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The OMB releases draft rules that require US federal agencies to monitor AI in health care, law enforcement, and housing for potential harms against citizens — Draft rules from the White House would require federal agencies to assess AI systems currently in use in law enforcement …
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| Thomas Seal / Bloomberg: |
On the UK's AI Safety Summit first day, there were closed-door discussions about whether to pause the development of next-generation “frontier” AI models — - Tech leaders and academics in attendance disagreed on AI risks — 'I hope that it doesn't get dominated by the doomer,' CEO says| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
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| The Walt Disney Company: |
Disney plans to acquire NBCU's 33% stake in Hulu, gaining full ownership, and expects to pay ~$8.61B, representing NBCU's share of a $27.5B guaranteed floor — The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) announced today that it will acquire the 33% stake in Hulu, LLC held by Comcast Corp.'s (NASDAQ …
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| Joe Duball / IAPP: |
The EDPB instructs the Irish DPC to ban Meta's use of personal data for behavioral ads across the EU member states and EEA countries within two weeks — An unprecedented shakeup in the advertising technology space has arrived in Europe. Changes are coming to adtech's approach to privacy …
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| Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge: |
US v. SBF: in closing statements, the US relied heavily on evidence to argue SBF is guilty and said he was “greedy” while SBF's defense only made things worse — Mistakes aren't illegal, but fraud is — and Bankman-Fried's lawyers never made his defense land.
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| Sheena Vasani / The Verge: |
YouTube begins restricting how often teens receive repeated video recommendations related to sensitive topics like body image — Starting November 2nd, YouTube will impose restrictions on how often teens receive repeated video recommendations related to sensitive topics like body image, the company announced on Thursday.
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| Amanda Chicago Lewis / The Verge: |
A critical look at the SEO industry: users complain that Google isn't as useful anymore, some SEO experts say gaming Google's algorithm is now harder, and more — As the public begins to believe Google isn't as useful anymore, what happens to the cottage industry of search engine optimization experts …
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| Niket Nishant / Reuters: |
PayPal says the company received an SEC subpoena tied to its US dollar stablecoin, launched in August 2023 — Payments firm PayPal Holdings (PYPL.O) said on Thursday it had received a subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) tied to its U.S. dollar stablecoin.| Jay Goldberg / Digits to Dollars: |
Apple's M3 series shows a return to simple, consumer-friendly marketing; producing three distinct M3 chips likely has to be close to $1B in tape-out costs — Earlier this week Apple unveiled the latest in its line of CPUs - the M3 family. There has been a lot of CPU news in the past weeks …
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
The UK plans to invest £225M into Isambard-AI, an AI supercomputer 10x faster than the UK's current quickest machine, to be built by the University of Bristol — - The U.K. government said Wednesday that it will invest £225 million, or $273 million, into an AI supercomputer … | Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Apple quietly discontinued Apple Music's $4.99/month Voice Plan, introduced in 2021 to let users access the Apple Music catalog exclusively via Siri — Apple this week held a special event to announce new Macs, but what the company didn't tell is that it has just quietly discontinued the … | Reuters: |
Boeing investigates a cyber incident that impacted its parts and distribution business, days after LockBit announced stealing “a tremendous amount” of data — Boeing (BA.N), one of the world's largest defense and space contractors, said on Wednesday it was investigating … | Theo Wayt / The Information: |
Flexport acquires shuttered digital freight startup Convoy's tech stack, doubling down on US trucking; a source says Convoy CEO Dan Lewis will join Flexport — Flexport has reached a deal to buy the technology of shuttered trucking startup Convoy, as Flexport doubles down on its U.S. trucking ambitions …
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| Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
US v. Google: Mozilla CEO Mitchell Baker says Firefox's switch to Yahoo in 2014 degraded the UX and Firefox struggled to compete on mobile because of defaults — - Mozilla's Firefox switched to Yahoo from Google in 2014 — Difficulty of switching search engines is key to DOJ case
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| Hugh Son / CNBC: |
Amazon plans to roll out a BNPL checkout option for Amazon Business users by November 24 via its Affirm partnership, with loans ranging from $100 to $20,000 — - Amazon is rolling out its first buy now, pay later checkout option for the millions of small business owners who use its online store, CNBC learned exclusively.
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| Myles McCormick / Financial Times: |
How Arizona State University, a “secret weapon” that has become an R&D hive for the chip industry, made Phoenix into the beating heart of the US chipmaking boom — Arizona State's role in building skilled labour force is part of national trend as investors scramble for talent| Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal: |
A New Jersey high school and police investigate after male students shared AI-generated nudes of female students in group chats; parents are unsure what to do — After boys shared faked pornographic images made of female classmates, both the school and the local police began investigating| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
DoorDash tests a prompt to warn customers that orders with no tip ahead of time “might take longer to get delivered” as drivers choose which orders to accept — DoorDash has added a pop-up in its app this week warning customers that orders with no tip might take longer to get delivered.
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LinkedIn: Daniel Tunkelang, Clay Eltzroth, and Michael Christ
Forums: r/technology, r/EndTipping, r/offbeat, and r/NewsOfTheStupid
| Financial Times: |
Sources: after burning through $7B over the past year, YMTC has had to raise billions of dollars in capital, as the Chinese chipmaker tries to adapt to US curbs — Memory-chip maker was running out of cash after a year of combating Washington's tighter controls| Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
US v. Google: Google VP of Search Elizabeth Reid disputes the government's contention that Google “rushed” to release Bard after Microsoft announced Bing Chat — - Chatbot offered wrong answer on James Webb telescope images — Elizabeth Reid testified about AI efforts at antitrust trial
More: Search Engine Land, Beyond Search, and The Verge
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
After a security incident at Okta's healthcare coverage provider Rightway, Okta warns around 5,000 employees that hackers may have accessed their personal info — Okta is warning nearly 5,000 employees that the company was impacted by a data breach that exposed personal information.
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