Financial Times:
At Andy Jassy's first Amazon shareholder meeting this Wednesday, filings show the company will oppose all 15 proposals, the most it has faced since 2010 — Proposals at this week's AGM will be test of leadership for new chief Andy Jassy — Amazon shareholders will challenge the company on executive pay …
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Tuesday, May 24, 2022
At Andy Jassy's first Amazon shareholder meeting this Wednesday, filings show the company will oppose all 15 proposals, the most it has faced since 2010 (Financial Times)
Google Research details Imagen, an AI-based text-to-image generator to rival OpenAI's DALL-E 2 (Devin Coldewey/TechCrunch)
Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
Google Research details Imagen, an AI-based text-to-image generator to rival OpenAI's DALL-E 2 — The AI world is still figuring out how to deal with the amazing show of prowess that is DALL-E 2's ability to draw/paint/imagine just about anything... but OpenAI isn't the only one working on something like that.
As Street View turns 15, Google announces several updates, including historical imagery on iOS and Android and a smaller camera system for its cars (Nathan Ingraham/Engadget)
Nathan Ingraham / Engadget:
As Street View turns 15, Google announces several updates, including historical imagery on iOS and Android and a smaller camera system for its cars — Street View for Google Maps launched 15 years ago this week, and Google is taking advantage of the anniversary to drop some updates …
Delivery startup Gorillas lays off half its "global office workforce", around 300 people, and will reassess its operations in Italy, Spain, Denmark, and Belgium (James Vincent/The Verge)
James Vincent / The Verge:
Delivery startup Gorillas lays off half its “global office workforce”, around 300 people, and will reassess its operations in Italy, Spain, Denmark, and Belgium — An unsustainable business or just a side effect of the tech downturn? — Grocery app Gorillas …
Sunday, May 22, 2022
Android 11 installed on over 28.3% of total handsets
Sources: Broadcom is in ongoing talks to acquire VMware, but a deal is not imminent (Greg Roumeliotis/Reuters)
Greg Roumeliotis / Reuters:
Sources: Broadcom is in ongoing talks to acquire VMware, but a deal is not imminent — Chipmaker Broadcom Inc (AVGO.O) is in talks to acquire cloud service provider VMware Inc (VMW.N), people familiar with the matter told Reuters. — Negotiations between Broadcom and VMware are ongoing and a deal is not imminent, the sources said.
Paytm, whose share price has dropped 57% so far this year, reports Q4 revenue of ~$200M, up 89% YoY, and a net loss of ~$98M, up 72% YoY due to higher expenses (Reuters)
Reuters:
Paytm, whose share price has dropped 57% so far this year, reports Q4 revenue of ~$200M, up 89% YoY, and a net loss of ~$98M, up 72% YoY due to higher expenses — India's One 97 Communications Ltd (PAYT.NS), the parent of fintech firm Paytm, on Friday reported a wider fourth-quarter loss due …
YouTube says it has taken down more than 70,000 videos and 9,000 channels related to the war in Ukraine for violating content guidelines (Dan Milmo/The Guardian)
Dan Milmo / The Guardian:
YouTube says it has taken down more than 70,000 videos and 9,000 channels related to the war in Ukraine for violating content guidelines — Exclusive: Platform takes ‘unprecedented action’ to address content guideline violations since invasion — YouTube has taken down more than 70,000 videos …
A look at the autonomous vehicle industry, as CB Insights says equity funding for companies developing autonomous vehicles eclipsed $12B in 2021, up 50%+ YoY (Rebecca Fannin/CNBC)
Rebecca Fannin / CNBC:
A look at the autonomous vehicle industry, as CB Insights says equity funding for companies developing autonomous vehicles eclipsed $12B in 2021, up 50%+ YoY — - Despite its promise, a future full of autonomous vehicles still seems like a distant fantasy.
Google details three campaigns using Predator spyware built by North Macedonian developer Cytrox which exploited five Android vulnerabilities discovered in 2021 (Lily Hay Newman/Wired)
Lily Hay Newman / Wired:
Google details three campaigns using Predator spyware built by North Macedonian developer Cytrox which exploited five Android vulnerabilities discovered in 2021 — New research from Google's Threat Analysis Group outlines the risks Android users face from the surveillance-for-hire industry.
Saturday, May 21, 2022
Analysis finds 46 wallets bought a combined $17.3M worth of tokens that were listed shortly after on Coinbase, Binance, and FTX, making profits of $1.7M+ (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal:
Analysis finds 46 wallets bought a combined $17.3M worth of tokens that were listed shortly after on Coinbase, Binance, and FTX, making profits of $1.7M+ — Anonymous wallets buy up tokens right before they are listed and sell shortly afterward — Public data suggests …
Netflix to pay $59M to settle a tax dispute in Italy, where prosecutors claimed cables and servers used by Netflix amounted to physical presence in the country (Reuters)
Reuters:
Netflix to pay $59M to settle a tax dispute in Italy, where prosecutors claimed cables and servers used by Netflix amounted to physical presence in the country — U.S. streaming service Netflix has agreed to settle a tax dispute with Italy, the company and legal sources said on Friday.
How Apple may have had to make tough choices about its AR/VR headset design
A look at Indexed Finance's legal fight with a Canadian teenager who exploited the DeFi platform for $16M, which is raising several tricky legal questions (Christopher Beam/Bloomberg)
Christopher Beam / Bloomberg:
A look at Indexed Finance's legal fight with a Canadian teenager who exploited the DeFi platform for $16M, which is raising several tricky legal questions — On Oct. 14, in a house near Leeds, England, Laurence Day was sitting down to a dinner of fish and chips on his couch when his phone buzzed.
Twitter opens reverse chronological home timeline for developers
Disney, Fox, and WBD say they have agreed to discontinue their Venu Sports streaming joint venture and will focus on existing products and distribution channels (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter : Disney, Fox, and WBD say they have agreed to discontinue their Venu Sports streaming joint venture...
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Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist : Since October, the NYPD has deployed a quadruped robot called Spot to a handful of crime scenes and hostage...
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Lorena O'Neil / Rolling Stone : A look at the years of warnings about AI from researchers, including several women of color, who say ...