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Microsoft announces the Maia 100 chip for Azure clients, already in testing for its Bing and Office AI tools, and Cobalt, a chip for servers, launching in 2024 — Software giant seeks to reduce dependence on outside suppliers in two key growth areas.
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| Mat Honan / MIT Technology Review: |
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft rebrands Bing Chat as Microsoft Copilot to take on ChatGPT, pitching Copilot as the free version and Copilot for Microsoft 365 as the paid version — Microsoft launched its big AI push earlier this year as part of its Bing search engine, integrating a ChatGPT-like interface directly into its search results.
More: Bing Blogs, Microsoft Tech Community, XDA Developers, BetaNews, The Hill, Pureinfotech, Microsoft, 9to5Google, Voicebot.ai, Search Engine Journal, CoinGape, Android Authority, Tom's Guide, ZDNet, TechCrunch, Engadget, CNBC, Windows Central, Windows Central, and The Verge
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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| Kevin Okemwa / Windows Central: |
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| Usama Jawad / XDA Developers: |
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| Charisma Madarang / Rolling Stone: |
Elon Musk replied “You have said the actual truth” to an X user who, replying to a “Hitler was right” inquiry, accused Jewish groups of “hatred against whites” — The billionaire amplified a post Wednesday accusing the Jewish community of promoting “dialectical hatred against whites”
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Forums: r/inthenews and r/politics
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Meta rolls out new Instagram filters, and tests letting users create custom stickers from their photos and videos, improvements to Reels, and more — Instagram is changing a lot these days, especially when it comes to the ways in which we can share our content with others and segment different audiences.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Threads tests tags, a way of categorizing posts similar to hashtags without the # symbol being visible, initially in Australia and other countries “soon” — Instagram's Threads app has been duping Twitter/X in a number of ways and today it's adding one more feature that's been core …
More: Engadget, The Verge, 9to5Mac, NewsBytes, and Social Media Today
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| Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab: |
Pew: 30% of US adults regularly get their news from Facebook, 26% from YouTube, 16% from Instagram, 14% TikTok, 12% X, 8% Reddit, and 5% Nextdoor and LinkedIn — Facebook may be ready to divorce the news business, but it's still the No. 1 source of news on social media for Americans.
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| Nathan Edwards / The Verge: |
The Wireless Power Consortium says the first Qi v2.0 devices are arriving in time for the holidays and over 100 are in certification testing or waiting in line — Qi2 — the next version of the wireless charging standard, now with more magnets! — is more almost-here than ever.
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Forums: r/gadgets, Slashdot, and Ars OpenForum
| Will Knight / Wired: |
YouTube will let some Shorts creators test Dream Track, a new AI tool that can generate and remix music in the styles of seven different artists, including Sia — YouTube creators will get to test a new AI tool that generates and remixes music in the style of several famous musicians, including Sia, Demi Lovato, and T-Pain.
More: Google DeepMind, YouTube Official Blog, The Decoder, Music Ally, Billboard, and MSPoweruser
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google rolls out Bard access for teens that “meet the minimum age requirement to manage their own Google Account” and have English set, with safeguards in place — Following the Search Generative Experience (SGE) in September, Google is rolling out Bard access for teens with safety guardrails in place.
More: The Keyword, Engadget, MSPoweruser, The Verge, Benzinga, The Economic Times, Times Tabloid, and Mashable
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
GitGuardian: nearly 3K of the 450K projects submitted to PyPI exposed at least one credential in code, like API keys, including some from “very large companies” — Many transgressions come from “very large companies that have robust security teams.”| Connor Jones / The Register: |
Security researchers detail the largest cyberattack against Danish critical infrastructure, which involved Zyxel zero-days and affected 22 companies in May 2023 — Zyxel zero days and nation-state actors (maybe) had a hand in the sector's worst cybersecurity event on record
More: SecurityWeek, Security Affairs, SektorCERT, The Hacker News, Bloomberg, The Record, DataBreaches.net, Help Net Security, and Dark Reading
LinkedIn: Charles Durant and Achim Brinkmann
| Music Business Worldwide: |
Stability AI VP of Audio Ed Newton-Rex resigns, saying he disagrees with the company's view that training generative AI models on copyrighted works is fair use — Ed Newton-Rex has quit his role at Stability AI. In an exclusive op-ed, he shares why.
More: Silicon Republic, Metaverse Post, Cryptopolitan, Music Ally, The Register, and Decrypt
Threads: @carnage4life. X: @ednewtonrex, @kylebrussell, @paulmarks12, and @future_of_music. Forums: r/aiwars
| Niamh Rowe / Wired: |
Some companies providing Microsoft, Google, and others with AI data-labeling services are inadvertently hiring minors, often exposing them to traumatic content — Companies that provide Big Tech with AI data-labeling services are inadvertently hiring young teens to work on their platforms, often exposing them to traumatic content.| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Google News plans to end support for paid magazines starting on December 18 and says users will be able to export copies of paid magazines before the shutdown — A lesser known feature of the Google News app (and the website) is its ability to show digital copies of magazines … | Suvashree Ghosh / Bloomberg: |
Paxos and StraitsX get in-principle approvals from the Monetary Authority of Singapore to issue USD-backed stablecoins — - City-state issues in-principle licenses to stablecoin firms — Japan and Hong Kong also aim to attract such businesses — Singapore awarded a batch … | Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google launches two Titan Security Keys with FIDO2 that can store up to 250 unique passkeys, and commits to giving 100K security keys to high-risk users in 2024 — Google has been selling its own line of Titan Security Keys for several years now, and new USB-C and USB-A models with NFC today let you store passkeys.
More: The Keyword, The Record, Engadget, Ghacks, Stock Market News, Notebookcheck, Android Authority, The Verge, Android Central, How-To Geek, Wired, BetaNews, and TechRadar. X: @quinnypig
| Ryan Tracy / Wall Street Journal: |
The FCC adopts a rule to prevent the “digital discrimination” of broadband access based on income, race, and more; ISPs and their GOP allies oppose the measure — Industry and GOP say rule goes too far, warn of a chilling effect on broadband investment| Ryosuke Eguchi / Nikkei Asia: |
Analysis: Chinese imports of chip manufacturing equipment rose 93% YoY to $8.7B in Q3 2023 and imports of lithography equipment from the Netherlands jumped 6x — Purchases from Netherlands jump as Chinese buyers grab what they can — Netherlands-based ASML is a major supplier …
More: The Register, Tom's Hardware, and The Investor
| Julia Love / Bloomberg: |
Human smugglers are using Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, and WhatsApp to recruit a new generation of coyotes to transport migrants from Mexico to the US — Cartel-backed networks are using Snapchat, TikTok and other apps to entice drivers into transporting migrants.| Takashi Kawakami / Nikkei Asia: |
IDC: China-based Transsion, the largest smartphone manufacturer by sales in Africa, shipped 26M smartphones in Q3 2023, up 35% YoY, for a 8.6% global share — Leading brand in Africa, Pakistan and Bangladesh thrives on local needs — Transsion's brands include Techno, itel and Infinix.| Khari Johnson / Wired: |
Common Sense Media's first ratings for ten AI chatbots and services warn parents that Snapchat's MyAI, Dall-E 2, and Stable Diffusion may not be safe for kids — Common Sense Media's first ratings for chatbots and other AI services warn parents that AI image generators and Snapchat's My AI chatbot may not be safe for kids.
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