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Analysis: Google's C4 dataset, used to train LLMs like Meta's LLaMA, has troubling content from 4chan, Kiwi Farms, white supremacist site Stormfront, and more — AI chatbots have exploded in popularity over the past four months, stunning the public with their awesome abilities …
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Netflix Q1: revenue up 4% YoY to $8.16B, 1.8M paid net additions, vs. 2.06M est. and -0.2M in Q1 2022, and global streaming paid memberships up 5% YoY to 232.5M — Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) on Tuesday reported first-quarter revenue and earnings roughly in line with Wall Street expectations … | Jay Peters / The Verge: |
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The UK CMA opens a consultation after Google proposes letting developers use alternate payment methods for IAP and reducing its cut to settle an antitrust probe — Google has proposed letting developers offering apps through its UK Play mobile app store to have the option …
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| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Sources: Microsoft plans to release its first ARM-powered Surface Go 4 in 2023, and is working on a smaller Surface Pro with an 11-inch display — Microsoft plans wave of smaller 2-in-1 Windows tablets. — What you need to know — Microsoft is planning to ship the Surface Go 4 with ARM for the first time.| Wall Street Journal: |
Some iPhone users say Apple's policies made it hard for them to regain access to their accounts after thieves used the optional Recovery Key to lock them out — The recovery key was designed to make Apple IDs safer. Instead, these victims permanently lost family photos and other precious digital possessions.
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In a joint statement, the FBI, Interpol, and 13 other law enforcement agencies say Meta's plan to expand the use of E2EE in its apps “blindfolds” them to CSAM — FBI, Interpol and UK National Crime Agency among law enforcement groups warning about tech company's plans
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Docs: Google plans to unveil the Pixel Fold on May 10, offering a 7.6" main screen, a 5.8" outside screen, and Tensor G2, launching in June for upward of $1,700 — - Google is planning to launch its first foldable smartphone at upward of $1,700, making it the highest price-point product …
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Meta starts another round of layoffs, impacting technical teams; source: Meta will possibly layoff around 4,000 people in this round, out of the planned 10,000 — The company plans to lay off employees on Wednesday, according to sources. — Meta will conduct another mass round of layoffs on Wednesday …
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| Yang Jie / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: TSMC is pushing back on some “unacceptable” conditions imposed by the US on chip-factory subsidies, as it seeks up to $15B in government support — With construction under way in Arizona, Taiwanese semiconductor maker calls some aid terms unacceptable
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Sources: Google released Bard despite internal concerns; some employees called the chatbot “a pathological liar” whose answers may result in “injury or death” — Shortly before Google introduced Bard, its AI chatbot, to the public in March, it asked employees to test the tool.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: some US tech companies push to narrow the scope of a Senate bill aimed at a TikTok ban, worried it exposes them to future national security reviews — US tech companies are pushing to narrow the scope of legislation that could ban TikTok in the US, creating new obstacles … | TechCrunch: |
CB Insights: global fintech funding totaled $15B in Q1, up 55% QoQ, with Egypt-based MNT-Halan becoming the only unicorn, a first since the end of 2016 — Global fintech funding totaled $15 billion in the first quarter of this year, growing 55% from the fourth quarter, according to CB Insights' latest State of Fintech report.| Wired: |
A look at Itana, a controversial startup city set to be built near Lagos in partnership with Binance and investors like Peter Thiel-backed Pronomos Capital — Nigeria's Itana partnered with Binance and the Charter Cities Institute to build a physical tech hub near Lagos, but the plan has sparked controversy.
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| Toby Sterling / Reuters: |
ASML reports Q1 revenue up 91% YoY to €6.74B, vs. €6.31B est., and net income up 181% YoY to €1.96B, vs. €1.62B est., and expects 2023 demand to exceed capacity — ASML Holding NV (ASML.AS) beat first-quarter earnings forecasts on Wednesday on continued strong demand …
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Some people are using AI chatbots as a supplement to, or in lieu of, traditional mental health services, despite the privacy implications and experts' warnings — Milo Van Slyck missed an appointment with his therapist in early April, so he decided to try something new: telling ChatGPT about his problems.| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is developing VR apps and services for its upcoming headset across gaming, fitness, live sports, and collaboration, like FaceTime and Freeform — Apple Inc. is racing to build a trove of software and services for its upcoming mixed-reality headset, seeking to win …
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Ditto, which provides a distributed database to let developers sync data across mobile and edge devices, emerges from stealth with a $45M Series A — Many apps today assume that data lives in only one location, typically a single cloud database. But the reality is more complex.| Jane Lee / Reuters: |
GlobalFoundries sues IBM for allegedly sharing confidential IP and trade secrets with Rapidus, a Japanese chip company that IBM is working with on 2nm chips — Chip manufacturer GlobalFoundries Inc (GFS.O) said on Wednesday it had filed a lawsuit against International Business Machines Corp …
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