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Google says it plans to counter Japan's FTC over claims that it hobbles rivals in search; a source says Japan's FTC sent a cease-and-desist order to Google (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg : Google says it plans to counter Japan's FTC over claims that it hobbles rivals in search; a source says Japan's FTC s...
31 December 2023
What’s in store for AI in 2024: Collaboration, vision — and a manipulation crisis - 2023-12-31 20:05:00Z
Title:What's in store for AI in 2024: Collaboration, vision — and a manipulation crisis Summary: 2024 will be the 'dawn of AI agents,' when incredibly advanced AI is applied in a number of new creative ways. Link: What's in store for AI in 2024: Collaboration, vision — and a manipulation crisis
30 December 2023
How CTOs can win over the board room - 2023-12-30 20:05:00Z
Title:How CTOs can win over the board room Summary: How can CTOs get their board to prioritize engineering? By showcasing the department's value in a way non-technical leaders understand. Link: How CTOs can win over the board room
GamesBeat writer Rachel Kaser’s Top 10 games of 2023 - 2023-12-30 03:08:48Z
Title:GamesBeat writer Rachel Kaser's Top 10 games of 2023 Summary:
Another year is on its way out, and it's time once again to talk about my favorite games of the year. 2023 was a rollercoaster of a year, with the exhilarating highs of the games themselves offset by the industry-wide lows of layoffs and money issues. It was a fantastic year for me as a […]
Link: GamesBeat writer Rachel Kaser's Top 10 games of 2023The password identity crisis: Evolving authentication methods in 2024 and beyond - 2023-12-30 00:41:07Z
Title:The password identity crisis: Evolving authentication methods in 2024 and beyond Summary: A future beyond passwords: Key identity management techniques to watch out for in 2024, including passkeys, biometrics and zero trust. Link: The password identity crisis: Evolving authentication methods in 2024 and beyond
Why training LLMs with endpoint data will strengthen cybersecurity - 2023-12-30 00:14:02Z
Title:Why training LLMs with endpoint data will strengthen cybersecurity Summary: LLMs are uniquely positioned to take on the challenge of predicting potential intrusion attempt patterns across endpoints using collected attack data. Link: Why training LLMs with endpoint data will strengthen cybersecurity
29 December 2023
Top 5 data stories of 2023: Microsoft’s play in cloud war, Databricks’ acquisition and more - 2023-12-29 18:46:28Z
Title:Top 5 data stories of 2023: Microsoft's play in cloud war, Databricks' acquisition and more Summary: A look at VentureBeat's top data stories of 2023, covering Microsoft Fabric, Salesforce's data partnerships, Databricks' massive acquisition and more. Link: Top 5 data stories of 2023: Microsoft's play in cloud war, Databricks' acquisition and more
A little taste of extended family holiday gaming | The DeanBeat - 2023-12-29 18:00:00Z
Title:A little taste of extended family holiday gaming | The DeanBeat Summary:
When I asked my extended family what they wanted to play on the Meta Quest 3 during the holidays, they asked me what I had to show them. To simplify things, I said I have a "meditation game" and a "shooting game." To my surprise, most of them said they wanted to play the shooting […]
Link: A little taste of extended family holiday gaming | The DeanBeatGame industry predictions for 2024 | The DeanBeat - 2023-12-29 16:00:00Z
Title:Game industry predictions for 2024 | The DeanBeat Summary:
Predictions are foolish to make and yet the temptation to rush back into the breach is always a pull for me. The future is terrifying the more unknown it is, and so I and many other prognosticators try to see a pattern in the darkness ahead. All I can say once again is that I […]
Link: Game industry predictions for 2024 | The DeanBeatWhy attackers love to target misconfigured clouds and phones - 2023-12-29 01:39:35Z
Title:Why attackers love to target misconfigured clouds and phones Summary: Unencrypted identity data stored in unsecured or misconfigured clouds is an attackers' goldmine. Link: Why attackers love to target misconfigured clouds and phones
28 December 2023
How the creator economy is evolving with AI | Jim Louderback - 2023-12-28 15:30:00Z
