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Wednesday, December 27 2023 - Wed. 12/27 – NYT Sues OpenAI

• The Times Sues OpenAI and Microsoft Over A.I. Use of Copyrighted Work (NYTimes)
• Amazon Prime Video will start showing ads on January 29th (The Verge)
• Apple’s iPhone Design Chief Enlisted by Jony Ive, Sam Altman to Work on AI Devices (Bloomberg)
• Big Tech outspends venture capital firms in AI investment frenzy (Financial Times)
• Anthropic Projects At Least $850 Million in Annualized Revenue Rate Next Year (The Information)
• Microsoft’s game changer feature reinstalls Windows 11 directly via Windows Update (Windows Latest)
• GM stops Chevy Blazer EV sales after early software problems (TechCrunch)
• How thermal management is changing in the age of the kilowatt chip (The Register)

Tuesday, December 26 2023 - Tue. 12/26 – Apple’s AI Strategy Comes Into View

• Apple quietly released an open source multimodal LLM in October (VentureBeat)
• Apple Explores A.I. Deals With News Publishers (NYTimes)
• OpenAI Is in Talks to Raise New Funding at Valuation of $100 Billion or More (Bloomberg)
• Ubisoft says it’s investigating reports of a new security breach (BleepingComputer)
• GTA 5 source code reportedly leaked online a year after RockStar hack (BleepingComputer)
• Puzzle game ‘Royal Match’ dethrones ‘Candy Crush’ from top of app store (Financial Times)
• Apple Watch battle heralds further patent wrangles (Financial Times)

Friday, December 22 2023 - Fri. 12/22 – The Hyperloop Is Dead

• The hyperloop is dead for real this time (The Verge)
• Beeper is giving up on its iMessage dream (The Verge)
• Apple’s Newest Headache: An App That Upended Its Control Over Messaging (NYTimes)
• Tencent Leads $80 Billion Rout as China Rekindles Crackdown Fear (Bloomberg)
• Lapsus$: GTA 6 hacker handed indefinite hospital order (BBC)

Thursday, December 21 2023 - Thu. 12/21 – Big Galaxy S24 Spec Leaks; And What Is “Galaxy AI?”

• Leaked Samsung S24 spec sheet offers complete picture of the upcoming lineup (The Verge)
• Apple Ramps Up Vision Pro Production, Aiming for Launch by February (Bloomberg)
• Apple loses attempt to halt Apple Watch sales ban (The Verge)
• Scoop: Warner Bros. Discovery in talks to merge with Paramount Global (Axios)
• Waymo has 7.1 million driverless miles — how does its driving compare to humans? (The Verge)
• Aston Martin, Porsche Preview Bespoke Apple CarPlay Interfaces (Car And Driver)

Wednesday, December 20 2023 - Wed. 12/20 – Sony Has Sold 50 Million PS5s

• Rite Aid Banned From AI Facial Recognition by FTC After Misuse (Bloomberg)
• PlayStation sales and blockbuster games propel console market back to growth (FT)
• ByteDance’s Sales Break $110 Billion to Pass Tencent This Year (ByteDance)
• SSH protects the world’s most sensitive networks. It just got a lot weaker (ArsTechnica)
• Microsoft Copilot gets a music creation feature via Suno integration (TechCrunch)
• Scooter Company Bird Global Files Bankruptcy to Sell Itself (Bloomberg)
• What Do AI Companies Want With the Media? (NYMag)

Tuesday, December 19 2023 - Tue. 12/19 – Google Might Owe You Some Money

• Google to Pay $700 Million in Play Store Settlement (WSJ)
• 102 million people eligible for Google’s $630M lawsuit settlement (Washington Post)
• Figma Grew Fast Even as Executives Failed to Clinch Adobe Deal (The Information)
• Adobe Has $6 Billion for AI and Buybacks After Figma Deal Collapses (Bloomberg)
• TikTok rolls out an enhanced app experience for tablets and foldables (TickTok)
• Xfinity discloses data breach affecting over 35 million people (Bleeping Computer)
• OpenAI Says Board Can Overrule CEO on Safety of New AI Releases (Bloomberg)
• Game preservationists dig for lost apps in TestFlight ‘teraleak’ (The Verge)

Monday, December 18 2023 - Mon. 12/18 – Adobe And Figma Call Off Their Merger

• Adobe, Figma shelve $20 bln deal after hitting regulatory roadblocks (Reuters)
• Apple to halt Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 sales in the US this week (9to5Mac)
• EU opens formal DSA investigation into X in wake of Israel-Hamas war (The Verge)
• Adam Mosseri spells out Threads’ plans for the fediverse (The Verge)
• He’s Wanted for Wirecard’s Missing $2 Billion. He’s Now Suspected of Being a Russian Spy. (WSJ)
• In Search of Cash, Studios Send Old Shows Back to Netflix (NYTimes)

Friday, December 15 2023 - Fri. 12/15 – Did Google Just Kill Geofence Warrants?

• Is This the End of Geofence Warrants? (The EFF)
• Intel unveils new AI chip to compete with Nvidia and AMD (CNBC)
• Report: Apple has ‘no concrete timeline’ for a foldable iPad, focused on OLED displays instead (9to5Mac)
• Marketing Company Claims That It Actually Is Listening to Your Phone and Smart Speakers to Target Ads (404Media)
• Cruise slashes 24% of self-driving car workforce in sweeping layoffs (TechCrunch)
• Grimes is working on an interactive AI toy for kids. Meet Grok. (Washington Post)

Thursday, December 14 2023 - Thu. 12/14 – Threads Is Shipping Some Stuff!

• Meta starts testing Threads integration with ActivityPub (TechCrunch)
• Threads launches for nearly half a billion more users in Europe (The Verge)
• Apple now sells the AirPods Pro USB-C case by itself — for $99 (The Verge)
• Xbox Cloud Gaming is now available on Meta’s Quest VR headsets (The Verge)
• Etsy Cuts 11% of Headcount as Competition From Shein and Temu Mounts (The Information)
• Polish Hackers Repaired Trains the Manufacturer Artificially Bricked. Now The Train Company Is Threatening Them (404 Media)
• Cheating Fears Over Chatbots Were Overblown, New Research Suggests (NYTimes)

Wednesday, December 13 2023 - Wed. 12/13 – Big Tesla Recall

• Apple Makes Security Changes to Protect Users From iPhone Thefts (WSJ)
• Google Offers Enhanced Generative AI Features for Cloud Customers (Bloomberg)
• Tesla Recalls 2 Million Cars to Fix Autopilot Safety Flaws (Bloomberg)
• FCC issues final denial of $885M Starlink subsidy (TechCrunch)
• Musk’s X 2023 Ad Sales Projected to Slump to About $2.5 Billion (Bloomberg)
• EU Deal to Force Uber, Deliveroo Treat Some Drivers as Employees (Bloomberg)
• OpenAI to Pay Politico Parent Axel Springer for Using Its Content (WSJ)
• Netflix reveals how many hours we spent watching The Night Agent and Queen Charlotte (The Verge)

Tuesday, December 12 2023 - Tue. 12/12 – Epic Win!

• Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight (The Verge)
• Google’s Epic Legal Defeat Threatens $200 Billion App Store Industry (Bloomberg)
• Exclusive: Apple offers to let rivals access tap-and-go tech in EU antitrust case (Reuters)
• Apple iTunes Will Now Redirect Users to Redesigned Apple TV App for Movies, Series (Variety)
• BeReal adds private groups and Live Photo-like features; Pew estimates 13% of US teens use app (TechCrunch)
• E3, once gaming’s biggest expo, is officially dead (Washington Post)

Monday, December 11 2023 - Mon. 12/11 – Here Come The New Open-Source AI Startups

• Mistral, French A.I. Start-Up, Is Valued at $2 Billion in Funding Round (NYTimes)
• Nvidia Sees Vietnam as Potential Second Home, Reports Say (Bloomberg)
• Apple Is Working on Cleaning Up Its Confusing iPad Lineup (Bloomberg)
• China’s cyber army is invading critical U.S. services (Washington Post)
• This A.I. Subculture’s Motto: Go, Go, Go (NYTimes)

Friday, December 08 2023 - Fri. 12/08 – Did Google Fake The Gemini Demo?

• Google’s Gemini Looks Remarkable, But It’s Still Behind OpenAI (Bloomberg)
• Early impressions of Google’s Gemini aren’t great (TechCrunch)
• Apple to move key iPad engineering resources to Vietnam (NikkeiAsia)
• Microsoft, OpenAI Are Facing a Potential Antitrust Probe in UK (Bloomberg)
• Google launches NotebookLM powered by Gemini Pro, drops waitlist (9to5Google)

Thursday, December 07 2023 - Thu. 12/07 – Zuck Keeps A Promise

• Messenger is finally getting end-to-end encryption by default (The Verge)
• Federal government is using data from push notifications to track contacts (Washington Post)
• AMD unveils Instinct MI300X GPU and MI300A APU, claims up to 1.6X lead over Nvidia’s competing GPUs (Tom’s Hardware)
• Meta launches a standalone AI-powered image generator (TechCrunch)
• PlayStation keeps reminding us why digital ownership sucks (The Verge)
• EXCLUSIVE: Microsoft readies ‘groundbreaking’ AI-focused Windows release as new leadership takes the helm (Windows Central)
• Apple launches MLX machine-learning framework for Apple Silicon (ComputerWorld)

Thursday, December 07 2023 - Wed. 12/06 – Google’s OpenAI Competitor Announced

• Meet Gemini, the AI That Google Says Is Way, Way Better Than ChatGPT (Gizmodo)
• Google’s Gemini AI model is coming to the Pixel 8 Pro — and eventually to Android (The Verge)
• Google announces the Cloud TPU v5p, its most powerful AI accelerator yet (TechCrunch)
• Governments spying on Apple, Google users through push notifications - US senator (Reuters)
• Twitch plans to shut down in South Korea on February 27, 2024 (VentureBeat)
• There’s a new iMessage for Android app — and it actually works (The Verge)

Tuesday, December 05 2023 - Tue. 12/05 – 23andMe Hack Just Keeps Getting Worse

• 23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9 million users (TechCrunch)
• A detailed look at the OnePlus 12 ahead of its global launch (The Verge)
• Instagram and Facebook Messenger chats are being disconnected this month (9to5Google)
• Meta, IBM Create Industrywide AI Alliance to Share Technology (Bloomberg)
• Amazon Fails To Renew Live UK Premier League Rights As Sky & TNT Maintain Grip On Games (Deadline)
• Gmail’s AI-powered spam detection is its biggest security upgrade in years (ArsTechnica)
• ChatGPT will no longer comply if you ask it to repeat a word ‘forever’— after a recent prompt revealed training data and personal info (Business Insider)
• ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Coming in 2025, Rockstar Says After Trailer Leak (Bloomberg)

Monday, December 04 2023 - Mon. 12/04 – Monster Spotify Layoffs

• Spotify cuts 17% jobs amid rising capital costs (TechCrunch)
• Google Postpones Big AI Launch as OpenAI Zooms Ahead (The Information)
• OpenAI Agreed to Buy $51 Million of AI Chips From a Startup Backed by CEO Sam Altman (Wired)
• The Robots Will Insider Trade (Bloomberg)
• Kiss say farewell to live touring, become first US band to go virtual and become digital avatars (AP)

Saturday, December 02 2023 - (Bonus) The Sam Altman Saga Timeline With Alex Konrad Of Forbes

• A Secretive $10 Billion Firm Backed By WhatsApp Billionaire Jan Koum Is Quietly Building A Startup Portfolio ** (Forbes)**

Friday, December 01 2023 - Fri. 12/01 – iPhones To Go All-Action (Button)

• iPhone 16 to Include Action Button Across Entire Lineup (MacRumors)
• Apple and Paramount Discuss Bundling Their Streaming Services (WSJ)
• Apple fixes two new iOS zero-days in emergency updates (Bleeping Computer)
• US judge blocks Montana from banning TikTok use in state (Reuters)
• Tiger Global’s Biggest Venture Fund Has 18% Loss After Markdowns (Bloomberg)
• Xbox Talking to Partners for Mobile Store, CEO Spencer Says (Bloomberg)

Thursday, November 30 2023 - Thu. 11/30 – The Prodigal Son Is Back

• OpenAI Will Add Microsoft as Board Observer, Plans Governance Changes (Bloomberg)
• Interview: Sam Altman on being fired and rehired by OpenAI (The Verge)
• Meta’s Threads to Launch in Europe in App’s Biggest Expansion Since Debut (WSJ)
• Meta Platforms’ ad-free service targeted in EU consumer complaint (Reuters)
• It’s not just electricity — Bitcoin mines burn through a lot of water, too (The Verge)
• ChatGPT’s training data can be exposed via a “divergence attack” (StackDiary)
• Your Unused Gmail Account May Be Permanently Deleted Friday (WSJ)

Wednesday, November 29 2023 - Wed. 11/29 – Apple And Goldman Part Ways

• Apple Pulls Plug on Goldman Credit-Card Partnership (WSJ)
• Unity Software with a ‘company reset’ walks away from film VFX and the Wētā Deal. (FXGuide)
• Stability AI Has Explored Sale as Investor Urges CEO to Resign (Bloomberg)
• G.M. to Cut Spending on Cruise Self-Driving Unit (NYTimes)
• Amazon Introduces Q, an A.I. Chatbot for Companies (NYTimes)
• Inside Spotify Wrapped, an Annual Song of Ourselves (WSJ)

Tuesday, November 28 2023 - Tue. 11/28 – NameDrop Is Safe, Despite What Police Say

• AWS enhances AI services with foundation model capabilities for improved performance (SiliconAngle)
• Amazon wants businesses to use its palm-scanning tech to let employees into the office (CNBC)
• US Thanksgiving weekend sales hit record on big discounts, online boost (Reuters)
• NameDrop is safe. The fearmongering about it is not. (Washington Post)
• Google investigating missing files on Drive, caused by desktop app (9to5Google)
• OpenAI Is Still an $86 Billion Nonprofit (Matt Levine/Bloomberg)
• Ikea debuts a trio of affordable smart home sensors (The Verge)

Monday, November 27 2023 - Mon. 11/27 – ByteDance Retrenches

• AWS debuts Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client device for virtual desktop access (SiliconAngle)
• Salesforce Inks Deal to Sell on Amazon Web Services’ Marketplace (Bloomberg)
• TikTok parent ByteDance to cut 1,000 gaming jobs in strategic shift (NikkeiAsia)
• US, Britain, other countries ink agreement to make AI ‘secure by design’ (Reuters)
• Instagram’s Algorithm Delivers Toxic Video Mix to Adults Who Follow Children (WSJ)
• The Biggest Delivery Business in the U.S. Is No Longer UPS or FedEx (WSJ)

Tuesday, November 21 2023 - Tue. 11/21 – The Sam Altman Thing Is Nowhere Near Resolved

• Sam Altman is still trying to return as OpenAI CEO (The Verge)
• OpenAI’s Board Approached Anthropic About Merger (The Information)
• @eastdakota’s Tweet Thread on Microsoft and OpenAI
• Elon Musk Sues Media Matters for ‘Knowingly and Maliciously’ Misrepresenting Amount of Antisemitic Content on X (TheWrap)
• YouTube is reportedly slowing down videos for Firefox users (Update: Statement) (AndroidAuthority)

Monday, November 20 2023 - Mon. 11/20 – Where We Are With The Sam Altman Drama

• Inside the Chaos at OpenAI (The Atlantic)
• Cruise co-founder and CEO Kyle Vogt resigns (TechCrunch)
• GM boss Mary Barra’s high-tech bet unraveling after Kyle Vogt departs as CEO of embattled Cruise robotaxi unit (Fortune)
• Yaccarino On Hot Seat As Ad Execs Urge Twitter CEO To Resign (Forbes)

Friday, November 17 2023 - Fri. 11/17 – Apple Adopts RCS

• Apple announces that RCS support is coming to iPhone next year (9to5Mac)
• What color bubbles will RCS messages be? Apple confirms the answer (9to5Mac)
• IBM pulls adverts from X after report finding they ran next to Nazi content (Financial Times)
• Hyundai to Be First Automaker to Sell New Cars on Amazon (WSJ)
• A Quibi-like app called ReelShort hit record downloads and revenue this month (TechCrunch)
• 2023’s Apparent Biggest Mobile Game Launch Is Not What You Expect (GameSpot)

Thursday, November 16 2023 - Thu. 11/16 – Microsoft’s Ignite Conference

• Microsoft rebrands Bing Chat to Copilot, to better compete with ChatGPT (The Verge)
• Microsoft officially launches Loop, its Notion competitor (The Verge)
• Microsoft Unveils Its First Custom-Designed AI, Cloud Chips (Bloomberg)
• YouTube Shorts Challenges TikTok With Music-Making AI for Creators (Wired)
• Threads starts testing hashtags…without the hash (TechCrunch)
• Robots to Outnumber People at UPS’s Massive New Warehouse (Bloomberg)

Wednesday, November 15 2023 - Wed. 11/15 – Bridging The Great Blue Bubble Divide

• Coming soon: A fix for the Android green-bubble problem (Washington Post)
• Intel fixes high-severity CPU bug that causes “very strange behavior” (ArsTechnica)
• OpenAI Pauses New ChatGPT Plus Subscriptions Due To Surge In Demand (Search Engine Journal)
• Apple extends free period for iPhone 14 satellite features (9to5Mac)
• AI outperforms conventional weather forecasting methods for first time (Financial Times)
• Opal’s second camera is the Tadpole, a tiny webcam for laptops (The Verge)

Tuesday, November 14 2023 - Tue. 11/14 – Google Pays Apple HOW Much?

• Apple Gets 36% of Google Revenue in Search Deal, Expert Says (Bloomberg)
• For Google Play, Dominating Android World Was ‘Existential’ (Bloomberg)
• Amazon Lays Off 180 Employees In Its Games Division (Aftermath)
• FBI struggled to disrupt dangerous casino hacking gang, cyber responders say (Reuters)
• Uber to Test TaskRabbit-Like Service in Florida and Alberta (Bloomberg)
• Uber takes steps to combat unfair driver deactivations (TechCrunch)
• OpenAI’s six-member board will decide ‘when we’ve attained AGI’ (VentureBeat)

Monday, November 13 2023 - Mon. 11/13 – Can OpenAI Outrun Everybody?

