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2024-11-03 03:25:57

Spot AI, which helps companies analyze security camera footage, raised $31M and unveiled Video AI Agents that can detect and trigger responses to safety issues (Maria Deutscher/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2024/10/31/spot-ai-reels-31m-ai-powered-video-processing-platform/
http://www.techmeme.com/241102/p15#a241102p15

2024-10-23 14:21:02

Infinitus, which uses AI to automate health care tasks, raised $51.5M led by a16z, a source says at a $600M+ valuation, taking its total funding to $102.9M (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-23/andreessen-horowitz-backs-ai-startup-automating-medical-phone-calls
http://www.techmeme.com/241023/p23#a241023p23

2024-10-13 14:10:51

An energy crunch is forcing continued coal burning in a low-income area in North Omaha, Nebraska, as Meta and Google data centers strain regional power supply (Evan Halper/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/10/08/google-meta-omaha-data-centers/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzI4NzA1NjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzMwMDg3OTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3Mjg3MDU2MDAsImp0aSI6IjliMTQ2MzczLTc3ZDItNGVjMi04Y2JjLTkzMzMwYjVlMjc1ZiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9idXNpbmVzcy8yMDI0LzEwLzA4L2dvb2dsZS1tZXRhLW9tYWhhLWRhdGEtY2VudGVycy8ifQ.fi1AiJWDfIh9OHRdnXF9saV6UDtXxvaz22u8zt2N6CM
http://www.techmeme.com/241013/p6#a241013p6

2024-10-09 08:51:06

A profile of the National Archives and Records Administration's Chief Innovation Officer Pamela Wright, who leads the agency's project to digitize 13B+ records (Sarah Vowell/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2024/sarah-vowell-national-archives-digitization-records-smartphones/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzI4MzYwMDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzI5NzQyMzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MjgzNjAwMDAsImp0aSI6IjBiYTZkYTU1LTYxZTYtNDJlYi1hYzhjLTZkN2U5MDU0NGE4YyIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd2FzaGluZ3RvbnBvc3QuY29tL29waW5pb25zL2ludGVyYWN0aXZlLzIwMjQvc2FyYWgtdm93ZWxsLW5hdGlvbmFsLWFyY2hpdmVzLWRpZ2l0aXphdGlvbi1yZWNvcmRzLXNtYXJ0cGhvbmVzLyJ9.AwL3wLcRk4e-zFXjS1uBeQsnSeYAzY4afo8E5l8yN5I&itid=gfta
http://www.techmeme.com/241009/p11#a241009p11

2024-10-07 13:55:47

SCOTUS rejects X's appeal over a secret DOJ search warrant from Special Counsel Jack Smith for records related to Donald Trump's Twitter account (Greg Stohr/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-07/musk-s-x-rejected-by-supreme-court-over-secret-doj-trump-warrant
http://www.techmeme.com/241007/p10#a241007p10

2024-10-02 19:41:16

Amazon announces a new lineup of Fire HD 8 tablets, with 50% more RAM than the previous models, and three new generative AI features for compatible Fire tablets (Ryan McNeal/Android Authority)
https://www.androidauthority.com/amazon-fire-hd-8-tablet-2024-launch-3486999/
http://www.techmeme.com/241002/p30#a241002p30

2024-10-01 10:25:52

How streamers on Twitch and other services are moving further into talking politics, making the livestreaming platforms a focus for both presidential campaigns (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/01/business/media/politics-debate-streamers.html
http://www.techmeme.com/241001/p9#a241001p9

2024-09-30 13:35:46

The UK FCA says a man pleaded guilty to illegally operating a crypto ATM network, which processed £2.6M across various locations, as it cracks down on such ATMs (Camomile Shumba/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/09/30/man-pleads-guilty-to-illegally-operating-crypto-atm-network-in-the-uk/
http://www.techmeme.com/240930/p12#a240930p12

2024-09-30 13:15:46

Qodo, which offers code generation and testing tools to the enterprise, raised a $40M Series A led by Susa Ventures and Square Peg (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/30/qodo-raises-40m-series-a-to-bring-quality-first-code-generation-to-the-enterprise/
http://www.techmeme.com/240930/p10#a240930p10

