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Apple says the company supports California's Right to Repair Act, which passed a Senate vote in May 2023 and now awaits approval before a full assembly vote — In a surprise move, Apple this week penned a letter to California state senator Susan Talamantes Eggman, voicing support for SB 244 …
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| Haomiao Huang / Ars Technica: |
How LLMs designed for chat interactions turned AI into a general purpose tool, as AI undergoes transformation much like semiconductors gave rise CPUs and GPUs — Until recently, AI models were specialized tools. Modern LLMs are different. — The chief technology officer of a robotics startup told … | Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Nvidia reports Q2 revenue up 101% YoY to $13.51B, vs. $11.22B est., Data Center revenue up 171% YoY to $10.32B, and authorizes a $25B buyback; NVDA jumps 6%+ — - Nvidia's performance was driven by its data center business, which includes the A100 and H100 AI chips that are needed to build …
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| Tom Phillips / Eurogamer.net: |
Q&A with Phil Spencer on growing Game Pass, Microsoft's mobile focus, streaming Starfield and other games on mobile, Xbox generations, console prices, and more — Phil Spencer on new hardware, price drops, mid-gen refreshes - and why the company won't ditch Series S. — Interview by Tom Phillips Editor-in-Chief| David Gewirtz / ZDNet: |
Google announces new security features for Workspace, including zero-trust, data loss prevention, and digital sovereignty controls, rolling out in 2023 and 2024 — Google Workspace, your most secure choice in productivity suites, will be getting even more secure.| Erin Woo / The Information: |
Sources: TikTok plans to bar links to Amazon and other e-commerce sites to force people to use TikTok Shop; source says Shop will lose $500M+ in the US in 2023 — The cost of TikTok's online shopping expansion in the U.S. is beginning to add up. — TikTok Shop, the app's nascent shopping service …
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| Clive Cookson / Financial Times: |
Research teams from the University of California, San Francisco and Stanford University use AI and electrodes to turn thoughts into speech via a lifelike avatar — Scientists use electrodes and AI programs to turn thoughts into speech via a lifelike avatar
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| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Epic Games announces the Epic First Run program, offering developers 100% of net revenue for six months if they launch games exclusively on the Epic Games Store — Games and apps in the Epic First Run program will also benefit from extra exposure on the storefront.
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| Katherine Ross / Blockworks: |
The US DOJ charges Tornado Cash co-founders Roman Storm, of Washington, and Roman Semenov, a Russian national, with money laundering and sanctions violations — The inclusion of the Tornado Cash co-founder on the list marks an escalation of the US government's previous investigations into the crypto mixer
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MSI shares an unlisted video confirming Intel's upcoming 14th Gen CPUs will see no major core count upgrades and will be 3% faster than 13th Gen CPUs on average — MSI unimpressed with 14th Gen Core series — MSI made a mistake of sharing an unlisted video which has now leaked out.| Bloomberg: |
Study: in May 2023, ~150K nonconsensual porn deepfakes, with 3.8B total views, appeared on 30 sites, up 9x since 2019, aided by services from big tech companies — To stay up and running, deepfake creators rely on products and services from Google, Apple, Amazon, CloudFlare and Microsoft
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| Dade Hayes / Deadline: |
WBD plans to launch CNN Max, a 24/7 stream pulled from CNN's US and international feeds alongside some original content, in “open beta” on September 27 on Max — - Netflix Added 2.6M U.S. Subscribers In July, Continuing Advertising Momentum Amid Password-Sharing Crackdown, Study Finds
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| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
To comply with the EU DSA, Google plans to expand its Ads Transparency Center and offer more details on EU ad targeting, increase researcher access, and more — Google will provide more information on targeted advertisements and give researchers more access to data on how its products work … | Jack Schickler / CoinDesk: |
Filings: FTX wants to begin selling, staking, and hedging its crypto holdings, valued at over $3B, and seeks to hire Mike Novogratz's Galaxy as an advisor — The bankrupt exchange wants to return funds to creditors in dollars without denting value. — Register Now
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| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
Atari announces the $130 Atari 2600+, with HDMI and a slot for Atari 2600 and 7800 cartridges, the $25 CX40+ joystick, and a $40 CX30+ paddle controller bundle — Software emulation keeps costs down, but may turn off retro-gaming enthusiasts. — If you read about Atari issuing a new cartridge …
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Forums: r/technology and Ars OpenForum
| NewsGuard: |
An analysis finds 37 sites that are using AI chatbots to rewrite news articles, which first appeared in outlets like CNN, the NYT, and Reuters, without credit — NewsGuard has identified 37 sites that use artificial intelligence to repackage articles from mainstream news sources without providing credit
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