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| Mayank Parmar / BleepingComputer: |
Users reported a massive Microsoft outage that impacted Bing, Copilot on the web and mobile, Copilot in Windows, ChatGPT's internet search, DuckDuckGo, and more — A massive Microsoft outage affects Bing.com, Copilot for web and mobile, Copilot in Windows, ChatGPT internet search and DuckDuckGo.
More: The Verge, TechCrunch, Financial Express, SiliconANGLE, Engadget, Metro.co.uk, Livemint, Tom's Hardware, ZDNet, The i Paper, TechRadar, Android Authority, CCN.com, WinBuzzer, Windows Report, Mashable, Windows Central, The Register, PhoneArena, PCMag, Search Engine Land, MacRumors, KnowTechie, Search Engine Roundtable, 9to5Mac, and Neowin
Mastodon: @_elena@mastodon.social. X: @duckduckgo, @msft365status, @msft365status, @msft365status, @ecosia, @msft365status, @duckduckgo, @clementdelangue, @andrewcurran_, @nixcraft, @uwukko, @rustybrick, @leshaque, @rustybrick, and @mayank_jee
Forums: Hacker News, r/cybersecurity, and r/MicrosoftRewards
| Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post: |
Docs and sources: OpenAI didn't use Scarlett Johansson's voice for ChatGPT's Sky and hired another actress in June, months before Sam Altman contacted Johansson — A different actress was hired to provide the voice for ChatGPT's ‘Sky,’ according to documents and recordings shared with the Washington Post.
More: TechRadar, Business Standard, Reuters, The Verge, The Decoder, Spyglass, New Yorker, Dexerto, Android Authority, AIM, Engadget, and Wired
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. Bluesky: @fitzstartz.bsky.social. X: @pkafka, @hshaban, @pstasiatech, @buccocapital, @harrymccracken, @mszafranski413, @yoda, @nitashatiku, @willoremus, @blind_steel, and @carnage4life
Forums: Hacker News, r/aiwars, r/news, r/technology, r/neoliberal, r/singularity, r/ChatGPT, and r/OpenAI
| Kelsey Piper / Vox: |
Leaked OpenAI documents show aggressive tactics toward ex-staff, and contradict leadership's comments on being unaware of a provision about equity cancellation — On Friday, Vox reported that employees at tech giant OpenAI who wanted to leave the company were confronted with expansive and highly restrictive exit documents.
More: Business Insider, Gizmodo, The Information, Neowin, and Pixel Envy
Threads: @crumbler. Mastodon: @annmlipton@esq.social. Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social and @annmlipton.bsky.social
LinkedIn: Harish Pillay and Jeremy Kahn
Forums: tedivm on Hacker News, Hacker News, r/technology, r/OpenAI, and r/singularity
| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
Leaked contract: Samsung requires independent repair shops to notify Samsung, share customer data, and “immediately disassemble” devices with aftermarket parts — In exchange for selling them repair parts, Samsung requires independent repair shops to give Samsung the name …
Mastodon: @jasonkoebler@mastodon.social. X: @nproctor, @jason_koebler, @repaircoalition, and @jason_koebler. Forums: Lobsters
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
iFixit and Samsung end their repair partnership after two years; iFixit CEO Kyle Wiens says that “Samsung does not seem interested in enabling repair at scale” — iFixit and Samsung are parting ways. … “Samsung does not seem interested in enabling repair at scale,” … | Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac: |
Kuo: Apple is targeting a full-screen foldable MacBook launch in 2026 and considering a 20.25" or a 18.8" panel, with an M5 chip and Vision Pro-level price — Apple is working on all-screen foldable devices. Unlike its competitors, however, its focus seems less on foldable smartphones and tablets …
More: Ming-Chi Kuo, MacRumors, The Verge, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, MacRumors, Cult of Mac, iClarified, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, BGR, Supercharged, and MacDailyNews
| CNBC: |
US DOJ and state AGs sue to break up Ticketmaster parent Live Nation over alleged antitrust violations, following a DOJ probe and Taylor Swift fan complaints — The U.S. Department of Justice is suing to break up Live Nation, the parent company of Ticketmaster, over alleged antitrust violations.
