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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
X CEO Linda Yaccarino says that “after two incredible years, I've decided to step down”; X hired Yaccarino in 2023 after she ran NBCUniversal's ad business — X CEO Linda Yaccarino said Wednesday she is stepping down from her role. … - Under her leadership …
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X: @lindayax, @elonmusk, @munster_gene, @thierrybreton, @thierrybreton, @luke_metro, @elonmusk, @esjesjesj, @rmac18, @noturtlesoup17, @yacinemtb, @jacobybrandon, @joshkraushaar, @adamscochran, @biedersam, @alex_danco, @pitdesi, @pkafka, @jyarow, @kylebrussell, @typesfast, @chrisgeidner, @monkeycharts, @ariehkovler, @spencerhakimian, @mgsiegler, @teddyschleifer, @alexia, and @adamscochran. LinkedIn: Lauren Brewster
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| New York Times: |
Sources: Linda Yaccarino had discussed her plans to leave with X employees earlier this week, before Grok's antisemitic posts — Linda Yaccarino, whom Elon Musk hired to run X in 2023, grappled with the challenges the company faced after Mr. Musk took over.
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Forums: Hacker News and r/politics
| NBC News: |
After Elon Musk said xAI improved Grok “significantly”, Grok wrote many antisemitic posts and called itself “MechaHitler”; xAI took “action to ban hate speech” — In some posts, Grok inserted antisemitic remarks into its answers without any clear prompting.
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X: @elonmusk, @grok, @adl, @ordinarytings, @whstancil, @samstein, @eigenrobot, @prerationalist, @buccocapital, @nikitabier, @cartoonshateher, @populismupdates, @armanddoma, @yanisvaroufakis, @sturgeons_law, @gianmarcosoresi, @acnewsitics, @willccbb, @canteverdie, @thestalwart, @drmistercody, @laurenbalik, @1a3orn, @tszzl, @onionweigher, @tszzl, @dbreunig, @gaulicsmith, @ns123abc, @esyudkowsky, @mikedrucker, @mikeisaac, @dieworkwear, @nikitabier, @nikitabier, @jgreenblattadl, @dread_botlord, @caitoz, @vxunderground, @ctrlaltdwayne, @broderickm_, @roguepotusstaff, @johanstrauss90, @sohrabahmari, @reichlinmelnick, @aidnmclaughlin, @chatgpt21, @spencerhakimian, @rmac18, @minimaxir, @chrislhayes, and @yashar
| Herb Scribner / Axios: |
Elon Musk addresses Grok's antisemitic posts, says it was “too compliant to user prompts” and “too eager to please and be manipulated, essentially” — Elon Musk shared his thoughts Wednesday after his AI platform Grok faced backlash for repeatedly using antisemitic language in its replies on on X.| Elçin Poyrazlar / Politico: |
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Samsung unveils the $2,000+ Galaxy Z Fold7, with bigger 8" and 6.5" screens, a 200MP main camera, and a lighter and thinner design at 217g and 8.9mm when folded — In its biggest hardware update since 2020's Galaxy Z Fold 2, Samsung is launching the Galaxy Z Fold 7 today with a drastically thinner design … | Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 hands-on: vastly thinner and lighter than the Fold6, a wider display format, no S Pen support, and feels like a normal phone when closed — Except for the price. We didn't ask for that. … Samsung just announced its seventh-generation folding phones … | Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
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X: @samifathi_ and @google
| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
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X: @universeice and @universeice
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
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Forums: r/WearOS and r/PixelWatch
| Andrew Romero / 9to5Google: |
| Andrew Romero / 9to5Google: |
| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
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| Reuters: |
Sources: OpenAI plans an AI-powered web browser with some user interactions within a ChatGPT-like native chat interface instead of clicking through to websites — OpenAI is close to releasing an AI-powered web browser that will challenge Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) market-dominating Google Chrome …
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Forums: r/artificial, r/OpenAI, and Slashdot
| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
Perplexity launches Comet, its first AI web browser, initially available on its $200 per month Max plan and via a waitlist, in a bid to compete with Chrome — Perplexity on Wednesday launched its first AI-powered web browser, called Comet, marking the startup's latest effort to challenge Google Search …
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X: @dharmesh, @matthewberman, @_simonsmith, @altryne, and @scobleizer. LinkedIn: Paulo Passoni. Forums: r/singularity
