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| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Microsoft unveils Copilot+ PCs as a new class of AI-capable Windows PCs, offering at least 40 TOPs of NPU performance, with several OEMs and chipmakers on board — The aim is to handle more AI processing locally rather than in the cloud. — We've been hearing rumblings for months …
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| Umar Shakir / The Verge: |
Microsoft unveils Recall for Windows 11, an AI-powered search tool for Copilot+ PCs that keeps track of users' actions and gives them an explorable timeline — Microsoft's launching Recall for Windows 11, a new tool that keeps track of everything you see and do on your computer and …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/OpenAI, r/technews, r/singularity, r/Windows11, r/tech, and r/technology
| Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: |
Impressions of Windows 11 AI features Recall, Live Captions, and Cocreator, and a chat with Satya Nadella on how the Copilot+ PC push will outperform MacBooks — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told our columnist new efficient, powerful chips equip Windows Copilot+ laptops to compete with Apple's MacBooks
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| Lawrence Bonk / Engadget: |
Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Samsung, and Lenovo joined Microsoft in debuting laptops featuring Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite or Plus chips and a dedicated Copilot key — They all have similar processors, but there are plenty of differences in design and functionality.
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| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Microsoft debuts the $1,000+ Surface Pro with optional OLED display and 5G, up to 90% faster than the last gen, a Flex keyboard with haptic feedback, and more — Microsoft just announced the new Surface Pro, the latest in its lineup of tablet / laptop hybrid devices and the first in a new generation … | Wes Davis / The Verge: |
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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Forums: r/hardware, r/apple, r/technology, and r/microsoft
| Jeremy Kahn / Fortune: |
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| Kat Tenbarge / NBC News: |
Scarlett Johansson says she declined OpenAI's GPT4-o voice offer and was “shocked, angered” that Sam Altman would “pursue” Sky, a voice “eerily similar” to hers — The “Her” actor released a statement following OpenAI pulling its “Sky” voice from ChatGPT, which many people said sounded like her.
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| Bloomberg: |
OpenAI pulls ChatGPT's Sky voice after users compared the sound to Scarlett Johansson, saying Sky is an actress' voice and wasn't chosen to be an “imitation” — - Selecting the Sky profile redirects ChatGPT users to Juniper — Company said it was not trying to imitate Johansson's voice
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| Samantha Cole / 404 Media: |
The FBI arrests a man on criminal charges for allegedly producing and distributing AI-generated images of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct — He allegedly used Stable Diffusion, a text-to-image generative AI model, to create “thousands of realistic images of prepubescent minors,” prosecutors said.
More: US Department of Justice. X: @marvelle, @samleecole, @samleecole, and @samleecole
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| Mike Scarcella / Reuters: |
US v. Google: Google has preemptively paid damages to the US government, an unusual move aimed at avoiding a jury trial in the DOJ's antitrust lawsuit — Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google has preemptively paid damages to the U.S. government, an unusual move aimed at avoiding a jury trial …
More: United States District Court. Mastodon: @dangillmor@mastodon.social. X: @jason_kint, @carnage4life, @lutherlowe, @timsweeneyepic, @econliberties, and @jason_kint. Forums: Hacker News
| Hannah Ellis-Petersen / The Guardian: |
Meta approved 14 AI-manipulated Facebook ads during India's election with known slurs against Muslims; civil groups submitted and then pulled the ads as a test — Exclusive: Ads containing AI-manipulated images were submitted to Facebook by civil and corporate accountability groups
More: Engadget, Eko, Inc42 Media, Scroll.in, and Deccan Herald
Forums: r/worldnews, r/technology, and r/india
| Wired: |
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Forums: r/Futurology and r/worldnews
| Justine Calma / The Verge: |
Google plans to spend ~€1B to expand its data center in Finland, and will reuse heat from the data center to warm nearby homes, schools, and public buildings — Google's data centers are expanding to support its AI ambitions, and a new project in Finland shows one way the company …
More: The Register, The Keyword, Reuters, Helsinki Times, Mobile Europe, and Bloomberg
| Reuters: |
EU countries vote to approve the landmark EU AI Act, agreed in December 2023, to ensure “trust, transparency, and accountability”, taking effect in June 2024 — Europe's landmark rules on artificial intelligence will enter into force next month after EU countries endorsed … | Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple releases iOS 17.5.1 and iPadOS 17.5.1, saying the bug that let some deleted photos reappear has now been fixed — Apple today released iOS 17.5.1 and iPadOS 17.5.1, minor updates to the iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 operating system updates that came out last September.
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X: @spercharged, @kaepora, @verge, @irjo, @unfadedskye, and @brandonbutch
Forums: r/ios, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| David Heaney / UploadVR: |
LG denies reports over canceling its partnership with Meta, three months after the companies agreed to develop XR devices, says it is “controlling its pace” — LG denied reports from Korean news outlets claiming it canceled its partnership with Meta, but said it is “controlling its pace”.
More: The Verge, Korea Joongang Daily, iPhone in Canada Blog, SlashGear, and KED Global
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Forums: r/virtualreality, r/oculus, r/OculusQuest, and r/QuestPro
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
The DOJ announces the arrest of a Taiwanese national at JFK Airport who allegedly owned Incognito Market, a dark web site used by 200K+ to buy $100M+ in drugs — The owner and operator of Incognito Market, a dark web marketplace for selling illegal narcotics online, was arrested at the John F. Kennedy Airport in New York on May 18.| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
Volvo partners with Aurora Innovation to unveil Volvo VNL Autonomous, a self-driving truck which Aurora plans to use for freight hauling in the next few months — A new self-driving truck — manufactured by Volvo and loaded with autonomous vehicle tech developed by Aurora Innovation … | Business Insider: |
Inside Oracle's Cerner acquisition, including issues with Cerner's EHR system, which Oracle says it wasn't aware of, and its rollout at the US Veterans Affairs — Larry Ellison bet $28 billion he could revolutionize healthcare. So why are so many patients dying? — An curved arrow pointing right.
More: The Hill. X: @mstrknowitall, @orionds, and @edithhonan. LinkedIn: Vanessa Lipton. Forums: r/cernercorporation
| Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg: |
SEC filing: Chicago-based Tempus, which uses AI to process medical data, files for an IPO, reporting a $266M net loss on $532M revenue in 2023 and 2,300 staff — The company said in its filing Monday with the US Securities and Exchange Commission that it's creating “intelligent diagnostics” for precision medicine.| Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple files a lawsuit at the EU's General Court to challenge a March 2024 decision to impose a €1.8B fine for thwarting competition in music streaming — - Company files suit at EU's General Court to topple penalty — Fine was sparked by long-running dispute with top music rival
More: The Verge
| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
London-based Vitesse, which offers a treasury and payment platform for insurance companies, raised a $93M Series C led by KKR, after a $26M Series B in 2022 — U.K. fintech Vitesse has closed a $93 million Series C round of funding led by investment giant KKR.
More: FinSMEs, FinTech Global, and Finextra
| Cory Weinberg / The Information: |
Sources: Anduril has had early discussions to raise ~$1.5B at a $12.5B+ valuation, and told investors the startup roughly doubled revenue to ~$500M in 2023 — Military defense startup Anduril has had early discussions to raise what would be one of the largest venture capital rounds of the year so far … Sponsor Posts
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