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| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Google launches Gemini 1.5 to developers and enterprise users, offering support for 1M tokens, and says Gemini 1.5 Pro is on par with its Gemini Ultra model — Barely two months after launching Gemini, the large language model Google hopes will bring it to the top of the AI industry, the company is already announcing its successor.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google makes Gemini 1.0 Pro and Gemini 1.0 Ultra generally available, adds support for adapter-based tuning in Vertex, and rolls out new developer tools — Google is expanding the range of Gemini large language models it is making available to developers on its Vertex AI platform today.
More: Thurrott, Google Cloud Blog, ZDNet, SiliconANGLE, Fast Company, Forbes, Bloomberg, Firebase Blog, and Google for Developers Blog
LinkedIn: Gaurav Hind and Neama Dadkhahnikoo
| Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica: |
The European Court of Human Rights rules backdoors that weaken E2EE violate human rights law, after Russia began requiring Telegram to decrypt messages in 2017 — Cops have alternative means to access encrypted messages, court says. — The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) …
More: European Court of Human Rights, EU Reporter, The Register, Mashable, WinBuzzer, Silicon Republic, Cryptopolitan, DataBreachToday.com, and Fortune
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to, @stefan@stefanbohacek.online, @paulthenerd@cupoftea.social, @echo_pbreyer …, @Frederik_Borgesius …, @glynmoody@mastodon.social, and @tylium@eupolicy.social
Forums: Hacker News, r/worldnews, r/technology, r/privacy, r/ukpolitics, r/privacy, r/europe, Slashdot, and Ars OpenForum
| Leander Kahney / Cult of Mac: |
Many Apple Vision Pro users are returning their devices, saying they're too expensive, heavy, or isolating, as the 14-day return window nears its end for buyers — Many early adopters seem set on returning their Apple Vision Pro headsets. As the 14-day return window approaches for people …
More: Apple, The Verge, The Independent, Mashable, Club386, Cybernews.com, Android Authority, Business Today, MySmartPrice, TweakTown, The Indian Express, Technowize, Business Insider, iThinkDifferent, Latest Odisha News …, Digital Trends, PhoneArena, Gizmodo, MacRumors, NewsBytes, ZeroHedge News, MobileSyrup, BGR, Quartz, and Benzinga
Threads: @samhenrigold, @samhenrigold, @stephenrobles, @chancehmiller, @tomwarrenuk, @prcgibson, and @parkerortolani. Mastodon: @thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io
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Forums: r/MVIS, r/applesucks, r/LinusTechTips, r/business, r/gadgets, r/VisionPro, r/oculus, r/OculusQuest, r/Quest3, r/technews, r/QuestPro, r/virtualreality, and r/technology
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Meta plans to start charging a 30% fee when advertisers pay to boost the visibility of Facebook and Instagram posts on its iOS apps, starting later in February — Meta said Thursday that it will start charging a 30 percent fee when advertisers pay to boost the visibility of their posts in Facebook's and Instagram's iOS apps.
More: Facebook, Search Engine Land, Engadget, Bloomberg, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, and 9to5Toys. X: @deitaone
| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
X removes paid checkmarks from some accounts after a watchdog group found 28 verified accounts allegedly tied to Hezbollah and other US-sanctioned entities — X (aka Twitter) accused of violating sanctions by taking payment from terrorists. — A watchdog group's investigation found …
More: New York Times, The Verge, Tech Transparency Project, PCMag, Gizmodo, BBC, Variety, Rolling Stone, Proactive, Business Today, Forbes, Joan Westenberg, X, Boing Boing, Engadget, and The Hill
Forums: r/EnoughMuskSpam, r/Twitter, and Ars OpenForum
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
TikTok launches its native Apple Vision Pro app, offering a similar UI to the mobile apps; an executive said TikTok “redesigned the entire TikTok experience” — Apple's Vision Pro headset now has a native TikTok app, the shortform video service has announced.
