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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
OpenAI announces a live stream at 10AM PT on May 13 to demo “some ChatGPT and GPT-4 updates”, which Sam Altman says are “not gpt-5, not a search engine” — Following a report that the company plans to launch a Google Search competitor next week …
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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Google releases a Chrome security update to fix the fifth zero-day vulnerability exploited in the wild in 2024; the vulnerability is in the Visuals component — Google has released a security update for the Chrome browser to fix the fifth zero-day vulnerability exploited in the wild since the start of the year.| Bloomberg: |
Microsoft plans to launch its mobile game store in July on the web, first with its own games, including Candy Crush Saga, and later opening to other publishers — The browser-based store will debut with Microsoft's own games, offering discounts on in-game items associated with titles like Candy Crush Saga.
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| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
An account of chatting with 18 AI companions for a month: AI friendship is hollow, but chatbots could enhance human socializing if developed responsibly — Our columnist spent the past month hanging out with 18 A.I. companions. They critiqued his clothes, chatted among themselves and hinted at a very different future.
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| Amaka Nwaokocha / Cointelegraph: |
Bankrupt crypto lender BlockFi announces plans to shut down its web platform in May and partners with Coinbase to allow clients to access and withdraw funds — The plan administrator will continue to use Coinbase for upcoming distribution rounds, potentially involving recovered funds from FTX.
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| Raymond Wong / Inverse: |
An interview with Claude Zellweger, Google's director of industrial design, on hardware becoming a critical element for Google, Pixel's camera bar design, more — Lais Borges/Inverse; Photograph by Raymond Wong — Not too long ago, smartphones had more personality.
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| Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: |
Memo: Spotify's head of podcast studios, Julie McNamara, is leaving the company after nearly three years, emphasizing Spotify's reduced ambitions in podcasts — - Executive internally announced her departure on Thursday — Exit follows layoffs, show cancellations and reorganizations
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| Financial Times: |
A look at the efforts in Japan, South Korea, and Australia to create stronger regulations for Big Tech, posing fresh regulatory challenges for Apple and Google — Tokyo, Seoul and Canberra follow the EU and US in trying to rein in the dominance of Apple and Google| Counterpoint Research: |
Smartphone shipments in India grew 8% YoY in Q1 2024; Vivo led for the first time with 19.2% market share, followed by Xiaomi with 18.8%, and Samsung with 17.5% — - For the first time ever, vivo led the market by volume in a single quarter. — Samsung led the market by value after capturing …
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| Min Jeong Lee / Bloomberg: |
Filings: SoftBank's Vision Fund's US portfolio has shrunk by almost $29B since the end of 2021 as, sources say, Masayoshi Son plans forays into AI and chips — Masayoshi Son turns away from aggressive style of venture capital investing, leaving the fund's reduced staff as mostly caretakers.
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| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
Employees say Oracle Health, formerly Cerner, has lost at least 12 of its major clients and product innovation has taken a backseat to upgrading legacy systems — Larry Ellison promised to modernize antiquated health-care technology. The reality has been more daunting.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Bluesky rolls out an app update that lets users customize their algorithmic feeds through “Show more like this” and “Show less like this” post menu options — Bluesky is now allowing users to personalize their main Discover feeds. The social network is rolling …
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