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Sophos researchers find “crude”, cheap ransomware tools being sold on the dark web, enabling inexperienced freelancers to easily launch attacks
James Reddick / The Record: Sophos researchers find “crude”, cheap ransomware tools being sold on the...
Internal draft: UK's ICO says Google's Privacy Sandbox falls short and leaves gaps that can be exploited to undermine privacy of users who should be anonymous
Wall Street Journal: Internal draft: UK's ICO says Google's Privacy Sandbox falls short and leaves gaps...
Apple removes WhatsApp and Threads from its App Store in China, saying it was ordered to do so by China's cyberspace officials citing national security concerns
Raffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal: Apple removes WhatsApp and Threads from its App Store in...
Washington, DC-based Cape, which is developing a mobile service that doesn't ask for customers' personal data, raised a $40M Series B co-led by A-Star and a16z
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Washington, DC-based Cape, which is developing a mobile service that doesn't ask...
Microsoft researchers introduce VASA-1, an AI model that creates a realistic talking face video from a portrait photo and an audio file, in research preview
Ryan Morrison / Tom's Guide: Microsoft researchers introduce VASA-1, an AI model that creates a realistic...
Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg on Llama 3, buying H100 GPUs for Reels, AGI, energy constraints, dangers of open source, the metaverse, Meta's custom silicon, and more
Dwarkesh Patel / Dwarkesh Podcast: Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg on Llama 3, buying H100 GPUs for...
Digital marketing software company Ibotta closes up 17% at $103.25 per share in its trading debut, after raising ~$577.3M in an IPO priced above marketed range
Bloomberg: Digital marketing software company Ibotta closes up 17% at $103.25 per share in its trading...
Google says it will consolidate teams that focus on building AI models across Research and DeepMind, and move its Responsible AI teams in Research to DeepMind
Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters: Google says it will consolidate teams that focus on building AI models...
Meta cuts the price of the base 128GB Quest 2 from $249 to $199, its second permanent price cut in four months, after a drop from $299 to $249 in January
Kris Holt / Engadget: Meta cuts the price of the base 128GB Quest 2 from $249...
Netflix won't report subscriber numbers or Average Revenue per Membership starting in Q1 2025, saying time spent is its “best proxy for customer satisfaction”
Todd Spangler / Variety: Netflix won't report subscriber numbers or Average Revenue per Membership starting in...
Netflix reports Q1 revenue up 15% YoY to $9.37B, vs. $9.28B est., paid users up 16% YoY to 269.6M, vs. 264.2M est., and net income $2.3B, up from $1.3B YoY
Sarah Whitten / CNBC: Netflix reports Q1 revenue up 15% YoY to $9.37B, vs. $9.28B est.,...
Meta claims both Llama 3 models beat similarly sized models like Gemini, Mistral, and Claude 3 on certain benchmarks; humans marked Llama 3 higher than GPT-3.5
Emilia David / The Verge: Meta claims both Llama 3 models beat similarly sized models like...
A US jury finds Avraham Eisenberg, a crypto trader who stole $110M on the Mango Markets exchange in 2022, guilty of fraud despite his “code is law” claim
Crystal Kim / Axios: A US jury finds Avraham Eisenberg, a crypto trader who stole $110M...
Short-form video app Triller is merging with Hong Kong financial services company AGBA; Triller shareholders will own 80% of the combined company valued at $4B
Daniel Tencer / Music Business Worldwide: Short-form video app Triller is merging with Hong Kong financial...
DARPA reveals that an AI-controlled X-62A jet successfully faced a human pilot in an F-16 during an in-air dogfight test carried out in 2023
Emma Roth / The Verge: DARPA reveals that an AI-controlled X-62A jet successfully faced a human...
Mozilla and CheckFirst report: Apple, Google, Meta, and others' efforts are a work in progress at best, months after EU's DSA mandated a searchable ads library
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Mozilla and CheckFirst report: Apple, Google, Meta, and others' efforts are a...
Noida, India-based B2B e-commerce marketplace ProcMart raised a $30M Series B led by Fundamentum and Edelweiss Discovery Fund, after a $10M Series A in 2022
Times of India: Noida, India-based B2B e-commerce marketplace ProcMart raised a $30M Series B led by...
Berlin-based finmid, which makes embedded fintech solutions for SMBs, raised a €23M Series A at a €100M post money valuation, bringing total raised to €35M
Anna Heim / TechCrunch: Berlin-based finmid, which makes embedded fintech solutions for SMBs, raised a €23M...
South Korea-based AI startup Upstage raised a $72M Series B from investors including SK Networks and SBVA, formerly known as SoftBank Ventures Asia
Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: South Korea-based AI startup Upstage raised a $72M Series B from investors...
Kode Labs, which develops tools that integrate data from building management systems and IoT devices, raised a $30M Series B led by Maverix Private Equity
Tim De Chant / TechCrunch: Kode Labs, which develops tools that integrate data from building management...
Sources: the UK plans talks this month with Apple, Meta, and others to push a voluntary charter granting parents more control of social media use by young teens
Ellen Milligan / Bloomberg: Sources: the UK plans talks this month with Apple, Meta, and others...
Mark Zuckerberg wins his bid to avoid personal liability in about two dozen lawsuits accusing Meta and other companies of addicting children to their products
Rachel Graf / Bloomberg: Mark Zuckerberg wins his bid to avoid personal liability in about two...
Google's Jigsaw expands Perspective API, a set of ML tools that help moderators and researchers identify toxicity, with seven attributes, including nuance
Billy Perrigo / TIME: Google's Jigsaw expands Perspective API, a set of ML tools that help...
EU antitrust regulators are questioning Broadcom about changes to VMware's licensing conditions, following complaints from EU business users and a trade group
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: EU antitrust regulators are questioning Broadcom about changes to VMware's licensing...