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Google debuts its Find My Device network in the US and Canada, initially for lost Android phones and tablets; third-party tracker tag support is coming in May — Google is launching its new Find My Device (FMD) network in the US and Canada starting today. It will initially find lost Android phones …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Sources: Microsoft is confident upcoming Windows laptops with Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite chips will beat an M3-powered MacBook Air in CPU and AI performance — Microsoft is getting ready to fully unveil its vision for “AI PCs” next month at an event in Seattle.
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| Sylvia Varnham O'Regan / The Information: |
Source: Meta plans to launch two small non-multimodal versions of Llama 3 next week; the biggest Llama 3 model will be multimodal and is expected this summer — Meta Platforms is planning to launch two small versions of its forthcoming Llama 3 large-language model next week, according to a Meta employee.
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| Jaspreet Singh / Reuters: |
IDC: the global PC market grew 1.5% YoY in Q1 2024 to 59.8M shipments, despite weaker demand in China, following two years of decline — Global shipments of personal computers returned to growth in the first quarter after two years of decline, according to preliminary results …
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| Alexandra Alper / Reuters: |
Sources: the US plans to award Samsung $6B+ next week to build four chip facilities in Taylor, Texas, including a $17B plant, as part of the $52B CHIPS Act — The Biden administration plans to announce it is awarding more than $6 billion to South Korea's Samsung (005930.KS) … | Kate Knibbs / Wired: |
The Internet Archive is hosting the new Aruba Collection, which contains 100K+ items from Aruba's National Library, National Archives, and other institutions — By becoming the official custodian of an entire nation's history for the first time, the Internet Archive is expanding …
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| Kaya Yurieff / The Information: |
TikTok expands TikTok Lite, which gives people financial incentives to watch its videos, to Spain and France, as the app's growth in Europe slows — TikTok's growth in Europe has slowed down so much that it's rolling out a new app that gives people financial incentives to watch its videos.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
An investigation finds a shadowy supply chain for Starlink terminals to US foes in Russia and Sudan via Africa, Asia, and the UAE; SpaceX has not shut them off — The satellite-internet devices are helping Russian fighters in Ukraine and paramilitary forces in Sudan; SpaceX hasn't shut them off
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| Reuters: |
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol says the country plans to invest ~$7B in AI by 2027, and will create a separate ~$1B fund to foster AI chip companies — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Tuesday his country will invest 9.4 trillion won ($6.94 billion) in artificial intelligence …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Enterprise data security startup Cyera raised a $300M Series C led by Coatue at a $1.4B valuation, taking its funding to $460M, after a $100M Series B in 2023 — Artificial intelligence continues to be the biggest threat but also the biggest promise in the world of cybersecurity.| Wall Street Journal: |
Google announces its new Arm-based Axion chips for AI, with up to 30% better performance over Arm-based rivals, set to launch to cloud customers later in 2024 — Tech giant develops new chips to cut reliance on outside vendors as the AI arms race intensifies| Financial Times: |
Interviews with 12+ former and current employees: ByteDance faces backlash from its US TikTok staff over large tax bills on stock shares they are unable to sell — Current and former employees of video app's Chinese parent ByteDance in outcry over stock award liabilities
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| Trisha Thadani / Washington Post: |
Filing: Tesla settles a lawsuit over Apple engineer Walter Huang's 2018 fatal Autopilot crash a day before the trial started; details were not disclosed — The settlement amount was not disclosed, court documents say. — SAN FRANCISCO — Tesla settled a long-running lawsuit over the 2018 death …
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| Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg: |
Trump Media & Technology Group's stock slumped 36% since March 26, wiping out $2.8B in market value as retail traders sell; Trump's stake is now worth ~$2.9B — - DJT has struggled to retain the attention of retail traders — Paper windfall for Donald Trump drops by $1.6 billion in weeks
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