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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Sundar Pichai says “more than a quarter of all new code at Google is generated by AI, then reviewed and accepted by engineers” — Google is building a bunch of AI products, and it's using AI quite a bit as part of building those products, too. “More than a quarter of all new code …
More: The Keyword, Business Today, Benzinga, Moneycontrol, PhoneArena, jwz, Business Insider, The Guardian, and Android Authority
Threads: @carnage4life. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to and @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social. Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social. X: @moonalice
Forums: r/artificial, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Alphabet: |
Alphabet reports Q3 revenue up 15% YoY to $88.27B, Search revenue up 12%, net income up 34%, and traffic acquisition costs up 9%; GOOG jumps 5%+ after hours — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - October 29, 2024 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2024.
More: PYMNTS.com, SiliconANGLE, Investor's Business Daily, 9to5Google, Shacknews, Wall Street Journal, The Desk, Android Central, Thurrott, Constellation Research, and Cointelegraph
Threads: @daveleebbg. X: @waymo, @sundarpichai, @munster_gene, @munster_gene, @sundarpichai, @munster_gene, @patrickmoorhead, @munster_gene, @munster_gene, @divestech, @sundarpichai, @munster_gene, @patrickmoorhead, @sundarpichai, and @sundarpichai. Forums: Hacker News
| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
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X: @thetranscript_, @rihardjarc, and @rseroter
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Apple updates the Mac mini with a smaller design, five USB-C ports, and up to 64GB of RAM, shipping from November 8 for $599+ with M4 and $1,399+ with M4 Pro — As part of the company's week of Mac-focused announcements, Apple has just introduced a smaller, yet even more powerful Mac Mini.
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
GitHub says Copilot will support Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI models, unveils an AI tool to build micro web apps called Spark, Copilot for Xcode, and more — GitHub is going multi-model for its Copilot code completion and programming tool. Developers will soon be able to choose models from Anthropic …
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LinkedIn: Michael Hanley, Thomas Dohmke, and Satya Nadella
Forums: r/cursor, r/ChatGPTCoding, and r/ClaudeAI
| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
Elon Musk's PAC sends Republicans texts impersonating Kamala Harris that push policies Harris doesn't support, without disclaimers, and ups its social ad spend — An Elon Musk-funded super PAC has expanded an advertising campaign in which it is impersonating Democrats and targeting registered Republicans …
More: CNN and CBS News
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X: @steve_lafleur, @jason_koebler, @joshtpm, @jsrailton, @jusdayda, and @kimmasters
Forums: r/EnoughMuskSpam and r/RealTesla
| Bloomberg: |
Samsung's stock has dropped 32% from its 2024 peak on July 9, cutting $122B off its market cap, more than any other chipmaker worldwide on AI and foundry woes — - Stock sheds more value than any chipmaker on AI, foundry woes — Samsung is ‘losing its technology leadership’: Pictet's Lee| Katrina Manson / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft says Russian hackers have sent “highly targeted spearphishing emails” to thousands of US officials, defense workers, and others in a phishing campaign — - Thousands targeted in spearphishing campaign during last week — Hackers said to impersonate Microsoft employees in some emails
More: The Record
| Tess Owen / Wired: |
Data: anti-government militia activity has grown on Facebook in the US, with the platform even auto-generating some group pages, despite the issue being flagged — Ahead of the election, anti-government militias are using Facebook to recruit, coordinate training, and promote ballot box stakeouts.
More: New Republic. Threads: @renee.diresta and @mattnavarra
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| Reuters: |
Sources: OpenAI has been working for months with Broadcom on its first in-house AI chip, for inference, built by TSMC, and has dropped its foundry plans for now — OpenAI is working with Broadcom (AVGO.O) and TSMC (2330.TW) to build its first in-house chip designed to support …
More: Business Standard, South China Morning Post, TweakTown, Hindustan Times, Motley Fool, Quartz, SiliconANGLE, Fortune, Benzinga, TechCrunch, WinBuzzer, SamMobile, Bloomberg, and Investor's Business Daily
Forums: Hacker News, r/artificial, r/singularity, and Slashdot
| Arsheeya Bajwa / Reuters: |
AMD reports Q3 revenue up 18% YoY to $6.82B vs. $6.71B est., Data Center revenue up 122% to $3.5B, and Q4 revenue forecast below est.; AMD drops 7%+ after hours — Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.O) on Tuesday forecast fourth-quarter revenue just shy of estimates as supply chain constraints hamper … | Reuters: |
Dozens of sources share how Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger fumbled the company's revival, including offending TSMC with Taiwan comments and losing a deep TSMC discount — Pat Gelsinger took the reins as Intel (INTC.O) CEO three years ago with hopes of reviving the American industrial icon.| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
Reddit Q3: revenue up 68% YoY to $348.4M, vs. $312.8M est., DAUs up 47% YoY to 97.2M, vs. 96.5M est., ARPU of $3.58, vs. $3.24 est.; RDDT jumps 24%+ after hours — Reddit shares jumped 22% in extended trading Tuesday, topping $100 for the first time, after the social media company reported … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: xAI is in talks with investors to raise several billion dollars in a funding round that would value it at around $40B; xAI was valued at $24B in May — New fundraising effort would substantially increase startup's valuation from spring — Elon Musk's xAI is in talks with investors …
More: The Information, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Forbes, The Times, SiliconANGLE, Fortune, PYMNTS.com, and The Indian Express
X: @sawyermerritt and @molloxx
| Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Snap says it will roll out its new “simple” Snapchat app in Q1 2025, ~10M users are testing it, but warns the engagement metrics are worse on iOS versus Android — In its third-quarter earnings report, Snap warned investors of “near term disruption” connected to the launch of the new Snapchat.
More: Deadline
| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
More: Mobile Dev Memo, Reuters, The Information, Snap Inc., Snap, Bloomberg, and Benzinga
X: @eric_seufert and @beth_kindig
| Reuters: |
Sources: Reliance Retail plans to leverage its 3,000 supermarkets to catch up with India's quick commerce boom, which is expected to hit $6B in sales in 2024 — Asia's richest man Mukesh Ambani is mimicking the strategy of popular Indian grocery startups to drastically change how his retail empire operates …
X: @reuters
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
LinkedIn launches Hiring Assistant, an AI agent designed to take on a wide array of recruitment tasks, like sourcing candidates, to a select group of customers — LinkedIn, the social platform used by the working world to connect with others in their field, hunt for jobs, and develop skills …
More: Maginative, Social Media Today, WinBuzzer, VentureBeat, Cryptopolitan, Techstrong.ai, ZDNET, Business Insider, and MediaPost
| Marianna Spring / BBC: |
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