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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Mozilla plans to scale back its investment in its VPN, Relay, its Online Footprint Scrubber, and mozilla.social, shut down Hubs, and cut ~60 employees — After installing a new interim CEO earlier this month, Mozilla, the organization behind the Firefox browser …
More: Engadget, SiliconANGLE, Yahoo Finance, The Register, OSnews, Neowin, Bloomberg Law, and The Verge
Threads: @crumbler. Mastodon: @J12t@social.coop, @gulovsen@mastodon.social, @aral@mastodon.ar.al, and @ploum@mamot.fr. LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski
Forums: Hacker News and r/technology
| Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: |
The EU ends its DMA investigation into iMessage and Microsoft Bing, Edge, and Advertising, deciding not to designate the services as gatekeepers — - Services not dominant enough to face Digital Markets Act … A probe concluded that the services don't hold a dominant enough position …
More: European Commission, The Verge, MacRumors, Ars Technica, Engadget, AppleInsider, Forbes, Reuters, Digital Markets Act, CNBC, SiliconANGLE, BGR, TechCrunch, MobileSyrup, TechSpot, GSMArena.com, Trusted Reviews, Global Competition Review, TechRadar, Android Headlines, iPhone in Canada Blog, Android Central, MacDailyNews, Macworld, Gizmodo, Windows Latest, The Mac Observer, MSPoweruser, The Verge, iThinkDifferent, Appleosophy, Silicon Republic, Thurrott, Neowin, PCMag, Supercharged, Benzinga, 9to5Mac, Tech Xplore, The Verge, Business Post, Channel NewsAsia, and Pixel Envy
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Forums: r/technology, Beehaw, Ars OpenForum, and MacRumors Forums
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
OpenAI starts testing a “memory” feature that is on by default and lets ChatGPT and custom GPTs remember info about users and their conversations over time — Talking to an AI chatbot can feel a bit like Groundhog Day after a while, as you tell it for the umpteenth …
More: OpenAI, Business Today, Wired, PYMNTS.com, Decrypt, SiliconANGLE, Ars Technica, Voicebot.ai, GSMArena.com, TechRadar, Engadget, Android Headlines, XDA Developers, VentureBeat, Benzinga, ZDNet, TestingCatalog, The Decoder, Neowin, TechCrunch, and Gizmochina
LinkedIn: Kevin Chaplin, Frith Tweedie, Mark Fulton, Jeff Jockisch, and Emil Protalinski
Forums: Hacker News, r/OpenAI, and r/technology
| Vanessa Gera / Associated Press: |
Polish PM Donald Tusk says state authorities under the previous government used NSO's Pegasus spyware illegally against a “very long” list of hacking victims — Poland's new prime minister said Tuesday he has documentation proving that state authorities under the previous government used … | The Information: |
AI researcher Andrej Karpathy, one of the founding members of OpenAI, leaves the company; Karpathy was developing a product that he described as an AI assistant — Andrej Karpathy, one of the founding members of OpenAI, has left the company, a spokesperson confirmed.
More: VentureBeat, TechCrunch, and Analytics India Magazine
X: @karpathy, @garymarcus, @0interestrates, @garymarcus, @heydave7, @pitdesi, and @scobleizer
Forums: Hacker News and r/singularity
| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
In a video, Mark Zuckerberg shares his thoughts on the Vision Pro, saying Quest 3 “is the better product, period”, highlighting Apple's tradeoffs, and more — Now that it can be strapped to our faces and worn in strange places, opinions about Apple's Vision Pro are flying left and right.
More: Business Today, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Wait But Why, Marques Brownlee on YouTube, UploadVR, Business Insider, Neowin, Spyglass, Digital Trends, and Benzinga
Threads: @jank0, @reckless1280, @eshumarneedi, @alexheath, @supremebagholder, @katw408, @drewje, @redactedfella, @jaymayo_vrtist, @boztank, @daveleebbg, @yasharali, @kalihays1, @thealabasterslim, @jeffbowen, @katw408, @mattnavarra, @kalihays1, @mkarolian, @supremebagholder, @curtisparadis, @matic3d, @jw, @johnonolan, and @jw. Instagram: Mark Zuckerberg. Bluesky: @annmlipton.bsky.social
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Forums: r/technology, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Nvidia releases an early version of Chat with RTX, an app that lets users run an AI chatbot on a PC powered by an RTX 30- or 40-series GPU with 8GB+ of VRAM — Nvidia is releasing an early version of Chat with RTX today, a demo app that lets you run a personal AI chatbot on your PC.
More: NVIDIA, NVIDIA GeForce on YouTube, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, TechSpot, MobileSyrup, CoinGape, The Tech Basic, TweakTown, CIO Dive, PC Guide, Game Rant, The Decoder, TechRadar, HotHardware, Computerworld, Esports.gg, Hypebeast, PCWorld, TechEBlog, MSPoweruser, ExtremeTech, Dexerto, PCMag, Wccftech, and XDA Developers
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. X: @nvidiageforce, @carnage4life, @firstadopter, @nvidiaaidev, @_akhaliq, and @prathkum. Forums: Hacker News
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Walmart is in talks to buy smart TV manufacturer Vizio for more than $2B, as it looks to bolster its advertising business in its battle with Amazon — Retail giant discussing a more than $2 billion deal that would boost its advertising business in battle with Amazon| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Sources: Microsoft plans to launch select Xbox games on the PS5 and Switch, starting with Hi-Fi Rush, Pentiment, and Sea of Thieves, a seismic strategy shift — With rumors of some Xbox games coming to PS5 and Switch, Microsoft gets ready to lay out its vision for the future of Xbox.
