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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI unveils GPT-4o, a new flagship generative AI model that is faster and natively multimodal, rolling out for free to all ChatGPT users in the coming weeks — OpenAI announced a new flagship generative AI model on Monday which they call GPT-4o — the “o” stands for “omni,” …
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X: @netcapgirl, @8teapi, @sullyomarr, @drjimfan, @altryne, @_jongwook_kim, @_aidan_clark_, @andrewyng, @borismpower, @marshallk, @calebsirak, @manan, @fchollet, @sama, @saboo_shubham_, and @levie. Forums: Hacker News
| OpenAI on YouTube: |
A recording of OpenAI's Spring Update event, where it announced GPT-4o and a new ChatGPT desktop app — We'll be streaming live at 10AM PT Monday, May 13 to demo some ChatGPT and GPT-4 updates.
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Threads: @crumbler and @mergesort
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Forums: Hacker News, r/aiwars, r/artificial, r/ChatGPT, Ars OpenForum, and MacRumors Forums
| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
OpenAI opens its GPT Store to all users for free, including the ability to create custom GPTs — OpenAI is making a number of its previously subscription-only features available to free users of ChatGPT, with the biggest being the ability to create custom chatbots and browse its GPT Store.
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| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
Sources: the EU is set to issue new antitrust charges against Microsoft over concerns of undermining Teams competitors, despite the company offering concessions — Tech group's effort to avoid action by unbundling videoconferencing app from its other software appears to have failed
More: Ars Technica, BetaNews, 9to5Mac, Fortune, New York Post, TechRadar, Thurrott, Associated Press, Benzinga, MSPoweruser, and Computerworld
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Meta announces Travel Mode, in beta, for the Quest 2 and Quest 3 under “Experimental features”, as a way to optimize the headset for use on moving vehicles — Meta Quest 2 and Quest 3 headsets are picking up a useful new Travel Mode which makes the VR experience easier to use in moving vehicles including on an airplane.
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| Akash Sriram / Reuters: |
Squarespace says private equity firm Permira plans to take the company private in a ~$6.9B all-cash deal, or $44 per share, a 15.2% premium on Friday's close — Private equity firm Permira will take Squarespace (SQSP.N) private in an all-cash deal valued at about $6.9 billion …
More: Squarespace, FinSMEs, TechCrunch, CNBC, PYMNTS.com, Financial Times, Mashable, Bloomberg, Proactive, Quartz, Benzinga, Tech Startups, and DealStreetAsia. LinkedIn: Dylan Jones
| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
Many US farmers had to halt their planting operations after a solar storm broke critical GPS and precision farming functionality in tractors and other equipment — The solar storm that brought the aurora borealis to large parts of the United States this weekend also broke critical GPS …
More: The Verge, The Register, Engadget, New York Times, Silicon Republic, The Overspill, and John Deere
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Forums: Hacker News, r/interstellar, r/PrepperIntel, and r/technology
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple releases iOS 17.5 with cross-platform detection of unwanted tracking devices, EU app downloads from websites, Apple News+ features like offline mode, more — Apple today released iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5, major updates to the iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 operating system updates that came out last September.
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X: @r00tkitsmm and @zollotech
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: |
Top500: the Intel-powered Aurora supercomputer, not yet fully operational, came second behind the AMD-powered Frontier, but did take first in an AI benchmark — Aurora faces stability issues from hardware failures, cooling malfunctions, and operational errors.
