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Trump says David Sacks will be the “White House AI and crypto czar” to “work on a legal framework so the crypto industry has the clarity it has been asking for” — - New post will help Trump put imprint on developing industries — Venture capitalist Sacks helped Trump make inroads with tech
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| Kylie Robison / The Verge: |
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Pro, a $200/month plan with unlimited access to o1, GPT-4o, and more, plus an o1 version that uses more compute for better responses — OpenAI is creating a new, more expensive tier for its flagship chatbot ChatGPT, and is bringing its “reasoning” model series out of preview with an update.
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| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
OpenAI launches o1 out of preview for ChatGPT Plus and Team users, bringing image upload support, faster responses, and 34% fewer major errors for hard problems — OpenAI has officially launched its o1 model, transitioning out of preview to become a core feature of the ChatGPT platform.
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Samsung releases One UI 7 beta for Galaxy S24, with a huge visual overhaul, a “Now Bar”, a vertically scrolling app drawer, new security and AI tools, and more — Months later than expected, Samsung has officially unveiled its Android 15 update, One UI 7, and the company … | Rohan Goswami / CNBC: |
Intel adds former ASML CEO Eric Meurice and Microchip interim CEO Steve Sanghi to its board; both have significant semiconductor manufacturing experience — Intel on Thursday announced the appointment of two new directors with significant semiconductor manufacturing experience as the company ramps …
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
US SEC filing: xAI raised $6B from 97 participants, taking its total funding to $12B; xAI was reportedly aiming for a $50B valuation, double from six months ago — xAI, Elon Musk's AI company, has raised $6 billion, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday.| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
Bluesky CEO Jay Graber says it is not “necessarily true” that Bluesky will always be ad-free; ads could be “user intent-driven”, like running in search results — Bluesky has blown up this year thanks to a vibrant community of posters, user customization choices …
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Forums: r/technews and r/BlueskySocial
| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
Google releases new Android features, including “expressive” video captions, improvements to the Pixel Screenshots app, a Spotify extension for Gemini, and more — If you're a Pixel user, you can look forward to even more enhancements. — If you're an Android user …
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Meta tests letting Threads users see metrics for their individual posts, including views, likes, and replies, as part of changes to Threads' Insights feature — Threads is testing the ability for users to see how well their individual posts performed on the social network.
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Google unveils PaliGemma 2 models, which can analyze images and generate captions describing “actions, emotions, and the overall narrative of the scene” — Google says its new AI model family has a curious feature: the ability to “identify” emotions.
More: Google Developers Blog, Hugging Face, arXiv.org, 9to5Google, Maginative, InfoWorld, Android Headlines, and Analytics India Magazine
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| Paul Ziobro / MarketWatch: |
GitLab co-founder Sid Sijbrandij steps down as CEO to focus on his health, transitions to executive chair, and names former New Relic CEO Bill Staples as CEO — Gitlab co-founder Sid Sijbrandij is stepping down as chief executive due to focus on his health, including treatment for cancer.| The Robot Report: |
Colorado-based AMP Robotics, which uses AI and robotics to sort municipal solid waste, raised a $91M Series D led by Congruent Ventures — AMP Robotics Corp. today said it has has raised $91 million in corporate equity in a Series D financing. The Louisville, Colo.-based company plans … | CNBC: |
Waymo says it will expand its fleet into Miami in 2025 with human safety drivers and plans to open up paid rides to local users via its Waymo One app by 2026 — Waymo is setting its sights on its next location: the Sunshine State. — The Alphabet-owned company announced Thursday that it will be hitting the roads in Miami.
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Bluesky: @lorak and @binarybits
LinkedIn: Brad Gillette and Lora Kolodny
Forums: r/Miami and r/technology
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft rolls out Copilot Vision in preview, which can analyze text and images on webpages and answer queries, available to some Copilot Pro users in the US — Microsoft's AI can now read your screen — or rather, the websites you're browsing. — On Thursday, the company began rolling out a limited … | Tom Mitchelhill / Cointelegraph: |
Viral influencer Haliey Welch's Hawk Tuah memecoin sparks outrage across social media after pumping to a $490M market cap and then dumping 90%+ in three hours — Haliey Welch's memecoin HAWK has plunged 90% since its launch, though Welch has denied any insider sales from herself or her team.
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Bluesky: @mkbhd.com, @subtlebeast, @grumpyrootbeer, @chrislhayes, @mattr644, @oosaemitter, @kosso.co.uk, @clevernickname23, @districtofkatya, @cameronclark, @bisonfish, @highlightt, @patbits, @zaisarel, @ricketyshack.ca, @kylewoodley, @gedalia, @doctoracularf, @lowmag.net, @loathsome.computer, @molly.wiki, @paris.nyc, @wapplehouse, @cubefag, @bengoggin, @swagmoyed, @knibbs, @yburyug, @kyleian, @vxundergroundre, @crampell, @meme-guy, @alexnabu, @thetofuwanter, @leoschwartz, @peltzmadeline, and @pugganoche. Mastodon: @bazkie@beige.party
| Greg Otto / CyberScoop: |
US intelligence reports: online terrorist network 764 is using techniques normally used for financial crimes, such as SIM swapping, to commit child sextortion — The child sextortion group 764 and the global collective of loosely associated groups known as “The Com” are using tools …
Bluesky: @jeffstone and @gregotto
| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
A Brazilian judge overturns an injunction that would have forced Apple to enable iOS sideloading in 20 days, calling the regulator's decision “disproportionate” — Following a report earlier today about Apple appealing a Brazilian antitrust regulator's ruling on the App Store … | Che Pan / South China Morning Post: |
Sources: the US spared China's top DRAM producer CXMT from its latest round of chip curbs because of Japan's opposition; Tokyo Electron is a major CXMT supplier — The US spared China's top producer of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) from its latest round of chip export restrictions … | Reuters: |
The US FCC proposes rules for carriers to submit an annual certification attesting they have a plan to protect against cyberattacks, after the Salt Typhoon hack — U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel is proposing that communications service providers …
More: USA Today, Washington Post, Malwarebytes, CyberScoop, PCMag, Security Boulevard, Light Reading, Nextgov/FCW, Bloomberg, and The Verge
| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
California says ride-hail drivers need to pass a fingerprint background check to transport unaccompanied minors; Uber launched Uber for Teens in CA in February — Uber has 30 days to require certain drivers to get fingerprinted if the ride-hail giant intends to continue transporting unaccompanied teens in California.| Victoria Song / The Verge: |
Oura rolls out Symptom Radar, a feature for detecting early signs of a respiratory illness using metrics like heart rate variability, to Oura Ring Gen 3 and 4 — At the height of the covid-19 pandemic, many wearable companies rushed to see if their devices could detect early signs of the disease.
More: 9to5Google, The Pulse Blog, The Shortcut, TechRadar, Engadget, Wareable, ZDNET, Android Authority, Android Police, Tom's Guide, Digital Trends, and WWD
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