Title:How the creator economy is evolving with AI | Jim Louderback Summary: Jim Louderback, a seasoned media executive, gives his thoughts on the impact of AI on the creator economy. Link: How the creator economy is evolving with AI | Jim Louderback
What to expect in 2024 for blockchain games | Yat Siu interview - 2023-12-28 14:30:00Z
Title:What to expect in 2024 for blockchain games | Yat Siu interview Summary: Yat Siu, executive chairman of Animoca Brands, sees 2024 as a rebirth year for blockchain games. Link: What to expect in 2024 for blockchain games | Yat Siu interview
The metaverse isn’t dead (in fact its future in enterprise is promising) - 2023-12-27 23:20:45Z
Title:The metaverse isn't dead (in fact its future in enterprise is promising) Summary: The metaverse hasn't lived up to its hype (and has been overshadowed by gen AI). Now its definition and use cases are being reimagined. Link: The metaverse isn't dead (in fact its future in enterprise is promising)
27 December 2023
11 data predictions for AI-centric enterprise growth in 2024 - 2023-12-27 22:25:37Z
Title:11 data predictions for AI-centric enterprise growth in 2024 Summary: Key data predictions from industry experts and vendors to help enterprises tap the AI opportunity for growth in 2024. Link: 11 data predictions for AI-centric enterprise growth in 2024
16 Cybersecurity leaders predict how gen AI will improve cybersecurity in 2024 - 2023-12-27 21:18:01Z
Title:16 Cybersecurity leaders predict how gen AI will improve cybersecurity in 2024 Summary:
With greater AI power comes greater complexity, especially for CISOs adopting generative AI. Gen AI is the power surge cybersecurity vendors need to reduce the risks of losing the AI war. Meanwhile, adversaries' tradecraft and new ways of weaponizing AI while combining social engineering have humbled many of the world's leading companies this year. VentureBeat […]
Link: 16 Cybersecurity leaders predict how gen AI will improve cybersecurity in 2024Nail the future: How OUTOFHAND is redefining self-expression & empowering individuals with AI and AR technology - 2023-12-27 20:41:44Z
Title:Nail the future: How OUTOFHAND is redefining self-expression & empowering individuals with AI and AR technology Summary:
CONTRIBUTOR CONTENT: OUTOFHAND: The world's first luxury XR brand elevating artists "Nail art is the new sneakers," declares Samuel Deutsch, CEO and Founder of OUTOFHAND (OOH), capturing the essence of a seismic shift in the $23.4 billion global nail industry, projected to climb to $32.8 billion within the next five years. Leading the charge in the intersection […]
Link: Nail the future: How OUTOFHAND is redefining self-expression & empowering individuals with AI and AR technologyAI predictions for 2024: What top VCs think - 2023-12-27 18:53:06Z
Title:AI predictions for 2024: What top VCs think Summary: Top venture capitalists make bold predictions for artificial intelligence in 2024, forecasting the rise of multimodal models, real-time diffusion applications, open source AI democratization, and more despite ethical concerns and GPU shortages. Link: AI predictions for 2024: What top VCs think
The top games on Steam for 2023 - 2023-12-27 18:00:00Z
Title:The top games on Steam for 2023 Summary: Valve's Steam has come out with the top games of the year for the digital storefront in 2023. Link: The top games on Steam for 2023
The secret to making data analytics as transformative as generative AI - 2023-12-27 14:23:27Z
Title:The secret to making data analytics as transformative as generative AI Summary: Data science and analytics continue to be challenged by data volume, preparation, quality, process time and more. But GPUs can help. Link: The secret to making data analytics as transformative as generative AI
AI isn’t about shortening game development, but enhancing it - 2023-12-27 01:10:04Z
Title:AI isn't about shortening game development, but enhancing it Summary: In a panel at GamesBeat Next, experts speak about the role generative AI will play in the future of game development. Link: AI isn't about shortening game development, but enhancing it
26 December 2023
2023 was a great year for open-source LLMs - 2023-12-26 20:16:53Z
Title:2023 was a great year for open-source LLMs Summary: 2023 witnessed a surge within the open-source LLM ecosystem, marked by the release of models that can be downloaded and run on your servers and customized for specific applications. Link: 2023 was a great year for open-source LLMs
