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Australia, backed by the US, the UK, Japan, and other allies, accuses a Chinese state-backed hacking group of targeting government and private sector networks — US, UK, Germany and Japan back report alleging APT40 conducted ‘malicious’ cyber espionage activities
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Sam Altman and Arianna Huffington announce Thrive AI Health, a new startup backed by OpenAI and Thrive Global to build a “hyper-personalized AI health coach” — A staggering 129 million Americans have at least one major chronic disease—and 90% of our $4.1 trillion … | Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon announces an updated $79 Echo Spot alarm clock, with a revamped design and improved audio quality, the first update to the device since its 2017 launch — Amazon on Monday announced a new $79 Echo Spot alarm clock with a revamped design and improved audio quality.
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Spotify adds the ability for users to leave comments on podcasts, expanding on polls and Q&As; comments will be private by default, and creators can opt out — The company already lets Spotify podcasters offer polls and Q&As, so this new feature could give creators new ways to interact with their audiences.| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Etsy CEO Josh Silverman says Etsy is positioning itself “to answer the call for original goods and real people” by overhauling its policies and adding labels — When Etsy launched almost two decades ago, the site attracted artisans and craft makers, who finally had a place online …
More: The Verge, TechCrunch, Etsy News, Fast Company, and Modern Retail
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| Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information: |
Volley, which makes AI-powered games played via voice commands on Amazon Alexa, Fire TV, and Roku TV, raised a $55M Series C to bring its total funding to $75M+ — If you've ever wanted to play “Jeopardy” with Scarlett Johansson, you might soon get your chance.
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Quora's Poe launches Previews, letting users create web apps like data visualizations, games, and animations using more than one LLM like Llama 3 and GPT-4o — Poe, Quora's subscription-based, cross-platform aggregator for AI-powered chatbots like Anthropic's Claude and OpenAI's GPT-4o … | The Information: |
Despite OpenAI's move to shut out Chinese developers from its tech, OpenAI's models are still available in China via Microsoft's Azure China — OpenAI last month announced plans to crack down on China-based artificial intelligence developers covertly accessing the startup's technology, which it doesn't offer in China.| Financial Times: |
Sources: HongShan, formerly Sequoia China, raised a ~$2.5B fund in Chinese yuan, which can more easily invest in sensitive tech than its $9B USD fund from 2022 — Neil Shen's HongShan creates renminbi vehicle with more scope to invest in sensitive technologies than previous $9bn fund| Ionut Arghire / SecurityWeek: |
Austin-based Command Zero, which uses automation and LLMs to help with cybersecurity investigations, emerges from stealth with $21M in seed funding led by a16z — Command Zero has emerged from stealth mode with $21 million in a seed funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz.
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| Cristiano Lima-Strong / Washington Post: |
The FTC bans teen messaging app NGL from serving users under 18, a first; NGL agreed to pay $5M and stop marketing to kids and teens to settle the FTC lawsuit — The groundbreaking FTC settlement stems from claims popular app NGL overhyped its anti-bullying efforts and engaged in aggressive marketing to kids and teens.| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Meta plans to remove more Facebook and Instagram posts that attack “Zionism” or threaten “Zionists” when the term is conflated with Jewish people or Israelis — Company will pull down ‘Zionism’ posts when used generally to threaten Jewish people
More: Reuters, Meta, Jerusalem Post, and World Jewish Congress
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