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| Rand Fishkin / SparkToro: |
A leak purports to show thousands of pages of internal API documentation for Google Search, some of which appear to contradict Google's public statements — On Sunday, May 5th, I received an email from a person claiming to have access to a massive leak of API documentation from inside Google's Search division.
More: The Verge, iPullRank, Platformer, Search Engine Land, Silicon Republic, Android Authority, Business Standard, Search Engine Journal, MEDIANAMA, Wccftech, The Register, Android Police, Search Engine Roundtable, 9to5Google, and Android Headlines
Threads: @paul_rietschka, @reckless1280, @jjackyliang, and @reckless1280. Mastodon: @ricmac@mastodon.social
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Forums: Hacker News, r/marketing, and Slashdot
| Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: |
In a podcast, ex-OpenAI board member Helen Toner says the board learned of ChatGPT's launch on Twitter, criticizes Sam Altman's leadership on safety, and more — - Helen Toner spoke about Sam Altman's firing in a new podcast — Toner has called for more regulation around AI safety
More: The Verge, The Economist, Mashable, Business Insider, Reuters, The TED AI Show, TechSpot, ITPro, WinBuzzer, BGR, Cybernews.com, Neowin, PYMNTS.com, Benzinga, Gizmodo Australia, Engadget, Business Today, Yahoo Tech, and Cybernews.com
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Forums: r/technews and r/technology
| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
More: OpenAI, Los Angeles Times, The Hill, The Verge, Bloomberg, CNN, Mashable, Ben's Bites, ExchangeWire.com, Cryptopolitan, The Hill, Wccftech, ZDNet, Unite.AI, GovInfoSecurity.com, SiliconANGLE, Benzinga, Financial Express, Maginative, Semafor, Reuters, Ars Technica, The Sun, Financial Times, and VentureBeat
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Forums: r/technews, r/technology, r/ChatGPT, r/singularity, r/OpenAI, and Slashdot
| Kim Zetter / Wired: |
How researchers recovered access to ~$2M worth of bitcoin stored in a software wallet, using a flaw in a decade-old version of the RoboForm password manager — Thanks to a flaw in a decade-old version of the RoboForm password manager and a bit of luck, researchers were able to unearth …
More: Joe Grand on YouTube, Dexerto, crypto.news, The Overspill, The Crypto Times, Forbes, and The Block
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Forums: Hacker News, r/CryptoCurrency, and r/Bitcoin
| Emilia David / The Verge: |
Microsoft launches Copilot for Telegram in beta; the bot is limited to text-based requests and cannot generate images for now — Microsoft has added an official Copilot bot within the messaging app Telegram, which lets users search, ask questions, and converse with the AI chatbot.| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
The US Treasury sanctions three Chinese nationals and three Thailand-based companies linked to a botnet controlling residential proxy service “911 S5” — The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned a cybercrime network comprising three Chinese nationals and three Thailand-based companies linked … | Kate Irwin / PCMag: |
The Internet Archive says it has been under an intermittent DDoS attack for the past three days, making access inconsistent, but “the data is not affected” — The California-based nonprofit that archives books and webpages online experiences distributed denial-of-service attacks …
More: Internet Archive Blogs, Neowin, Cybernews.com, MEDIANAMA, Engadget, BetaNews, The Verge, and Cyber Security News
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Forums: Hacker News, Hacker News, r/cybersecurity, and r/technology
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube rolls out Playables, a collection of over 75 free games available on mobile and desktop, to all users — YouTube's “app store” for games is rolling out more broadly. The company announced on Tuesday that its collection of lightweight, free games dubbed “Playables” …
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LinkedIn: Lisa Tran Hill and Hermés Piqué
| Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
The National Samsung Electronics Union plans its first ever strike after wage negotiations, which have been ongoing since the start of 2024, broke down — - The union is largest among several at the Korean company — Samsung has been playing catchup in memory chips for AI
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| Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo: |
In a spat on X, Meta's Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun calls out Elon Musk for saying xAI will pursue “truth” as Musk spreads “crazy-ass conspiracy theories” on X — Yann LeCun and Elon Musk got into it on X this weekend, exposing key disagreements on AI risks dividing the tech world.
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Anthropic hires former OpenAI safety lead Jan Leike to head up a new Superalignment team; a source says Leike will report to Chief Science Officer Jared Kaplan — Jan Leike, a leading AI researcher who earlier this month resigned from OpenAI before publicly criticizing the company's approach to AI safety …
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Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
| Financial Times: |
Analysis: food delivery apps Deliveroo, Just Eat Takeaway, Delivery Hero, and DoorDash have racked up $20.3B in combined operating losses since they went public — DoorDash, Deliveroo, Delivery Hero and Just Eat Takeaway put new focus on profits, despite slower growth following the pandemic| Richard Milne / Financial Times: |
Tencent-owned Supercell, the developer behind Clash of Clans, releases Squad Busters, its first title in over five years; Supercell had €1.7B in 2023 revenue — Tencent-owned Supercell seeks to revive fortunes with mobile battle game ‘Squad Busters’ — Supercell — the developer behind …
More: Reuters, Supercell, Pocket Gamer.biz, Pocket Gamer, and Pocket Gamer.biz
| Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: |
PwC plans to roll out ChatGPT Enterprise to its 75K US staff and 26K UK staff, becoming the largest customer and first reseller of OpenAI's enterprise product — The Big Four accounting firm signs a new license and sales deal as the maker of ChatGPT ramps up its enterprise sales efforts
More: Benzinga, The Information, SiliconANGLE, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Reuters, and DealStreetAsia
| Sheila Chiang / CNBC: |
Analysis: Temu and Pinduoduo parent PDD, whose shares are up 109% in the past year, has a ~$208B market cap, compared with Alibaba's $196B and JD.com's $48B — PDD's value-for-money positioning and growth of its Temu marketplace has helped the tech giant lead China's e-commerce arena …
More: Benzinga
| Sarah Wynn / The Block: |
A US judge sentences former FTX executive Ryan Salame to 7.5 years after he pled guilty to criminal charges over political contributions and more in 2023 — - Former FTX executive Ryan Salame was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to criminal charges last year.
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| Bloomberg: |
Didi reports Q1 revenue up 15% YoY to ~$6.8B and a ~$190M net loss, in part due to higher sales and marketing costs, as well as higher driver fees — - Sales at Chinese ride-hailing firm jumped 15% on demand surge — Didi seeks to rebuild operations prior to next IPO push
More: Reuters and Didi Global
| Bloomberg: |
Brazilian digital bank Nubank hits a $58.2B market cap, surpassing Itau, previously the most valuable financial institution in Latin America, at ~$56B — - Digital lender worth $58.2 billion as earnings fuel rally — Nubank is one of ‘most attractive’ EM stocks, Vontobel says
X: @refsrc
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