Pika Labs’ text-to-video AI platform opens to all: Here’s how to use it - 2023-12-26 20:41:27Z
Title:Pika Labs' text-to-video AI platform opens to all: Here's how to use it Summary: When we tested Pika Art platform, it did produce these results in about a minute or so, but the output was inconsistent on many occasions. Link: Pika Labs' text-to-video AI platform opens to all: Here's how to use it
AI moves from theory to practice, zero trust gets real, and other 2024 predictions from Dell CTO - 2023-12-26 20:57:29Z
Title:AI moves from theory to practice, zero trust gets real, and other 2024 predictions from Dell CTO Summary: What does 2024 have in store? Improved gen AI ecosystems, next-level security, 'common edge' — plus, how quantum will support AI. Link: AI moves from theory to practice, zero trust gets real, and other 2024 predictions from Dell CTO
The 5 AI stories I’m waiting for in 2024 | The AI Beat - 2023-12-26 17:38:22Z
Title:The 5 AI stories I'm waiting for in 2024 | The AI Beat Summary: With New Year's only a few days away, I'm looking ahead to the AI narratives I think will be central to trends in 2024. Link: The 5 AI stories I'm waiting for in 2024 | The AI Beat
CES 2024 tips and tricks: A guide to tech’s biggest trade show - 2023-12-26 15:30:00Z
Title:CES 2024 tips and tricks: A guide to tech's biggest trade show Summary:
CES 2024 is coming back to Las Vegas the week of January 7, and it should be one of the biggest tech events in the world again. This year, the organizers of CES 2024 expect more than 130,000 attendees through January 12, with hundreds of speakers, 3,500-plus exhibitors and and 2.4 million square feet of […]
Link: CES 2024 tips and tricks: A guide to tech's biggest trade show25 December 2023
Five bold cybersecurity predictions for 2024 - 2023-12-25 21:45:00Z
Title:Five bold cybersecurity predictions for 2024 Summary: The cybersecurity cat-and-mouse game will intensify in 2024 as AI, the cloud and other technologies change the threat landscape. Link: Five bold cybersecurity predictions for 2024
24 December 2023
All I really need to know about cybersecurity, I learned in kindergarten - 2023-12-24 19:15:00Z
Title:All I really need to know about cybersecurity, I learned in kindergarten Summary: Here are some tried and true, hard-learned, easy-to-understand cybersecurity rules gleaned from early childhood. Link: All I really need to know about cybersecurity, I learned in kindergarten
Don Daglow memorializes those we lost in the game industry - 2023-12-24 15:30:00Z
Title:Don Daglow memorializes those we lost in the game industry Summary: As Don Daglow noticed the deaths of people he knew, he felt they should be remembered. And so he kept a log of game industry pros who died. Link: Don Daglow memorializes those we lost in the game industry
23 December 2023
Prioritizing customers while chasing the bleeding edge of generative AI - 2023-12-23 19:15:00Z
Title:Prioritizing customers while chasing the bleeding edge of generative AI Summary: How the thoughtful application of AI can help strike a balance between cutting-edge innovations and actual customer use. Link: Prioritizing customers while chasing the bleeding edge of generative AI
Blockchain game industry counts on Web2 studios and franchises to drive Web3 adoption - 2023-12-23 15:30:00Z
Title:Blockchain game industry counts on Web2 studios and franchises to drive Web3 adoption Summary: The blockchain game industry is still struggling to find adoption, and it's looking to Web2 studios and franchises to lead the way. Link: Blockchain game industry counts on Web2 studios and franchises to drive Web3 adoption
Apple quietly released an open source multimodal LLM in October - 2023-12-23 14:44:09Z
Title:Apple quietly released an open source multimodal LLM in October Summary: Apple is belatedly being celebrated on social media for releasing Ferret, an open source multimodal LLM, in October 2023. Link: Apple quietly released an open source multimodal LLM in October
Like a Dragon Gaiden is my end-of-year treat to myself | Kaser Focus - 2023-12-23 01:34:02Z
Title:Like a Dragon Gaiden is my end-of-year treat to myself | Kaser Focus Summary: It's been a chaotic week, so GamesBeat's Rachel Kaser just wants to relax and play a comfort game -- in this case, Like a Dragon Gaiden. Link: Like a Dragon Gaiden is my end-of-year treat to myself | Kaser Focus
