In the world of large language models (LLM), the focus has for the longest time been on proprietary technologies from companies such as OpenAI (GPT-3 & 4, ChatGPT, etc.) as well as increasingly everyone from Google to Meta and Microsoft. What’s remained underexposed in this whole discussion about which LLM will do more things better
Read MoreNatasha Singer / New York Times: An Idaho federal judge dismissed an FTC lawsuit against location data broker Kochava, saying the agency had not provided adequate evidence to show consumer harm — The ruling was a blow to the commission’s intensifying efforts to crack down on the sale and use of sensitive personal information.
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Ex-staff say TikTok had a list, accessible internally via a dashboard, of users watching LGBTQ content; TikTok says it deleted the dashboard in the US in 2022 — Company logged categories of content and users on app in effort to boost engagement; spokeswoman says TikTok has restricted access to that data
Read MoreMiles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: Documents: Google plans to make search more “visual, snackable, personal, and human”, incorporating short videos, social media posts, and conversations with AI — Changes aim to respond to queries that can’t be easily answered by traditional ‘10 blue links’ web results
Read MoreThe Raspberry Pi is famous for its low cost, versatile and open Linux environment, and plentiful I/O, making it a perfect device not only for its originally-intended educational purposes but for basically every hobbyist from gardeners to roboticists to amateur radio operators. Most builds tend to make use of the GPIO pins which allow easy
Read MoreMary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: Source: Rapid, which runs an API marketplace, laid off 82% of staff in under two weeks, reducing headcount from 230 to 42; the startup was valued at $1B in 2022 — Rapid (previously known as RapidAPI), a startup that built out an API marketplace valued at $1 billion last year
Read MoreLora Kelley / New York Times: A profile of Roger Lee, who runs Layoffs.fyi that has catalogued ~450,000 tech job cuts and Comprehensive.io that tracks compensation in tech job postings — Roger Lee has cataloged hundreds of thousands of tech job cuts on his site Layoffs.fyi. He still believes the industry will “100 percent” bounce
Read MoreDevin Coldewey / TechCrunch: Q&A with Vint Cerf, chief internet evangelist at Google and recipient of IEEE’s Medal of Honor, on how Google has changed since 2005, the hazards of LLMs, more — “That’s always an exciting place to be — a place where nobody’s ever been before.” — Vint Cerf has been a near-constant
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Read MoreDevin Coldewey / TechCrunch: Q&A with Vint Cerf, chief internet evangelist at Google and recipient of IEEE’s Medal of Honor, on how Google has changed since 2005, the hazards of LLMs, more — “That’s always an exciting place to be — a place where nobody’s ever been before.” — Vint Cerf has been a near-constant
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Ex-staff say TikTok had a list, accessible internally via a dashboard, of users watching LGBTQ content; TikTok says it deleted the dashboard in the US in 2022 — Company logged categories of content and users on app in effort to boost engagement; spokeswoman says TikTok has restricted access to that data
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Slash, a Gen Z-focused neobank, raised $19M in seed and Series A funding from investors including NEA, Menlo Ventures, Connect Ventures, and Y Combinator — Around two years ago, Victor Cardenas and Kevin Bai — college dropouts from Stanford University and the University of Waterloo …
Read MoreChance Miller / 9to5Mac: Brydge, an iPad, Mac, and Surface accessory maker, is shutting down; sources: Brydge has neither paid its staff salaries nor fulfilled orders since January 2023 — Brydge, a once thriving startup making popular keyboard accessories for iPad, Mac, and Microsoft Surface products, is ceasing operations.
Read MoreHolograms and holographic imagery are typically viewed within the frame of science fiction, with perhaps the most iconic examples being Princess Leia’s message to Obi-Wan in Star Wars, or the holodecks from Star Trek. In reality, holograms have been around for a surprising amount of time, with early holographic images being produced in the late
Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority With one of the smallest form factors on the market, the Oura Ring is easing its way into the minds (and onto the fingers) of celebrities and shoppers alike. But how does the Oura platform stack up against more established ecosystems, like Fitbit? We compare the Oura Ring vs
Read MoreFilipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: In an email to users, Twitter acknowledges a bug that showed some Circle tweets to users outside of the Circle in April 2023 and says the issue has been fixed — Back in April, several Twitter users were affected by a bug that showed private Twitter Circle tweets to random users
Read MoreEidolons are somewhat similar to Traces. They are essentially short skill trees that give your character permanent buffs. Each character has six Eidolons that you unlock as you progress through the game. Each one is unlocked with a specific material. In this article, we’ll explain more about Eidolons, how they work, and how to unlock
Read MoreImage: Yahoo Marissa Mayer says Yahoo should’ve bought Netflix or Hulu, not Tumblr, during her time as CEO. “We looked at a transformative acquisition, and we bought Tumblr,” Mayer said in an interview with Tech Brew. “At the same time, we were also considering whether it was possible to buy Hulu or, ironically, Netflix. And
Read MoreIllustration: Samar Haddad / The Verge Passwords have always been a necessary evil, giving you the choice of either using one that is too simple (so you can easily remember it) or one obscure enough to be secure but complicated enough to require a password manager. Until now, the best way to keep your accounts
Read MoreHolograms and holographic imagery are typically viewed within the frame of science fiction, with perhaps the most iconic examples being Princess Leia’s message to Obi-Wan in Star Wars, or the holodecks from Star Trek. In reality, holograms have been around for a surprising amount of time, with early holographic images being produced in the late
Read MoreMatt Binder / Mashable: Out of the ~150K early Twitter Blue subscribers in November 2022, just ~68,157 were still subscribed on April 30, meaning Blue has an abnormally high churn rate — The early birds cancel their subscriptions. — Twitter Blue’s struggles since its launch nearly six months ago are more severe …
Read MoreChris Strohm / Bloomberg: Sources: the US DOJ is investigating if Binance was used to let Russians skirt US sanctions, alongside a probe into its alleged use to evade sanctions on Iran — The Justice Department is investigating whether Binance Holdings Ltd. was used illegally to let Russians skirt US sanctions …
Read MoreHonkai: Star Rail has a lot of mechanics, but most of them are things seasoned RPG players have seen before. Traces are one such example. They aren’t items, like Light Cones. Traces are basically skill trees that enhance or otherwise improve a character’s abilities or stats. There are a few types of them, and they
Read MoreTheo Wayt / The Information: Amazon is working on AI tools to generate photos and videos for merchants’ ad campaigns on its platform, as the company seeks to build a broader ad business — Amazon is building a team to work on artificial intelligence tools that will generate photos and videos for merchants to use
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