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Sources: Sam Altman is talking to investors, including the UAE government, to raise as much as $5T to $7T for a project to boost AI chip building capacity — Sam Altman was already trying to lead the development of human-level artificial intelligence. Now he has another great ambition …
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Sources: Nvidia plans to build a new business unit focused on designing custom chips, including AI chips, for cloud companies; custom chips are a $30B market — Nvidia (NVDA.O) is building a new business unit focused on designing bespoke chips for cloud computing firms and others …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: OpenAI's annualized revenue hit $2B in December, up from $1.3B in October 2023, and the company believes it can more than double the figure in 2025 — San Francisco-based start-up joins Google and Meta as one of the fastest-growing tech companies ever
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Grammarly lays off 230 staffers as part of a restructuring, after growing its team from 200 to 1,000 over the past five years; it was valued at $13B in 2021 — Grammarly is laying off 230 employees worldwide as part of a “business restructuring,” the company announced this week.
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Meta says it will not “proactively recommend political content from accounts you don't follow” on Threads, the same policy it uses on Facebook and Instagram — Meta will not “proactively recommend political content from accounts you don't follow” on Threads, the company said in a statement provided to Axios.
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| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
Ring plans to raise the price of its cheapest subscription by 25% to $5 a month or $50 a year from March 11, 2024 — In what is fast becoming a trend, another security camera company is raising the price of its subscription plan. … The Basic is Ring's cheapest plan and gives you access …
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At a legislative hearing in Oregon, an Apple executive opposed a strong right-to-repair bill, despite Apple's support for a similar but weaker law in California — “It is our belief that the bill's current language around parts pairing will undermine the security, safety …
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| Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg: |
The White House says it plans to invest $5B+ from the CHIPS Act in “semiconductor-related research”, including in the National Semiconductor Technology Center — - Officials seek to prevent China from benefiting from funding — R&D effort seeks to fill hardware, packaging innovation gaps
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| Matt Burgess / Wired: |
A look at the state of Passkeys, supported by Google, Apple, and others, which offer a seamless vision of a more secure future but the UX still needs work — Passkeys are here to replace passwords. When they work, it's a seamless vision of the future. But don't ditch your old logins just yet.
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Carlyle Group agrees to sell UK game publisher Jagex, which develops RuneScape, to CVC Capital, sources say for £900M, after acquiring it in 2021 for $530M+ — Europe's CVC Capital Partners and US-based Haveli Investments agree to buy ‘RuneScape’ developer| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Samsung receives FDA approval to add a feature to Galaxy Watch to detect “signs of moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea” for users over the age of 22 — Samsung just got approval from the FDA to use Galaxy Watch to detect if the wearer is dealing with sleep apnea.| Dawn Chmielewski / Reuters: |
Disney is testing a contextual ad tool dubbed “magic words” for Disney+ and Hulu that uses AI to analyze scenes and identify contents, brands, images, and mood — Walt Disney (DIS.N) is harnessing artificial intelligence to power a new advertising tool that will help brands tailor … | Vera Bergengruen / TIME: |
How Palantir embedded itself in the day-to-day work of Ukraine's wartime government in an unprecedented way, as Ukraine becomes a laboratory for military tech — Early on the morning of June 1, 2022, Alex Karp, the CEO of the data-analytics firm Palantir Technologies, crossed the border between Poland …
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Sources: Cisco plans to lay off thousands of workers as part of a restructuring, as it seeks to focus on high-growth areas; Cisco had 84,900 staffers in FY 2023 — Network giant Cisco (CSCO.O) is planning to restructure its business which will include laying off thousands of employees … | William Turton / Wired: |
Epik, a domain registrar serving far-right and extremist websites, has been acquired by Registered Agents, whose services allow companies to operate anonymously — Known for doing business with far-right extremist websites, Epik has been acquired by a company that specializes in helping businesses keep their operations secret.
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| Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo: |
A Canadian minister says the country plans to ban devices that copy wireless signals for remote keyless entry, like Flipper Zero, to combat auto theft — The tiny hacking device has been viewed as a threat by law enforcement. Now it looks like a major western government is trying to ban it.
More: BleepingComputer, BleepingComputer, and Government of Canada
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John Walker, a computer programmer and co-founder of 3D design software maker Autodesk, died on February 2 at the age of 75 — Very sad news on the passing on John Walker, programmer and co-founder of AutoDesk. His contributions to our industry, the rise of the PC, and the modern industrialization of nearly everything were incredibly significant. I thought I would use some of John's own words to show the... [image]
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