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What to expect from Apple's May 7 event: OLED iPad Pros possibly with M4 chips, 10.9" and 12.9" iPad Airs, and updates to the Apple Pencil and Magic Keyboard — Company gears up to update its tablets for the first time since 2022 — It's been more than 18 months since Apple Inc. last updated …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft outlines security principles and goals tied to executive compensation packages, following a scathing US Cyber Safety Review Board report in April 2024 — - Protect identities and secrets. … - Protect tenants and isolate production systems. … - Protect networks.
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| Ashley Stewart / Business Insider: |
Sources: Bill Gates remains intimately involved in Microsoft's operations, advising on strategy, nurturing Microsoft's relationship with Sam Altman, and more — Insiders say he's still pulling the strings at Microsoft — In 2017, just before Microsoft forged a partnership …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Filing: Google pushes back on Epic's demands after its antitrust win, saying the proposed remedies are “unnecessary” and “far beyond the scope” of the verdict — In a new filing, Google is pushing back against Fortnite maker Epic Games' numerous proposed remedies … | Lisa O'Carroll / The Guardian: |
Germany “unambiguously” finds that Russian state-backed hacker Fancy Bear was behind cyberattacks in 2023 that took down several German government websites — Investigation finds hacker group linked to Russian intelligence responsible for attacks targeting politicians and defence sector| Dan Primack / Axios: |
SVB agrees to sell its VC arm SVB Capital, which manages ~$9.8B in assets, to a new entity backed by Brookfield and Sequoia Heritage for $340M in cash — - SVB Capital wasn't included in the sale of SVB's lending and wealth management units to North Carolina-based bank First Citizens … | Reuters: |
Sources: Fei-Fei Li raised a seed round for a “spatial intelligence” startup using human-like visual data processing to create AI capable of advanced reasoning — Prominent computer scientist Fei-Fei Li is building a startup that uses human-like processing of visual data … | Counterpoint Research: |
Global smartphone market grew 6% YoY to 296.9M units in Q1; Samsung recaptured the top spot with a 20% market share; Apple shipments fell 13% but ASP grew 2% — - The global smartphone market grew by 6% YoY to reach 296.9 million unit shipments in Q1 2024.
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| Eva Dou / Washington Post: |
The FCC warns that US rural areas may lose cell service if Congress does not fill a $3B funding shortfall for US carriers to replace Huawei and ZTE equipment — The FCC chairwoman warns that rural areas are set to lose cell service if Congress does not fill a $3 billion shortfall in funding to replace Chinese technology.
More: The Verge, Huawei Central, and Android Headlines
| Lindsay Clark / The Register: |
A committee of UK legislators says the government's “reticence” to address alleged copyright theft is a “de facto endorsement” of how tech companies build LLMs — A committee of UK legislators has slammed the government for its response to alleged copyright theft as a … | Christina A. Cassidy / Associated Press: |
In a letter, several Democrats serving as their state's top election officials ask Meta to repeal a policy allowing ads that claim the 2020 election was stolen — Several Democrats serving as their state's top election officials have sent a letter to the parent company of Facebook … | Wesley Hilliard / AppleInsider: |
Tim Cook says half of Fortune 100 companies have purchased Apple Vision Pro units and that Apple's focus is on getting more apps and more enterprises engaged — During the Apple earnings call, Apple CEO Tim Cook shared that half of Fortune 100 companies have purchased Apple Vision Pro units.
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| Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology: |
Elon Musk says he wants Grok to create news summaries by relying solely on X posts, without looking at article text, and improved story citations are coming — Musk emails with details on AI-powered news inside X. An AI bot will summarize news and commentary, sometimes looking through tens of thousands of posts per story.
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| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Google says 400M+ Google Accounts have used passkeys since the rollout, logging 1B+ authentications, and expands passkeys to its Advanced Protection Program — Google is kicking off World Password Day by updating us on its efforts toward replacing the often hacked, guessed, and stolen form of authentication with passkeys.
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