• OpenAI chief seeks new Microsoft funds to build ‘superintelligence’ (Financial Times)
• Exclusive: Google in talks to invest in AI startup Character.AI (Reuters)
• Payments app Zelle begins refunds for imposter scams after Washington pressure (Reuters)
• Key Witness at Sam Bankman-Fried Trial to Launch New Crypto Exchange (WSJ)
• Apple Is Taking Extra Care With ‘Ambitious’ iOS 18 Update (Bloomberg)
• Sony PlayStation Portal Review (PCMag)

Friday, November 10 2023 - Fri. 11/10 – The Humane Ai Pin Is The Star Trek Combadge

• Humane’s Ai Pin is a $700 Smartphone Alternative You Wear All Day (Wired)
• Introducing Humane Ai Pin (The Humane Launch Video)
• In a U.S. First, a Commercial Plant Starts Pulling Carbon From the Air (NYTimes)

Thursday, November 09 2023 - Thu. 11/09 – The First AI Wearable

• Exclusive leak: all the details about Humane’s AI Pin, which costs $699 and has OpenAI integration (The Verge)
• Disney+, Hulu Merged App to Launch Next Month for Bundle Subscribers, Bob Iger Says (Variety)
• No More Phone Number Swaps: Signal Messaging App Now Testing Usernames (PCMag)
• The Overwatch League is officially dead: Activision Blizzard is ‘transitioning’ away from its groundbreaking esports league as teams reportedly vote to withdraw (PC Gamer)
• Court rules automakers can record and intercept owner text messages (The Record)

Wednesday, November 08 2023 - Wed. 11/08 – The First AI Election

• Meta to Require Campaigns to Disclose AI-Altered Political Ads (WSJ)
• Microsoft Is Offering to Help US Politicians Crack Down on Deepfakes (Bloomberg)
• Bing Chat so hungry for GPUs, Microsoft will rent them from Oracle (The Register)
• Coatue Cuts Value of OpenSea Stake by 90% as Fund’s Returns Sag (The Information)
• Stablecoin Issuer Circle Internet Considering 2024 IPO (Bloomberg)
• Amazon links One Medical primary care to Prime memberships (Washington Post)
• Fortnite just had its biggest day ever, 6 years in (Polygon)

Tuesday, November 07 2023 - Tue. 11/07 – An App Store, But For GPTs

• OpenAI Launches GPT-4 Turbo (TechCrunch)
• OpenAI is letting anyone create their own version of ChatGPT (The Verge)
• CRUISE KNEW ITS SELF-DRIVING CARS HAD PROBLEMS RECOGNIZING CHILDREN — AND KEPT THEM ON THE STREETS (The Intercept)
• WeWork, once valued at $47 billion, files for bankruptcy (CNBC)
• Shein Targets Up to $90 Billion Valuation in US IPO, Sources Say (Bloomberg)
• Klarna’s financial glow-up is my favorite story in tech right now (TechCrunch)

Monday, November 06 2023 - Mon. 11/06 – Elon “Groks” AI

• Elon Musk debuts ‘Grok’ AI bot to rival ChatGPT, others (CNBC)
• AI Pioneer Kai-Fu Lee Builds $1 Billion Startup in Eight Months (Bloomberg)
• Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd Steps Down (WSJ)
• Review: Apple’s 16-inch M3 Max MacBook Pro crams Ultra-level speed into a laptop (ArsTechnica)
• Apple has no plans to make a 27-inch iMac with Apple Silicon (The Verge)

Friday, November 03 2023 - Fri. 11/03 – SBF Guilty

• Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty of fraud (The Verge)
• Sam Bankman-Fried Was a Grown Up Criminal, Not an Impulsive Man-Child (NYTimes)
• Starlink achieves cash-flow breakeven, says SpaceX CEO Musk (Reuters)
• Musk’s xAI set to launch first AI model to select group (Reuters)
• Amazon Boosted Junk Ads, Deleted Messages to Thwart Antitrust Probe, FTC Says (Bloomberg)
• Google AdSense moving to per-impression payments in 2024 (9to5Google)

Thursday, November 02 2023 - Thu. 11/02 – Silicon Mesa?

• Disney Says It Will Take Full Control of Hulu (NYTimes)
• Joe Biden Wants US Government Algorithms Tested for Potential Harm Against Citizens (Wired)
• Attenuating Innovation (AI) (Stratechery)
• DoorDash now warns you that your food might get cold if you don’t tip (The Verge)
• ‘Our secret weapon’: how a university bolstered Phoenix’s rise as US chip capital (Financial Times)

Wednesday, November 01 2023 - Wed. 11/01 – WeWork To The Deadpool?

• LinkedIn’s new AI chatbot wants to help you get a job (CNBC)
• Netflix, Pushing Into AVOD Fray, Plans New Ad Formats, ‘Crown’ Sponsorship Deals (Variety)
• WeWork Plans to File for Bankruptcy as Early as Next Week (WSJ)
• DeepMind’s latest AlphaFold model is more useful for drug discovery (TechCrunch)
• Google DeepMind boss hits back at Meta AI chief over ‘fearmongering’ claim (CNBC)
• What the executive order means for openness in AI (AI Snake Oil)

Tuesday, October 31 2023 - Tue. 10/31 – The New M3 Chips And Macs

• Apple ‘Scary Fast’ Mac launch event: the 4 biggest announcements (The Verge)
• Apple officially unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max: 3 nanometer, Dynamic Caching GPU, more (9to5Mac)
• Apple M3 Pro Chip Has 25% Less Memory Bandwidth Than M1/M2 Pro (MacRumors)
• Nvidia’s $5 Billion of China Orders in Limbo After Latest U.S. Curbs (WSJ)
• X Says It Is Worth $19 Billion, Down From $44 Billion Last Year (NYTimes)
• Artists Lose First Round of Copyright Infringement Case Against AI Art Generators (TRH)
• Google Brain cofounder says Big Tech companies are lying about the risks of AI wiping out humanity because they want to dominate the market (Insider)

Monday, October 30 2023 - Mon. 10/30 – AI Guardrails

• Biden releases AI executive order directing agencies to develop safety guidelines (The Verge)
• Exclusive: G7 to agree AI code of conduct for companies (Reuters)
• New Version Of ChatGPT Gives Access To All GPT-4 Tools At Once (Search Engine Journal)
• Google Commits $2 Billion in Funding to AI Startup Anthropic (WSJ)
• Meta to Offer Ad-Free Facebook, Instagram Subscriptions in Europe (Bloomberg)
• Google can turn ANC earbuds into a heart rate monitor with no extra hardware (9to5Google)
• Stacking Boxes? Treating Cancer? AI Needs to Learn Physics First (WSJ)

Friday, October 27 2023 - Fri. 10/27 – SBF Takes The Stand

• Microsoft: Octo Tempest is one of the most dangerous financial hacking groups (BleepingComputer)
• FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried previews legal defence at fraud trial (FT)
• Cruise pauses all driverless robotaxi operations to ‘rebuild public trust’ (TechCrunch)
• OpenAI forms team to study ‘catastrophic’ AI risks, including nuclear threats (TechCrunch)

Thursday, October 26 2023 - Thu. 10/26 – A Complete AirPods Revamp

• Zuckerberg says Threads has almost 100 million monthly users (The Verge)
• Apple Plans AirPods Overhaul With New Low- and High-End Models, USB-C Headphones (Bloomberg)
• Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and Apple News+ Receiving Price Increases (MacRumors)
• SPOTIFY IS CHANGING ITS ROYALTY MODEL TO CRUSH STREAMING FRAUD AND INTRODUCE A MINIMUM PAYMENT THRESHOLD. ITS PLAN? TO SHIFT $1 BILLION IN PAYOUTS TOWARDS ‘WORKING ARTISTS’ OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS. (MusicBusinessWorldwide)
• X is officially rolling out audio and video calls (The Verge)
• The Apple Watch’s double tap gesture points at a new way to use wearables (The Verge)

Wednesday, October 25 2023 - Wed. 10/25 – Boo! Tech Earnings Snuck Up On Us!

• Meta sued by 42 attorneys general alleging Facebook, Instagram features are addictive and target kids (CNBC)
• California DMV immediately suspends Cruise’s robotaxi permit (TechCrunch)
• Qualcomm turns to Wi-Fi to take wireless earbuds and headphones to the next level (The Verge)
• Controversial Chip in Huawei Phone Produced on ASML Machine (Bloomberg)
• Can Sam Bankman-Fried argue his way out of trouble? (FT)

Tuesday, October 24 2023 - Tue. 10/24 – Nvidia Is Gunning For Intel

• Exclusive: Nvidia to make Arm-based PC chips in major new challenge to Intel (Reuters)
• 1Password detects “suspicious activity” in its internal Okta account (ArsTechnica)
• Xreal’s Air 2 glasses put a big screen on your face and ship in the US next month (The Verge)
• ‘Pause Ads’ Creep Onto Hulu, Peacock and Max as Streamers Seek New Revenue (Variety)
• Matter 1.2 is a big move for the smart home standard (The Verge)
• I tested a $6,000 automower for four months. Here’s why I’m fully invested (ZDNet)
• Life360 Sued for Selling Location Data (The Markup)

Monday, October 23 2023 - Mon. 10/23 – Apple Caught Flat-Footed By Generative AI?

• Inside Apple’s Big Plan to Bring Generative AI to All Its Devices (Bloomberg)
• Okta shares fall 11% after company says client files were accessed by hackers via its support system (CNBC)
• Web Summit CEO Cosgrave Quits After Israel Controversy (Bloomberg)
• China launches investigation into iPhone maker Foxconn, says state media (Financial Times)
• Worldcoin to pay orb operators in WLD rather than USDC (The Block)
• Worldcoin to cease paying Orb operators in USDC as early as November (CoinTelegraph)
• Tinder now lets mom pick your next date (The Verge)
• Teens Want Parents to Track Their Phones and Monitor Their Every Move (WSJ)

Friday, October 20 2023 - Fri. 10/20 – Net Neutrality Is Probably Coming Back

• U.S. Treasury Seeks to Name Crypto Mixers as ‘Money Laundering Concern’ (CoinDesk)
• SEC Drops Charges Against Ripple CEO Garlinghouse, Chairman Larsen (CoinDesk)
• FCC greenlights superfast Wi-Fi tethering for AR and VR headsets (The Verge)
• FCC begins second quest for net neutrality (TechCrunch)
• AMD challenges Nvidia’s RTX 4080 with its new RX 7900M laptop GPU (PCWorld)
• FaZe Clan acquired by GameSquare (Digiday)

Thursday, October 19 2023 - Thu. 10/19 – A Setback For OpenAI?

• Chainalysis says some reports might be overestimating crypto’s role in terrorist financing (The Block)
• NY Attorney General sues Gemini, Genesis and DCG for allegedly defrauding crypto investors of over $1B (TechCrunch)
• WhatsApp will soon let you stay logged in to two accounts at once (The Verge)
• Netflix Plans Price Increase as Password-Sharing Crackdown Boosts Subscriber Growth (WSJ)
• Nokia to cut up to 14,000 jobs after 69% profit plunge (CNBC)
• Authors sue Meta, Microsoft, Bloomberg in latest AI copyright clash (Reuters)
• OpenAI Dropped Work on New ‘Arrakis’ AI Model in Rare Setback (The Information)
• How to turn off FaceTime video reactions in iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma (AppleInsider)

Wednesday, October 18 2023 - Wed. 10/18 – For Elon, The War On Bots Never Ends

• X will start charging new users in two countries $1 per year (The Verge)
• Xbox chief says Activision Blizzard games aren’t coming to Xbox Game Pass until 2024 (The Verge)
• IRS Will Offer Free (But Limited) Direct E-Filing Next Year (PCMag)
• Microsoft is preparing to bring on Amazon as a customer of its 365 cloud tools in a $1 billion megadeal, according to an internal document (Insider)
• Amazon says it has 10,000 Rivian electric vans in its delivery fleet (Reuters)
• ‘Wait, Netflix Has Games?’ Streaming Giant Plans New Videogames Based on Its Hit Shows (WSJ)
• Tongue Twisted: Adams Taps AI to Make City Robocalls in Languages He Doesn’t Speak (The City)

Tuesday, October 17 2023 - Tue. 10/17 – Is LinkedIn… Good Now?

• Apple unveils brand new ‘affordable’ Apple Pencil that costs $79 and has a USB-C port (iMore)
• Actively exploited Cisco 0-day with maximum 10 severity gives full network control (ArsTechnica)
• Social Media Users Accuse Facebook and Instagram of Suppressing Pro-Palestinian Posts (NyTimes)
• Israel orders freeze on crypto accounts in bid to block funding for Hamas (FinancialTimes)
• Web Summit derailed by founder’s public fight with those supporting Israel in Hamas war (TechCrunch)
• Microsoft-owned LinkedIn lays off nearly 700 employees — read the memo here (CNBC)
• Twitch launches stories for streamers (TechCrunch)
• Influencers and CEOs take their brands to LinkedIn (FT)
• Meta’s $299 Ray-Ban smart glasses may be the most useful gadget I’ve tested all year (ZDNet)

Tuesday, October 17 2023 - Mon. 10/16 – Nikola Tesla’s Dream Now A Reality

• Apple Renews Top Ranks With Wave of Executive Promotions (Bloomberg)
• A New Protocol Vulnerability Will Haunt the Web for Years (Wired)
• Goldman Sachs Wants Out of Consumer Lending. Employees Say It Can’t Happen Fast Enough. (WSJ)
• Multi-modal prompt injection image attacks against GPT-4V (Simon Willison’s Blog)
• Minecraft has sold over 300 million copies (The Verge)
• Microsoft’s Activision Buy Extends Nadella’s Decade of Deals (WSJ)
• I’m Charging My Toothbrush With Wireless Power Over Distance—and It’s a Trip (Wired)

Friday, October 13 2023 - Fri. 10/13 – The Activision Acquisition Goes Through

• Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard for Xbox has been fully APPROVED by the UK regulator (Windows Central)
• EU opens probe into Elon Musk’s X over Israel-Hamas war misinformation (Financial Times)
• U.S. VC funding hit lowest level in 6 years in Q3 | A story told in charts (VentureBeat)
• Netflix to Open Stores Where Fans Can Play, Shop and Eat in 2025 (Bloomberg)

Thursday, October 12 2023 - Thu. 10/12 – The IRS Wants A Word With Microsoft

• IRS says Microsoft owes an additional $29 billion in back taxes (CNBC)
• Linda Yaccarino responds to EU: 700 Community Notes, 5K+ images shared on Israel-Hamas war, ‘thousands’ of pieces of content removed (TechCrunch)
• Instagram head says Threads is ‘not going to amplify news on the platform’ (TechCrunch)
• Google pays Apple $18B to $20B a year to keep its search in iPhone (The Register)
• PlayStation 5 cloud streaming launches this month (VGC)
• YouTube passes Netflix as top video source for teens (CNBC)
• iPhone Continues to Be Most Popular Smartphone Among Teens, Apple Watch Ownership Growing (MacRumors)
• Character.AI introduces group chats where people and multiple AIs can talk to each other (TechCrunch)

Wednesday, October 11 2023 - Wed. 10/11 – The Greatest DDoS Attack By Far

• EU warns Elon Musk of ‘penalties’ for disinformation circulating on X amid Israel-Hamas war (CNN)
• New technique leads to largest DDoS attacks ever, Google and Amazon say (The Record)
• Adobe Firefly can now generate more realistic images (TechCrunch)
• Sony’s new PS5 with a removable disc drive launches in November (The Verge)
• The End of Junk Fees? FTC Proposes New Rule (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Caroline Ellison, Adviser to Sam Bankman-Fried, Says He ‘Directed’ Her to Commit Crimes (NYTimes)

Tuesday, October 10 2023 - Tue. 10/10 – The Veil Between Online And IRL Is Thin

• John Riccitiello steps down as CEO of Unity after pricing battle (GamesBeat)
• 23andMe says private user data is up for sale after being scraped (ArsTechnica)
• Social media scams are costing Americans more than ever (TechRadar)
• Big Tech Struggles to Turn AI Hype Into Profits (WSJ)
• Google has shipped almost 40 million Pixel phones since 2016, 10 million last year (9to5Google)
• Elon Musk’s X Cut Disinformation-Fighting Tool Ahead of Israel-Hamas Conflict (The Information)

Friday, October 06 2023 - Fri. 10/06 – Microsoft Looks To Close

• Microsoft eyes closing its giant Activision Blizzard deal next week (The Verge)
• Exclusive: ChatGPT-owner OpenAI is exploring making its own AI chips (Reuters)
• Microsoft’s faster and redesigned Teams app now available for Windows and Mac (The Verge)

Thursday, October 05 2023 - Thu. 10/05 – Now The Regulators Are Coming For The Cloud Providers

• Microsoft and Amazon face UK regulator investigation over cloud services (The Verge)
• Elon Musk Starts Stripping Headlines From Links Shared to X (The Wrap)
• Galaxy SmartTag 2 launches next week for $30, still only works with Samsung devices (9to5Google)
• Android 14 is now available for Pixel phones (The Verge)
• Amazon Prepares to Challenge SpaceX’s Starlink With Maiden Satellite Launch (Gizmodo)
• Apple Considered, Rejected Switch to DuckDuckGo From Google (Bloomberg)
• iPhone 15 Pro Max Camera Review: Depth and Reach (Lux)
• Vera wants to use AI to cull generative models’ worst behaviors (TechCrunch)

Wednesday, October 04 2023 - Wed. 10/04 – The New Pixels

• Google’s Pixel Watch 2 brings new sensors for improved health tracking (TechCrunch)
• Google’s Pixel 8 brings new camera tricks, better display and a thermometer (TechCrunch)
• The Pixel 8 Pro has better cameras, a brighter screen, and a lot of new AI tricks (The Verge)
• Google announces AI-powered photo-editing features for new Pixel phones (TechCrunch)
• The Galaxy S23 FE, Tab S9 FE, and Buds FE get you flagship specs at way lower prices (XDADevelopers)
• Google is making big changes to prevent Gmail spam (CNBC)
• Anthropic in Talks to Raise $2 Billion From Google and Others Just Days After Amazon Investment (The Information)
• Netflix Plans to Raise Prices After Actors Strike Ends (WSJ)

Tuesday, October 03 2023 - Tue. 10/03 – Time To Pay For Social Media?

• Meta Plans to Charge $14 a Month for Ad-Free Instagram or Facebook (WSJ)
• TikTok Confirms It Is Testing an Ad-Free Subscription Tier (Variety)
• Frec steps out of stealth with $26M in funding, aiming to democratize sophisticated investing with AI (VentureBeat)
• Microsoft CEO Says Google’s Agreements With Apple Unfairly Harmed Bing (WSJ)
• US issues first ever fine for space junk to Dish Network (BBCNews)
• Instagram Looks for Ways to Revive Interest in Threads (The Information)

Monday, October 02 2023 - Mon. 10/02 – Apple Blames Instagram

• Apple Says iPhone 15 Pro Overheating Due to iOS 17 Bug, Not Hardware Design (CNET)
• Apple Has What It Needs to Launch Its Own Google Replacement (Bloomberg)
• Chromebook Plus is Google’s new certification for premium Chromebooks (The Verge)
• The synthetic social network is coming (Platformer)
• Humane shows off its wearable AI pin at Paris Fashion Week (Apple Insider)

Friday, September 29 2023 - Fri. 09/29 – Could Apple Have Bought Bing?

• Microsoft Discussed Selling Bing to Apple as Google Replacement (Bloomberg)
• Google adds a switch for publishers to opt out of becoming AI training data (The Verge)
• Nvidia’s French Offices Raided in Cloud-Computing Antitrust Inquiry (WSJ)
• Epic Games cuts around 830 jobs (The Verge)

Thursday, September 28 2023 - Thu. 09/28 – Meta Connect

• Facebook and Instagram will soon get a slew of AI-powered creator tools (The Verge)
• Meta is putting AI chatbots everywhere (The Verge)
• Meta Rolls Out Higher-Priced Quest 3 Headset, Just Ahead of Apple’s Vision Pro (Bloomberg)
• Meta’s smart glasses can take calls, play music, and livestream from your face (The Verge)
• OpenAI and Jony Ive in talks to raise $1bn from SoftBank for AI device venture (FT)
• Mistral AI makes its first large language model free for everyone (TechCrunch)
• Elon Musk Wins US Space Force Contract for Starshield (Bloomberg)
• The Raspberry Pi 5 is finally here (The Verge)

Wednesday, September 27 2023 - Wed. 09/27 – The Big Amazon Lawsuit

• FTC and 17 states sue Amazon on antitrust charges (CNBC)
• Designer Jony Ive and OpenAI’s Sam Altman Discuss AI Hardware Project (The Information)
• OpenAI Seeks New Valuation of Up to $90 Billion in Sale of Existing Shares (WSJ)
• The iPhone 15 Pro series overheating issues are unrelated to TSMC’s advanced 3nm node / iPhone 15 Pro (Ming-Chi Kuo)
• The new WGA contract will change how Hollywood works (The Verge)
• Hollywood Studios Can Train AI Models on Writers’ Work Under Tentative Deal (WSJ)
• We put our blind faith in Mercedes-Benz’s first-of-its-kind autonomous Drive Pilot feature (The Verge)

Tuesday, September 26 2023 - Tue. 09/26 – Spotify Pumps Up The Jam

• Spotify launches Jam, a real-time collaborative playlist controlled by up to 32 people (TechCrunch)
• Coinbase Role in Crypto Firm Celsius’s Bankruptcy Plan Questioned by SEC (Bloomberg)
• FCC Aims to Reinstate Net Neutrality Rules After US Democrats Gain Control of Panel (Bloomberg)
• Google killing Basic HTML version of Gmail In January 2024 (The Register)
• Not just a Pixel thing: iPhone 15 series users are also reporting heating issues (Android Authority)
• DJI Mini 4 Pro review: The best lightweight drone gains more power and smarts (Engadget)
• This New Autonomous Drone for Cops Can Track You in the Dark (Wired)

Monday, September 25 2023 - Mon. 09/25 – Amazon Makes A Big Bet On Anthropic

• Amazon to invest up to $4bn in AI start-up Anthropic (Financial Times)
• Defi Project Mixin Network Suspends Services After $200 Million Crypto Hack (Bloomberg)
• Booking to appeal after EU vetoes $1.7 bln ETraveli deal (Reuters)
• White House could force cloud companies to disclose AI customers (Semafor)
• You can now prompt ChatGPT with pictures and voice commands (The Verge)
• WGA and the studios reach tentative deal to end writers’ strike (Los Angeles Times)
• Nearly 500 Brands Exited Smartphone Market During 2017-2023 (Counterpoint)

Friday, September 22 2023 - Fri. 09/22 – Microsoft… Wins?

