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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Broadcom fixes three VMware zero-days exploited in the wild; attackers with admin privileges can chain the flaws to escape the virtual machine's sandbox — Broadcom warned customers today about three VMware zero-days, tagged as exploited in attacks and reported by the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center.
More: VMware on GitHub, Broadcom support portal, Rapid7, DoublePulsar, Ars Technica, TechCrunch, Dark Reading, The Hacker News, SOCRadar® Cyber …, SecurityWeek, Security Boulevard, ChannelE2E, Cyber Security News, Infosecurity, CSO, The Register, The Record, Security Affairs, SC Media, Security Boulevard, Cyber Daily, TechRadar, Cyber Security News, Security Affairs, and Cyber Security News
| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
Alibaba releases QwQ-32B, an open-source reasoning model, on Hugging Face and ModelScope, claiming performance similar to DeepSeek-R1 with lower compute needs — Qwen Team, which is growing Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba's family of open-source Qwen large language models (LLMs) …
More: Qwen, Qwen on Hugging Face, Business Insider, South China Morning Post, Bloomberg, Analytics India Magazine, Bloomberg, Pandaily, Simon Willison's Weblog, and MarkTechPost
Bluesky: @timkellogg.me and @sungkim. Mastodon: @yogthos@social.marxist …. X: @alibaba_qwen. LinkedIn: Alex Dimakis
Forums: Hacker News, r/baba, r/singularity, r/LocalLLaMA, and r/LocalLLaMA
| Bloomberg: |
Chipmaker SiTime's shared closed up 19.53% on March 5 after an iPhone 16e teardown revealed that Apple used its timer chips in the smartphone — The appearance of SiTime Corp. components in the new iPhone 16e is fueling a stock rally for the little-known chipmaker, sending the shares up as much as 17% on Wednesday.| William Gallagher / AppleInsider: |
Apple's M4 MacBook Air supports two monitors of up to 6K resolution each, plus the built-in display simultaneously, addressing the previous models' limitation — The new M4 MacBook Air fixes what's been a key problem with the line, and now supports up to two external monitors … | Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge: |
Apple updates the $999+ 13" and $1,199+ 15" MacBook Air with an M4, offering a 10-core CPU and 8-core GPU, and a sky blue color option, shipping from March 12 — Upgrades at a lower cost. I'll take it. … Apple just updated the MacBook Air with an M4 processor, a new sky blue color option …
More: Apple, MacRumors, International Business Times, Six Colors, The Verge, Ars Technica, Livemint, Mashable India, Xataka On, The Mac Observer, OS X Daily, iDownloadBlog.com, 9to5Mac, Cult of Mac, Daring Fireball, CRN, Gizchina.com, Trusted Reviews, MacRumors, The Eclectic Light Company, mjtsai.com, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Bloomberg, CNET, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, Engadget, and Tom's Hardware
Bluesky: @tomwarren.co.uk and @dwightsilverman.com. Mastodon: @christianselig@mastodon …. Threads: @andru
X: @andrewjclare, @vadimyuryev, @snazzylabs, @film_girl, @dylanmcd8, @markgurman, @parkerortolani, @film_girl, @tim_cook, @mgsiegler, @stevemoser, @markgurman, @vnchocotaco, @appltrack, @davidphelan2009, @jsnell, and @markgurman. LinkedIn: Lauren Timm
Forums: Hacker News, r/hardware, r/gadgets, r/apple, r/MacOS, r/mac, and MacRumors Forums
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
The DOJ charges 12 Chinese nationals, including PRC staff, alleging an espionage campaign hit US state and federal agencies, like the Treasury, and other orgs — The Justice Department claims 10 alleged hackers and two eChinese government officials took part in a wave of cyberattacks around … | Wes Davis / The Verge: |
Apple updates the Mac Studio with an M4 Max for $1,999+ and an M3 Ultra for $3,999+, with up to 32 cores, including 24 performance cores, shipping from March 12 — Two generations of Apple silicon, one computer. — After over a year and a half, Apple is updating the Mac Studio …
More: Apple, Moneycontrol, The Hindu, TechPowerUp, Xataka On, Daring Fireball, MacRumors, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Android Headlines, Gizchina.com, AppleInsider, PetaPixel, MacRumors, Cult of Mac, AppleInsider, CNET, and TechRadar
Bluesky: @jeremydstanley.com. X: @bio_bootloader, @dylanmcd8, @maxwinebach, @samifathi_, @aaronp613, @basicappleguy, @samifathi_, @idevicehelpus, @parkerortolani, @kylebrussell, @engeljona, @maxwinebach, @markgurman, and @zollotech. LinkedIn: Rajesh Jha
Forums: r/StableDiffusion, r/LocalLLaMA, r/MacOS, r/LocalLLM, r/MacStudio, r/apple, r/mac, and MacRumors Forums
| Andrew E. Freedman / Tom's Hardware: |
More: Apple, Business Standard, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Mashable India, The Register, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Moneycontrol, mjtsai.com, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, Tom's Guide, BGR, Axios, and Ars Technica
X: @vadimyuryev, @alexocheema, @vadimyuryev, @bzamayo, and @vadimyuryev
Forums: r/LocalLLaMA, r/hardware, and r/apple
| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
More: Numerama (In French), Business Standard, MacRumors, Six Colors, BGR, TidBITS, Engadget, iClarified, Cult of Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacRumors, and Engadget
Forums: r/apple, r/mac, r/MacOS, Ars OpenForum, and MacRumors Forums
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Google rolls out an experimental AI Mode in Google Search, designed to let users ask complex, multi-part questions, to Google One AI Premium subscribers — Google is launching a new “AI Mode” experimental feature in Search that looks to take on popular services like Perplexity AI and OpenAI's ChatGPT Search.
