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Google signs an deal to buy nuclear energy generated from multiple small modular reactors developed by US-based Kairos Power, targeting 500 MW by 2035 — Startup Kairos Power plans to build small reactors to help supply electricity to the tech company's data centers, in a first-of-its-kind deal in the U.S.
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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
The FIDO Alliance debuts Credential Exchange Protocol, a specification to make passkeys portable across systems, and Passkey Central, a developer resource site — “Passkeys,” the secure authentication mechanism built to replace passwords, are getting more portable and easier for organizations …
More: 9to5Mac, FIDO Alliance, Business Standard, Neowin, 1Password Blog, PhoneArena, Biometric Update, Noah Talk, PCMag, PYMNTS.com, and Thurrott
Mastodon: @koutropoulos@social.ds106.us and @CryptoNerd@infosec.exchange
X: @fidoalliance and @craignewmark
Forums: r/cybersecurity, r/Bitwarden, and Slashdot
| Matt Mullenweg: |
Matt Mullenweg responds to DHH's claim that “Automattic is doing open source dirty”, pointing out Rails' own trademark policy and taking some jabs at 37signals — I'll just remind everyone at the start that this is a respectful debate, and DHH and I tried to get on a call but couldn't because we were both traveling.
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Mastodon: @photomatt@mastodon.social, @mathewi@journa.host, @adders@masto …, @Aaron@social.aaroncrocco.com, @ricmac@mastodon.social, @jbz@indieweb.social, @ernie@writing.exchange, and @Scmbradley@mathstodon.xyz. Bluesky: @sjvn.bsky.social
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Forums: Hacker News, r/Wordpress, r/theprimeagen, r/Wordpress, and Beehaw
| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
UK podcaster Harry Stebbings' 20VC raised a $400M fund for early stage startups, one of Europe's biggest venture funds; the podcast recently hosted Sam Altman — British firm 20VC pulls in $400mn to invest in early stage tech start-ups — A venture firm founded by 28-year-old British …
More: Forbes, TechCrunch, EU-Startups, Tech.eu, and Sifted
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. X: @dinbisevac, @librariancap, @jean_deblock, @christianhern, and @eladgil
LinkedIn: Ed Cooke and Alexandre Dewez
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
WordPress plugin Jetpack releases a critical security update to fix a bug letting logged-in users access forms from website visitors, in all versions since 2016 — WordPress plugin Jetpack released a critical security update earlier today, addressing a vulnerability that allowed a logged …
More: Jetpack, Tech Monitor, The Hacker News, Security Affairs, SecurityWeek, and The Cyber Express
| Juby Babu / Reuters: |
Sebastien Bubeck, Microsoft's VP of GenAI research who is known for his work on its Phi small language models, is joining OpenAI to “further his work” on AGI — Microsoft (MSFT.O) on Monday said that its vice president of GenAI research, Sebastien Bubeck, is leaving the company to join ChatGPT-maker OpenAI.
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| Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal: |
The NYT sends a cease-and-desist letter to AI startup Perplexity to stop using its content; Perplexity says it is “interested in working with every” publisher — Publisher demands that Perplexity stop accessing its content. Startup isn't interested “in being anyone's antagonist,” CEO says.| Chris Kornelis / New York Times: |
Lillian Schwartz, one of the first artists to use a computer to make films and who brought together art, science, and tech communities in the 1970s, died at 97 — Early in the digital era, she worked at Bell Labs on the intersection of art and technology, making films and at one point arriving at a novel theory about the “Mona Lisa.”
More: ARTnews. X: @zachlieberman, @mikerugnetta, @noahbolanowski, @stoliarsteve, @clavendr, @clavendr, @brndnstrssng, @leeartr, and @edsunspot. Forums: Hacker News
| Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: |
Ward Christensen, co-inventor of the computer bulletin board system (BBS), a foundational technology of the internet age, died at age 78 on October 11 — On Friday, Ward Christensen, co-inventor of the computer bulletin board system (BBS), died at age 78 in Rolling Meadows, Illinois.
More: The Register. Threads: @blinkenjim. Mastodon: @CyberpunkLibrarian … and @m501@mastodon.social
X: @nash076, @mobygamer, @benjedwards, @erratarob, @davetroy, @therealadamg, @textfiles, and @textfiles
Forums: r/technology, r/bbs, lobste.rs, Slashdot, and Ars OpenForum
| Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg: |
Sources: the US mulls capping AI chip sales from Nvidia and others on a country-specific basis, with a focus on the Middle East, for national security reasons — From AGI to GPT, an AI Glossary You Can Actually Understand … Hello World … Quicktake
More: International Business Times, Cryptopolitan, Reuters, South China Morning Post, and Benzinga
Forums: r/wallstreetbets and r/NVDA_Stock
| Bloomberg: |
The US awards $750M to Wolfspeed, which makes EV chips, alongside $750M in financing led by Apollo to build new $6B+ factories in North Carolina and New York — - US grant of $750 million will support NC, NY factory sites — Company has struggled to turn a profit over the past decade
More: eeNews Europe, Reuters, Triangle Business Journal, Benzinga, ABC News, Wolfspeed, and DigiTimes
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Spotify starts rolling out music videos in beta for Premium subscribers in 85 additional markets, after introducing the feature in 12 markets earlier in 2024 — Music streaming company Spotify said today that it is testing music videos for premium users in 85 additional markets.
More: Spotify and MSPoweruser
| Jeremy Gray / PetaPixel: |
Adobe says its Firefly Video Model is the first “commercially safe” text-to-video generative AI model that was trained on licensed and public domain content — Adobe unveiled its Firefly Video Model last month, previewing a variety of new generative AI video features.
More: Ars Technica, Gizchina.com, Thurrott, Computerworld, The Indian Express, PetaPixel, TechRadar, Computerworld, Fast Company, and Forbes
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
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Threads: @youhavebeenwatchingfilms. X: @venturetwins, @adobevideo, @andrewcurran_, @bobbymiller, @maxeinhorn, @adobevideo, @nvidiastudio, @bilawalsidhu, @petepachal, @edludlow, @bilawalsidhu, @bilawalsidhu, @acostin, @bilawalsidhu, @andrewcurran_, @zuryart, @justin_salamon, @adoberesearch, @joematoske, @urinieto, and @williamlamkin. LinkedIn: Adolfo Hernandez S.
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