2024-09-25 12:01:26

Book excerpt: how Activision CEO Bobby Kotick and Blizzard co-founder Mike Morhaime, once the industry's unstoppable pair, had a falling out starting in 2013 (Jason Schreier/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-09-25/book-excerpt-play-nice-the-rise-fall-and-future-of-blizzard-entertainment?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTcyNzI2MjU3MywiZXhwIjoxNzI3ODY3MzczLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTS0Q1NFJUMEcxS1cwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCMUVBQkI5NjQ2QUM0REZFQTJBRkI4MjI1MzgyQTJFQSJ9.Ju6VKxgSlDycOC4T4Zo1isSTpRn05b_o9bPKL-Z8qmE
http://www.techmeme.com/240925/p22#a240925p22

2024-09-25 11:36:09

Reddit begins rolling out its ML-powered translations in Brazil, Spain, Germany, Italy, the Philippines, and 30+ others on the web, mobile, and desktop (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/25/reddit-is-bringing-ai-powered-automatic-translation-to-dozens-of-new-countries/
http://www.techmeme.com/240925/p21#a240925p21

2024-09-24 04:15:48

Memo: an arbitrator awards full severance package to an ex-Twitter employee, who was laid off when Elon Musk took over, first such resolution of 2K+ complaints (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-23/ex-twitter-worker-wins-musk-layoff-pay-fight-memo-says
http://www.techmeme.com/240924/p1#a240924p1

2024-09-11 14:21:01

On second day of the US DOJ's antitrust trial focused on ads, a former News Corp exec testified as a government witness, saying Google held publishers "hostage" (Lauren Feiner/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/11/24241386/former-news-corp-executive-google-doj-ad-tech-trial
http://www.techmeme.com/240911/p12#a240911p12

2024-09-05 18:25:41

The US and allies reveal that the hacker group known as Cadet Blizzard is part of the GRU's Unit 29155, which is responsible for assassinations in Europe (Andy Greenberg/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/russia-gru-unit-29155-hacker-team/
http://www.techmeme.com/240905/p31#a240905p31

2024-09-05 18:16:06

FCC filing: Larry Ellison will own 77.5% of Paramount Global parent company National Amusements after his son David completes the purchase of Paramount (Christopher Palmeri/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-05/larry-ellison-will-control-paramount-after-deal-filing-shows
http://www.techmeme.com/240905/p30#a240905p30

2024-09-05 10:20:44

Verizon agrees to buy rival telecom operator Frontier Communications for an enterprise value of $20B; Frontier had a revenue of $5.8B in 2023 (Christopher Palmeri/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-05/verizon-to-buy-rival-frontier-communications-in-20-billion-deal
http://www.techmeme.com/240905/p12#a240905p12

2024-09-05 10:15:48

Meta's Oversight Board rules that users should be allowed to post "aspirational" statements for Venezuelan state-supported paramilitary groups to be killed (Gaby Del Valle/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/5/24236134/meta-oversight-board-venezuela-elections-colectivos
http://www.techmeme.com/240905/p11#a240905p11

2024-09-04 14:30:58

Ride-hailing company GoTo plans to close its Gojek brand in Vietnam, to focus on reaching profitability in its main operations in Indonesia and Singapore (Olivia Poh/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-04/goto-exits-tough-vietnam-market-to-focus-on-reaching-profit
http://www.techmeme.com/240904/p29#a240904p29

2024-09-03 13:50:49

Coinbase, Brian Armstrong, and their PACs haven't donated to Trump or Harris, instead pursuing a strategy of targeted donations to congressional campaigns (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-03/how-coinbase-went-from-dc-kids-table-to-political-power-seat
http://www.techmeme.com/240903/p12#a240903p12

2024-09-02 10:10:39

Apple is gearing up for a battle with app makers and legislators over whether regulation of teen's social media use should happen in apps or at the device level (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/apple-helped-nix-part-of-a-child-safety-bill-more-fights-are-expected-23905d4d
http://www.techmeme.com/240902/p4#a240902p4

2024-08-30 11:51:12

Huione Guarantee, a Cambodia-based online marketplace that facilitates pig butchering and other scams, has processed $49B+ in crypto transactions since 2021 (Chainalysis)
https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/2024-crypto-crime-mid-year-update-part-2/
http://www.techmeme.com/240830/p7#a240830p7

