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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Meta launches Threads in the European Union, following the US, the UK, and 100+ other countries, and adds a way for EU users to browse Threads without a profile — Meta's Twitter competitor, Threads, is now available in the European Union, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced.
More: Windows Central, Silicon Republic, Fortune, Wall Street Journal, The Messenger, Variety, 9to5Mac, NewsBytes, Thurrott, RTTNews, Pocket-lint, Engadget, TechCrunch, Tech Xplore, MarketWatch, iPhone in Canada Blog, kuwaittimes, Independent.ie, MSPoweruser, Android Headlines, SamMobile, WinBuzzer, BBC, RTÉ, Verdict, The Irish Times, and TechCrunch
Threads: @zuck, @crumbler, @mosseri, @mkbhd, @reckless1280, @tomwarrenuk, @gergelyorosz_, @poorlydrawnarsenal, @tb_99999, @mattnavarra, @carnage4life, @freezydorito, @threads, @carnage4life, and @gergelyorosz_. Forums: Hacker News
| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
Email: Cruise lays off 900 staff, or ~24% of its workforce, targeting non-engineering jobs, as part of a plan to slash costs and attempt to revamp the company — Cruise, the embattled GM self-driving car subsidiary, is laying off 900 employees, or about 24% of its workforce … | Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: |
After an on-by-default AI toggle caused confusion, Dropbox says the company only shares user data with OpenAI when the AI search feature is actively being used — AI feature turned on by default worries users; Dropbox responds to concerns. — On Wednesday, news quickly spread on social media …
More: Dropbox Help Center, CNBC, ExtremeTech, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechSpot, Tech.co, Ghacks, Android Headlines, KnowTechie, and WinBuzzer
Threads: @jina. Mastodon: @baldur@toot.cafe. Bluesky: @authorwinifred.bsky.social. X: @werner, @drewhouston, @kortizart, @simonw, @simonw, @kortizart, @dropboxsupport, @drewhouston, @rahll, @billheyman, @kortizart, @kortizart, @kortizart, @dropboxsupport, @dropboxsupport, @quinnypig, @simonw, @isirspectre, @kortizart, @drewhouston, @kortizart, and @drewhouston. LinkedIn: Hayden Field
Forums: Hacker News, Beehaw, and Ars OpenForum
| Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog: |
Threads: @jina. Mastodon: @zarfeblong@mastodon …. X: @rstankov, @bengoldhaber, @iethics, and @simonw. Forums: Hacker News
| Umar Shakir / The Verge: |
Google plans to test Tracking Protection and blocking third-party cookies on January 4 for ~1% of Chrome users globally, ahead of a phased rollout in H2 2024 — Google is about to launch its grand plan to block third-party cookies in Chrome that many websites use to track your activity across the web for profit.
More: The Keyword, PCMag, CNET, Tom's Guide, Social Media Today, Search Engine Land, Channel NewsAsia, Thurrott, Android Central, Android Headlines, Engadget, Android Police, Stack Diary, Gizmodo, and 9to5Google. LinkedIn: Joey Trotz
| Guthrie Scrimgeour / Wired: |
A look at Koolau Ranch, Mark Zuckerberg's 1,400-acre, $270M+ compound in Kauai, Hawaii, with a 5,000 sq. ft. underground shelter, a project shrouded in secrecy — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is building a sprawling, $100 million compound in Hawaii—complete with plans for a huge underground bunker.
Threads: @mattnavarra. X: @jackmjenkins, @katiedrumm, @kylebrussell, and @jtemperton. Forums: Hacker News
| Gavin Bonshor / AnandTech: |
Intel launches the Core Ultra H and the Core Ultra U series, its first mobile processors based on the Meteor Lake platform for power-efficient mobile AI chips — Intel has released their first mobile processors based on their highly anticipated Meteor Lake platform, the Core Ultra H and the Core Ultra U series.
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X: @maxwinebach, @intel, and @mjholthaus
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
More: XDA Developers, CNET, TechRadar, Intel, PCMag, Reuters, Bloomberg, Engadget, MobileSyrup, Constellation Research, Digital Trends, insideHPC, Notebookcheck, and Forbes
X: @mikefeibus and @patrickmoorhead
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
| Rohan Goswami / CNBC: |
The US DOJ announces four indictments and two arrests have been made in an alleged international pig butchering crypto scam that cost victims $80M+ — - Los Angeles federal prosecutors said four indictments and two arrests had been made in an international “pig butchering” scheme.
