Bloomberg: Sources: TSMC plans to build a manufacturing plant in the Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto, its third in the country, that would make advanced 3nm chips — – The facility could cost about $20 billion, depending on timing — Japan could become a global chipmaking hub aided by state fund
Read MoreCredit: Newzonly Renders of the Galaxy A15 5G have leaked. The phone resembles its predecessor but could feature thinner display bezels. The device is expected to launch soon with a sub-$200 price tag. Samsung did a great job with the Galaxy A14 5G. We crowned the budget device as one of the best starter phones
Read MoreRobert Burnson / Bloomberg: Trump Media & Technology sues 20 media outlets, demanding $1.5B in damages, for reporting that Truth Social lost $73M, calling the number “an utter fabrication” — The company behind former President Donald Trump’s Truth Social wants $1.5 billion in damages from news organizations …
Read MoreCredit: OnePlus OnePlus has announced a new AI Music Studio. It’s an online software tool to create music using pre-determined prompts and texts. OnePlus had been teasing a new launch for the past few days. Posts on X hyping up the launch fooled everyone into thinking the company would launch a new speaker, entering the
Read MoreShirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: OpenAI exec Anna Makanju told staff the company is in “intense discussions” to unify, is in touch with Sam Altman, and there will be “no final response” tonight — – Staff told startup is negotiating with Sam Altman and board — No imminent leadership decision expected as talks drag out
Read MoreHumans have loved looking up at the night sky for time immemorial, and that hasn’t stopped today. [MattHh] has taken this love to the next level with the Pi-lomar Miniature Observatory. Built with a Raspberry Pi 4, a RPi Hi Quality camera, and a Pimoroni Tiny2040, this tiny observatory does a solid job of letting
Read MoreThe Verge: Epic v. Google: a Google exec confirms that Spotify pays no commission when users buy subscriptions via Spotify’s payment system and 4% when they pay via Google — Music streaming service Spotify struck a seemingly unique and highly generous deal with Google for Android-based payments …
Read MoreMatthew Prince / @eastdakota: Microsoft isn’t a clear winner in OpenAI chaos, as its ~$11B investment is in danger, building AI systems has reputational risks, and talent might not stay — I’m told mine is a contrarian view on the events of the last few days, so here goes… Contrary to what @kevinroose and others
Read MoreIllustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images X, formerly Twitter, has followed through with owner Elon Musk’s threat to sue the left-leaning nonprofit Media Matters. Media Matters reported last week that X “has been placing ads for major brands” like Apple and IBM “next to content that touts Adolf Hitler and his Nazi
Read MoreMy colleague Paul Krill does a great job rounding up the highest-paid cloud computing certifications you can obtain these days. In other words, by passing these courses, you’ll likely have no problem finding a well-paying job. While there are a few non-brand-related certifications on his list, most are specific to a cloud provider, focusing on
Read MoreHistorically, working with big data has been quite a challenge. Companies that wanted to tap big data sets faced significant performance overhead relating to data processing. Specifically, moving data between different tools and systems required leveraging different programming languages, network protocols, and file formats. Converting this data at each step in the data pipeline was
Read MoreDevin Coldewey / TechCrunch: Media Matters’ claims that some companies’ ads appeared next to antisemitic content do not seem to be “manufactured”, contrary to what X alleges in its suit — Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, has filed a lawsuit alleging defamation by a news organization over claims …
Read MoreThe Docker-OSX project has to be among one of the easiest ways to get a fully functional Hackintosh off the ground on any Linux or Windows (10+) system, with the Docker image handling the heavy lifting of keeping the copy of MacOS happy and satisfied, even as the legality remains questionable, as we previously reported
Read MoreLast week Sam Altman was sensationally fired from OpenAI, tipping the AI company into chaos. It remains unclear what made the board decide to act.
Read MoreJava Development Kit 22, set to arrive in March 2024 as the next version of Java Standard Edition, has grown to include eight features so far, with a preview of a class-file API, region pinning for the G1 garbage collector, and a second preview of implicitly declared classes and instance methods proposed in the past
Read MoreSharon Knolle / The Wrap: X files a defamation lawsuit against Media Matters, claiming it “knowingly and maliciously” misrepresented the amount of antisemitic content on the platform — Musk says the watchdog org “would not let truth get in the way of a story” — Elon Musk has followed through …
Read MoreKylie Robison / Fortune: At a hastily assembled all-hands, Linda Yaccarino said Media Matters is known “to force a narrative” and asked staff to “be as fiscally responsible as possible” — KIRSTY WIGGLESWORTH – WPA POOL/GETTY IMAGES — At a Monday all-hands hastily assembled at the last minute at X …
Read MoreStephanie Palazzolo / The Information: Source: OpenAI’s board approached Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei about a potential merger as part of an effort to persuade Amodei to replace Sam Altman as CEO — OpenAI’s board of directors approached Dario Amodei, the co-founder and CEO of rival large-language model developer Anthropic …
Read MoreA newly licensed amateur radio operator’s first foray into radios is likely to be a VHF or UHF radio with a manageable antenna designed for the high frequencies in these radio bands. But these radios aren’t meant for communicating more than a double-digit number of kilometers or miles. The radios meant for long-distance communication use
Read MoreIt might be surprising to some that the e-ink tablet is a growing product category, but it makes sense when you consider it. Some people absolutely need — or at least insist on — handwritten notes, and an e-ink device can not only save paper but sync with other devices, and let you read for
Read MoreKate Clark / The Information: Sources: OpenAI’s board offered the interim CEO role to former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman and Scale AI CEO Alex Wang, before Emmett Shear accepted it — Before Emmett Shear accepted the Interim CEO role at OpenAI, the board offered it to Nat Friedman, the former CEO of Microsoft-owned GitHub …
Read MoreMicrosoft CEO Satya Nadella on stage at OpenAI’s first developer conference. | Image: Getty Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced late last night that former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman were both joining Microsoft to lead a new advanced AI research team, an announcement that sent Microsoft’s stock price soaring. Now, less
Read MoreKate Clark / The Information: Sources: OpenAI’s board offered the interim CEO role to former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman and Scale AI CEO Alex Wang, before Emmett Shear accepted it — Before Emmett Shear accepted the Interim CEO role at OpenAI, the board offered it to Nat Friedman, the former CEO of Microsoft-owned GitHub …
Read MoreCNBC: Satya Nadella says “it’s very clear that something has to change around the governance” of OpenAI no matter where Sam Altman ends up — – Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told CNBC on Monday that the company remains committed to OpenAI and Sam Altman.
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority A tipster has provided Android Authority with screenshots of YouTube Playables. This previously announced feature is still in the testing phase. This feature allows you to play a selection of games instantly with no downloads on Android, iOS, and desktop. In September, Google announced a new YouTube feature called Playables.
Read More