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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
X CEO Linda Yaccarino says that “after two incredible years, I've decided to step down”; X hired Yaccarino in 2023 after running NBCUniversal's ad business — X CEO Linda Yaccarino said Wednesday she is stepping down from her role. … - Under her leadership …
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| NBC News: |
After Elon Musk said xAI improved Grok “significantly”, Grok wrote many antisemitic posts and called itself “MechaHitler”; xAI took “action to ban hate speech” — In some posts, Grok inserted antisemitic remarks into its answers without any clear prompting.
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| Herb Scribner / Axios: |
Elon Musk addresses Grok's antisemitic posts, says it was “too compliant to user prompts” and “too eager to please and be manipulated, essentially” — Elon Musk shared his thoughts Wednesday after his AI platform Grok faced backlash for repeatedly using antisemitic language in its replies on on X.
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| Elçin Poyrazlar / Politico: |
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Samsung unveils the $2,000+ Galaxy Z Fold7, with bigger 8-inch and 6.5-inch displays, 200MP, 12MP, and 10MP cameras, and a thinner 8.9mm design, in four colors — In its biggest hardware update since 2020's Galaxy Z Fold 2, Samsung is launching the Galaxy Z Fold 7 today with a drastically thinner design …
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| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 hands-on: vastly thinner and lighter than the Fold6, a wider display format, no S Pen support, and feels like a normal phone when closed — Except for the price. We didn't ask for that. … Samsung just announced its seventh-generation folding phones … | Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
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| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
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| Andrew Romero / 9to5Google: |
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| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
| Reuters: |
Sources: OpenAI plans an AI-powered web browser with some user interactions within a ChatGPT-like native chat interface instead of clicking through to websites — OpenAI is close to releasing an AI-powered web browser that will challenge Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) market-dominating Google Chrome …
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| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
Perplexity launches Comet, its first AI web browser, initially available on its $200 per month Max plan and via a waitlist, in a bid to compete with Chrome — Perplexity on Wednesday launched its first AI-powered web browser, called Comet, marking the startup's latest effort to challenge Google Search …
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| CNBC: |
Nvidia hits a $4T market cap in intraday trading, the first company to do so, after passing $3T in June 2024, $2T in February 2024, and $1T in May 2023 — Nvidia shares jumped more than 2% on Wednesday, topping a $4 trillion market cap for the first time as investors scooped stock …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple says COO Jeff Williams will step down in July, overseeing design and health until he retires later in 2025; SVP of Operations Sabih Khan will become COO — Apple Inc. Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams is retiring as the company's longtime No. 2, marking a major changing of the guard …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is planning the first Vision Pro upgrade later in 2025, with an M4 chip and a new strap, and a lighter, redesigned version for 2027 — Apple Inc. is planning to introduce its first upgrade to the $3,499 Vision Pro headset as early as this year, aiming to improve the performance …
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| Andrew Liszewski / The Verge: |
Google rolls out a new Gmail feature for managing subscriptions that shows a list of emails delivered via active subscriptions, sorted by most frequent sender — The new Manage Subscriptions view in Gmail will help you reclaim an inbox overrun with emails you don't want.| Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes: |
Sources: LangChain, which helps developers use off-the-shelf AI models to create new apps, raised $100M led by IVP at a $1.1B valuation — The startup, which sources say is raising at a $1.1 billion valuation, helps developers at companies like Klarna and Rippling use off-the-shelf AI models to create new applications.
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| Rebecca Szkutak / TechCrunch: |
Hugging Face begins taking orders for its $449 Reachy Mini Wireless and $299 Reachy Mini Lite open-source robots, which come in a kit for developers to build — Hugging Face is ready for developers to start tinkering and testing its latest robotics release.
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| Magdalena Del Valle / Bloomberg: |
The US Treasury's OFAC sanctions individuals and companies linked to North Korea's fake tech worker scheme, including “malicious cyber actor” Song Kum Hyok — The US slapped sanctions on individuals and companies linked to a scheme that involves recruiting North Koreans to pose … | Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
Ikea plans to relaunch its smart home line with 20+ new Matter-over-Thread devices, starting in January 2026, and releases a beta update for its Dirigera hub — Ikea is relaunching its smart home line in a move that will make its low-cost products work with other brands, with or without Ikea's own hub.
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| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
Source: Microsoft's Chief Commercial Officer said during a presentation that AI saved Microsoft $500M+ last year in its call centers and increased satisfaction — During a presentation this week, Chief Commercial Officer Judson Althoff said artificial intelligence tools are boosting productivity … | Financial Times: |
Sources: Apple is in talks to acquire the US streaming rights for Formula 1, following the success of F1 the Movie, which has generated ~$300M at the box office — iPhone-maker is challenging Disney's ESPN to screen car series — Apple is in talks to acquire the US rights to screen Formula 1 …
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| Benoit Berthelot / Bloomberg: |
France's antitrust regulator has notified Meta of a potential antitrust violation, accusing it of abusing its dominant position in the online ad sector — France's antitrust regulator said it notified Meta Platforms Inc. of a potential violation of competition rules relating to the online advertising sector.| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Researchers: the Anatsa banking trojan snuck into Google Play once again via an app disguised as a PDF viewer, which had 50K+ downloads before Google removed it — The Anatsa banking trojan has sneaked into Google Play once more via an app posing as a PDF viewer that counted more than 50,000 downloads.
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| Hayden Field / The Verge: |
OpenAI officially closes its ~$6.5B acquisition of Jony Ive's startup, which it refers to as io Products, after a trademark suit from hearing device startup Iyo — Sam Altman and Jony Ive's plan to merge ChatGPT's AI tech with new hardware devices is moving forward.Sponsor Posts
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