2024-08-29 22:55:42

Meta is opening up Horizon Worlds to users aged 10 to 12 with parental approval, and rolls out a new age rating system for worlds to help parents supervise kids (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/28/24230531/meta-preteens-horizon-worlds
http://www.techmeme.com/240829/p31#a240829p31

2024-08-23 00:25:38

Microsoft confirms the Windows Control Panel, which debuted in 1985 with Windows 1.0, is "in the process of being deprecated in favor of the Settings app" (Sayan Sen/Neowin)
https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-finally-officially-confirms-its-killing-windows-control-panel-sometime-soon/
http://www.techmeme.com/240822/p35#a240822p35

2024-08-22 16:45:35

India's Open Network for Digital Commerce expands into financial services, starting with APIs for digital lending, and adds nine lending service providers (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/22/indias-open-commerce-network-expands-into-digital-lending/
http://www.techmeme.com/240822/p25#a240822p25

2024-08-22 16:25:49

The US charges Deniss Zolotarjovs, a member of the Russian Karakurt ransomware group that has ties to Conti, with money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/us-charges-karakurt-extortion-gangs-cold-case-negotiator/
http://www.techmeme.com/240822/p24#a240822p24

2024-08-22 08:50:38

Italian officials: UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch's body has been recovered from the wreckage of the superyacht Bayesian, which sank three days ago off Sicily (Financial Times)
https://t.co/o5sNYiJGOr
http://www.techmeme.com/240822/p5#a240822p5

2024-08-22 08:10:37

A look at the facial recognition systems becoming common at major league sporting venues, like the MLB's Go-Ahead Entry, as privacy advocates raise concerns (Caroline Haskins/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/face-recognition-stadiums-protest/
http://www.techmeme.com/240822/p4#a240822p4

2024-08-21 13:55:57

Microsoft plans to launch the $450 white discless Xbox Series X, a $600 2TB Galaxy Black special-edition Series X, and $350 1TB Series S on October 15 in the US (Tom Warren/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/21/24225188/microsoft-white-xbox-series-x-digital-2tb-special-edition-release-dates
http://www.techmeme.com/240821/p16#a240821p16

2024-08-20 08:01:37

Q&A with GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke on AI, GitHub Copilot, letting developers test AI models in GitHub, open-source AI models, working within Microsoft, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/24221978/github-thomas-dohmke-ai-copilot-microsoft-openai-open-source
http://www.techmeme.com/240820/p3#a240820p3

2024-08-18 05:01:18

South Korea's plan to introduce tablets with AI features in schools faces backlash from parents and academics concerned about children's overexposure to devices (Financial Times)
https://t.co/iWElYjS1mF
http://www.techmeme.com/240818/p2#a240818p2

2024-08-18 04:01:18

South Korean AI chip makers Rebellions and Sapeon agree to merge; Rebellions has raised $225M+ and Sapeon's shareholders include SK Telecom and SK Hynix (Joyce Lee/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/south-korean-ai-chip-makers-rebellions-sapeon-agree-merge-2024-08-18/
http://www.techmeme.com/240818/p1#a240818p1

2024-08-18 02:35:45

Dating apps are struggling as users seek organic ways to meet; Match Group reported a decline in the total number of paying users for seven straight quarters (Edward Helmore/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/article/2024/aug/17/dating-apps-decline-bumble-tinder
http://www.techmeme.com/240817/p7#a240817p7

2024-08-15 20:25:33

Meta releases an app for the Quest 3, 2, and Pro to let the headset display video from devices with an HDMI or DisplayPort output; a capture card is required (Andrew Liszewski/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/15/24221146/meta-quest-hdmi-link-app-displayport-usb-c
http://www.techmeme.com/240815/p27#a240815p27

2024-08-15 19:45:59

The San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu files a lawsuit that seeks to shut down 16 popular websites used to create nonconsensual deepfake pornography (Heather Knight/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/us/deepfake-pornography-lawsuit-san-francisco.html
http://www.techmeme.com/240815/p26#a240815p26

2024-08-15 17:20:41

Threads announces new features, like the ability to store multiple drafts and an analytics page, rolling out on the web, and plans to test a scheduling feature (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/15/threads-starts-testing-multiple-drafts-says-posts-scheduling-coming-soon/
http://www.techmeme.com/240815/p24#a240815p24

