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Microsoft users report a massive outage impacting Bing.com, Copilot for web and mobile, Copilot in Windows, and more; ChatGPT and DuckDuckGo have similar issues — A massive Microsoft outage affects Bing.com, Copilot for web and mobile, Copilot in Windows, ChatGPT internet search and DuckDuckGo.
More: Metro.co.uk, TechCrunch, The i Paper, Engadget, Android Authority, Windows Central, The Verge, PCMag, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Search Engine Land, PhoneArena, KnowTechie, Search Engine Roundtable, Notebookcheck, and PCWorld
X: @duckduckgo, @msft365status, @ecosia, @msft365status, @uwukko, @rustybrick, @leshaque, @rustybrick, and @mayank_jee
Forums: Hacker News, r/cybersecurity, r/MicrosoftRewards, and MacRumors Forums
| Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post: |
Documents and sources: OpenAI didn't use Scarlett Johansson's voice for ChatGPT's Sky and hired another actress 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, Inc.com, Dexerto, TechRadar, The Decoder, AIM, The Verge, Engadget, Spyglass, and Android Authority
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Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/aiwars, 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 splits its stock 10-for-1; 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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Forums: r/Aktien, r/wallstreetbets, and Slashdot
| Asa Fitch / Wall Street Journal: |
| 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 …
More: OpenAI, The Register, Engadget, News Corp, CCN.com, Proactive, Silicon Republic, Cybernews.com, Bloomberg, Neowin, City A.M., MEDIANAMA, Tech Xplore, Digiday, Bizcommunity, The Decoder, MSPoweruser, Digital Trends, SiliconANGLE, The Crypto Times, VentureBeat, PYMNTS.com, CoinGape, The Information, Washington Post, Axios, Variety, CNBC, Benzinga, and The Hollywood Reporter
Threads: @edmundlee. Mastodon: @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social. X: @grantstern, @_felixsimon_, @maxwelltani, @minimaxir, @maxwelltani, @openai, @ikrietzberg, and @froomkin
LinkedIn: Nicholas Gray and Artem Fishman
Forums: Hacker News, r/friendlyjordies, r/australia, and r/ChatGPT
| 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.
More: Truecaller, Microsoft Tech Community, Business Today, Gizchina, Wccftech, BGR, PhoneArena, Business Standard, Benzinga, MEDIANAMA, Neowin, and TechCrunch
| 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.| 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, SecurityWeek, The Register, 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: Business Insider, Neowin, and Pixel Envy
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LinkedIn: Harish Pillay and Jeremy Kahn
Forums: tedivm on Hacker News, Hacker News, r/technology, r/OpenAI, and r/singularity
| 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.
More: 9to5Mac, MacRumors, KnowTechie, and Mashable
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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 … | 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
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| 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: DatacenterDynamics, Al Jazeera, Tech Monitor, Bloomberg, Yonhap News Agency, Benzinga, Reuters, and KED Global. X: @bloombergasia
| 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, Deadline, Financial Times, Quartz, Washington Post, Proactive, CNN, Music Ally, KRQE-TV, Digital Music News, and The Verge
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| 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.| 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 … | 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
| 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: PCMag, Google Cloud Blog, Nairametrics, and The Star
| 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
| Daniel Kuhn / CoinDesk: |
Q&A with Taiwan's ex-Digital Minister Audrey Tang on Plurality, a book on collaboration-enhancing tech she wrote with Microsoft's internal economist Glen Weyl — The island-country's digital minister has radical ideas for using open-source technology to provide public goods.
X: @vitalikbuterin, @ebothorel, @coindesk, and @chrisblanduk
| 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
| Bloomberg: |
How social e-commerce app Xiaohongshu has defied China's tech sector crackdown and boomed through a combination of influencers, AI, and soft marketing tactics — - Xiaohongshu's profit last year beat peers including Weibo — The two co-founders have a combined fortune of $6 billion
X: @venus_feng
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