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Google pays Apple 36% of the revenue the internet giant earns from search ads through Safari, per the US v. Google testimony of Alphabet's main economics expert — Kevin Murphy, a University of Chicago professor, disclosed the number during his testimony in Google's defense at the Justice Department's antitrust trial in Washington.
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Forums: Hacker News, r/apple, Beehaw, and MacRumors Forums
| Greg Bensinger / Reuters: |
Email: Amazon restructures its games division to focus on free streaming games offered with Prime and cuts ~180 jobs, the unit's second round of layoffs in 2023 — Amazon.com (AMZN.O) has cut around 180 jobs in its Games division, at least the second round of cuts in under a week …
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| Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
Sam Altman expects “to raise a lot more over time” from Microsoft and other investors to keep up with the punishing costs of building more sophisticated LLMs — Sam Altman expects big tech group will back start-up's mission to create software as intelligent as humans
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LinkedIn: Clay Eltzroth, Michael Hobbs, Jose Hoyos, Pernille Tranberg, Aun Naqvi, and Simon Smith
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| Sharon Goldman / VentureBeat: |
A look at OpenAI's structure where a six-member non-profit board can decide if the company has achieved AGI, which would exclude Microsoft from some IP licenses — According to OpenAI, the six members of its nonprofit board of directors will determine when the company has “attained AGI” …
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| John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal: |
Google sues unnamed individuals in India and Vietnam for tricking US-based SMB owners with Facebook accounts into clicking fake Bard ads that install malware — Lawsuit attributes the alleged scheme to hackers in India and Vietnam — Scammers are capitalizing on the rush of consumer interest …
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| Maddie Stone / The Verge: |
After Apple voiced support for California's Right to Repair Act, a look at what's next for the movement, like tackling unsustainable designs and software locks — Apple stunned the world when it came out in support of California's right-to-repair law. But software locks and other obstacles seem …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
In a first, researchers show that a large portion of cryptographic keys used to protect data in computer-to-server SSH traffic are vulnerable to full compromise — An error as small as a single flipped memory bit is all it takes to expose a private key. — For the first time …
More: eprint.iacr.org. Mastodon: @acdha@code4lib.social, @neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org, and @dangoodin@infosec.exchange. Bluesky: @cachiporra.bsky.social
LinkedIn: Michael Pak, Jason W., and Sebastian S.
Forums: Hacker News, r/cybersecurity, Slashdot, and Ars OpenForum
| Ryan Smith / AnandTech: |
Nvidia announces the H200, an update to its standalone H100 accelerator that swaps 5.3Gbps/pin HBM3 memory for 6.5Gbps/pin HBM3E memory and ships in Q2 2024 — With faster and higher capacity HBM3E memory set to come online early in 2024, NVIDIA has been preparing its current-generation server GPU products to use the new memory.
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X: @josephjacks_, @thejefflutz, @anandtech, @kylebrussell, and @tunguz
Forums: r/hardware and Ars OpenForum
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Meta rolls out the ability for users to delete their Threads profile without having to delete their Instagram account — Meta is rolling out a way for you to delete your Threads profile without having to delete your Instagram account, too. You'll be able to access the new feature …
More: Engadget, 9to5Mac, Android Headlines, PCMag, Livemint, and NewsBytes
Threads: @mosseri, @mosseri, @parkerortolani, @kmarford, @guillecummings, @louisetilbrookdesigns, @cmcalgary, @datadrivenmd, and @jbillinson
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
WhatsApp launches a Discord-like voice chat feature for large groups that is designed to be less disruptive than a group call, which rings every group member — WhatsApp is rolling out a new Discord-like voice chat feature for large groups, the Meta-owned company announced on Monday.| Todd Shields / Bloomberg: |
The Biden administration directs agencies to work toward giving up airwaves to make room for commercial 5G networks, as part of the National Spectrum Strategy — - Biden administration releases National Spectrum Strategy — Need to make better use of airwaves, administration says
More: The White House, Ars Technica, Reuters, U.S. Department of Commerce, Light Reading, Cord Cutters News, and Telecompetitor. Forums: Slashdot
| Mark Matousek / The Information: |
Internal Brex data: Q3 annualized net revenue hit $283M, up 1% QoQ, and the company is far from profitable, as the growth spurt after SVB's collapse trails away — Almost no startup benefited more from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank than Brex, which saw a surge in deposits from young companies … Sponsor Posts
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