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X: @glennklockwood, @mobile_dom, @cscfi, @glennklockwood, @hpc_guru, @glennklockwood, @bmabey, @hpc_guru, @hpc_guru, and @simonmcs. LinkedIn: Stephen Streiffer. Forums: r/hardware
| Charlotte Trueman / DatacenterDynamics: |
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Google partners with HP to ship 3D video conferencing service Project Starline in 2025 and is working to support Zoom and Meet; Google unveiled Starline in 2021 — In 2021, Google kicked off work on Project Starline, a corporate-focused teleconferencing platform that uses 3D imaging …
More: The Keyword, Engadget, ZDNet, Android Authority, The Verge, PCMag, 9to5Google, Android Police, Chrome Unboxed, Android Central, Neowin, Lifewire, and WinBuzzer
| Bloomberg: |
The EU designates Booking as a DMA gatekeeper, saying “holidaymakers will start benefiting from more choice and hotels will have more business opportunities” — - Travel site is designated as a ‘gatekeeper’ under EU's DMA — X avoids rules for now as officials open probe into its status
More: TechCrunch, European Commission, Euractiv, Reuters, Tech Xplore, and Travel Technology …
Bluesky: @hern.bsky.social. X: @kayjebelli, @eu_competition, @eu_commission, @adamkovac, @lewis_crofts, and @mseltzermayr
| Financial Times: |
How GPS warfare is causing issues for civilians; an analysis finds almost 40M people lived in areas with unreliable GPS for at least half of the past six months — Military activity blamed for surge in jamming and spoofing incidents affecting smartphones, planes and ships
More: TNW and The Quantum Insider
X: @_nickrogers_ and @snellarthur
LinkedIn: Jeremy Bennington, Benoit Figuet, and Katherine Dunn
| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
Abu Dhabi's Technology Innovation Institute releases Falcon 2 11B, an open-source LLM to compete with Llama and Gemini that supports five European languages — - Model shows UAE is a “serious player” in AI, official says — Abu Dhabi plans to commercialize Falcon with new unit AI71
More: tii.ae, PYMNTS.com, Maginative, and Reuters
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft unveils Places, an AI-powered app to help employees on Outlook and Teams better coordinate in-office time, with Copilot integration coming this year — Microsoft is attempting to solve the hassle of coordinating with colleagues on when everyone will be in the office.
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Mastodon: @TheDailyBurble@mastodon …. Bluesky: @iamvishnurajan.bsky.social and @strngwys.bsky.social
| New York Times: |
How Elon Musk uses X to back right-wing world leaders like Argentina's Javier Milei and India's Narendra Modi, who can help secure advantages for his businesses — Minutes after it became clear that Javier Milei had been elected president of South America's second-largest nation in November …
More: Financial Times. Threads: @karaswisher, @motorcityadam, @karaswisher, @yonetteajoseph, @markjacobnews, and @lorakolodny
Bluesky: @rmac.bsky.social, @delexical.bsky.social, and @kateconger.bsky.social
X: @ryp__, @flitteronfraud, @ericgeller, @markjacob16, @rmac18, @rmac18, and @kateconger
Forums: Hacker News, r/RealTesla, r/Fuckthealtright, r/musked, and r/inthenews
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Intel is in advanced, exclusive talks for a deal in which Apollo Global Management would supply $11B+ to help the chip giant build a plant in Ireland — The investment firm is in exclusive talks to supply the chip giant with cash for a new plant.| Keith Laing / Bloomberg: |
The US NHTSA opens an investigation into Amazon's Zoox after two of its automated Toyota SUVs braked unexpectedly, resulting in motorcyclists rear-ending them — - Bikers rear-ended Zoox SUVs that suddenly, unexpectedly braked — US agency estimates 500 vehicles are subject to investigation
More: The Register, The Verge, The Information, Reuters, NBC News, CNBC, Self Drive News, PCMag, Associated Press, and Quartz
| Sudip Kar-Gupta / Reuters: |
Brad Smith says Microsoft plans to invest €4B in France, mostly focused on the AI sector, and the company would set up a data center in the city of Mulhouse — Technology and software giant Microsoft (MSFT.O) will invest 4 billion euros ($4.3 billion) in France as part … | Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
As crypto flows into Tornado Cash despite sanctions, a look at the trial against its co-founder, who says he cannot prevent abuse of a system beyond his control — Tuesday's verdict in the trial of Alexey Pertsev, a creator of crypto-privacy service Tornado Cash, is the first in a string …
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