More: The Keyword, The Verge, Business Insider, Moneycontrol, Ars Technica, Business Standard, Reuters, TechIssuesToday.com, TipRanks Financial, Analytics India Magazine, Hindustan Times, YouTube, Android Headlines, SiliconANGLE, Australian Financial Review, MakeUseOf, Cryptopolitan, TestingCatalog, YourStory.com, Social Media Today, Digital Trends, Digit, Thurrott, Maginative, Adweek, ZDNET, PYMNTS.com, Techstrong.ai, MediaPost, Trusted Reviews, How-To Geek, BGR, Chrome Unboxed, Tom's Guide, Android Authority, Android Police, Bloomberg, Search Engine Land, and Engadget
Bluesky: @drposts, @jawnpaulsarte, and @parismarx.com
X: @kimmonismus, @google, @edzitron, @rmstein, @oriolvinyalsml, @mishaalrahman, @labsdotgoogle, @sundarpichai, @newsfromgoogle, @rmstein, @google, @mishaalrahman, @sundarpichai, and @maxwinebach
Forums: r/artificial, r/singularity, and r/Bard
| Mahmoud Itani / Macworld: |
Apple introduces AI-generated summaries of app reviews in the App Store, first available in the US in English, with the latest iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4 betas — Earlier this week, Apple released iOS 18.4 beta 2, featuring a new pause/resume button for active downloads in the App Store.| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Microsoft unveils Sales Agent and Sales Chat AI agents, available in public preview in May, designed to work with Dynamics 365 business apps and with Salesforce — Microsoft announced two AI agents for sales that double as a competitive response to Salesforce in an area where both companies are placing big bets.| Ian Carlos Campbell / Engadget: |
Amazon announces an “AI-aided dubbing” pilot program on Prime Video, starting with dubbing in English and Latin American Spanish on 12 movies and series — To start, AI dubbing will only occur in English and Latin American Spanish. — In an effort to make movies and TV shows …
More: About Amazon, Agence France-Presse, Neowin, Digital Trends, BGR, Deadline, Quartz, TechCrunch, and Reuters
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
MongoDB reports Q4 revenue up ~20% YoY to $548.4M, vs. $519.6M est., and projects the slowest growth for FY 2026 since going public in 2017; MDB drops 16%+ — MongoDB shares sank 16% in extended trading on Wednesday after the database software maker issued disappointing guidance.| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Avride, a Yandex spinoff, partners with Hyundai to jointly develop fully driverless cars for ride hailing and aims to deploy 100 driverless Ioniq 5 SUVs in 2025 — The autonomous vehicle operator is aiming to build 100 driverless Ioniq 5s this year.
More: Avride, USA Today, NewsBytes, TechCrunch, and PYMNTS.com
X: @modestproposal1, @avrideai, @jason, @alexroy144, @jason, @natlungfy, and @_balaji_km. Forums: r/SelfDrivingCars
| Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: |
Salesforce announces Agentforce 2dx, letting AI agents work proactively and autonomously across enterprise systems without constant human supervision — Salesforce announced Agentforce 2dx today, a major update to its digital labor platform that enables autonomous AI agents to work proactively behind … | Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
In a policy paper, Eric Schmidt, Scale AI's Alexandr Wang, and Center for AI Safety's Dan Hendrycks argue the US should not pursue a “Manhattan Project” for AGI — In a policy paper published Wednesday, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang …
More: Superintelligence Strategy. Bluesky: @robinreed and @skynetandchill.com. X: @thisguyoftheai. Forums: r/technology
| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Digg co-founder Kevin Rose and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian are relaunching Digg, after acquiring the site from Money Group for an undisclosed sum — Two decades after creating Digg, a community-focused social message board, Kevin Rose is reviving the site and teaming up with a founder of Reddit.