TinyBuild shuts Versus Evil, lays off 13 - 2023-12-23 00:08:00Z
Title:TinyBuild shuts Versus Evil, lays off 13 Summary: TinyBuild is the latest company to deal with a tough market as it shut down indie game publisher Versus Evil and laid off 13 staff. Link: TinyBuild shuts Versus Evil, lays off 13
China’s regulators restrict game monetization, sending Chinese game stocks down - 2023-12-22 23:40:00Z
Title:China's regulators restrict game monetization, sending Chinese game stocks down Summary: China has been tough on games in recent years and its regulators have now cracked down on monetization practices. Link: China's regulators restrict game monetization, sending Chinese game stocks down
22 December 2023
Blizzard covers DE&I in wrap-up of tumultuous year - 2023-12-22 20:46:40Z
Title:Blizzard covers DE&I in wrap-up of tumultuous year Summary: Blizzard cites its work on diversity and inclusion as well as its burgeoning games communities amid a chaotic year. Link: Blizzard covers DE&I in wrap-up of tumultuous year
My favorite games of 2023 | The DeanBeat - 2023-12-22 18:00:00Z
Title:My favorite games of 2023 | The DeanBeat Summary: Here's Dean Takahashi's favorite games of the year. It has some eclectic and nerdy stuff. Link: My favorite games of 2023 | The DeanBeat
How LLMs made their way into the modern data stack in 2023 - 2023-12-22 16:00:00Z
Title:How LLMs made their way into the modern data stack in 2023 Summary:
When ChatGPT debuted over a year ago, internet users got an always-available AI assistant to chat and work with. It handled their day-to-day tasks, from producing natural language content (like essays) to reviewing and analyzing complex information. In no time, the meteoric rise of the chatbot drew the world's attention to the technology sitting at […]
Link: How LLMs made their way into the modern data stack in 2023Ransomware gangs increasingly crave the media spotlight - 2023-12-22 15:00:00Z
Title:Ransomware gangs increasingly crave the media spotlight Summary: Ditch the faceless hoodie-wearing hacker stereotype. Today's ransomware gangs are increasingly media savvy. Link: Ransomware gangs increasingly crave the media spotlight
IBM’s 2024 predictions show gen AI is the new DNA of cyberattacks - 2023-12-22 14:00:00Z
Title:IBM's 2024 predictions show gen AI is the new DNA of cyberattacks Summary: The new year signals the start of a new era of deception and identity abuse, IBM's predictions warn, with attackers compromising networks with counterfeit and stolen privileged access credentials. Link: IBM's 2024 predictions show gen AI is the new DNA of cyberattacks
China publishes draft rules for online gaming, including setting spending limits and banning daily login rewards; Tencent plunges 10%+ and NetEase 20%+ (Zheping Huang/Bloomberg)
China publishes draft rules for online gaming, including setting spending limits and banning daily login rewards; Tencent plunges 10%+ and NetEase 20%+ — - Tencent, NetEase shares slide in Hong Kong after new rules — Beijing has in recent years sought to combat gaming addiction
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ImpriMed, which builds AI-powered drug response prediction tech to help treat cancer in dogs and cats, raised a $23M Series A led by SoftBank Ventures Asia (Kate Park/TechCrunch)
ImpriMed, which builds AI-powered drug response prediction tech to help treat cancer in dogs and cats, raised a $23M Series A led by SoftBank Ventures Asia — ImpriMed, a California-based precision medicine startup, builds AI-powered dog cancer treatment technology that helps veterinarians identify …
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Analysis: ABBA Voyage, the London show performed by 3D avatars of the band created using motion capture, made £322.6M in revenue in the 12 months since May 2022 (Reuters)
Analysis: ABBA Voyage, the London show performed by 3D avatars of the band created using motion capture, made £322.6M in revenue in the 12 months since May 2022 — Thank you for the music, London's authorities might say, after Swedish pop group ABBA's digital concert residency raked …
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Boston-based knownwell, which provides virtual and in-person primary care and obesity treatment for patients, raised a $20M Series A led by a16z (Anastassia Gliadkovskaya/Fierce Heal ...)
