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| Mayank Parmar / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft users report a massive outage impacting Bing.com, Copilot for the web and mobile, Copilot in Windows, ChatGPT's internet search, DuckDuckGo, and more — A massive Microsoft outage affects Bing.com, Copilot for web and mobile, Copilot in Windows, ChatGPT internet search and DuckDuckGo.
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Forums: Hacker News, r/cybersecurity, r/MicrosoftRewards, and MacRumors Forums
| Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post: |
Docs and sources: OpenAI didn't use Scarlett Johansson's voice for ChatGPT's Sky and hired another actress in June, months before Sam Altman contacted Johansson — A different actress was hired to provide the voice for ChatGPT's ‘Sky,’ according to documents and recordings shared with the Washington Post.
More: Business Standard, Dexerto, TechRadar, The Verge, AIM, The Decoder, Engadget, Spyglass, Android Authority, Wired, and New Yorker
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Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/aiwars, r/news, r/neoliberal, r/singularity, r/ChatGPT, and r/OpenAI
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Nvidia reports Q1 revenue up 262% YoY to $26.04B, vs. $24.65B est., forecasts Q2 revenue above est., and plans a 10:1 stock split on June 7; NVDA jumps 5%+ — Nvidia shares topped $1,000 for the first time in extended trading on Wednesday after the chipmaker reported fiscal first-quarter results that topped analyst estimates.
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LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski and Anthony Robbins
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| Asa Fitch / Wall Street Journal: |
| Emilia David / The Verge: |
Truecaller partners with Microsoft's Azure AI Speech to let its AI Assistant users create an AI version of their voice to answer calls based on a recorded clip — Caller ID company Truecaller will let users create an AI version of their voice to answer calls.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google Pay now lets users see their card benefits and perks before selecting a card, use BNPL on more sites, and fill in card details through biometrics or PIN — Google Pay is rolling out a number of updates that capitalize on its integrations with other Google products, like Android and the Chrome browser.| Wall Street Journal: |
News Corp and OpenAI announce a multiyear agreement to bring News Corp's news content to OpenAI; sources say the deal could be worth $250M over five years — Agreement could generate over $250 million over five years for News Corp in cash and credits — Wall Street Journal owner News Corp struck …
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LinkedIn: Nicholas Gray and Artem Fishman
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| André Beganski / Decrypt: |
The US House passes the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act, or FIT21, which would create a regulatory framework for digital assets — Dubbed the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act, or FIT21, the measure was approved by the House of Representatives with a 279-136 vote.
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| Martin Zugec / Bitdefender Blog: |
A look at China-aligned hacking group Unfading Sea Haze, which has targeted government and military organizations in South China Sea countries since 2018 — In a recent investigation by Bitdefender Labs, a series of cyberattacks targeting high-level organizations in South China Sea countries revealed a previously unknown threat actor.
More: Security Affairs, The Register, SecurityWeek, Hackread, and The Record. Forums: r/cybersecurity
| Kelsey Piper / Vox: |
Leaked OpenAI documents show aggressive tactics toward ex-staff, and contradict leadership's comments on being unaware of provisions about equity cancellation — On Friday, Vox reported that employees at tech giant OpenAI who wanted to leave the company were confronted with expansive and highly restrictive exit documents.
More: The Information, Business Insider, Neowin, and Pixel Envy
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LinkedIn: Harish Pillay and Jeremy Kahn
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| Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo: |
X Director of Engineering Haofei Wang says “we are making likes private” in an update happening “soon”, as “public likes are incentivizing the wrong behavior” — Musk could soon make likes on X private, changing a feature that historically placed several celebrities, including him, into scandals.