• Microsoft’s Activision Deal Set to Clear Final UK Hurdle (Bloomberg)
• Apple emergency updates fix 3 new zero-days exploited in attacks (BleepingComputer)
• YouTube to add AI creator tools to find music for videos, add dubs (TechCrunch)
• YouTube Shorts to gain a generative AI feature called Dream Screen (TechCrunch)
• Amazon to Run Ads on Prime Video in Key Markets Starting in 2024 (Bloomberg)

Thursday, September 21 2023 - Thu. 09/21 – The Microsoft And Amazon Fall Events

• Microsoft unveils unified Copilot that extends across Bing, Edge, and Windows (Windows Central)
• The Surface Laptop Go 3 starts at $799 and arrives on October 3 (Engadget)
• Microsoft announces the Surface Laptop Studio 2 with upgraded chips and ports (The Verge)
• The Surface Go 4 comes with a much-needed performance boost (The Verge)
• All the biggest announcements from Amazon’s September 2023 product launch event (The Verge)
• Amazon brings generative AI to Alexa (TechCrunch)
• OpenAI releases third version of DALL-E (The Verge)
• The new FineWoven iPhone cases are very bad (The Verge)

Wednesday, September 20 2023 - Wed. 09/20 – Even AI Could Benefit From An Encouraging Word

• UK opens new chapter in digital regulation as parliament passes Online Safety Bill (TechCrunch)
• Instacart closes up 12% in Nasdaq debut, after first-day rally sputters (CNBC)
• Apple and Goldman were planning stock-trading feature for iPhones until markets turned last year (CNBC)
• WhatsApp appears to be about to launch its long-overdue iPad app (The Verge)
• Musk’s Neuralink to start human trial of brain implant for paralysis patients (Reuters)
• Telling AI model to “take a deep breath” causes math scores to soar in study (ArsTechnica)

Tuesday, September 19 2023 - Tue. 09/19 – Bunch Of Microsoft Roadmaps Leak

• Microsoft’s Xbox plans revealed in emails tied to FTC case (NBCNews)
• Microsoft’s next Xbox, coming 2028, envisions hybrid computing (The Verge)
• Amazon Is Poised to Hire Departing Microsoft Product Chief (Bloomberg)
• Google’s Bard chatbot can now find answers in your Gmail, Docs, Drive (The Verge)
• iOS 17 is a lot of little updates that make a big impact (The Verge)
• watchOS 10 preview: widgets all the way down (The Verge)

Monday, September 18 2023 - Mon. 09/18 – Streaming Has Changed How Music Sounds

• Google won’t repair cracked Pixel Watch screens (The Verge)
• Google Extends Lifespan of Chromebooks With 10-Year Update Policy (WSJ)
• How the Lazarus Group is stepping up crypto hacks and changing its tactics (Elliptic)
• AI Startup Writer Raises $100 Million to Pen Corporate Content (Bloomberg)
• Streaming Is Changing the Sound of Music (WSJ)
• Apple’s AirPods Pro just got much better — no matter what port is on the case (The Verge)

Friday, September 15 2023 - Fri. 09/15 – Maybe Don’t Have AI Write Obituaries

• TikTok fined $379M in EU for failing to keep kids’ data safe (TechCrunch)
• Apple moves to defuse French iPhone 12 dispute as EU scrutiny steps up (Reuters)
• MGM hack followed failed bid to rig slot machines, ‘Scattered Spider’ group claims (Financial Times)
• Video-Game Company Unity Closes Offices Following Death Threat (Bloomberg)
• Microsoft Publishes Garbled AI Article Calling Tragically Deceased NBA Player “Useless” (Futurism)

Thursday, September 14 2023 - Thu. 09/14 – Ocean’s Eleven-Style Hacks

• Chip giant Arm raises nearly $5 billion in year’s largest IPO (Axios)
• Inside The Ransomware Attack That Shut Down MGM Resorts (Forbes)
• Caesars Entertainment Paid Millions to Hackers in Attack (Bloomberg)
• Judge Allows Bankrupt FTX to Sell Its Crypto Holdings, Including BTC and SOL (CoinDesk)
• Unity Acknowledges ‘Confusion and Frustration’ Among Developers But Won’t Walk Back Install Fee Plan (IGN)
• The HP Spectre Fold is the world’s thinnest 17-inch foldable PC (The Verge)
• HP’s $5,000 Spectre Fold might be the best flexible-screen laptop yet (Engadget)

Wednesday, September 13 2023 - Wed. 09/13 – Unity Plays A Dangerous Game (Get It?)

• Unity has introduced new fees that could have dire effects on the entire game industry, from indies to Xbox Game Pass (UPDATE) (Windows Central)
• Sony has launched a major PlayStation 5 system update (VGC)
• Apple disputes French findings, says iPhone 12 meets radiation rules (Reuters)
• Apple’s iPhone 15 Pro Max Pushes Up the Price (WSJ)
• iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max hands-on (The Verge)
• Adobe’s Firefly generative AI models are now generally available, get pricing plans (TechCrunch)

Tuesday, September 12 2023 - Tue. 09/12 – The iPhone 15 Apple Event

• Apple Watch Series 9 Unveiled With S9 Chip, ‘Double Tap’ Gesture, and More (MacRumors)
• Apple announces new Apple Watch Ultra 2 (9to5Mac)
• Apple announces iPhone 15 with USB-C, a camera upgrade, and the Dynamic Island (The Verge)
• Apple iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max announced with titanium bodies and an Action Button (The Verge)
• Thunderbolt 5 offers up to 3x the speed over Thunderbolt 4 (VideoCardz)
• Threads blocks searches related to covid and vaccines as cases rise (Washington Post)
• TikTok Popularizes Products. Can It Sell Them, Too? (NYTimes)
• US Copyright Office denies protection for another AI-created image (Reuters)

Monday, September 11 2023 - Mon. 09/11 – ChatGPT Is Thirsty

• Instacart targets up to $9.3 bln valuation for much-awaited US IPO (Reuters)
• Meta Is Developing a New, More Powerful AI System as Technology Race Escalates (WSJ)
• Roblox’s new AI chatbot will help you build virtual worlds (The Verge)
• Artificial intelligence technology behind ChatGPT was built in Iowa — with a lot of water (AP)
• The Technology Facebook and Google Didn’t Dare Release (NYTimes)
• Apple Renews Qualcomm Deal in Sign Its Own Modem Chip Isn’t Ready (Bloomberg)
• Apple Bets on Titanium and Cameras to Nudge Buyers Toward Pricier iPhones (Bloomberg)

Friday, September 08 2023 - Fri. 09/08 – An AI To Talk To The Animals?

• Apple discloses zero-days linked to NSO Group spyware (The Record)
• Ex-FTX Executive Ryan Salame Could Forfeit $1.5B as Part of Guilty Plea (CoinDesk)
• China turns to AI in hopes of creating viral online propaganda, Microsoft researchers say (Cyberscoop)
• Microsoft Says It Will Protect Customers from AI Copyright Lawsuits (Bloomberg)
• Exclusive: ChatGPT traffic slips again for third month in a row (Reuters)

Thursday, September 07 2023 - Thu. 09/07 – And Now A Drone Breakthrough?

• Chrome is about to look a bit different (The Verge)
• China Seeks to Broaden iPhone Ban to State Firms, Agencies (Bloomberg)
• FAA Clears Drones for Longer Flights, Opening Door to Deliveries (Bloomberg)
• Apple Boosts Spending to Develop Conversational AI (The Information)
• Vitalik Buterin co-authors paper on regulation-friendly Tornado Cash alternative (The Block)
• OpenAI to Host First Developer Conference in San Francisco (Bloomberg)
• Ghostwriter Returns With an A.I. Travis Scott Song, and Industry Allies (NYTimes)

Wednesday, September 06 2023 - Wed. 09/06 – The Modern Antitrust Era Begins Now

• EU Challenges Apple, Microsoft in New Push to Rein in Big Tech Dominance (Bloomberg)
• UK pulls back from clash with Big Tech over private messaging (Financial Times)
• In Its First Monopoly Trial of Modern Internet Era, U.S. Sets Sights on Google (NYTimes)
• There are just six bitcoin billionaires in the world, new crypto super-rich report says (CNBC)
• If You’ve Got a New Car, It’s a Data Privacy Nightmare (Gizmodo)
• The End of Airbnb in New York (Wired)

Tuesday, September 05 2023 - Tue. 09/05 – China’s Chip End Run

• Elon Musk to sue ADL for accusing him, X of antisemitism (TechCrunch)
• Huawei Teardown Shows Chip Breakthrough in Blow to US Sanctions (Bloomberg)
• Meta Reportedly Partnering With LG For 2025 Quest Pro Successor (UploadVR)
• Exclusive: Arm signs up big tech firms for IPO at $50 billion-$55 billion valuation (Reuters)
• Spotify’s $1 Billion Podcast Bet Turns Into a Serial Drama (WSJ)
• Messi Drives Jump in Apple TV+ and MLS Subscriptions (WSJ)
• The Battle Over Books3 Could Change AI Forever (Wired)

Thursday, August 31 2023 - Thu. 08/31 – In A Sense, Bundling Is Always Consumer Friendly

• Microsoft Fends Off EU Antitrust Probe With Teams Deal (Bloomberg)
• Microsoft is unbundling Teams from Office in Europe to address regulator concerns (The Verge)
• X Plans to Collect Biometric Data, Job and School History (Bloomberg)
• Call of Duty enlists AI to eavesdrop on voice chat and help ban toxic players starting today (PCGamer)
• Bonfire of the groceries (FT)

Wednesday, August 30 2023 - Wed. 08/30 – OpenAI Making Bank

• Qakbot botnet dismantled after infecting over 700,000 computers (BleepingComputer)
• UAE launches Arabic large language model in Gulf push into generative AI (FT)
• OpenAI Passes $1 Billion Revenue Pace as Big Companies Boost AI Spending (The Information)
• Samsung debuts its own ‘AI-powered’ smart recipe app (Engadget)
• GM is using Google’s AI chatbot to handle simple OnStar calls (The Verge)
• Apple Announces ‘Wonderlust’ Event Expected to Feature iPhone 15, Apple Watch Series 9 and More (MacRumors)

Tuesday, August 29 2023 - Tue. 08/29 – The Crypto Regulators Come For NFTs

• Google to Add AI Models from Meta, Anthropic to Its Cloud Platform (Bloomberg)
• The new Google Chat borrows from Slack, Teams, Discord, and even ChatGPT (The Verge)
• Google Meet’s new AI will be able to go to meetings for you (The Verge)
• OpenAI launches a ChatGPT plan for enterprise customers (TechCrunch)
• Musk, tech CEOs to attend Schumer’s AI Senate forum (The Hill)
• SEC takes first action against an NFT project as an unregistered security (The Verge)
• Twitch competitor Kick is dividing the internet’s top streamers (NBCNews)
• Robotaxis hit the accelerator in growing list of cities nationwide (Axios)

Monday, August 28 2023 - Mon. 08/28 – The Tech IPO Is Back?

• Apple Bets on Revamped iPad Pro to Reignite Sluggish Tablet Sales (Bloomberg)
• China’s BYD to Pay $2.2B to Expand Business With Apple (The Information)
• UK air traffic control hit by network-wide failure (The Guardian)
• Klaviyo files to go public in latest sign of life for IPO market (CNBC)
• WordPress Announces 100-Year Domain Name Registrations (Search Engine Journal)
• The Silicon Valley Elite Who Want to Build a City From Scratch (NYTimes)

Friday, August 25 2023 - ESPN To Amazon?

• Amazon in Talks With Disney About ESPN Streaming Partnership (The Information)
• Dropbox Ends Unlimited Cloud Storage Following Google Change (Bloomberg)
• Shein Strikes Deal With Forever 21 (WSJ)
• Citizen Is Suspending Sales of Its New Wear OS Smartwatch (Wired)
• Threads on the web widely rolling out (9to5Google)

Thursday, August 24 2023 - Thu. 08/24 – Nvidia Blows The Roof Off The Place

• Nvidia tops estimates and says sales will jump 170% this quarter, driven by demand for AI chips (CNBC)
• Meta launches own AI code-writing tool: Code Llama (The Verge)
• TikTok Shop on Track to Lose More Than $500 Million in U.S. This Year (The Information)
• Epic offers devs 100 percent of net revenue for six months of EGS exclusivity (Engadget)
• SpaceX Working with Cloudflare to Speed Up Starlink Service (The Information)
• Brain implants give a voice to people who cannot speak (FT)

Wednesday, August 23 2023 - Wed. 08/23 – The Playstation Portal

• Sony’s portable PlayStation Portal launches later this year for $199.99 (The Verge)
• PlayStation Portal: Hands On With Sony’s New Remote Play Handheld (IGN)
• IBM taps AI to translate COBOL code to Java (TechCrunch)
• OpenAI brings fine-tuning to GPT-3.5 Turbo (TechCrunch)
• Sorry, But LinkedIn Is Cool Now (Bloomberg)
• Salesforce Leads Financing of AI Startup at More Than $4 Billion Valuation (The Information)
• Tiger Global Nears Deal to Sell Slice of Cohere Stake at $3 Billion Valuation (The Information)
• 3D printers printing without consent is a cautionary tale on cloud reliance (ArsTechnica)

Tuesday, August 22 2023 - Tue. 08/22 – Is Elon Tanking Things On Purpose?

• Microsoft to sell off Activision cloud gaming rights to Ubisoft in bid for UK approval (The Verge)
• Arm files for Nasdaq listing, as SoftBank aims to sell shares in chip designer it bought for $32 billion (CNBC)
• Why China remains hungry for AI chips despite US restrictions (FT)
• Meta releases an AI model that can transcribe and translate close to 100 languages (TechCrunch)
• X is planning to hide headlines from news links for ‘improved aesthetics’ (TechCrunch)
• Social Platform Friend.tech Gains 100K Users in Days Even in Depths of a Bear Market (CoinDesk)

Monday, August 21 2023 - Mon. 08/21 – Twit Pics Disappear

• Twitter Deletes All User Photos And Links From 2011-2014 (Forbes)
• REVEALED: THE AUTHORS WHOSE PIRATED BOOKS ARE POWERING GENERATIVE AI (The Atlantic)
• Silicon Valley start-ups revive listing plans as Arm reignites IPO market (Financial Times)
• Europe’s Stripe rival Adyen saw $20 billion wiped off its value in a single day. Here’s what’s going on (CNBC)
• UK to spend £100m in global race to produce AI chips (The Guardian)
• A cargo ship that harnesses wind power has set sail on its maiden journey (Quartz)

Friday, August 18 2023 - Fri. 08/18 – Werner Herzog Is The AI Voice We Deserve

• Threads gets retweets — sorry, reposts — in the reverse-chronological feed (The Verge)
• Meta’s Next AI Attack on OpenAI: Free Code-Generating Software (The Information)
• Lyft and Uber say they will leave Minneapolis if the mayor signs a minimum wage bill for drivers (CNN)
• Microsoft to hold ‘special event’ in New York City on September 21st (The Verge)
• Spotify Looked to Ban White Noise Podcasts to Become More Profitable (Bloomberg)

Thursday, August 17 2023 - Thu. 08/17 – Sometimes Startup Acquires You

• OpenAI acquires AI design studio Global Illumination (TechCrunch)
• Microsoft Struggles to Gain on Google Despite Its Head Start in AI Search (WSJ)
• Exclusive Images: This is the Lenovo Legion Go Gaming Handheld (WindowsReport)
• Cyber security researchers become target of criminal hackers (FT)
• Tech Firms Are Slowing Layoffs But Still Not Yet Resuming Hiring (Bloomberg)
• Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt to launch AI-science moonshot (Semafor)

Wednesday, August 16 2023 - Wed. 08/16 – And Now I’m A Blue Subscriber

• TweetDeck is officially becoming a paid service (The Verge)
• Elon Musk’s X is throttling traffic to websites he dislikes (The Washington Post)
• Coinbase obtains regulatory approval to offer crypto futures trading to eligible clients (The Block)
• Google’s AI search experience adds AI-powered summaries, definitions and coding improvements (TechCrunch)
• Google Tests an A.I. Assistant That Offers Life Advice (NYTimes)
• Robotaxis are driving on thin ice (The Verge)

Tuesday, August 15 2023 - Tue. 08/15 – iPhone “Maximum Capacity” Concerns

• Amazon’s Leader on Alexa, Echo and Other Devices Plans to Leave (WSJ)
• Scoop: X shuts down $100M promoted accounts ad business (Axios)
• Setapp plans to launch EU-only alternative iOS App Store (Apple Insider)
• Saudi Arabia and UAE race to buy Nvidia chips to power AI ambitions (FT)
• Linear TV Falls Below 50 Percent of Viewing for First Time (The Hollywood Reporter)
• iPhone 14 Pro users complain of major drops in battery health and capacity after less than a year (9to5Mac)

Monday, August 14 2023 - Mon. 08/14 – An Apple Watch X?

• Apple Plans Major ‘Watch X’ Overhaul for Device’s 10-Year Anniversary (Bloomberg)
• Amazon taps generative AI to enhance product reviews (TechCrunch)
• Google-backed Anthropic raises $100 mln from South Korea’s SK Telecom (Reuters)
• Hollywood calls time on golden era of cheap streaming (FT)
• Could a True Streaming Bundle Be Upon Us? (Vulture)
• San Franciscans Are Having Sex in Robotaxis, and Nobody Is Talking About It (The San Francisco Standard)

Friday, August 11 2023 - Fri. 08/11 – Unleash The Robotaxis!

