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Tesla's Austin robotaxi service gets a limited launch, with ~10 Model Y vehicles and safety drivers; Elon Musk says initial users will pay “a $4.20 flat fee” — Self-driving technology on which Elon Musk has staked the future of his company debuts in Texas
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OpenAI says it has removed all marketing materials announcing its $6.5B acquisition of Jony Ive's io from the web due to a “baseless” trademark dispute lawsuit — Social media users noticed Sunday that a video and website hosted by OpenAI that announced the artificial intelligence …
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Sources: Apple is locked in last-minute EU negotiations over App Store changes to avoid fines set for this week, and is expected to offer “steering” concessions — Tech group must make concessions to comply with Digital Markets Act or be hit by escalating levies from Thursday
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Behind Mark Zuckerberg's sweeping recruitment effort for Meta's new Superintelligence lab, including hundreds of reach outs and $100M+ offers and counter offers — In a bid to address an AI crisis at his company, the Meta CEO has gotten personally involved in recruiting top talent| New York Times: |
Study: only 32 countries, mostly in the Northern Hemisphere, host AI data centers, with the US, China, and the EU controlling 50%+ of the world's top facilities — Only 32 nations, mostly in the Northern Hemisphere, have A.I.-specialized data centers. — E.U. 28 — China — Other — Europe| Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge: |
Google unveils new Gemini AI features, like select to search, for Chromebook Plus laptops like Lenovo's new $649+ 14" flagship with a MediaTek Kompanio Ultra — Features include select-to-search images and on-screen text, smart grouping of tabs and documents, and automated image editing.| Jack Buehrer / The Verge: |
The music industry is developing tools to detect AI-generated music across the music pipeline, focusing on proactive licensing and control rather than takedowns — With no way to stop the onslaught of AI music, the industry is taking a different approach: figuring out how to make money off of it.| Sahil Patel / The Information: |
Sources: Google reduces its Google TV and Android TV budget by 10% and cuts Android TV and Google TV's ~300 employees by up to 25%, as it focuses on YouTube — Google has cut its smart TV budget and trimmed its team—marking the most concrete signs yet of the company's waning interest competing …
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Source: the US House's CAO informed congressional staffers that WhatsApp is now banned on their government devices as the app is deemed “a high-risk to users” — The U.S. House's chief administrative officer informed congressional staffers Monday that messaging app WhatsApp …
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Amazon launches its second batch of 27 Kuiper satellites to low Earth orbit via a ULA rocket, taking the total in orbit to 54 of its planned 3,236 constellation — Amazon's second batch of Kuiper internet satellites reached low Earth orbit on Monday, adding to its plans for a massive constellation …
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| Kevin Draper / New York Times: |
How Walmart, seeking to take on e-commerce rivals, is spending billions to attract workers to a Bentonville, Arkansas HQ and woo shoppers with drone delivery — The retailing giant is spending billions to attract workers to a new headquarters and woo shoppers with drone delivery and a broader range of items …
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Inside Disney's plan to limit AI companies' use of its IP, which led Disney and Comcast to sue Midjourney; Disney is also in talks with companies like OpenAI — Disney's top lawyer says his lawsuit against Midjourney is just the first step in a plan to limit AI companies' use of the studio's most valuable characters.| Bloomberg: |
TechInsights: Huawei's MateBook Fold uses SMIC's 7nm chip, like the Mate 60 Pro that stunned the US two years ago, suggesting export rules are hampering Huawei — The Shenzhen-based company's new foldable notebook and tablet hybrid, released in May, runs on its self-developed operating system HarmonyOS.| Esther Fung / Wall Street Journal: |
DHL, UPS, FedEx, and Walmart are using robots for warehouse logistics to cut costs, like by automating the backbreaking task of loading and unloading trucks — Technology breakthroughs are allowing DHL and other companies to automate the laborious, injury-prone work of loading and unloadingSponsor Posts
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