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AI chip startup Cerebras Systems files for a US IPO, reports a $66.6M net loss on $136.4M in sales in H1 2024, and plans to trade on the Nasdaq as CBRS — Artificial intelligence chip startup Cerebras Systems on Monday filed its prospectus for an initial public offering …
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MIT spinoff Liquid AI debuts its non-transformer AI models LFM 1B, 3B, and 40B MoE, and claims they achieve “state-of-the-art performance at every scale” — Liquid AI, a startup co-founded by former researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) … | Julie Bort / TechCrunch: |
Some criticize YC-backed PearAI for forking another AI code editor covered under the Apache license and changing the license to its own made-up closed license — A Y Combinator startup named PearAI launched with an X post thread and YouTube video on Saturday and created immediate controversy.
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| Mike Scarcella / Reuters: |
Apple asks a US judge to throw out or narrow an App Store anti-steering injunction, saying rulings in two unrelated cases undermine an order that Epic had won — Apple (AAPL.O) has asked a U.S. judge to throw out or narrow a decision governing its lucrative App Store, saying …
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| Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: |
An interview with WhatsApp Product Director Alice Newton-Rex on end-to-end encryption, spotting misinformation, the UK's Online Safety Act, Telegram, and more — The messaging platform's director of product discusses privacy issues, AI and new features for the app's 2bn users
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| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
Sony fixes a massive outage of its online gaming network PSN, affecting the PS3, PS4, PS5, PS Vita, web, and more, that was ongoing for over eight hours — PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 console users are now able to play online games again following a massive outage on Sony's gaming network that started on Monday night.
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Notes on Google NotebookLM's Audio Overview feature, which generates a podcast with two AI hosts discussing user-provided content and is surprisingly effective — Audio Overview is a fun new feature of Google's NotebookLM which is getting a lot of attention right now.
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| Kevin Collier / NBC News: |
FCC connectivity data in counties affected by Hurricane Helene: as of September 30, 370 of North Carolina's 1,452 cell sites are out because of a lack of power — In some counties, fewer than 10% of all cellphone service sites are fully functioning. — Some of the victims of Hurricane Helene are cut off from the outside world.| Andrew Solomon / New Yorker: |
A look at the debates over whether social media has fueled a teen suicide crisis, as mental health struggles have risen sharply among young Americans — Mental-health struggles have risen sharply among young Americans, and parents and lawmakers alike are scrutinizing life online for answers.
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Reddit moderators must now submit a request to Reddit staff before changing a subreddit's public/private status, making sitewide mod-led protests much harder — Reddit is giving its staff a lot more power over the communities on its platform. Starting today, Reddit moderators will not be able …
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| Phuong Nguyen / Reuters: |
Nick Clegg says Meta plans to build the Quest 3S in Vietnam in 2025; Meta did not specify the size of the investment and of its existing operation in Vietnam — Meta Platforms (META.O) said on Tuesday it will expand investment in artificial intelligence innovation in Vietnam …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
In the past year, one researcher reported vulnerabilities in 19 commercial services used by hundreds of courts, state agencies, and police departments in the US — With hundreds of courts and agencies affected, chances are one near you is, too. — Public records systems that courts … | Bloomberg: |
Oura says it expects annual sales to double to roughly $500M in 2024; sources say it plans a new, thinner fitness ring with better battery life in October 2024 — - CEO expects ‘healthy’ growth, but has no imminent IPO plans — New model will have improved battery life and thinner design| The Information: |
Source: SoftBank's Vision Fund has agreed to invest $500M in OpenAI's latest funding round, SoftBank's first investment in OpenAI, which is raising $6.5B — SoftBank's Vision Fund has agreed to invest $500 million in OpenAI's latest funding round, which values the developer of ChatGPT …
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| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
Udemy uses opt-out windows, the first of which lasted three weeks and just ended, that its creators must use to prevent their videos from being used to train AI — Udemy, an e-learning platform with more than 250,000 online classes, recently announced that it would train generative AI …
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| Jody Godoy / Reuters: |
A US court awards Amazon a partial dismissal of an FTC lawsuit accusing it of illegal monopolies, in a sealed ruling whose details weren't immediately clear — Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) won partial dismissal of a U.S. Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit accusing it of maintaining illegal monopolies … | Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal: |
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