More: The Verge, Digg, TechCrunch, ZDNET, Engadget, The Overspill, The Hollywood Reporter, Tubefilter, Entrepreneur, How-To Geek, Gizmodo, Benzinga, CNBC, and Digiday
Bluesky: @electrichead, @comraderobot, @lvanderson, @mathewingram.com, @martinsfp, and @mary.my.id
Mastodon: @ricmac@mastodon.social and @mdhughes@appdot.net
X: @digg, @alexisohanian, @kevinrose, @martyswant, @kevinrose, @mg, @alexisohanian, @alexisohanian, @jasonfried, @alexisohanian, and @can. LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/technology, and r/technology
| The Information: |
Source: OpenAI told some investors about plans for new agents: $2,000/month for knowledge work, a $10K/month for coding, and $20K/month for PhD-level research — OpenAI is betting big on ChatGPT, which is generating at least $4 billion in annualized revenue.
More: TechCrunch, The Indian Express, Sherwood News, and Seeking Alpha
Bluesky: @malwaretech.com, @parkerortolani.com, @ethicistforhire, @cailin.dev, @wittywebhandle, @fripperskitter, @annie.redpanda.fun, @willawillnot, @weedenkim, @eniko, @brandontbishop, @ayotocorp, @djdunclive, @thesiswhisperer, @kevinbaker, @cajohnson-craig, @kevinbuist.com, @mathewolson.com, @porgus, @joedunman, @hypercubexl, @sephoris, @cooperlund.online, @snipehunter, @milesklee, @paulhembree, @eramdam.me, @odannyboy, @tassja, @ctype, @biblioraptorphd, @dcousineau.sexy, @adrianhon, @tcarmody, @quinnypig.com, @emmet.quiddity.ie, @mapmeld, @navalang, @erikklemetti, @craighamilton, @db-user, @colm.from.fourth.best, @leupp, @unnecessary.tech, @ordinarylunch, and @edzitron.com. Mastodon: @timnitGebru@dair …
Threads: @luciasalar and @professorcasey
X: @steph_palazzolo, @emollick, and @emollick
Forums: r/technology and Slashdot
| Forbes: |
A TollBit analysis of 160 websites on its content licensing platform finds AI search engines drive 96% less referral traffic than traditional Google Search — AI companies promised publishers their AI search engines would send them more readers via referral traffic. New data shows that's not the case.
More: The Decoder. Bluesky: @rashis. Mastodon: @teezeh@ieji.de. X: @rashishrivast18, @ednewtonrex, @pressgazette, and @rashishrivast18
| Ira Alok Puranik / The Economic Times: |
India's Income Tax Bill 2025 grants income tax officers the legal authority to access taxpayers' email and social media accounts if they suspect tax evasion — Starting April 1, 2026, the income tax department will have the authority to access social media, emails, and other digital spaces to curb tax evasion.
More: The Wire, The New Indian Express, Hindustan Times, and Mashable India
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Italy is having growing doubts about closing a €1.5B deal with SpaceX for Starlink in light of the US' pullback from commitments to European security — The Italian government is having growing doubts about closing a €1.5 billion ($1.6 billion) deal with Elon Musk's Starlink …
More: Cyber Daily, Reuters, The Information, The Kyiv Independent, and Reuters
| Jack Greenberg / YouTube Official Blog: |
YouTube debuts an $8/month Premium Lite tier in the US, offering most videos ad-free and music with ads, and plans to launch in Thailand, Germany, and Australia — Today we'll begin expanding our Premium Lite pilot to users in the US. Premium Lite gives viewers a new …
More: Moneycontrol, Hindustan Times, Google Help Center, The Hollywood Reporter, 9to5Google, Game Rant, Cult of Mac, iClarified, Android Headlines, iDownloadBlog.com, transistor.fm, SammyGuru, Digital Music News, CNET, TechSpot, Social Media Today, iPhone in Canada Blog, Android Police, Android Central, BetaNews, Trusted Reviews, Digital Trends, Neowin, How-To Geek, The Wrap, Engadget, TechCrunch, and Music Business Worldwide
X: @youtube, @buffys, @lucas_shaw, @newsfromgoogle, and @snazzylabs
Forums: Hacker News, r/technews, and MacRumors Forums
| Lauren Feiner / The Verge: |
Utah becomes the first state to pass an app store age-verification bill and require parental consent for minors to download apps; the bill heads to the governor — And Meta, Snap, and X are applauding it. … Utah became the first state in the country to pass legislation requiring … | New York Times: |
Sources: Discord is in early talks with bankers about a potential IPO that could come as soon as in 2025; Discord was last valued by investors in 2021 at ~$15B — The app has become a mainstay of the video game community and young internet users. — Discord, the social chat app popular …
More: Financial Times and The Information
X: @laurenshirsch and @mikeisaac
Forums: r/technology and r/discordapp
| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Marvell reports Q4 revenue up 27% YoY to $1.82B, vs. $1.8B est., and forecasts Q1 revenue of ~$1.88B, below the highest $2B est.; MRVL drops 13%+ — Marvell Technology Inc. declined in late trading after delivering a revenue forecast that fell short of the highest estimates … Sponsor Posts
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