• Robotaxis score a huge victory in California with approval to operate 24/7 (The Verge)
• Skydio closing consumer drone business (TechCrunch)
• Behind Meta’s ‘Made in USA’ AR Glasses: a Military-Grade Material (The Information)

Thursday, August 10 2023 - Thu. 08/10 – Streaming $$$+

• Prices of Disney+, Hulu Premium Plans to Get Jacked Up but New Duo Bundle Will Offer Deep Discount (Variety)
• Biden Restricts U.S. Investment in China (WSJ)
• You can now verify your Threads profile on Mastodon (The Verge)
• Apple Can Keep App Store Rules for Now as Top Court Spurns Epic (Bloomberg)
• Hackers Rig Casino Card-Shuffling Machines for ‘Full Control’ Cheating (Wired)
• Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 review: a little better is just good enough (The Verge)
• Messina joins Ride Home Fund’s new $15M AI vehicle, backed by Andreessen, Dixon, Crowley (TechCrunch)

Wednesday, August 09 2023 - Wed. 08/09 – CAPTCHA Supremacy

• Slack’s biggest redesign ever tries to tame the chaos of your workday (The Verge)
• Netflix launches a game controller app for playing games on your TV (TechCrunch)
• Sony Expects Smartphone Rebound Only in 2024 After China Fizzles (Bloomberg)
• WeWork Tumbles After Raising ‘Substantial Doubt’ About Future (Bloomberg)
• Apple’s ‘Tetris’ movie ripped off tech writer’s book, lawsuit says (Reuters)
• New ‘Downfall’ Flaw Exposes Valuable Data in Generations of Intel Chips (Wired)
• Bots are better than humans at cracking ‘Are you a robot?’ Captcha tests, study finds (The Independent)

Tuesday, August 08 2023 - Tue. 08/08 – UK Election Hack?

• Millions of UK voters’ data accessible in cyber-attack, says Electoral Commission (The Guardian)
• Apple, Samsung to invest in Arm as it eyes September IPO (NikkeiAsia)
• OpenAI Launches GPTBot With Details On How To Restrict Access (SearchEngineJournal)
• Zoom can now train its A.I. using some customer data, according to updated terms (CNBC)
• Even Zoom Is Making People Return to the Office (NYTimes)
• Apple Tests M3 Max Chip, Setting Stage for Most Powerful MacBook Pro Yet (Bloomberg)
• Apple Music debuts new algorithmic Discovery Station radio (AppleInsider)

Monday, August 07 2023 - Mon. 08/07 – Is Apple Facing An iPhone Recession?

• Apple Admits There Is a Smartphone Slowdown Ahead of iPhone 15 Debut (Bloomberg)
• PayPal Launches a Stablecoin in Latest Crypto Payments Push (Bloomberg)
• New acoustic attack steals data from keystrokes with 95% accuracy (BleepingComputer)
• A New Frontier for Travel Scammers: A.I.-Generated Guidebooks (NyTimes)
• Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 review: the flip phone we’ve been waiting for (The Verge)

Friday, August 04 2023 - Fri. 08/04 – HUGE Show News

• Apple reports third quarter results (BusinessWire)
• Amazon.com Announces Second Quarter Results (BusinessWire)
• Coinbase argues it doesn’t trade securities, so the SEC’s lawsuit should be dismissed (The Verge)
• Bitcoin launderer pleads guilty, admits to massive Bitfinex hack (CNBC)
• Threads user count falls to new lows, highlighting retention challenges (CNN)

Thursday, August 03 2023 - Thu. 08/03 – Pandemic High Fliers Crash To Earth

• Johnny Boufarhat steps down as CEO of Hopin (Sifted)
• ‘A Nice Bike, When It Works’: Riders Fret After E-Bike Maker Goes Bust (NYTimes)
• IRS expects faster refunds in 2024 for people who stop using paper (Washington Post)
• NFT Trading Volume Is Sinking, But It’s Not Stopping Developers From Entering Web3 (Coindesk)
• Kenya suspends Worldcoin’s crypto project over safety concerns (Reuters)
• Why are people lining up for Worldcoin eyeball scans? “Easy $50” (Rest of World)
• How the Partnership Between Apple and Goldman Sachs Soured (The Information)

Wednesday, August 02 2023 - Wed. 08/02 – Elon’s Gonna Get Me To Pay For Blue

• X, formerly Twitter, now lets paid users hide their checkmarks (TechCrunch)
• TweetDeck is now called ‘XPro’ (9to5Google)
• Meta’s AI music generator could be the new synthesizer — or just muzak (The Verge)
• SoftBank’s Arm Targets $60 Billion Value in September IPO (Bloomberg)
• Microsoft Teams adds spatial audio for more immersive conference calls (The Verge)
• Amazon Unveils Biggest Grocery Overhaul Since Buying Whole Foods (Bloomberg)
• One of Gaming’s Biggest YouTubers Wants to Replace Himself With AI (Wired)

Tuesday, August 01 2023 - Tue. 10/01 – Uber Profitable

• Uber Delivers First-Ever Operating Profit in Drive to Curb Losses (WSJ)
• Meta prepares chatbots with personas to try to retain users (FT)
• Scoop: Google Assistant to get an AI makeover (Axios)
• Amazon wants Alexa to bring AI into the home (Axios)
• Pearson Offers New AI Study Tools in Time for Back-to-School (Bloomberg)
• Sources: Nintendo targets 2024 with next-gen console (VCG)
• Quantum Tech Will Transform National Security. It’s Testing U.S. Alliances Now. (NYTimes)

Monday, July 31 2023 - Mon. 07/31 – Will Only Bitcoin Survive?

• SEC asked Coinbase to halt trading in everything except bitcoin, CEO says (FT)
• The iPhone 15 Pro Will Have Thinner Bezels in Step Toward Apple’s Dream (Bloomberg)
• U.S. Hunts Chinese Malware That Could Disrupt American Military Operations (NYTimes)
• China’s Tech Distress Grows as U.S. Chip Sanctions Bite (WSJ)
• An Internet Veteran’s Guide to Not Being Scared of Technology (NYTimes)
• Greg Rutkowski Was Removed From Stable Diffusion, But AI Artists Brought Him Back (Decrypt)

Friday, July 28 2023 - Fri. 07/28 – Is The Clock Ticking For Threads?

• Meta plans retention ‘hooks’ for Threads as more than half of users leave app (Reuters)
• Aided by A.I. Language Models, Google’s Robots Are Getting Smart (NYTimes)
• App Store to require developers to describe why their apps use certain APIs (9to5Mac)
• Sequoia Capital Slashes Crypto Fund as It Downsizes Amid Startup Crunch (WSJ)

Thursday, July 27 2023 - Thu. 07/27 – Meta Back To Par

• Meta’s Improved Ad Sales Buy Time for Zuckerberg’s Metaverse (Bloomberg)
• Microsoft Faces European Antitrust Investigation Over Bundling of Teams Software (WSJ)
• iPhone 15 Pro Action Button Options Potentially Revealed in iOS 17 Code: Flashlight, Shortcuts, Voice Memos, and More (MacRumors)
• Alphabet’s Waymo Self-Driving Unit Slows Autonomous Trucking (Bloomberg)
• Sony has sold 40 million PS5s (The Verge)
• Prosecutors want Sam Bankman-Fried sent to jail after witness-tampering allegations. Judge issues gag order (CNN)
• T-Mobile says its ultrafast 5G capable of up to 3.3Gbps is rolling out now (The Verge)

Wednesday, July 26 2023 - Wed. 07/26 – Samsung Unpacked Event

• The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 gets a big little screen upgrade (The Verge)
• Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 hands-on: Is Samsung squandering its head start? (Engadget)
• The Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 series is all about the bezels (The Verge)
• Meta’s Threads app is rolling out a Following feed (TechCrunch)
• OpenAI Quietly Shuts Down Its AI Detection Tool (Decrypt)
• Meta, Microsoft and Amazon team up on maps project to crack Apple-Google duopoly (CNBC)

Tuesday, July 25 2023 - Tue. 07/25 – X Fallout Continues (Insert Xander Cage Joke Here)

• AMD ‘Zenbleed’ Bug Leaks Data From Ryzen, EPYC CPUs: Most Patches Coming Q4 (Updated) (TomsHardware)
• Musk Explains Why He’s Axing Twitter Name, Iconic Bird Logo (Bloomberg)
• TikTok is adding support for text posts (TechCrunch)
• The excellent Arc browser is now available for anyone to download (The Verge)
• Spotify now has 220 million paying subscribers (The Verge)
• Sam Altman’s vision for AI puts him on collision course with regulators (Financial Times)
• Sam Altman explains why he’s helping to take nuclear microreactor company Oklo public via SPAC (CNBC)

Monday, July 24 2023 - Mon. 07/24 – This Podcast Is Now Called X Ride Home

• Twitter is being rebranded as X (The Verge)
• Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’ (TechCrunch)
• It’s Spotify’s turn to increase prices (The Verge)
• Peer-to-Peer Crypto Exchanges Lose Ground in Shrunken Market (Bloomberg)
• Sam Altman’s Worldcoin crypto project begins international rollout (FT)
• The Flipper Zero is a Swiss Army knife of antennas (The Verge)
• The Flipper Zero has an app store now (The Verge)
• The creator economy was already exploding. Then Hollywood went on strike. (Washington Post)

Friday, July 21 2023 - Fri. 07/21 – Reddit Doesn’t Blink

• Reddit takes over one of the biggest protesting subreddits (The Verge)
• Threads Is Already Losing Its Allure for Users, Adding Urgency for New Features (WSJ)
• Meta, Google, and OpenAI promise the White House they’ll develop AI responsibly (The Verge)
• The Federal Reserve’s 24/7 payment system could deposit your paycheck instantly (The Verge)
• Sergey Brin Is Back in the Trenches at Google (WSJ)

Thursday, July 20 2023 - Thu. 07/20 – An Apple GPT

• Apple Tests ‘Apple GPT,’ Develops Generative AI Tools to Catch OpenAI (Bloomberg)
• Google Tests A.I. Tool That Is Able to Write News Articles (NYTimes)
• Study claims ChatGPT is losing capability, but some experts aren’t convinced (ArsTechnica)
• Meta open-sources Llama 2, but with strings attached (MoneyControl)
• Apple slams UK surveillance-bill proposals (BBC News)
• Google raising price of YouTube Premium to $13.99 per month (9to5Google)
• Microsoft Poised to Deliver Improved Combat Goggles, US Army Says (Bloomberg)

Wednesday, July 19 2023 - Wed. 07/19 – More Proof The Big Folks Are Winning AI (For Now)

• Microsoft and Activision Blizzard extend merger agreement to October (The Verge)
• Microsoft will charge businesses $30 per user for its 365 AI Copilot (Engadget)
• Microsoft closes at record after revealing pricing for new A.I. subscription (CNBC)
• Netflix Shakes Up Pricing: ‘Basic’ Tier Axed in UK, US (Cord Busters)
• Meta launches Llama 2, an open source AI model that allows commercial applications (Ars Technica)
• Google restricting internet access to some employees to reduce cyberattack risk (CNBC)
• Why computer-made data is being used to train AI models (FT)

Tuesday, July 18 2023 - Tue. 07/18 – Checking In With Threads

• The spam bots have now found Threads, as company announces its own ‘rate limits’ (TechCrunch)
• Five reasons Threads could still go the distance (Platformer)
• Peacock to raise its subscription prices on August 17 (TechCrunch)
• Microsoft-Activision Deal Poised to Close Later Than Planned (Bloomberg)
• Wix’s new tool can create entire websites from prompts (TechCrunch)
• UK chip designer raises millions from Agnelli fund (FT)

Monday, July 17 2023 - Mon. 07/17 – Sony And Microsoft Stop Fragging Each Other Over Call Of Duty

• Sony agrees to 10-year Call of Duty deal with Microsoft (The Verge)
• SEC accepts BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF application, signaling regulatory review (CoinTelegraph)
• The shady world of Brave selling copyrighted data for AI training (StackDiary)
• Hacker News Thread On The Brave Thing
• Typo leaks millions of US military emails to Mali web operator (Financial Times)
• Apple’s New Vision Group Reflects Shift Away From Steve Jobs Approach (Bloomberg)
• Bob Iger Shifts From Building an Empire to a Disney Yard Sale (Bloomberg)

Friday, July 14 2023 - Fri. 07/14 – Twitter Starts Showing People The Money

• Twitter starts sharing ad revenue with verified creators (TechCrunch)
• Musk’s Twitter sues four Texas entities for data scraping, seeks damages (Reuters)
• Meta confirms it is blocking EU-based users from accessing Threads via VPN (TechCrunch)
• Meta claims its new art-generating model is best-in-class (TechCrunch)
• Exclusive: AP strikes news-sharing and tech deal with OpenAI (Axios)
• Actors say Hollywood studios want their AI replicas — for free, forever (The Verge)
• Here’s the new default font for Microsoft Outlook and Word: Aptos (CNBC)

Thursday, July 13 2023 - Thu. 07/13 – Elon Launches An AI Company

• Musk Unveils xAI in New Bid to Rival Startup OpenAI (Bloomberg)
• FTC appeals its loss to Microsoft in Activision Blizzard case (The Verge)
• Ex-Celsius CEO Mashinsky Charged in Latest DOJ Crypto Case (Bloomberg)
• Roblox is coming to Meta’s Quest VR headsets (The Verge)
• macOS Sonoma Brings Apple Password Manager to Third-Party Browsers (MacRumors)
• Meta to release commercial AI model in effort to catch rivals (FT)
• Stability AI releases Stable Doodle, a sketch-to-image tool (TechCrunch)

Wednesday, July 12 2023 - Wed. 07/12 – Microsoft Wins Big In The FTC Case

• Microsoft-Activision deal moves closer as judge denies FTC injunction request (CNBC)
• Microsoft and UK regulators agree to pause their Activision battle to negotiate (The Verge)
• FTC would face tough appeal of Microsoft-Activision order, experts say (Reuters)
• F.T.C.’s Court Loss Raises Fresh Questions About Its Chair’s Strategy (NYTimes)
• AI Startup Anthropic Releases a New Version of Its ChatGPT Rival, Claude (Bloomberg)
• Why SUSE is forking Red Hat Enterprise Linux (TechCrunch)
• Bigger, Brighter, More Expensive: Nothing Reveals the Phone (2) (Gizmodo)
• The AI Boom Is Here. The Cloud May Not Be Ready. (WSJ)

Tuesday, July 11 2023 - Tue. 07/11 – A Meaningful Anti-Tracking Law

• Selling Your Cellphone Location Data Might Soon Be Banned in U.S. for First Time (WSJ)
• Tumblr says it’s going to ‘fix’ its ‘core experience’ to appeal to new users (The Verge)
• HCA Healthcare patient data stolen and for sale by hackers (CNBC)
• A New VC-Beloved Startup Rips a Page From Meta’s Playbook (The Information)
• THE GAME AVAILABILITY STUDY, EXPLAINED (Video Game History Foundation)

Monday, July 10 2023 - Mon. 07/10 – Evernote Deadpool?

• Bay Area tech company Evernote lays off most staff, relocating to Europe (SFGate)
• EU Seals New Transatlantic Data-Transfer Pact With US in Third Attempt (Bloomberg)
• Code Interpreter comes to all ChatGPT Plus users — ‘anyone can be a data analyst now’ (VentureBeat)
• Sarah Silverman is suing OpenAI and Meta for copyright infringement (The Verge)
• In Battle With Microsoft, Google Bets on Medical AI Program to Crack Healthcare Industry (WSJ)
• Snap’s Push to Tempt Creators Seems to Be Working (WSJ)
• Instagram’s Threads app reaches 100 million users within just five days (TechCrunch)

Friday, July 07 2023 - Fri. 07/07 – I’ve Never Seen Anything Like Threads

• Threads Becomes Most Rapidly Downloaded App, Raising Twitter’s Ire (NYTimes)
• Zuck’s Threads halo (Axios)
• Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads (Semafor)
• OpenAI makes GPT-4 generally available (TechCrunch)
• Food-Delivery Companies Sue New York City Over Minimum Pay Law (NYTimes)
• Volkswagen’s Self-Driving Cars Begin Testing In Texas (Jalopnik)

Thursday, July 06 2023 - Thu. 07/06 – Uh, Did Threads Just Win?

• Meta launches Instagram Threads in a direct challenge to Twitter (CNBC)
• Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting Instagram account, Meta says (TechCrunch)
• Instagram Threads works, but it’s sterile, dull and worst of all – it’s still run by Mark Zuckerberg (iNews)
• Meta unspools Threads (Platformer)
• So where are we all supposed to go now? (The Verge)

Wednesday, July 05 2023 - Wed. 07/05 – Twitter Chaos: The Real Fireworks

• Instagram’s Twitter competitor, Threads, briefly went live on the web (The Verge)
• The Reddit app-pocalyse is here: Apollo, Sync, and BaconReader go dark (The Verge)
• The Reddit moderators who coordinate many celebrity AMAs will no longer do so (The Verge)
• Fireworks Have a New Competitor: Drones (NYTimes)

Friday, June 30 2023 - Fri. 06/30 – Apple $3T?

• Apple’s market cap tops $3 trillion (CNBC)
• Canada’s ‘link tax’ law could break how the web works, says Google (Android Police)
• Meta is planning to let people in the EU download apps through Facebook (The Verge)
• Fidelity Joins Spot-Bitcoin ETF Race With Fresh SEC Filing (Bloomberg)
• Police Are Requesting Self-Driving Car Footage For Video Evidence (Bloomberg)

Thursday, June 29 2023 - Thu. 06/29 – Big Interesting (AI) Raises

• Microsoft and Activision Chiefs Testify Merger Will Benefit Consumers (NYTimes)
• Lina Khan Is Coming for Amazon, Armed With an FTC Antitrust Suit (Bloomberg)
• Advertising industry seeks refunds over YouTube skippable ads (FT)
• ChatGPT maker OpenAI faces a lawsuit over how it used people’s data (Washington Post)
• Inflection AI Raises $1 Billion (Forbes)
• Halo Car launches remotely piloted rental car deliveries in Las Vegas (TechCrunch)

Wednesday, June 28 2023 - Wed. 06/28 – Who Needs A Mac Pro?

• FTX Halts Sale of Its $500 Million Stake in AI Startup Anthropic (Bloomberg)
• AI Frenzy Draws Hordes to Private Markets in Industry Gold Rush (Bloomberg)
• Microsoft wants to move Windows fully to the cloud (The Verge)
• Google killed its Iris augmented-reality smart glasses as it shifts attention to building AR software (Insider)
• DoorDash launches hourly rates and location sharing for couriers (The Verge)
• Baseball Scouts Call In Artificial Intelligence Help From the Bullpen (WSJ)
• The Mac Pro’s biggest problem is the MacBook (The Verge)
• Eat Your Heart Out, Tesla. Mercedes-Benz May Have the Fastest EV Yet. (Barron’s)

Tuesday, June 27 2023 - Tue. 06/27 – What If OpenAI Did Its Own Copilot?

• Microsoft exec was ready to ‘go spend Sony out of business’ to strengthen Xbox (The Verge)
• FTX Bankruptcy Team Says the Exchange Owed Customers $8.7B (CoinDesk)
• Thomson Reuters buys Casetext, an AI legal tech startup, for $650M in cash (TechCrunch)
• OpenAI Plans ChatGPT ‘Personal Assistant for Work,’ Setting Up Microsoft Rivalry (The Information)
• RIP to my Pixel Fold: Dead after four days (ArsTechnica)
• Google Pixel Fold review: closing the gap (The Verge)

Monday, June 26 2023 - Mon. 06/26 – The M&A Deluge In AI Begins

• Databricks Strikes $1.3 Billion Deal for Generative AI Startup MosaicML (WSJ)
• Pete Buttigieg Warns of Flight Delays as 5G Deadline Looms (WSJ)
• Exclusive: Amazon launches local business delivery network (Axios)
• FTC sues Amazon over ‘deceptive’ Prime sign-up and cancellation process (CNBC)
• Amazon, Friction, and the FTC (Stratechery)
• Apple Has Finally Unveiled the Vision Pro. Here’s What It’s Launching Next (Bloomberg)

Friday, June 23 2023 - Fri. 06/23 – Meta To Turn Off The (Canadian) News Spigot?

