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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Iran's largest crypto exchange Nobitex says it was hacked, and pro-Israel group Predatory Sparrow claims responsibility; Elliptic: $90M+ was stolen and “burned” — Iran's largest crypto exchange, Nobitex, said Wednesday that it was hacked and funds have been drained from its hot wallet.
More: The Block, Chainalysis, Wired, Associated Press, TheStreet, Infosecurity, Cointelegraph, crypto.news, CoinGape, BeInCrypto, The Crypto Times, CyberScoop, NullTX, The Guardian, NewsBTC, Crypto Briefing, CNBC, Benzinga, New York Post, BusinessLIVE, NFTgators, NewsMax.com, The Hill, and The Daily Hodl
Bluesky: @zackwhittaker.com. X: @nobitexmarket, @gonjeshkedarand, @gonjeshkedarand, @nobitexmarket, @gelossnake, @hkashfi, @lookonchain, @virtuosoton, @chainalysis, @craiu, @talbeerysec, @nobitexmarket, and @nobitexmarket. Forums: r/geopolitics
| Jordan Robertson / Bloomberg: |
How Iranian and Israeli hacking groups spent years sparring online; the US State Department is offering $10M for info on the Iran-linked CyberAv3ngers group — As hackers have inserted themselves into the military conflict between Israel and Iran, American officials are focused on trying …
More: The Citizen Lab, Google Cloud Blog, CyberInsider, Forbes, and The Record
| Matt Kapko / CyberScoop: |
More: Elliptic, Iran International, The Record, Cointelegraph, The Register, BleepingComputer, Security Boulevard, Reuters, Haaretz, Jerusalem Post, Digital Watch Observatory, and NBC News
Bluesky: @ericjgeller.com, @ericjgeller.com, and @cyberscoop
| Andrew R. Chow / Time: |
An MIT study of 54 ChatGPT users: using it for SAT essays led to the lowest brain engagement and poorer neural performance than using Google or writing unaided — Does ChatGPT harm critical thinking abilities? A new study from researchers at MIT's Media Lab has returned some concerning results.
More: arXiv.org, arXiv, The Atlantic, Financial Express, Digit, Constellation Research, Moneycontrol, 80 Level, The Register, and Cointelegraph
Bluesky: @drsmith, @jenmercieca, @tante.cc, @dryohanjohn, and @jagolinzer. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to
X: @cherthedev, @_felixsimon_, @itsalexvacca, @itsalexvacca, @souljagoytellem, @itsalexvacca, @getfiscal, @jonathanbfine, @mcmansionhell, @sketchesbyboze, @fredericomunoz, @gergelyorosz, @bluelemxnade, @paritosh_bhide, @mikeisaac, @feelz_____, @freganmitts, @aatif_rashid, @time, @irl_neil, @wtfis2bdone, and @fearedbuck. Forums: r/singularity
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Microsoft plans to announce thousands of job cuts, particularly in sales, early next month after its fiscal year ends, after cutting 6,000 jobs in May — The cuts are expected to be announced early next month, following the end of Microsoft's fiscal year, according to people familiar with the matter.
