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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Google updates Lens to let users take a video and use their voice to search, showing an AI Overview and search results, rolling out to Search Labs on mobile — If you can't capture what you want to search for with just a picture, Google Lens will now let you take a video — and even use your voice to ask about what you're seeing.
More: The Keyword, Tech Monitor, The Keyword, How-To Geek, TechRadar, The Mirror, Wired, The Keyword, MSPoweruser, Gizmochina, The Indian Express, B&T, Advanced Television, PhoneArena, Google Help Center, SiliconANGLE, BBC, NewsBytes, ZDNET, MacRumors, Techstrong.ai, Laptop Mag, Neowin, Trusted Reviews, Android Central, The Register, Search Engine Land, Android Police, The Independent, Mashable, Yahoo Finance, Android Authority, Digital Trends, Engadget, 9to5Google, Business Insider, and Search Engine Land
LinkedIn: Rachel Gruner and Robby Stein
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Google rolls out ads in AI Overviews for when a user's question has a “commercial angle”, and identifies the ads with a “sponsored” header, on mobile in the US — Google is rolling out ads in AI Overviews, which means you'll now start seeing products in some of the search engine's AI-generated summaries.
More: Google, WinBuzzer, Semafor, XDA Developers, Thurrott, The Drum, Search Engine Land, The Information, Fortune, and Search Engine Journal
LinkedIn: Shashidhar, Dan Taylor, and Vidhya Srinivasan
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
More: South China Morning Post, Hindustan Times, Business Standard, TipRanks Financial, SE Ranking Blog, Android Police, Associated Press, Adweek, Mashable, and 9to5Google
X: @pbannist, @jason_kint, @lilyraynyc, @ajkohn, @pbannist, @lilyraynyc, @lilyraynyc, and @jackmarshall. Forums: r/artificial
| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI launches canvas, a ChatGPT interface with a workspace for writing and coding projects, similar to Anthropic's Artifacts, in beta for Plus and Team users — OpenAI introduced a new way to interact with ChatGPT on Thursday: an interface it calls “canvas.”
More: OpenAI, The Verge, Business Standard, ZDNET, Business Today, BGR, WinBuzzer, AIM, The Indian Express, TechRadar, BetaNews, Engadget, Mashable, TestingCatalog, The Decoder, Maginative, Neowin, Every, Tom's Guide, GreenBot, VentureBeat, and Wired
Mastodon: @stroughtonsmith …. X: @karinanguyen_, @openai, @btibor91, @openai, @benjamindekr, @openai, @yoheinakajima, @rowancheung, @localghost, @itsurboyevan, @sama, @andrewcurran_, @sama, @bilawalsidhu, @pranaveight, @noahlt, @sama, @emollick, @danielmiessler, @openaidevs, @nbashaw, @openai, @sulmanrc, @ryanmorrisonjer, @stokel, @emollick, @bradlightcap, @iansilber, @maxwinebach, @romainhuet, @paul_cal, @ctjlewis, @morqon, @reece___rogers, @altcap, @_jasonwei, @deedydas, @ericsmith1302, and @gdb. LinkedIn: Daniel Levine
Forums: r/ChatGPTPro and Slashdot
| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Sources: the iPhone SE 4, coming in spring 2025, will have Apple's first 5G modem, the iPhone 15's rear camera, and an A18 and 8GB of RAM for Apple Intelligence — Apple has been working on a new generation of the iPhone SE, and a recent Bloomberg report revealed that it should be introduced … | Katrina Manson / Bloomberg: |
The US and Microsoft seize 107 websites used by Russian intelligence agents and their proxies in the US operating under Star Blizzard, a group active since 2016 — - Russian group Star Blizzard targeted civil society, US says — Group has conducted election influence operations in UK
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X: @joohnchoe, @ericgeller, @ajvicens, @kevinrothrock, @msftsecintel, @msftissues, @natynettle, @msftsecintel, @jsrailton, @dojnatsec, @citizenlab, @msftsecintel, @fbi, @mike_eckel, @bradsmi, @accessnow, and @snlyngaas
LinkedIn: Jeremy Dallman, Ben Johnson, and Amy Hogan-Burney
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Matt Mullenweg says 159 Automattic employees, or ~8.4% of staff, took a “generous” severance package offered to those who disagreed with WordPress' direction — Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg said on Thursday that 159 employees (roughly 8.4% of staff) accepted a severance package …
More: Automattic, Matt Mullenweg, and The Verge
Mastodon: @preshit@mastodon.social and @shawnhooper@fosstodon.org
X: @whyisjake, @p3ob7o, @richard_tabor, @namuaminyan, @mikestottwp, @emil_priver, @imranwebsites, @photomatt, @siddharthkp, @pootlepress, and @batuhan. Forums: Hacker News
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
More: Automattic, Ars Technica, Kellie Peterson, The Verge, MEDIANAMA, CIO.com, Tedium, The Information, San Francisco Business Times, Engadget, Automattic, The Register, and WP Engine
Mastodon: @fraying@xoxo.zone and @aardrian@toot.cafe
X: @gergelyorosz, @wpengine, @kellie, @hashim_warren, @ericlbarnes, @chriswallace, @billy_boozer, @miprofithunter, @sc_codeum, @hashim_warren, @ryancduff, @ryancduff, @cowkitty, @ctrlaltdwayne, @jeffr0, @ryancduff, @zimm3rmann, @dwlz, @blackqueeriroh, @bgardner, and @automattic. Forums: r/technology
| Hayden Field / CNBC: |
OpenAI gets a $4B revolving line of credit from JPMorgan Chase, Citi, Goldman Sachs, and others, on top of the $6.6B in funding, bringing its liquidity to $10B+ — OpenAI has a $4 billion revolving line of credit, bringing its total liquidity to more than $10 billion, CNBC has learned.