• Meta says it’s blocking news on Facebook, Instagram after government passes online news bill (National Post)
• Apple Vision Pro has a speed limit, Travel Mode required for use on flights (9to5Mac)
• The Aurora Supercomputer Is Installed (AnandTech)
• Randomly received a smartwatch? Don’t turn it on, investigators warn. (ArmyTimes)

Thursday, June 22 2023 - Thu. 06/22 – So, Elon And Zuck Are Gonna Fight, I Guess

• Mark Zuckerberg is ready to fight Elon Musk in a cage match (The Verge)
• Startup Stability Debuts a New AI Model For Stable Diffusion (Bloomberg)
• Microsoft is hiking the price of Xbox Series X and Xbox Game Pass (The Verge)
• Apple releases visionOS SDK for creating Vision Pro apps, dev kit applications opening soon (9to5Mac)
• Motorola Razr Plus review: the right moves (The Verge)
• Celebrities Use AI to Take Control of Their Own Images (WSJ)

Wednesday, June 21 2023 - Wed. 06/21 – Dropbox AI

• Dropbox’s AI tools can help you find your stuff — from everywhere on the internet (The Verge)
• Twitch will require new labels for streams with sexual themes, gambling and M-rated games (TechCrunch)
• Netflix Tweaks Its Top 10 Rankings, Adds View Count (THR)
• Amazon will hold Prime Day 2023 on July 11-12, adding invite-only deals and ‘Buy with Prime’ sites (GeekWire)
• What Apple Didn’t Reveal About the Vision Pro (The Information)

Tuesday, June 20 2023 - Tue. 06/20 – Spotify To Go “Supremium”

• Spotify Plans New Premium Tier, Expected to Include HiFi Audio (Bloomberg)
• FTX paid over $120 million in advisor fees between February 1 and April 30 (The Block)
• Masayoshi Son Ends Seven-Month Silence to Make Case for SoftBank’s Future (Bloomberg)
• Silicon Valley VCs rush into defence technology start-ups (FT)
• Mark Zuckerberg Was Early in AI. Now Meta Is Trying to Catch Up. (WSJ)
• When AI Overrules the Nurses Caring for You (WSJ)

Friday, June 16 2023 - Fri. 06/16 – Google Does it Again

• Alphabet Selling Google Domains Assets to Squarespace (Bloomberg)
• Reddit says it won’t force subreddits back open (but will it?) (The Verge)
• Reddit CEO slams protest leaders, saying he’ll change rules that favor ‘landed gentry’ (NCBNews)
• AI and media companies negotiate landmark deals over news content (Financial Times)
• BlackRock files for bitcoin ETF in push into crypto (Reuters)

Thursday, June 15 2023 - Thu. 06/15 – Everbody Does Ads Now

• Video Ads Are Coming to All Your Uber Apps (The Wall Street Journal)
• Intel To Launch New Core Processor Branding: Drop the i, Add Ultra Tier (AnandTech)
• Google Lens can now identify rashes and other skin conditions (9to5Google)
• Mechanical Turk workers are using AI to automate being human (TechCrunch)
• Fake zero-day PoC exploits on GitHub push Windows, Linux malware (BleepingComputer)
• Quantum Computing Advance Begins New Era, IBM Says (NYTimes)
• iOS 17 Live Voicemail will return the glory of the answering machine to your iPhone (TechRadar)

Wednesday, June 14 2023 - Wed. 06/14 – EU Threatens Google With A Breakup

• EU suggests breaking up Google’s ad business in preliminary antitrust ruling (The Verge)
• Reddit CEO tells employees that subreddit blackout ‘will pass’ (The Verge)
• Google is getting a lot worse because of the Reddit blackouts (The Verge)
• OpenAI intros new generative text features while reducing pricing (TechCrunch)
• Cyber Insurance Premiums Surge by 50% as Ransomware Attacks Increase (Bloomberg)
• Spotify Takes a Sharp Turn With Its $1 Billion Podcast Division (Bloomberg)
• Meta AI researchers unveil I-JEPA, a computer vision model that learns more like humans do (SiliconAngle)
• Layoffs and AI Are Changing Tech’s Once-Invincible Job Market (Bloomberg)

Tuesday, June 13 2023 - Tue. 06/13 – New Beatles Song Thanks To AI

• FTC files to block Microsoft-Activision as deadline approaches (CNBC)
• Netflix to Enter Live-Streamed Sports With Celebrity Golf Event (WSJ)
• Reddit goes dark (Platformer)
• Larry Ellison Rides AI Boom to Highest Wealth Ranking Ever (Bloomberg)\
• Sir Paul McCartney says artificial intelligence has enabled a ‘final’ Beatles song (BBC)

Monday, June 12 2023 - Mon. 06/12 – Why Your Favorite Subreddit Might Go Dark.

• Thousands of subreddits pledge to go dark after the Reddit CEO’s recent remarks (The Verge)
• Andreessen Horowitz believes that crypto’s future may be in the U.K. (Axios)
• Meta’s open source AI MusicGen turns text and melody into new songs (The Decoder)
• Researchers discover that ChatGPT prefers repeating 25 jokes over and over (ArsTechnica)
• How AI art killed an indie book cover contest (The Verge)
• Apple MacBook Air 15-inch review: exactly what was asked for (The Verge)

Friday, June 09 2023 - Fri. 06/09 – Zuck’s Not Worried About Apple’s Headset (Corrected)

• Here’s what Mark Zuckerberg thinks about Apple’s Vision Pro (The Verge)
• This is what Instagram’s upcoming Twitter competitor looks like (The Verge)
• Meta plans to put AI everywhere on its platforms (Axios)
• Binance.US Set to Be Cut Off From Banking System After SEC Lawsuit (Bloomberg)
• Spotify says it’s testing an ‘offline mix’ for when your connection’s patchy (The Verge)
• New A.I. Chatbot Tutors Could Upend Student Learning (NYTimes)
• Netflix Subscriptions Jump as U.S. Password-Sharing Crackdown Begins (WSJ)
• Mercedes first to sell vehicles in California with hands-free, eyes-off automated driving (TechCrunch)

Thursday, June 08 2023 - Thu. 06/08 – The Gloves Come Off In The Binance Case

• Binance lawyers allege SEC Chair Gensler offered to serve as advisor to crypto company in 2019 (CNBC)
• SEC says Binance and US affiliate redirected billions in customer assets to Zhao’s funds (The Block)
• Twitch walks back controversial ad rules policy (The Verge)
• WhatsApp’s new Channels feature brings social media to your messaging app (The Verge)
• Amazon Plans Ad Tier for Prime Video Streaming Service (WSJ)
• Adobe is so confident its Firefly generative AI won’t breach copyright that it’ll cover your legal bills (Fast Company)
• Google claims that Bard is improving at math and programming (TechCrunch)
• Google DeepMind’s game-playing AI just found another way to make code faster (MIT Technology Review)

Wednesday, June 07 2023 - Wed. 06/07 – Maybe Apple DOES Want To Get Serious About Mac Gaming

• macOS Sonoma lets developers port Windows games to the Mac; here’s how it works (9to5Mac)
• Apple makes iOS 17 developer beta free for registered developers (9to5Mac)
• Sequoia’s Split Sends Warning to US Companies Doing Business in China (Bloomberg)
• Samsung officially confirms first Unpacked event in Korea for new foldables (9to5Google)
• The SEC Comes for Crypto (Matt Levine/Bloomberg)

Tuesday, June 06 2023 - Tue. 06/06 – The SEC Sues Coinbase

• US Crypto Crackdown Reaches Fever Pitch as SEC Sues Coinbase (Bloomberg)
• Sequoia Is Splitting Into Three VC Firms (Forbes)
• Apple avoids “AI” hype at WWDC keynote by baking ML into products (ArsTechnica)
• First impressions: Yes, Apple Vision Pro works and yes, it’s good (TechCrunch)
• I wore the Apple Vision Pro. It’s the best headset demo ever. (The Verge)

Monday, June 05 2023 - Mon. 06/05 – WWDC And The Apple Headset

• Apple Vision Pro is Apple’s new $3,499 AR headset (The Verge)
• The Apple Vision Pro features an M2 chip, a ton of sensors and a new R1 chip (TechCrunch)
• Apple announces visionOS, the operating system for its Vision Pro headset (The Verge)
• Apple announces iOS 17 with Journal, Standby, FaceTime voicemail, more (9to5Mac)
• Apple Announces iOS 17 With ‘Standby’ View, Journal App, Siri Changes, and More (MacRumors)
• Apple unveils new Mac Studio and brings Apple silicon to Mac Pro (Apple Newsroom)
• Apple’s new 15-inch MacBook Air is the ‘world’s thinnest’ (The Verge)
• Mac Studio gets its first hardware update with M2 Max and the new M2 Ultra chip (9to5Mac)

Friday, June 02 2023 - Fri. 06/02 – An Amazon Prime Phone Service?

• Twitter’s head of trust and safety says she has resigned (Reuters)
• Elon ‘The Dogefather’ Musk Accused of Insider Trading (Gizmodo)
• Russia accuses US of hacking thousands of Apple devices to spy on diplomats (The Record)
• Amazon Is in Talks to Offer Free Mobile Service to US Prime Members (Bloomberg)
• Airbnb sues NYC over new rules requiring hosts to register their homes as short-term rentals (Gothamist)
• Planned Layoffs Have Quadrupled So Far This Year in the US (Bloomberg)

Thursday, June 01 2023 - 06/01 – Meta Front-Runs The Quest 3

• Zuck’s Meta Quest 3 Announce
• Amazon to Pay $25 Million to Settle Children’s Privacy Charges (NYTimes)
• Amazon to Pay $30.8 Million to Settle FTC Privacy Claims (Bloomberg)
• Apple Tests New High-End Macs With M2 Max and M2 Ultra Chips Ahead of WWDC (Bloomberg)
• Instagram tests new user control for recommended posts, transparency tool for creators (TechCrunch)
• Inside the Making of Redfall, Xbox’s Latest Misfire (Bloomberg)
• Multichain team says it can’t contact CEO amid protocol problems (The Block)
• Wall Street Banks Are Using AI to Rewire the World of Finance (Bloomberg)
• Apple touts $1.1 trillion in App Store commerce in 2022, with $104B in digital sales (TechCrunch)

Wednesday, May 31 2023 - Wed. 05/31 – AI Industry Says: “Regulate Us!” But Why?

• A.I. Poses ‘Risk of Extinction,’ Industry Leaders Warn (NYTimes)
• ChatGPT Risks Divide Biden Administration Over EU’s AI Rules (Bloomberg)
• Garmin’s Epix 2 and Fenix 7 lineups go ‘Pro’ (The Verge)
• The Race to Make A.I. Smaller (and Smarter) (NYTimes)
• Why an Octopus-like Creature Has Come to Symbolize the State of A.I. (NYTimes)

Tuesday, May 30 2023 - Tue. 05/30 – Nvidia Joins The $1T Club

• How Nvidia created the chip powering the generative AI boom (Financial Times)
• World’s Most Valuable Chipmaker Nvidia Unveils More AI Products After $184 Billion Rally (Bloomberg)
• Video of the NPC character demo
• Arm Unveils 2023 Mobile CPU Core Designs (AnandTech)
• A First Look at the Headset That Could Be Apple’s Biggest Competition (Bloomberg)
• Captcha Is Asking Users to Identify Objects That Don’t Exist (Motherboard)

Saturday, May 27 2023 - (IHP) The History Of Internet Porn

• The Erotic Engine: How Pornography has Powered Mass Communication, from Gutenberg to Google
• Obscene Profits: The Entrepreneurs of Pornography in the Cyber Age
• EroticaBiz: How Sex Shaped the Internet
• The Unsexpected Story
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat
• https://tidbits.com/article/5833
• http://internetlaw.uslegal.com/pornography/
• http://www.internetworldstats.com/emarketing.htm
• http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm
• http://www.itworld.com/article/2729780/enterprise-software/10-fascinating-facts-about-internet-porn.html
• http://blog.cytalk.com/2010/01/web-porn-revenue/
• http://metro.co.uk/2013/07/21/david-cameron-online-porn-will-be-blocked-by-default-3891620/
• http://nymag.com/news/features/70985/
• http://kernelmag.dailydot.com/issue-sections/features-issue-sections/10471/siri-piracy-pay-for-your-porn/
• http://www.thewrap.com/media/article/internet-piracy-killing-porns-profits-1394/

Friday, May 26 2023 - Fri. 05/26 – AI Google Search Is Here

• Google starts rolling out Search Generative Experience (SGE) in preview (9to5Google)
• Paradigm broadening crypto-only focus to areas including AI (The Block)
• WhatsApp beta for Android 2.23.11.15: what’s new? (WABetaInfo)
• The FDA will apparently let Elon Musk put a computer in a human’s brain (The Verge)

Thursday, May 25 2023 - Thu. 05/25 – Even Presidential Candidates Suffer From Twitter Glitches

• Twitter glitches plague Ron DeSantis’ much-hyped presidential announcement with Elon Musk (CNBC)
• Microsoft warns that China hackers attacked U.S. infrastructure (CNBC)
• Chinese Malware Hits Systems on Guam. Is Taiwan the Real Target? (NYTimes)
• OpenAI warns over split with Europe as regulation advances (Financial Times)
• Sony’s new Q handheld is official: 8-inch screen, streams PS5 games (The Verge)
• Apple Plans to Turn Locked iPhones Into Smart Displays With iOS 17 (Bloomberg)
• A Paralyzed Man Can Walk Naturally Again With Brain and Spine Implants (NYTimes)
• Indonesian agritech firm eFishery hits unicorn status with $108m series D (TechInAsia)

Wednesday, May 24 2023 - Wed. 05/24 – Microsoft Build Wrapup

• Microsoft’s Azure AI Studio lets developers build their own AI ‘copilots’ (TechCrunch)
• Microsoft’s Copilot and Bing AI plug-ins will be interoperable with ChatGPT (The Verge)
• Netflix’s password-sharing crackdown is here — and it costs $7.99 per month (The Verge)
• Elon Musk’s right-wing media venture scores another big win (WashingtonPost)
• Uber teams up with Waymo to add robotaxis to its app (The Verge)
• PSVR2’s early sales beat the original, Sony claims (VideoGamesChronicle)
• That podcast ad you’re listening to may soon be AI. Spotify is reportedly developing bots to mimic your favorite hosts. (Insider)
• Final Cut Pro for the iPad is slick but limited (The Verge)

Tuesday, May 23 2023 - Tue. 05/23 – Shutterstock Nabs Giphy

• Apple expands US investment with new multibillion-dollar Broadcom deal for 5G tech (9to5Mac)
• Verified Twitter Accounts Spread AI-Generated Hoax of Pentagon Explosion (Motherboard)
• Following UK antitrust order, Meta sells Giphy to Shutterstock for $53M after buying it for $400M (TechCrunch)
• Max will stream over 1,000 movies and TV episodes in 4K at launch (The Verge)
• Meta’s new AI models can recognize and produce speech for more than 1,000 languages (MIT Technology Review)
• Adobe is adding AI image generator Firefly to Photoshop (The Verge)
• Anthropic raises $450M to build next-gen AI assistants (TechCrunch)
• How China’s ShareIt became the world’s go-to file-transfer app (Rest of World)

Monday, May 22 2023 - Mon. 05/22 – Meta Hit With Biggest Ever GDPR Fine

• Meta Fined $1.3 Billion Over Data Transfers to U.S. (WSJ)
• Sanctioned Crypto Mixer Tornado Cash Hijacked by Hackers (Bloomberg)
• Neeva, the would-be Google competitor, is shutting down its search engine (The Verge)
• The E-Sports World Is Starting to Teeter (NYTimes)
• Facebook parent in talks with Magic Leap over augmented reality deal (Financial Times)
• We Put Google’s New AI Writing Assistant to the Test (Wired)

Friday, May 19 2023 - Fri. 05/19 – ChatGPT Comes To The App Store

• AI in your pocket: ChatGPT officially comes to iPhone with new app (ArsTechnica)
• Link to the official ChatGPT App in the App Store
• Supreme Court shields Twitter from liability for terror-related content and leaves Section 230 untouched (CNN)
• Supreme Court Leaves 230 Alone For Now, But Justice Thomas Gives A Pretty Good Explanation For Why It Exists In The First Place (TechDirt)
• Apple Restricts Employee Use of ChatGPT, Joining Other Companies Wary of Leaks (WSJ)

Thursday, May 18 2023 - Thu. 05/18 – Montana Bans TikTok

• TikTok Ban Signed in Montana, Paving Way for First Amendment Legal Battle (WSJ)
• YouTube 2023 Upfront: Platform to Launch Unskippable 30-Second Ads on TVs, Roger Goodell on Hand to Tout NFL Sunday Ticket Pact (Variety)
• Netflix Advertising Tier Now Has “Nearly Five Million” Monthly Active Users (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Bankrupt crypto lender Voyager Digital predicts 35% customer payout (Reuters)
• Amazon’s 100 drone deliveries puts Prime Air far behind Alphabet’s Wing and Walmart partner Zipline (CNBC)
• Apple’s New Headset Meets Reality (Bloomberg Businessweek)

Wednesday, May 17 2023 - Wed. 05/17 – Open Source Vs. Centralized AI, Part II

• Google will delete accounts, including Gmail & Photos, that haven’t logged on in 2 years (9to5Google)
• New ZIP domains spark debate among cybersecurity experts (BleepingComputer)
• StableStudio is Stability AI’s latest commitment to open-source AI (The Verge)
• The race to bring generative AI to mobile devices (Financial Times)
• Google I/O and the Coming AI Battles (Stratechery)

Tuesday, May 16 2023 - Tue. 05/16 – Open Source Vs. Centralized AI, Part I

• E.U. Approves Microsoft’s $69 Billion Deal for Activision (NYTimes)
• IRS tests free e-filing system that could compete with tax-prep giants (Washington Post)
• Windows 11 users can now link their iPhones and use iMessage from a PC (The Verge)
• Ransomware gang steals data of 5.8 million PharMerica patients (BleepingComputer)
• Twitter makes its first acquisition with a recruiting startup (Axios)
• EU’s Crypto Legal Framework Inches Towards Law With Finance Ministers’ Sign-Off (CoinDesk)
• The digital euro: a solution seeking a problem? (Financial Times)
• AI startup Together raises funding for open-source AI and cloud platform (VentureBeat)

Monday, May 15 2023 - Mon. 05/15 – Media Day On The Podcast

• Apple Begins Testing Speedy M3 Chips as It Pursues Mac Comeback (Bloomberg)
• Vice Media files for bankruptcy as ad business suffers (Reuters)
• Netflix Plans to Cut Spending by $300 Million in 2023 (WSJ)
• A Growing Number of Streaming Video Customers Watch Ads (Bloomberg)
• Telly’s wild idea: Free TVs with inescapable ads (Fast Company)

Friday, May 12 2023 - Fri. 05/12 – Twitter Has A New CEO

• Elon Musk says he has found a new CEO for Twitter (TechCrunch)
• Linda Yaccarino Leaves NBCUniversal Amid Talks to Become Twitter CEO (WSJ)
• Anthropic’s latest model can take ‘The Great Gatsby’ as input (TechCrunch)
• Meta announces generative AI features for advertisers (TechCrunch)

Thursday, May 11 2023 - Thu. 05/11 – Twitter Encrypts DMs? (Corrected)

• Twitter’s encrypted DMs are here — but only for verified users (Engadget)
• Join the waitlist for Google’s generative AI tools, including search, Project Tailwind, & MusicLM (XDA Developers)
• Google makes its text-to-music AI public (TechCrunch)
• Google Cloud announces new A3 supercomputer VMs built to power LLMs (TechCrunch)
• AI Needs Specialized Processors. Crypto Miners Say They Have Them (Bloomberg)
• ‘Nearshoring’ Push Is Fueling Tech Job Demand in Latin America (Bloomberg)

