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| Dan Fitzpatrick / Forbes: |
OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Edu, an “affordable” version for universities, including GPT-4o access, custom GPT creation, and higher message limits than the free tier — OpenAI has announced ChatGPT Edu. This will be a specialized version of its AI platform designed specifically for universities.
More: OpenAI, New York Times, Futurism, The Verge, WinBuzzer, Business Today, Engadget, Neowin, Android Headlines, Maginative, Digital Trends, HotHardware, and Decrypt
Forums: r/OpenAI and r/technology
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Spotify has initiated a refund process for its discontinued Car Thing dashboard device, as consumers file a lawsuit claiming Spotify misled them — Spotify is facing continued backlash over its decision to discontinue support for Car Thing, its in-car streaming device …
More: Billboard, Engadget, The Verge, Benzinga, ClassAction.org Blog, Phandroid, Android Authority, PCMag, Android Headlines, Liliputing, PhoneArena, Ars Technica, ClassAction.org, Digital Music News, 9to5Google, and Notebookcheck
Forums: r/technology, r/gadgets, and Slashdot
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google explains AI Overviews' viral mistakes and updates its systems, including better detection of nonsensical queries and limiting satire and humor content — Google this afternoon published a long response about AI Overviews and their accuracy. The Search feature launched at I/O 2024 …
More: The Keyword, Engadget, Business Standard, Washington Post, PhoneArena, Hindustan Times, Cryptopolitan, Neowin, BetaNews, Search Engine Land, and Android Authority
Threads: @hughsteruk, @micfarris, @thatadamguy, and @katienotopoulos
X: @nitashatiku, @gaganghotra_, @jenn_elias, @larryferlazzo, @richsangerseo, @jenn_elias, @lilyraynyc, and @carlhendy. Forums: Hacker News
| Reuters: |
Sources: TikTok is working on a clone of its recommendation algorithm for its US users that may result in a version that operates independently of ByteDance — TikTok is working on a clone of its recommendation algorithm for its 170 million U.S. users that may result in a version …
More: Bloomberg, Social Media Today, PYMNTS.com, Tech in Asia, Cybernews.com, The Texas Tribune, New York Post, Benzinga, Al Jazeera, Digital Music News, and Press Enterprise
Forums: r/technews, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to overhaul Siri with more advanced AI, a move that will allow Siri to take command of all the features within apps for the first time — - The feature will be at the heart of renewed Apple push into AI — Idea is to operate features within individual apps using voice
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Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Researchers claim just 2,107 US voters, mostly older, white Republican women, accounted for spreading 80% of the fake news on Twitter during the 2020 election — A pair of studies published Thursday in the journal Science offers evidence not only that misinformation on social media changes minds …
More: Ars Technica, Science, Science, Science, and Morningstar, Inc.
X: @cphoffmann, @acerbialberto, @drjennings, @_jenallen, @_jenallen, @_jenallen, and @_jenallen. Forums: Ars OpenForum
| Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post: |
OpenAI disrupted five influence operations in the past three months that accessed its products to covertly manipulate public opinion or shape political outcomes — Covert propagandists have already begun using generative artificial intelligence to boost their influence operations.
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LinkedIn: Jennie Baird and Katrina Mulligan
Forums: r/technology, r/anime_titties, and r/ActiveMeasures
| Evgeny Obedkov / Game World Observer: |
Sony says PS5 generated $106B in revenue in less than four years vs. PS4's $107B over seven years, PS5 in-game purchases spending up 176% over PS4, and more — Sony has published its annual business briefing. Here are the key takeaways about the performance of the PlayStation business and updates to the company's gaming strategy.
More: Video Games Chronicle, TechSpot, TweakTown, Benzinga, TheGamer, TechRadar, GamesIndustry.biz, and Kotaku. Forums: r/technology
| Forbes: |
OpenAI is hiring research engineers to rebuild its robotics team; sources: the company plans to develop tech that robot makers will integrate into their systems — After disbanding its efforts to build a general purpose robot in 2020, the AI juggernaut is embarking on a new attempt …
More: Axios, The Overspill, and The Information
| Jaspreet Singh / Reuters: |
Dell reports Q1 revenue up 6% YoY to $22.24B, vs. 21.64B est., and expects its adjusted gross margin rate to decline in FY 2025; DELL drops 18%+ after hours — Dell Technologies (DELL.N) said on Thursday it expects its adjusted gross margin rate to decline about 150 basis points in fiscal 2025 … | Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Meta begins rolling out TweetDeck-style customizable feeds on Threads globally, following a test that started earlier this month — Threads is widely rolling out a desktop site redesign that lets you customize your homepage with a series of feeds, similar to TweetDeck.
