The US, the EU, Japan, and India have committed over $100B combined for chip subsidies, as chipmakers argue costs have risen due to inflation and tech advances — The global race to build domestic factories and sever dependency on overseas suppliers for these critical components is spurring a spending boom …
Sources: during the Trump administration, the US tracked Huawei and ZTE workers in Cuba, suspecting the companies might be expanding China's spying abilities — Intelligence bolstered suspicions telecom giants might be playing role in expansion of China's capabilities on island
Crypto exchange EDX Markets, backed by Citadel, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab, quietly began executing trades in recent weeks, offering a noncustodial service — EDX Markets won't directly handle customers' digital assets or directly serve individual investors
Experts warn about pedophiles using generative AI to create CSAM, leading to thousands of images on dark web forums; some question whether laws cover the images — Investigators say the disturbing images could undermine efforts to find real-world victims — The revolution in artificial intelligence …
Documents show OpenAI lobbied for parts of the EU's AI Act to be watered down, including successfully avoiding its general purpose AI being deemed “high risk” — The CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, has spent the last month touring world capitals where, at talks to sold-out crowds …
PwC: US social and casual gaming revenue grew 3.6% YoY to $37.1B in 2022, representing 68.6% of game and esports revenue; traditional gaming revenue fell 0.8% — Total video games and esports revenue in the U.S. was $54.1 billion in 2022 and is forecast to reach $72.0 billion by $27 billion, according to a report by PwC.
An overview of how the adoption of generative AI tools is transforming everyday work in legal contracts, professional services, filmmaking, and programming — Professional services, filmmaking and coding are among the first to use the technology in everyday operations
Twitter suspends Explain This Bob, a GPT-4 bot tied to the BOB Token, after Elon Musk called the account a “scam”; Musk replied “I love Bob” in April 2023 — The move marks an abrupt about-face for Musk, who had previously engaged with the bot's content on Twitter.
The BlackCat ransomware gang threatens to release 80GB of data allegedly stolen from Reddit; Reddit confirms BlackCat's claims relate to a February 9 incident — Hackers are threatening to release confidential data stolen from Reddit unless the company pays a ransom demand - and reverses its controversial API price hikes.
SpaceX launches Indonesia's largest telecoms satellite as part of a $540M project to offer internet in remote areas; the SATRIA-1 offers 150GB/second throughput — Indonesia and Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX on Monday launched the country's largest telecommunication satellite from the United States …
An interview with Foxconn chairman Young Liu on shifting some supply chains away from China as China-US tensions rise, hoping to capture 5% of EVs, and more — iPhone maker Foxconn is betting big on electric cars and redrawing some of its supply chains as it navigates a new era of icy Washington-Beijing relations.
Meta faces pressure from UK MPs, consumer groups, and banks over its failure to prevent fraud on its platforms, estimated to cost UK households £250M in 2023 — Exclusive: Calls for Meta to curb rise in scams on its platforms, which will cost UK households £250m this year
Hands-on with an Adobe Photoshop beta's Generative Fill AI feature, which lets users add objects to, remove content from, and expand images using text prompts — A new ‘generative fill’ AI capability can create joyful Photoshop edits — and frightening deepfakes
A look at US hospitals using sometimes flawed AI-based diagnosis tools, as some clinicians say they feel pressure from administrations to defer to the algorithm — Artificial intelligence raises difficult questions about who makes the call in a health crisis: the human or the machine?
Investors of Bengaluru-based Mojocare say they found “financial irregularities” at the healthtech startup, which has raised ~$23M from Sequoia India and others — Mojocare investors have found “financial irregularities” at the Indian health and wellness startup and are moving …
Matt Burgess / Wired : Finland, Canada, the US, and other countries are testing tech for passport-free travel, including facial recogniti...