More: New York Times, Bloomberg, US Department of Justice, Live Nation Entertainment, TechCrunch, Engadget, Politico, The Verge, New York Times, ABC News, Washington Post, Gizmodo, Benzinga, Fortune, Reuters, The Hollywood Reporter, CNN, Institute for Local …, Axios, NPR, Wired, NBC News, Consequence, Financial Times, Deadline, Proactive, KRQE-TV, Digital Music News, The Verge, Music Ally, and Axios
Bluesky: @jmgreene28.bsky.social and @docrevan.xyz
X: @newjerseyoag, @stacyfmitchell, @andrewvisnovsky, @pgunigantiat, @matthewstoller, @massago, @agowa, @senmikelee, @matthewstoller, @econliberties, @ohioag, @trungtphan, @jeremiahdjohns, @rbreich, @rbreich, @thejusticedept, @adamparkhomenko, @moreperfectus, @senwarren, and @rakeshlobster
Forums: r/Music, r/phish, r/law, and r/neutralnews
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Nvidia reports Q1 revenue up 262% YoY to $26.04B, vs. $24.65B est., forecasts Q2 revenue above est., and plans a 10:1 stock split on June 7; NVDA jumps 5%+ — Nvidia shares topped $1,000 for the first time in extended trading on Wednesday after the chipmaker reported fiscal first-quarter results that topped analyst estimates.
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LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski and Anthony Robbins
Forums: r/Aktien, r/wallstreetbets, and Slashdot
| Asa Fitch / Wall Street Journal: |
| Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo: |
X Director of Engineering Haofei Wang says “we are making likes private” in an update happening “soon”, as “public likes are incentivizing the wrong behavior” — Musk could soon make likes on X private, changing a feature that historically placed several celebrities, including him, into scandals.
More: The Verge, MacRumors, Mashable, Wccftech, 9to5Mac, and KnowTechie
X: @wanghaofei, @aaronp613, @xdaily, @jack, @enriquebrgn, @wallstreetsilv, and @wanghaofei
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google Pay now lets users see their card benefits and perks before selecting a card, use BNPL on more sites, and fill in card details using biometrics or a PIN — Google Pay is rolling out a number of updates that capitalize on its integrations with other Google products, like Android and the Chrome browser.
More: The Keyword, NDTV, Sam Lover, Android Central, The Paypers, Tom's Guide, Business Standard, BGR, Neowin, TechRadar, and PhoneArena
| Emilia David / The Verge: |
Truecaller partners with Microsoft's Azure AI Speech to let its AI Assistant users create an AI version of their voice based on a recorded clip to answer calls — Caller ID company Truecaller will let users create an AI version of their voice to answer calls.| Jeremy Gan / Dexerto: |
Linus Tech Tips, accused in August 2023 of theft, ethical lapses, and sexual harassment, says an outside investigation found the claims were “largely unfounded” — Linus Tech Tips has released the findings from an investigation of the allegations levied upon them in 2023 … | Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Q&A with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and CTO Kevin Scott on Copilot+ PCs, delivering a consistent experience, OpenAI, integration vs. modularization, and more — This week we have two Stratechery Interviews: the first is with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, and the second is with Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott.
| Martin Zugec / Bitdefender Blog: |
A look at China-aligned hacking group Unfading Sea Haze, which has targeted government and military organizations in South China Sea countries since 2018 — In a recent investigation by Bitdefender Labs, a series of cyberattacks targeting high-level organizations in South China Sea countries revealed a previously unknown threat actor.
More: SC Media, The Record, SecurityWeek, The Register, and BleepingComputer
| André Beganski / Decrypt: |
The US House passes the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act, or FIT21, which would create a regulatory framework for digital assets — Dubbed the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act, or FIT21, the measure was approved by the House of Representatives with a 279-136 vote.
