The EU has identified six tech giants whose market power it hopes to reduce by applying proactive, pro-competition rules on how they can operate “core platform services”. Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, and Microsoft are the “gatekeepers”. The Digital Markets Act has designated 22 core platform services operated by the …
Read More »Latest Arm IPO filing targets $52b valuation
Arm’s SEC IPO filing was updated this morning to propose a $47 to $51 share price. The British chip maker could be worth over $52 billion. As major hardware manufacturers have adopted its architecture, the company has had a good few years. Arm’s clients include Apple, Google, Samsung, NVIDIA, and …
Read More »Chinese autonomous driving startup Deeproute targets European automakers
In 2024, Deeproute.ai, a Shenzhen robotaxi startup with $350 million in funding and over 500 employees, will open an operations center in Germany. The move will make it another Chinese mobility startup to open in Germany, home to some of the world’s largest automakers. A few Chinese mobility players announced …
Read More »Chipmaker NXP confirms customer data breach
Dutch chipmaker NXP Semiconductors informed customers of a personal data breach. Have I Been Pwned owner Troy Hunt tweeted a copy of NXP’s breach notification email to alert affected customers. Affected individuals have an online NXP account, which provides technical content and community support. “With account security features like two-step …
Read More »India warns Android users of malware attacks
India has warned its citizens of an advanced Android malware that can access sensitive data and give hackers control over infected devices. Indian Defence Ministry’s Controller General of Defence Accounts issued an advisory on DogeRAT, a Remote Access Trojan discovered by cybersecurity startup CloudSEK. The note said the malware, which …
Read More »Meta will deprecate Facebook News in the UK, Germany, and France
Social network to “better align” investments, reducing news focus Meta announced today that it will end Facebook News in the U.K., Germany, and France in early December. The social network said it was part of its “ongoing effort to better align our investments to our products and services people value …
Read More »Could AI spark the opioid epidemic’s end?
The opioid epidemic has complicated researchers for over two decades as they try to understand the changing social and systemic factors that lead to opioid abuse and identify overdose hot spots. Clinicians provide safe, effective treatment and other resources to addicts, which is tedious and often flawed. AI may be …
Read More »Will AI models always hallucinate?
Large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s ChatGPT all lie. The mistakes range from bizarre and harmless—claiming the Golden Gate Bridge was transported across Egypt in 2016—to dangerous and problematic. A mayor in Australia threatened to sue OpenAI after ChatGPT misrepresented his plea to a major bribery scandal. Researchers found that …
Read More »Cinemin is a fun camera app with no AI and animated film aesthetics
Tinrocket, makers of Waterlogue and Olli, released Cinemin, a camera app that shoots animated photos and videos without AI filters. The free app’s filters are inspired by traditional animated art and films. Apply filters while capturing photos or videos to preview them live. After taking a picture, you can edit …
Read More »Simple iOS note-taking app Qept is all about texting yourself
People send themselves messages on messaging apps. So much so that WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram have bookmarking and note-taking features. Willem de Beijer created Qept, an iOS note-taking app, for the “DM-to-yourself” phenomenon. The developer said that while popular chat apps offer self-texting, Qept is better at note-taking organization and …
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