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| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
X says the platform will make Likes private for everyone this week, meaning users will no longer be able to see who liked someone else's post — Likes on the website will no longer cause PR crises for public figures. — Thanks to X showing what its users “like” on its platform …
More: The Verge, PCMag, The Register, Thurrott, notes.kvibber.com, TweakTown, PhoneArena, Business Standard, Pocket-lint, iPhone in Canada Blog, Neowin, Android Headlines, Silicon Republic, WinBuzzer, Mashable, Financial Express, Social Media Today, Benzinga, International Business Times, GSMArena.com, X, The i Paper, Quartz, and Gizmodo
X: @xeng, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @snazzylabs, @andr6wmale, @topherflorence, @dwaldenwrites, @q_review, @_cckirby, @frict, @torriangray, @mad_max_997, @mrsslrss, @srirachachau, @merrittk, @aalong64, @quantian1, @alecrobbins, @skyera1n, @castletongreene, and @xdevelopers
Forums: r/technews, r/Fauxmoi, and r/EnoughMuskSpam
| Joseph Cox / 404 Media: |
A hacker says they breached Tile internal tools, including one for processing data for cops, and stole customer data like phone numbers, addresses, and Tile IDs — A hacker broke into systems used by Tile, the tracking company, then stole a wealth of customer data and had access to internal company tools.
More: The Verge, Engadget, BleepingComputer, and Android Authority
Mastodon: @josephcox@infosec.exchange, @evacide@hachyderm.io, @freakazoid@retro.social, and @jasonkoebler@mastodon.social. Forums: r/privacy
| Verne Kopytoff / Fortune: |
In an interview, OpenAI CTO Mira Murati responded to Elon Musk's denouncement of Apple's OpenAI deal, saying OpenAI cares deeply about user privacy and security — A top OpenAI executive defended her company against Elon Musk, a day after the billionaire CEO described the integration …
More: Inc.com, 9to5Mac, Benzinga, Electrek, Quartz, International Business Times, WinBuzzer, The Verge, CBC News, Ars Technica, and CoinMarketCap Academy
X: @elonmusk, @kyliebytes, @fortunempw, @fortunempw, @fortunempw, @fortunempw, @fortunempw, and @lexnfx
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Waymo updates the software on its 672 vehicles, after one unoccupied car collided with a telephone pole in Phoenix on May 21, marking Waymo's second recall ever — Waymo is issuing a voluntary software recall after one of its driverless vehicles collided with a telephone pole in Phoenix, Arizona, last month, the company said.
More: Gizmodo, Reuters, TechCrunch, The Robot Report, Mashable, and Engadget
Forums: r/SelfDrivingCars and Slashdot
| Sean Michael Kerner / VentureBeat: |
Stability AI releases Stable Diffusion 3 Medium, intended to be a smaller yet capable model on consumer GPUs, with 2B parameters, compared to SD3 Large's 8B — Bigger isn't always better, especially when it comes to running generative AI models on commodity hardware.
More: Stability AI, VideoCardz.com, Decrypt, ZDNet, MSPoweruser, and The Decoder
X: @mikeyanderson, @replicate, @emostaque, @stabilityai, and @fofrai
| Ina Fried / Axios: |
IBM and Xerox PARC engineer Lynn Conway, who helped shape the way chips are designed and undertook a gender transition in 1968, died last weekend at age 86 — - In the 1970s, Conway helped author “Introduction to VLSI Systems,” a seminal book in the field of chip design that became …
More: Michigan Engineering News, Los Angeles Times, (en)gender, and Andrea James
Threads: @dana.rasmussen.co, @nixcraft, @gwendoesscience, @jokestress, @fallon_fox, and @metamutator
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
A list of apps that Apple “Sherlocked” at WWDC 2024, like 1Password and LastPass, call transcription apps like Truecaller, and custom emoji apps like Newji — Apple has been on a spree of late, announcing a host of new features for its various devices earlier this week at its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC).