Wednesday, May 10 2023 - Wed. 05/10 – Google I/O

• Google Photos to gain a new ‘Magic Editor’ feature powered by generative AI (TechCrunch)
• Google launches PaLM 2, its next-gen large language model (TechCrunch)
• Google rebrands AI tools for Docs and Gmail as Duet AI — its answer to Microsoft’s Copilot (The Verge)
• The AI takeover of Google Search starts now (The Verge)
• Review: Pixel 7a affordably delivers on every promise of the Pixel series (9to5Google)
• Pixel Tablet Hands-On: Google’s Return of the Tablet and More (CNET)
• Google Pixel Fold hands-on: Finally, a real rival for Samsung’s foldables (Engadget)

Tuesday, May 09 2023 - Tue. 05/09 – AI Comes To The Drive Through Window

• Coinbase CEO says SEC is on ‘lone crusade,’ dials back on suggestion exchange may relocate (CNBC)
• Ripple will have spent $200 million fighting SEC lawsuit, CEO says (CNBC)
• U.S. Crypto Exchange Bittrex Files for Bankruptcy in Delaware (CoinDesk)
• Nintendo Warns of Big Slowdown in Switch Console Sales (Bloomberg)
• Apple announces Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro coming to iPad (9to5Mac)
• Wendy’s, Google Train Next-Generation Order Taker: an AI Chatbot (WSJ)
• GPTZero App Seeks to Thwart AI Plagiarism in Schools, Online Media (Bloomberg)
• Alphabet to unveil A.I. updates at Google I/O, showing off creative writing and coding capabilities (CNBC)

Monday, May 08 2023 - Mon. 05/08 – The Big Discord Username Shift

• Google Plans to Make Search More ‘Personal’ with AI Chat and Video Clips (WSJ)
• Discord’s username change is causing discord (The Verge)
• Sam Altman’s Worldcoin rolls out app as token launch looms (The Block)
• OpenAI’s regulatory troubles are only just beginning (The Verge)
• Popular IKEA Chair Turns Computer Monitor Off, Baffling Everyone (Motherboard)

Friday, May 05 2023 - Fri. 05/05 – Can Open Source Win Out Over Open AI? (Corrected)

• Apple CEO Tim Cook says AI is “huge,” but care is needed (Axios)
• Hugging Face and ServiceNow release a free code-generating model (TechCrunch)
• Google Is Falling Behind in AI Arms Race, Senior Engineer Warns (Bloomberg)
• OpenAI’s Losses Doubled to $540 Million as It Developed ChatGPT (The Information)

Thursday, May 04 2023 - Thu. 05/04 – The Regulators Come For AI

• “We must regulate AI,” FTC Chair Khan says (ArsTechnica)
• UK competition watchdog launches review of AI market (Financial Times)
• Microsoft’s Bing chatbot gets smarter with restaurant bookings, image results, and more (The Verge)
• Gmail is adding a blue checkmark to better verify senders (9to5Google)
• Airbnb Revamps Site to Ease Tensions Between Guests, Hosts (Bloomberg)
• ChatGPT ‘portfolio’ outperforms leading UK funds (Financial Times)
• Gen Zers Are Snapping Up Flip Phones. They Might Be Onto Something. (WSJ)

Wednesday, May 03 2023 - Wed. 05/03 – How A Pixies Song Broke Google Assistant

• You no longer need a password to sign in to your Google account (The Verge)
• Twitter restores free API access for emergency, weather and transportation alerts (Engadget)
• TSMC Plans for First German Chip Fab With Cost Up to €10 Billion (Bloomberg)
• Meta Is Trying to Push Attackers to the Brink (Wired)
• Bluesky showed everyone’s ass (The Verge)
• Quantum computing could break the internet. This is how (Financial Times)
• You can blame this Pixies song for Assistant canceling your alarm (AndroidPolice)

Tuesday, May 02 2023 - Tue. 05/02 – The Writer’s Strike Inspired By AI

• Hollywood Writers Strike Over Pay Disputes with Streaming Giants and AI Concerns (Gizmodo)
• Apple and Google team up to stop unwanted AirTag tracking (CNBC)
• Apple uses iOS and macOS Rapid Security Response feature for the first time (ArsTechnica)
• Pornhub Blocks All of Utah From Its Site (Motherboard)
• It’s getting easier to make an account on Mastodon (The Verge)
• WordPress drops Twitter social sharing due to API price hike (Mashable)
• BeReal’s latest feature is a curated timeline of high-profile users (Engadget)
• Scared of Leaking Data to ChatGPT? Microsoft Tests a Private Alternative (The Information)

Monday, May 01 2023 - Mon. 05/01 – Why Hollywood Fears AI

• Apple to Upgrade Its Watch Operating System With New Focus on Widgets (Bloomberg)
• SoftBank’s Arm registers for blockbuster U.S. IPO (Reuters)
• Microsoft makes its AI-powered Designer tool available in preview (TechCrunch)
• Big Tech Earnings Spark Hope That Worst Is Over (WSJ)
• ChatGPT Will See You Now: Doctors Using AI to Answer Patient Questions (WSJ)
• Will a Chatbot Write the Next ‘Succession’? (NYTimes)

Friday, April 28 2023 - Fri. 04/28 – Microsoft Gets Out Of The Mice Business

• New York City Subway Ends Twitter Service Alerts After Musk Raises Price (Bloomberg)
• Reddit is testing Discord-like channels for community chat (TechCrunch)
• Once-Hot Chat Startup Clubhouse Is Cutting Half of Staff (Bloomberg)
• Pinterest announces multiyear ads partnership with Amazon alongside earnings beat (TechCrunch)
• Microsoft’s mice, keyboards, and webcams are being discontinued in favor of Surface accessories (The Verge)

Thursday, April 27 2023 - Thu. 04/27 – Meta Does Good

• Facebook Parent Meta Platforms Sees First Sales Increase in Nearly a Year (WSJ)
• Meta beats revenue expectations, remains committed to metaverse (TechCrunch)
• Smartphone Market woes continue with 14.6% Drop in first quarter this year, According to IDC Tracker (IDC)
• Senators unveil bipartisan legislation to ban kids under 13 from joining social media platforms (CNN Business)
• Amazon shuts down Halo division and discontinues all devices (The Verge)
• Google on why Authenticator sync isn’t E2E encrypted, but option coming later (9to5Google)
• Microsoft’s $69 Billion Deal Tripped Up by Niche Gaming Market (Bloomberg)

Wednesday, April 26 2023 - The UK Is Blocking Microsoft’s Activision Acquisition

• UK Blocks Microsoft’s $69 Billion Activision Deal (Bloomberg)
• Microsoft Q3 2023: Windows, devices, and Xbox down again (The Verge)
• Google’s cloud business turns profitable for the first time on record (CNBC)
• Apple Plans AI-Powered Health Coaching Service, Mood Tracker and iPad Health App (Bloomberg)
• DJI’s latest Mavic drone is a beast (TechCrunch)
• Cruise continues to burn GM’s cash as robotaxis expand to daylight hours (The Verge)
• OpenAI Offers New Privacy Options for ChatGPT (Bloomberg)
• Binance Faces Mounting Pressure as U.S. Crypto Crackdown Intensifies (NYTimes)

Tuesday, April 25 2023 - Tue. 04/25 – The AI Revolution Comes For Drake

• Coinbase Asks Court to Force SEC to Clarify Crypto Regulations (Decrypt)
• Slack launches Canvas, a docs app that lives inside your chat app (The Verge)
• Google Authenticator now syncs 2FA with your Google Account, gets new icon (9to5Google)
• Nvidia releases a toolkit to make text-generating AI ‘safer’ (TechCrunch)
• Opera One is a browser designed for generative AI features (Engadget)
• An A.I. Hit of Fake ‘Drake’ and ‘The Weeknd’ Rattles the Music World (NYTimes)
• Grimes Tells Fans To Deepfake Her Music, Will Split 50% Royalties With AI (Forbes)
• Sol Reader E Ink headset for hands-free e-reading makes CES debut (GoodEReader)

Monday, April 24 2023 - Mon. 04/24 – And More Twitter Stuff

• Elon Caves, Gives Blue Checks Back to Twitter’s Biggest Celebs (Daily Beast)
• Apple Will Take Scattershot Approach to Pitching AR/VR Headset (Bloomberg)
• Chip designer Arm makes its own advanced prototype semiconductor (Financial Times)
• These Are The Most Popular TV Shows on the Internet (Bloomberg)
• Silicon Valley Startups Brace for a Summer of Pain (Bloomberg)

Friday, April 21 2023 - Fri. 04/21 – Twitter Stuff

• Twitter seemingly now requires all advertisers to have a verified checkmark (TechCrunch)
• Google Looks to Turbocharge AI Efforts With Combined Brain, DeepMind Unit (WSJ)
• Google gives Bard the ability to generate and debug code (Engadget)
• Watch the first demo of buzzy startup Humane’s wearable AI assistant in leaked clips (The Verge)
• U.S. Begins Planning for 6G Wireless Communications (WSJ)
• The Internet of the 2010s Ended Today (The Atlantic)

Thursday, April 20 2023 - Thu. 04/20 – Elon’s Having A Heck Of A 4/20

• Microsoft drops Twitter from its advertising platform (Mashable)
• Elon Musk Threatens to Sue Microsoft After it Drops Twitter From Ad Platform (PCMag)
• Coinbase gets Bermuda license, plans to launch offshore exchange in coming weeks (FortuneCrypto)
• First EU-Wide Crypto Regulations Clear Final Parliament Vote (Bloomberg)
• OpenAI’s hunger for data is coming back to bite it (MIT Technology Review)
• Google to deploy generative AI to create sophisticated ad campaigns (Financial Times)
• Stability AI releases ChatGPT-like language models (TechCrunch)

Wednesday, April 19 2023 - Wed. 04/19 – The End Of Netflix’s Red Envelopes

• Netflix Adds 1.75 Million Customers in Q1 2023; Grows to 232.5M Globally (The Streamable)
• Netflix Gains 1.75 Million Subscribers, Axes DVD-Rental Business (WSJ)
• Google to launch its first foldable phone, the ‘Pixel Fold,’ in June (CNBC)
• Meta has started its latest round of layoffs, focusing on technical employees (CNBC)
• Instagram takes on Linktree and others with support for up to 5 ‘links in bio’ (TechCrunch)
• Reddit Wants to Get Paid for Helping to Teach Big A.I. Systems (NYTimes)

Tuesday, April 18 2023 - Tue. 04/18 – Is The AI Era Kicking Off A New Generation Of Silicon?

• Microsoft Readies AI Chip as Machine Learning Costs Surge (The Information)
• Coinbase Could Move Away From U.S. if No Regulatory Clarity: CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk)
• Major Photography Prize Winner Reveals Image Is AI-Generated, Rejects Award (Motherboard)
• Apple finally launches high-yield Apple Savings account (Apple Insider)
• Bluesky’s CEO wants to build a Musk-proof, decentralized version of Twitter (The Verge)
• Hype grows over “autonomous” AI agents that loop GPT-4 outputs (ArsTechnica)

Monday, April 17 2023 - Mon. 04/17 – Is Google About To Lose Samsung?

• Google Devising Radical Search Changes to Beat Back A.I. Rivals (NYTimes)
• Sega to acquire Angry Birds maker Rovio for $776 million (CNBC)
• U.S. House Committee Publishes Draft Stablecoin Bill (CoinDesk)
• Elon Musk just shut down automation for important public safety accounts (Mashable)
• Is Twitter finally dying? (Vox)
• Meta Tries to Lure Advertisers With Reels Discounts, AI Tools (The Information)
• Spotify will drop paywall for Gimlet podcasts (Semafor)
• Apple Plans to Launch More Than Just Its New Headset at WWDC (Bloomberg)

Friday, April 14 2023 - AWS Enters the Gen AI Race

• Amazon Joins Microsoft, Google in AI Race Spurred by ChatGPT (Wall Street Journal)
• Amazon Is Joining the Generative AI Race (WIRED)
• WhatsApp makes it harder for scammers to steal your account (Engadget)
• Key transparency explainer (Matthew Green, Twitter)
• Twitter Blue’s new 10,000 character limit turns tweets into essays (The Verge)
• Dril Is Everyone. More Specifically, He’s a Guy Named Paul. (The Ringer)
• With a wave of new LLMs, open-source AI is having a moment — and a red-hot debate (VentureBeat)
• Is ‘The Economist’ Making the Best News Podcasts Right Now? (Vulture)

Thursday, April 13 2023 - They’re Trying Their Damnedest To Ruin The HBO Brand

• Apple reportedly nixes iPhone 15 button upgrade, sending supplier stock down 12% (CNBC)
• iPhone 15 Pro may not have new solid-state volume buttons after all (9to5 Mac)
• IBM Explores Sale of Weather Business (Wall Street Journal)
• IBM Mulling Sale of Weather Technology Assets (The Information)
• LinkedIn rolls out ways to verify your identity and employment, without a price tag (TechCrunch)
• LinkedIn Verification Now Lets You Verify Your Job and Account (WIRED)
• Ethereum’s (ETH) Shanghai, Shapella Upgrade Looks ‘Stable,’ Developer Beiko Says (Bloomberg)
• Ethereum Unstaking Requests Pile Up After Shanghai Upgrade, Now at 2-Week Wait (CoinDesk)
• ‘The Penguin’ Trailer: Colin Farrell Returns to Gotham as ‘The Batman’ Spinoff Series Confirms 2024 Release (Variety)

Wednesday, April 12 2023 - Twitter Inc. No Longer Exists?

• Elon Musk is moving forward with a new generative-AI project at Twitter after purchasing thousands of GPUs (Insider)
• Twitter Inc. has been merged with X Corp. and “no longer exists,” Elon Musk’s company says in a court filing. (Slate)
• Six things we learned from Elon Musk interview (BBC)
• Crypto VC Funding Plunges by 80% in Dire Quarter for Startups (Bloomberg)
• AI is already taking video game illustrators’ jobs in China (Rest of World)
• Reddit Moderators Brace for a ChatGPT Spam Apocalypse (VICE)
• NPR to Suspend Twitter Use After ‘Government-Funded’ Label (NY Times)

Tuesday, April 11 2023 - China’s ChatGPT Competitors Are Here

• China slaps security reviews on AI products as Alibaba unveils ChatGPT challenger (Ars Technica)
• China proposes measures to manage generative AI services (Reuters)
• Winklevoss Twins Lend $100 Million to Their Gemini Crypto Platform (Bloomberg)
• Juice jacking rising, FBI says don’t use airport USB outlets (Android Authority)
• YouTube Premium adds more perks with SharePlay support, higher quality video and more (TechCrunch)
• NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube starts at $249 for the 2023 season (The Verge)

Monday, April 10 2023 - Would You Believe Me If I Told You Elon Changed His Mind?

• Twitter stops throttling tweets with Substack links (Engadget)
• Elon Musk Denies Substack Links Are Blocked On Twitter, A Claim That’s Very Misleading (Forbes)
• Apple (AAPL) Continues Efforts to Keep Retail Stores From Unionizing (Bloomberg)
• The Real-World Costs of the Digital Race for Bitcoin (NY Times)
• Crypto enthusiasts go after New York Times for its BTC mining report (Cryptopolitan)
• Rebuttal to the NYT article (Daniel Batten, Twitter)
• Dell XPS 13 review: Dell is coasting (and that’s fine) (The Verge)

Friday, April 07 2023 - Fri. 08/07 – Twitter Blocking Substack?

• Twitter now disables likes, replies, and retweets if a tweet has Substack links (The Verge)
• Special Report: Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer cars (Reuters)
• A third of organizations admit to covering up data breaches (VentureBeat)
• Global VC Funding Falls Dramatically Across All Stages In Rocky Q1, Despite Massive OpenAI And Stripe Deals (CrunchBase News)

Thursday, April 06 2023 - Thu. 04/06 – The Secret Bitcoin Easter Egg On Your Mac

• ChatGPT invented a sexual harassment scandal and named a real law prof as the accused (Washington Post)
• The Bitcoin Whitepaper Is Hidden in Every Modern Copy of macOS (Waxy.org)
• Google CEO Sundar Pichai Says Search to Include Chat AI (WSJ)
• Google to prohibit personal loan apps from accessing user photos, contacts (TechCrunch)
• Substack’s new short-form ‘Notes’ feed looks a lot like Twitter (TechCrunch)
• Streaming Killed E3 (Wired)

Wednesday, April 05 2023 - Wed. 04/05 – The Grand Theory Of AI Varietals

• EXCLUSIVE – SONY’S NEXT PLAYSTATION HANDHELD (Insider Gaming)
• Bob Lee, creator of Cash App and former CTO of Square, stabbed to death (TechCrunch)
• Google says its AI supercomputer is faster, greener than Nvidia A100 chip (Reuters)
• Meta to debut ad-creating generative AI this year, CTO says (NikkeiAsia)
• American teens aren’t excited about virtual reality, with only 4% using it daily (CNBC)
• What if ChatGPT was trained on decades of financial news and data? BloombergGPT aims to be a domain-specific AI for business news (NeimanLab)

Tuesday, April 04 2023 - Tue. 04/04 – Dogecoin Twitter Logo (Cause Why Not?)

• Twitter’s new dog icon is sending dogecoin — sigh — to the moon (TechCrunch)
• Spotify shuts down its Clubhouse-style audio app Spotify Live (Musically)
• Google to cut down on employee laptops, services and staplers for ‘multi-year’ savings (CNBC)
• Apple to Cut Jobs in Some Corporate Retail Teams in First Known Layoffs (Bloomberg)
• Apple Weather forecasts suffer rare outage (AppleInsider)
• Universities express doubt over tool to detect AI-powered plagiarism (Financial Times)
• AI is entering an era of corporate control (The Verge)

Monday, April 03 2023 - Mon. 04/03 – Schrödinger’s Blue Check

• Twitter had a very messy weekend (The Verge)
• Twitter’s blue check mark was loved and loathed. Now it’s pay for play. (Washington Post)
• ‘I’ve never seen anything like this:’ One of China’s most popular apps has the ability to spy on its users, say experts (CNN Business)
• Paris votes overwhelmingly to ban shared e-scooters (TechCrunch)
• GM is cutting off access to Apple CarPlay and Android Auto for its future EVs (The Verge)
• The rest of the auto industry still loves CarPlay and Android Auto (The Verge)

Friday, March 31 2023 - Fri. 03/31 – Is E3 Dead?

• E3 Has Been Canceled  (IGN)
• Elon Musk Tried to Meet With F.T.C. Chair About Twitter but Was Rebuffed  (NYTimes)
• Japan restricts chipmaking equipment exports as it aligns with US China curbs  (Reuters)
• Italian privacy regulator bans ChatGPT  (Politico)
• The Open Letter to Stop ‘Dangerous’ AI Race Is a Huge Mess  (Motherboard)

Thursday, March 30 2023 - Thu. 03/30 – No Headset Reveal At WWDC?

• Kuo: Apple Mixed-Reality Headset May Not Appear at WWDC as Mass Production Pushed Back Yet Again (MacRumors)
• Twitter announces new API pricing, including a limited free tier for bots (Engadget)
• Microsoft’s Bing chatbot is getting more ads (The Verge)
• Alphabet’s Google and DeepMind Pause Grudges, Join Forces to Chase OpenAI (The Information)
• Elon Musk’s AI History May Be Behind His Call To Pause Development (Forbes)
• Is TikTok Actually Creating More One-Hit Wonders? (Billboard)

Wednesday, March 29 2023 - Wed. 03/29 – Hit Pause On AI Development?

