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Meta announces Movie Gen, a suite of AI models for generating realistic video and audio clips; Movie Gen Video has 30B parameters and Movie Gen Audio has 13B — The next frontier in generative AI is video—and with Movie Gen, Meta has now staked its claim.
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Ben Horowitz says he and his wife plan to make a “significant” personal donation to Harris' campaign; Horowitz and Marc Andreessen endorsed Trump in July — - At the time, President Biden was still running for reelection. … - He notes that he and Felicia have known Harris … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Ubisoft's founding Guillemot family and Tencent consider options including a Ubisoft buyout; UBI had fallen 50%+ in 2024 before jumping 33.5% on Friday — - Deliberations come after fall in game developer's share price — Tencent, Guillemot family hold minority stakes in French firm
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| Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer: |
Cloudflare says it stopped a month long DDoS campaign targeting orgs in financial services, internet, and telecommunications sectors, that peaked at 3.8Tbps — During a distributed denial-of-service campaign targeting organizations in the financial services, internet, and telecommunications sectors … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Meta launches a Gen Z-focused redesign of Facebook, including a Local tab in 10 US cities, an Explore tab, and a full-screen video player in the Video tab — Facebook wants to woo more younger users to join its social network, instead of spending all their time on TikTok, Instagram, and other social apps.
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
The CJEU rules that social networks, such as Facebook, cannot keep using people's data for ad targeting indefinitely, siding with privacy campaigner Max Schrems — The European Union's top court has sided with a privacy challenge to Meta's data retention policies.
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| Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: |
Apple's AI research team releases Depth Pro, an AI model that can generate a 2.25-megapixel depth map in 0.3 seconds on a standard GPU, using a single image — Apple's AI research team has developed a new model that could significantly advance how machines perceive depth …
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| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
As Mark Zuckerberg aims to be politically “neutral”, some argue he's placating critics like Trump; source: Nick Clegg now makes most election policy decisions — Meta chief seeks neutral stance ahead of US election but critics argue he is placating critics such as Trump
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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Researchers say Linux malware “perfctl” has been targeting millions of Linux servers to mine the hard-to-trace Monero cryptocurrency for at least three years — A Linux malware named “perfctl” has been targeting Linux servers and workstations for at least three years …
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| Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
Coinbase says it will delist all unauthorized stablecoins, like Tether's USDT, from its exchange in the EEA by 2024's end, to comply with the EU's MiCA rules — - EU to implement new rules to oversee the crypto industry — Coinbase will provide an update on its plans next month| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Google confirms it is “running a small experiment” showing blue verified checkmarks beside official site links for companies like Microsoft, Meta, and Apple — Google is experimenting with a new verification feature in search that should make it easier for users to avoid clicking on fake or fraudulent website links.
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Matt Mullenweg says 159 Automattic employees, or ~8.4% of staff, took “generous” severance after disagreeing with WordPress' direction and handling of WP Engine — Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg said on Thursday that 159 employees (roughly 8.4% of staff) accepted a severance package …
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