More: Financial Services Committee, US Securities …, VentureBeat, CoinDesk, Quartz, DL News, Reuters, Inside Bitcoins, Crypto Adventure, Forkast, Bitcoin Insider, Blockonomi, CCN.com, Bitcoinist.com, CoinGape, Cryptopolitan, Coinspeaker, CoinGeek, Business Today, The Crypto Times, Cryptonews, Coinmonks, Cointelegraph, Fortune, Crowdfund Insider, crypto.news, Crypto Briefing, CryptoPotato, The Block, The Block, Washington Examiner, The Hill, CNBC, MarketWatch, CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, CoinDesk, Blockworks, CoinDesk, CoinDesk, CryptoSlate, Cointelegraph, and crypto.news
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| Wall Street Journal: |
News Corp and OpenAI announce a multiyear agreement to bring News Corp's news content to OpenAI; sources say the deal could be worth $250M+ over five years — Agreement could generate over $250 million over five years for News Corp in cash and credits — Wall Street Journal owner News Corp struck …
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LinkedIn: Conor Grennan, Luke Mircea-Willats, Nicholas Gray, and Artem Fishman
Forums: Hacker News, r/friendlyjordies, r/australia, and r/ChatGPT
| Reed Abelson / New York Times: |
US hospital operator Ascension, which has ~140 hospitals, remains down indefinitely after a May 8 cyberattack, an eerily similar hack to Change Healthcare — For two weeks at the 140-hospital system, doctors and nurses have had little access to digital records for patient histories, resorting to paper and faxes to treat people.
More: NPR
| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
Google details Umoja, the first fiber optic cable that would connect Africa and Australia, starting in Kenya and running via the DRC and others to South Africa — Google is preparing to build what will be the first subsea fibre optic cable connecting the continents of Africa and Australia.
More: Google Cloud Blog, Bloomberg, PCMag, The Verge, Converge! Network Digest, Nairametrics, The Star, and Notebookcheck
LinkedIn: Benjamin Treynor Sloss, Ian Clarke, and Wouter van Hulten
| James Batchelor / GamesIndustry.biz: |
Embracer reports FY2023-24 net sales up 12% YoY to ~$3.9B, PC/Console up 7% YoY to ~$1.3B, and Mobile up 2% YoY to $551M; its CFO and deputy CEO steps down — CEO Lars Wingefors says past fiscal year was “transformative” as group presses on towards three-way split — News by James Batchelor Editor-in-chief| Greg Bensinger / Reuters: |
Amazon investors vote to reject all 14 resolutions that asked to disclose more on its carbon emissions and directors' donations, form an AI committee, and more — Amazon.com (AMZN.O) investors voted against all 14 resolutions that asked the retailer to disclose more about its carbon emissions … | Counterpoint Research: |
Global foundry revenue rose 12% YoY in Q1 2024, but dropped 5% QoQ; TSMC's market share rose 1% YoY to 62%, Samsung rose 2% YoY to 13%, and SMIC rose 1% to 6% — - The foundry industry is experiencing a relatively slow recovery with 5% QoQ decline in Q1 2024, citing a softer recovery of general end market.
More: SamMobile, Light Reading, and CNBC
| Reuters: |
South Korea announces a ~$19B support package for its domestic chip industry, aiming to help boost its global market share in non-memory chips from 2% to 10% — South Korea announced on Thursday revised plans for a support package for the country's vital semiconductor industry worth 26 trillion won … | Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times: |
TikTok adds new measures to limit the spread of videos from state-affiliated media accounts, and disrupted 15 influence operations in January to April 2024 — The platform will keep state-affiliated media accounts out of users' feeds if they “attempt to reach communities outside their home country …
More: Bloomberg, Associated Press, Pixel Envy, Washington Post, Fast Company, Irish Independent, and TikTok
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