Boston-based knownwell, which provides virtual and in-person primary care and obesity treatment for patients, raised a $20M Series A led by a16z — Digital health Obesity Employer-Sponsored Health Plan funding round — Knownwell, an integrated primary and obesity care provider …
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Insomniac's hacked files show challenges it faces juggling teams, timelines, and budgets amid possible Sony cuts; Spider-Man 2 cost ~$300M, 3x 2018's Spider-Man (Ethan Gach/Kotaku)
Insomniac's hacked files show challenges it faces juggling teams, timelines, and budgets amid possible Sony cuts; Spider-Man 2 cost ~$300M, 3x 2018's Spider-Man — Internal documents show how a big PlayStation studio plans its future — Insomniac Games quickly established itself …
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21 December 2023
US consumer groups and lawmakers say Klarna, Affirm, Afterpay, and other BNPL services may encourage younger and lower-income Americans to take on too much debt (New York Times)
US consumer groups and lawmakers say Klarna, Affirm, Afterpay, and other BNPL services may encourage younger and lower-income Americans to take on too much debt — Buying mattresses, clothes and other goods on installment plans has propped up spending, but economists worry that such loans could put some people at risk.
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Email: Meta's India policy head, Shivnath Thukral, says the government could choose to apply its proposed telecom law to Meta's OTT services at a "future date" (Chandra R. Srikanth/@chandrarsrikant)
Email: Meta's India policy head, Shivnath Thukral, says the government could choose to apply its proposed telecom law to Meta's OTT services at a “future date” — 🚨🚨 Scoop: We've accessed an internal email where Meta has expressed concerns on India's new proposed telecom law Meta is concerned that Indian govt could regulate internet apps with proposed telecom law It is concerned that over the top (OTT) applications, for instance...
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Getting Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora to even work wasn’t worth the pain - 2023-12-21 20:17:12Z
Title:Getting Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora to even work wasn't worth the pain Summary: Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is a visual treat boasting gameplay that's by-the-numbers but fun -- if you can get it to work, that is. Link: Getting Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora to even work wasn't worth the pain
Stable Video Diffusion is now available through Stability AI API - 2023-12-21 20:09:13Z
Title:Stable Video Diffusion is now available through Stability AI API Summary: Each video produced from Stable Video Diffusion can comprise of 25 generated frames and 24 frames of FILM interpolation. Link: Stable Video Diffusion is now available through Stability AI API
Ignition’s new funding fuels expansion of AI-powered sales and marketing platform - 2023-12-21 18:19:34Z
Title:Ignition's new funding fuels expansion of AI-powered sales and marketing platform Summary: Ignition, an AI-powered sales and marketing platform, has secured $8 million in funding to unify product, marketing, and sales workflows, boost revenue, and disrupt enterprise software. Link: Ignition's new funding fuels expansion of AI-powered sales and marketing platform
Prometheum says it received the first-ever FINRA approval to offer digital asset securities clearing services through its special purpose broker dealer license (Sarah Wynn/The Block)
Prometheum says it received the first-ever FINRA approval to offer digital asset securities clearing services through its special purpose broker dealer license — - Prometheum announced on Thursday that it received the first-ever approval from FINRA to allow for digital asset securities clearing …
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Cisco acquires cloud-native security and networking startup Isovalent, which helped develop open source projects eBPF and Cilium and has raised $69M (Ron Miller/TechCrunch)
Cisco acquires cloud-native security and networking startup Isovalent, which helped develop open source projects eBPF and Cilium and has raised $69M — Cisco announced this morning that it intends to acquire Isovalent, a cloud-native security and networking startup that should fit …
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A UK judge sentences Arion Kurtaj, the 18-year-old who leaked GTA VI code and hacked Nvidia, to a secure hospital until a mental health tribunal lets him leave (Katharine Gemmell/Bloomberg)