More: Nieman Lab, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, How-To Geek, and Digital Trends
| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
Apple developer documentation: macOS 15 Sequoia will let virtual machine users sign into iCloud and Apple ID-related services, which was previously not possible — It only works for macOS 15 guests on macOS 15 hosts, but it's a big improvement. — We've written before about Apple's handy …
More: Apple Developer, Apple Developer Documentation, TechRadar, Six Colors, iMore, and MacRumors
Mastodon: @stroughtonsmith … and @chockenberry@mastodon.social
Forums: Hacker News, r/MacOSBeta, r/mac, Slashdot, and Ars OpenForum
| Pew Research Center: |
A survey of 10,287 US adults on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and X: most see news content, but a minority says they are on the platform for news, except for X — X remains more of a news destination than other sites, but the vast majority of users on all four are seeing news-related content| Kate Knibbs / Wired: |
Q&A with Jingna Zhang, the founder of anti-AI social platform Cara, about its focus on artists, having nearly 900K users, generative AI vs. creativity, and more — Artists are fleeing Meta's platforms over fears their work will be used to train AI. Photographer Jingna Zhang's Cara …
More: Silicon Republic, Business Insider, and TechIssuesToday.com
X: @knibbs, @waterslicer, and @neilturkewitz
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez on co-authoring the “Attention is all you need” paper at Google, focusing on the enterprise, AI not being a bubble, and more — Enterprise is the pathway to profit, Gomez says, but maybe don't ask it to do medicine quite yet.| Benjamin Hoffman / New York Times: |
Some people are using “slop” to describe low-grade AI material in social media, art, books, and more; the term emerged in reaction to AI art generators in 2022 — A new term has emerged to describe dubious A.I.-generated material. — You may not know exactly what “slop” means in relation to artificial intelligence.| Ryan Vlastelica / Bloomberg: |
Apple's stock closed up 7.3% at $207.15 on June 11, its biggest one-day jump since November 2022, for a $3.18T market cap, just under Microsoft's $3.22T — - The return to all-time high comes after Monday conference — Shares have underperformed most other big tech names this year
More: MacRumors, Neowin, MacRumors, Silicon Republic, 9to5Mac, Benzinga, MarketWatch, Investing.com, Reuters, The Information, Irish Examiner, Axios, CNBC, Benzinga, Benzinga, The Economic Times, and BNN Bloomberg
X: @rachelmetz, @benthompson, @salexashenko, @benbajarin, @neilcybart, @markgurman, @stevesi, @seyitaylor, @markgurman, and @munster_gene. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Tobias Mann / The Register: |
UAE Minister of AI and Digital Economy Omar Al Olama says fears of China using Middle Eastern countries as a proxy to overcome US AI chip sanctions are “valid” — But we're America's friends, insists Omar Al Olama — Fears that China could be using Middle East countries … | Hayden Field / CNBC: |
Elon Musk withdraws his lawsuit against OpenAI, Sam Altman, and Greg Brockman, filed in California in February 2024 over breach of contract and fiduciary duty — Elon Musk on Tuesday withdrew his lawsuit against OpenAI and two of the company's co-founders, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, in California state court.
More: Reuters, CNN, Tech Monitor, The Verge, Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, The Register, PYMNTS.com, ai fray, AI News, Engadget, The Guardian, Ars Technica, Dexerto, Silicon UK, Financial Express, Proactive, Tom's Hardware, Business Insider, Silicon Republic, TechSpot, WinBuzzer, Blockonomi, Mashable, Coinspeaker, The Rundown AI, The Crypto Times, MSPoweruser, Business Today, Benzinga, Bloomberg, Financial Times, Decrypt, Tech Xplore, New York Times, Axios, NewsBytes, Cointelegraph, Silicon Valley Business …, Bloomberg Law, The Hollywood Reporter, CryptoSlate, Coinpedia Fintech News, and Newser
Threads: @crumbler. X: @elonmusk, @meghanbobrowsky, @apollozac, @rmac18, @lynnmdoan, and @eriqgardner
Forums: Hacker News, r/NewsOfTheStupid, r/TheAllinPodcasts, r/singularity, r/news, r/musked, r/RealTesla, and r/OpenAI
| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
Databricks launches AI/BI, a visualization tool to let users type questions about their data to build charts and graphs, competing with Microsoft and Salesforce — - New business tool integrates generative AI for faster results — Company last year acquired a maker of large language models
More: AIM, TechCrunch, Constellation Research, Databricks, and WinBuzzer
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources and documents detail how Elon Musk blurred boundaries with female employees at SpaceX, including having sex with an employee and a former intern — The billionaire founder had sex with an employee and a former intern, and asked a woman at his company to have his babies
More: The Verge, San Francisco Business Times, Fortune, Bloomberg, Gizmodo, Quartz, Reuters, New York Post, Dexerto, Benzinga, and Engadget
Threads: @rschmied_66. X: @nick_field90, @rebeccaballhaus, @silvermanjacob, @silvermanjacob, @silvermanjacob, @lopezlinette, @goldengateblond, and @wsjbusiness
Forums: r/EnoughMuskSpam, r/musked, r/SpaceXLounge, r/NewsOfTheStupid, r/inthenews, r/news, and r/RealTesla
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Samsung is combining its AI-focused research centers in Toronto and Mountain View to improve operations, led by former Apple executive Murat Akbacak — - Company is combining Toronto and California research centers — Apple's Murat Akbacak will be leading the new division
More: SamMobile, PYMNTS.com, Benzinga, HotHardware, Sam Lover, Android Headlines, Sammy Fans, and NewsBytes
X: @yoolimleenews and @markgurman
| Diana Li / Bloomberg: |
Filings: Michael Dell plans to sell 10M Dell shares worth $1.3B, after selling $1.6B in shares earlier in 2024; Dell sold $1.7B in 1999 before the bubble burst — - Dell filed to sell 10 million shares now worth $1.3 billion — His hardware company surged this year on AI optimism
More: Benzinga
| Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg: |
GameStop raised ~$2.14B from a share sale program capitalizing on a stock rally fueled by Keith Gill's YouTube return, selling 75M shares for ~$28.49 on average — - Company has raised more than $3 billion over the past month — Stock staged a mid-afternoon rally on Tuesday as volume rose
More: Fortune, CNBC, Proactive, Barron's Online, Blockonomi, BBC, and Benzinga
| Simon Sharwood / The Register: |
China's Ministry of Commerce issues a policy calling to expand the nation's cross-border e-commerce industry and to promote constructing offshore warehouses — Calls for massive cross-border e-commerce expansion at home and abroad — China's Ministry of Commerce has issued a policy calling …
More: Reuters and PYMNTS.com
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