Tesla beat Wall Street delivery estimates in the second quarter of 2023 due to price cuts and the Biden administration’s federal electric vehicle tax credits. The Elon Musk-owned EV maker produced 479,000 units and delivered 466,140. That’s up 10% from the first quarter’s 422,875 Tesla EVs and 83% year-over-year. Delivery …
Read More »Snapchat+ has 4 million paid subscribers after a year
In its first year, Snapchat+ reached 4 million paid subscribers. Two new features for subscribers were also announced. The first feature, “Expressive Chat Messages,” lets users send larger font messages. “Custom Chat Colors” lets users choose their chat name color. Snapchat currently displays your name in red in chats, but …
Read More »Microsoft adds AI-powered Bing and Edge shopping tools
Microsoft announced several AI-powered shopping tools for its new Bing search engine and Edge sidebar chatbot today. Microsoft Edge’s shopping features haven’t been popular, but this new set of tools looks useful. Bing will now automatically generate buying guides for queries like “college supplies” using GPT-powered AI. It will automatically …
Read More »Speakeasy automates API creation and distribution with AI
Creating and documenting APIs takes time, but most developers want to help other companies connect to their services. Early-stage startup Speakeasy wants to automate that. The company exited stealth today with a $7.6 million seed investment. As a developer, Speakeasy co-founder and CEO Sagar Batchu sees his startup as an …
Read More »High school passwords are “Ch@ngeme!”
According to , a high school accidentally reset everyone’s password to “Ch@ngeme!” after a cybersecurity audit. Oak Park and River Forest (OPRF) High School in Illinois informed parents last week that during a cybersecurity audit, “due to an unexpected vendor error, the system reset every student’s password, preventing students from …
Read More »Meta expects recommendations “orders of magnitude” larger than GPT-4. Why?
Today, Meta announced a remarkable claim to clarify its content recommendation algorithms. It prepares for behavior analysis systems “orders of magnitude” larger than ChatGPT and GPT-4. That’s necessary? Meta occasionally explains some of its algorithms to demonstrate its transparency. This can be enlightening or raise more questions. It’s a mix. …
Read More »Lordstown Motors sues Foxconn, declares bankruptcy
Lordstown Motors has sued Foxconn, the Taiwanese iPhone maker. The EV company sued Foxconn Tuesday and filed for bankruptcy and sale. Lordstown, the 2020 public EV startup, filed for Chapter 11 in Delaware. Lordstown sued and restructured after failing to resolve its dispute with Foxconn over a previously agreed investment. …
Read More »Dust improves team productivity with large language models on internal data
Dust, a French AI startup, breaks down internal silos, surfaces important knowledge, and provides tools to build custom internal apps to boost team productivity. Dust uses LLMs on internal company data to give team members superpowers. Gabriel Hubert and Stanislas Polu co-founded the company. In 2015, Stripe bought their startup, …
Read More »Meta is adding Instagram and Messenger parental controls
Today, Meta introduced parental controls for Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger. This includes a new parental supervision hub in Messenger, pre-emptive blocking of unwanted DMs on Messenger and Instagram, and nudges to remind teens to take a break. The U.S., U.K., and Canada will get Meta’s Family Center’s messenger supervision controls …
Read More »Flipper hacking device to sell $80M
Flipper Zero hacking device, a popular hacking device, may have caught your attention. The 2020-founded company left Russia at the war’s start and moved on. After selling almost $5 million in Kickstarter preorders, it claims it will sell $80 million in products this year and $25 million last year. They …
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