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| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Apple unveils an updated iPad mini with A17 Pro, Apple Intelligence, and the same 8.3" display, starting at $499 with 128GB of storage, available to pre-order — Apple today announced a significant update to the iPad mini, featuring the powerful A17 Pro chip and support for the company's new Apple Intelligence system.
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Forums: r/ipad, r/ipad, r/ipad, and MacRumors Forums
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Google rolls out Android 15 to Pixel devices, adding privacy features like a “private space” for apps, security tools, and foldable and tablet improvements — Android 15 is now rolling out to Pixel devices, bringing them new privacy features, security tools, and improvements for foldables and tablets.
More: The Keyword, The Keyword, ASUS, Android Faithful, Android Faithful, Android Authority, SammyGuru, Android Authority, Forbes, Android Headlines, Android Faithful, TechCrunch, Android Police, Pocket-lint, Redmond Pie, HotHardware, Sammy Fans, CNET, Digital Trends, Thurrott, Phone Scoop, 9to5Google, Liliputing, PCMag, iPhone in Canada Blog, AndroidGuys, nextpit, PhoneArena, Engadget, SlashGear, How-To Geek, Neowin, 9to5Google, Pocketables, The Shortcut, Android Faithful, and Wccftech
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
YouTube rolls out new features: granular playback speed controls, an improved miniplayer on iOS and Android, updated playlists, a sleep timer, and more — YouTube is making official a number of updates that it's been testing in recent months, like the new miniplayer and several design updates.| Umar Shakir / The Verge: |
YouTube rolls out a new “captured with a camera” label, using the C2PA standard to detect if the video came from a real camera with unaltered footage and sound — YouTube is rolling out new labels that tell if uploaded videos come from a real camera with unaltered footage and sound.
More: 9to5Google, Truepic on YouTube, and Truepic
| Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: |
Intel and AMD forge an x86 ecosystem advisory group to ensure a unified x86 instruction set architecture moving forward, amid competition from Arm and RISC-V — Cats and dogs, living together! — In a rare public-facing display of cooperation between two of the industry's fiercest rivals …
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Google rolls out a personalized Shopping feed based on recent searches and YouTube history, coming to mobile first, and adds AI-generated shopping tips — Google Shopping is rolling out a personalized feed that shows you a stream of products you might like.
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| CoinDesk: |
Trump-backed World Liberty Financial crypto project gets off to a bumpy start, as its website crashes and WLFI token sales fall far short of the $300M target — A blockchain wallet connected to the token holds nearly $4 million worth of ether (ETH), $1.2 million of tether (USDT) and around $250,000 USD Coin (USDC) tokens.
More: The Verge, CNBC, Unchained, Sydney Morning Herald, Crypto Briefing, Decrypt, The Crypto Times, Bitcoin Insider, CryptoSlate, New York Times, CoinGape, DL News, Forbes, and CCN.com
X: @lindapatch, @grindingpoet, and @therickwilson
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Meta rolls out “activity status” to Threads that shows a green dot next to a user's profile picture to show the user is online, if they have the feature enabled — Meta is adding an “activity status” to Threads so that you can see who's actively online as you're scrolling your feed.
More: 9to5Mac, Protechbro, Social Media Today, and TechCrunch
Threads: @mosseri, @mergesort, @esqueer_, @theanthonymark, @guillecummings, @chris, @crumbler, @goldengateblond, @quillmatiq, @digiphile, @parkerortolani, @tomwarrenuk, @tomgara, @jonathangarelick, and @dansaffer
X: @gateklons and @markgurman
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
A teardown of Microsoft's diskless Xbox Series X, which was released today, shows a redesigned motherboard, a 6nm chip, and a new cooling system — Microsoft's discless Xbox Series X goes on sale today, and while it looks slightly different on the outside thanks to a white paint job and lack …
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X: @wario64, @tomwarren, and @fsapojake
Forums: r/xbox, r/gadgets, and r/hardware
| Michael Kan / PCMag: |
Chrome begins disabling uBlock Origin as part of Google's plan to phase out Manifest V2 extensions; uBlock Origin has 39M+ downloads on the Chrome Web Store — The browser is doing so as part of Google's plan to phase out older Manifest V2 extensions to bolster Chrome's security.
