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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Apple says it is using Amazon's Trainium and Graviton chips to serve search services, and is evaluating if Trainium2 chips can be used to pretrain its AI models — Apple is currently using Amazon Web Services' custom artificial intelligence chips for services like search and will evaluate …
More: Reuters, Cult of Mac, Analytics India Magazine, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Information, AppleInsider, Supercharged, Benzinga, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, GeekWire, and MacDailyNews
X: @danielnewmanuv, @bobodtech, @marceloplima, @patrickmoorhead, @caro_milanesi, and @marceloplima. LinkedIn: Macarena Barbosa Cattani
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
AWS unveils Nova models for Bedrock, including Micro, Lite, Pro, and Premier for text generation, and Canvas for image generation and Reel for video generation — At its re:Invent conference on Tuesday, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon's cloud computing division, announced a new family …
More: Amazon Web Services, Amazon Web Services, Agence France-Presse, Analytics India Magazine, and GeekWire
Bluesky: @quinnypig.com, @darryl-ruggles.cloud, @quinnypig.com, @quinnypig.com, and @quinnypig.com
X: @emollick, @kimmonismus, @patrickmoorhead, and @marceloplima
Forums: Hacker News and r/artificial
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
AWS introduces Amazon Aurora DSQL, a new serverless, distributed SQL database that promises high availability, strong consistency, and PostgreSQL compatibility — At its re:Invent conference, Amazon's AWS cloud computing unit today announced Amazon Aurora DSQL, a new serverless … | Sam Sabin / Axios: |
The FBI and CISA give US telcos best practices to harden their systems against attacks, as senior US officials say Salt Typhoon hackers remain on their networks — - Officials added that they don't yet know the full scope of the intrusions, despite starting the investigation in late spring.
More: Cybersecurity …, Washington Post, The Record, Reuters, CyberScoop, The Hacker News, Cyber Daily, CNN, ComputerWeekly.com, TechCrunch, Nextgov/FCW, and Associated Press
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Forums: r/politics, r/conspiracy, r/technology, r/signal, and Slashdot
| Kevin Collier / NBC News: |
In the wake of Salt Typhoon, US officials recommend Americans use encrypted messaging apps to ensure their communications stay hidden from foreign hackers — Officials from the FBI and CISA said it was impossible to predict when the telecommunications companies would be fully safe from interlopers.
More: Forbes, Associated Press, Politico, and PCMag
Bluesky: @kevincollier and @evacide. Mastodon: @zackwhittaker@mastodon.social. Forums: r/cybersecurity
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Meta says AI content made up less than 1% of election-related misinformation on its apps during major elections in the US, the UK, India, Indonesia, and others — At the start of the year, there were widespread concerns about how generative AI could be used to interfere in global elections to spread propaganda and disinformation.
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| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
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| Joseph Cox / 404 Media: |
The FTC bans location data providers Gravy and subsidiary Venntel, as well as Mobilewalla, from using or selling data tied to sensitive locations and more — The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced sweeping action against some of the most important companies in the location data industry on Tuesday …
More: Federal Trade Commission, Federal Trade Commission, The Verge, Reuters, Wired, PCMag, BleepingComputer, TechCrunch, The Overspill, Werd I/O, Insurance Journal, Free Press, The Register, Biometric Update, Cybernews.com, Pixel Envy, The Record, The Drum, MediaPost, PYMNTS.com, CyberScoop, NBC News, and Washington Post
Bluesky: @dell, @willoremus.com, @onekade, @wmcgeveran, @jelenawoehr, @josephcox, @justinbrookman, @samleecole, @jasonkoebler, and @benwinters. Mastodon: @elizayer@mastodon.social
X: @linakhanftc, @ericgarland, @douglaslfarrar, @digitaldemoc, @tjl, @linakhanftc, @leehepner, @conpro, @ftc, @econliberties, @jsrailton, @jsrailton, @samleecole, @josephfcox, and @mattdrange
Forums: news.ycombinator.com, r/privacy, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Gaby Del Valle / The Verge: |
More: Ars Technica, Consumer Financial …, TechCrunch, Wired, 404 Media, PCMag, The Hill, PYMNTS.com, Tech.co, The Record, Mashable, Payments Dive, Gizmodo, Reuters, TechRepublic, 9to5Mac, and CyberScoop
Bluesky: @johndavisson, @digiphile, @benwinters, @josephcox, and @socalstephanie. Mastodon: @aram@aoir.social
X: @nydiavelazquez, @digiphile, @repsarajacobs, @janschakowsky, @chopracfpb, and @repdeluzio. Forums: r/technews
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Salesforce says online Cyber Monday sales grew 3% YoY to $49.7B globally and just 2% YoY to $12.8B in the US; Adobe says US online sales grew 7.3% YoY to $13.3B — The figures are now in for consumer spending on Cyber Monday, the third big online spending day — alongside Thanksgiving and Black Friday …
More: Adobe, Shopify, WWD, Salesforce, Business Insider, CNN, MediaPost, Bloomberg, Fox Business, Retail Dive, PYMNTS.com, Chain Store Age, Media Play News, and ABC7. Forums: r/economy
| Nicole Carpenter / Polygon: |
Ubisoft plans to shut down fits ree-to-play shooter XDefiant, with servers remaining on until June 3, 2025, and will cut ~277 people from the production team — Servers will remain on until June 3, 2025, but the game will no longer be offered for download, and player registration will be closed.
