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Xpeng is buying Didi’s smart EV assets for $744 million, marking another major alliance for the Tesla challenger in recent months. Didi announced on Monday that the two will collaborate to “promote the global application of smart electric vehicles and technologies.” In 2024, Xpeng will launch a new sub-brand called …

Hollywood may be involved in AI labor disputes, but the technology has long used film and TV. Algorithmic and generative tools were featured in many SIGGRAPH LA talks and announcements. GPT-4 and Stable Diffusion may not fit yet, but the creative side of production is ready to embrace them if …

As companies move to the cloud, data security is paramount. Google claims it has never had an exploit in Google Workspace, but it still works to stay ahead of security issues. Today, Google Workspace products like GMail and Drive received security updates, some of which will use AI to automate …

The largest hack of the year is the mass-exploitation of MOVEit Transfer software. According to Emsisoft, the MOVEit breach has affected more than 1,000 people. The full impact of the attack will likely not be known for months. This makes the MOVEit hack the largest of 2023 and recent history. …

Google Chrome is testing a bottom-up address bar option for iOS. This comes nearly two years after iOS 15 lowered Safari’s tab bar. Steve Moser, an iOS developer, reported that Chrome’s change is being tested in Testlfight. Google Chrome for iOS updated with Bottom Omnibox Setting. It was just added …

Google TV is expanding its free live TV again. Google TV added over 800 live TV channels, including Tubi, Plex, Haystack, and others, in April. The company announced 25 more free channels today, which can be watched without installing apps or signing in. Google says the additions bring the total …

Apple unexpectedly wrote to California state senator Susan Talamantes Eggman this week to support SB 244, a “right to repair” bill in Sacramento’s State Capitol. Apple has softened its position on right to repair legislation, including last year’s Self Service Repair program. Many saw the offering as a preemptive measure …

Nvidia’s second-quarter earnings, released Wednesday after markets closed, show that selling generative AI boom picks and shovels can be lucrative. A new computing era has begun. Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang said companies worldwide are moving from general-purpose to accelerated computing and generative AI. Huang is right. Nvidia dominates …

After failing in 2019, Chandrayaan-3, India’s latest moon mission, landed on the moon. India became the fourth nation to softly land on the moon, after the former Soviet Union, the U.S., and China, and the first to land on the lunar south pole, an unexplored area that is expected to …

The U.S. government believes North Korean hackers are preparing to cash out millions of dollars stolen in high-profile crypto hacks. On Tuesday, the FBI warned cryptocurrency companies about blockchain activity related to the theft of hundreds of millions of dollars in cryptocurrency by the North Korea-backed Lazarus Group, also known …