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Apple researchers detail MM1, a series of multimodal LLMs with up to 30B parameters they say achieve state-of-the-art performance across multiple AI benchmarks — Apple researchers have developed new methods for training large language models on both text and images, enabling more powerful …
More: arXiv, AppleInsider, Thurrott, The Decoder, MarkTechPost, and AIModels.fyi
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
A look at issues and monetization options for Apple CarPlay; sources: Apple plans to produce 20M-25M units of the entry and mid-tier AirPods launching this fall — Apple's new CarPlay interface was originally designed to fend off Android, but now it's Apple's last hope to conquer the automotive industry.
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| Scharon Harding / Ars Technica: |
In a company blog post, Broadcom CEO Hock Tan acknowledged “unease” among VMware customers and partners after making sweeping post-acquisition changes — “There's more to come.” — Broadcom CEO and President Hock Tan has acknowledged the discomfort VMware customers and partners …
More: Broadcom B-Connected Blog, Channel Futures, The Register, ITPro, and CRN
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LinkedIn: Giuliano Liguori, Hock Tan, and Mark Butcher
Forums: r/vmware and Ars OpenForum
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
LinkedIn confirms it is working on adding puzzle-based games; a researcher says it is testing ranking companies in the games based on the scores of employees — LinkedIn, the Microsoft-owned social platform, has made a name for itself primarily as a platform for people looking to network …
More: The Economic Times and PCMag
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| Axios: |
A look at a potential TikTok US sale, with an estimated valuation of $100B, or $40B without the algorithm, as Steven Mnuchin and others form investor groups — - TikTok's U.S. revenue reportedly was between $16 billion and $20 billion in 2023, but CEO Shou Zi Chew has said the company is in the red.
More: CNBC, Washington Post, PhoneArena, New York Times, Business Insider, Financial Times, and New York Times
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
An interview with Aaron Levie about Box's acquisition of Crooze, as Box embraces the content management industry's shift toward AI and workflow automation — It's part of a shift across the content management industry — Box began life almost 20 years ago in a dorm room at USC … | Reuters: |
Sources: SpaceX's Starshield is building a network of spy satellites under a classified, $1.8B contract with the US spy agency National Reconnaissance Office — SpaceX is building a network of hundreds of spy satellites under a classified contract with a U.S. intelligence agency …
More: The Verge, Engadget, Benzinga, iTnews, Interesting Engineering, New York Post, Business Insider, and Bloomberg
| Magdalene J. Taylor / New York Times: |
A look at the collapse of dating apps' usability, which can be blamed on the paid subscription model and the near monopoly the apps have over the dating world — “The golden age of dating apps is over,” a friend told me at a bar on Super Bowl Sunday. As we waited for our drinks …
X: @gayathriv, @nytopinion, @mattsheffield, @nytopinion, @magdajtaylor, and @nytopinion. Forums: r/TrueReddit
| Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
How an Uber Eats worker created UberCheats, a web app that computed the actual distance a courier traveled, after suspecting algorithmic error and underpayment — A tech-savvy Uber Eats worker was sick of the algorithms that controlled his day. So he decided to fight back| Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times: |
A profile of former Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch, whose trial begins on March 18 in SF, where federal prosecutors have accused him of defrauding HP of billions — A criminal trial is set to begin for Mr. Lynch, the founder of the software company Autonomy, which was sold to Hewlett-Packard in 2011 and later accused of being a fraud.
More: The Guardian, The Irish Times, and Telegraph
| Megha Mandavia / Wall Street Journal: |
How China's spending may swamp India's chip ambitions; TrendForce: China's share of global mature-node production will grow from 31% in 2023 to 39% in 2027 — India is making a play for the semiconductor space—but fallout from U.S.-China tensions and China's deep pockets could get in the way
X: @meghamandavia, @wsj, and @ali_wyne
| Rachel Graf / Bloomberg: |
A US judge rules Apple must face a class-action suit over AirTag stalking, as three plaintiffs made sufficient negligence and liability claims under CA law — - Judge says three plaintiffs made sufficient negligence claims — Apple had argued it couldn't be held responsible for misuse
More: AppleInsider, PCMag, United States District Court, Quartz, 9to5Mac, Benzinga, Livemint, and NewsBytes. X: @kuntimora
| Joshua Oliver / Financial Times: |
FTX's collapse exposed problems with crypto that are just as relevant today, including a lack of decentralization and companies' persistent regulatory battles — Jay Gatsby, Albert Einstein, Frodo Baggins, John Pierpont Morgan, Michael Jordan, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg …
More: Cryptopolitan, CoinGape, The Crypto Times, Associated Press, and The Hill. Mastodon: @FrankPasquale@mastodon.social
| Matt Novak / Gizmodo: |
More: Bitcoin News, crypto.news, Crypto Briefing, The Crypto Times, The Block, Benzinga, Cointelegraph, New York Magazine, Rolling Stone, Bitcoin Insider, Bloomberg, Financial Times, CoinGape, CNBC, and South China Morning Post
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