More: 9to5Mac, MacRumors, AppleInsider, TheStreet, TechCrunch, iMore, BGR, MacDailyNews, and Supercharged
X: @tiktokcomms, @vnchocotaco, and @jordankutzer
| Arsheeya Bajwa / Reuters: |
Google plans to let businesses install auto-updating ChromeOS Flex to Windows devices, to help stop millions of Windows 10 PCs from hitting landfills in 2025 — Google will allow businesses to install an auto-updating version of the Chrome operating system to Windows devices …
More: The Register, Thurrott, Windows Central, Google Cloud Blog, MySmartPrice, MSPoweruser, Computing, BetaNews, and Laptop Mag. Forums: Hacker News
| Ashley Gold / Axios: |
NYC sues ByteDance, Meta, Snap, and Google to hold the companies accountable “for fueling the nationwide youth mental health crisis” by manipulating young users — New York City filed a lawsuit against TikTok, Meta, Snap and Google's YouTube to hold the companies accountable …
More: NYC, The Verge, 9to5Mac, Reuters, TechInformed, hellgatenyc, Superior Court of the State of New York, CNBC, Fox Business, Silicon Republic, Digital Music News, International Business Times, PhoneArena, Engadget, Benzinga, The Hill, ABC News, Gothamist, Chalkbeat, New York City, NY Patch, and BNN Bloomberg
Forums: r/technology and Slashdot
| Michael Nienaber / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft President Brad Smith says the company plans to invest €3.2B in Germany in the next two years with a focus on AI, its biggest German investment ever — - President Brad Smith says investments planned over two years — Microsoft is investing heavily in data centers to fuel AI boom
More: Associated Press, Reuters, Benzinga, TNW, PYMNTS.com, Deutsche Welle, Silicon Republic, TechStartups, The Decoder, and Cointelegraph. X: @bradsmi
| Aaron Holmes / The Information: |
Source: OpenAI has been developing a web search product partly powered by Bing — OpenAI has been developing a web search product that would bring the Microsoft-backed startup into more direct competition with Google, according to someone with knowledge of OpenAI's plans.
More: Seeking Alpha, Search Engine Land, MSPoweruser, Fresno Bee, TechRadar, Benzinga, PhoneArena, SamMobile, Cryptopolitan, Business Today, The Decoder, Business Insider, Wccftech, Hindustan Times, The Indian Express, KnowTechie, Android Headlines, SlashGear, and Shacknews
X: @hedgeyecomm, @rustybrick, @convertwithcal, @wintermoat, @amir, @greedynofear, @artificialguybr, @benjedwards, and @aaronpholmes. LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski
Forums: Hacker News, r/OpenAI, and Slashdot
| Oliver Darcy / CNN: |
Meta struggles to precisely define what political content is, offering only a vague statement, after saying Threads would not amplify political content — What constitutes “political” content? — It's an important question that Meta has conspicuously left unanswered …
More: International Business Times, Anchor Change …, and Platformer
Threads: @doniecnn, @jayfarrellarnold, @bostonjoan, @shiraovide, @crumbler, @oliverdarcy, and @katieharbath
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More: Washington Post and The Hindu
Threads: @mattnavarra. Mastodon: @campuscodi@mastodon.social. X: @kalleyhuang, @aginnt, @brooklynmarie, and @sylviavarnham
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
A look at robots.txt, a good will-based social contract governing the behavior of web crawlers, as experts call for more rigid tools for managing AI crawlers — For decades, robots.txt governed the behavior of web crawlers. But as unscrupulous AI companies seek out more and more data … | Cristiano Lima-Strong / Washington Post: |
Richard Blumenthal and Marsha Blackburn announce an updated Kids Online Safety Act and say 60+ US senators support the bill; KOSA faces uncertainty in the House — With more than 60 backers, an updated Kids Online Safety Act finally has a path to passage in the Senate but faces uncertainty in the House.| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Amazon researchers detail BASE TTS, the largest text-to-speech model yet, which they claim exhibits “emergent” qualities improving its natural speaking ability — Researchers at Amazon have trained the largest ever text-to-speech model yet, which they claim exhibits “emergent” …
More: AI News and Analytics India Magazine
Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, r/technews, and Slashdot
| Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at The Shotline, a project using ElevenLabs' tech to create audio deepfakes of kids killed by gun violence, to place AI-generated calls to US lawmakers — Grieving parents made these audio deepfakes to stir the emotions of lawmakers. But they also mark a new era for artificial intelligence.
