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Grindr is testing an AI "wingman" that will enable users to track conversations with their favorites, recommend long-term relationship candidates, and more (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal)
Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: Grindr is testing an AI “wingman” that will enable users to track conversations with their favorites, recommend long-term relationship candidates, and more — The dating app is testing an AI bot for gay and bi men that would scout for long-term relationship prospects, set up dates—and even date other wingmen for you
Published: 2024-10-05 17:55:14
An interview with Epic CEO Tim Sweeney about how the company became "financially sound", Unreal Engine 6, building a "persistent universe" with Disney, and more (Jay Peters/The Verge)
Jay Peters / The Verge: An interview with Epic CEO Tim Sweeney about how the company became “financially sound”, Unreal Engine 6, building a “persistent universe” with Disney, and more — Just over a year ago, Epic Games laid off around 16 percent of its employees.
Published: 2024-10-05 16:45:23
Foxconn Q3: revenue up 20.2% YoY to ~$57.3B on strong AI server demand; consumer electronics revenue, including iPhones, was flat YoY; stock is up ~86% in 2024 (Ben Blanchard/Reuters)
Ben Blanchard / Reuters: Foxconn Q3: revenue up 20.2% YoY to ~$57.3B on strong AI server demand; consumer electronics revenue, including iPhones, was flat YoY; stock is up ~86% in 2024 — Taiwan's Foxconn (2317.TW), the world's largest contract electronics maker, beat expectations to post its highest-ever revenue …
Published: 2024-10-05 15:45:01
Mullenweg says "WordPress.org just belongs to me personally", as his WP Engine feud blurs the lines between WordPress.org, WordPress Foundation, and Automattic (Emma Roth/The Verge)
Emma Roth / The Verge: Mullenweg says “WordPress.org just belongs to me personally”, as his WP Engine feud blurs the lines between WordPress.org, WordPress Foundation, and Automattic — The lines between the WordPress open-source project, the nonprofit backing it, and the commercial arm owned by Automattic are blurring.
Published: 2024-10-05 13:40:09
A look at the rise and fall of IronNet, a cybersecurity firm led by ex-NSA director Keith Alexander and whose valuation crossed $3B after it went public in 2021 (Alan Suderman/Associated Press)
Alan Suderman / Associated Press: A look at the rise and fall of IronNet, a cybersecurity firm led by ex-NSA director Keith Alexander and whose valuation crossed $3B after it went public in 2021 — The future was once dazzling for IronNet. Founded by a former director of the National Security Agency and stacked …
Published: 2024-10-05 12:40:03
How Beixiazhu, a Chinese village that was a hotspot of activity during the livestream shopping boom on Douyin, Kuaishou and other apps, became a cautionary tale (Wency Chen/South China Morning Post)
Wency Chen / South China Morning Post: How Beixiazhu, a Chinese village that was a hotspot of activity during the livestream shopping boom on Douyin, Kuaishou and other apps, became a cautionary tale — To the unsuspecting outsider, Beixiazhu looks like any unremarkable Chinese village. But for years, this was the place …
Published: 2024-10-05 09:35:02
A look at Google NotebookLM's Audio Overview feature, which was built by Google Labs and has gone viral thanks to its Deep Dive podcast with two AI hosts (Ben Cohen/Wall Street Journal)
Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal: A look at Google NotebookLM's Audio Overview feature, which was built by Google Labs and has gone viral thanks to its Deep Dive podcast with two AI hosts — With this Google tool, you can now listen to a show about any topic you could possibly imagine. You won't believe your ears.
Published: 2024-10-05 06:30:02
An executive says GM is working on a Level 3 eyes-off, hands-off driving system, but does not provide a timeline for when it might become publicly available (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch)
Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: An executive says GM is working on a Level 3 eyes-off, hands-off driving system, but does not provide a timeline for when it might become publicly available — Seven years ago, GM became the first automaker to offer hands-free driving when it rolled out its Super Cruise advanced driver assistance system.
Published: 2024-10-05 05:20:01
Cyber Crimes Center, a division of the US DHS, says it has disrupted 500+ ransomware attacks and seized $4.3B in crypto since 2021, including $180M last year (Jeff Stone/Bloomberg)
Jeff Stone / Bloomberg: Cyber Crimes Center, a division of the US DHS, says it has disrupted 500+ ransomware attacks and seized $4.3B in crypto since 2021, including $180M last year — Homeland Security Investigations is stopping hacks before they occur. — A cybercrime-focused division of the US Department …
Published: 2024-10-05 04:50:00
Google ramps up efforts to integrate AI across its products in India, where it has 700M to 800M users, including launching Gemini Live in nine Indian languages (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)
Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Google ramps up efforts to integrate AI across its products in India, where it has 700M to 800M users, including launching Gemini Live in nine Indian languages — Google is ramping up its artificial intelligence efforts in India to integrate AI across its products for Indians …
Published: 2024-10-05 04:05:13
Sources: China-linked "Salt Typhoon" hacking campaign potentially gained access to US wiretap systems after breaching networks of US ISPs like Verizon and AT&T (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal: Sources: China-linked “Salt Typhoon” hacking campaign potentially gained access to US wiretap systems after breaching networks of US ISPs like Verizon and AT&T — AT&T, Verizon are among broadband providers breached in China-linked ‘Salt Typhoon’ hack
Published: 2024-10-05 03:20:03
Credit data company Experian has agreed to buy Brazilian digital fraud prevention provider ClearSale for $350M; the deal is expected to close in H1 2025 (Reuters)
Reuters: Credit data company Experian has agreed to buy Brazilian digital fraud prevention provider ClearSale for $350M; the deal is expected to close in H1 2025 — Credit data company Experian (EXPN.L) has agreed to buy Brazilian cyber security firm ClearSale (CLSA3.SA), it said on Friday …
Published: 2024-10-05 00:55:02
Ben Horowitz says he and his wife plan to make a "significant" personal donation to Harris' campaign; Horowitz and Marc Andreessen endorsed Trump in July (Dan Primack/Axios)
Dan Primack / Axios: Ben Horowitz says he and his wife plan to make a “significant” personal donation to Harris' campaign; Horowitz and Marc Andreessen endorsed Trump in July — - At the time, President Biden was still running for reelection. … - He notes that he and Felicia have known Harris …
Published: 2024-10-04 22:56:27
Apple's AI research team releases Depth Pro, an AI model that can generate a 2.25-megapixel depth map in 0.3 seconds on a standard GPU, using a single image (Michael Nuñez/VentureBeat)
Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: Apple's AI research team releases Depth Pro, an AI model that can generate a 2.25-megapixel depth map in 0.3 seconds on a standard GPU, using a single image — Apple's AI research team has developed a new model that could significantly advance how machines perceive depth …
Published: 2024-10-04 21:45:01
As Mark Zuckerberg aims to be politically "neutral", some argue he's placating critics like Trump; source: Nick Clegg now makes most election policy decisions (Hannah Murphy/Financial Times)
Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: As Mark Zuckerberg aims to be politically “neutral”, some argue he's placating critics like Trump; source: Nick Clegg now makes most election policy decisions — Meta chief seeks neutral stance ahead of US election but critics argue he is placating critics such as Trump
Published: 2024-10-04 19:40:03