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Forums: r/gamernews, r/Games, r/technology, r/kindafunny, and r/XboxSeriesX
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
More: Game Rant, T3, and TechRadar
X: @xbox, @jezcorden, @genepark, @destinlegarie, @tomwarren, @dustincanfly, and @ordinarygamers. LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski
Forums: r/xcloud, r/TwoBestFriendsPlay, and r/gaming
| Alison Snyder / Axios: |
Cohere's nonprofit research lab releases its open-source multilingual LLM Aya, which it says can follow instructions in more than 100 languages — A new open-source generative AI model can follow instructions in more than 100 languages. … - It covers more than twice as many languages … | Sean O'Kane / TechCrunch: |
Waymo has issued a software fix for its cars, its first recall, after two vehicles crashed into the same towed pickup truck in Phoenix in December 2023 — Waymo is voluntarily recalling the software that powers its robotaxi fleet after two vehicles crashed into the same towed pickup truck in Phoenix, Arizona, in December.| Tom Dotan / Wall Street Journal: |
Copilot for Microsoft 365 testers question the $30/seat price and find Copilot the most useful in Teams and the least in Excel; Dow and others plan big rollouts — Artificial-intelligence aide handles email, meetings and other things, but its price and limited use have some skeptical| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Foundry Group, an 18-year-old VC firm with nearly $3.5B in assets under management, has quietly decided to wind down and not raise any more funds — Foundry Group, an 18-year-old venture firm with nearly $3.5 billion in assets under management, has quietly decided to shut down and not raise any more funds.
More: Denver Business Journal
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
For the first time since 2002, Nvidia ended a trading day with a bigger market value than Amazon, as its market cap reached $1.78T, fueled by the AI boom — - Nvidia surpassed Amazon in market capitalization on Tuesday. — It's a sign of how strong demand is for chips that can run cutting-edge AI … | Hayden Field / CNBC: |
Instacart reports Q4 revenue up 6% YoY to $803M vs. $804M est., plans to lay off ~250 workers, or ~7% of staff; three top execs are leaving for personal reasons — - Instacart on Tuesday announced it would lay off about 250 employees, or roughly 7% of the company, alongside reporting fourth-quarter earnings …
More: Instacart, The Information, TechCrunch, Reuters, and Bloomberg
| Kylie Robison / Fortune: |
Sierra, an enterprise-focused conversational AI startup co-founded by Bret Taylor and Clay Bavor, launches with $110M in funding led by Sequoia and Benchmark — Bret Taylor, right, launches Sierra, a conversational AI platform for businesses, with former Google executive Clay Bavor, left.
More: Sierra, Fortune, VentureBeat, SiliconANGLE, and TechCrunch
Threads: @jonfortt. X: @kokoxsu, @msquinn, @btaylor, @trace_cohen, @guptark22, @saranormous, @kyliebytes, @gregkamradt, and @claybavor. LinkedIn: Anna Rosenman
| Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo: |
Flipper Zero multi-tool device maker Flipper Devices announces a $49 Video Game Module, powered by a Raspberry Pi RP2040, that turns a Flipper into a controller — The creators behind the popular Flipper device have teamed up with Raspberry Pi to expand its capabilities.
More: Engadget, Gizmodo, ZDNet, Flipper Blog, The Register, Tom's Guide, Liliputing, Tom's Hardware, Dexerto, PCMag, and The Verge
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google rolls out its Companion Mode to Meet for Android and iOS, letting users check in, share an emoji reaction, raise their hand, turn on captions, and more — Originally introduced for the web and Nest Hub Max, Google is now bringing its second screen “Companion Mode” to the Meet app on Android and iOS.| Zachary Small / New York Times: |
GLAAD's first gaming industry survey featuring nearly 1,500 participants: <2% of console video games include LGBTQ characters, 17% of gamers are queer, and more — In its first survey of the video game industry, the advocacy group GLAAD determined that few console games include queer characters.
More: GLAAD, Engadget, The Hill, TechRadar, GoNintendo, Stevivor, Game Developer, USA Today, PC Gamer, TheGamer, NBC News, TechRaptor, Kotaku, IGN, and GamesIndustry.biz
| Reuters: |
A US federal judge sets the trial date for an FTC antitrust lawsuit against Amazon for October 2026 — A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday set an October 2026 trial date for a Federal Trade Commission antitrust lawsuit against Amazon.com (AMZN.O). — The consumer protection agency filed … | Patrick Seitz / Investor's Business Daily: |
GlobalFoundries reports Q4 revenue down 12% YoY to $1.85B, vs. 1.85B est., net income down 58% YoY to $278M, forecasted sales of $1.52B in Q1, vs. $1.77B est. — Contract chipmaker GlobalFoundries (GFS) on Tuesday delivered in-line to better-than-expected results for the fourth quarter …
More: Globalfoundries Inc., Reuters, and Benzinga
| Antonia Mufarech / Bloomberg: |
Lyft reports Q4 revenue up 4% YoY to $1.2B, net loss of $26.3M, vs. $588.1M YoY, active riders up 10% to 22.4M, and Q1 forecast above est.; LYFT jumps 10%+ — - Uber rival said it had highest annual ridership ever in 2023 — Bookings in fourth quarter rose 17%, beating analyst estimates
More: The Guardian, The Information, NBC News, Financial Times, Fast Company, Lyft, Inc., Mashable, Reuters, and CNBC
X: @zerohedge, @kellblog, @dee_bosa, and @levynews
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