2024-08-14 17:30:54

A look at some of the victims of the now-ubiquitous deepfake video scams; an analysis of 2,000+ deepfakes found Elon Musk was featured in ~25% of such scams (Stuart A. Thompson/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/08/14/technology/elon-musk-ai-deepfake-scam.html?unlocked_article_code=1.C04.X5JU.Ot3RWvwHT8GM
http://www.techmeme.com/240814/p26#a240814p26

2024-07-10 13:19:39

Samsung unveils the $300 Galaxy Watch7 and $650 Galaxy Watch Ultra, both with LTE and a 3nm Exynos W1000 chip, 2GB of RAM, and 32GB storage, available July 24 (Victoria Song/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/24195083/samsung-galaxy-watch-ultra-7-hands-on-features-price
http://www.techmeme.com/240710/p18#a240710p18

2024-07-10 13:16:31

Samsung Galaxy Ring hands-on: the $400 ring has a titanium frame, optical heart rate and skin temperature sensors, feels slimmer than the Oura Ring, and more (Victoria Song/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/24194938/samsung-galaxy-ring-hands-on-price-unpacked-2024
http://www.techmeme.com/240710/p17#a240710p17

2024-07-10 13:14:57

Samsung unveils $250 Galaxy Buds 3 Pro and $180 Galaxy Buds 3, with ANC and switching to an AirPods-like stemmed design and case, available on July 24 (Chris Welch/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/24195011/samsung-galaxy-buds-3-pro-hands-on-preview-features
http://www.techmeme.com/240710/p16#a240710p16

2024-07-10 13:12:26

Samsung debuts the Galaxy Z Fold6, with a wider 22.1:9 display, up to 2,600 nits brightness, thinner frame, IP48, and seven years of updates, for $1,899 (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2024/07/10/samsung-galaxy-z-fold-6-price-specs-release-date/
http://www.techmeme.com/240710/p15#a240710p15

2024-07-10 13:10:48

Samsung unveils the Galaxy Z Flip6 with 3.4" and 6.7" displays, a 50MP camera sensor, larger 4,000 mAh battery, and Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, for $1,099+ on July 24 (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2024/07/10/galaxy-z-flip-6-price-specs-release-date/
http://www.techmeme.com/240710/p14#a240710p14

2024-07-10 13:01:28

A livestream of Samsung Galaxy Unpacked July 2024 (Samsung on YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/live/DzjsdYZQ7ns?si=OQd5BFxxqnTIhizD
http://www.techmeme.com/240710/p13#a240710p13

2024-07-05 20:55:42

Interfax: Apple has removed the mobile apps of 25 VPN services from its App Store in Russia, following a request by Roskomnadzor (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/russia-says-apple-blocks-25-vpn-apps-russia-ifx-reports-2024-07-04/
http://www.techmeme.com/240705/p11#a240705p11

2024-07-03 21:01:20

Noplace, a new social media app with colorful, customizable profiles and text-based updates targeting Gen Z, reaches number one on the iOS App Store in the US (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/03/noplace-a-mashup-of-twitter-and-myspace-for-gen-z-hits-no-1-on-the-app-store/
http://www.techmeme.com/240703/p25#a240703p25

2024-06-22 00:30:46

A history of text games and interactive fiction, from Infocom to 80 Days, and the roles of MUDs, Usenet, and open source in the 50 years of interactive fiction (Anna Washenko/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/06/from-infocom-to-80-days-an-oral-history-of-text-games-and-interactive-fiction/
http://www.techmeme.com/240621/p28#a240621p28

2024-06-21 22:30:47

The California Public Utilities Commission rejects AT&T's request to end its landline phone obligations and urges AT&T to upgrade copper facilities to fiber (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/06/california-rejects-att-request-to-end-carriers-landline-phone-obligation/
http://www.techmeme.com/240621/p27#a240621p27

2024-06-21 21:50:56

Source: a group that claims to have hacked car dealership software provider CDK Global has demanded tens of millions of dollars in ransom, and CDK plans to pay (Craig Trudell/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-21/cdk-hackers-want-millions-in-ransom-to-end-car-dealership-outage
http://www.techmeme.com/240621/p26#a240621p26

