Emily Bary / MarketWatch: CrowdStrike reports Q3 revenue up 35% YoY to $786M, vs. $777M est., ARR up 35% YoY to $3.15B, and net income of $26.7M, vs. a net loss of $55M a year ago — CEO calls out ‘increased win rates and record pipeline’ — CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. exceeded expectations with its latest
Read MoreAmir Efrati / The Information: Source: OpenAI’s revamped board doesn’t plan to offer a seat to Microsoft and other outside investors, a sign that it will prioritize safety ahead of returns — OpenAI’s revamped board of directors doesn’t plan to include representatives from outside investors, according to a person familiar with the situation.
Read MoreEmily Bary / MarketWatch: CrowdStrike reports Q3 revenue up 35% YoY to $786M, vs. $777M est., ARR up 35% YoY to $3.15B, and net income of $26.7M, vs. a net loss of $55M a year ago — CEO calls out ‘increased win rates and record pipeline’ — CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. exceeded expectations with its latest
Read MoreWashington Post: How a post office in the tiny town of Bemidji, Minnesota, was overwhelmed by Amazon packages, which staff were told to prioritize, causing chaos — BEMIDJI, Minn. — When Delbert Mikelson’s mail started showing up late — and sometimes not showing up at all — he blamed it on the opening of deer
Read MoreIf you’ve got a smart home, or you just want to know how soaked your garden is getting in the winter, you might want to measure rainfall. There are a bunch of ways to go about it, and this capacitive rainmeter solution from [Magnus Thome] might just be the perfect solution you’re looking for. Like
Read MoreSarah Perez / TechCrunch: Apple Music Replay, which lets users look back at their listening history like top songs and artists in 2023, arrives but is still no match for Spotify Wrapped — Apple’s year-end review and answer to Spotify Wrapped, Apple Music Replay, has arrived, but it’s still no match for Spotify’s personalized look
Read MoreImage: Capcom A few weeks ago, Capcom announced that it would put on a showcase for Dragon’s Dogma 2. The livestream just wrapped up, showing off roughly 15 minutes of new gameplay, information, a trailer, and a release date: March 22nd. Check out the video here. The release date wasn’t exactly the newest of news.
Read MoreIt’s a Macintosh! Only smaller! And made by Ayaneo! | Image: Ayaneo Ayaneo, which is mostly known for making handheld gaming consoles, just fully revealed the new Retro Mini PC AM01 after teasing it a few weeks ago. It says it plans to ship the AM01 before the end of the year — and I’d
Read MoreCredit: Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority There appears to be another ChatGPT outage happening today. OpenAI has not officially confirmed any problems, but user reports are high. ChatGPT has experienced a few outages recently. After a string of severe outages in recent days, it looks like we have more issues to report for OpenAI’s ChatGPT
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Data shows Google’s attempts to force people to watch YouTube ads are having an effect on user behavior. 22% of users surveyed said the crackdown is more likely to make them use an ad-blocker. 16% of users surveyed claim they’ll spend less time on the platform. Ever since YouTube
Read MoreTumblr, the popular microblogging platform, has announced the discontinuation of its Post+ feature, a subscription service allowing creators to charge for exclusive content access. This decision, effective from Dec. 1, marks a significant shift in Tumblr’s strategy as it refocuses on its core functionalities. Launched in 2021, Post+ aimed to empower Tumblr’s vast community of
Read MoreAfter internal chaos earlier this month, OpenAI replaced the women on its board with men. As it plans to add more seats, Timnit Gebru, Sasha Luccioni, and other AI luminaries tell WIRED why they wouldn’t join.
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge If you ever wanted to make your website sound a little more silly, now’s your chance. Google Registry just released a new top-level domain that lets you slap a big ol’ .meme at the end of your website. The new .meme domains are available to register right now as part of an
Read MoreAmazon has developed a generative AI helper that codes, manages cloud software, and powers business apps. The company has also developed new silicon for AI.
Read MoreWalmart’s new Google TV stick has a remote with Google Assistant for voice control. | Image: Walmart Following the launch of its Onn Google TV 4K Streaming Box earlier this year, Walmart is back with a cheaper stick version for just $14.88. The Onn Google TV Full HD Streaming Device (catchy) has lower video quality
Read MoreWe’ve seen our share of light-up jewelry over the years, but for some reason — probably power — it’s almost always earrings or necklaces. So when we saw [ROBO HUB]’s LED ring, we had to check it out. It involves a bit of behind-the-scenes action in the form of a battery holder that you palm,
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon has shared some new AI-focused offerings at its annual AWS conference. Continue reading…
Read MoreDozens of advocacy groups are pressuring the US Congress to abandon plans to ram through the renewal of a controversial surveillance program that they say poses an “alarming threat to civil rights.”
Read MoreDrew Harwell / Washington Post: Elon Musk last week and today, in a now-deleted tweet, boosted the debunked Pizzagate conspiracy theory that led a man to fire an AR-15 in a DC eatery in 2016 — The far-right theory motivated a gunman to fire multiple rounds inside the Comet Ping Pong pizzeria in 2016.
Read MoreImage: Amazon Amazon’s Echo Frames strategy is to skip the visual augmented reality features of other “smart glasses” and deliver regular-looking glasses with the Alexa voice assistant built in. If this sounds like a valuable addition to your life, you’re in luck, as the new third-generation Echo Frames are now available to preorder on Amazon,
Read MoreAbout Amazon: AWS announces Graviton4, with up to 30% better performance, 50% more cores, and 75% more memory bandwidth than Graviton3, and Trainium2 for 4x faster training — AWS Graviton4 is the most powerful and energy-efficient AWS processor to date for a broad range of cloud workloads
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google Assistant’s “animal of the day”command is no longer available. Google put an end to the command on November 27, 2023. Users can still ask questions about animals. Google Assistant has numerous helpful and interesting commands you can use to do things like control your smart home, shop, or
Read MoreFrederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: AWS launches S3 Express One Zone, an S3 tier aimed at data-intensive applications with a 10x write speed improvement and 50% lower request cost than standard S3 — At its annual re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, Amazon AWS cloud arm today announced a major update to its S3 object storage service
Read MoreImage: Warner Bros. Animation It turns out that Warner Bros. Discovery actually won’t be pulling Looney Tunes from Max. On Monday, in a 4:02PM ET email with the subject line “What’s New on Max This December,” Warner Bros. Discovery listed Looney Tunes and The Looney Tunes Show among the titles leaving Max on December 31st.
Read MoreJordan Novet / CNBC: AWS plans to offer access to Nvidia’s H200 chips, following Azure’s similar dual-pronged approach of offering its own Maia chips as well as Nvidia’s latest — – Amazon Web Services announced Trainium2, a chip for training artificial intelligence models, and it will also offer access …
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