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The US DOJ seizes 32 internet domains used in Russian influence campaigns, as part of efforts to tackle Russian interference in the 2024 US elections — The Biden administration announced a sweeping set of actions to tackle a major Russian government-backed effort to influence …
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| Kate Knibbs / Wired: |
The Internet Archive loses its appeal of a US district court ruling that favored publishers in a copyright dispute over the nonprofit's ebook lending program — The legal battle was spurred by book publishers objecting to the archive's digital lending library.
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| Reuters: |
Safe Superintelligence, co-founded by ex-OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, raised $1B from a16z, Sequoia, DST, and others, sources say at a $5B valuation — Safe Superintelligence (SSI), newly co-founded by OpenAI's former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, has raised $1 billion in cash …
More: The Information, Ars Technica, Benzinga, Financial Times, San Francisco Business Times, PitchBook, The Stack, PYMNTS.com, BetaKit, Cointelegraph, Tech Startups, The Decoder, Maginative, SiliconANGLE, Spyglass, Bloomberg, The Information, and VentureBeat
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| Bloomberg: |
Nvidia says it has inquired with the US DOJ and hasn't been subpoenaed, following a report that it had received a subpoena from the DOJ over antitrust concerns — - Bloomberg reported on the antitrust investigation Tuesday — Nvidia says it has been in contact with the Justice Department
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| Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority: |
Sources: OSOM, the smartphone company founded by former Essential employees, is shutting down later this week, after a lawsuit alleged its CEO misused funds — OSOM is effectively closing up shop later this week and laying off most of its employees. — • — TL;DR| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Google releases Android 15, making its source code available on the Android Open Source Project; supported Pixel devices will get the new OS in the coming weeks — Google announced on Tuesday it's releasing Android 15 and making its source code available ahead of the coming consumer launch …
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| Max A. Cherney / Reuters: |
Sources: Intel's contract manufacturing business has suffered a setback after tests with chipmaker Broadcom using Intel's advanced 18A chipmaking process failed — Intel's (INTC.O) contract manufacturing business has suffered a setback after tests with chipmaker Broadcom (AVGO.O) failed …
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
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| Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg: |
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: SpaceX has moved to evacuate employees from Brazil and warned others against traveling to the country, as Elon Musk battles Brazil's top court over X — The moves show how Musk's legal dispute about X is affecting SpaceX and its Starlink satellite-internet service
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| Rhian Lubin / The Independent: |
Elon Musk, in an eventually deleted X post, promoted a Tucker Carlson interview with a Hitler apologist who downplayed the Holocaust and said Nazis were humane — Self-proclaimed historian Darryl Cooper claimed Winston Churchill ‘was the villain of Second World War’ and that millions …
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Forums: r/Jewish, r/WhitePeopleTwitter, and r/inthenews
| Kevin Breuninger / CNBC: |
Shares of Truth Social's parent TMTG continue to slide, as the expiration date nears for a lockup agreement preventing Trump and others from selling their stock — Trump Media shares on Wednesday closed below where they stood at the end of 2023, as the Truth Social maker's stock continued …
More: Silicon UK, The Guardian, Wall Street Journal, New Republic, Forbes, Newsweek, Boing Boing, and UPI. X: @h_mitchellphoto
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
The nonprofit Cosmos Institute launches to cultivate AI technologists “equipped with deep philosophical thinking”, with plans for an AI lab, a VC arm, and more — The Cosmos Institute, a nonprofit whose founding fellows include Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark …
More: Cosmos Institute, Marginal REVOLUTION, and SiliconANGLE
X: @nayafia, @ethicsinai, and @mbrendan1
| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
Anthropic launches Claude Enterprise, offering a context window of 500,000 tokens, higher rate limits, and GitHub integration, but refuses to disclose the price — Anthropic is launching a new subscription plan for its AI chatbot, Claude, catered towards enterprise customers … | Mark Sweney / The Guardian: |
Kantar: 26% of marketers plan to cut back ad spending on X in 2025 and 14% say they will pull budgets this year, due to concerns about content on the platform — Annual survey highlights growing concern about platform content and trust in information disseminated
More: Engadget, Financial Times, Advanced Television, Marketing Beat, and The Media Leader
| Reuters: |
Ireland's DPC ends court proceedings against X, after X agreed to limit its use of personal data collected from EU users to train its AI on a permanent basis — Ireland's data regulator on Wednesday said it had ended court proceedings against social media platform X after it agreed to limit …
More: Engadget, Bloomberg, Social Media Today, Euractiv, The Cyber Express, and Cryptopolitan
| Forbes: |
Bolt's Ryan Breslow thanked 13 investors in an email for supporting a $450M Series F, but some say they hadn't given support; BlackRock moves to block the round — The Bolt founder claimed a group of investors had signed off on the company's chaotic $450 million raise, but some said they hadn't.| Isaiah Poritz / Bloomberg Law: |
A US court grants X a preliminary injunction against California's AB 587, which requires disclosure of moderation policies, reversing a lower court decision — Search by Topic — X Corp. convinced a federal appeals court that a California law requiring social media companies to disclose … | Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
HPE reports Q3 revenue up 10% YoY to $7.71B, vs. $7.66B est., Server revenue up 35% YoY to $4.3B, and adjusted gross margins of 31.8%, vs. 33.4% est. — Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. reported weaker-than-expected profitability, suggesting lower margins than anticipated in its closely watched business … | Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Qualcomm announces its first eight-core Snapdragon X Plus chips, which will ship in new Asus Zenbook S 15 and Dell Inspiron 14 laptops that start at $899 each — Today, the company's announcing its first 8-core Snapdragon X Plus chips, which will feature in a new Asus Zenbook S 15 and Dell Inspiron 14 that'll retail for $899 each.
More: Qualcomm, Samsung Newsroom, The Verge, Lowyat.NET, Gizchina.com, Android Headlines, How-To Geek, The Register, PCWorld, Wccftech, and CNBC
X: @tomwarren, @mobilepeter, @maxwinebach, @tomwarren, @charlesarthur, @maxwinebach, @markhachman, @vadimyuryev, @markhachman, and @markhachman. LinkedIn: Scott W.
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Seattle-based Revefi, which seeks to automatically detect and troubleshoot companies' data-related issues, raised a $20M Series A led by Icon Ventures — Sanjay Agrawal and Shashank Gupta, who helped co-found the business intelligence company ThoughtSpot, say that several years ago …
More: Revefi, Seattle Business Journal, GeekWire, FinSMEs, and SiliconANGLE
| Todd Feathers / Gizmodo: |
An analysis of OpenAI's GPT Store finds 100+ custom GPTs that appear to violate OpenAI's policies regarding sexual content, legal and medical advice, and more — A Gizmodo analysis of OpenAI's GPT store found more than 100 tools that appear to violate the company's policies regarding sexual content … | Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
The UK CMA says Microsoft's acquihire of Inflection's team doesn't cause competition concerns, and won't pursue an investigation, but calls the deal a merger — Good news for Microsoft: The U.K.'s antitrust regulator says that the tech titan's high-profile acquihire of the team behind AI startup Inflection …
More: LinkedIn, Benzinga, The Register, CNBC, Computerworld, CIO Dive, and Cryptopolitan
X: @aifray and @florian4gamers
| Juby Babu / Reuters: |
C3.ai reports Q1 revenue up 21% YoY to $87.2M, vs. $86.9M est., and subscription revenue up 20% YoY to $73.5M, vs. $79.1M est.; its stock falls 16%+ after hours — C3.ai (AI.N) missed quarterly subscription revenue estimates on Wednesday, as enterprises tightened spending amid economic uncertainties …
More: The Information, PYMNTS.com, SiliconANGLE, Proactive, Bloomberg, Benzinga, and Constellation Research
X: @alphasenseinc, @kross_roads, @c3_ai, @mikelongterm, @ajilling, and @kross_roads
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