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| Jeremy Gan / Dexerto: |
Linus Tech Tips, accused in August 2023 of theft, ethical lapses, and sexual harassment, says an outside investigation found the claims were “largely unfounded” — Linus Tech Tips has released the findings from an investigation of the allegations levied upon them in 2023 … | Reuters: |
South Korea announces a ~$19B support package for its domestic chip industry and asks the Industry Ministry to strengthen the country's non-memory chip sector — South Korea announced on Thursday revised plans for a support package for the country's vital semiconductor industry worth 26 trillion won …
More: Tom's Hardware, DatacenterDynamics, Tech Monitor, Yonhap News Agency, Benzinga, Reuters, KED Global, and Bloomberg. X: @bloombergasia
| James Batchelor / GamesIndustry.biz: |
Embracer reports FY2022-23 net sales up 12% YoY to ~$3.9B, PC/console games up 7% YoY to ~$1.3B, and mobile up 2% YoY to $551M; its CFO and deputy CEO step down — CEO Lars Wingefors says past fiscal year was “transformative” as group presses on towards three-way split — News by James Batchelor Editor-in-chief
More: Embracer Group, Game Developer, Embracer Group, TechRaptor, Destructoid, GamesIndustry.biz, and Variety
| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
Google details Umoja, the first fiber optic cable to directly connect Africa with Australia, starting in Kenya and running via the DRC, Zambia, and South Africa — Google is preparing to build what will be the first subsea fibre optic cable connecting the continents of Africa and Australia.
More: Bloomberg, Google Cloud Blog, PCMag, Nairametrics, and The Star
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Lumos, which helps companies manage employees' identities and access to apps and systems, raised a $35M Series B led by Scale, taking its total funding to $65M+ — Andrej Safundzic, Alan Flores Lopez and Leo Mehr met in a class at Stanford focusing on ethics, public policy and technological change.
More: FinSMEs
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Source: the US DOJ and state AGs plan to sue Live Nation on Thursday for illegally abusing its live ticketing monopoly through its 2010 Ticketmaster acquisition — - It will argue that Live Nation leveraged Ticketmaster's exclusive contracts with concert venues to maintain a monopoly …
More: Bloomberg, Benzinga, New York Times, Financial Times, Deadline, Quartz, Washington Post, CNN, Proactive, KRQE-TV, Digital Music News, Music Ally, and The Verge
Forums: r/neutralnews and r/law
| Greg Bensinger / Reuters: |
Amazon investors vote to reject all 14 resolutions that asked to disclose more on its carbon emissions and directors' donations, form an AI committee, and more — Amazon.com (AMZN.O) investors voted against all 14 resolutions that asked the retailer to disclose more about its carbon emissions …
More: GeekWire
| Bloomberg: |
Xiaomi reports Q1 revenue up 27% YoY to ~$10.4B, above ~$10.3B est., net profit down 1% YoY to ~$588M, above ~$572M est., and smartphone shipments up 34% YoY — - Company's revenue rose for the third consecutive quarter — Electric car SU7's reception solid since March debut
More: South China Morning Post, Reuters, and Xiaomi Corporation
| Rachel Graf / Bloomberg: |
UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch is set to take the stand in his own defense against charges of duping HP, a rare and bold decision; Lynch also took the stand in 2019 — - Lynch set to take stand Wednesday as key defense witness — Entrepreneur is charged with misleading HP about his startup
More: Telegraph and The Guardian
| Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News: |
New Hampshire indicts Steve Kramer, the political consultant who admitted to commissioning the deepfake robocall of Biden, on five counts, including bribery — Steve Kramer, the Democratic consultant whom NBC News first linked to the robocall impersonating the president, is facing five counts in New Hampshire.| Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times: |
TikTok adds new measures to limit the spread of videos from state-affiliated media accounts, and disrupted 15 influence operations in January to April 2024 — The platform will keep state-affiliated media accounts out of users' feeds if they “attempt to reach communities outside their home country …
More: Bloomberg, Washington Post, Fast Company, Irish Independent, and TikTok
| Counterpoint Research: |
Global foundry revenue rose 12% YoY in Q1 2024, but dropped 5% QoQ; TSMC's market share rose 1% YoY to 62%, Samsung rose 2% YoY to 13%, and SMIC rose 1% to 6% — - The foundry industry is experiencing a relatively slow recovery with 5% QoQ decline in Q1 2024, citing a softer recovery of general end market.
More: CNBC and Light Reading
| Financial Times: |
A profile of Sachin Dev Duggal, the CEO of Builder.ai, which offers low-code tools and has raised ~$450M, as sources describe staff retention problems and more — Founder of one of the UK's best-funded start-ups has been dogged by legal disputes during a meteoric business career
X: @muradahmed
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