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X: @carnage4life, @ericgarland, @ryan_browne_, @amir, @semil, @beth_kindig, @bgurley, @beth_kindig, @morningbrew, @emostaque, @rohanpaul_ai, @grady_booch, @andrewcurran_, @divestech, @haydenfield, and @togelius
Forums: r/singularity, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
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X: @danprimack, @garymarcus, @edzitron, @edzitron, @garymarcus, @jason, @modestproposal1, @elonmusk, @danprimack, @kateclarktweets, @alice_comfy, @coryweinberg, @stephenfleming, @azeem, @peter_atwater, @scobleizer, @andrewcurran_, @amitisinvesting, and @jason
LinkedIn: Lewis Z. Liu and Emil Protalinski
Forums: Hacker News, r/OpenAI, and r/mlscaling
| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
The CJEU sides with Max Schrems over his privacy dispute with Meta after an Austrian court asked CJEU if Facebook undermines GDPR with its use of data for ads — Europe's top court on Friday sided with Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems in his privacy dispute with Meta Platforms (META.O).| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple releases iPadOS 18.0.1, bringing iPadOS 18 to the M4 iPad Pro models for the first time since pulling the update for the devices after reports of bricking — Apple today released iPadOS 18..1 for the iPad, and it brings iPadOS 18 to the for M4 iPad Pro models for the first time since …
More: XDA Developers, London Evening Standard, Moneycontrol, MacRumors, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Apple Support, PhoneArena, O'Grady's PowerPage, TechRadar, 9to5Mac, Business Standard, Business Today, Wccftech, MySmartPrice, iLounge, Gizchina.com, Cult of Mac, Redmond Pie, The Apple Post, The Verge, iClarified, Macworld, and 9to5Mac
X: @markgurman, @aaronp613, @brandonbutch, @stephenrobles, @iryantldr, and @tgod34748
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
A postmortem of HyperWrite's Reflection 70B model blames “a bug in the initial code for benchmarking”, after evaluators couldn't reproduce some claimed results — On September 5th, 2024, Matt Shumer, co-founder and CEO of the startup Hyperwrite AI (also known as OthersideAI) … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube updates Shorts with the ability for creators to upload up to three-minute videos, a streamlined Shorts player, templates, and a new trends mobile page — YouTube on Thursday announced a series of updates for its short-form video product, YouTube Shorts.
More: YouTube Official Blog, Tech Advisor, The Hindu, ZDNET, The Verge, Android Authority, Music Ally, The Shortcut, Phandroid, RM Update News, 9to5Google, Creator Insider on YouTube, Sammy Fans, esports.gg, Press Start, GSMArena.com, Android Police, MobileSyrup, Android Central, Android Headlines, Search Engine Journal, Tubefilter, Engadget, Dexerto, PhoneArena, MakeUseOf, Thurrott, What's Trending, NewsBytes, Mashable, and Variety
X: @youtubeliaison, @stufflistings, @liahaberman, @robbydude, @yodontmentionme, @nealmohan, @bricksbymind, @teamyoutube, @0marutg, @youtubeliaison, and @reneritchie
LinkedIn: Vadim Lavrusik and Gwen Miller
| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
CCData: Binance's trading volume in the $2T digital asset market fell from 42.7% at the start of 2024 to 36.6% in September, the lowest share since January 2021 — - Overall market share fell to 36.6% last month, CCData says — Binance saw the most severe share drop among top exchanges
More: NewsBTC, crypto.news, and CoinDesk
| Bloomberg: |
Robinhood plans to debut margin trading in UK in the coming weeks; it is exploring offering retirement products and letting British users invest in UK stocks — - Company plans to debut margin trading in UK in coming weeks — Robinhood has been expanding overseas as it hunts for growthSponsor Posts
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