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| Nick Robins-Early / The Guardian: |
Insurer Parametrix estimates that the global outage sparked by CrowdStrike's faulty update will cost US Fortune 500 companies, excluding Microsoft, $5.4B — Banking and healthcare firms, major airlines expected to suffer most losses, according to insurer Parametrix
More: TechCrunch, CNN, The Information, Bloomberg, Cyber Daily, Axios, Parametrix Cloud Insurance, Reuters, The Cyber Express, Reuters, New York Post, ComputerWeekly.com, SiliconANGLE, Neowin, Channel Futures, SlashGear, Quartz, and New York Times
Forums: r/wallstreetbets, r/it, r/technology, r/offbeat, r/technews, and r/facepalm
| Simon Sharwood / The Register: |
More: CrowdStrike, Washington Post, The Verge, BBC, Delta News Hub, Financial Times, Axios, Destructoid, TweakTown, BleepingComputer, Ars Technica, Wall Street Journal, Infosecurity, CSO, Metacurity, and Engadget
Mastodon: @david_whitney@mastodon.social. X: @gossithedog, @cyb3rops, @mikeyearworth, @brody_n77, @kvlly, @patrickwardle, @jamestitcomb, @arekfurt, @gossithedog, @gossithedog, @dcuthbert, @rosyna, @kevincollier, @shanselman, @0xtib3rius, @_johnhammond, @niallm, @shumayl_, @gossithedog, @gossithedog, @dennismald, and @lukolejnik
| Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: |
Reddit appears to be blocking search engines that don't rely on Google's indexing; Bing, DuckDuckGo, and others are not showing recent results from Reddit — DuckDuckGo, Bing, Mojeek, and other search engines are not returning full Reddit results any more.
More: The Verge, Search Engine Land, 9to5Google, Engadget, How-To Geek, WebProNews, Sherwood News, Android Authority, and Digital Trends
Mastodon: @aetataureate@gamedev.lgbt. X: @arictoler, @rustybrick, @pranesh, @josephfcox, @vxunderground, @chronotope, @danielahanley, @hbkirb, @emanuelmaiberg, @megangra, @ryanorban, and @orizilbershtein. Forums: Hacker News
| Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg: |
Around 500 World of Warcraft workers vote to unionize with the CWA, bringing the number of unionized US gaming employees at Microsoft to around 1,750 — World of Warcraft workers have voted to unionize the popular video-game franchise, expanding organized labor's new foothold at Microsoft Corp. by around 500 employees.
More: Game Developer, The Verge, IGN, Engadget, Gizmodo, TheGamer, Windows Central, Variety, VentureBeat, GamesIndustry.biz, Aftermath, PC Gamer, Neowin, Los Angeles Times, The Hollywood Reporter, Destructoid, Game Rant, and XboxEra
X: @wowgg_cwa, @shannon_liao, @carnage4life, @ethangach, @tha_rami, and @alphabetworkers. LinkedIn: Josh Eidelson
Forums: r/WorkReform, r/pcgaming, r/gamedev, r/Games, r/TwoBestFriendsPlay, r/Asmongold, r/Competitiveoverwatch, r/wow, r/gaming, and Slashdot
| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Microsoft unveils Bing generative search, which shows AI-generated answers with the sources used to create them, currently available to a small subset of users — Bing will soon prioritize AI-generated answers alongside traditional search results. — When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
More: Bing Blogs, The Verge, Engadget, XDA Developers, Seeking Alpha, Neowin, TechCrunch, Search Engine Land, Maginative, and TestingCatalog
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple launches Apple Maps on the web in beta, available in English and compatible with Safari and Chrome on Mac and iPad, and Chrome and Edge on Windows PCs — Apple is bringing Apple Maps to the web for the first time. In a press release today, the company announced that you can now access Apple Maps …
More: Apple, CNET, Android Police, How-To Geek, Digital Trends, Appleosophy, TidBITS, Tom's Guide, MobileSyrup, TechRadar, Pocket-lint, Patently Apple, AppleInsider, The Verge, MacRumors, The Apple Post, MacStories, Trusted Reviews, iDrop News, Engadget, BGR, SlashGear, iPhone in Canada Blog, Macworld, Cult of Mac, Notebookcheck, and TechCrunch
Threads: @ellecordova and @alexandregiess
| Shubham Sharma / VentureBeat: |
Mistral announces Mistral Large 2, the new generation of its flagship model, with 123B parameters; commercial usage requires a separate license — The AI race is picking up pace like never before. Following Meta's move just yesterday to launch its new open source Llama 3.1 …
More: Mistral AI, TechCrunch, Maginative, Neowin, The Decoder, TestingCatalog, and AIM
Threads: @altstoreio. X: @dchaplot, @ziv_ravid, @guillaumelample, @rajko_rad, @richardkelley, @langchainai, @bilaltwovec, @teknium1, @mistralai, @teknium1, @simonw, and @rowancheung. Forums: Hacker News
| Michael Peel / Financial Times: |
Researchers suggest that using “synthetic” data, created by AI systems to train LLMs, could lead to the rapid degradation of AI models and a collapse over time — Research suggests use of computer-made ‘synthetic data’ to train top AI models could lead to nonsensical results in future
More: Nature, MIT Technology Review, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, Spyglass, Gizmodo, The Independent, Tom's Guide, and Forbes
