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| Will Knight / Wired: |
YouTube lets some Shorts creators test Dream Track, a new DeepMind-powered AI tool to generate and remix music in the styles of nine artists, including Sia — YouTube creators will get to test a new AI tool that generates and remixes music in the style of several famous musicians, including Sia, Demi Lovato, and T-Pain.
More: Google DeepMind, YouTube Official Blog, The Verge, TechCrunch, Engadget, BBC, YouTube Official Blog, The Guardian, Mashable, MSPoweruser, Cryptopolitan, Music Ally, and Billboard
| Jane Zhang / Bloomberg: |
Alibaba reports Q2 revenue up 9% YoY to ~$31B, beating ~$30.9B est., a ~$3.8B net income, up from a ~$3B loss in Q2 2022, and calls off its cloud spinoff — - The decision marks a dramatic reversal on a signature move — Alibaba's historic six-way restructuring is now in doubt| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases Apple Music Classical on iPad as part of a v1.1 update, the first major update to the app after its release in spring 2023 on iPhone — Apple Music Classical, included as part of a standard Apple Music subscription, launched as an iPhone only app in the spring ... but is now available on the iPad too.
More: App Store, TechHive, The Verge, Appleosophy, AppleInsider, iMore, Mashable, NewsBytes, MacRumors, BGR, Supercharged, The Indian Express, and Cult of Mac
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Threads tests tags, a way of categorizing posts similar to hashtags without the # symbol being visible, initially in Australia and other countries “soon” — Instagram's Threads app has been duping Twitter/X in a number of ways and today it's adding one more feature that's been core …
More: Mashable, T3, The Verge, Android Headlines, Engadget, NewsBytes, 9to5Mac, and Social Media Today
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| K.J. Yossman / Variety: |
Embracer reports Q2 net sales up 13% YoY to ~$1B, layoffs impacted 900 employees, or 5% of its workforce, and 36 fewer games are in development than Q2 2022 — “Lord of the Rings” owner Embracer Group has reported a 13% increase in net sales year-on-year in Q2, in part thanks to its intensive restructuring program.
More: Embracer Group, Video Games Chronicle, GamesIndustry.biz, Reuters, RTÉ, Video Games Chronicle, Game Developer, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, PC Gamer, IGN, GamingBolt, Gameranx, Push Square, PC Games Insider, and Dot Esports
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| Charisma Madarang / Rolling Stone: |
Elon Musk replied “You have said the actual truth” to an X user who, replying to a “Hitler was right” inquiry, accused Jewish groups of “hatred against whites” — The billionaire amplified a post Wednesday accusing the Jewish community of promoting “dialectical hatred against whites”
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| Nathan Edwards / The Verge: |
The Wireless Power Consortium says the first Qi v2.0 devices are arriving in time for the holidays and over 100 are in certification testing or waiting in line — Qi2 — the next version of the wireless charging standard, now with more magnets! — is more almost-here than ever.
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| Supantha Mukherjee / Reuters: |
TikTok joins Meta in challenging its EU DMA “gatekeeper” status, saying the service is “arguably the most capable challenger to more entrenched” rivals — TikTok on Thursday joined Meta (META.O) in appealing against the “gatekeeper” status under the Digital Markets Act … | Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
At its conference, Unity says the company plans to launch Unity 6 in 2024, details Unity Muse, an AI suite for content creation, and announces Unity Cloud — Unity, the global game engine and monetizationplatform, said that its Unity 6 platform will launch in 2024 with AI innovations and platform updates.
More: The Verge, TechCrunch, Pocket Gamer.biz, Game Developer, and Business Wire
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| Music Business Worldwide: |
Stability AI VP of Audio Ed Newton-Rex resigns, saying he disagrees with the company's view that training generative AI models on copyrighted works is fair use — Ed Newton-Rex has quit his role at Stability AI. In an exclusive op-ed, he shares why.
