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| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
The arrival of AI search bodes ill for everyone who relies on web search to have their business discovered, their blog post read, or their journalism funded — With AI search results coming to the masses, the human-powered web recedes further into the background
More: Washington Post, Beyond Search, and Lifewire
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| Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: |
Google plans to roll out AI Overviews in Search to all US users by next week, and to more countries soon; they will be available to 1B+ users by the end of 2024 — AI Overviews is rolling out to all US based searchers in Google Search, making AI Overviews available to hundreds of millions …
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Threads: @reckless1280, @kalihays1, @somegadgetguy, and @joannastern
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LinkedIn: Ezra Eeman, Vidhya Srinivasan, Lulu P., and Elizabeth Reid
| Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: |
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Threads: @jbillinson. X: @searchliaison, @dannysullivan, @searchliaison, @mmichaelllucy, @emmatolkin, @rajanpatel, and @samfbiddle
| Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
Apple unveils accessibility features, like Eye Tracking, to let users with physical disabilities control iPads or iPhones with their eyes, and Music Haptics — The company is making it easier to use your gaze to navigate iOS and iPadOS. — Deputy Editor, Reviews
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| CNBC: |
Ilya Sutskever says he will leave OpenAI to work on a “personally meaningful” project; Director of Research Jakub Pachocki will become OpenAI's chief scientist — OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever said Tuesday that he's leaving the Microsoft-backed startup.
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Forums: r/slatestarcodex, r/news, and r/technology
| The Verge: |
Jan Leike, who was co-leading OpenAI's Superalignment team with Ilya Sutskever to “steer and control” more powerful AI, has also resigned from the company — Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI's co-founder and chief scientist who helped lead the infamous failed coup against Sam Altman …
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| Ben Smith / Semafor: |
Billionaire tech critic Frank McCourt says he is preparing a “people's bid” to buy and rebuild TikTok so users “own and control their identity and their data” — The Scoop — A billionaire tech critic says he is mounting a bid to buy TikTok, the massive Chinese …
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| Washington Post: |
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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
The FBI seizes BreachForums' hacking forum, which the group used to leak and sell stolen corporate data to other cybercriminals, and its Telegram channel — The FBI has seized the notorious BreachForums hacking forum used to leak and sell stolen corporate data to other cybercriminals.| Steven Sinofsky / @stevesi: |
Apple letting iPads run macOS would require major trade-offs, and enabling touch on Macs would lead to “a lot of flakey software that doesn't really work” — It is not unusual for customers to want the best of all worlds. It is why Detroit invented convertibles and el caminos. But the idea of a “dual boot” device is just nuts. It is guaranteed the only reality is it is running the wrong OS all the time for whatever you want to do....
More: 9to5Mac, Daring Fireball, Spyglass, and 9to5Mac
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| Rachael Levy / Reuters: |
Sources: Neuralink's disclosure last week that tiny wires inside its first patient's brain had pulled out of position is an issue it has known about for years — Neuralink's disclosure last week that tiny wires inside the brain of its first patient had pulled out of position is an issue … | Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Uber plans to work with local fleets to add US shuttle bus services to and from airports, concert venues, and sports stadiums, for a fraction of UberX's cost — - Uber Shuttle priced at a fraction of usual cost of rideshares — Shares of rival Instacart slid on news of Uber's Costco deal
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| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Anthropic hires Instagram and Artifact co-founder Mike Krieger as its chief product officer, after the startup released an iOS app for its Claude chatbot — As Anthropic tries to take on the AI giants, it has a new big-name executive on board: the company announced this morning that Mike Krieger is its new chief product officer.
More: TechCrunch, Reuters, Bloomberg, MSPoweruser, and RTÉ
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| Nelson Renteria / Reuters: |
El Salvador has mined 473.5 bitcoin, worth ~$29M, since September 2021 thanks to a volcano-fueled geothermal power plant, bringing its portfolio to 5,750 BTC — El Salvador has mined nearly 474 bitcoins since 2021 thanks to a volcano-fueled geothermal power plant, official data showed on Tuesday … | University of Oxford: |
A study of 2,414,294 people in 168 countries between 2006 and 2021 finds 84.9% of associations between internet connectivity and wellbeing were positive — Links between internet adoption and wellbeing are likely to be positive, despite popular concerns to the contrary …
More: Cybernews.com and TechSpot
| Mark Hachman / PCWorld: |
Intel details Thunderbolt Share, a new specification and app to connect two PCs, letting users transfer data at 40Gbps or more, control another PC, and more — Adios, shuffling around flash drives? — With Thunderbolt Share, Intel is turning the Thunderbolt cable into a way to connect … | Sheena Vasani / The Verge: |
Google open sources code for Project Gameface, its hands-free gaming “mouse” that users control using head movements and facial gestures, to Android developers — Google has announced that the code for Project Gameface, its hands-free gaming ‘mouse’ that you control by making faces …
More: Google Developers Blog, Engadget, PhoneArena, Sammy Fans, Tom's Guide, Phandroid, The Hindu, Android Headlines, and Mashable
| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
AWS details its European “sovereign cloud”, designed to enable greater data residency, starting in Germany in 2025, and plans to invest €7.8B in Europe by 2040 — Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon's cloud computing business, has confirmed further details of its European … | New York Times: |
Bipartisan US Senators release a long-awaited plan for AI, calling for spending $32B annually by 2026 on R&D, creating a federal data privacy law, and more — Their plan is the culmination of a yearlong listening tour on the dangers of the new technology.| Hannah Miller / Bloomberg: |
Humanity Protocol, a blockchain-based identity system that uses scans of people's palms, raised a $30M seed led by Kingsway Capital at a $1B valuation — The startup raised $30 million at a $1 billion valuation as it looks to challenge projects like Worldcoin.