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Privacy-focused developer Proton debuts a self-custody bitcoin wallet, its first cryptocurrency product, initially available to early access users — When you think about it, Proton has always been a crypto company — cryptography, not cryptocurrency. But the Switzerland-based company … | Dana Hull / Bloomberg: |
Elon Musk's poll asking if Tesla should invest $5B in xAI ends with 67.9% voting yes, after Musk said on Tesla's earnings call that he supported the idea — - CEO takes poll on whether EV maker should back his startup — The two companies have intermingled on procurement, recruiting
More: Barron's Online, CNBC, Business Insider, Inc.com, Quartz, PYMNTS.com, Reuters, Coinspeaker, and Bitcoin Insider
Threads: @keubikooriginal and @lorakolodny
X: @elonmusk, @wholemarsblog, @shaig, @quantian1, @danahull, @seawolfcap, and @scottnover
| Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: |
AMD delays its Zen 5 Ryzen 9000 launch, originally set for July, to August due to an unspecified quality issue, and pulls back all units shipped to replace them — AMD hits the brakes on its Zen 5-powered Ryzen 9000 processors. — AMD announced today that it has delayed its Zen 5 Ryzen 9000 launch due …
More: The Verge, AnandTech, Ars Technica, PCMag, The Register, Gamers Nexus on YouTube, Club386, TweakTown, PC Guide, VideoCardz.com, Forbes, HotHardware, PCWorld, Neowin, Guru3D, PC Gamer, GamersNexus, Wccftech, KitGuru, OC3D, Digital Trends, ServeTheHome, TechPowerUp, and Phoronix
Forums: r/hardware and r/AMD_Stock
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
AltStore PAL now offers third-party iOS apps in the EU, starting with two torrenting apps, a social discovery app for dating, and a PC emulator — The first batch of third-party apps are making their way onto AltStore PAL, just over three months after the alternative iOS app marketplace first launched in the EU.
More: 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, XDA Developers, iDownloadBlog.com, Cult of Mac, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Threads: @altstoreio, @rileytestut, @altstoreio, @shanegill.io, and @altstoreio. Mastodon: @altstore@fosstodon.org. Forums: r/technology
| Politico: |
Some in Silicon Valley hope Kamala Harris could provide a chance for a reset, after years of bipartisan criticism in Washington, DC, toward Big Tech companies — Would she bring continuity with Joe Biden's policies? A more centrist vibe? A sharper progressive bite?
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| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Twitch introduces new policy and moderation updates to curb sexual harassment, including making its policy “easier to understand” and adding moderation tools — Twitch has introduced new policy and moderation updates that aim to help curb sexual harassment.
More: Twitch Safety Center, Tubefilter, Lifewire, GameSpot, PCMag, PC Gamer, Game Developer, Eurogamer.net, and GamesIndustry.biz
| Bloomberg: |
IBM reports Q2 revenue up 2% YoY to $15.8B, vs. $15.6B est., and says bookings for AI consulting and software have exceeded $2B since mid-2023, vs. $1B in Q1 — International Business Machines Corp. reported a jump in bookings for its artificial intelligence business as customers work to implement the latest technology.| Sean Michael Kerner / VentureBeat: |
Stability AI unveils Stable Video 4D, a model based on its Stable Video Diffusion model that takes video input and generates videos from eight new perspectives — Stability AI is expanding its growing roster of generative AI models, quite literally adding a new dimension with the debut of Stable Video 4D.| Reuters: |
SK Hynix Q2: revenue up 125% YoY to ~$11.86B, operating profit of ~$3.96B, its highest quarterly profit in six years, and sees further rising chip demand in H2 — South Korea's SK Hynix (000660.KS) posted on Thursday its highest quarterly profit since 2018 as the Nvidia (NVDA.O) …
More: Nikkei Asia, Bloomberg, SK hynix Newsroom, The Korea Herald, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, and Reuters
| Matt Day / Bloomberg: |
Early Microsoft Copilot adopters say the AI assistants excel at distilling information but require cleaning up corporate data and lots of employee training — Early adopters say deploying the company's Copilot bots requires cleaning up corporate data and lots of employee training.| Reuters: |
Atos appoints its chairman Jean Pierre Mustier as CEO to replace departing boss Paul Saleh, in its fifth top management reshuffle in less than two years — French technology company Atos (ATOS.PA) on Wednesday appointed its chairman Jean Pierre Mustier as CEO to replace departing boss Paul Saleh … | Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Airtable launches Cobuilder, which can generate apps from text prompts and match them to relevant data and customer information already stored within Airtable — Airtable's new Cobuilder product puts AI-generated apps in every worker's hands — and has the $11.7 billion-valued startup back eyeing an IPO following painful job cuts.
More: For The Record. X: @kylebrussell, @chrystabilton, @airtable, @__joshma, and @alexrkonrad. LinkedIn: Andrew Busse
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