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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI unveils GPT-4o, a new flagship generative AI model that is faster and natively multimodal, rolling out for free to all ChatGPT users in the coming weeks — OpenAI is releasing a new flagship generative AI model called GPT-4o, set to roll out “iteratively” across the company's products over the next few weeks.
More: VentureBeat, CNBC, XDA Developers, Sam Altman, 9to5Google, CoinGape, and Mastodon
X: @fchollet, @sama, @saboo_shubham_, and @levie
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A recording of OpenAI's Spring Update event, where it announced GPT-4o and a new ChatGPT desktop app — We'll be streaming live at 10AM PT Monday, May 13 to demo some ChatGPT and GPT-4 updates.
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X: @liamfedus, @sama, @erikvoorhees, @marshallk, @marshallk, @metacriticcap, @growing_daniel, @notpatrick, @benbajarin, @joannastern, @sullyomarr, @sama, @markhachman, @liamfedus, @liamfedus, @sama, @sama, and @sama
Forums: Hacker News and r/artificial
| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
Sources: the EU is set to issue new antitrust charges against Microsoft over concerns of undermining Teams competitors, despite the company offering concessions — Tech group's effort to avoid action by unbundling videoconferencing app from its other software appears to have failed
More: Ars Technica, 9to5Mac, Fortune, BetaNews, Thurrott, TechRadar, Benzinga, Computerworld, and MSPoweruser
| Akash Sriram / Reuters: |
Squarespace says private equity firm Permira plans to take the company private in a ~$6.9B all-cash deal, or $44 per share, a 15.2% premium on Friday's close — Private equity firm Permira will take Squarespace (SQSP.N) private in an all-cash deal valued at about $6.9 billion …
More: Squarespace, CNBC, PYMNTS.com, Financial Times, Bloomberg, Mashable, TechCrunch, Tech Startups, Proactive, Quartz, Benzinga, The Verge, and DealStreetAsia. LinkedIn: Dylan Jones
| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
Many US farmers had to halt their planting operations after a solar storm broke critical GPS and precision farming functionality in tractors and other equipment — The solar storm that brought the aurora borealis to large parts of the United States this weekend also broke critical GPS …
More: The Verge, The Register, Engadget, New York Times, The Overspill, Silicon Republic, and John Deere
X: @josephfcox, @dbeyer123, @robotbeat, @jason_koebler, @jason_koebler, @weldpond, @jason_koebler, @dancow, @ericgeller, @agarri_fr, and @tolstoybb
Forums: Hacker News, r/interstellar, r/PrepperIntel, and r/technology
| Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: |
Top500: the Intel-powered Aurora supercomputer, not yet fully operational, came second behind the AMD-powered Frontier, but did take first in an AI benchmark — Aurora faces stability issues from hardware failures, cooling malfunctions, and operational errors.
More: TOP500, TechSpot, DatacenterDynamics, ExtremeTech, WinBuzzer, Network World, HPCwire, LUMI, Wccftech, The Register, insideHPC, Phoronix, and OC3D
X: @glennklockwood, @mobile_dom, @cscfi, @glennklockwood, @hpc_guru, @glennklockwood, @bmabey, @hpc_guru, @hpc_guru, and @simonmcs. LinkedIn: Stephen Streiffer. Forums: r/hardware
| Charlotte Trueman / DatacenterDynamics: |
More: TNW, Cryptopolitan, ExtremeTech, ComputerWeekly.com, Tom's Hardware, University of Bristol, and The Stack. X: @bristoluni
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Google partners with HP to ship 3D video conferencing service Project Starline in 2025 and is working to support Zoom and Meet; Google unveiled Starline in 2021 — In 2021, Google kicked off work on Project Starline, a corporate-focused teleconferencing platform that uses 3D imaging …
More: The Keyword, The Verge, PCMag, Engadget, 9to5Google, Android Central, Neowin, Lifewire, and WinBuzzer
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Meta announces Travel Mode, in beta, for the Quest 2 and Quest 3 under “Experimental features”, as a way to optimize the headset for use on moving vehicles — Meta Quest 2 and Quest 3 headsets are picking up a useful new Travel Mode which makes the VR experience easier to use in moving vehicles including on an airplane.
