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| Sarah Whitten / CNBC: |
Disney plans to invest $1.5B for a stake in Epic Games and work with the gaming studio to create new games with content from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, and more — - Disney is investing $1.5 billion for an equity stake in Epic Games in its biggest jump yet into the gaming world.
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LinkedIn: Stephen Saiz, Neil Duffy, David Zuo, Ben Board, and Jason Recher
Forums: Hacker News and r/Games
| Wayne Ma / The Information: |
Source: Apple is building prototypes of at least two iPhones that fold widthwise; the phones are in early development and not set for production in 2024 or 2025 — Apple is building prototypes of at least two iPhones that fold widthwise like a clamshell, according to a person with direct knowledge of the situation.
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X: @waynema, @oddstocktrader, @xrandrew, @deitaone, and @sizpatel
LinkedIn: Eduardo Alcivar, MBA, Caroline Giegerich, Alex Kantrowitz, and Emil Protalinski. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft updates Copilot with a redesigned look, a new AI model for Copilot's Balanced mode called Deucalion, and new AI image creation and editing features — In a startling move, Microsoft today announced a redesigned look for its Copilot AI search and chatbot experience on the web …
More: The Official Microsoft Blog, Microsoft on YouTube, The Verge, Windows Central, TestingCatalog, TODAY.com, BGR, TechRadar, Neowin, TechCrunch, Neowin, GeekWire, Windows 11 Forum, Thurrott, 9to5Google, Engadget, and Voicebot.ai
X: @mparakhin, @microsoft, @jordirib1, @jordirib1, @mikeschechter, @msbing_dev, @microsoft, @tomwarren, @satyanadella, @yusuf_i_mehdi, and @jenny____ai
LinkedIn: Jordi Ribas and Steve Clayton
| Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: |
Apple partners with University of California researchers to release open-source AI model MGIE, which can edit images based on natural language instructions — Apple has released a new open-source AI model, called “MGIE,” that can edit images based on natural language instructions.
More: Apple on GitHub, The Verge, AppleInsider, SiliconANGLE, Supercharged, The Decoder, iMore, Tom's Guide, MobileSyrup, Cryptopolitan, MacDailyNews, BGR, MacRumors, Appleosophy, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, Cult of Mac, and Dataconomy
Mastodon: @ppatel@mstdn.social. X: @mikeisaac, @_akhaliq, and @williamwangnlp. LinkedIn: Ben Werdmuller
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| Sam Sabin / Axios: |
US, UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand advisory: China-backed hacking group Volt Typhoon has had access to some major US infrastructure for over five years — China-backed hackers have had access to some major U.S. critical infrastructure for “at least five years,” according to an intelligence advisory released Wednesday.
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X: @johnhultquist, @nsacyber, @cisajen, @jseldin, @dhsgov, @cisacyber, @ausambcybertech, @cisagov, @ncsc, @cybergovau, and @cisacyber. LinkedIn: Sam Sabin
| Charlie Sorrel / iFixit News: |
Apple Vision Pro teardown: 50 Vision Pro pixels fit into a single iPhone 15 Pro pixel, the display is not technically 4K, has a ~100° field of view, and more — After the whirlwind of team activity that was our initial Vision Pro teardown, we've been digging much, much deeper into those dual displays …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/hardware, and MacRumors Forums
| Chainalysis: |
Ransomware payments in 2023 hit a record $1.1B, up from $567M in 2022 and $983M in 2021, after a major escalation of the frequency, scope, and volume of attacks — The Chainalysis 2024 Crypto Crime Report — Coming soon — In 2023, ransomware actors intensified their operations …
More: NBC News, DataBreachToday.com, Tech Monitor, The Daily Hodl, WHDH-TV, Cointelegraph, BleepingComputer, The Guardian, Reuters, Cryptonews, Wired, Privacy Affairs, Milk Road, The Record, PCMag, and The Stack
LinkedIn: Joshua Hecker and Jacqueline Burns Koven
| The Information: |
Sources: OpenAI is developing two types of agent software: one to automate tasks by effectively taking over a user's device, and the other for web-based tasks — OpenAI's first major product, ChatGPT, proved so popular that it sparked a generation of wannabes.| Kate Knibbs / Wired: |
An interview with Nebojša Vujinović Vujo, who runs 2,000+ AI-generated news sites, often hosted on once-popular domains, and claims to have ~12 human editors — Serbian DJ turned internet entrepreneur Nebojša Vujinović Vujo floods abandoned news sites with AI-generated articles.| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Meta proposes industry standards for identifying AI-generated content, and plans to label AI images posted on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads — The social network wants to promote standardized labels to help detect artificially created photo, video and audio material across its platforms.