More: Silicon Republic, Fortune, PCMag, Moneycontrol, Financial Express, techmonitor.ai, Thurrott, Reuters, Game Rant, Watcher Guru, RTÉ, Verdict, Wall Street Journal, The Hans India, Guru3D, The Information, The Irish Times, Digit, Cryptopolitan, Neowin, SiliconANGLE, Yahoo Finance, GeekWire, Tech4Gamers, Quartz, Seattle Business Journal, Windows Central, TheStreet, Sherwood News, and nextbigwhat
| Bloomberg: |
Texas Instruments plans to spend $60B+ on US semiconductor plants, including two new factories in Texas, and says its long-term spending plan remains unchanged — The company said its long-term capital spending plan remains unchanged. The total includes amounts allotted to plants …
More: Texas Instruments, Quartz, BBC, Tom's Hardware, Fast Company, Pulse 2.0, NERDS.xyz, Yahoo Finance, SiliconANGLE, Dallas Innovates, CNBC, The Real Deal, CIO Dive, Business Standard, The Washington Examiner on YouTube, Cryptopolitan, Reuters, AppleInsider, CNN, Wall Street Journal, Washington Examiner, Axios, and Reuters
X: @govcox, @txinstruments, @commercegov, @gwynne_shotwell, @txinstruments, @siaamerica, and @gwynne_shotwell
LinkedIn: Phong Le, Don Magner, and Chris Suchoski
Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
| Melissa Heikkilä / Financial Times: |
A look at the lack of consensus in the tech industry on what AGI is, whether LLMs are the best path to it, and what AGI might look like if or when it arrives — It has been tipped as the next big breakthrough out of Silicon Valley, but is it a scientific goal — or a marketing buzzword?| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Korean media: Google's move from Samsung to TSMC for its Tensor G5 chip in the upcoming Pixel 10 series was a “shock” and a wake-up call for Samsung's foundry — According to a new report, Google's switch from Samsung's foundry to TSMC for the Tensor G5 chip in the upcoming Pixel 10 series was a …
Source: The Bell. More: Android Police, Android Authority, SammyGuru, SamMobile, and Android Headlines
| The Information: |
Source: Meta is in advanced talks to hire Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross to work on its AI efforts and possibly buy out part of their venture capital fund NFDG — Meta Platforms is in advanced talks to hire the prominent artificial intelligence investors Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross …
More: Bloomberg, Quartz, StrictlyVC, Spyglass, Silicon UK, Reuters, Analytics India Magazine, PYMNTS.com, SiliconANGLE, and Benzinga
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Microsoft is prepared to walk away from high-stakes talks with OpenAI if they cannot agree on critical issues, such as the size of Microsoft's stake — ChatGPT maker's plans to convert into a for-profit leads software giant to make contingency plans| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
Midjourney launches V1, its first AI video generation model, letting subscribers animate images via its website; video jobs will cost ~8x more than image jobs — Popular AI image generation service Midjourney has launched its first AI video generation model V1, marking a pivotal shift … | MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
The DOJ announces the seizure of $225.3M in crypto linked to “pig butchering” scams, marking “the largest cryptocurrency seizure in US Secret Service history” — The Justice Department announced Wednesday the largest-ever U.S. seizure of cryptocurrency linked to so-called …
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Mastodon: @campuscodi@mastodon.social. X: @usattypirro, @tether_to, @usao_dc, @fbisanfrancisco, @dojcrimdiv, and @dojcrimdiv
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Meta is adding support for passkeys on Facebook's iOS and Android apps “soon”, and will begin rolling out passkeys to Messenger “in the coming months” — Using your device security instead of a password makes it harder to get tricked into giving up your Facebook account.| Scale AI: |
Scale AI emphasizes that it “remains an independent company” and says Meta will not have access to its internal systems or customers' confidential information — Over the past week, we've received thoughtful questions from our customers, partners, and contributors … | Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
More: The Indian Express, Insider Monkey, PYMNTS.com, Laptop Mag, and TechCrunch
| Washington Post: |
The US State Department restarts student visa interviews and requires all applicants to make their social media accounts public for vetting by US embassies — The new requirements could affect hundreds of thousands of visa applications each year, raising concerns about staffing requirements.
More: The Guardian, Fortune, Wall Street Journal, Politico, Benzinga, UPI, New York Post, The Business Times, New York Times, BBC, France 24, Newsweek, Reuters, CNN, Forbes, USA Today, Kyodo News, Bloomberg, NewsMax.com, Washington Examiner, Associated Press, Inside Higher Ed, CBS News, Pravda Trump, and The Free Press
Bluesky: @solnatamd.medsky.social, @evelyndouek, @donmoyn, @robertscotthorton, and @merrirrro. Mastodon: @harrymccracken@mastodon …
Forums: Hacker News, r/politics, and r/law
| Sophie Shulman / CTech: |
Wix acquires Base44, which lets users build apps from text prompts, for $80M; Base44 was founded by a solo entrepreneur six months ago and employs six people — 31-year-old Maor Shlomo built the viral AI app-maker as a side project that began last year during a post-reserve trip.
