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| Hayden Field / CNBC: |
OpenAI CTO Mira Murati says she is leaving the company after 6.5 years “because I want to create the time and space to do my own exploration” — - OpenAI's board is considering plans to restructure the firm to a for-profit business … OpenAI's board is considering plans …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/ChatGPT, r/news, and r/LocalLLaMA
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI Chief Research Officer Bob McGrew and a research VP, Barret Zoph, are leaving the company; OpenAI promotes Mark Chen to its new SVP of Research — OpenAI's chief research officer, Bob McGrew, and a research VP, Barret Zoph, have left the company hours after OpenAI CTO Mira Murati announced she would be departing.
More: Axios, Shelly Palmer, Business Insider, Business Today, and The Information
Threads: @benedictevans and @crumbler
X: @barret_zoph, @sama, @luke_metro, @greg16676935420, @brewmarkets, @polynoamial, and @thezvi
| Reuters: |
Sources: Sam Altman will receive equity in OpenAI for the first time, as it plans to restructure its core business into a for-profit benefit corporation — ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is working on a plan to restructure its core business into a for-profit benefit corporation that will no longer …
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X: @garymarcus, @garymarcus, @thepacketrat, @can, @elonmusk, @amitisinvesting, @austin_rief, @dinabass, @reedalbergotti, @garymarcus, @alexrkonrad, @alexrkonrad, @shakeelhashim, and @amir
Forums: Hacker News, r/artificial, r/ChatGPT, r/slatestarcodex, r/technews, r/singularity, r/tech, r/technology, and Ars OpenForum
| Thomas Claburn / The Register: |
Matt Mullenweg says WP Engine no longer has free WordPress.org access and directs WP Engine customers having trouble with their websites to WP Engine support — WordPress on Wednesday escalated its conflict with WP Engine, a hosting provider, by blocking the latter's servers …
More: WordPress News, WP Engine's Status Page, BleepingComputer, TechRadar, TechCrunch, MarTech, Search Engine Journal, and Dave Martin
Threads: @runakog. X: @wordpress, @bgardner, @jbenton, @bgardner, @photomatt, @benjmay, @mgeheren, @stshank, @rmccue, @shendison, @joshmanders, @itsdavemartin, @thespacedmonkey, @thedannorris, @dcurtis, @wpdavidv, @taraclaeys, @danielcid, @seldo, @pressable, @viewfromthebox, @williamsba, @raymmar_, @slexaxton, @photomatt, @deviorobert, @tealou, @photomatt, @bgardner, @bgardner, @automattic, @carlhancock, @ozskier, @photomatt, @davidtaggart, @photomatt, @vinnysgreen, @patchstackapp, @fjzeit, @keithdevon, @mrlanphear, @tomfrankly, @t3dotgg, @photomatt, @timbouchard, and @tmeister
Forums: Hacker News, r/Wordpress, and r/webdev
| Matt Mullenweg: |
Matt Mullenweg says Automattic has “been attempting to make a licensing deal” with WP Engine “for a very long time, and all they have done is string us along” — In short, WP Engine is violating WordPress' trademarks. Moreover, they have been doing so for years.| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Q&A with Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth on Orion, Reality Labs, building News Feed, competing with Apple, developers, the AR and VR bifurcation, Ray-Ban, and more — Listen to this Update in your podcast player — Today's Daily Update Interview is with Meta Chief Technical Officer Andrew Bosworth.
