pure Xbox, Digital Trends, GameSpot, Metro.co.uk, IGN, PlayStation LifeStyle, Kotaku, and Wccftech
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Forums: r/gaming, r/PS5, r/kindafunny, r/Games, r/xbox, and r/SuicideSquadGaming
| Parikshit Mishra / CoinDesk: |
Core Scientific rejects CoreWeave's $5.75-per-share buyout offer from June 4, worth $1B+, saying the deal significantly undervalues the company — The board of Core Scientific rejected CoreWeave's offer to buy the miner for $5.75 per share. — Core Scientific (CORZ) … | Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
The FBI urges LockBit ransomware victims to reach out after getting 7,000+ decryption keys to recover data for free; police seized 2,500+ keys in February 2024 — The FBI urges past victims of LockBit ransomware attacks to come forward after revealing that it has obtained … | Anissa Gardizy / The Information: |
Sources: ByteDance has been renting Nvidia's GPUs from Oracle to bypass US sanctions; China Telecom and other Chinese companies also tried to use the loophole — The U.S. government forbids Nvidia from selling some of its most advanced artificial intelligence chips to customers in China.| Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet, a 51-year-old Frenchman who sources say supports global tech collaboration, as ASML starts to worry about geopolitics — ASML makes some of the most advanced chip-making machines. It must balance Western demands to curb China's access while keeping a foothold in a key market.| Caitlin Ostroff / Wall Street Journal: |
Robinhood plans to acquire crypto exchange Bitstamp for $200M, in a deal expected to close in H1 2025, and says Bitstamp would still operate under its own brand — Move comes a month after SEC notice of a potential lawsuit over the brokerage's crypto offerings
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| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Discord adds new monetization features for developers and plans to halve the 30% platform fee for the first $1M in cumulative gross sales, from June 6 — Discord is introducing new tools and monetization features that aim to make it easier for app developers to make money by selling premium perks via storefronts on the platform.| Forbes: |
A look at Eric Schmidt's White Stork, which sources say is poaching employees from Apple, SpaceX, Google, and more to build AI-enabled military drones — With a widening roster of high profile talent poached from Apple, SpaceX and Google, the former Google CEO is piloting his drones in Menlo Park and Ukraine.| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Mistral introduces AI model customization options, including an SDK for fine-tuning its models on workstations, servers, and small data center nodes — French AI startup Mistral is introducing new AI model customization options, including paid plans, to let developers and enterprises fine-tune …
More: Mistral AI on GitHub, Mistral AI, WinBuzzer, Maginative, and VentureBeat
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| Bloomberg: |
eBay emails customers to say the service will drop American Express cards as a payment option because of “unacceptably high fees”, starting on August 17 — - Online marketplace calls Amex fees ‘unacceptably high’ — Change to take effect Aug. 17; Amex defends its fees
More: 9to5Mac, Associated Press, and Daring Fireball
| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
Google rolls out its Gemini-powered note-taking assistant NotebookLM to 200+ new countries, including Brazil and the UK, and adds Slides and web URLs as sources — Google on Thursday said it is rolling out NotebookLM, its AI-powered note-taking assistant, to over 200 new countries …
More: Android Authority, The Keyword, Business Today, Engadget, The Verge, Android Headlines, MSPoweruser, Maginative, ZDNet, Neowin, and 9to5Google
| Joshua Robertson / TheGamer: |
Ikea plans to hire 10 people to run its virtual Roblox store, including to help pick out furniture and serve meatballs in the Bistro, and will pay £13.50/hour — - Ikea is hiring 10 people to run a virtual store in Roblox, as part of a campaign to show young people the career paths available at the store.Sponsor Posts
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