2024-06-21 21:25:49

In an interview, OpenAI CTO Mira Murati says "some creative jobs maybe will go away" due to AI, "but maybe they shouldn't have been there in the first place" (Kate Irwin/PCMag)
https://www.pcmag.com/news/openai-cto-mira-murati-ai-could-take-some-creative-jobs
http://www.techmeme.com/240621/p25#a240621p25

2024-06-21 20:15:42

Microsoft's Copilot key on the new Copilot+ PCs launches a PWA version of Copilot, which doesn't integrate into Windows like the previous Copilot experience (Tom Warren/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/21/24182979/microsoft-copilot-key-keyboard-shortcut-pwa
http://www.techmeme.com/240621/p24#a240621p24

2024-06-21 19:15:44

Source: Stability AI hired ex- CEO of Weta Digital Prem Akkaraju as new CEO; Akkaraju and Sean Parker are among investors that have stepped in to save Stability (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/stability-ai-gets-new-ceo-and-a-bailout-from-investor-group-led-by-sean-parker
http://www.techmeme.com/240621/p23#a240621p23

2024-06-21 19:10:49

X plans to make the ability to create live streams a premium feature, making it the only major social platform to charge for the feature (Karissa Bell/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/x-is-making-live-streaming-a-premium-feature-185151147.html
http://www.techmeme.com/240621/p22#a240621p22

2024-06-21 18:55:56

Retro game streamer Antstream plans to launch on the App Store with 1,300 titles, the first such launch after Apple allowed game streaming services on iPhone (Andrew Liszewski/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/21/24183027/antstream-emulator-apple-iphone-retro-games-ipad-streaming
http://www.techmeme.com/240621/p21#a240621p21

2024-06-21 18:10:42

Change Healthcare says the February ransomware attack on its systems resulted in the theft of medical records of a "substantial proportion of people" in the US (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/21/change-healthcare-confirms-ransomware-hackers-stole-medical-records-on-a-substantial-proportion-of-americans/
http://www.techmeme.com/240621/p20#a240621p20

2024-06-21 17:51:03

Sources: Amazon has considered a $5 to $10 monthly price tag for a revamped Alexa with generative AI features, dubbed "Remarkable Alexa" (Greg Bensinger/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/amazon-mulls-5-10-monthly-price-tag-unprofitable-alexa-service-ai-revamp-2024-06-21/
http://www.techmeme.com/240621/p19#a240621p19

2024-06-21 17:10:56

Sources: Sony is making deep cuts to funding for VR games, with only two PSVR 2 games in development; Sony released just three PSVR 2 games last year (Nicholas Sutrich/Android Central)
https://www.androidcentral.com/gaming/virtual-reality/sony-no-longer-cares-about-the-psvr-2-and-you-shouldnt-either
http://www.techmeme.com/240621/p18#a240621p18

2024-06-21 17:01:24

The US publishes targeted draft rules to ban or require notification of US investments in AI and other key technology sectors in China (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-proposes-targeted-restrictions-ai-tech-investment-china-2024-06-21/
http://www.techmeme.com/240621/p17#a240621p17

2024-06-21 16:48:50

Apple will withhold the release of Apple Intelligence, iPhone Mirroring, and more in the EU this year, citing concerns about DMA's interoperability requirements (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-21/apple-won-t-roll-out-ai-tech-in-eu-market-over-regulatory-concerns
http://www.techmeme.com/240621/p16#a240621p16

2024-06-21 16:30:42

A Las Vegas jury convicts five men for operating Jetflicks, which charged $9.99 per month and officials say was one of the largest illegal streamers in the US (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/five-men-convicted-jetflicks-illegal-streaming-service-1236044194/
http://www.techmeme.com/240621/p15#a240621p15

2024-06-21 16:10:58

The US Department of the Treasury announces sanctions against twelve executives of Kaspersky; founder and CEO Eugene Kaspersky is not included in the sanctions (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/21/u-s-government-sanctions-kaspersky-executives/
http://www.techmeme.com/240621/p14#a240621p14

2024-06-21 15:55:43

Google pauses plans to allow real-money games on the Play Store, as supporting such apps in markets without a central licensing framework proves difficult (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/21/google-is-pausing-its-experiment-of-allowing-real-money-games-on-the-play-store/
http://www.techmeme.com/240621/p13#a240621p13