More: TechCrunch, Wix.com, Ltd., Globes, Analytics India Magazine, and Wix Blog
Threads: @mgsiegler. X: @avishai_ab, @wix, @avishai_ab, @base_44, @wixeng, @ms_base44, @mihikapoor, @nirzo, and @nathanlatka. LinkedIn: Eyal Feldman. Forums: Hacker News
| Federico Viticci / MacStories: |
An interview with Craig Federighi on the journey to iPadOS' new windowing system and menu bar, the iPad's essence as a “magical piece of glass”, and more — It's a cool, sunny morning at Apple Park as I'm walking my way along the iconic glass ring to meet with Apple's SVP …
More: 9to5Mac, Tech Times, Daring Fireball, The Mac Observer, Cult of Mac, MacRumors, and TechRadar
Mastodon: @stroughtonsmith …, @stroughtonsmith …, @stroughtonsmith …, @stroughtonsmith …, @sigmund@mastodon …, @twostraws@mastodon.social, @ChrisLawley@mastodon.social, @_inside@mastodon.social, and @parkerortolani@mastodon …. X: @snazzylabs
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Sachi Kitajima Mulkey / New York Times: |
A new study of 14 open-source LLMs: larger models use exponentially more energy and produce more greenhouse gas emissions, but do not always give better answers — When it comes to artificial intelligence, more intensive computing uses more energy, producing more greenhouse gases.
More: Gizmodo, Popular Science, Wired, Frontiers, Tech Times, Fast Company, and Time
| Ina Fried / Axios: |
OpenAI warns that its upcoming models could pose a higher risk of enabling the creation of biological weapons and says it is stepping up testing of such models — OpenAI cautioned Wednesday that upcoming models will head into a higher level of risk when it comes to the creation of biological weapons …
More: OpenAI
| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
More: OpenAI and MIT Technology Review
X: @karinanguyen_, @openai, @mileskwang, @neelnanda5, and @tejalpatwardhan
| Barbara Moens / Financial Times: |
The European Court of Justice's advocate-general says the EU's €4.12B fine against Google over its dominance of Android should be upheld, a major blow to Google — ECJ adviser supports Brussels regulators' findings over dominance of tech giant's Android mobile operating system
More: Associated Press, Reuters, Bloomberg, CNBC, TipRanks Financial, MarketWatch, lawsociety.ie, and Politico. Bluesky: @wavesblog
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Google rolls out the ability to have back-and-forth voice conversations with AI Mode, available in the Google app by tapping the Live button — Google is rolling out the ability for users to have a back-and-forth voice conversation with AI Mode, its experimental Search feature that lets users ask complex, multi-part questions.
More: The Keyword, The Hans India, PCMag, Thurrott, WinBuzzer, CyberInsider, The Verge, Business Standard, PhoneArena, The Hindu, Digiday, Digit, GSMArena.com, Android Central, TechEBlog, CNET, and iPhone in Canada. Bluesky: @quinnypig.com
| Kimberley Kao / Wall Street Journal: |
Source: OpenAI is changing ChatGPT Enterprise's pricing structure to include a credits system, moving from a fixed price, to give companies more leeway — The new pricing comes amid increasingly heated competition in the artificial-intelligence space — OpenAI is changing how it sells …
Bluesky: @edzitron.com
| Reuters: |
China's 618 mid-year shopping festival, running for a month from May 13, was a muted affair despite deep discounts, as economic concerns weigh on consumers — China's biggest mid-year shopping festival, 618, ended on Wednesday evening without much fanfare after more than a month …
More: The Business Times
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