Review of Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold 16: sets the bar for foldables with a large 4:3 display and seamless centerfold, but the trackpad is prone to missed inputs — Its beautiful 16-inch OLED display morphs into a 12-inch laptop, but do splurge for the ‘optional’ keyboard and folio.
Bain: Indian startups raised $9.6B in 2023, down from $25.7B in 2022; over 35K Indian startups shut down in 2023 and leading startups laid off 20,000+ employees — During 2023, growth and late-stage startups chose to defer fundraising, and investors took their foot off the gas pedal owing …
How evangelicals proselytize using Bless Every Home, an app that lets users create neighborhood maps and data tables based on people's religion and ethnicity — The future of proselytizing—and surveillance—has arrived. An app called Bless Every Home, which has been backed …
In one of the most notable developments under its new CEO Richard Teng, Binance spun out Binance Labs, its $10B venture capital arm, earlier this year — - Investment arm is now independent from the trading platform — Industry is monitoring for changes at Binance under CEO Teng
Sources: China quietly asks EV makers like BYD and Geely to sharply increase their purchases from local chipmakers, to reduce reliance on Western imports — - Directive could hurt Nvidia, NXP and other EV chip suppliers — Order is a response to US efforts to curb Chinese chip tech
Amazon says “a tiny fraction” of sellers paid for ads for products users couldn't buy and pledges a fix; Amazon offered a $15K refund to a seller seeking $300K — The company has pledged to reimburse sellers for the mistake and make fixes to its lucrative advertising operation.
Foxconn reports Q4 revenue down 5.7% YoY to ~$59B, as cloud and networking demand falls, net profit up 33% YoY to $1.69B, and expects flat 2024 consumer demand — Revenue fell on lackluster demand for cloud and networking products and a slowing personal-computer market
Filing: the NYT denies OpenAI's claims that the NYT “hacked” ChatGPT to create misleading evidence of copyright infringement, calling the claims “grandstanding” — The New York Times (NYT.N) has denied claims by OpenAI that it “hacked” the company's artificial intelligence systems …
Spotify rolls out music videos to its mobile and desktop apps in beta in 11 markets, including Brazil, Italy, and the UK, available to Premium subscribers — Spotify is adding music videos to its mobile and desktop apps in some markets. They are tightly integrated with the company's music library …
A survey of US teens: 38% say they spend too much time on their phone, vs. 27% for too much social media; girls are more likely to report too much phone time — Most teens at least sometimes feel happy and peaceful when they don't have their phone, but 44% say this makes them anxious.
Elon Musk says xAI plans to open-source Grok this week; xAI released Grok in November 2023, offering access to “real-time” data via a $16/month X subscription — Elon Musk said Monday he will open-source Grok, X's AI chatbot rivaling ChatGPT, this week, days after suing OpenAI …
A look at the challenges of academic AI research, as costs to develop generative AI models grow rapidly and tech companies' salaries drain academia of talent — With eye-popping salaries and access to costly computing power, AI companies are draining academia of talent
Amy Thomson / Bloomberg : OpenAI pauses the use of the Sky voice in ChatGPT after users said it sounded too much like Scarlett Johansson,...