More: The Shotline, Associated Press, The Verge, The Guardian, Hartford Courant, Engadget, The Wall Street Journal on YouTube, Mashable, March For Our Lives, and NPR
X: @changetheref, @joannastern, @davidhogg111, @alyssa_milano, @davidhogg111, @wsj, @bcross052422, @joannastern, @juliejargon, @amarch4ourlives, and @joannastern
LinkedIn: Alex Ridoré and Ernie Schenck
Forums: r/aiwars and r/Futurology
| Subrat Patnaik / Bloomberg: |
Nvidia passed Alphabet on February 14 as the third most valuable US company and the world's fourth with a market cap of ~$1.83T, one day after overtaking Amazon — - Chip giant is up 49% in 2024, adding $602 billion in value — Market cap of $1.83 trillion exceeds Alphabet's $1.82 trillion| Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
Lambda, which offers cloud computing services and computers to train AI, raised $320M led by Thomas Tull's US Innovative Technology at a $1.5B valuation — The startup raised $320 million in a new funding round. — Lambda, a startup that sells cloud computing services and computers …
More: FinSMEs, Reuters, and Business Wire
| Australian Financial Review: |
Canva CFO Damien Singh resigned last week, as the company prepares for a $1.5B share sale; Canva confirms an investigation of Singh for inappropriate behavior — A series of online posts that sparked an investigation into alleged inappropriate behaviour by former Canva chief financial officer Damien Singh …
More: SmartCompany, Capital Brief, The Australian, The West Australian, BNN, and The Information
| Financial Times: |
A look at OpenAI's business model, as the company works to more than double its yearly run rate by 2025; ChatGPT Enterprise now has 300+ paying customers — The AI startup is one of the fastest-growing companies in history, but questions remain about the long-term viability of its revenue stream
X: @madhumita29 and @jbrowder1
| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
In a video, Mark Zuckerberg shares his thoughts on the Vision Pro, saying Quest 3 “is the better product, period”, highlighting Apple's tradeoffs, and more — Now that it can be strapped to our faces and worn in strange places, opinions about Apple's Vision Pro are flying left and right.
More: Forbes, TechEBlog, CNN, TweakTown, The Michigan Daily, Notebookcheck, Creative Bloq, Newser, CNBC, Business Insider, and UploadVR
Threads: @alexoid, @neil.cybart, @jank0, @reckless1280, @eshumarneedi, and @alexheath. Instagram: Mark Zuckerberg. Bluesky: @annmlipton.bsky.social
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LinkedIn: Santeri Suominen, Brian Snyder, Steve Nouri, and Max Lockie
Forums: Hacker News, r/StockMarket, r/technology, and Slashdot
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More: AppleInsider, Precise Testing Systems …, Business Today, Engadget, Fortune, Engadget, 9to5Mac, Inc.com, PetaPixel, New.blicio.us, The Hindu, SlashGear, GSMArena.com, Techsponential, Daily Mail, VentureBeat, The Verge, iMore, Daring Fireball, TechRadar, Android Central, Wccftech, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Decrypt, MarketWatch, and The Independent
Threads: @jonlax, @tabsnotspaces, @mgsiegler, @cosmin.stejerean, @hilaryamason, @dsilverman, @benedictevans, and @benedictevans. Mastodon: @michellemanafy@journa.host
X: @benbajarin, @hblodget, @joshconstine, @lostbrunner, @durreadan01, @vrdesktop, @parkerortolani, @joshconstine, @neilcybart, @gartenberg, @altryne, @bzamayo, @benz145, @gfodor, @brianroemmele, @neilcybart, @cixliv, @danielnyirfa, @ow, @mgsiegler, @gfodor, @counternotions, @msquinn, @steven_aquino, @lulumeservey, @ylecun, @stevesi, @thrilluwu, @tina__nigro, @nikitabier, @nikitabier, @esaagar, @thestalwart, @austen, @paulg, @mgsiegler, @getpeid, @andrewhartar, @t3dotgg, @marckohlbrugge, @shakeelhashim, and @earcos
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