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SecureW2, whose zero-trust platform helps companies use certificate-based authentication from identity software providers, raised $80M from Insight Partners (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: SecureW2, whose zero-trust platform helps companies use certificate-based authentication from identity software providers, raised $80M from Insight Partners — Passwordless security startup SecureW2 Inc. said today it has closed on a hefty $80 million funding round from the software-focused venture capital firm Insight Partners LLC.

Amazon plans to expand its Prime Air drone delivery system to the UK, Italy, and a third US city in late 2024 and integrate Prime Air into its delivery network (Kris Holt/Engadget)

Kris Holt / Engadget: Amazon plans to expand its Prime Air drone delivery system to the UK, Italy, and a third US city in late 2024 and integrate Prime Air into its delivery network — The company will also bring the Prime Air program to a third US city by the end of 2024. —

Elon Musk answers Tesla pricing question with anti work-from-home rant

Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images On Tesla’s Q3 earnings call, CEO Elon Musk said people who work from home take advantage of the people who cannot work from home and are “detached from reality.” In the middle of talking about rising interest rates and their effect on the affordability of vehicles,

WhatsApp is rolling out a view once mode for voice notes to some beta users on iOS and Android, after launching the feature for photos and videos in August 2021 (WABetaInfo)

WABetaInfo: WhatsApp is rolling out a view once mode for voice notes to some beta users on iOS and Android, after launching the feature for photos and videos in August 2021 — WhatsApp is introducing a new feature to allow users to share voice notes with view once mode enabled for added privacy.

Sources: YouTube is building an AI tool that lets creators record audio using famous musicians’ voices and seeking major record labels’ rights to train the tool (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: Sources: YouTube is building an AI tool that lets creators record audio using famous musicians’ voices and seeking major record labels’ rights to train the tool — – YouTube is seeking rights from major music companies — Video site had hoped to unveil the music tool last month

Will there be a Kindle Paperwhite 6? All the rumors and what we want to see

Amazon’s Kindle Paperwhite is one of the best e-readers on the market and is perfectly suited for all your e-book needs, but it’s also almost two years old now. When will we see a next-generation model? While we don’t know anything solid yet, we can certainly take some guesses on when we’ll see the Kindle

Universal Music Publishing Group, Concord Music Group, and ABKCO sue Anthropic for allegedly violating their copyrights by using song lyrics to train AI models (Murray Stassen/Music Business Worldwide)

Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide: Universal Music Publishing Group, Concord Music Group, and ABKCO sue Anthropic for allegedly violating their copyrights by using song lyrics to train AI models — The lawsuit claims that ‘Anthropic profits richly from its infringement of Publishers’ repertoires and other copyright owners’ works’

Clearview AI wins an appeal against the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, which imposed a ~£7.5M fine in May 2022 for alleged breaches of local privacy laws (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Clearview AI wins an appeal against the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, which imposed a ~£7.5M fine in May 2022 for alleged breaches of local privacy laws — Controversial US facial recognition company, Clearview AI, has won an appeal against a privacy sanction issued by the U.K. last year.

Only Nintendo DS lovers will fully appreciate this dual-screen handheld PC

The Ayaneo Flip DS. | Image: Ayaneo Boutique handheld gaming company Ayaneo has announced the Ayaneo Flip DS — a 7-inch 120Hz handheld gaming clamshell with a second screen that’s clearly inspired by the Nintendo DS, and might let it play games like one too. According to Liliputing’s Brad Linder, who deserves kudos for calling

Internal message: Discord shuts down Gas nine months after acquiring the app, which let users anonymously compliment friends and had ~1M DAUs in October 2022 (Mark Matousek/The Information)

Mark Matousek / The Information: Internal message: Discord shuts down Gas nine months after acquiring the app, which let users anonymously compliment friends and had ~1M DAUs in October 2022 — Nikita Bier has done it again. Nine months after he sold anonymous-compliments app Gas to Discord, the app is being shut down, Discord CEO

Netflix’s Password-Sharing Crackdown Is Working—for Now

A tough campaign to squash password-sharing appears to be working, according to Netflix’s latest earnings report.

