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Epic files a CA lawsuit accusing Samsung and Google of colluding to deter users from rival app stores via Samsung's Auto Blocker, and plans to speak to the EU — “Fortnite” video game maker Epic Games on Monday accused Alphabet's Google (GOOGL.O) and Samsung (005930.KS) …
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California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoes AI safety bill SB 1047, saying it applies only to large AI models and doesn't account for if deployment is high risk — Governor seeks more encompassing rules than the bill opposed by OpenAI, Meta and supported by research scientists
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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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AT&T agrees to sell its majority stake in DirecTV to private equity firm TPG for $7.6B in cash, including $1.7B in pre-tax quarterly distributions in H2 2024 — The World's Call Center Capital Is Gripped by AI Fever — and Fear … Hello World
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| Les Pounder / Tom's Hardware: |
Raspberry Pi AI Camera review: the new $70 kit has a smart camera with performance that will cover 99% of basic user projects, and works as a standard Pi camera — Smarter Pi — Tom's Hardware Verdict … It may not come as a big surprise. After all, the $70 Raspberry Pi AI Camera … | Reuters: |
Sources: ByteDance plans to develop an AI model trained primarily with Huawei Ascend 910B chips, which it already uses for less intensive inference tasks — TikTok's Chinese parent ByteDance plans to develop an AI model trained primarily with chips from compatriot Huawei Technologies (HWT.UL) … | Suvashree Ghosh / Bloomberg: |
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao pledges to keep investing in blockchain, AI, and biotech, in his first comments since his release from US custody on September 27 — - Zhao was released Friday after serving a four-month sentence — Binance founder in X post lays out plans including investment| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
A massive outage has affected Verizon customers since around 10AM ET, according to reports on Downdetector from subscribers across the US — Verizon is experiencing a massive outage, according to subscribers across the United States. Several of us here at 9to5Mac are also affected …
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| 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 … | Camomile Shumba / CoinDesk: |
The UK FCA says a man pleaded guilty to illegally operating a crypto ATM network, which processed £2.6M across various locations, as it cracks down on such ATMs — This marks the first U.K. conviction for running a crypto ATM operation. — Olumide Osunkoya pleaded guilty to illegally operating a crypto ATM network.| Thomas Rid / Foreign Affairs: |
An FBI affidavit and European media leaks show how Russia's Doppelganger disinformation project operated and give insights into the Kremlin's online tactics — The Country's Propagandists Target the West—but Mislead the Kremlin, Too — In early September, the infamous Russian disinformation project known …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
AMD releases BIOS updates to boost the performance of its Ryzen 9600X and 9700X processors, around a month after disappointing Zen 5 desktop CPU reviews — AMD is releasing new BIOS updates that will boost performance for its Ryzen 9600X / 9700X processors and address some latency issues.
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