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Google says the US DOJ's “wildly overbroad proposal goes miles beyond the Court's decision”, would hurt US consumers and jeopardize US' global tech leadership — President, Global Affairs & Chief Legal Officer, Google & Alphabet — As part of its lawsuit over how we distribute Search …
| Michael Liedtke / Associated Press: |
Filing: DOJ asks judge to force Google to sell Chrome, restrict Android from favoring Google's search engine, ban default search deals on iOS and other devices — U.S. regulators want a federal judge to break up Google to prevent the company from continuing to squash competition through …
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| Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
Filing: the US DOJ's proposal requires Google to allow websites more ability to opt-out of its AI products and provide more ad placement controls to advertisers — - Antitrust officials propose options in historic lawsuit — Google says government pushing ‘radical agenda’ beyond case
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Nvidia reports Q3 revenue up 94% YoY to $35.1B, vs. $33.2B est., Data Center revenue up 112% to $30.8B, vs. $29B est., and forecasts Q4 revenue above estimates — Nvidia (NVDA) reported its Q3 earnings after the bell on Wednesday, beating analysts' expectations on the top and bottom lines …
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| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
Jensen Huang says “foundation model pretraining scaling is intact” and models like OpenAI's o1 could play a larger role in Nvidia's business moving forward — Nvidia raked in more than $19 billion in net income during the last quarter, the company reported on Wednesday … | Paige Smith / Bloomberg: |
CFPB will supervise tech companies offering digital wallets, like Apple Pay, Google Pay and Venmo, by treating companies with 50M+ annual transactions as banks — The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will now treat those companies more like banks as long as they handle …
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Google researchers introduce AlphaQubit, a machine-learning decoder that surpasses existing methods in identifying and correcting quantum computing errors — - Google researchers introduced AlphaQubit, an AI-powered decoder that improves quantum error correction, reducing errors by 6% compared …
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| Fanny Potkin / Reuters: |
Sources: Huawei plans to start mass-producing its most advanced AI chip, the Ascend 910C, in Q1 2025, even as it struggles to make enough chips due to US curbs — China's Huawei plans to start mass-producing its most advanced artificial intelligence chip in the first quarter of 2025 …
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| Anna Gross / Financial Times: |
Several media and tech executives say UK VC Matt Clifford, who has advised successive Tory and Labour governments, has an outsized influence over AI policy — British venture capitalist has advised successive Tory and Labour governments — Last year, as thousands of customers withdrew … | Sam Gutelle / Tubefilter: |
Streamlabs: Twitch accounted for 82.3% of total Q3 streaming hours, with YouTube Gaming in second place at 5.6%; Kick grew 204% from Q2 2023 to Q3 2024 — For years, the Logitech-owned creator dashboard Streamlabs and its data partner Stream Hatchet have compiled quarterly progress reports for the streaming industry.| Ronan Farrow / New Yorker: |
The Trump administration's promises of mass deportations may lead to increased use of spyware like Graphite; ICE has a $2M contract with Graphite maker Paragon — Other Western democracies have been roiled by the use of spyware to target political opponents, activists, journalists, and other vulnerable groups.| Reed Albergotti / Semafor: |
Q&A with Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora about the role of the tech industry in Trump's administration, AI, the future of cybersecurity, and more — The Scene — While Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora and his firm are more under the radar than Silicon Valley's consumer companies …
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| Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: |
A look at OpenScholar, an LLM for scientific research built by the Allen Institute for AI and the University of Washington that outperforms GPT-4o on accuracy — Scientists are drowning in data. With millions of research papers published every year, even the most dedicated experts struggle … | Larry Dignan / Constellation Research: |
Snowflake reports Q3 revenue up 28% YoY to $942.09M, vs. $898.46M est., unveils a deal with Anthropic to bring Claude to Cortex AI; SNOW jumps 18%+ after hours — Snowflake said it has inked a multi-year deal to bring Anthropic's Claude models to Snowflake Cortex AI.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: xAI has told investors it raised $5B in a funding round valuing it at $50B and that its revenue has reached $100M on an annualized basis — The artificial intelligence startup has more than doubled its valuation from the spring — Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup …
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| Bloomberg: |
Alibaba appoints Jiang Fan its new e-commerce chief in an overhaul of the struggling business; Jiang was demoted in 2020 after allegations of improper conduct — - International chief Jiang will oversee entire commerce unit — Jiang will become one of the company's most powerful execs
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| Rod McGuirk / Associated Press: |
Australia introduces a bill in Parliament to ban children younger than 16 from social media; companies would face fines of up to AU$50M for violations — Australia's communications minister introduced a world-first law into Parliament on Thursday that would ban children under 16 from social media …
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| Eileen Guo / MIT Technology Review: |
A look at biometric ID company Clear, as it works to expand its face-based line-cutting service at retailers, banks, doctor's offices, and other places — If you've ever been through a large US airport, you're probably at least vaguely aware of Clear. Maybe your interest (or irritation) … | Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI releases a free online course for K-12 teachers to integrate ChatGPT into their classrooms, but some educators remain skeptical about the technology — OpenAI envisions teachers using its AI-powered tools to create lesson plans and interactive tutorials for students.Sponsor Posts
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Several media and tech executives say UK VC Matt Clifford, who has advised successive Tory and Labour governments, has an outsized influence over AI policyFind
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The Trump administration's promises of mass deportations may lead to increased use of spyware like Graphite; ICE has a $2M contract with Graphite maker ParagonFind
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Alibaba appoints Jiang Fan its new e-commerce chief in an overhaul of the struggling business; Jiang was demoted in 2020 after allegations of improper conductFind
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Streamlabs: Twitch accounted for 82.3% of total Q3 streaming hours, with YouTube Gaming in second place at 5.6%; Kick grew 204% from Q2 2023 to Q3 2024Find
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Paige Smith / Bloomberg:
CFPB will supervise tech companies offering digital wallets, like Apple Pay, Google Pay and Venmo, by treating companies with 50M+ annual transactions as banksFind
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Sources: Huawei plans to start mass-producing its most advanced AI chip, the Ascend 910C, in Q1 2025, even as it struggles to make enough chips due to US curbsFind
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Baidu reports Q3 revenue down 3% YoY to $4.78B, net income up 14% YoY to $1.09B, and online marketing revenue up 12% YoY to $1.1B, driven by AI cloud businessFind
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