A UK judge sentences Arion Kurtaj, the 18-year-old who leaked GTA VI code and hacked Nvidia, to a secure hospital until a mental health tribunal lets him leave — - Arion Kurtaj placed in hospital to protect public from harm — Two teens sentenced for hacking, blackmailing tech firms
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Midjourney V6 is here with in-image text and completely overhauled prompting - 2023-12-21 15:10:10Z
Title:Midjourney V6 is here with in-image text and completely overhauled prompting Summary: Users have begun testing and posting incredibly vivid, richly detailed results generated by MJ V6 on Instagram and other social media sites. Link: Midjourney V6 is here with in-image text and completely overhauled prompting
Addressable raises $6M for Web3 grwoth marketing - 2023-12-21 15:00:00Z
Title:Addressable raises $6M for Web3 grwoth marketing Summary: Addressable has raised $6 million in funding for its Web3 growth marketing business, which handles paid ad campaigns for Web3 companies. Link: Addressable raises $6M for Web3 grwoth marketing
Designing games that gamers can play for thousands of hours | Alex Nichiporchik - 2023-12-21 15:00:00Z
Title:Designing games that gamers can play for thousands of hours | Alex Nichiporchik Summary: Alex Nichiporchik has picked up a lot of experience in indie and double-A game publishing, and how he's sharing some of it. Link: Designing games that gamers can play for thousands of hours | Alex Nichiporchik
AI will make 2024 US elections a ‘hot mess’ - 2023-12-21 15:40:19Z
Title:AI will make 2024 US elections a 'hot mess' Summary: Generative AI will make the 2024 US elections a 'hot mess' — whether it is from chatbots or deepfakes — say experts. Link: AI will make 2024 US elections a 'hot mess'
The 5 steps to master generative AI governance: Exclusive event for executives - 2023-12-21 16:00:00Z
Title:The 5 steps to master generative AI governance: Exclusive event for executives Summary: In this intimate, invite-only conversation, limited to 100 attendees, you'll discover the five key ingredients to creating an effective generative AI governance blueprint for your organization. Link: The 5 steps to master generative AI governance: Exclusive event for executives
France's AMF watchdog gives Coinbase virtual asset service provider approval, as the company pushes deeper into Europe amid a rift with the US SEC (Ryan Browne/CNBC)
France's AMF watchdog gives Coinbase virtual asset service provider approval, as the company pushes deeper into Europe amid a rift with the US SEC — - France's AMF watchdog gave Coinbase virtual asset service provider (VASP) approval, which is effectively a green light for the company to operate crypto services in the country.
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The US plans to launch a review of the US semiconductor supply chain in January to assess national security concerns about sourcing of legacy chips from China (David Shepardson/Reuters)
The US plans to launch a review of the US semiconductor supply chain in January to assess national security concerns about sourcing of legacy chips from China — The U.S. Department of Commerce said Thursday it will launch a survey of the U.S. semiconductor supply chain and national defense industrial base …
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Sources: Stripe's net revenue reached ~$1B in Q3 2023; the company generated $150M+ in operating income in Q3 and nearly $200M from January to September 2023 (Cory Weinberg/The Information)
Sources: Stripe's net revenue reached ~$1B in Q3 2023; the company generated $150M+ in operating income in Q3 and nearly $200M from January to September 2023 — Payments giant Stripe, a bellwether of the startup world, kept a lid on spending for engineers and salespeople this year after business slowed in 2022.
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Microsoft plans to deprecate Windows Mixed Reality and remove the feature in a future OS update; most Windows VR headsets launched between 2017 and 2021 (Zac Bowden/Windows Central)
Microsoft plans to deprecate Windows Mixed Reality and remove the feature in a future OS update; most Windows VR headsets launched between 2017 and 2021 — Windows Mixed Reality will be removed from a future version of Windows — What you need to know — Microsoft has added Windows …
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Evan Blass leaks a purported countdown to Galaxy Unpacked on January 17, which says "Galaxy AI is coming", and a spec sheet for the Galaxy S24, Plus, and Ultra (Jon Porter/The Verge)
Evan Blass leaks a purported countdown to Galaxy Unpacked on January 17, which says “Galaxy AI is coming”, and a spec sheet for the Galaxy S24, Plus, and Ultra — If rumors are to be believed, we're less than a month away from the launch of Samsung's latest flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S24 range.
