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A livestream of Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2023 — Make the switch 👉 ǝpıs dıןɟ ǝɥʇ uıoɾ 🙃 #SamsungUnpacked is now LIVE. Watch our ASL stream: https://youtube.com/live/XXsmFqhjYjcTo view the YouTube stre...| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Samsung announces the Galaxy Z Flip5, offering a larger 3.4" cover screen, up from 1.9" on the Z Flip 4, a new hinge, 256GB storage, and more for the same $999 — The Motorola Razr Plus' reign as the best flip phone might be short-lived. — The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 is officially here …
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Twitter changes its handle from @twitter to @X, Twitter Blue to @XBlue, @TwitterSupport to @Support, and more; the previous @X owner now uses @x12345678998765 — Twitter has changed its official handle to @X as part of the ongoing rebranding. As a result, the original @Twitter handle is now inactive … | Wall Street Journal: |
Emails: X offers discounts on new video ads in the US and UK and warns advertisers that they will lose verified status unless they reach spending thresholds — Social-media site X is offering hefty discounts to lure back ad dollars — X Corp. is cutting ad prices as it tries to woo brands back to the Elon Musk-owned platform.
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| Alphabet - Investor Relations: |
Alphabet reports Q2 revenue up 7% YoY to $74.6B, net income of $18.37B, up from $16B YoY, and Google Cloud revenue of $8.03B, up from $6.28B YoY; GOOG jumps 6%+ — Announces Plans for Chief Financial Officer Transition and Appointment of President and Chief Investment Officer MOUNTAIN VIEW …
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| Microsoft - Investor Relations: |
Microsoft reports Q4 net income up 20% YoY to $20.1B, revenue up 8% YoY to $56.2B, Office Commercial up 12% YoY, Dynamics 365 up 26% YoY, and LinkedIn up 5% YoY — , as compared to the corresponding period of last fiscal year: · Revenue was $56.2 billion and increased 8% (up 10% in constant currency)
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| George Hammond / Financial Times: |
Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI launch the Frontier Model Forum, aiming to ensure “the safe and responsible development of frontier AI models” — Anthropic, Google, Microsoft and OpenAI team up to establish best practices but critics argue they want to avoid regulation
More: Washington Post, Axios, Bloomberg, OpenAI, Tech Xplore, Microsoft On the Issues, and The Keyword
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| Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post: |
AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, and Berkeley CS professor Stuart Russell warn Congress that AI could cause serious harms in a few years — Two AI researchers and the CEO of AI startup Anthropic testified about the long-term risks of AI and said Congress needs to institute rules to control it
More: GovInfoSecurity.com, Yoshua Bengio, TechCrunch, and CNBC Television on YouTube
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| Ben Tarnoff / The Guardian: |
A profile of Joseph Weizenbaum, who created the first chatbot in 1966 but turned against AI, believing the computer revolution constricted our humanity — Computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum was there at the dawn of artificial intelligence - but he was also adamant that we must never confuse computers with humans
Mastodon: @[email protected], @joningold@mastodon …, @[email protected], and @Weizenbaum_Institut …
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| Electronic Frontier Foundation: |
The FBI's seizure of Mastodon server Kolektiva.social in May, part of a raid over unrelated charges, should serve as a wakeup call to fediverse users and hosts — We're in an exciting time for users who want to take back control from major platforms like Twitter and Facebook.
More: Fedi.Tips. Mastodon: @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected], and @[email protected]
| The Guardian: |
UNESCO calls for a global ban on smartphones in schools, saying intensive technology use negatively impacts student performance and increases disruption — Major UN report issues warning over excessive use, with one in six countries already banning the devices
More: Silicon Republic, UNESCO, UNESCO, TechRadar, The Guardian, 2023 GEM Report, and inews.co.uk
Forums: r/europe and r/technology
| Will Knight / Wired: |
How a US Navy task force is using AI to police the waters of the Gulf of Oman for pirates, a glimpse of increasingly capable autonomous systems transforming war — Ships without crews. Self-directed drone swarms. How a US Navy task force is using off-the-shelf robotics and artificial intelligence … | Jason Nelson / Decrypt: |
OpenAI shuts down its AI classifier for indicating AI-written text, citing “its low rate of accuracy”, and will research “more effective provenance techniques” — In January, artificial intelligence powerhouse OpenAI announced a tool that could save the world … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon adds a tool to alert customers of recalled or unsafe products within their accounts; US sellers can opt in to Amazon's service to manage recalled items — Amazon today introduced a new feature that will allow consumers to be better informed about potential product safety alerts and recalls.| Josh Sisco / Politico: |
Sources: the FTC is finalizing its antitrust suit against Amazon and is likely to file its case in federal court rather than its own tribunal as soon as August — A case would be a high-water mark for FTC Chair Lina Khan who gained prominence criticizing the company's dominance.
More: Reuters. Mastodon: @[email protected]. Twitter: @ethangach, @dmoptions, @sullycnbc, @soft_fox_lad, @charlesfitz, @ben11kehoe, @tanarrowz, and @banana3stocks. Forums: Hacker News
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