How some doctors are using the Apple Watch to diagnose and help their patients manage medical conditions, despite the availability of FDA-approved devices — Some doctors are telling patients to get the watch to manage their conditions. Researchers study how it could be used for heart disease …
Filings and DOJ officials describe how a gang threatened, assaulted, and tortured 11 victims in likely the worst crypto-focused serial extortion case in the US — More than a dozen men threatened, assaulted, tortured, or kidnapped 11 victims in likely the worst-ever crypto-focused serial extortion case of its kind in the US.
Baidu unveils an upgraded version of its AI model, Ernie 4.0 Turbo, and says Ernie has reached 300M users since its launch — Chinese search engine giant Baidu(9888.HK) on Friday unveiled an upgraded version of its artificial intelligence (AI) model, Ernie 4. Turbo, as it seeks to maintain …
Surface Pro Copilot+ review: the best Microsoft tablet yet, with a versatile Flex keyboard and decent AI features, but has noticeable heat and fan noise issues — Microsoft finally solved the Windows on Arm dilemma. — It's taken 12 years, but Microsoft has finally made an Arm-powered Surface tablet …
Apple launches the Vision Pro in mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore, the first time the device has been officially available outside of the US — Apple's Vision Pro spatial computing headset today arrived at Apple Store locations across China mainland, Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore.
Margrethe Vestager says Apple's decision not to launch its AI features in the EU is a “stunning, open declaration” of its anticompetitive behavior — Apple's decision not to launch its own artificial intelligence (AI) features in the EU is a “stunning declaration” …
SoftBank announces AI healthcare joint venture SB TEMPUS with Tempus AI, which recently listed on Nasdaq; Softbank invested ~$200M in Tempus' Series G in April — Japanese technology investor SoftBank Group (9984.T) has launched a joint venture with Tempus AI (TEM.O) that aims …
Naver-owned online comics platform Webtoon raised $315M in its Nasdaq IPO at $21 per share, the top of its $18-$21 marketed range, valuing the company at $2.7B — Online comics platform prices IPO at top of range for $2.7bn valuation — Webtoon Entertainment, an online comics platform …
Advantest CEO Douglas Lefever, whose company has a 54% share of the chip testing equipment market, says China will remain an important market despite US curbs — - AI needs complex, costly chipmaking that involves more tests — Advantest focused on delivering solutions to China, CEO Says
BCG, McKinsey, KPMG, and other consultants see rising demand for AI advisory services; BCG earns 20% of its revenue from AI-related work vs. 0% two years ago — Rattled by tech's latest trend, businesses have turned to advisers at Boston Consulting Group, McKinsey and KPMG for guidance on adopting generative artificial intelligence.
Sources: Meituan considers raising $1B+ via a bond offering this year as the food delivery and shopping platform seeks to repay some debt and fund its expansion — - Chinese online retailer is working with banks on a bond sale — Proceeds to be used to repay some debt, fund overseas growth
In preliminary findings, the EU charges Microsoft with antitrust violations over concerns that it gave Teams an “undue advantage” by bundling it with Office — Allegations that software giant is ‘tying’ its video app to Office are the first such case against it in more than a decade
Prosus, the largest external investor in Byju's with a 9.6% stake, says its stake in the Indian edtech giant is now worth zero; Prosus invested a total of $570M — One of Byju's largest investors, Prosus, on Monday said it believes its stake in the Indian edtech startup is now worth nothing …
Sources: Shein confidentially filed with UK's markets regulator in early June for a potential London IPO; it was valued at $66B in a 2023 fundraising round — Shein has confidentially filed papers with Britain's markets regulator in early June for a potential London listing, two sources said …
An interview with Open Source Initiative executive director Stefano Maffulli on what makes an AI open source, creating the Open Source AI Definition, and more — Meet the guy working to find “the definition” — The struggle between open source and proprietary software is well understood.
David Gewirtz / ZDNET : OpenAI launches Codex plugins to standardize repeatable AI workflows, with 20+ initial integrations such as Figma...
