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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft delays Recall to test it with the Windows Insider Program and won't ship it with Copilot+ PCs next week, after saying it would make the feature opt-in — Microsoft is planning to launch its new Copilot Plus PCs next week without its controversial Recall feature that screenshots everything you do on these new laptops.
More: Windows Blog, Engadget, The Register, CyberScoop, Ars Technica, Silicon Republic, Bloomberg, TechRadar, BetaNews, Axios, Windows Central, SecurityWeek, Spyglass, Android Authority, ITPro, Tom's Hardware, Reuters, WinBuzzer, Guru3D, Ghacks, Thurrott, BleepingComputer, VentureBeat, XDA Developers, Benzinga, Neowin, The Hacker News, Breakfast At Ralf's, and Notebookcheck
Threads: @jezcorden and @austinnotduncan
Mastodon: @rlounsbury@twit.social, @lauren@mastodon …, @mpesce@arvr.social, @rysiek@mstdn.social, @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, @brianhonan@mastodon.social, and @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
X: @quinnypig, @valb00, @sdw, @zacbowden, @newmacbookugly, @can, @sdw, @camcovington, @hardwarecanucks, @rakeshsfnyc, @brianhonan, @gossithedog, @patrickmoorhead, @markhachman, @stevesi, @tomwarren, and @markhachman
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/Windows11, r/privacy, r/technology, and Slashdot
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Sources: Stanford Internet Observatory is winding down after five years and won't conduct research into any future elections; Stanford may retain SIO's branding — After five years of pioneering research into the abuse of social platforms, the Stanford Internet Observatory is winding down.
Threads: @goldman, @darksideofthemat, @parkert, @reporterzoe, @crumbler, @wongmjane, and @normative. Mastodon: @dangillmor@mastodon.social
| Joseph Menn / Washington Post: |
Brad Smith tells a US House committee that Microsoft “accepts responsibility” for security errors, its business in China served US interests, and more — Microsoft President Brad Smith faced the the House Homeland Security Committee amid sharp criticism the company's practices put government clients at risk.
More: ProPublica, Axios, CNN, Microsoft On the Issues, CNBC, GeekWire, The Record, Ars Technica, House Committee on Homeland Security, The Register, WinBuzzer, Tech Xplore, CyberScoop, NBC News, SiliconANGLE, Politico, Wall Street Journal, Nextgov/FCW, GovInfoSecurity.com, SC Media, The Information, Axios, The Hill, iTnews, New York Times, Quartz, C-SPAN.org, and Reuters
X: @bdsams, @axios, @reptomsuozzi, @bradsmi, @ddimolfetta, @gossithedog, @jordannovet, @gossithedog, and @econliberties
Forums: r/technology, r/microsoft, and Slashdot
| Umar Shakir / The Verge: |
Apple says it doesn't use users' private data or user interactions to train its models, and uses both licensed materials and publicly available online data — At WWDC on Monday, Apple revealed Apple Intelligence, a suite of features bringing generative AI tools like rewriting an email draft …
More: MacStories, Financial Express, Six Colors, and MacStories
Mastodon: @viticci@mastodon … and @craiggrannell@mastodon.social
| Nathan Lambert / Interconnects: |
A look at Apple's technical approach to AI, including core model performance, alignment strategies, and adapter and on-device strategy — Apple Intelligence makes a lot of sense when you get out of the AI bubble. Plus, the cool technical details Apple shared about their language models “thinking different.”