More: Ubisoft, Ubisoft, The Verge, VentureBeat, Wccftech, Push Square, Press Start, PC Gamer, Game File, IGN, Aftermath, Neowin, TheGamer, The Game Post, Windows Central, 80 Level, Dexerto, Kotaku, Game Rant, CNET, Eurogamer.net, TweakTown, Gematsu, GamingBolt, San Francisco Chronicle, and Dot Esports
Forums: r/GamingLeaksAndRumours, r/XDefiant, r/gaming, r/Games, and r/pcgaming
| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Founders Fund's Brian Singerman, one of the earliest employees of Peter Thiel's VC firm and best known for investments in SpaceX and Anduril, steps down as a GP — Brian Singerman, one of the earliest employees of Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, said on Tuesday that he's stepping down as a general partner.| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Walmart closes its $2.3B cash acquisition of TV maker Vizio, saying the deal will let it offer new ways for advertisers to reach customers via Walmart Connect — Walmart announced the completion of its $2.3 billion all-cash acquisition of TV maker Vizio, a move by the retailing giant to expand its advertising business.
More: The Verge, Walmart Inc., ExchangeWire.com, Engadget, Android Authority, Modern Retail, Cord Cutters News, 9to5Google, Deadline, PYMNTS.com, Adweek, Gizmodo, Display Daily, StreamTV Insider, TechCrunch, The Hollywood Reporter, Streaming Better, TVNewsCheck, Chain Store Age, The Streamable, The Desk, and Media Play News
Bluesky: @carnage4life, @pearlmania500, @dansheehan, @aegies, @bdsams.com, @atomicovermind, @daniloc.xyz, @caseynewton, and @matthewkeys.net
| Jonathan Greig / The Record: |
Vodka maker Stoli says an August 2024 ransomware attack contributed to the bankruptcy filing of its US arm, amid its ongoing issues with the Russian government — A ransomware attack on the multinational Stoli Group in August helped push two of the vodka-maker's U.S. subsidiaries into bankruptcy, the company's CEO said last week.
More: BleepingComputer, SC Media, Plain Dealer, ZeroHedge News, Fast Company, and Proactive
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
AWS announces the general availability of its Trainium2 chips, and EC2 Trn2 UltraServers, which feature 64 Trainium2 chips, and slates Trainium3 for late 2025 — At its re:Invent conference, AWS today announced the general availably of its Trainium2 (T2) chips for training and deploying large language models (LLMs).| Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: |
| Timothy Gardner / Reuters: |
Meta is seeking proposals from nuclear power developers, as it plans to add one to four gigawatts of US nuclear generation capacity starting in the early 2030s — Meta (META.O) said on Tuesday it is seeking proposals from nuclear power developers to help meet its artificial intelligence … | Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg: |
Apptopia: Trump Media's Truth Social had 355,000 DAUs in November, up 3% MoM after Donald Trump won the election; Trump Media is still worth ~$7.2B — - Truth Social active users rise 3% in November: Apptopia data — President-elect's platform trails X's user base by 400 times
Bluesky: @jasoncross.org and @paleofuture
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