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| Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge: |
Apple updates the $999+ 13" and $1,199+ 15" MacBook Air with an M4, offering a 10-core CPU and 8-core GPU, and a sky blue color option, shipping from March 12 — Upgrades at a lower cost. I'll take it. … Apple just updated the MacBook Air with an M4 processor, a new sky blue color option …
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Bluesky: @tomwarren.co.uk and @dwightsilverman.com
X: @appltrack, @vnchocotaco, @snazzylabs, @jsnell, @dylanmcd8, @parkerortolani, @stevemoser, @markgurman, @joannastern, @mgsiegler, @davidphelan2009, @markgurman, and @tim_cook. LinkedIn: Lauren Timm
Forums: r/MacOS, r/gadgets, r/hardware, r/mac, and r/apple
| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
Apple updates the Mac Studio with an M4 Max for $1,999+ and an M3 Ultra for $3,999+, with up to 32 cores, including 24 performance cores, shipping from March 12 — Two generations of Apple silicon, one computer. — After over a year and a half, Apple is updating the Mac Studio …
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Bluesky: @jeremydstanley.com. X: @aaronp613, @bio_bootloader, @samifathi_, @basicappleguy, @kylebrussell, @parkerortolani, @idevicehelpus, @engeljona, @samifathi_, @maxwinebach, @markgurman, @dylanmcd8, and @zollotech. LinkedIn: Rajesh Jha
Forums: r/apple, r/MacOS, r/LocalLLM, r/MacStudio, r/mac, r/LocalLLaMA, and r/StableDiffusion
| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
After announcing the M3 Ultra, Apple says not every M chip generation will get an Ultra tier, suggesting the company will skip the M4 Ultra — It could explain why we're getting an M3 Ultra this deep into the M4 rollout. — Apple's first Mac Studio refresh in nearly two years is a welcome update …
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X: @markgurman and @vadimyuryev
Forums: r/apple, r/mac, r/MacOS, Ars OpenForum, and MacRumors Forums
| Andrew E. Freedman / Tom's Hardware: |
Apple debuts the M3 Ultra, built from two 3nm M3 Max chips, with Thunderbolt 5, an UltraFusion packaging architecture, an 80-core GPU, and up to 512GB of memory — When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. … Apple has a new powerhouse computer ready to go.
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X: @yagilb, @benbajarin, @vadimyuryev, @bzamayo, @vadimyuryev, @benbajarin, and @maxwinebach
Forums: r/LocalLLaMA, r/apple, and r/hardware
| Jack Greenberg / YouTube Official Blog: |
YouTube debuts an $8/month Premium Lite tier in the US, offering most videos ad-free and music with ads, and plans to launch in Thailand, Germany, and Australia — Today we'll begin expanding our Premium Lite pilot to users in the US. Premium Lite gives viewers a new …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/technews, and MacRumors Forums
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Google rolls out an experimental AI Mode in Google Search, designed to let users ask complex, multi-part questions, to Google One AI Premium subscribers — Google is launching a new “AI Mode” experimental feature in Search that looks to take on popular services like Perplexity AI and OpenAI's ChatGPT Search.
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Bluesky: @parismarx.com, @jawnpaulsarte, and @drposts
X: @google, @labsdotgoogle, @sundarpichai, @newsfromgoogle, @maxwinebach, @kimmonismus, @rmstein, @oriolvinyalsml, @mishaalrahman, @rmstein, @google, @mishaalrahman, and @sundarpichai
Forums: r/Bard and r/singularity
| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Digg co-founder Kevin Rose and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian are relaunching Digg, after acquiring the site from Money Group for an undisclosed sum — Two decades after creating Digg, a community-focused social message board, Kevin Rose is reviving the site and teaming up with a founder of Reddit.
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Bluesky: @mary.my.id, @martinsfp, @mathewingram.com, and @lvanderson
Mastodon: @mdhughes@appdot.net and @ricmac@mastodon.social
X: @digg, @alexisohanian, @kevinrose, @alexisohanian, @can, @martyswant, @alexisohanian, @mg, and @jasonfried. LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/technology, and r/technology
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
The DOJ charges 12 Chinese nationals, including PRC staff, alleging an espionage campaign hit US state and federal agencies, like the Treasury, and other orgs — The Justice Department claims 10 alleged hackers and two eChinese government officials took part in a wave of cyberattacks around … | Cade Metz / New York Times: |
Reinforcement learning pioneers Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton win the 2024 Turing Award; their work contributed to the rise of AI, like AlphaGo and ChatGPT — Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton developed reinforcement learning, a technique vital to chatbots like ChatGPT.
More: ACM and Business Standard
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X: @demishassabis, @marloscmachado, @werner, @theofficialacm, @georgiachal, @stevesi, @pcastr, and @avivtamar1
Forums: r/MachineLearning, r/programming, and r/uAlberta
| Financial Times: |
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| New York Times: |
Sources: Discord is in early talks about a potential IPO that could come as soon as this year; it was last valued by private investors in 2021 at ~$15B — The app has become a mainstay of the video game community and young internet users. — Discord, the social chat app popular … | The Information: |
Source: OpenAI told some investors about plans for new agents: $2,000/month for knowledge work, a $10K/month for coding, and $20K/month for PhD-level research — OpenAI is betting big on ChatGPT, which is generating at least $4 billion in annualized revenue.