The Insatiable Hunger of Paper Shredder-Based Locomotion

We enjoy hacks that combine or alter devices, enhancing (or subverting) their purpose in the process, but [Japhy Riddle] reminds us all that sometimes it’s fun just to enjoy a spectacle. In this case, it’s an old paper shredder given wheels and a continuous line of paper to rip into. The result is a device demonstrating

The Hydro Flask Tracker puts your fancy water bottle on Apple’s Find My network

The Hydro Flask Tracker lets you find your fancy water bottle. | Image: Nomad If you’re in the club of people who spend too much money on water bottles (hey, no judgments — I own a $90 water bottle), you probably get irrationally upset when you can’t find it. To keep that from happening, phone

Here we go: all the news about Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Image: Nintendo Stay up to date on Mario’s latest adventure. Continue reading…

Meta plans to roll out Telegram-like broadcast channels on Facebook and Messenger in the coming weeks, after launching them on Instagram and WhatsApp (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Meta plans to roll out Telegram-like broadcast channels on Facebook and Messenger in the coming weeks, after launching them on Instagram and WhatsApp — Meta is bringing its Telegram-like “broadcast channels” feature to Facebook and Messenger after rolling it out to Instagram and WhatsApp earlier this year.

Tesla profits dip as it invests in factory upgrades and AI development

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Tesla continues to see its margins slip due to price cuts. Today the company reported earnings of $1.9 billion in net income on $23.4 billion in revenue during the third quarter of 2023. The figures represent a small bump in revenue, from $21.4 billion the same time last

Tesla’s first Cybertruck deliveries will happen on November 30th

Tesla Cybertruck prototype. | Image: Tesla The Tesla Cybertruck finally has a delivery date, according to a company post on X (formerly Twitter). Along with its third quarter earnings today, Tesla announced the long-delayed Cybertruck electric pickup will have its first deliveries during an event on November 30th at the company’s Gigafactory in Austin, Texas.

Meta’s Telegram-like ‘broadcast channels’ are coming to Facebook and Messenger

Here’s what broadcast channels will look like. | Image: Meta Meta’s “broadcast channels,” previously available for Instagram and WhatsApp, will be coming to Facebook and Messenger “in the coming weeks,” according to a Meta blog post. CEO Mark Zuckerberg also shared the news in a post from his personal Facebook account. Broadcast channels function a

Stanford researchers unveil the Foundation Model Transparency Index, with 100 indicators; Llama 2 leads at 54%, GPT-4 is third at 48%, PaLM 2 is fifth at 40% (Kevin Roose/New York Times)

Kevin Roose / New York Times: Stanford researchers unveil the Foundation Model Transparency Index, with 100 indicators; Llama 2 leads at 54%, GPT-4 is third at 48%, PaLM 2 is fifth at 40% — Stanford researchers have ranked 10 major A.I. models on how openly they operate. — How much do we know about A.I.?

Who’s Responsible for the Gaza Hospital Explosion? Here’s Why It’s Hard to Know What’s Real

A flood of false information, partisan narratives, and weaponized “fact-checking” has obscured efforts to find out who’s responsible for an explosion at a hospital in Gaza.

Netflix reports Q3 revenue up 7.8% YoY to $8.54B, vs. $8.54B est., and global paid memberships up 10.8% YoY to 247.15M, vs. 243.88M est.; NFLX jumps 9%+ (Sarah Whitten/CNBC)

Sarah Whitten / CNBC: Netflix reports Q3 revenue up 7.8% YoY to $8.54B, vs. $8.54B est., and global paid memberships up 10.8% YoY to 247.15M, vs. 243.88M est.; NFLX jumps 9%+ — – Netflix shares popped more than 12% after the closing bell Wednesday. — The company reported a boost in subscriber growth driven …

Netflix raises US prices for its basic plan to $11.99 from $9.99 and its premium plan to $22.99 from $19.99; it is also raising some prices in the UK and France (Jessica Toonkel/Wall Street Journal)

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal: Netflix raises US prices for its basic plan to $11.99 from $9.99 and its premium plan to $22.99 from $19.99; it is also raising some prices in the UK and France — Hollywood strikes will lead to lower content spending, more free cash flow this year, company says

Amazon plans to deploy delivery drones in the UK and Italy next year

Image: Amazon Despite running into obstacles in the US, Amazon is planning to expand its Prime Air drone delivery program to two additional countries. Amazon announced today that it will soon make drone delivery available for Prime members in Italy and the United Kingdom — in addition to expanding to one more yet-to-be-named US city.

The world’s biggest AI models aren’t very transparent, Stanford study says

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge No prominent developer of AI foundation models — a list including companies like OpenAI and Meta — is releasing sufficient information about their potential impact on society, determines a new report from Stanford HAI (Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence). Today, Stanford HAI released its Foundation Model Transparency Index, which tracked

Microsoft tests support for hearing aids in Windows 11

Illustration: The Verge Windows 11 will soon let some users with hearing aids take calls, listen to music, and stream audio from their PCs, Microsoft announced on Wednesday. The recently rolled out Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25977 now supports hearing aids equipped with Bluetooth LE Audio technology, Microsoft revealed. Consequently, people can directly pair

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