US v. Google: Sundar Pichai floated preloading a Google app on iOS to Tim Cook in 2018, amid Apple's concerns of lower revenue growth from their rev-share deal — In late 2018, Google CEO Sundar Pichai floated a bold idea to Apple CEO Tim Cook. Cook had just told Pichai he wanted to be …
Baidu's Chinese-language maps and Alibaba's Amap are not showing Israel's name, confusing users and matching Beijing's vague diplomacy toward the country — Internet users in China are expressing bewilderment that the name Israel doesn't appear on leading online digital maps from Baidu and Alibaba …
Research details how vulnerabilities in signaling protocols used by mobile network operators for international roaming can be exploited to geolocate devices — Table of Contents — 2. Geolocation Attacks Against Telecommunications Networks — 4. Incentives Enabling Geolocation Attacks
AI fakes related to the Israel-Hamas war have been limited and unconvincing, but the possibility of such fakes circulating leads some to dismiss genuine content — Fakes related to the conflict have been limited and largely unconvincing, but their presence has people doubting real evidence.
US v. Google: Google's search head testifies that the company spent $26.3B in 2021 to be the default search engine in multiple browsers, phones, and platforms — Even if it's easy to switch browsers or platforms or search engines, the one that appears when you turn it on matters a lot.
Sources: Humane set its ~$1K Ai Pin launch for the October 14 solar eclipse, but rescheduled to November 9 as a report of Sam Altman and Jony Ive's device broke — In late September, a stakeholder in Humane received a humbled message from the startup. The Information had just broken …
Amazon reports Q3 revenue up 13% YoY to $143.1B, a $9.9B net income, vs. $2.9B in Q3 2022, AWS segment sales up 12% YoY to $23.1B — Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2023. - Net sales increased 13% to $143.1 billion …
OpenAI forms Preparedness, a new team to assess, evaluate, and probe AI models to protect against “catastrophic risks”, including biological and nuclear threats — OpenAI today announced that it's created a new team to assess, evaluate and probe AI models to protect against what it describes as “catastrophic risks.”
A live blog of FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried's testimony at his own criminal fraud trial in NYC over the collapse of his cryptocurrency exchange — Welcome to TOPLive. FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried is taking the witness stand at his own fraud trial in New York over the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange.
Sources: a Biden EO on AI is expected on Monday, requiring AI models undergo testing before use by federal workers, easing highly skilled immigration, and more — Tackling immigration and safety, the order would require advanced AI models to undergo assessments before they can be used …
Sources: Apple plans an overhaul of its AirPods lineup, including AirPods Max with USB-C and two redesigned 4th-gen AirPods in 2024, and new AirPods Pro in 2025 — - Company readies updates to entry-level, Pro and Max models — After initial skepticism, AirPods are now a critical category
California's DMV suspends Cruise's deployment and driverless testing permits, ending the GM self-driving car subsidiary's robotaxi operations in San Francisco — The California Department of Motor Vehicles said Tuesday it has immediately suspended Cruise's deployment and driverless testing permits …
TikTok tests the ability to upload 15-minute videos, after adding 10-minute videos in February 2022, as it looks to attract longer-form video creators — TikTok is testing the ability for users to upload 15 minute videos, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Monday.
The White House announces 31 communities across the US as regional Tech Hubs that can compete for $40M to $75M each in grants — The hubs are located in 32 states and Puerto Rico and will be able to compete for $40 million to $75 million each in grants. — WASHINGTON — The White House …
Analysis: the iPhone 15 lineup features ~10% costlier components than the iPhone 14 models; iPhone 15 Pro Max costs rose to $558, up 12% from iPhone 14 Pro Max — Apple largely shoulders costs of zoom camera and 3-nm chip: Nikkei analysis — South Korea provided 29% of the latest iPhone series' parts …
Crunchbase: Black US founders raised ~$39.7M, or 0.13% of all capital allocated to startups in Q3 2023, down from $212M in Q2, $352M in Q1, and $1B in Q3 2022 — Black founders raised 0.13% of all capital allocated to U.S. startups in Q3, according to Crunchbase. That's about $39.7 million out of $29.9 billion.
Q&A with Fei-Fei Li and NTIA head Alan Davidson on regulating AI, US and China tech competition, the representation of women and PoC in AI discussions, and more — Fei-Fei Li of Stanford and the Commerce Department's Alan Davidson agree that artificial intelligence has the potential to do a lot of good.
Report: seven unreliable X accounts, some promoted by Elon Musk, are dominating news on X around the Israel-Hamas war, outpacing mainstream news outlets — The University of Washington's Center for an Informed Public said that the most popular posts about the crisis revealed how news on the platform is …
A US jury finds Google guilty of gender bias and awards female executive Ulku Rowe $1M+, in the first such case filed against Google after 2018's mass walkouts — Google LLC treated female executive Ulku Rowe differently than other employees because of her gender and must pay her more than $1 million …
How Meta is struggling to moderate Israel-Hamas war content, amid internal friction and its moderation tools' limited ability in parsing Arabic dialects — In trying to prevent Instagram and Facebook from contributing to further violence, Meta is juggling internal friction and limited tools to address a flood of content
IBM researchers unveil a “brain-inspired” NorthPole chip prototype that removes the need to frequently access external memory and consumes vastly less power — You can also search for this author in — PubMed Google Scholar — A brain-inspired computer chip …
Doug Bowser on how Nintendo Account may help Switch transition to the next generation, Nintendo's approach to game development, why Nintendo has no union, more — Video game consoles come and go, but the Nintendo Switch is forever. At least, that's how it sometimes seems.
A profile of Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino, who became the stablecoin operator's unofficial frontman on social media before being appointed as CEO from December 2023 — - Stablecoin firm plans for real-time reserves data from 2024 — USDT's circulation has continued to grow during crypto crisis
Product Hunt CEO says layoffs announced on October 10 were for strategic reasons, not “financial or company performance reasons”, and impacted ~60% of its team — Product Hunt, the product discovery site for smaller startups, apps, tech tools, and developers' side projects, is cleaning house.
India's Central Bureau of Investigation works with Microsoft and Amazon to raid 76 locations in a nationwide crackdown on tech support scams and crypto fraud — India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided 76 locations in a nationwide crackdown on cybercrime operations behind tech support scams and cryptocurrency fraud.
Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg : Sources: Seoul-based AI chip designer FuriosaAI seeks to raise a $300M-$500M Series D to fund mass production of...
