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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple asked Sony about adding PlayStation VR2 controller support to visionOS, and Sony has spent months on the effort; Apple has sold <500K Vision Pros — Apple and Sony have discussed forging a partnership that could change gaming on the Vision Pro.
More: The Verge, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, Press Start, Benzinga, Neowin, Daring Fireball, Engadget, AppleInsider, Tom's Guide, Cult of Mac, Digital Trends, iClarified, Android Authority, UploadVR, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, PhoneArena, Patently Apple, Gizchina.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacRumors, MIXED Reality News, The Mac Observer, and The Economic Times
X: @markgurman, @stevemoser, @tyrielwood, @james_abev, @markgurman, @tomwarren, @markgurman, @sigjudge, @_chuckyc, and @markgurman. LinkedIn: Chris Hewish
Forums: r/psvr2, r/PS5, r/PSVR, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Tripp Mickle / New York Times: |
Apple faces a lawsuit accusing it of failing to implement a system that detects and removes CSAM from iCloud, despite initially developing such a tool in 2021 — A 27-year old former child sexual abuse victim photographed anonymously with her mother. Her lawsuit against Apple claims …
More: Forbes, AppleInsider, Neowin, Engadget, and TechCrunch
| Jeran Wittenstein / Bloomberg: |
Bloomberg Intelligence: the Magnificent Seven's combined profit growth is projected to slow from 34% in 2024 to 18% in 2025, or just 3% if Nvidia is excluded — - Magnificent 7's 2025 profit growth projected to slow to 18% — Chip giant Nvidia is seen driving most of that profit growth| Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: |
ElevenLabs, which is reportedly raising $200M at a $3B valuation, launched a tool to let users create and edit AI-hosted podcasts from various source materials — The new product competes with Google's viral NotebookLM — ElevenLabs Inc., a startup that uses artificial intelligence software …
More: ElevenLabs on YouTube, ElevenLabs, and ElevenLabs on YouTube
Bluesky: @kramit, @nfh, @captain2phones, and @mick
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Study: gTLDs like .shop and .xyz, which had 11% market share for new domains, accounted for ~37% of cybercrime domains reported between Sep. 2023 and Aug. 2024 — Phishing attacks increased nearly 40 percent in the year ending August 2024, with much of that growth concentrated at a small number … | Om Malik / Crazy Stupid Tech: |
The rise of generative AI will force the web browser to evolve again, just as the web browser evolved for a mobile-first world by contorting itself into apps — I'm addicted to Apple's Vision Pro. It's a nearly perfect entertainment device, serving as my ideal television. Sure, I would like it to be lighter.
More: On my Om and Roland Tanglao
Bluesky: @lerhaupt and @gigastacey
Mastodon: @metacurity@infosec.exchange and @j12t@j12t.social
Threads: @om, @carnage4life, and @carnage4life
X: @shaunnestor and @joshm
| Ryotaro Yamada / Nikkei Asia: |
Dell'Oro Group expects global investment in data centers to rise ~30% YoY to $463.7B in 2025, with about half coming from Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Meta — LAS VEGAS — Global investment in data centers is expected to outpace the cost of sending humans to the moon by about 50% next year … | Steven Rosenbush / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park, a planned project aiming to make Chicago a quantum computing hub with PsiQuantum as the anchor tenant — An industrial park taking shape on an old steel mill site provides a glimpse into the quantum future
Bluesky: @dannygroner. X: @psiquantum, @wsj, and @alexmmmack
LinkedIn: Steve Rosenbush, Alex Mack, Jorge Santiago Ortiz, and Brad Henderson
| Andrew Williams / Wired: |
A look at the opportunities India provides for smartphone companies, including its growing market for premium phones and as a manufacturing hub outside of China — A quarter of all iPhones could be made outside China by 2025, most likely in India—a rapidly growing market with hundreds of millions of potential customers.
More: The Indian Express, Notebookcheck, and The Diplomat
Meta:
Open Source AI: Available to all, not just the few — Meta's open source AI enables small businesses, start-ups, students, researchers and more to download and build with our models at no cost.
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| The Guardian: |
An analysis of US FEC data: Trump received $273.2M in donations from tech executives and VCs, including $242.6M from Elon Musk, while Harris received $120.9M — FEC filings offer only a glimpse of the money tech is pouring into Washington as it seeks to influence government
More: Balloon Juice. Bluesky: @hunterwalk.com and @m-jones. Mastodon: @remixtures@tldr.nettime.org. Threads: @carnage4life
X: @hernandesraph, @porcelinad, @sf_mills, @porcelinad, @rudysdowens, @porcelinad, and @berniesanders. LinkedIn: Raphael Hernandes
Forums: Hacker News, r/somethingiswrong2024, and r/politics
| Bloomberg: |
How the US-China fallout is fueling boomtowns in Vietnam and Malaysia, as startups and governments rush to build out AI, chipmaking hubs, and access to compute — An accelerating influx of tech investment is transforming local economies in Malaysia and Vietnam.| Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Chatbot Arena, which now ranks 170+ AI models; the two UCB researchers who launched the project in April 2023 hope to grow it into a Wikipedia for AI — Ranking AI is tricky, so two students developed a way to make the best bots battle — BERKELEY, Calif.—Record labels have the Billboard Hot 100.Sponsor Posts
Meta:
Open Source AI: Available to all, not just the few — Meta's open source AI enables small businesses, start-ups, students, researchers and more to download and build with our models at no cost.
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Zoho:
The power of giving back: How workplace volunteering shapes company culture — Workplace volunteering programs are helping companies create a positive culture where employees feel more connected and engaged.
The power of giving back: How workplace volunteering shapes company culture — Workplace volunteering programs are helping companies create a positive culture where employees feel more connected and engaged.
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