More: Business Insider. Threads: @marcslove. Mastodon: @mpesce@arvr.social. X: @maxwinebach, @natolambert, @rm_rafailov, @drexmcarthur, @natolambert, @andrew_n_carr, @luciascarlet, and @natolambert. Forums: Hacker News
| Kashmir Hill / New York Times: |
Filing: Clearview AI proposes to settle a class action suit by collectively giving a 23% company stake worth ~$52M to Americans whose faces are in its database — The facial recognition start-up doesn't have the funds to settle a class-action lawsuit, so lawyers are proposing equity …
More: Ars Technica and Reuters
X: @swiftstories, @montezumachavez, @kashhill, @kashhill, @snowjake, @swiftstories, @kashhill, @gspeng, @kashhill, @kashhill, and @swiftstories. Forums: Hacker News
| Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: |
Luma debuts Dream Machine, an AI model to generate high-quality videos from text and images, and plans to release APIs and plugins for popular creative software — Luma AI, a San Francisco artificial intelligence startup, today announced the release of Dream Machine, a powerful new AI system capable …
More: VentureBeat, Luma AI, PYMNTS.com, MarkTechPost, BGR, Digital Trends, TestingCatalog, Maginative, MSPoweruser, The Rundown AI, Tom's Guide, SiliconANGLE, The Decoder, and Tom's Guide
X: @lumalabsai, @charaspowerai, @charaspowerai, @rainmaker1973, @minchoi, @minchoi, @curiousrefuge, @mreflow, @kortizart, @lumalabsai, @charaspowerai, @angrytomtweets, and @diesol
Forums: Hacker News, r/midjourney, r/ChatGPT, r/singularity, and r/aiwars
| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
Paradigm says it raised $850M for its third fund, which will focus on early-stage crypto projects; it previously launched a $2.5B crypto fund in November 2021 — - Venture capital firm raised a $2.5 billion fund in 2021 — The new fund will invest in early-stage crypto projects
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
OpenAI adds retired US Army General Paul Nakasone, who led the NSA and US Cyber Command, to its board of directors and its Safety and Security Committee — - Nakasone, who led the military's Cyber Command in addition to his time atop the NSA, brings cybersecurity and national security expertise to the board.
More: OpenAI, Cybernews.com, TechCrunch, Benzinga, Washington Post, CNBC, The Verge, Fast Company, Maginative, SiliconANGLE, The Decoder, The Information, Bloomberg, and Financial Times
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
US hospital operator Ascension says a May ransomware attack was caused by an employee downloading a malicious file, and has no proof data was taken from its EHR — Ascension, one of the largest U.S. healthcare systems, revealed that a May 2024 ransomware attack was caused by an employee …
More: About | Ascension, Cyber Daily, SiliconANGLE, DeviceSecurity.io, The Record, HackerNoon, The Detroit News, Michigan Public, and KBSL-TV. X: @jgreigj
| Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: |
US authorities arrest and charge the founder and the head doctor of telehealth company Done Global for an alleged scheme to profit from Adderall prescriptions — The founder and clinical president of Done Global allegedly orchestrated a scheme to profit from Adderall prescriptions
More: The San Francisco Standard, US Department of Justice, Gizmodo, The Verge, Media Matters for America, New York Times, NBC News, Fierce Healthcare …, and San Francisco Business Times
Mastodon: @triketora@mastodon.social. X: @tysonbrody, @devahaz, and @luke_metro. LinkedIn: Fritz Scanlon
Forums: Hacker News, r/medicine, and r/pharmacy
| Will Knight / Wired: |
Apple's WWDC demos, with the integration of generative AI across its products, show the value of seeing AI as a feature rather than a standalone app or device — Other tech companies want to sell you chatbots. Apple's demos show the value of seeing the AI as an integrated, holistic experience rather than a stand-alone app or device.
More: Daring Fireball, Wall Street Journal, Max Tech on YouTube, YourStory, Forbes, Six Colors, Baseline, Quartz, Bloomberg, sdw space, Business Insider, Spyglass, Forbes, Fast Company, MacDailyNews, GfxSpeak, PCMag, Stratechery, Spyglass, and Financial Times
Threads: @ethank, @engineerscodex, @abcdefghijoe, @singletary, @bud.gibson, @parkert, @console.log_wolf, @apfelofmyeye, @eshwarnag, @sung.kim.mw, @nrose, @barbarosozturk, @rwgordon, @jwherrman, @thatchriscarley, @charles.wiltgen, @pmarquees_, @thatchriscarley, @stalman, @benedictevans, and @carnage4life. Mastodon: @SteveThompson@mastodon.social
| Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: |
Boulder, Colorado-based Enveda, which combines AI with ancient remedies for drug discovery, raised a $55M Series B extension from investors including Microsoft — For centuries, people chewed willow tree bark to relieve pain, but scientists at chemical firm Bayer didn't isolate its active ingredient until the 1800s
More: TechCrunch
| Ryan Smith / AnandTech: |
A deep dive into the Snapdragon X Elite/Plus architecture including Oryon, Qualcomm's custom-built Arm CPU cores, as first laptops with the SoC ship next week — The curtains are drawn and it's almost showtime for Qualcomm and its Snapdragon X SoC team. After first detailing …
More: VideoCardz.com, OSnews, XDA Developers, Liliputing, TechPowerUp, Ming-Chi Kuo, and HotHardware
X: @rquandt, @aschilling, @ryansmithat, @faridofanani96, @anandtech, @negativeonehero, @ryansmithat, @nasilemaktech, @acjuelich, and @squashbionic
Forums: Hacker News and r/hardware
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