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The EU opens a formal DSA investigation into Meta, to assess if Facebook, Instagram, and its other apps were reinforcing “rabbit hole” effects and other issues — Facebook and Instagram owner to be investigated on whether it does enough to protect mental health of young users
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Source: Microsoft is asking about 700 to 800 employees involved in its China-based AI and cloud computing operations to consider relocating to other countries — Request comes as Biden administration toughens controls on China's access to cutting-edge American technology| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Google releases an emergency Chrome update to patch the third zero-day vulnerability exploited within a week, and the seventh zero-day fix in 2024 so far — Google has released a new emergency Chrome security update to address the third zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks within a week.| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Google announces Android theft protection features, like Theft Detection Lock, which detects motion indicating theft, and Private Space, to hide sensitive data — Google is announcing an array of new security features as it releases its second Android 15 beta, including a feature that can detect …
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| Andrew Heinzman / How-To Geek: |
| Jez Corden / Windows Central: |
Microsoft's decisions, like seemingly rowing back on Surface, Start Menu ads, closing studios, and porting AAA games to PS5, show a short-term financial focus — Microsoft has made a range of baffling decisions and awful mis-steps recently. You can trace everything back to insatiable desire for money.
More: Gameranx, TrueAchievements, Pure Xbox, Wccftech, PlayStation LifeStyle, Push Square, Digital Trends, and Video Games Chronicle
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| Daniel Zuidijk / Bloomberg: |
Ubisoft falls ~15% after warning that Q1 net bookings will be ~€275M, below €376M est., and reporting a €401M adjusted operating income in FY 2024 — Ubisoft Entertainment SA shares fell the most in 16 months on Thursday after the French video game publisher warned bookings …
More: IGN, IGN, Engadget, Ubisoft, Game World Observer, Eurogamer.net, and GamesIndustry.biz. Forums: r/gaming
| Bloomberg: |
Microsoft's carbon emissions grew 29.1% from 2020 to 2023, as its push to be the global leader in AI puts its goal to be carbon negative by 2030 in peril — The company's goal to be carbon negative by 2030 is harder to reach, but President Brad Smith says the good AI can do for the world will outweigh its environmental impact.
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| Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information: |
Source: Stability AI has talked to at least one potential buyer in recent weeks about a sale; it lost $30M+ in Q1 and owes ~$100M to cloud providers and others — Stability AI, which has emerged as a poster child for investors' rush to back unproven artificial intelligence startups …
More: Reuters, TNW, The Decoder, and WinBuzzer
| Associated Press: |
In the first high-level AI talks in Geneva, the US raised concerns about China's “misuse of AI” while China chided the US over “restrictions and pressure” on AI — U.S. officials raised concerns about China's “misuse of AI” while Beijing's representatives rebuked Washington over … | Associated Press: |
Senate hearing: US DNI Avril Haines says foreign adversaries will again seek to influence the upcoming elections, harnessing AI to spread disinformation — America's foreign adversaries will again seek to influence the upcoming U.S. elections, top security officials warned members of the Senate Wednesday …
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| Sarah Emerson / Forbes: |
Bolt co-founder Ryan Breslow settles with investor Activant Capital, ending a lawsuit that accused Breslow of saddling the company with $30M in personal debt — The founder and former CEO of payments platform Bolt was sued by investor Activant Capital last year, who claimed he breached his duties to the company.| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Consumers protection groups across the EU file coordinated complaints against Temu, accusing the e-commerce platform of a raft of breaches related to the DSA — Consumer protection groups around the European Union have filed coordinated complaints against Temu, accusing … | Timmy Shen / The Block: |
Chinese police in the Sichuan province dismantle an underground bank that used USDT for foreign currency exchanges worth $1.9B+, mainly to smuggle medicine — - Police in China have busted an underground bank that conducted foreign currency exchanges using USDT.| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Server CPU designer Ampere announces that its AmpereOne chip family will grow to 256 cores by next year; Ampere will work with Qualcomm on cloud AI accerlators — Server CPU designer Ampere Computing announced its AmpereOne chip family will grow to 256 cores by next year.
More: Reuters, Data Center Knowledge, SiliconANGLE, Bloomberg, and Phoronix
| Ashlee Vance / Bloomberg: |
A profile of Noland Arbaugh, who was paralyzed after an accident in mid-2016 and became the first person to receive Neuralink's brain implant in January 2024 — For the first time, Noland Arbaugh explains how Elon Musk's brain implant, which allows him to control a computer with his thoughts, has changed his life.
More: International Business Times, Benzinga, Business Today, and Reuters
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| Anna Tong / Reuters: |
Vercel, which develops the Next.js framework, raised a $250M Series E led by Accel at a $3.25B valuation, and says it recently exceeded $100M in annual revenue — Vercel, a software startup that provides a platform for building cloud-based web applications, on Thursday said it has raised $250 million …
| Sarah Zheng / Bloomberg: |
JD.com reports Q1 revenue up 7% YoY to ~$36B, above ~$35.8B est., and net income up 13.9% YoY to ~$984M, after ramping up shopping perks to attract customers — - JD.com's results outshine Alibaba's as consumption flags — It's still grappling with ByteDance and other newer rivals| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
An interview with Apple's Greg Joswiak and John Ternus on the new iPad lineup, the M4 chip, why the iPad and Mac both matter, the iPad as an “AI PC”, and more — Apple's Greg Joswiak and John Ternus on the new iPad lineup, why the iPad and Mac both matter, the iPad as an ‘AI PC,’ and more.
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| Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: |
Israel-based Agora, which develops real estate investment management software, raised a $34M Series B, bringing its total funding to $63M — Since he was very young, Bar Mor knew that he would inevitably do something with real estate. His family was involved in all types of real estate projects …
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| Sheena Vasani / The Verge: |
Microsoft unveils the Proteus Controller, a $299 modular game controller kit for disabled Xbox and PC gamers by peripheral company ByoWave, shipping in the fall — On Wednesday, Microsoft announced the Proteus Controller, a $299 modular video game controller kit that lets Xbox gamers with disabilities customize their controllers.
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Palo Alto Networks is buying IBM's QRadar cloud security software assets and moving customers to its own platform; IBM will adopt Palo Alto products internally — Palo Alto Networks is buying cloud security software assets from IBM as part of a broader partnership that will give …
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Forums: r/cybersecurity and r/IBM
| Kylie Robison / The Verge: |
Hugging Face, which is “profitable, or close to profitable”, commits $10M in free shared GPUs to help small developers, academics, and others create AI apps — Hugging Face, one of the biggest names in machine learning, is committing $10 million in free shared GPUs to help developers create new AI technologies.
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
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