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The US SEC approves applications from Nasdaq, Cboe, and NYSE to list spot ether ETFs, potentially paving the way for them to begin trading later this year — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday approved applications from Nasdaq, CBOE and NYSE to list exchange-traded funds … | Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Spotify tells customers that its Car Thing dashboard accessory will stop working on December 9, less than a year after it went on sale, without offering refunds — Spotify's brief attempt at being a hardware company wasn't all that successful: the company stopped producing … | Jyoti Mann / Business Insider: |
Screenshots of Google's AI Overview giving bizarre answers go viral, including telling users to add “1/8 cup of non-toxic glue” to make cheese stick on a pizza — - Google's AI Overviews feature suggested a user put glue on pizza so the cheese would stay put.| Mayank Parmar / BleepingComputer: |
Users reported a massive Microsoft outage that impacted Bing, Copilot on 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.| Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac: |
Kuo: Apple is targeting a full-screen foldable MacBook launch in 2026 and considering a 20.25" or a 18.8" panel, with an M5 chip and Vision Pro-level price — Apple is working on all-screen foldable devices. Unlike its competitors, however, its focus seems less on foldable smartphones and tablets … | CNBC: |
US DOJ and state AGs sue to break up Ticketmaster parent Live Nation over alleged antitrust violations, following a DOJ probe and Taylor Swift fan complaints — The U.S. Department of Justice is suing to break up Live Nation, the parent company of Ticketmaster, over alleged antitrust violations.| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
iFixit and Samsung end their repair partnership after two years; iFixit CEO Kyle Wiens says that “Samsung does not seem interested in enabling repair at scale” — iFixit and Samsung are parting ways. … “Samsung does not seem interested in enabling repair at scale,” … | Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
Leaked contract: Samsung requires independent repair shops to notify Samsung, share customer data, and “immediately disassemble” devices with aftermarket parts — In exchange for selling them repair parts, Samsung requires independent repair shops to give Samsung the name … | Financial Times: |
Sources: a16z, Sequoia Capital, and Tribe Capital commit to joining xAI's new funding round, in which the company seeks to raise ~$6B at an $18B valuation — Billionaire's artificial intelligence start-up closes in on $6bn funding round as it seeks more financial firepower| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Alphabet and Meta have talked to Hollywood studios about licensing content for AI video generation tools; Disney and Netflix aren't willing to license — - Studios seek to harness AI's promise without losing control — Warner weighs licensing content; Disney, Netflix say no| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
An interview with Microsoft Windows and Devices head Pavan Davuluri on his vision, Copilot AI, Windows Copilot Runtime, streaming Windows to devices, and more — Pavan Davuluri hasn't even been the head of Windows for two months, but he's already been tasked with announcing Microsoft's transition … | Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
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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.| Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times: |
TikTok limits the spread of videos from state-affiliated media outside their home countries and disrupted 15 influence operations in 2024, including from China — The platform will keep state-affiliated media accounts out of users' feeds if they “attempt to reach communities outside … | Kalley Huang / The Information: |
Sources: Meta is considering charging users for a more advanced version of Meta AI and is developing AI agents that can complete tasks without human supervision — Meta Platforms is considering charging users for a more advanced version of its artificial intelligence-powered assistant … | Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority: |
Google increases the Play Store's app price limit to $999.99 or the local equivalent, a 150% jump from the previous price limit of $400 set in October 2015 — - Developers can now price their products on Google Play as high as $999.99. — The previous app price limit was $400, set back in late 2015.| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
Google details Umoja, the first fiber optic cable that would connect Africa and Australia, starting in Kenya and running via the DRC and others to South Africa — Google is preparing to build what will be the first subsea fiber-optic cable connecting the continents of Africa and Australia.| 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 … | Reed Abelson / New York Times: |
Systems at US hospital operator Ascension, which has ~140 hospitals, remain down indefinitely after a May 8 cyberattack, in a hack similar to Change Healthcare — For two weeks at the 140-hospital system, doctors and nurses have had little access to digital records for patient histories, resorting to paper and faxes to treat people.| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
A bill strengthening the UK Competition and Markets Authority to regulate tech giants like Apple and Google heads toward approval before the UK's July election — The UK will shortly get its own rulebook for Big Tech, after peers in the House of Lords agreed Thursday afternoon to pass the Digital Markets … | Forbes: |
Sources: Helsing, which provides AI tools to militaries, is raising a $400M+ Series C led by General Catalyst at a ~$4B valuation, after raising $200M+ in 2023 — The Munich-based company is raising at least $400 million in a funding round led by General Catalyst, sources tell Forbes.| James Batchelor / GamesIndustry.biz: |
Embracer reports FY2023-24 net sales up 12% YoY to ~$3.9B, PC/Console up 7% YoY to ~$1.3B, and Mobile up 2% YoY to $551M; its CFO and deputy CEO steps 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| 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.| Financial Times: |
Meta's Yann LeCun says LLMs won't reach human intelligence and instead FAIR is working on a “world modeling” vision, to create AI that can develop common sense — Yann LeCun argues current AI methods are flawed as he pushes for ‘world modelling’ vision for superintelligence
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