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| 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.
More: 9to5Mac, MacRumors, PYMNTS.com, CNET, TechCrunch, Thurrott, The Verge, Reuters, Macworld, PCMag, Gizmodo, Patently Apple, PhoneArena, TechSpot, Trusted Reviews, Benzinga, Wccftech, BGR, Cult of Mac, TechRadar, Android Authority, Engadget, SamMobile, New York Post, Tom's Guide, Lifewire, iDownloadBlog.com, Supercharged, Android Headlines, AppleInsider, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacDailyNews, Digital Trends, Mashable, iMore, Invezz, and Investing.com
X: @waynema, @oddstocktrader, @xrandrew, @deitaone, and @sizpatel
| 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: arXiv.org, AppleInsider, The Verge, The Decoder, iMore, Tom's Guide, iPhone in Canada Blog, MobileSyrup, Cryptopolitan, MacDailyNews, BGR, MacRumors, Appleosophy, 9to5Mac, Cult of Mac, and Dataconomy
Forums: Hacker News, Hacker News, r/artificial, Slashdot, and 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, Search Engine Land, TechCrunch, Engadget, TechRadar, Thurrott, GeekWire, 9to5Google, Neowin, Voicebot.ai, Windows 11 Forum, and Neowin
X: @mparakhin, @microsoft, @jordirib1, @tomwarren, @microsoft, @mikeschechter, @jenny____ai, @yusuf_i_mehdi, @satyanadella, @jordirib1, and @msbing_dev
LinkedIn: Jordi Ribas and Steve Clayton
| 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.
More: Cybersecurity …, Bloomberg, CNN, TechCrunch, BleepingComputer, PCMag, The Record, The Register, CyberScoop, NBC News, Reuters, Engadget, and CPO Magazine
X: @cisagov, @dhsgov, @ncsc, @johnhultquist, @nsacyber, @jseldin, @cisacyber, @cisajen, @ausambcybertech, @cybergovau, and @cisacyber
| 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 …
More: iFixit on YouTube, Engadget, UploadVR, Macworld, Wccftech, iPhone in Canada Blog, HotHardware, MacRumors, The Verge, Cult of Mac, AppleInsider, and 9to5Mac
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, Tech Monitor, PCMag, Privacy Affairs, WHDH-TV, Cryptonews, Milk Road, Cointelegraph, BleepingComputer, The Guardian, Reuters, Wired, The Record, and The Stack
| Emilia David / The Verge: |
OpenAI says DALL-E 3 will add watermarks to images with C2PA metadata but acknowledges the metadata can “easily be removed either accidentally or intentionally” — OpenAI's image generator DALL-E 3 will add watermarks to image metadata as more companies roll out support for standards …
More: OpenAI, PCMag, Tech Monitor, SiliconANGLE, Gizmodo, Fast Company, VentureBeat, Neowin, MediaNama, Proactive, Ben's Bites, WinBuzzer, Windows Central, Mashable, Silicon Republic, Windows 11 Forum, BGR, PR Daily, Forbes, Gizmochina, Windows Report, CoinGape, and The Decoder
Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social. X: @openai, @iuliabaltoi, @slyon66, @gdb, @henkvaness, @mer__edith, and @af_mada. LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski
| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
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X: @emilybell, @mer__edith, @alexeheath, @nickclegg, @nickclegg, @metanewsroom, and @andymstone
LinkedIn: Sam Gregory, Henry Ajder, and Erin Egan
| 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| 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.| 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 …
More: ZDNet, Engadget, TechHive, T3, Thurrott, Tom's Guide, TechSpot, TechRadar, Mashable, PhoneArena, Inc.com, and GSMArena.com
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, PYMNTS.com, Pocket Gamer.biz, Bloomberg, Proactive, Reuters, and Investor's Business Daily
X: @davidbaszucki and @roblox
| 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| 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 … | Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google updates Google Maps for Android to overlay the weather and air quality index when browsing the map layer, a feature the iOS app has had for some time — Like the iOS app, Google Maps for Android now overlays the weather and AQI when you're browsing the map layer.
More: Thurrott, ZDNet, TechRadar, TalkAndroid.com, Sammy Fans, Android Police, autoevolution, PhoneArena, Business Standard, Android Central, and Android Authority. Forums: r/Android
| 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 …
More: The Guardian, The Information, Tech Xplore, Fast Company, Bloomberg, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Uber, CNBC, Constellation Research, and Proactive
Bluesky: @mranthropology.bsky.social. X: @mgsiegler, @ericjackson, @divestech, @deitaone, @altcap, @alphasenseinc, @thetranscript_, and @dkhos
| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Trade group CISPE, representing Amazon and 26 EU cloud providers, is working with Microsoft to try to resolve EU antitrust concerns over its licensing practices — Microsoft (MSFT.O) is in talks with CISPE in an attempt to resolve its European Union antitrust complaint about the U.S. software … | Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: |
Adam Mosseri says Threads is testing the ability to save posts, a “heavily requested feature” that allows users to bookmark posts and revisit them later — Instagram Threads is getting a highly requested feature that puts it in closer competition with X/Twitter.
More: Engadget, The Verge, and Social Media Today
Threads: @mosseri, @mattnavarra, @annabyang, @diane_montes_harris, @keithedwards, @mcuban, @thelenaej, @uscpsc, and @thejackforge
| Financial Times: |
A German court sides with US-based R2 Semiconductor over Intel in a patent infringement suit; source: the ruling may lead to a ban on some HP and Dell sales — US chipmaker plans to appeal against decision that could lead to ban on sale of certain HP and Dell products
More: Tom's Hardware and Reuters
| Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: |
Smaug-72B, a Qwen-72B-based open-source LLM released by Abacus AI, tops the Hugging Face Open LLM leaderboard and outperforms GPT-3.5 on several benchmarks — A new open-source language model has claimed the throne of the best in the world, according to the latest rankings from Hugging Face …
More: Unite.AI, Hugging Face, and Hugging Face
X: @bindureddy, @gblazex, @bindureddy, and @scobleizer
| 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.Sponsor Posts
Google:
Reimagine your photos with a prompt — Our new native image generation and editing is state-of-the-art, and ranked #1 in the world. Try it for free in the Gemini app.
Reimagine your photos with a prompt — Our new native image generation and editing is state-of-the-art, and ranked #1 in the world. Try it for free in the Gemini app.
F5:
Securing AI models and agents in the enterprise — The new AI stack creates a highly dynamic attack surface, and traditional controls aren't keeping up. F5's recent acquisition will bring advanced AI guardrails to enterprise apps.
Securing AI models and agents in the enterprise — The new AI stack creates a highly dynamic attack surface, and traditional controls aren't keeping up. F5's recent acquisition will bring advanced AI guardrails to enterprise apps.
Zoho:
Uncover what's new in Zoho Solo with iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 — It's that time of the year again when we get to bring you exciting new updates in Zoho Solo, all built to complement the latest from Apple.
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