2024-06-21 15:15:41

OpenAI buys Rockset, an enterprise search and analytics startup that raised $105M, integrating both the tech and staff of an acquisition for the first time (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-21/openai-buys-enterprise-startup-rockset-to-help-customers-sift-through-data
http://www.techmeme.com/240621/p12#a240621p12

2024-06-21 15:10:45

Some users say Meta is tagging real photos with the Made with AI label, possibly because AI-powered tools were used to edit, rather than create, the images (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/21/meta-tagging-real-photos-made-with-ai/
http://www.techmeme.com/240621/p11#a240621p11

2024-06-21 14:45:44

Spotify introduces a new Basic streaming plan in the US, which costs $10.99/month and includes all the benefits of Premium besides audiobook listening time (Spotify)
https://newsroom.spotify.com/2024-06-21/more-choice-for-us-subscribers/
http://www.techmeme.com/240621/p10#a240621p10

2024-06-21 14:20:52

Squarespace agrees to sell its restaurant reservation service Tock to American Express for $400M, the exact amount that it paid for Tock in 2021 (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/21/squarespace-sells-restaurant-reservation-system-tock-to-american-express-for-400m/
http://www.techmeme.com/240621/p9#a240621p9

2024-06-21 14:01:20

AI-powered language-learning app Speak raised a $20M Series B extension led by Buckley, bringing its total funding to $84M and doubling its valuation to $500M (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/20/language-learning-app-speak-nets-20m-doubles-valuation/
http://www.techmeme.com/240621/p8#a240621p8

2024-06-21 13:20:50

TikTok confirms it offered the US a "kill switch" in 2022 to shut down the app in the US at the government's discretion if TikTok did not follow certain rules (Imran Rahman-Jones/BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cxwwz7l02j0o
http://www.techmeme.com/240621/p7#a240621p7

2024-06-21 11:40:43

Estonia blocks an EU VAT reform that would have imposed new liabilities on short-term rental services like Airbnb and passenger transport services like Bolt (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-21/estonia-blocks-new-eu-tax-rules-that-would-have-hit-airbnb-bolt
http://www.techmeme.com/240621/p6#a240621p6

2024-06-21 10:15:57

Huawei says around 900M gadgets are now running on its HarmonyOS and sales of premium Huawei smartphones climbed 72% in the first five months of 2024 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-21/huawei-mobile-devices-near-a-billion-as-apple-rivalry-heats-up
http://www.techmeme.com/240621/p5#a240621p5

2024-06-21 09:45:54

Qilin, hackers behind the London hospitals hack, published ~400GB of patient data on their darknet site and Telegram channel; the NHS is investigating the claim (Joe Tidy/BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9ww90j9dj8o
http://www.techmeme.com/240621/p4#a240621p4

2024-06-21 08:30:39

A look at Congress' absurd plan to ban DJI drones in the US, even as the company adds restrictions and features to comply with US government regulations (Jason Koebler/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/the-dji-drone-ban-a-uniquely-american-disaster/
http://www.techmeme.com/240621/p3#a240621p3

2024-06-21 05:40:46

Indian grocery delivery startup Zepto raised $665M Series F co-led by Glade Brook, Nexus, and StepStone Group at a $3.6B valuation, up from $1.4B in August 2023 (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/20/zepto-a-10-minute-delivery-app-raises-665-million-at-3-6-billion-valuation/
http://www.techmeme.com/240621/p2#a240621p2

2024-06-21 04:15:45

Australia's eSafety Commissioner waters down child abuse and terror content detection rules on E2E encrypted services, after a push back from tech companies (Josh Taylor/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jun/21/australia-esafety-commissioner-child-abuse-detection-online-safety
http://www.techmeme.com/240621/p1#a240621p1

2024-06-21 02:05:42

In a filing, ByteDance urged a US court to strike down a law that could ban TikTok in the US, recounting lengthy talks that it says the US ended in August 2022 (David Shepardson/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/tiktok-says-us-ban-is-inevitable-without-court-order-blocking-law-2024-06-20/
http://www.techmeme.com/240620/p34#a240620p34

2024-06-21 01:10:39

iOS 18 brings a new API called AccessorySetupKit, letting third-party accessory makers build the same quick pairing experience as Apple accessories like AirPods (Filipe Espósito/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2024/06/20/ios-18-api-setup-accessories/
http://www.techmeme.com/240620/p33#a240620p33

