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Elon Musk names ex-NBCUniversal ad chief Linda Yaccarino as Twitter CEO, to focus on business operations; Musk will focus on “product design & new technology” — - Former NBCUniversal advertising chief Linda Yaccarino will be Twitter's next CEO.| Bloomberg: |
Oppo closes its chip design unit Zeku due to global economic uncertainty; Zeku developed the MariSilicon X image-processing chip used in Oppo's flagship devices — Oppo, China's biggest domestic smartphone maker, is closing its chip design business as the global smartphone market extends a prolonged decline.| Reuters: |
Toyota says the vehicle data of 2.15M users in Japan, or almost all of its cloud service customers, has been public since November 2013 due to a human error — Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) said on Friday the vehicle data of 2.15 million users in Japan, or almost the entire customer base … | Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Google Bard, which expanded to 180 countries, is not available in the EU and Canada; Google says it will be made available “consistent with local regulations” — Yesterday at Google I/O 2023, it was announced that Google Bard would be undergoing a massive expansion, bringing the AI chatbot experiment to 180 countries.| Reuters: |
The UK extradites Autonomy co-founder Mike Lynch to the US to face fraud charges over HP's $11B acquisition of the software company in 2011 — Mike Lynch, co-founder of UK software firm Autonomy, has been extradited to the United States to face criminal charges in a near decade-long legal battle … | Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Anthropic expands Claude's context window from 9K to 100K tokens, or ~75K words it can digest and analyze; OpenAI's GPT-4 has a context window of ~32K tokens — Historically and even today, poor memory has been an impediment to the usefulness of text-generating AI.| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Meta announces AI Sandbox, with generative AI tools to help select advertisers create text variations, background images from text, and cropped images — Meta today announced an AI Sandbox for advertisers to help them create alternative copies, background generation through text prompts … | New York Times: |
A look at China's plans to “de-Americanize” its domestic chip industry, seven months after US curbs started, using billions in cash from Beijing and investors — Seven months after Washington unveiled tough curbs, Chinese companies are doubling down on homegrown supply chains … | Morgan Meaker / Wired: |
A profile of Swedish politician and EU Home Affairs commissioner Ylva Johansson, who has become a divisive figure during the debate over CSAM and privacy — Ylva Johansson is on a personal mission to make the internet safer for children. Her opponents say her plans would wreck online privacy.| Aidan Ryan / The Information: |
Sources: Binance.US and Changpeng Zhao are exploring ways to cut Zhao's majority stake in the company, hoping to improve Binance's standing before US regulators — Binance.US and Changpeng Zhao, the crypto exchange's founder, majority owner and chair, have been exploring ways to reduce … | Financial Times: |
Document: the EU plans a €45M internet cable in the Black Sea to improve connectivity to Georgia and reduce its “dependency” on lines running through Russia — Move to improve connectivity to Georgia amid global concerns over spying and sabotage| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Byju's raised $250M and is close to raising $700M at the $22B valuation that it has maintained throughout 2022, ahead of its subsidiary Aakash's IPO — Byju's has raised $250 million and is close to securing about $700 million more, two people familiar with the matter said …
ElevenAgents by ElevenLabs — You know us for voice. Now meet ElevenAgents — featuring Expressive Mode, our most human-sounding AI voice technology in 70+ languages with ultra-low latency. Hear it for yourself.
World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate.
ETL tool evaluation checklist: 6 things to look for before you choose — Your data is only as valuable as your ability to move, prepare, and access it efficiently. Choosing the wrong ETL tool can lead to months of rework …
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.
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