More: Engadget, Neowin, PhoneArena, Social Media Today, and 9to5Mac
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Google rolls out new features to Android, including editing sent messages in Google Messages, improvements to instant hotspot, a Google Home widget, and more — Google is releasing seven new updates and features to make Android devices and services more useful.| Reuters: |
Sources: Tesla prepares to register its FSD with Chinese authorities as it plans a rollout in 2024 and selling the software as a monthly subscription in China — Tesla (TSLA.O) is preparing to register its ‘Full Self-Driving’ software with authorities in China in the run up to its planned rollout … | Hayden Field / CNBC: |
Sources and docs: Twitch will end the contracts of its current Safety Advisory Council members; the new council will be mostly composed of Twitch Ambassadors — Twitch on Friday will terminate all members of its Safety Advisory Council, according to sources familiar with the situation and documents viewed by CNBC.
More: GamesIndustry.biz and The Verge
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
A look at the different approaches to AI integration and modularization taken by Google, AWS, Microsoft, Nvidia, Meta, and Databricks, and the implications — Satya Nadella, in last week's Stratechery Interview, said in response to a question about Google and AI:
Threads: @moatiful. X: @peibolsang, @megangra, @madscapital, @madscapital, @jimmysopko, @rkrishnakumar, @1stleighton, @jonesonthenba, @borrowed_ideas, @4jimlee, @stratechery, @wintermoat, and @hkanji
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Lumen details how malware bricked 600K+ routers connected to an autonomous system number belonging to a US ISP in October 2023; the ISP seems to be Windstream — An unknown threat actor with equally unknown motives forces ISP to replace routers. — One day last October …
More: Lumen, Cybernews.com, Reuters, CNET, The Register, BleepingComputer, and CircleID
Forums: r/cybersecurity, r/technology, and Ars OpenForum
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Valar Labs, which has developed AI models to help predict bladder cancer treatment outcomes, raised a $22M Series A led by DCVC and a16z — Putting AI to work in the healthcare industry is a tricky business; it's even more so in oncology, where the stakes are especially high.| Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg: |
STMicro announces plans to spend €5B on a chips manufacturing plant in Catania, Italy with the government providing €2B in subsidies under European Chips Act — STMicroelectronics NV said it plans to spend €5 billion ($5.4 billion) on a manufacturing plant for chips and packaging in Catania … | Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
On X, Paul Graham says claims about YC firing Sam Altman are “not true”, and Altman left because he wanted to work full-time on OpenAI as its CEO — In a series of posts on X on Thursday, Paul Graham, the co-founder of startup accelerator Y Combinator, brushed off claims …
More: Benzinga, The Economist, WinBuzzer, The Information, and Forbes
| Larry Dignan / Constellation Research: |
MongoDB reports Q1 revenue up 22% YoY to $450.6M, vs. $439.91M est., and cuts its Q2 and FY 2025 outlook on slower Atlas demand; MDB drops 25%+ after hours — MongoDB cut its second quarter and fiscal 2025 outlook as the company said it saw slower than expected demand for Atlas consumption and new workloads.
More: Barron's Online, Barron's Online, MongoDB, Inc., SiliconANGLE, Seeking Alpha, XM, Dow Jones Newswires, CNBC, Benzinga, and Investor's Business Daily
X: @tanayj and @thetranscript_
| Sam Kim / Bloomberg: |
Government data: South Korea's chip inventories fell 33.7% YoY in April, largest drop since 2014, underscoring the pace at which demand is outstripping supply — - Demand for memory chips increases in line with AI development — Samsung, SK Hynix vie to become main supplier to Nvidia
X: @samkimasia and @samkimasia
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Sources: X and news network NewsNation plan separate live town halls with Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.; the Biden campaign has not agreed to take part — - The Biden campaign has not agreed to take part. — A spokesperson for the Biden campaign declined to comment.| Mike Corder / Associated Press: |
Europol says police in Germany, the UK, the US, and others took down botnets spreading ransomware via infected emails, arrested four, and seized 2,000+ domains — Police coordinated by the European Union's justice and police agencies have taken down computer networks responsible …
More: Operation Endgame, Europol, Eurojust, Federal Bureau …, National Crime Agency, Proofpoint, CSO, Dark Reading, Ars Technica, The Guardian, The Register, CyberScoop, Hackread, ComputerWeekly.com, BleepingComputer, Reuters, and BleepingComputer
Mastodon: @abuse_ch@ioc.exchange and @haveibeenpwned@infosec …
X: @vxunderground, @fbi, @jplecouffe, @eurojust, @jeremy_kirk, @ericgeller, @vxunderground, @haveibeenpwned, @troyhunt, @nca_uk, @vxunderground, @threatinsight, @europol, @jeremy_kirk, @cyb3rmonk, @spamhaus, @bitdefender, @ec3europol, @profwoodward, @aejleslie, and @rgb_lights. LinkedIn: Devon Ackerman
Forums: r/Buttcoin and r/news
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