2024-06-21 00:01:19

Source: AI chipmaker Cerebras confidentially filed for a US IPO; filing: in early June, it authorized new shares at a steep discount to its 2021 funding round (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/cerebras-an-nvidia-challenger-files-for-ipo-confidentially
http://www.techmeme.com/240620/p32#a240620p32

2024-06-20 23:25:38

Sources: US DOJ won't pursue FTC's claim that TikTok misled US consumers on data security in a forthcoming suit accusing TikTok of children's privacy violations (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-20/doj-drops-tiktok-claims-raised-by-ftc-over-misleading-consumers
http://www.techmeme.com/240620/p31#a240620p31

2024-06-20 22:20:37

SpaceX unveils Starlink Mini, a compact version of its satellite internet antenna "that can easily fit in a backpack", offering a "limited number" for $599 each (Michael Sheetz/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/20/spacex-unveils-starlink-mini-satellite-internet-antenna-for-599.html
http://www.techmeme.com/240620/p30#a240620p30

2024-06-20 20:45:38

The restrictions on Kaspersky will stop new sales of its antivirus software in the US from July 20 and bar software updates to US customers after September 29 (Alexandra Alper/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/biden-ban-us-sales-kaspersky-software-over-ties-russia-source-says-2024-06-20/
http://www.techmeme.com/240620/p29#a240620p29

2024-06-20 20:35:51

The Commerce Department bans Kaspersky antivirus sales in the US, says Kaspersky threatens national security and users' privacy because it is based in Russia (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/20/us-bans-kaspersky-software-security-risk-russia/
http://www.techmeme.com/240620/p28#a240620p28

2024-06-20 20:10:38

London-based PQShield, which is developing tools for implementing post-quantum cryptography, raised a $37M Series B, taking its total funding to $57M+ (Maria Deutscher/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2024/06/20/post-quantum-cryptography-startup-pqshield-raises-37m/
http://www.techmeme.com/240620/p27#a240620p27

2024-06-20 19:45:41

NY Governor signs two bills to protect minors, banning "addictive feeds", limiting data collection, limiting social media notifications overnight, and more (Lauren Feiner/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/20/24182396/new-york-governor-social-media-law-parental-consent-algorithms
http://www.techmeme.com/240620/p26#a240620p26

2024-06-20 19:18:46

Sources: Revolut plans to sell ~$500M worth of existing shares, including those held by employees, at a $40B+ valuation, up from $33B during a 2021 fundraising (Financial Times)
https://t.co/gC8P5RO7CC
http://www.techmeme.com/240620/p22#a240620p22

2024-06-20 19:10:48

Claude 3.5 Sonnet appears to be a tremendous leap for Anthropic and LLMs generally, and shows that AI model makers' performance gains are not slowing down (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)
https://venturebeat.com/ai/anthropics-claude-3-5-sonnet-wows-ai-power-users-this-is-wild/
http://www.techmeme.com/240620/p25#a240620p25

2024-06-20 18:45:50

Sources: Poolside, co-founded by ex-GitHub CTO Jason Warner to build AI tools to speed up software development, is raising $400M+ at a $2B+ post-money valuation (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/20/poolside-raising-400m-at-a-2b-valuation-for-supercharged-coding-copilot/
http://www.techmeme.com/240620/p24#a240620p24

2024-06-20 18:20:53

How some Meta users in the US are turning to small claims court, often successfully, to recover their Facebook or Instagram accounts; some won financial damages (Karissa Bell/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/how-small-claims-court-became-metas-customer-service-hotline-160224479.html
http://www.techmeme.com/240620/p23#a240620p23

2024-06-20 16:55:43

Source: The CFTC is investigating the Chicago-based trading firm Jump's involvement in crypto, including inquiries into its trading and investing activity (Leo Schwartz/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/06/20/cftc-jump-crypto-behnam-kanav-kariya-sec/
http://www.techmeme.com/240620/p21#a240620p21

2024-06-20 16:50:50

New Jersey-based Semperis, which offers tools to protect enterprises using Microsoft Active Directory, raised $125M and says it now has a $1B valuation (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/20/semperis-a-specialist-in-active-directory-security-now-worth-more-than-1b-raises-125m/
http://www.techmeme.com/240620/p20#a240620p20

