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The US awards TSMC $6.6B in grants and up to $5B in loans to build a third Arizona fab, slated to make 2nm chips by 2030, alongside TSMC's $65B+ investment — - World's top chipmaker to add capacity with third fab in state — Raimondo says latest US package aimed at AI, national security| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Spotify launches AI Playlist in beta for its Premium users in the UK and Australia, letting users generate playlists using a text prompt — Spotify already found success with its popular AI DJ feature, and now the streaming music service is bringing AI to playlist creation.
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Thoughts on Apple's search for a new growth engine, Spatial Personas, and Kevin Lynch's move to the AI group; sources say new iPads may launch the week of May 6 — Apple's search for a bold new product category is back on, and it includes a foray into robots.
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Lawmakers share a draft of the American Privacy Rights Act, which would create a data broker registry, let consumers opt out of some data collection, and more — WASHINGTON - Since the dawn of the internet age, tech companies have developed increasingly sophisticated ways to collect …
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Elon Musk says X is “lifting all restrictions” imposed in Brazil after a court ruling to block “certain popular accounts”, and X is defying the court's ruling — Elon Musk is challenging a decision by a Supreme Court justice in Brazil who ordered his social media platform X …
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Sources: OpenAI transcribed 1M+ hours of YouTube videos through Whisper and used the text to train GPT-4; Google also transcribed YouTube videos to harvest text — OpenAI, Google and Meta ignored corporate policies, altered their own rules and discussed skirting copyright law …
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Canada unveils a CA$2.4B fund to boost its AI sector by giving access to computing capabilities and technical infrastructure and creates its AI Safety Institute — - The centerpiece is money for ‘technological infrastructure’ — Canada has yet to pass law regulating artificial intelligence
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How some teachers are using AI tools like ChatGPT, Writable, Grammarly, and EssayGrader to help grade papers, make lesson plans, and create assignments — When Diane Gayeski, a professor of strategic communications at Ithaca College, receives an essay from one of her students … | Joanna S Kao / Financial Times: |
How company websites using unreliable AI accessibility widgets, often for blind users, to comply with regulations has prompted thousands of lawsuits globally — Unreliable software installed to comply with rules to help disabled people navigate online has prompted thousands of lawsuits
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Web Summit co-founder Paddy Cosgrave confirms returning as Web Summit CEO; Cosgrave resigned in October 2023 over controversial comments on the Israel-Hamas war — Paddy Cosgrave, the co-founder of the Web Summit tech conference, is returning to his role as CEO after resigning in October …
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A look at Towa Corp., which TechInsights says commands two-thirds of the global chip molding equipment market and has seen shares jump ~400% in the past year — - SK Hynix, Samsung need Towa's machines to make high-end memory — Firm is developing tools it says will halve chip molding costs
More: Benzinga and Cryptopolitan
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Lime plans to spend $55M in 2024 to expand its e-bike fleet, adding 30K+ bikes in North America and elsewhere, and reports 2023 gross bookings up 32% to $616M — - Lime is planning to add 30,000 net new bikes in 2024 — Rivals have gone bankruptcy or consolidated operationsSponsor Posts
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Zoho:
How EWS deprecation affects Zoho Calendar Interoperability — Understanding the impactMicrosoft began blocking Exchange Web Services (EWS) requests in Exchange Online (Microsoft 365) as of October 1, 2026.
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