More: TechCrunch and Sherwood News
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Forums: r/technology and Slashdot
| Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft says China-linked hacking group Silk Typhoon was targeting remote management tools and cloud apps to steal data keys in the US and abroad in late 2024 — - ‘Silk Typhoon’ group previously blamed in Treasury breach — Attackers hunting for details on US policy, investigations| Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: |
Sesame's AI speech model demo has many users expressing astonishment at its realism, with some testers reporting an emotional connection to the voice assistant — In late 2013, the Spike Jonze film Her imagined a future where people would form emotional connections with AI voice assistants.
More: Sesame, ZDNET, TechSpot, Mashable, WinBuzzer, PCWorld, eWeek, TestingCatalog, and TechRadar
X: @tobi, @sesame, @omooretweets, @justlv, @brian_lovin, @freemanjiangg, @can, @anjneymidha, @morganb, @brendaniribe, @tpgoebel, @gavinpurcell, @_benjaminparry, @steventey, @kyleshannon, @antrod, @martinshkreli, @emollick, @daniel_mac8, @wesrothmoney, @brendaniribe, and @linuz90
Forums: brendaniribe on Hacker News, Hacker News, Beehaw, Slashdot, and Ars OpenForum
| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Bolt says Ryan Breslow has been reinstated as CEO with the board's “unanimous approval”; Justin Grooms, the interim CEO since March 2024, is now the president — Ryan Breslow is once again the CEO of Bolt, the fintech company told TechCrunch on Wednesday.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Italy is having growing doubts about closing a €1.5B deal with Starlink in light of the US pullback from commitments to European security — The Italian government is having growing doubts about closing a €1.5 billion ($1.6 billion) deal with Elon Musk's Starlink in light … | Sebastian Sinclair / Decrypt: |
Yuga Labs, creator of BAYC NFTs, says the US SEC closed its investigation into the startup without taking enforcement action and that “NFTs are not securities” — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has closed its investigation into Yuga Labs, the creator of the Bored Ape Yacht Club … | Jason Shubnell / The Block: |
More: Blockchain.News, ZyCrypto, Cointelegraph, and Crypto Briefing
| Wired: |
Human Security: 1M+ Android TV streaming boxes, tablets, projectors, and car infotainment systems are infected with malware that conscripts them into a botnet — New research shows at least a million inexpensive Android devices—from TV streaming boxes to car infotainment systems … | Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg: |
While addressing Congress, President Trump calls to “get rid” of the $52B CHIPS and Science Act and use the leftover amount to “reduce debt or any other reason” — President Donald Trump called for an end to a landmark $52 billion semiconductor subsidy program that's spurred …
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Bluesky: @repgregstanton, @jbendery, @fernandez.house.gov, @malcolmhq, @imoutofit, @premthakker, and @ddayen. Threads: @ryanobles
X: @senatorlbr, @repgregstanton, @reprichardneal, @itifdc, @cenkuygur, @andrewcapasso_, @robbysoave, @andrewdesiderio, @ibew, @senatorwarnock, @normornstein, @jakesherman, @statisticurban, @rubengallego, @amymcgrathky, @yassaminansari, @dc_dewitt, @kylekulinski, @govkathyhochul, @factpostnews, @atrupar, and @ian_mariani
| Ian Carlos Campbell / Engadget: |
Amazon announces an “AI-aided dubbing” pilot program on Prime Video, starting with dubbing in English and Latin American Spanish on 12 movies and series — To start, AI dubbing will only occur in English and Latin American Spanish. — In an effort to make movies and TV shows …
More: About Amazon, TechCrunch, Reuters, and Quartz
| Upmanyu Trivedi / Bloomberg: |
The UK CMA clears Microsoft's $13B OpenAI investment in 2023, ending 14 months of uncertainty over the deal, but says “Microsoft did acquire material influence” — - The 2023 deal did not result in change of control over OpenAI — CMA's decision comes after 14 months of scrutiny of the tie-up| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Anthropic quietly removes Biden-era AI policy commitments from its website, including pledges to research AI discrimination and share info on managing AI risks — Anthropic has quietly removed from its website several voluntary commitments the company made in conjunction with the Biden Administration …
X: @safetychanges and @chriscundy
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
AMD Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT review: 16GB of VRAM, FSR 4, and lower power draw than prior Radeon cards, but no AMD reference design and they are bulky cards — Nvidia's dominance over the latest generation of graphics cards ends today. AMD might have surrendered the high end of the GPU market …
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| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Avride, a Yandex spinoff, partners with Hyundai to jointly develop fully driverless cars for ride hailing and aims to deploy 100 driverless Ioniq 5 SUVs in 2025 — The autonomous vehicle operator is aiming to build 100 driverless Ioniq 5s this year.
More: Avride, NewsBytes, USA Today, PYMNTS.com, and TechCrunch
X: @modestproposal1, @_balaji_km, @alexroy144, @jason, @natlungfy, @avrideai, and @jason. Forums: r/SelfDrivingCars
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