2024-06-20 16:01:22

PayPal hires one of Walmart's top tech executives Srini Venkatesan as its CTO, effective June 24, replacing Archie Deskus, who will leave the company in July (Hannah Lang/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/paypal-hires-walmart-exec-chief-technology-officer-ai-push-2024-06-20/
http://www.techmeme.com/240620/p19#a240620p19

2024-06-20 15:40:41

Meta rolls out the ability for users to restrict their Instagram Lives to Close Friends, with the option for three other users to join the broadcast (Kris Holt/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/you-can-now-restrict-instagram-lives-to-close-friends-150023794.html
http://www.techmeme.com/240620/p18#a240620p18

2024-06-20 15:15:36

LA-based GrayMatter Robotics, which develops AI-powered robotic cells for the manufacturing industry, raised a $45M Series B led by Wellington Management (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2024/06/20/graymatter-robotics-raises-45m-automate-tricky-manufacturing-operations/
http://www.techmeme.com/240620/p17#a240620p17

2024-06-20 14:55:35

Gynger, which lets companies "finance, pay, and manage" their tech purchases, raised a $20M Series A led by PayPal Ventures, bringing its total raised to $31.7M (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/20/paypal-ventures-leads-20m-round-into-gynger-which-offers-startups-buy-now-pay-later-for-technology-purchases/
http://www.techmeme.com/240620/p16#a240620p16

2024-06-20 14:25:37

Anthropic adds Artifacts, a feature that lets users see and interact with the results of their Claude requests, signaling its long-term vision for Claude (David Pierce/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/20/24181961/anthropic-claude-35-sonnet-model-ai-launch
http://www.techmeme.com/240620/p15#a240620p15

2024-06-20 14:20:46

Anthropic launches Claude 3.5 Sonnet, which beats its flagship Claude 3 Opus model and outperforms GPT-4o in some tasks, available for free on the web and iOS (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/20/anthropic-claims-its-latest-model-is-best-in-class/
http://www.techmeme.com/240620/p14#a240620p14

2024-06-20 13:15:35

HeyGen, which uses AI to let users create realistic-looking avatars, raised $60M led by Benchmark at a $500M valuation, taking its total funding to $74M (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-20/ai-video-startup-heygen-valued-at-500-million-in-funding-round
http://www.techmeme.com/240620/p13#a240620p13

2024-06-20 12:25:47

Daydream, which is building a search engine for personalized shopping using GenAI, ML, and computer vision, raised a $50M seed co-led by Forerunner and Index (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/20/former-stitch-fix-coo-julie-bornstein-secures-50m-to-build-a-new-age-e-commerce-search-engine/
http://www.techmeme.com/240620/p12#a240620p12

2024-06-20 11:55:47

EU diplomats: a scheduled EU Council vote to amend a draft law that may force WhatsApp and Signal to scan images and links for CSAM was removed from the agenda (Clothilde Goujard/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-council-cancels-vote-on-encryption-breaking-child-sexual-abuse-law/
http://www.techmeme.com/240620/p11#a240620p11

2024-06-20 11:35:47

Kenya ends a year-long investigation into Worldcoin with "no further police action" and says the startup must register its business, acquire licenses, and more (TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/20/worldcoin-in-kenya-2/
http://www.techmeme.com/240620/p10#a240620p10

2024-06-20 11:01:08

Tests show Instagram continues to recommend sexual videos to accounts with ages listed as 13; Snapchat and TikTok did not produce the same sexualized content (Jeff Horwitz/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/instagram-recommends-sexual-videos-to-accounts-for-13-year-olds-tests-show-b6123c65?st=bjk9u1wzycqpc8f&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
http://www.techmeme.com/240620/p9#a240620p9

2024-06-20 10:35:46

Tencent removes hit game Dungeon & Fighter from select Android app stores after its contracts expired; local media says the app stores include Huawei and Oppo (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/tencents-dungeon-fighter-game-pulled-some-android-app-stores-2024-06-20/
http://www.techmeme.com/240620/p8#a240620p8

2024-06-20 10:05:46

TikTok launches an in-app experience to celebrate Taylor Swift's Eras Tour, giving prizes to users who complete 11 weeks of tasks, following Instagram in April (Taylor Lorenz/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/06/20/tiktok-taylor-swift-frames-bracelets/
http://www.techmeme.com/240620/p7#a240620p7