• Elon Musk and top AI researchers call for pause on ‘giant AI experiments’ (The Verge)
• Generative AI set to affect 300mn jobs across major economies (Financial Times)
• North Korea Is Now Mining Crypto to Launder Its Stolen Loot (Wired)
• Google Search is adding new ‘Perspectives’ and ‘About this author’ features to help users verify info (TechCrunch)
• TikTok ban backup plan? ByteDance-owned Instagram rival Lemon8 hits the US App Store’s Top 10 (TechCrunch)
• Cerebras releases seven large language models for generative AI, trained on its specialized hardware (SiliconAngle)
• Google Partners with AI Startup Replit to Take on Microsoft’s GitHub (Bloomberg)
• Microsoft Security Copilot is a new GPT-4 AI assistant for cybersecurity (The Verge)

Tuesday, March 28 2023 - Tue. 03/28 – Rise Of The Blue Checks

• Elon Musk says Twitter’s For You page will only recommend verified accounts (The Verge)
• The secret list of Twitter VIPs getting boosted over everyone else (Platformer)
• Binance and founder Changpeng Zhao violated compliance rules to attract U.S. users, CFTC alleges (CNBC)
• Disney Eliminates Its Metaverse Division as Part of Company’s Layoffs Plan (WSJ)
• NFT: Plans for Royal Mint produced token dropped (BBC News)
• Lyft CEO and president to step down, former Amazon exec David Risher named as replacement (CNBC)
• Amazon just opened up its Sidewalk network for anyone to build connected gadgets on (The Verge)

Monday, March 27 2023 - Mon. 03/27 – SVB Finds A New Home

• First Citizens to Buy SVB After Biggest Failure Since 2008 (Bloomberg)
• Twitter Says Parts of Its Source Code Were Leaked Online (NYTimes)
• Apple’s Best Hope for New Headset: a Smartwatch-Like Trajectory (Bloomberg)
• France bans all recreational apps – including TikTok – from government devices (The Register)
• Pinduoduo App Malware Detailed by Cybersecurity Researchers (Bloomberg)
• Tech’s AI Armies Are Huge, Yet Struggling to Innovate (Bloomberg)
• For Smarter Robots, Just Add Humans (Wired)

Friday, March 24 2023 - Fri. 03/24 – Twilight Of The Blue Checks

• Twitter to Revoke ‘Legacy’ Verified Badges in April, Leaving Only Paying Subscribers With Blue Check-Marks (Variety)
• OpenAI is massively expanding ChatGPT’s capabilities to let it browse the web and more (The Verge)
• Do Kwon Charged With Fraud by US Prosecutors in New York (Bloomberg)
• The FTC wants to ban those tough-to-cancel gym and cable subscriptions (The Verge)

Thursday, March 23 2023 - Thu. 03/23 – Coinbase Wells Notice

• Coinbase warned by SEC of potential securities charges (CNBC)
• SEC charges Tron founder Justin Sun, celebrities Lindsay Lohan, Jake Paul with crypto violations (CNBC)
• Jack Dorsey’s Block Falls After Hindenburg Says It’s Short the Stock (Bloomberg)
• Hindenburg takes aim at Dorsey’s payments firm Block; shares plunge (Reuters)
• Apple Considers Bidding for English Football Streaming Rights (Bloomberg)
• Apple to Spend $1 Billion a Year on Films to Break Into Cinemas (Bloomberg)
• Canva Launches ‘Magic’ AI Tools For Its Design Software’s 125 Million Users (Forbes)
• Chatbot Start-Up Character.AI Valued at $1 Billion in New Funding Round (NYTimes)
• Relativity Space’s first launch fails to reach orbit, but proves its 3D-printing rocket tech works (TechCrunch)

Wednesday, March 22 2023 - Wed. 03/22 – Google Bard Joins The Fray

• Google opens early access to its ChatGPT rival Bard — here are our first impressions (The Verge)
• Microsoft’s GitHub to Add OpenAI Chat Functions to Coding Tool (Bloomberg)
• Microsoft brings OpenAI’s DALL-E image creator to the new Bing (TechCrunch)
• Mozilla launches a new startup focused on ‘trustworthy’ AI (TechCrunch)
• Ubisoft’s new AI tool automatically generates dialogue for non-playable game characters (TechCrunch)
• GPT-4 and professional benchmarks: the wrong answer to the wrong question (AI Snake Oil)
• Amazon is flooding the zone with new TVs as it crosses 200 million Fire TV devices sold (The Verge)

Tuesday, March 21 2023 - Tue. 03/21 – TikTok Showdown

• TikTok says it now has 150m monthly active users in the US (MusicAlly)
• TikTok bans deepfakes of nonpublic figures and fake endorsements in rule refresh (The Verge)
• Google flags apps made by popular Chinese e-commerce giant as malware (TechCrunch)
• OpenAI Shut Down ChatGPT to Fix Bug Exposing User Chat Titles (Bloomberg)
• Amazon’s post-Bezos experiment hasn’t gone exactly as planned (CNBC)
• OpenAI-powered app from Microsoft will instantly transcribe patient notes during doctor visits (CNBC)

Monday, March 20 2023 - Mon. 03/20 – Robots All The Way Down

• Generative AI’s Next Frontier Is Video (Bloomberg)
• Glaze protects art from prying AIs (TechCrunch)
• AI love: What happens when your chatbot stops loving you back (Reuters)
• Netflix’s Ad Tier Hits 1 Million Users. Is That Good or Bad? (Bloomberg)
• Disney+ Users Paid Up When the Price Rose (WSJ)
• Humanoid robots are coming (Axios)
• Figure Promises First General-Purpose Humanoid Robot (IEEE Spectrum)

Friday, March 17 2023 - Fri. 03/17 – Midjourney 5 Is Amazing

• Amazon will discontinue newspaper and magazine subscriptions in September (GoodEReader)
• SVB Financial files for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protection, says it has $2.2B in liquidity (TechCrunch)
• Pornhub owner sold to Canadian private equity firm Ethical Capital (Financial Times)
• AI-imager Midjourney v5 stuns with photorealistic images—and 5-fingered hands (ArsTechnica)

Thursday, March 16 2023 - Thu. 03/16 – We’re A Long Way From Clippy

• Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot — your copilot for work (Microsoft)
• Microsoft 365 gets a host of new AI-powered features (TechCrunch)
• U.S. Threatens Ban if TikTok’s Chinese Owners Don’t Sell Stakes (WSJ)
• OpenAI co-founder on company’s past approach to openly sharing research: ‘We were wrong’ (TheVerge)
• Payments giant Stripe raises $6.5 billion at a $50 billion valuation (Axios)

Wednesday, March 15 2023 - Wed. 03/15 – GPT-4 Is Here

• OpenAI unveils GPT-4 with multimodal input and more creative and complex capabilities (Windows Central)
• 10 Ways GPT-4 Is Impressive but Still Flawed (NYTimes)
• With Evals, OpenAI hopes to crowdsource AI model testing (TechCrunch)
• Duolingo launches new subscription tier with access to AI tutor powered by GPT-4 (TechCrunch)
• GPT-4’s new capabilities power a ‘virtual volunteer’ for the visually impaired (TechCrunch)
• TikTok Considers Splitting From ByteDance If Deal With US Fails (Bloomberg)
• Google Pixel 8 Pro adds a mysterious new sensor, flat display in first leaked renders (9to5Google)
• Apple Music boosts streaming music revenue to record $13.3 billion in 2022; vinyl outpaces CDs for first since 1987 (9to5Mac)
• Ryan Reynolds-Backed Mint Is Bought by T-Mobile for $1.35 Billion (Bloomberg)

Tuesday, March 14 2023 - Tue. 03/14 – Meta Has Now Cut 1/4th Of Its Workforce

• Meta to cut another 10,000 jobs and cancel ‘low priority projects’ (TechCrunch)
• Google announces AI features in Gmail, Docs, and more to rival Microsoft (The Verge)
• Google opens up its AI language model PaLM to challenge OpenAI and GPT-3 (The Verge)
• FDIC Planning Another Silicon Valley Bank Auction (WSJ)
• Venture capitalists weigh Silicon Valley Bank salvage operation (FT)
• Microsoft just laid off one of its responsible AI teams (Platformer)
• Y Combinator to End Late-Stage Startup Fund, Lays Off Staff (The Information)
• The future of TV is up in the air (The Verge)

Monday, March 13 2023 - Mon. 03/13 – Crisis Averted?

• SVB’s tech failings were a problem long before the bank run that led to its demise, critics say (CNBC)
• SVB provided for tech when everyone else ignored us (FT)
• Regulators close crypto-focused Signature Bank, citing systemic risk (CNBC)
• Tim Cook bets on Apple’s mixed-reality headset to secure his legacy (FT)
• Microsoft Strung Together Tens of Thousands of Chips in a Pricey Supercomputer for OpenAI (Bloomberg)
• Large language models are having their Stable Diffusion moment (Simon Willison’s Blog)
• Self Radicalization with open sourced AI-Systems (Good Internet)

Friday, March 10 2023 - Fri. 03/10 – Silicon Valley Bank(Run)

• This just broke, FYI: Silicon Valley Bank is shut down by regulators, FDIC to protect insured deposits (CNBC)
• Meta is building a decentralized, text-based social network (Platformer)

Thursday, March 09 2023 - Thu. 03/09 – Silvergate’s Collapse Makes The Crypto Winter Even Colder

• Silvergate will liquidate bank, wind down operations (The Block)
• Microsoft details how it could get Call of Duty: Warzone running on Switch (The Verge)
• Microsoft’s AI-Powered Bing Search Engine Surpasses 100 Million Daily Active Users (Gizmodo)
• Spotify’s new design is part TikTok, part Instagram, and part YouTube (The Verge)
• The privacy loophole in your doorbell (Politico)
• SCOOP: Stripe Is Raising $6 Billion to Resolve Taxes & Expiring Employee Shares, Delaying Public Listing (Newcomer)

Wednesday, March 08 2023 - Wed. 03/08 – The “Cambrian Explosion” Moment For AI

• FTC Twitter Investigation Sought Elon Musk’s Internal Communications, Journalist Names (WSJ)
• Twitter just let its privacy- and security-protecting Tor service expire (The Verge)
• Elon Musk apologizes after mocking disabled Twitter employee (AP)
• DuckDuckGo Releases Its Own ChatGPT-Powered Search Engine, DuckAssist (Gizmodo)
• Google’s PaLM-E is a generalist robot brain that takes commands (ArsTechnica)
• Google’s Plan to Catch ChatGPT Is to Stuff AI Into Everything (Bloomberg)

Tuesday, March 07 2023 - Tue. 03/07 – A TikTok Paywall

• TikTok Launches ‘Series’ Feature, Which Lets Creators Sell Premium Episodes Up to 20 Minutes Each (Variety)
• Apple reveals a yellow iPhone 14 and 14 Plus (The Verge)
• Salesforce follows Microsoft in launching A.I. tools for salespeople with help from OpenAI (CNBC)
• Meta Plans Thousands More Layoffs as Soon as This Week (Bloomberg)
• Embark Trucks lays off workers, explores liquidation of self-driving truck assets (TechCrunch)
• How a single engineer brought down Twitter on Monday (Platformer)
• Apple First to Capture 8 Spots in List for Global Top 10 Smartphones (Counterpoint)
• Sonos Era 300 and Era 100 first look: you’re gonna want to hear these speakers (The Verge)

Monday, March 06 2023 - Mon. 03/06 – AI And The Golden Age Of Scamming

• Microsoft’s Latest AI Assistant Is Meant for Marketers, Customer Reps and Work Apps (Bloomberg)
• They thought loved ones were calling for help. It was an AI scam. (WashingtonPost)
• OpenAI Rival Stable Diffusion Maker Seeks to Raise Funds at $4 Billion Valuation (Bloomberg)
• Multicoin Capital’s Hedge Fund Lost 91.4% Last Year, Investor Letter Reveals (CoinDesk)
• Apple Readies Its Next Range of Macs, Including — Finally — a New iMac (Bloomberg)
• Musk Delayed Paying Twitter’s Amazon Cloud Bill, Sparking Ad Threat (The Information)
• Twitter’s Revenue, Adjusted Earnings Fell About 40% in Month of December (WSJ)
• I don’t think Meta knows it’s a game company (The Verge)

Friday, March 03 2023 - Fri. 03/03 – AI Summarizers And Glamour Filters

• Silvergate Stock Drops Over 50% as Crypto Clients Flee Beleaguered Bank (CoinDesk)
• Brave Search launches an AI-powered summarization feature (TechCrunch)
• Why won’t TikTok confirm the Bold Glamour filter is AI? (The Verge)
• Microsoft’s Activision deal likely to be approved by EU regulators, says Reuters (The Verge)

Thursday, March 02 2023 - Thu. 03/02 – And Right On Schedule, Here Come The APIs

• OpenAI launches an API for ChatGPT, plus dedicated capacity for enterprise customers (TechCrunch)
• Microsoft now lets you change Bing’s chatbot personality to be more entertaining (The Verge)
• Microsoft unveils AI model that understands image content, solves visual puzzles (ArsTechnica)
• Apple Blocks Update of ChatGPT-Powered App, as Concerns Grow Over AI’s Potential Harm (WSJ)
• Coinbase is no longer accepting, initiating payments with Silvergate (The Block)
• Snapchat will now let you pause your Snap Streaks (TechCrunch)
• TikTok Earned $205 Million More Than Facebook, Twitter, Snap And Instagram Combined On In-App Purchases In 2023 (Forbes)
• U.S. regulators rejected Elon Musk’s bid to test brain chips in humans, citing safety risks (Reuters)

Wednesday, March 01 2023 - Wed. 03/01 – Bluesky Launches

• Jack Dorsey-backed Twitter alternative Bluesky hits the App Store as an invite-only app (TechCrunch)
• Republican Bill That Gives Biden Power to Completely Ban TikTok Passes House Committee Super Fast (Gizmodo)
• TikTok rolls out new screen time controls, adds new default settings for teens and expands Family Pairing (TechCrunch)
• Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 phones are the first to support built-in ‘iSIMs’ (Engadget)
• This is Meta’s AR/VR hardware roadmap for the next four years (The Verge)
• Lenovo’s rollable laptop and smartphone are a compelling, unfinished pitch for the future (The Verge)

Tuesday, February 28 2023 - Tue. 02/28 – Elon Wants To Compete With OpenAI

• Microsoft brings its new AI-powered Bing to the Windows 11 taskbar (The Verge)
• Fighting ‘Woke AI,’ Musk Recruits Team to Develop OpenAI Rival (The Information)
• Meta revamps AI unit to get generative tech into products (Axios)
• Visa, Mastercard pause crypto push in wake of industry meltdown - sources (Reuters)
• Kuo: New iPhone SE With 6.1-Inch OLED Display and Apple’s 5G Chip Planned (MacRumors)
• Bored Ape Yacht Club Creator Yuga Labs Reveals First Bitcoin NFT Project (Decrypt)
• LastPass: DevOps engineer hacked to steal password vault data in 2022 breach (BleepingComputer)

Monday, February 27 2023 - Mon. 02/27 – Here Come The Prompt Engineers

• Snapchat is releasing its own AI chatbot powered by ChatGPT (The Verge)
• Twitter Blue head Esther Crawford is out at Twitter (The Verge)
• Google announces new features for Android and Wear OS (TechCrunch)
• Apple’s Secret ‘XDG’ Team Is Working on More Than Just a Glucose Monitor (Bloomberg)
• Exclusive: These are Xiaomi’s new Wireless AR Smart Glasses, and they look like they’re from the future (XDA Developers)
• Tech’s hottest new job: AI whisperer. No coding required. (Washington Post)

Friday, February 24 2023 - Fri. 02/24 – Record Scratch On The Adobe/Figma Deal

• DOJ Preps Antitrust Suit to Block Adobe’s $20 Billion Figma Deal (Bloomberg)
• Kuo: Apple to Launch High-End and Low-End Versions of Second-Generation Headset in 2025 (MacRumors)
• How I Broke Into a Bank Account With an AI-Generated Voice (Motherboard)

Thursday, February 23 2023 - Thu. 02/23 – Coinbase Wants To Seed Web 3

• Coinbase Launches Layer 2 Blockchain Base to Provide On-Ramp for Ethereum, Solana and Others (CoinDesk)
• Exclusive: iPhone 15 CADs reveal larger 6.2-inch display, Dynamic Island, and more (9to5Mac)
• Apple Makes Major Progress on No-Prick Blood Glucose Tracking for Its Watch (Bloomberg)
• AI-created images lose U.S. copyrights in test for new technology (Reuters)
• Spotify Is Testing Token-Enabled Music Playlists (CoinDesk)
• Samsung is readying its own smartphone-to-satellite communication platform (Engadget)
• Samsung S23 and S23 Plus review: say ‘yes’ to the S (The Verge)

Wednesday, February 22 2023 - Wed. 02/22 – ChatGPT Hits A Chinese Wall

• China tells big tech companies not to offer ChatGPT services (NikkeiAsia)
• ChatGPT launches boom in AI-written e-books on Amazon (Reuters)
• Sci-Fi Mag Pauses Submissions Amid Flood of AI-Generated Short Stories (PCMag)
• Spotify launches ‘DJ,’ a new feature offering personalized music with AI-powered commentary (TechCrunch)
• Uber redesigns app for simpler, more personalized experience (TechCrunch)
• Microsoft aggressively trying to keep Chrome downloaders using Edge (9to5Google)

Tuesday, February 21 2023 - Tue. 02/21 – Microsoft Swears To Play Nice With Call Of Duty

• Microsoft inks binding contract with Nintendo for ‘Call of Duty’ as it defends Activision deal (GeekWire)
• Linux 6.2: The first mainstream Linux kernel for Apple M1 chips arrives (ZDNet)
• Google Chrome rolls out long awaited battery saving features (AndroidPolice)
• Facebook and Instagram are testing selling you blue checks for $12 a month (The Verge)
• Official: Twitter will now charge for SMS two-factor authentication (The Verge)
• Almost-unbeatable AI comes to Gran Turismo 7 (ArsTechnica)
• How Apple captured Gen Z in the US — and changed their social circles (Financial Times)

Friday, February 17 2023 - Susan Wojcicki Rides Off Into The Sunset

• SEC Sues Over TerraUSD Stablecoin That Rocked Crypto (Bloomberg)
• What Brit watchdog redacted: Google gives Apple cut of Chrome iOS search revenue (The Register)
• TikTok is launching a $500,000 live trivia contest (The Verge)
• YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is stepping down (Vox)

Thursday, February 16 2023 - Thu. 02/16 – Microsoft Reflects On The New Bing

• Microsoft explains Bing’s bizarre AI chat behavior (Engadget)
• GitHub Copilot update stops AI model from revealing secrets (BleepingComputer)
• SEC Proposal Could Bar Investment Advisers From Keeping Assets at Crypto Firms (CoinDesk)
• Banks Are Breaking Up With Crypto During Regulatory Crackdown (WSJ)
• Apple Pushes Back Mixed-Reality Headset Debut Two Months to June (Bloomberg)
• Whatever happened to the metaverse? (FT)
• US Border Patrol Is Finally Able to Check E-Passport Data (Wired)

Wednesday, February 15 2023 - Wed. 02/15 – The New Bing Is Questioning Its Own Existence

• Microsoft’s new ChatGPT AI starts sending ‘unhinged’ messages to people (The Independent)
• The AI photo app trend has already fizzled, new data shows (TechCrunch)
• GitHub’s Copilot for Business is now generally available (TechCrunch)
• Adobe’s $20 Billion Figma Deal Faces EU Antitrust Probe (Bloomberg)
• Yes, Elon Musk created a special system for showing you all his tweets first (Platformer)

Tuesday, February 14 2023 - Tue. 02/14 – Elon, If You Want It Or Not

• Twitter is just showing everyone all of Elon Musk’s tweets now (The Verge)
• Twitter delays new paid API launch by ‘a few more days’ (AppleInsider)
• Microsoft’s Bing AI, like Google’s, also made dumb mistakes during first demo (The Verge)
• US Crackdown Seeks to Push Crypto Back to the Fringes of Finance (Bloomberg)
• TikTok Turns to New Tactics to Spur Growth as Boom Times End (The Information)
• Amazon chief vows to ‘go big’ on physical stores (FT)
• TikTok’s Parent Takes On Meta in Battle for Virtual-Reality Market (WSJ)
• Amazon’s Self-Driving Car Shuttles People on Public Roads for the First Time (Bloomberg)

Monday, February 13 2023 - Mon. 02/13 – Are Stablecoins Dead?