More: Livemint, Road to VR, Meta, Techaeris, Yahoo Finance, and TechRadar
| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
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| The Verge: |
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Threads: @alexheath, @reckless1280, @w3stfa11, @alexcartaz, @jimprosser, @abelian_cat, @nick_statt, and @reckless1280
Mastodon: @noellemitchell@mstdn.social, @funnymonkey@freeradical.zone, and @stefan@stefanbohacek.online
Forums: r/EatTheRich, r/technology, r/OculusQuest, and r/virtualreality
| Rasmus Larsen / FlatpanelsHD: |
LG rolls out full-screen screensaver ads from LG and its partners to its smart TVs, including its expensive OLED models; the ads, on by default, can be disabled — Even if you buy one of the most expensive TV models today, you cannot escape ads. LG is rolling out screensaver ads …
More: Ars Technica, The Verge, Engadget, Android Authority, Mashable, TechRadar, and Tao of Mac
Forums: Hacker News, r/technews, and Ars OpenForum
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Researchers reported a flaw in Kia's web portal in June that let them track millions of cars, unlock doors, and start engines; Kia seems to have fixed the issue — Researchers found a flaw in a Kia web portal that let them track millions of cars, unlock doors, and start engines at will … | The Hacker News: |
Google says transitioning to memory-safe languages like Rust led to the share of memory-safe vulnerabilities in Android dropping from 76% in 2019 to 24% in 2024 — Google has revealed that its transition to memory-safe languages such as Rust as part of its secure-by-design approach has led …
More: Google Online Security Blog, Developer Tech News, The Register, SC Media, SecurityWeek, Help Net Security, Android Police, BleepingComputer, and Android Headlines
Mastodon: @jeffvanderstoep@infosec …, @Gankra@toot.cat, @ayper@infosec.exchange, and @anji@metalhead.club
Forums: Hacker News and lobste.rs
| Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: |
Ubisoft lowers its FY 2024-25 bookings forecast to €1.95B, vs. €2.42B est., and delays Assassin's Creed Shadows to February 14, 2025; UBI drops 15%+ — - Company said its recent Star Wars release had underperformed
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X: @assassinscreed, @stephentotilo, @tomwarren, @chris_dring, @jasonschreier, @paultassi, @destinlegarie, @legacykillahd, @legacykillahd, @stephentotilo, @synthpotato, @grummz, @grummz, @tinkereryorch, @genepark, @paultassi, @patrickklepek, @shinobi602, and @stephentotilo
Forums: r/gamernews, r/technology, r/MauLer, r/Asmongold, and r/Games
| Scott Stein / CNET: |
Hands-on with Meta's Orion: needs a wireless processor puck, weighs only 100g, is packed with sensors, and has good eye tracking and a wide FoV for AR glasses — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls them “The most advanced glasses the world has ever seen.” — I wore Mark Zuckerberg's contact lenses.
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LinkedIn: Farzad Sangi, Daniel Hill, Josh I., Jeremy Snodgrass, Mingfei Yan, Naamah Argaman, and Mudit Goel
Forums: Hacker News, r/RayBanStories, r/gadgets, and r/oculus
| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
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Threads: @navneetalang, @neil.cybart, @documentingmeta, @nick_statt, @filipe.esposito, @kbode, @laurengoode, @eshumarneedi, @sung.kim.mw, @tomwarrenuk, @jackcarterbenjamin, @robsherman, and @parkerortolani
Mastodon: @stroughtonsmith …, @jsnell@zeppelin.flights, @viticci@mastodon …, and @stroughtonsmith …
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LinkedIn: Farbod Shakouri, Stuart Pitts, Luc Dahlin, Naeem Komeilipoor, Emil Protalinski, Giovanni Beninca de Farias, Brent Harris, Nirav Shah, Steve Fuertes, and Rohit Sonwalkar
Forums: r/singularity, r/augmentedreality, and Slashdot
| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
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Threads: @vicmsong, @boztank, @roccobasilico, @seanhollister, @tomwarrenuk, @ambich0o, and @vishwanathsarang. Mastodon: @podcast@livingblindfully …
| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
The Tor Project merges with Tails, a portable Linux-based OS focused on user privacy and anonymity; Tails says it had “outgrown its existing structure” — The Tor Project is merging operations with Tails, a portable Linux-based operating system focused on preserving user privacy and anonymity.| Liz Stinson / Fast Company: |
An interview with Rabbit founder Jesse Lyu on the Rabbit R1, criticisms of the AI device, bad reviews, and more; Lyu says ~5,000 people now use the R1 daily — In a frank conversation at the Fast Company Innovation Festival, Ammunition's Robert Brunner and Rabbit's Jesse Lyu unpacked AI hardware's slow start.| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Meta debuts the $300+ Quest 3S, larger than Quest 3 and with lower-resolution displays, but better battery and the same chip and controllers, coming October 15 — Meta finally announced the very heavily leaked Quest 3S VR headset, and the leaks were right: it's a $299.99 headset that looks like a mix of the Quest 2 and Quest 3.
