ChatGPT’s mobile efforts have good and bad news. On the bright side, the AI chatbot set a new record in September with 15.6 million app installs and nearly $4.6 million in gross revenue across its iOS and Android apps worldwide. New data from Appfigures shows revenue growth slowing. Revenue growth …
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Former Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst replaces unity CEO John Riccitiello
Today, Unity announced that CEO John Riccitiello was resigning as president, CEO, and board chair, leaving him with little to do after weeks of upsetting developers with a runtime fee. The company unexpectedly appointed former Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst as interim CEO. Whitehurst is a placeholder while the company …
Read More »War between Hamas and Israel sparks hacktivism
Several hacktivist groups have flooded Israeli websites with malicious traffic after Hamas’ surprise land, sea, and air attack on Saturday, which prompted Israel to declare war and retaliate. The Jerusalem Post reported Monday that its website was down since Saturday morning “due to a series of cyberattacks initiated against us.” …
Read More »X redefines post ‘newsworthiness’ in public interest policy
X, formerly Twitter, has redefined its “Public interest expectations” policy to define newsworthy posts that can be kept up despite platform rules. The company no longer requires 100,000 followers for newsworthy posts. The previous policy limited newsworthy posts to verified accounts. Since Elon Musk’s X allows people to get verified …
Read More »A former TikTok employee is creating a social app for content creators to network and ‘spill the tea’
Canopy is a new peer-to-peer social networking app for content creators to connect, crowdsource, and “spill the tea.” The company announced its 1,000-influencer pilot program today. Founder and CEO Ayomi Samaraweera told that Canopy hopes the program will “build critical mass on the platform in our core content niches: beauty, …
Read More »Spotify restricts its free tier in India to attract paid users
Spotify is restricting free features in India to attract paid users. Years after the streaming service launched in India in 2019, these limits will prevent users from playing songs manually or rewinding, skipping, or repeating them. The Swedish company has offered a generous free tier in India to let users …
Read More »Instagram Threads prepares Trending Topics to fight X
In order to compete with X (formerly Twitter), Instagram’s Threads will launch Trends, a popular feature. A Threads user noticed the update in a screenshot posted accidentally by a Threads employee over the weekend, which showed a numbered list of trending topics and how many “threads” were discussing each item. …
Read More »Meta Quest 3 approaches mainstream AR/VR
2023 will likely be a turning point for AR and VR. Apple unveiled the Vision Pro at WWDC in June after years of waiting for the iPhone moment. This was the company’s usual big, boisterous, polished presentation with lofty promises and a high price. From my conversations with most of …
Read More »UK competition regulators are investigating AWS, Microsoft, and Google for cloud lock-in
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating whether big cloud infrastructure companies make it hard for businesses to switch or use multiple providers, putting the U.K. cloud market in the regulatory crosshairs. A year ago, Ofcom announced it was starting a market study of the £7.5 billion U.K. cloud …
Read More »Lemurian Labs is creating a cheaper compute paradigm for AI models
The resource demands of generative AI models have driven demand for Nvidia GPU chips to an all-time high, but what if there was a cheaper chip with similar power? Google, Intel, and Nvidia alumni’s early-stage startup Lemurian Labs aims to build that. It’s a moonshot idea, and it takes a …
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