More: humanityprot, The Block, CoinDesk, PYMNTS.com, NFTgators, and Crypto Briefing
| VideoCardz.com: |
A leaked Dell XPS roadmap details Qualcomm's “Oryon V2” series, possibly named Snapdragon X Gen2 and launching in H2 2025, and “QC Oryon V3”, set for late 2027 — Dell XPS Qualcomm leak: next-gen Snapdragon X series in mid-2025 — Qualcomm Snapdragon X Gen2 and Gen3 already in the planing.
More: Dexerto, VideoCardz.com, Laptop Mag, Windows Central, XDA Developers, Windows Report, Tom's Hardware, and Android Headlines. X: @stevemoser
| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
Google opens API access to its Google Home platform, letting Android and iOS developers join a waitlist to access 600M+ Matter or Works with Google Home devices — Google has announced that it's opening up API access to its Google Home smart home platform.
More: 9to5Google and TechRadar
| RT Watson / The Block: |
Immutable Games launches Guild of Guardians, its flagship mobile fantasy RPG that let players win GOG tokens, NFTs, and more; Immutable raised $200M in 2022 — “Guild of Guardians” is launching worldwide on both Apple and Android devices. — Immutable Games is offering up to $1 million in prizes.
More: Immutable Games, Pocket Gamer.biz, navi.gg, Cryptonews, VentureBeat, and The Crypto Times
X: @natusvincere and @immutable
| Ryan Weeks / Bloomberg: |
USDC issuer Circle, which confidentially filed for a US IPO in January, plans to shift its legal base to the US from Ireland, and may face more onerous taxes — - Circle's holding company is currently located in Ireland — With an IPO looming, the firm will re-domicile to the US| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google announces a threat detection capability coming to Android that uses on-device AI to spot malware, analyzing apps' use of permissions and services — Google is preparing to launch a new system to help address the problem of malware on Android. Its new live threat detection service …
More: Google Online Security Blog and Android Authority
| Srishti Jaswal / Rest of World: |
As India's elections run from April 19 to June 1, a look at the BJP's vast WhatsApp operations, including using the app to campaign free from public scrutiny — An analysis of thousands of messages reveals how India's ruling party uses the app to campaign free from public scrutiny. — • MANDI, INDIA| Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Netflix strikes a three-year deal with the NFL to stream two new Christmas Day games this season, and “at least one game” in 2025 and in 2026 — The streaming giant lands the league's two new Christmas Day games, beginning this season. — Netflix will stream live NFL games, beginning this season.| Cagan Koc / Bloomberg: |
TSMC SVP Kevin Zhang says ASML's new machines, which cost €350M each, are too expensive, and the A16 node, due in late 2026, won't need to use the new machines — “The cost is very high,” TSMC Senior Vice President Kevin Zhang said at a technology symposium in Amsterdam on Tuesday …
More: Benzinga, TNW, TweakTown, and TrendForce Insights
| Olivia Solon / Bloomberg: |
Raspberry Pi announces plans for an IPO in London, reporting $265.8M revenue and $43.5M adjusted EBITDA in 2023, and is reportedly seeking a ~$630M valuation — British personal computer maker Raspberry Pi has announced that it is considering a London initial public offering …
More: Tom's Hardware, Financial Times, The Times, CNBC, City A.M., Financial Times, Forbes, The Independent, The Register, Business Post, and UKTN
| Reuters: |
A US federal court orders Elon Musk to testify again in an SEC investigation into his $44B Twitter takeover; the SEC sued Musk in October 2023 to testify — A federal court ordered on Tuesday that Elon Musk must testify again in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's investigation into his $44 billion takeover of Twitter.Sponsor Posts
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