More: The Verge, Android Police, 9to5Google, Boing Boing, PCWorld, Digital Trends, and WinBuzzer
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| Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: |
Anthropic updates its Responsible Scaling Policy, setting benchmarks for when an AI model's abilities reach a point where additional safeguards are necessary — Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company behind the popular Claude chatbot, today announced a sweeping update …
More: Anthropic and Platformer
Threads: @crumbler. X: @david_kasten, @michael05156007, @cfgeek, @adonis_singh, @kimmonismus, and @jasondclinton
Forums: Hacker News and r/ClaudeAI
| Wired: |
A review of Character.AI finds several instances of AI personas being created without a person's consent, seemingly violating the company's terms of service — Character.AI lets users create bots in the likeness of any person—without requiring their consent.
Threads: @kylie.robison, @laurengoode, and @cwarzel
| Richard Nieva / Forbes: |
Galileo, a startup that helps companies fine tune, evaluate, observe, and protect their AI models, raised a $45M Series B led by Scale Venture Partners — Galileo, founded by former Google and Uber employees, helps companies to make sure their models are actually ready for primetime when they launch.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Monogoto, which offers software-defined connectivity tools for enterprises, raised a $27M Series A led by Toyota Ventures, taking its total funding to $38M — Connectivity and connected networks are part and parcel of the way many devices and services operate today, thanks to innovations …
More: SiliconANGLE, Monogoto, and FinSMEs
| P.R. Venkat / Wall Street Journal: |
Filing: Chinese smart-driving company Horizon Robotics is targeting to raise ~$700M in its Hong Kong IPO; Alibaba and Baidu are among its cornerstone investors — Alibaba, Baidu, and state-owned Beijing Financial Holdings are among the cornerstone investors who have agreed to take over 30% of Horizon Robotics' shares ahead of the IPO
More: Bloomberg and Investor's Business Daily
| New York Times: |
Trump signaled he wouldn't break up Google if he regained the presidency, saying “China is afraid of Google” and questioning if it might “destroy the company” — The former president also said he would do “something” to make Google “more fair” if he regained the presidency.
More: The Verge, The Information, Washington Examiner, CBS News, and New York Magazine
X: @justinbaragona, @viacristiano, @acyn, and @kamalahq
| Julie Bort / TechCrunch: |
Customer service AI startup Neuron7 raised a $44M Series B led by Smith Point Capital, and says it had 300% growth in ARR in 2023 and 65 full-time employees — Five-year-old AI customer service startup Neuron7 just closed an oversubscribed $44 million series B round led by Keith Block …
More: SiliconANGLE, Neuron7.ai, YourStory.com, Inc42 Media, and FinSMEs
| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Port, which offers DevOps services, raised a $35M Series B led by Accel and says its revenue is up 7x in the last 12 months while its customer base grew 8x — DevOps platform startup Port IO Ltd. has closed on its biggest funding round to date, raising $35 million in an investment led by Accel.
More: CTech, Wall Street Journal, and FinSMEs
| Bloomberg: |
Filings: Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz each donated $2.5M to pro-Trump super PAC Right For America; Andreessen also gave ~$844K to the GOP and Trump campaign — - Horowitz later said he would also donate to Democrat Harris — Apollo's Marc Rowan also contributed to pro-Trump super PAC| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Analytics software provider Amplitude acquires Command AI, an app user engagement startup formerly called CommandBar that raised $23.8M, a source says for $45M+ — Amplitude, a publicly traded company that makes digital analytics software, has acquired Command AI, an app user engagement startup formerly known as CommandBar.| 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.| 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 … Sponsor Posts
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