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| Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab: |
Pew: 30% of US adults regularly get their news from Facebook, 26% from YouTube, 16% from Instagram, 14% TikTok, 12% X, 8% Reddit, and 5% Nextdoor and LinkedIn — Facebook may be ready to divorce the news business, but it's still the No. 1 source of news on social media for Americans.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google rolls out Bard access for teens that “meet the minimum age requirement to manage their own Google Account” and use English, with safeguards in place — Following the Search Generative Experience (SGE) in September, Google is rolling out Bard access for teens with safety guardrails in place.
More: The Keyword, Neowin, The Verge, BitcoinWorld, MSPoweruser, Engadget, The Economic Times, SamMobile, Phandroid, and Mashable
| Niamh Rowe / Wired: |
Some companies providing Microsoft, Google, and others with AI data-labeling services are inadvertently hiring minors, often exposing them to traumatic content — Companies that provide Big Tech with AI data-labeling services are inadvertently hiring young teens to work on their platforms, often exposing them to traumatic content.| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
GitGuardian: nearly 3K of the 450K projects submitted to PyPI exposed at least one credential in code, like API keys, including some from “very large companies” — Many transgressions come from “very large companies that have robust security teams.”
More: GitGuardian Blog, Schneier on Security, SecurityWeek, Infosecurity, and Security Boulevard
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| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Google's Search Generative Experience adds shopping tools to help find niche or unique items and expands virtual try-ons to men's tops from hundreds of brands — Google's AI-powered Search Generative Experience (SGE) is behind a bunch of new shopping features that aim to help users find niche … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft rebrands Bing Chat as Microsoft Copilot to take on ChatGPT, pitching Copilot as the free version and Copilot for Microsoft 365 as the paid version — Microsoft launched its big AI push earlier this year as part of its Bing search engine, integrating a ChatGPT-like interface directly into its search results.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Microsoft launches a Windows App on iOS, iPadOS, macOS, Windows, and the web, letting enterprise customers stream a copy of Windows, available in preview — Microsoft brings Windows to non-Windows devices. — What you need to know — Microsoft is launching the “Windows app” …
More: The Verge, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Microsoft Learn, The Economic Times, NewsBytes, Neowin, Ghacks, Gizchina, and TechRepublic
| Connor Jones / The Register: |
Security researchers detail the largest cyberattack against Danish critical infrastructure, which involved Zyxel zero-days and affected 22 companies in May 2023 — Zyxel zero days and nation-state actors (maybe) had a hand in the sector's worst cybersecurity event on record
More: Infosecurity, SecurityWeek, Security Affairs, The Hacker News, SektorCERT, Bloomberg, The Record, DataBreaches.net, Help Net Security, and Dark Reading
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| Thomas Black / Bloomberg: |
UPS announces a new $79M, 20-acre facility near Louisville, set to be staffed by over 3,000 robots handling manual tasks and around 200 human workers in 2024 — - Facility near Louisville is part of warehouse services push — Robots help retain workers, reduce injuries, company says
More: UPS
| Emily Birnbaum / Bloomberg: |
Investigation: Amazon backs three advocacy groups working to thwart Microsoft's government cloud contracts; an Amazon executive wrote a public FTC comment — Amazon is the driving force behind a trio of advocacy groups working to thwart Microsoft's growing ambition to become … | Ryosuke Eguchi / Nikkei Asia: |
Analysis: Chinese imports of chip manufacturing equipment rose 93% YoY to $8.7B in Q3 2023 and imports of lithography equipment from the Netherlands jumped 6x — Purchases from Netherlands jump as Chinese buyers grab what they can — Netherlands-based ASML is a major supplier …
More: The Investor, The Register, and Sammy Fans
| Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
AI chip startup Sapeon, backed by South Korean conglomerate SK Group, announces the Sapeon X330, claiming 4x the performance of the X220, rolling out in H1 2024 — - Korean conglomerate SK Group hopes to build Nvidia alternative — SK Telecom split off Sapeon to accelerate AI chip development
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