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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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Threads: @vthallam, @arunsees, @carnage4life, @carnage4life, @gergelyorosz_, and @kylie.robison. Bluesky: @monospace.com
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LinkedIn: Dr. Nicole Wieberneit, Tom Hewitson, Ben Saunders, LinkedIn, Adrián González Sánchez, Jenny O'Leary, Lin Yang, Shyamal Hitesh Anadkat, Peter Deng, Adam Goldberg, and Krithika M.
Forums: Hacker News and r/singularity
| OpenAI on YouTube: |
A recording of OpenAI's Spring Update event, where it announced GPT-4o and a new ChatGPT app for macOS — We'll be streaming live at 10AM PT Monday, May 13 to demo some ChatGPT and GPT-4 updates.
More: CNBC, XDA Developers, The Verge, The Register, PCWorld, PCMag, Ars Technica, Reuters, Thurrott, Semafor, MacRumors, Windows Central, Business Post, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, TechRepublic, The Decoder, Mashable, PetaPixel, Voicebot.ai, Tom's Guide, Neowin, SFist, Digital Trends, Quartz, Analytics India Magazine, Android Headlines, and Yahoo News
Threads: @crumbler and @mergesort
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Forums: Hacker News, Hacker News, r/aiwars, r/artificial, r/ChatGPT, r/technology, Ars OpenForum, and MacRumors Forums
| Ina Fried / Axios: |
GPT-4o text and image capabilities are rolling out now to ChatGPT Plus and Team users; GPT-4o's voice version is coming soon; mysterious gpt2-chatbot was GPT-4o — - She said the new GPT-4o — that's a letter “o”, for “Omni” — is a “huge step forward when it comes to the ease of use” as well as speed.
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X: @emollick, @bentossell, @alphasignalai, and @binarybits
| 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: 9to5Mac, BetaNews, TechRadar, Android Headlines, New York Post, Benzinga, Thurrott, and MSPoweruser
| 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: @mysk_co, @zollotech, and @r00tkitsmm
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| 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, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, CNBC, Bloomberg, The Information, FinSMEs, Benzinga, Tech Startups, Proactive, Quartz, PYMNTS.com, and Financial Times. 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: Engadget, The Register, and New York Times
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Forums: Hacker News, r/interstellar, r/PrepperIntel, and r/technology
| 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, VentureBeat, 9to5Google, ZDNet, Android Authority, PCMag, Tom's Guide, Android Headlines, Android Police, Digital Trends, Android Central, Neowin, and Lifewire
Bluesky: @coachfinstock.bsky.social. LinkedIn: Marianna Wickman, Maziyar Khorasani, Todd Prives, and Aaron Rich
| 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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Threads: @daveleebbg. Instagram: Mark Zuckerberg. X: @sadlyitsbradley, @nathievr, @boztank, @lufthansa, @lufthansanews, @nathievr, @carnage4life, and @casandchary. Forums: Hacker News
| 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.
More: TOP500, The New Stack, TechSpot, EnterpriseAI, HPCwire, ExtremeTech, WinBuzzer, LUMI, HPCwire, and insideHPC
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| Charlotte Trueman / DatacenterDynamics: |
More: eeNews Europe, University of Bristol, ComputerWeekly.com, Tom's Hardware, and ExtremeTech. X: @bristoluni
| Washington Post: |
Google's rollout of AI generated summaries in search will threaten web publishers; Gartner predicts traffic to the web from search engines will fall 25% by 2026 — The tech giant is rolling out AI-generated answers that displace links to human-written websites, threatening millions of creators| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Apple iPad Pro (2024) review: gorgeous screen, blazing performance with M4, thin, front camera is in the right spot, but iPadOS can't keep up with the hardware — Apple's latest high-end tablet is a marvel of hardware design still in need of the software and accessories to really make it sing.
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| 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 …
More: Infosec Exchange, Infosec Exchange, CCN.com, and Infosec Exchange
| 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.
More: PCWorld, Source, Thurrott, Neowin, WinBuzzer, Lifewire, 9to5Mac, and MSPoweruser
Mastodon: @TheDailyBurble@mastodon …. Bluesky: @iamvishnurajan.bsky.social and @strngwys.bsky.social
| 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: Le Monde.fr, European Commission, Tech Xplore, and Euractiv
Bluesky: @hern.bsky.social. X: @kayjebelli, @eu_competition, @eu_commission, @adamkovac, @lewis_crofts, and @mseltzermayr
| 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, The National, News.ng, and Maginative
| 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.
More: Financial Times, CRN, Reuters, Bloomberg, The Register, Irish Examiner, Amwal Al Ghad, Yahoo Finance, and Benzinga
| 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: The Quantum Insider. X: @_nickrogers_ and @snellarthur
LinkedIn: Jeremy Bennington, Benoit Figuet, and Katherine Dunn
| New York Magazine: |
Q&A with Walt Mossberg and YouTuber Marques Brownlee on tech reviews, handling pushback, YouTube, the issues with paid content, earning people's trust, and more — The two titans of tech reviewing talk shop with Kara Swisher. — Despite being two of the most influential tech reviewers ever …
Threads: @karaswisher, @mossbergwalt, and @mossbergwalt
| Kenrick Cai / Forbes: |
Kyle Vogt, who resigned as Cruise CEO six months ago, raised $150M for The Bot Company, a household robot startup, sources say at a $550M post-money valuation — Vogt, who resigned from the self-driving car company amid a crisis just six months ago, landed a $550 million valuation …
X: @packym, @lukeholoubek, @danielgross, @kvogt, and @natfriedman
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