More: Meta, The Verge, UploadVR, ZDNet, CNET, Dexerto, Road to VR, T3, How-To Geek, and Simple Flying
Instagram: Mark Zuckerberg. X: @carnage4life, @lufthansa, @nathievr, @casandchary, @lufthansanews, and @boztank. Forums: Hacker News
| Bloomberg: |
The EU designates Booking as a DMA gatekeeper, saying “holidaymakers will start benefiting from more choice and hotels will have more business opportunities” — - Travel site is designated as a ‘gatekeeper’ under EU's DMA — X avoids rules for now as officials open probe into its status
More: TechCrunch, European Commission, Euractiv, Reuters, Tech Xplore, and Travel Technology …
Bluesky: @hern.bsky.social. X: @kayjebelli, @eu_competition, @eu_commission, @adamkovac, @lewis_crofts, and @mseltzermayr
| Financial Times: |
How GPS warfare is causing issues for civilians; an analysis finds almost 40M people lived in areas with unreliable GPS for at least half of the past six months — Military activity blamed for surge in jamming and spoofing incidents affecting smartphones, planes and ships
More: The Quantum Insider and TNW
X: @_nickrogers_ and @snellarthur
LinkedIn: Jeremy Bennington, Benoit Figuet, and Katherine Dunn
| New York Times: |
How Elon Musk uses X to back right-wing world leaders like Argentina's Javier Milei and India's Narendra Modi, who can help secure advantages for his businesses — Minutes after it became clear that Javier Milei had been elected president of South America's second-largest nation in November …
Threads: @karaswisher, @motorcityadam, @karaswisher, @yonetteajoseph, @markjacobnews, and @lorakolodny
Bluesky: @rmac.bsky.social, @delexical.bsky.social, and @kateconger.bsky.social
X: @ryp__, @flitteronfraud, @rmac18, @rmac18, @ericgeller, @kateconger, and @markjacob16
Forums: Hacker News, r/RealTesla, r/Fuckthealtright, r/musked, and r/inthenews
| Sudip Kar-Gupta / Reuters: |
Brad Smith says Microsoft plans to invest €4B in France, mostly focused on the AI sector, and the company would set up a data center in the city of Mulhouse — Technology and software giant Microsoft (MSFT.O) will invest 4 billion euros ($4.3 billion) in France as part … | Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
Abu Dhabi's Technology Innovation Institute releases Falcon 2 11B, an open-source LLM to compete with Llama and Gemini that supports five European languages — - Model shows UAE is a “serious player” in AI, official says — Abu Dhabi plans to commercialize Falcon with new unit AI71
More: tii.ae, Reuters, and Maginative
| Keith Laing / Bloomberg: |
The US NHTSA opens an investigation into Amazon's Zoox after two of its automated Toyota SUVs braked unexpectedly, resulting in motorcyclists rear-ending them — - Bikers rear-ended Zoox SUVs that suddenly, unexpectedly braked — US agency estimates 500 vehicles are subject to investigation
More: The Information, The Verge, PCMag, CNBC, Reuters, Associated Press, Quartz, and Self Drive News
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Intel is in advanced, exclusive talks for a deal in which Apollo Global Management would supply $11B+ to help the chip giant build a plant in Ireland — The investment firm is in exclusive talks to supply the chip giant with cash for a new plant.| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
As crypto flows into Tornado Cash despite sanctions, a look at the trial against its co-founder, who says he cannot prevent abuse of a system beyond his control — Tuesday's verdict in the trial of Alexey Pertsev, a creator of crypto-privacy service Tornado Cash, is the first in a string …
More: Infosec Exchange, Infosec Exchange, Infosec Exchange, and CCN.com
| Sam Rutherford / Engadget: |
Google Pixel 8a review: a 120Hz OLED display, strong battery life, excellent cameras, and great value at $499+, but slow wireless charging and thick bezels — The company didn't mess with its winning formula for the A-series, delivering another great handset for $499. — Senior Writer, Reviews
More: Ars Technica, PCMag, ZDNet, The Verge, Droid Life, Pocket-lint, and Digital Trends
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