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| Kylie Robison / The Verge: |
OpenAI releases o1, the first of the rumored reasoning-focused Strawberry models, in preview, alongside a smaller o1-mini, for ChatGPT Plus and Team users — OpenAI is releasing a new model called o1, the first in a planned series of “reasoning” models that have been trained to answer more complex questions, faster than a human can.
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI claims that in a qualifying exam for the International Mathematics Olympiad, o1 correctly solved 83% of the problems, while GPT-4o solved only 13% — ChatGPT maker OpenAI has announced its next major product release: A generative AI model code-named Strawberry, officially called OpenAI o1.
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
The FDA approves the Hearing Aid Feature in Apple's AirPods Pro 2, calling it the “first over-the-counter hearing aid software device” — The iPhone 16 took center stage at Apple's “Glowtime” event, but the most interesting tidbit came from a different line entirely.
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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
How the hearing aid feature in AirPods Pro 2 could change the hearing aid industry, where most devices range from $799 into the thousands of dollars — Soon, people with AirPods in their ears might not be drowning you out — they might be wearing them to hear you better.
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| Wesley Yin-Poole / IGN: |
Memo: Microsoft lays off 650 staff from its gaming business, bringing the cuts in its gaming business to 2,550 jobs since acquiring Activision Blizzard in 2023 — No games canceled or studios closed this time. — Microsoft is laying off a further 650 staff from its gaming business …
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| Teresa Xie / Bloomberg: |
eToro USA agrees to pay $1.5M and limit US user trading to Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and Ether to settle SEC allegations that it operated as an unregistered broker — - Unregistered broker, clearing agency allegations settled — US users will be limited to Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and Ether| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
At an Acquired podcast event, Zuckerberg said he's done with apologizing and his biggest mistake was taking too much ownership for issues out of Meta's control — The home of the Golden State Warriors was packed on Tuesday evening this week, but it wasn't to watch Steph Curry.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft plans to make changes to Windows that will help CrowdStrike, Broadcom, and other security vendors operate outside of the Windows kernel — Microsoft is announcing plans to make changes to Windows that will help CrowdStrike and other security vendors operate outside of the Windows kernel.
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers detail gaining the ability to generate counterfeit HTTPS certificates and more after buying an expired WHOIS server domain for the .mobi TLD for $20 — .mobi top-level-domain managers changed the location of its WHOIS server. No one got the memo.
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
A hacker says he tricked ChatGPT into giving detailed instructions to make a fertilizer bomb, by getting it to “play a game” and create a sci-fi fantasy world — An explosives expert said the ChatGPT outpout was too sensitive to be released. — If you ask ChatGPT to help … | Vincent Manancourt / Politico: |
Nick Clegg says Elon Musk turned X into “a sort of one man, sort of hyper-partisan and ideological hobby horse”, contrasting Meta's content moderation with X's — The Meta exec and former British deputy PM launched a broadside at X owner Elon Musk. — LONDON — Watch out Elon, Sir Nick's out to get you.| Richard Speed / The Register: |
Transport for London confirms ~5,000 customers' bank data may have been exposed in an ongoing cyber incident and pulls a lot of its IT infrastructure offline — NCA confirms arrest of 17-year-old ‘on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offences’ - now bailed — BREAKING Transport … | Arasu Kannagi Basil / Reuters: |
Mastercard agrees to acquire Recorded Future, which uses AI-based analytics to identify potential threats, from private equity firm Insight Partners for $2.65B — Mastercard (MA.N) has agreed to buy threat intelligence company Recorded Future from private equity firm Insight Partners for $2.65 billion … | Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
The UK gives data centers Critical National Infrastructure designation, enabling the government to coordinate better against hackers and unexpected cyber events — LONDON — The U.K. on Thursday said it now classes data centers as critical infrastructure, in a move that is expected …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google rolls out Gemini Live to free users with Android devices set to English, following its release to Gemini Advanced subscribers last month — After coming to Advanced subscribers a month ago, Gemini Live is now starting to roll out to free users on Android.
More: Android Police, Thurrott, The Verge, Neowin, Tom's Guide, ZDNET, Android Authority, Trusted Reviews, Digital Trends, and Droid Life
| Sarah Fielding / Engadget: |
The Mental Health Coalition announces Thrive, a data-sharing program to reduce content on suicide and self-harm, with Meta, Snap, and TikTok as founding members — Meta will be able to share information back and forth with TikTok and Snap, fellow founding members of Thrive.| Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Spotify is trying to entice video-oriented creators to distribute shows on the platform in addition to YouTube, sometimes offering them seven figures — The music and podcast service wants to beef up its video catalog and will pay up to seven-figures to do so — Hello again.| Chris Kerr / Game Developer: |
Unity cancels its controversial Runtime Fee and reverts to its existing seat-based subscription model, but raises Unity Pro's and Unity Enterprise's prices — Unity is canceling the Runtime Fee and reverting back to its existing seat-based subscription model, albeit with a price increase for Unity Pro and Unity Enterprise users.| James Rundle / Wall Street Journal: |
Utah-based Strider, which analyzes OSINT to help protect organizations against nation-state attacks, raised a $55M Series C, bringing its total funding to $110M — The investment comes as companies grow increasingly concerned about nation-state hacks — Cyber intelligence company Strider Technologies … | Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: |
Coinbase launches its wrapped bitcoin, cbBTC, on the Ethereum and Base networks, supported by various DeFi services for trading, lending, and as collateral — The token will initially be offered on Ethereum and Coinbase's Base networks, with plans to expand to more blockchains in the coming months.| The Verge: |
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