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Privacy campaigners say the UK quietly introduced legislation to let police run facial recognition searches on 50M+ driving license holders without oversight (Daniel Boffey/The Guardian)
Privacy campaigners say the UK quietly introduced legislation to let police run facial recognition searches on 50M+ driving license holders without oversight — Exclusive: Privacy campaigners say clause in new criminal justice bill will put all UK drivers on ‘permanent police lineup’
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Worldcoin developer Tools for Humanity no longer offers its Orb-verification service in India, Brazil, and France, months after a "limited time access" launch (TechCrunch)
Worldcoin developer Tools for Humanity no longer offers its Orb-verification service in India, Brazil, and France, months after a “limited time access” launch — Worldcoin is no longer offering its Orb-verification service in India, Brazil and France, just months …
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In five experiments, encouraging people to use search engines to evaluate the veracity of fake news posts increased the likelihood of them being rated as true (Lauren Leffer/Scientific American)
In five experiments, encouraging people to use search engines to evaluate the veracity of fake news posts increased the likelihood of them being rated as true — Data voids in search results can lead down rabbit holes that bolster belief in fake news — Politics
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How excess heat from Meta's hyperscale data center in Odense, opened in 2020, helps heat roughly 11,000 homes in the Danish city (Morgan Meaker/Wired)
How excess heat from Meta's hyperscale data center in Odense, opened in 2020, helps heat roughly 11,000 homes in the Danish city — Big Tech data centers are not only being used to power the internet but also to heat people's homes. But who's really winning when Facebook keeps you warm at night?
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Most big brands haven't yet created AI-specific roles despite many marketers fearing AI will change their jobs; Coca-Cola promoted two execs to new AI roles (Patrick Coffee/Wall Street Journal)
Most big brands haven't yet created AI-specific roles despite many marketers fearing AI will change their jobs; Coca-Cola promoted two execs to new AI roles — Many marketers believe artificial intelligence will change their jobs forever. But most big brands haven't created roles to oversee that process …
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A US appeals court finalizes a mandate for the forfeiture of 69,370 BTC and other crypto connected to Silk Road, handed over by a hacker named "Individual X" (Sarah Wynn/The Block)
A US appeals court finalizes a mandate for the forfeiture of 69,370 BTC and other crypto connected to Silk Road, handed over by a hacker named “Individual X” — - Judgment was first made in August but will now take effect, according to a filing in the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
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Samsung plans to invest ~$280M over five years in a chip packaging research facility in Yokohama, Japan and will receive up to ~$140M in government subsidies (Reuters)
Samsung plans to invest ~$280M over five years in a chip packaging research facility in Yokohama, Japan and will receive up to ~$140M in government subsidies — South Korea's Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) will invest around 40 billion yen ($280 million) over five years in a facility …
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NYC-based Vestwell, a SaaS workplace savings and investment management platform, raised a $125M Series D led by Lightspeed, sources say at a ~$1B valuation (Bloomberg)
NYC-based Vestwell, a SaaS workplace savings and investment management platform, raised a $125M Series D led by Lightspeed, sources say at a ~$1B valuation — - New York fintech gets $125 million in series D funding round — Lightspeed, Blue Owl and HarbourVest are among investors
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Apple AI researchers publish papers on using human gaussian splats to generate animated 3D avatars and deploying LLMs on devices with limited memory (Michael Nuñez/VentureBeat)
Apple AI researchers publish papers on using human gaussian splats to generate animated 3D avatars and deploying LLMs on devices with limited memory — Apple, a company practically synonymous with technological innovation, has once again positioned itself at the forefront of the AI revolution.
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India's lower house of parliament passes the Telecommunication Bill, 2023, despite a lack of clarity on whether online services will be included under the bill (Kamya Pandey/MediaNama)
India's lower house of parliament passes the Telecommunication Bill, 2023, despite a lack of clarity on whether online services will be included under the bill — Despite questions from several Members of the Parliament, Union Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw did not provide …
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Email: Meta's India policy head Shivnath Thukral says the government could choose to apply its proposed telecom law to Meta's OTT services at a "future date" (Moneycontrol)
Email: Meta's India policy head Shivnath Thukral says the government could choose to apply its proposed telecom law to Meta's OTT services at a “future date” — Meta's India policy head Shivnath Thukral writes in an internal email, 'Govt could have sufficient discretion …
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