| CNBC: |
Nvidia hits a $4T market cap in intraday trading, the first company to do so, after passing $3T in June 2024, $2T in February 2024, and $1T in May 2023 — Nvidia stock rose on Wednesday lifting the company's market cap briefly past $4 trillion for the first time as investors scooped up shares …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is planning the first Vision Pro upgrade later in 2025, with an M4 chip and a new strap, and a lighter, redesigned version for 2027 — Apple Inc. is planning to introduce its first upgrade to the $3,499 Vision Pro headset as early as this year, aiming to improve the performance …
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X: @parkerortolani, @scobleizer, and @markgurman
Forums: Slashdot and MacRumors Forums
| Andrew Liszewski / The Verge: |
Google rolls out a new Gmail feature for managing subscriptions that shows a list of emails delivered via active subscriptions, sorted by most frequent sender — The new Manage Subscriptions view in Gmail will help you reclaim an inbox overrun with emails you don't want.| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
Source: Microsoft's Chief Commercial Officer said during a presentation that AI saved Microsoft $500M+ last year in its call centers and increased satisfaction — During a presentation this week, Chief Commercial Officer Judson Althoff said artificial intelligence tools are boosting productivity …
More: Microsoft, PYMNTS.com, and Reuters
| Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes: |
Sources: LangChain, which helps developers use off-the-shelf AI models to create new apps, raised $100M led by IVP at a $1.1B valuation — The startup, which sources say is raising at a $1.1 billion valuation, helps developers at companies like Klarna and Rippling use off-the-shelf AI models to create new applications.
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| Rebecca Szkutak / TechCrunch: |
Hugging Face begins taking orders for its $449 Reachy Mini Wireless and $299 Reachy Mini Lite open-source robots, which come in a kit for developers to build — Hugging Face is ready for developers to start tinkering and testing its latest robotics release.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple says COO Jeff Williams will step down in July, overseeing design and health until he retires later in 2025; SVP of Operations Sabih Khan will become COO — Apple Inc. Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams is retiring as the company's longtime No. 2, marking a major changing of the guard …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
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| Kalley Huang / The Information: |
In an internal Meta essay, an outgoing AI researcher says a “culture of fear”, with performance reviews and layoffs, is spreading like “a metastatic cancer” — Over the past month, Meta Platforms has overhauled its stumbling efforts in artificial intelligence by making …
X: @luke_metro and @amir
| Andreessen Horowitz: |
a16z moves its state of incorporation to Nevada, saying Delaware's Court of Chancery “can at times appear biased against technology startup founders” — It used to be a no-brainer: start a company, incorporate in Delaware. That is no longer the case due to recent actions …
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| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
Ikea plans to relaunch its smart home line with 20+ new Matter-over-Thread devices, starting in January 2026, and releases a beta update for its Dirigera hub — Ikea is relaunching its smart home line in a move that will make its low-cost products work with other brands, with or without Ikea's own hub.
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OpenAI officially closes its ~$6.5B acquisition of Jony Ive's startup, which it refers to as io Products, after a trademark suit from hearing device startup Iyo — Sam Altman and Jony Ive's plan to merge ChatGPT's AI tech with new hardware devices is moving forward.| Kate Clark / Bloomberg: |
Israeli VC firm Cyberstarts has raised a $300M fund to allow long-time employees at some of its portfolio companies to cash out their vested shares — Cyberstarts is launching a fund designed to give portfolio companies an edge in retaining talent — Cyberstarts, the Israeli venture …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Revolut is in talks to raise about $1B of funding via newly issued shares and the sale of some existing stock at a $65B valuation — Fintech aiming to secure $1bn from investors in private round led by Greenoaks — Revolut is in talks to raise new funding from investors at a $65bn valuation …
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