Despite a generative AI funding mania, data shows that other startup funding remains bleak, with valuations down and few IPOs, deals, and late-stage rounds (Newcomer)

Newcomer:
Despite a generative AI funding mania, data shows that other startup funding remains bleak, with valuations down and few IPOs, deals, and late-stage rounds  —  The slowdown in public offerings and late-stage financings puts startups in peril  —  The generative artificial intelligence mania …

Reddit is deleting old chats, here’s how you can get them back

Reddit is moving to a new chat architecture, removing all the chats and messages before 2023, as the company believes pulling older messages will enable a "smooth and quick transition" to the new architecture. The change took effect on June 30th, but many users only noticed days later. https://ift.tt/GwUVxvO

Some Etsy sellers say it started imposing a 45 day reserve on 75% of their income with no warning, as part of its Purchase Protection program to cover refunds (Sky News)

Sky News:
Some Etsy sellers say it started imposing a 45 day reserve on 75% of their income with no warning, as part of its Purchase Protection program to cover refunds  —  Sellers say the online marketplace is imposing a temporary reserve on their sales under its new ‘purchase protection programme’ …

Elon Musk says Twitter's cash flow remains negative because of a nearly 50% drop in advertising revenue and a heavy debt load (Jahnavi Nidumolu/Reuters)

Jahnavi Nidumolu / Reuters:
Elon Musk says Twitter's cash flow remains negative because of a nearly 50% drop in advertising revenue and a heavy debt load  —  Elon Musk said Twitter's cash flow remains negative because of a nearly 50% drop in advertising revenue and a heavy debt load.  —  “Need to reach positive cash flow …

The UK CMA pushes back a deadline to block Microsoft's Activision deal from July 18 to August 29, which could let Microsoft complete the merger within weeks (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times)

Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times:
The UK CMA pushes back a deadline to block Microsoft's Activision deal from July 18 to August 29, which could let Microsoft complete the merger within weeks  —  New timetable from Competition and Markets Authority means $75bn transaction could be closed within weeks

A look at Sony-owned Crunchyroll, which has 100M+ registered members, including 11M paid subscribers, as the anime streaming service looks to India for growth (Sohee Kim/Bloomberg)

Sohee Kim / Bloomberg:
A look at Sony-owned Crunchyroll, which has 100M+ registered members, including 11M paid subscribers, as the anime streaming service looks to India for growth  —  - President says new anime markets like India will drive growth  — Global expansion helps owner Sony boost entertainment content

Study: ChatGPT helped writers complete tasks, such as writing press releases or reports, 40% faster and produce work that assessors scored 18% higher in quality (Rhiannon Williams/MIT Technology Review)

Rhiannon Williams / MIT Technology Review:
Study: ChatGPT helped writers complete tasks, such as writing press releases or reports, 40% faster and produce work that assessors scored 18% higher in quality  —  People who use ChatGPT to help with writing tasks are more productive and produce higher-quality work than those who don't, a study found.

Google Play Games on PC comes to India: How to download, download games and play

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Twitter sues four unnamed entities in Texas for "unlawfully scraping data" and seeks $1M+ in relief; Elon Musk links the move to recent rate limit rules (Reuters)

Reuters:
Twitter sues four unnamed entities in Texas for “unlawfully scraping data” and seeks $1M+ in relief; Elon Musk links the move to recent rate limit rules  —  Twitter has filed a lawsuit against four unnamed entities in Texas for data scraping last week, a move that showed …

Google Chrome's market share drops as Apple's Safari make gains

Chrome has 62% market share whereas Safari has just over 20% share in the browser market https://ift.tt/xpM9H7J

EA Sports FC 24 is launching for consoles, PC on September 29

According to the EA FC24 website, the game gets an “overhauled” version of EA’s Frostbite engine. will provide a more realistic player model and the details go down to the ripple of players' kits as they beat or run past a defender. EA also says that the game is better optimised by real-world Opta data and data from other sources. Optimisations are coming in play style of each player that will "dimensionalise athletes, going beyond overall ratings to bring to life the on-pitch abilities that make players special." https://ift.tt/qrRHnpN

Document: the FTC sends OpenAI a 20-page demand for records on the risks of its AI models and a March 2023 security incident over payment-related information (Cat Zakrzewski/Washington Post)

Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Document: the FTC sends OpenAI a 20-page demand for records on the risks of its AI models and a March 2023 security incident over payment-related information  —  The agency's demand for OpenAI's documents about AI risks mark the company's greatest U.S. regulatory threat to date

Apple updates macOS Sonoma to bring iCloud Keychain passwords to non-Safari browsers for the first time, expanding on a Chrome extension (Juli Clover/MacRumors)

Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Apple updates macOS Sonoma to bring iCloud Keychain passwords to non-Safari browsers for the first time, expanding on a Chrome extension  —  The macOS Sonoma update that is in testing allows Mac owners who opt to use Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, or another browser to use Apple's Password Manager for filling passwords.

Google is rolling out its AI-first notebook with a new name: What is it, its working, availability and more

“We know people are struggling with the rapid growth of information — it's everywhere and it’s overwhelming. As we've been talking with students, professors and knowledge workers, one of the biggest challenges is synthesising facts and ideas from multiple sources. You often have the sources you want, but it's time consuming to make the connections,” the company said. https://ift.tt/d7IMcmp

Apple launches Tap to Pay on iPhone in the UK, starting with Revolut and Tyl by NatWest as the first platforms, following the US, Australia, and Taiwan (Tim Hardwick/MacRumors)

Tim Hardwick / MacRumors:
Apple launches Tap to Pay on iPhone in the UK, starting with Revolut and Tyl by NatWest as the first platforms, following the US, Australia, and Taiwan  —  Apple has announced the launch of Tap to Pay on iPhone in the United Kingdom, allowing independent sellers, small merchants …