Reddit defends its usage-based API pricing, arguing the company “needs to be fairly paid to continue supporting high-usage third-party apps” — A number of Reddit forums plan to go dark for two days later this month to protest the company's decision to increase prices for third-party app developers.
Sequoia plans to split into three firms, Sequoia in the US and Europe, HongShan in China, and Peak XV in India and Southeast Asia, “no later than” March 2024 — Venture capital's biggest global brand is breaking up, with Sequoia's China and India and Southeast Asia funds relaunching …
Internal 4chan emails, chat logs, and moderation decisions reveal how the site's team of moderators, called “janitors”, allowed racism and violence to take over — Internal company documents reveal how the imageboard's chaotic moderation allowed racism and violence to take over.
Apple avoided mentioning AI at WWDC, instead referring to machine learning and transformers while describing features; M2 Ultra was touted for training models — Apple prefers using “machine learning,” or just having AI work in the background. — Amid notable new products …
Tech layoffs, compounded by rising interest rates and inflation, lead to high unemployment levels and falling wages in California, Oregon, and Washington — California, Oregon and Washington have some of the nation's highest jobless rates — The West Coast tech downturn is sending …
Atomic Wallet is investigating user reports of compromised accounts and trying to block the stolen crypto from being sold; source: the hack could exceed $35M+ — The developers of Atomic Wallet are investigating reports of large-scale theft of cryptocurrency from users' wallets, with over $35 million in crypto reportedly stolen.
Instagram reinstates Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s account after he launched his presidential bid; he was banned in 2021 over false claims about COVID-19 and vaccines — The prominent anti-vaccine campaigner was suspended in 2021 for spreading misleading health claims.
A look at The Frost, a 12-minute movie created by Waymark using DALL-E 2, as startups like Waymark and Runway make AI tools for fast and cheap video production — Exclusive: Watch the world premiere of the AI-generated short film The Frost. — The Frost nails its uncanny, disconcerting vibe in its first few shots.
As TSMC plans to hire 4,500 workers at its Arizona fabs, recruiters say the company's culture, rigid standards, and overseas training are turning off candidates — On the Glassdoor profile of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, or TSMC—the world's biggest manufacturer of semiconductor chips …
Interviews, pitch decks, and documents suggest that the recent success of Stability AI CEO Emad Mostaque has been bolstered by exaggeration and dubious claims — Stability AI became a $1 billion company with the help of a viral AI text-to-image generator and — per interviews with more than 30 people …
A look at the ad-supported, free dual screen TV from Ilya Pozin's Telly, which says its data and analytics collection will be on par with other TV vendors — More than 250,000 people have signed up in hopes of getting Telly's unique TV. There's something to this concept, but plenty of unknowns remain.
Google Wallet rolls out support for US state IDs, starting with Maryland, and plans to add IDs from Arizona, Colorado, and Georgia in the coming months — The state-by-state rollout is still a huge mess, but Android is ready, at least. — Google Wallet on Android is finally getting ready …
AI researchers say ChatGPT and rival chatbots are significantly less capable in languages other than English, exacerbating the bias against non-English speakers — AI chatbots are less fluent in languages other than English, threatening to amplify existing bias in global commerce and innovation.
New York Times : Electricians are flocking to regions around the US to build data centers, as AI shapes up to be an economy-bending force...