More: Meta, YouTube, PCWorld, Club386, ZDNET, VentureBeat, TechRadar, The Independent, TheGamer, IGN, WinBuzzer, Wired, GSMArena.com, MIXED Reality News, Wccftech, Neowin, Tom's Guide, Ars Technica, Polyarc Games on YouTube, UploadVR, The Verge, Tyriel Wood - VR Tech on YouTube, OtterWorldly on YouTube, Cas and Chary XR on YouTube, Erik Hartley on YouTube, David Duggan on YouTube, Gamertag VR on YouTube, and Adam Savage’s Tested on YouTube
Threads: @jaypeters.11, @parkerortolani, and @mgsiegler
X: @cixliv, @benz145, @charshenton, @boztank, @sadlyitsbradley, @dshankar, @baekdal, @tomwarren, @munster_gene, @dilmerv, @hmltn, @anshelsag, @kentbye, @benbajarin, @benbajarin, and @kifleswing
LinkedIn: Greg Manyak and Sriram Kaushik
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
| Karoun Demirjian / New York Times: |
A US Senate security office email says a “deepfake” caller posed as the former foreign minister of Ukraine in a recent Zoom call with Senator Benjamin L. Cardin — A figure impersonating Dmytro Kuleba, the former foreign minister of Ukraine, targeted Senator Benjamin L. Cardin …
More: Washington Post, Punchbowl News, The Guardian, Forbes, and NBC News
| Zachary Small / New York Times: |
An interview with Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto, who in recent years has focused on movies and amusement parks, on the new Nintendo Museum in Kyoto and more — Decades after Miyamoto invented Mario and Zelda, he explains what makes Nintendo special and its transformation into a global entertainment brand.
More: Ars Technica, TheGamer, Metro.co.uk, IGN, TechSpot, Dexerto, and GoNintendo
X: @nintendeal, @ethangach, and @_jasonbailey_
| Pritam Biswas / Reuters: |
PayPal says it is enabling US merchants to buy, hold, and sell cryptocurrency directly from their PayPal business accounts, except in New York state at launch — PayPal Holdings (PYPL.O) announced on Wednesday it is enabling U.S. merchants to buy, hold and sell cryptocurrency from their business accounts.
More: PayPal Newsroom, South China Morning Post, CoinDesk, CCN.com, The Paypers, Cryptonews, CoinJournal, ZyCrypto, Blockonomi, The Block, MarketWatch, FXStreet, PYMNTS.com, Bloomberg, NFTgators, BTC Times, CryptoSlate, Cointelegraph, Cryptopolitan, Bitcoinist.com, CoinGape, Decrypt, Watcher Guru, crypto.news, and Crypto Briefing
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Peak XV, the largest India-focused VC fund, has realized ~$1.2B in exits since its Sequoia separation in June 2023, selling stakes in ~12 companies — Peak XV Partners, the largest India-focused venture fund, has realized about $1.2 billion in exits since its separation with Sequoia last year …
More: Inc42 Media
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Amazon, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and 100+ other companies signed the EU's AI Pact for “voluntary pledges” before the AI Act; Apple and Meta did not sign — The European Commission has revealed a list of the first 100-plus signatories to the AI Pact — an initiative focused … | Dan Mangan / CNBC: |
The FTC announces a crackdown on “deceptive AI claims and schemes” by companies including legal services firm DoNotPay, which claimed to offer a “robot lawyer” — The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday announced a crackdown on what the regulator called …
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