• Regulator Orders Crypto Firm Paxos to Stop Issuing Binance Stablecoin (WSJ)
• PayPal Pauses Stablecoin Work Amid Regulatory Scrutiny of Crypto (Bloomberg)
• Meta delays setting team budgets as it plans fresh round of job cuts (FT)
• Microsoft Kills Its Industrial Metaverse Team After 4 Months (The Information)
• AI-powered Bing Chat spills its secrets via prompt injection attack (ArsTechnica)
• Apple Reportedly Planning to Limit iPhone 15’s USB-C Port in the Same Way as Lightning (MacRumors)

Friday, February 10 2023 - Fri. 02/10 – A Record Year For Bots (The Other Kind Of Bots)

• Apple Avoids Job Cuts Because It Didn’t Overhire Like Google and Amazon (Bloomberg)
• Microsoft to demo its new ChatGPT-like AI in Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook soon (The Verge)
• Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com to launch ChatGPT-style product (CNBC)
• North American companies notch another record year for robot orders (Reuters)

Thursday, February 09 2023 - Thu. 02/09 – Twitter Blue Breaks The Character Barrier

• Now Twitter Blue subscribers can write 4,000-character tweets (The Verge)
• Watch out, TweetDeck users—Elon Musk is about to ruin your Twitter experience (TechRadar)
• Lazy Reporters Claiming Fediverse Is ‘Slumping,’ Despite Massive Increase In Usage (TechDirt)
• Coinbase CEO Armstrong Decries Rumors of Possible US SEC Ban on Crypto Staking (Bloomberg)
• Meta Completes Acquisition of VR Fitness Company Within (CNET)
• Nintendo’s Zelda Price Hike Opens Door for More Expensive Games (Bloomberg)
• Google Stadia had less than 10% market share among cloud gaming services (9to5Google)
• Google confirms AI-generated content isn’t against Search guidelines (9to5Google)

Wednesday, February 08 2023 - Wed. 02/08 – AI’s Big Week Continues

• Microsoft announces new Bing and Edge browser powered by upgraded ChatGPT AI (The Verge)
• I Tried Microsoft’s New AI-Powered Bing. Search Will Never Be the Same. (WSJ)
• Google is still drip-feeding AI into search, Maps, and Translate (The Verge)
• Google Maps launches Immersive View in five cities, will roll out ‘glanceable directions’ soon (TechCrunch)
• Microsoft’s $69 Billion Activision Deal Could Harm UK Gamers, Watchdog Finds (Bloomberg)
• Digital Pound Holdings Could Be Limited to 10K, Central Bank Says (CoinDesk)

Tuesday, February 07 2023 - Tue. 02/07 – AI’s Big Debut Week Is NOW!

• Google announces ChatGPT rival Bard, with wider availability in ‘coming weeks’ (The Verge)
• Baidu Surges as Hope Mounts over Chinese Answer to ChatGPT (Bloomberg)
• Getty Images sues AI art generator Stable Diffusion in the US for copyright infringement (The Verge)
• Meta Targets Teen Users in Broader Horizon Metaverse App Revamp (WSJ)
• Musk’s Twitter Has Just 180,000 U.S. Subscribers, Two Months After Launch (The Information)
• The Mastodon Bump Is Now a Slump (Wired)
• ChatGPT’s ‘jailbreak’ tries to make the A.I. break its own rules, or die (CNBC)

Monday, February 06 2023 - Mon. 02/06 – iPhone Ultra?

• Apple Talks Up High-End iPhones in Sign Ultra Model May Be Coming (Bloomberg)
• Elon Musk says Twitter will provide a free write-only API to bots providing ‘good’ content (TechCrunch)
• Microsoft’s Activision Deal Tests a New Global Alignment on Antitrust (NYTimes)
• Big Tech companies use cloud computing arms to pursue alliances with AI groups (FT)
• A16z votes against proposal to deploy latest Uniswap iteration on BNB Chain (The Block)

Friday, February 03 2023 - Fri. 02/03 – The Startup Planning To De-Extinct The Dodo

• AI will help Google parent Alphabet navigate a challenging macro environment, say analysts (MarketWatch)
• Google Shares Slip after Sales Miss as Advertising Demand Slows (Bloomberg)
• Apple Sales Shrink as Pandemic Rally Ends for iPhone Maker, Other Tech Giants (WSJ)
• Amazon stock falls as least profitable holiday quarter since 2014 leads to its worst annual loss on record (MarketWatch)
• Google invests $300mn in artificial intelligence start-up Anthropic (Financial Times)

Thursday, February 02 2023 - Thu. 02/02 – Meta Whistles Past The Metaverse

• Meta stock perks up as the company promises a ‘year of efficiency’ (TechCrunch)
• 2 reasons Meta stock is exploding 20% after a whopper earnings miss (Yahoo Finance)
• Twitter to end free access to its API in Elon Musk’s latest monetization push (TechCrunch)
• OpenAI launches ChatGPT Plus, starting at $20 per month (TechCrunch)
• ChatGPT is about to get even better and Microsoft’s Bing could win big (Semafor)
• Discord arrives on PS5 for beta testers today (The Verge)
• Netflix hasn’t confirmed its plans to stop password sharing just yet (The Verge)
• Amazon’s No-Fly Zone: Drone Delivery Largely Grounded Despite Splashy Launch (The Information)
• The Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra is a minor update to a spec monster (The Verge)

Wednesday, February 01 2023 - Wed. 02/01 – The Memory Chip Rout (Again)

• Hynix Posts Record Loss on Slump in Memory-Chip Prices (Bloomberg)
• Historic Crash for Memory Chips Threatens to Wipe Out Earnings (Bloomberg)
• OpenAI releases tool to detect machine-written text (Axios)
• Google is asking employees to test potential ChatGPT competitors, including a chatbot called ‘Apprentice Bard’ (CNBC)
• Confirmed: Netflix Unveils First Details of New Anti-Password Sharing Measures (The Streamable)
• Meta Wins Court Nod to Buy Virtual Reality Startup in Loss for Khan’s FTC (Bloomberg)
• Meta Plans to Shut Down One of Its Most Popular and Long-standing Multiplayer VR Games (Road To VR)
• Instagram’s co-founders are mounting a comeback (Platformer)

Tuesday, January 31 2023 - Tue. 01/31 – Weird Gaming News

• Sony Slashes PlayStation VR2 Headset Output After Pre-Orders Disappoint (Bloomberg)
• Exclusive: Xbox, Nintendo, and Sony Won’t Be Part of E3 2023 (IGN)
• Showtime to Be Rebranded ‘Paramount+ with Showtime,’ Added to Paramount+ Premium Tier (The Streamable)
• Thrive Capital Said to Lead Potential Investment in Stripe (NYTimes)
• Twitter Makes First Interest Payment on Musk Buyout Debt (Bloomberg)
• Mercedes-Benz is the first to bring Level 3 automated driving to the US (The Verge)

Monday, January 30 2023 - Mon 01/30 – Every Platform Is Hustling To Unveil An AI Play

• Chinese Search Giant Baidu to Launch ChatGPT-Style Bot (Bloomberg)
• Amazon adding new fees for grocery delivery (GeekWire)
• Apple Supplier in India Begins Making Components for AirPods (Bloomberg)
• Foldable iPad could arrive as early as next year, claims noted Apple analyst (The Verge)
• Two companies race to deploy robotaxis in San Francisco. The city wants them to hit the brakes. (NBCNews)
• Scientists at Salesforce develop proteins with AI that can eat trash (NeoWin)
• AI has designed bacteria-killing proteins from scratch – and they work (New Scientist)

Friday, January 27 2023 - Fri. 01/27 – More Buzzfeed News, If You Can Believe It

• BuzzFeed to Use ChatGPT Creator OpenAI to Help Create Quizzes and Other Content (WSJ)
• Amazon NFT Initiative Coming Soon: Exclusive (Blockworks)
• Stripe Sets One-Year Timetable to Decide on Going Public (WSJ)

Thursday, January 26 2023 - Thu. 01/26 – Where Is The Line Going For Tech Right Now?

• Smartphone Shipments Suffer the Largest-Ever Decline with 18.3% Drop in the Holiday Quarter and a 11.3% Decline in 2022, According to IDC Tracker (IDC)
• SoftBank Deals Hit Record Low, Sapping Funding for Startups (Bloomberg)
• Meta Pays BuzzFeed Millions to Generate Creator Content for Facebook and Instagram (WSJ)
• University of Texas Will Offer Large-Scale Online Master’s Degree in A.I. (NYTimes)
• We tried to run a social media site and it was awful (Financial Times)

Wednesday, January 25 2023 - Wed. 01/25 – Is This Latest Suit The Biggest Threat To Google

• US Sues Google to Break Up Ad Unit in Heated Antitrust Fight (Bloomberg)
• DOJ’s new suit puts Google’s ad business at risk (Axios)
• Google’s most serious antitrust challenge to date (Platformer)
• Microsoft Cloud Strength Drives Second Quarter Results (Microsoft Investor Relations)
• Twitter for web will now stay on your preferred timeline (The Verge)
• Riot Games receives ‘ransom email’ for stolen source code following social engineering attack (The Record)
• Ransomware Revenue Down As More Victims Refuse to Pay (Chainalysis)
• LG, Whirlpool Target Customers Disconnected From ‘Smart’ Appliances (WSJ)
• After inking its OpenAI deal, Shutterstock rolls out a generative AI toolkit to create images based on text prompts (TechCrunch)

Tuesday, January 24 2023 - Tue 01/24 – ALL The Details On Apple’s Headset

• How Apple’s Upcoming Mixed-Reality Headset Will Work (Bloomberg)
• DOJ Poised to Sue Google Over Digital Ad Market Dominance (Bloomberg)
• Amazon launches RxPass, a $5/month Prime add-on for all-you-need generic drugs covering 80 conditions (TechCrunch)
• CNET’s AI Journalist Appears to Have Committed Extensive Plagiarism (Futurism.com)

Monday, January 23 2023 - Mon. 01/23 – Moar Tech Layoffs (And Moar To Come?)

• Spotify to trim 6% of workforce in latest tech layoffs (Reuters)
• Elliott Management Takes Big Stake in Salesforce (WSJ)
• Banks Plan Payment Wallet to Compete With PayPal, Apple Pay (WSJ)
• TikTok’s Secret ‘Heating’ Button Can Make Anyone Go Viral (Forbes)
• ChatGPT users report $42 a month pricing for ‘pro’ access but no official announcement yet (The Verge)
• Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2023) review: the core count grows (The Verge)

Friday, January 20 2023 - Fri. 01/20 – Alphabet’s Monster Layoffs

• Google to Cut 12,000 Jobs in 6% Reduction of Global Workforce (Bloomberg)
• Twitter’s new developer terms ban third-party clients (Engadget)
• Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings to step down as chief executive (FT)
• Crypto Lender Genesis Files for Bankruptcy as Crisis Spreads (Bloomberg)
• Google Calls In Help From Larry Page and Sergey Brin for A.I. Fight (NYTimes)

Thursday, January 19 2023 - Thu. 01/19 – Instagram Wants You To Take A Break

• Genesis creditors negotiating prepackaged bankruptcy: Sources (The Block)
• Crypto Media Outlet CoinDesk Taps Bankers for Potential Sale (WSJ)
• Instagram’s new ‘Quiet Mode’ helps you take a break from the app (TechCrunch)
• Amazon to close charitable program AmazonSmile (The Hill)
• Wikipedia gets its first makeover in over a decade… and it’s fairly subtle (TechCrunch)
• Apple to Expand Smart-Home Lineup, Taking On Amazon and Google (Bloomberg)
• Web 3 Startup Funding Q4 Drop (Crunchbase)
• New AngelList Data Shows Startup Fundraising Pain in Second Half of 2022 (Newcomer)
• It looks like people are actually moving back to San Francisco (really) (Vox)
• Tweet on LA startup investment numbers (@emollick)

Wednesday, January 18 2023 - Wed. 01/18 – The HomePod Is Back

• Apple announces revamped full-size HomePod two years after discontinuing original (The Verge)
• Apple Delays AR Glasses, Plans Cheaper Mixed-Reality Headset (Bloomberg)
• Full memo: Microsoft to cut 10k jobs, about 5% of workforce, and take $1.2B restructuring charge (GeekWire)
• Exclusive: OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 Per Hour to Make ChatGPT Less Toxic (Time)
• Galaxy S23 spec leak leaves few surprises ahead of February launch (The Verge)
• Twitter Manager: Daily Revenue Has Dropped 40%, 500 Top Advertisers Have Left (The Information)

Tuesday, January 17 2023 - Tue. 01/17 – New Mac Tuesday

• Apple Announces New MacBook Pros With M2 Pro and M2 Max Chips, Up to 96GB RAM, 8K HDMI, Wi-Fi 6E, and More (MacRumors)
• Apple Unveils M2 Pro and M2 Max Chips With 20% Faster CPU and More (MacRumors)
• Microsoft to Add ChatGPT to Azure Cloud Services ‘Soon’ (Bloomberg)
• Microsoft Plans to Build OpenAI Capabilities Into All Products (WSJ)
• Getty Images is suing the creators of AI art tool Stable Diffusion for scraping its content (The Verge)
• AI art tools Stable Diffusion and Midjourney targeted with copyright lawsuit (The Verge)
• Google reportedly working on AirTag-like location trackers (The Verge)
• Why the Heck Is Amazon Selling These Fake 16 Terabyte Portable SSD Drives? (ReviewGeek)

Monday, January 16 2023 - (TWTR SPC) The Big AI Discussion

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Friday, January 13 2023 - Fri. 01/13 – Is The Government Crackdown On Crypto Starting?

• SEC charges Gemini and Genesis with unregistered securities offering (The Block)
• Apple’s Tim Cook Takes Rare CEO Pay Cut After Pushback (Bloomberg)
• Climate Startup Removes Carbon From Open Air in Industry First (WSJ)

Thursday, January 12 2023 - Thu. 01/12 – Touchscreen Macs?

• Apple Is Working on Adding Touch Screens to Macs in Major Turnabout (Bloomberg)
• Sam Bankman-Fried sticks to his script (Axios)
• Apple Maps’ business listings are about to get more detailed with launch of ‘Apple Business Connect’ (TechCrunch)
• Twitter Said to Consider Selling User Names to Boost Revenue (NYTimes)
• Carta lays off 10% as CTO lawsuit looms (TechCrunch)
• CNET IS QUIETLY PUBLISHING ENTIRE ARTICLES GENERATED BY AI (The Byte/Futurism)
• OpenAI begins piloting ChatGPT Professional, a premium version of its viral chatbot (TechCrunch)

Wednesday, January 11 2023 - Wed. 01/11 – Maybe Software Needs To Eat The Airline Industry

• U.S. air travel rumbles back to life after FAA computer outage (Reuters)
• Apple to Begin Making In-House Screens in 2024 in Shift Away From Samsung (Bloomberg)
• Twitter defaults to a For You page now, just like TikTok (The Verge)
• DeepL, the AI-based language translator, raises over $100M at a $1B+ valuation (TechCrunch)
• Microsoft scraps plans for dual-screen Surface Duo 3, pivots to new foldable screen design (Windows Central)
• Samsung confirms February 1st Unpacked, its first in-person event in three years (The Verge)

Tuesday, January 10 2023 - Tue. 01/10 – Now We Have VALL-E To Take Over My Podcast Voice

• Microsoft’s new AI can simulate anyone’s voice with 3 seconds of audio (ArsTechnica)
• Microsoft eyes $10 billion bet on ChatGPT (Semafor)
• Buy with Prime, which brings Prime to third-party sites, officially launches in U.S. on Jan. 31 (TechCrunch)
• Coinbase to slash 20% of workforce in second major round of job cuts (CNBC)
• FAA giving airlines another year to fix altimeters that can’t handle 5G signals (Ars Technica)
• Sketchy ChatGPT App Soars Up App Store Charts, Charges $7.99 Weekly Subscription (MacRumors)

Monday, January 09 2023 - Mon. 01/09 – Gurman Tells Us When Apple’s “Reality Pro” Will Be Announced.

• Apple Will Talk Up Its Mixed-Reality Headset in 2023 But Not Much Else (Bloomberg)
• Steam hits 10 million concurrent in-game players in record-breaking weekend (The Verge)
• Deere & Co. will allow farmers to repair their own equipment (Reuters)
• Insurer Beazley launches first catastrophe bond for cyber threats (FT)
• The Lenovo ThinkPhone by Motorola is a ThinkPad owner’s dream (The Verge)
• Where was 5G at CES? (The Verge)

Friday, January 06 2023 - Fri. 01/06 – CES Wrapup Part 2

• ChatGPT Creator in Investor Talks at $29 Billion Valuation (WSJ)
• Kuo: Apple’s Mixed-Reality Headset Likely to Debut at Spring Media Event or WWDC (MacRumors)
• HTC Vive XR Elite: Another Mixed-Reality Headset Arriving Ahead of Apple (CNET)
• Lenovo’s new Yoga Book 9i laptop has a second screen above its screen (The Verge)
• OLED plus E Ink: Lenovo’s ThinkBook Twist is halfway to my dream laptop (The Verge)
• Coming soon: smart homes where the electricity isn’t so dumb (The Verge)
• Ram 1500 Revolution brings muscle car energy — and tons of gimmicks — to EV truck race (The Verge)

Thursday, January 05 2023 - Thu. 01/05 – CES Roundup Part 1

• Amazon Layoffs to Hit Over 18,000 Workers, the Most in Recent Tech Wave (WSJ)
• €390M fine strikes blow to Meta’s ad-fueled business model (Politico)
• Death of the narrator? Apple unveils suite of AI-voiced audiobooks (The Guardian)
• Bankruptcy judge rules that Earn account assets belong to Celsius (Axios)

Wednesday, January 04 2023 - Wed. 01/04 – ChatGPT Coming To Bing?

• Microsoft and OpenAI Working on ChatGPT-Powered Bing in Challenge to Google (The Information)
• Salesforce to cut 10% of workforce in latest tech layoffs (Reuters)
• Sam Bankman-Fried Pleads ‘Not Guilty’ to Fraud, Conspiracy Charges (CoinDesk)
• Shiba Inu-Themed BONK Tokens Are Yielding Nearly 1,000% for Solana Liquidity Providers (CoinDesk)
• Nvidia upgrades GeForce Now with RTX 4080 performance for premium users (TechCrunch)
• Wireless Power Consortium works with Apple on next generation ‘Qi2’ standard based on MagSafe (9to5Mac)
• Qi2: How Apple might finally harness MagSafe by giving it away (The Verge)
• Roku does the obvious thing and announces its own TV line (The Verge)
• MacBook owners have two months to claim up to $395 over butterfly keyboard woes (The Verge)

Tuesday, January 03 2023 - Tue. 01/03 – Eventually, CES Comes For All Of Us

• Intel’s 13th Gen mobile processors include the first 24-core laptop CPU (The Verge)
• PyTorch discloses malicious dependency chain compromise over holidays (BleepingComputer)
• Southwest Meltdown Shows Airlines Need Tighter Software Integration (WSJ)
• Gemini’s Cameron Winklevoss Slams Crypto Exec Barry Silbert Over Frozen Funds (Bloomberg)
• Tech Layoffs Are Happening Faster Than at Any Time During the Pandemic (WSJ)
• As Silicon Valley Retrenches, a Tech Talent Shift Accelerates (NYTimes)
• Startups End a Bruising 2022, Stare Down Another Challenging Year (WSJ)
• Farewell to 3G (The Verge)

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