More: US Department of Justice, BleepingComputer, CoinDesk, Bitcoin Insider, Cryptopolitan, and Cointelegraph. Mastodon: @brianstorms@mastodon.social
| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
Three Polish hackers say they fixed trains allegedly bricked by manufacturer Newag because an independent repair shop worked on them; Newag denies bricking them — Join the newsletter to get the latest updates. — Success — Great! Check your inbox and click the link. — Error
More: Ars Technica, Gizmodo, we are Rogue, Hackaday, The Drive, and The Register
Mastodon: @HackyScientress@chaos.social, @swearyanthony@mastodon.social, @libreleah@mas.to, @limneticvillains …, and @adrienne@social …
X: @utopiah, @tonamiplayman, @josephfcox, @kwiens, and @jason_koebler
Forums: Hacker News, Hacker News, Slashdot, and Ars OpenForum
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Instagram launches a generative AI background editing tool in the US, letting users change the background for their Stories using text prompts — Instagram introduced its generative AI-powered background editing tool to U.S.-based users Wednesday. — Meta's lead for generative AI Ahmad Al-Dahle posted …
More: Android Headlines, Engadget, Metaverse Post, Neowin, PetaPixel, MSPoweruser, and The Verge. Threads: @aaldahle
| Malak Saleh / Engadget: |
| AJ Vicens / CyberScoop: |
Microsoft seizes US-based infrastructure and websites used by cybercrime group Storm-1152 that created ~750M fraudulent Microsoft accounts, after a court order — Relying on a court order, the tech giant seized websites belonging to a top purveyor of fraudulent Microsoft accounts.
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X: @itsreallynick, @sixdub, and @msftsecintel
LinkedIn: Jeremy Dallman and Sean Farrell
| Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review: |
Google DeepMind used its FunSearch model to crack the famous cap set problem in pure mathematics, the first time an LLM solved a long-standing scientific puzzle — They had to throw away most of what it produced but there was gold among the garbage. — Google DeepMind has used … | Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Twitch now allows some previously prohibited sexual content, including “deliberately highlighted breasts, buttocks or pelvic region”, with a sexual themes label — Twitch is updating the way it responds to sexual content. As part of the change, the streaming platform will now allow …
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Threads: @carnage4life. X: @kaceytron, @saruei_, @freyaamari, @robdenbleyker, @samwitchx, @zachbussey, @asmongold, @idiotwithagun, @kyson_lol, @faaairlydecent, @infernoomni, @arilovetv, @madkurious, @alexia_moi_voss, @keyokku, and @twitch. LinkedIn: Alicia Blum-Ross
| Jon Victor / The Information: |
Sources: Google plans to use Gemini across nearly its entire line of products and in Pixie, an upcoming AI assistant that will be exclusive to its Pixel devices — For Google, it was a moment to savor its apparent triumph over the doomsayers. — Last week, the company released the first version …
More: Android Authority, 9to5Google, and The Verge
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Sources: LinkedIn shelves its effort, announced in 2019, to relocate its data centers out of its physical facilities and into Azure, a setback for Microsoft — - LinkedIn called off a plan to move technology to Microsoft Azure, a setback for its parent company, which is chasing Amazon Web Services.
More: Tech Monitor, DatacenterDynamics, and Neowin
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Q&A with ESA CEO Stanley Pierre-Louis on why the ESA couldn't save E3, his favorite E3 memory, competition, working with the media, the ESA's future, and more — The Entertainment Software Association finally pulled the plug on the Electronic Entertainment Expo yesterday after years of trying to hold the center of gaming events.
More: TechRadar, The Verge, and PC Games Insider
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google launches a Pixel Diagnostic App and repair manuals in English in the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, and European countries where Pixel devices are sold — Besides the new Repair Mode introduced with Android 14 QPR1 and the December Feature Drop, Google is widely launching …
More: The Keyword, The Verge, Google Help Center, Thurrott, iPhone in Canada Blog, and iFixit News
| Subrat Patnaik / Bloomberg: |
Apple's stock rose 1.7% to close at $197.96 on December 13, surpassing its previous record close in July 2023, for a ~$3.08T market cap; AAPL is up 57% in 2023 — - Shares surpass July high, putting market cap at $3.08 trillion — Revenue seen growing again in 2024 after falling this year
More: Bloomberg, 9to5Mac, Benzinga, MacDailyNews, Cult of Mac, Wall Street Journal, Finbold, and AppleInsider
| Will Knight / Wired: |
OpenAI details how its Superalignment research team is exploring ways to control strong AI models like GPT-4 with weak supervisor models like GPT-2 — The “superalignment” team led by OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever has devised a way to guide the behavior of AI models as they get ever smarter.
More: MIT Technology Review, OpenAI, IEEE Spectrum, and TechCrunch
X: @sama, @swarnanlp, @alextmallen, @leopoldasch, @nabla_theta, @collinburns4, @gdb, @binarybits, @_akhaliq, @stephenlcasper, @openai, and @adrienle. Forums: Hacker News
| Jaspreet Singh / Reuters: |
Sensor Tower: 51 of the top 100 US advertisers on Twitter in October 2022, when Elon Musk bought the company, have ceased ad spending on X as of November 2023 — Big U.S. companies including Walt Disney and Comcast increased advertising spending on Instagram after pausing commercials on X last month …
More: Ars Technica, Social Media Today, New York Post, CNN, Los Angeles Times, Silicon UK, Business Insider, and Independent.ie. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to
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