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| Natasha Singer / New York Times: |
Amazon agrees to pay $25M to settle FTC and DOJ charges over the company keeping Alexa voice recordings and geolocation data collected from children for years — Regulators said the tech giant kept children's Alexa voice recordings “forever,” violating a children's privacy law.
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| Bloomberg: |
Amazon's Ring agrees to pay $5.8M to settle FTC allegations that until 2017, Ring gave employees and third-party contractors full access to every customer video — Amazon.com Inc. agreed to pay $30.8 million to resolve two cases brought by the Federal Trade Commission Wednesday related to privacy lapses by its smart devices.
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| Michael McSweeney / The Block: |
Crypto bridging protocol Multichain says it suspended service for multiple chains after being unable to contact its CEO to get server access amid tech problems — - Multichain, the cross-chain protocol, confirmed Wednesday that the team is unable to contact its chief executive amid ongoing technology problems.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is testing two new high-end Macs, one with M2 Max, and the other with the unannounced M2 Ultra chip with 60 graphics cores and up to 192GB of RAM — Apple Inc. is testing a pair of new high-end Macs and their accompanying processors ahead of its Worldwide Developers Conference next week …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Reddit client Apollo's developer says Reddit plans to charge $12K for 50M API requests and that he would need to pay $20M per year to keep operating the app — Popular Reddit app Apollo might not be able to operate as is in the future due to planned API pricing that Reddit is implementing.
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| Hayden Field / CNBC: |
OpenAI researchers say training AI with process supervision, which rewards the thought process rather than the outcome, could help prevent hallucinations — - AI hallucinations occur when models like OpenAI's ChatGPT or Google's Bard fabricate information entirely.
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| Reuters: |
Sources: a planned $3B chip plant in India by ISMC, a consortium that included chipmaker Tower, has been stalled due to the company's pending takeover by Intel — A planned $3 billion semiconductor facility in India by chip consortium ISMC that counted Israeli chipmaker Tower as a tech partner …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple touts an Analysis Group study saying its App Store ecosystem generated $1.1T in 2022, up 29% YoY; $910B came from the sale of physical goods and services — Ahead of Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference next week, the company is offering an update on its app ecosystem with the release …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Cortex, which sells an internal developer portal for teams making software at scale, raised a $35M Series B led by IVP, taking its total funding to nearly $53M — Cortex, a startup building an internal developer portal that helps engineering teams build better software at scale … | Ben Lang / Road to VR: |
Ultraleap unveils the $140 hand-tracking module Leap Motion 2, its first since the original in 2013, with support for standalone XR headsets; preorders open — The Daily Roundup Newsletter — Keep your finger on the pulse of the XR industry with the Daily Roundup, the most important news in one daily email.
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Eclypsium: a firmware flaw in 271 Gigabyte motherboards could let hackers install malware when the PC restarts; Gigabyte plans a fix, but problems could persist — Hidden code in hundreds of models of Gigabyte motherboards invisibly and insecurely downloads programs—a feature ripe for abuse, researchers say.
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| Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak: |
Torrent site RARBG, founded in 2008, shuts down and stops all its content releases, citing COVID-related health problems, Russia's war in Ukraine, and inflation — Founded in 2008, RARBG evolved to become a key player in the torrent ecosystem. — The site didn't only attract millions …
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| Cynthia Littleton / Variety: |
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick says he was humbled and outraged by toxic workplace culture claims and blames “outside forces” for most of Activision's image issues — Bobby Kotick has a secret: He was ready to buy Time Warner a few years ago.The CEO of Activision Blizzard drops …
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| Kate Clark / The Information: |
Sources: NYC-based Runway, which uses AI to let users generate videos from text descriptions, raised ~$100M from Google and others at a ~$1.5B valuation — Google is investing in Runway, a New York-based startup that lets customers generate video from text descriptions using artificial intelligence … | Liz Young / Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon is rolling out AI across 12 fulfillment centers to weed out damaged goods and says the tech is 3x as effective at spotting damage as a warehouse worker — Company expects artificial intelligence to reduce the number of damaged items moving through fulfillment centers and to speed up deliveries| Jane Lee / Reuters: |
Boston-based Lightmatter, which uses light for AI computing, raised a $154M Series C from Fidelity, GV, and others, and claims to have tripled its valuation — Lightmatter, a Boston-based startup using light for AI computing, said on Wednesday it raised $154 million and tripled its valuation …
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Salesforce reports Q1 revenue up 11% YoY to $8.25B, vs. $8.18B est., capital expenditures up 36% YoY to $243M, vs. $205M est., and raises Q2 guidance above est. — - Salesforce surpassed estimates across the board and raised its full-year earnings guidance.
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| Bloomberg: |
Evident: at some banks, about 40% of all open job roles are AI-related; JPMorgan advertised 3,651 AI-related roles from February 2023 through April 2023 — Deutsche Bank AG is using artificial intelligence to scan wealthy client portfolios. ING Group NV is screening for potential defaulters.| Caroline O'Donovan / Washington Post: |
Hundreds of white-collar Amazon workers in Seattle walked off the job, frustrated by job losses, a return-to-office mandate, carbon emissions, and leadership — Frustrated by job losses, office policies and rising carbon emissions, white-collar Amazon workers are demanding more from leadership
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| Mike Freeman / San Diego Union-Tribune: |
San Diego-based Measurabl, which makes carbon footprint management tools for properties, raised a $93M Series D led by Energy Impact Partners and Sway Ventures — Measurabl managed to raise money despite the venture capital market being largely frozen for technology entrepreneurs.
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TechCrunch, Commercial Observer, Measurabl, Axios, FinSMEs, and socaltech.com
| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
Bengaluru-based Capillary Technologies, whose SaaS helps companies manage their loyalty programs, raised a $45M Series D, bringing its total funding to ~$150M — Capillary Technologies, an Indian SaaS startup that offers solutions for loyalty management and customer engagement …
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Entrackr, Inc42 Media, and YourStory.com
| Rohan Goswami / CNBC: |
CrowdStrike reports Q1 revenue up 42% YoY to $692.6M, vs. $676.4M est., and ARR up 42% YoY to $2.73B, slower than the 61% growth in Q1 2023; CRWD drops 10%+ — - CrowdStrike reported first quarter results for its fiscal 2024 year on Wednesday, at a time when China-related cybersecurity concerns have mounted.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Berlin-based travel experiences marketplace GetYourGuide raised $194M, with an $85M Series F and a $109M revolving credit facility, at a $2B valuation — The tourist industry is bouncing back after a rough couple of pandemic-stressed years, and in the case of some tourism and travel startups … Sponsor Posts
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