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X: @emilybell, @mer__edith, @alexeheath, @nickclegg, @nickclegg, @metanewsroom, and @andymstone
LinkedIn: Sam Gregory, Henry Ajder, and Erin Egan
| Emilia David / The Verge: |
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Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social. X: @openai, @iuliabaltoi, @slyon66, @gdb, @henkvaness, @mer__edith, and @af_mada
LinkedIn: Marshall Poindexter, Katie Paul, Saanya Ojha, and Emil Protalinski
| Reuters: |
Arm reports Q3 revenue up 14% YoY to $824M, vs. $761.6M est., and forecasts Q4 sales and adjusted profit above expectations; ARM jumps 21%+ — Arm Holdings on Wednesday forecast fiscal fourth-quarter sales and adjusted profit above Wall Street expectations as customers aim to design new chips …
More: Arm, Financial Times, Thurrott, Bloomberg, and CNBC
| Jane Zhang / Bloomberg: |
Alibaba reports Q3 revenue up 5% YoY to ~$36.7B, net income down 69% YoY to ~$2B, Taobao and Tmall revenue up 2% YoY to ~$18B, and approves a $25B share buyback — - The move may appeal to some investors as growth plateaus — Alibaba is grappling with market and internal uncertainty| Manya Saini / Reuters: |
PayPal reports Q4 revenue up 9% YoY to $8B, vs. $7.87B est., and total payment volume up 15% YoY to $409.8B, vs. $404.45B est. — PayPal (PYPL.O) beat Wall Street estimates for fourth-quarter profit on Wednesday as more Americans used its payments platform for shopping during the holiday season.| Connor Jones / The Register: |
Microsoft's Threat Analysis Center says Iran's cyber operations in Israel show how Iran could target the 2024 US elections, including AI-generated fake news — Tactics are more sophisticated and supported in greater numbers — Iran's anti-Israel cyber operations are providing a window …
More: Microsoft On the Issues, ComputerWeekly.com, and CyberScoop
| Mozilla Foundation: |
An in-depth look at Common Crawl, the 9.5PB+ web crawl archive dating back to 2008 run by a small nonprofit, its role in generative AI, its datasets, and more — Common Crawl's Impact on Generative AI — Common Crawl's mission: Enabling others to work like Google — Common Crawl's data: Machine scale analysis| Charles Pulliam-Moore / The Verge: |
Disney begins emailing Disney+ subscribers about TOS changes that will make sharing accounts harder, days after sending out similar notices to Hulu subscribers — Today, Disney Plus began sending out emails informing subscribers about new changes to its terms of service that will …
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Forums: r/technology and r/popculturechat
| Rohan Goswami / CNBC: |
Roblox reports Q4 revenue up 30% YoY to $749.9M, bookings up 25% YoY to a record $1.1B, DAUs up 22% YoY to 71.5M, and $2.8B in 2023 revenue; RBLX jumps 13%+ — - Roblox reported results for the fiscal fourth quarter and full year that beat consensus estimates on the top and bottom lines.
More: Roblox, Game Developer, Pocket Gamer.biz, Bloomberg, Proactive, Reuters, Investor's Business Daily, and PYMNTS.com
X: @davidbaszucki and @roblox
| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Meta challenges the EU's DSA supervisory fee of 0.05% of Meta's annual net income that cover regulators' costs, disagreeing with how the fees are calculated — Meta Platforms (META.O) has challenged a supervisory fee amounting to .05% of its annual worldwide net income aimed … | Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Mechanical Orchard, which helps companies migrate systems from mainframes to the cloud, raised a $24M Series A led by Emergence Capital at a $95M valuation — Mechanical Orchard has raised $24 million from Emergence Capital at a $95 million valuation after reaching $10 million in revenue and profitability in just over a year.| Camilla Hodgson / Financial Times: |
Uber reports Q4 revenue up 15% YoY to $9.9B, Gross Bookings up 22% YoY to $37.6B, a $1.9B net income, 150M MAUs, and first full-year operating profit of $1.1B — Rides, deliveries and ads increase as company celebrates ‘inflection point’ — Uber has reported its first annual operating profit …
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