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Tata in Talks to Buy Pegatron’s iPhone Operations as Soon as May
(Bloomberg) -- Tata Group may strike a deal to take control of Pegatron Corp.’s iPhone manufacturing operations in India as soon as May, cementing Apple Inc.’s relationship with one of the country’s most influential conglomerates.Most Read from BloombergElon Wants His Money BackDubai Grinds to Standstill as Flooding Hits CityNew York’s Rich Get Creative to Flee State Taxes. Auditors Are On to ThemIsrael Reported to Have Launched Retaliatory Strike on IranRecord Rainfall in Dubai? Blame Climate C
2 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Apple pulls WhatsApp and Threads from App Store on Beijing's orders
Apple said it had removed Meta’s WhatsApp messaging app and its Threads social media app from the App Store in China to comply with orders from Chinese authorities. The apps were removed from the store on Friday after Chinese officials cited unspecified national security concerns. The U.S. has threatened to ban TikTok over national security concerns.
2 min read - BusinessBloomberg
Netflix Falls on Weak Forecast, Plan to End Subscriber Count
(Bloomberg) -- Netflix Inc. shares tumbled the most in nine months on Friday as a weak forecast for revenue and a warning that the streaming giant will stop reporting subscriber numbers in 2025 overshadowed an otherwise strong start to the year.Most Read from BloombergElon Wants His Money BackDubai Grinds to Standstill as Flooding Hits CityNew York’s Rich Get Creative to Flee State Taxes. Auditors Are On to ThemIsrael Reported to Have Launched Retaliatory Strike on IranRecord Rainfall in Dubai?
4 min read - BusinessTechCrunch
Webflow acquires Intellimize to add AI-powered webpage personalization
Webflow, a web design and hosting platform that's raised over $330 million at a $4 billion valuation, is expanding into a new sector: marketing optimization. Today, Webflow announced that it acquired Intellimize, a startup leveraging AI to personalize websites for unique visitors. The majority of the Intellimize team -- around 50 people -- will join Webflow.
4 min read - TechnologyEngadget
Automate your vacuuming and mopping with $400 off the Roomba Combo J9+
If you’re looking to automate more of your home cleaning setup, iRobot’s flagship Roomba Combo J9+ is on sale for $400 off. The vacuum-mop hybrid robot, which only arrived last fall, has a redesigned dock that automatically empties debris and refills the device’s mopping liquid.
2 min read - BusinessGizmodo
iPad Pro OLED: Everything We Know So Far
This guide was updated on April 19 at 8:44 a.m. ET to include new rumors from DSCC analyst Ross Young.
10 min read - TechnologyThe Conversation
Are tomorrow’s engineers ready to face AI’s ethical challenges?
Ethics is often neglected in engineering education, two researchers write, despite mounting questions about how to responsibly design artificial intelligence programs.
5 min read - BusinessAssociated Press
Tesla recalling more than 3,000 of its 2024 Cybertrucks due to faulty pedal
Tesla is recalling more than 3,000 of its newly launched 2024 Cybertrucks because of the possibility that a pedal can get stuck and cause the vehicle to accelerate unintentionally, increasing the risk of a crash. Tesla said that the accelerator pedal pad may dislodge and become trapped by the interior trim. The National Highway Traffic Safety Adminstration said that the recall involves model year 2024 Cybertrucks made between Nov. 13, 2023 and April 4, 2024.
1 min read - BusinessEngadget
Tesla is recalling Cybertrucks because their accelerator pedals could get stuck
Tesla has issued a recall for around 3,878 Cybertruck vehicles, a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration notice has revealed.
2 min read - BusinessYahoo Finance
Netflix stock sinks on disappointing revenue forecast, move to scrap membership metrics
Netflix reported first quarter earnings after the bell on Thursday. Here's what to know.
3 min read - BusinessTechCrunch
Langdock raises $3M with General Catalyst to help companies avoid vendor lock-in with LLMs
Plenty of large corporations want to join the AI revolution, but many feel it's too early to be locked into one foundational model. That means there's a market for a layer between companies and large language models (LLMs) — something companies can use to pick LLMs easily without needing to commit for all time to one platform. That's the market Langdock is targeting with its chat interface that sits between LLMs and a company.
2 min read - TechnologyGizmodo
Weird Teeth Give Away the Fakery In Microsoft's Latest AI Video Generator
Researchers at Microsoft released a paper this week about VASA-1, a new AI tool that can generate a convincing video of someone speaking, using just a still image. Microsoft doesn’t have immediate plans to release the new tool to the public, but it’s pretty impressive. Well, it’s impressive if you don’t look too closely at the teeth. Just take a gander at those chompers.
3 min read - TechnologyTechCrunch
Apple pulls WhatsApp, Threads from China App Store following state order
Apple has removed the Meta-owned end-to-end encrypted messaging app WhatsApp from its App Store in China following a government order citing national security concerns, the news agency Reuters reported Friday. Meta's newer, Twitter-esque text-based social networking app, Threads, has also been pulled from the App Store for the same reason, it said. "The Cyberspace Administration of China ordered the removal of these apps from the China storefront based on their national security concerns," App
4 min read - TechnologyGizmodo
Everything You (Probably) Didn’t Know Your Xbox Series X Could Do
Don’t shoot the messenger, but even if you’ve played your Xbox consistently for the past four years and you think you know it inside and out, you may still be surprised by what your console is capable of. Just like the PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch, the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S have a bevy of hidden options, settings, and tricks that may even change how you use your console.
13 min read - EntertainmentEngadget
Engadget Podcast: PlayStation 5 Pro rumors and a look back at the Playdate
This week, Engadget Senior Editor Jessica Conditt joins Cherlynn and Devindra to chat about the PS5 Pro, as well as her piece on the PlayDate two years after its release.
1 min read - SciencePopular Mechanics
A Scientist Says AI Could Kill Us in About 200 Years
Plenty of time to prep.
5 min read - BusinessTechCrunch
Tesla recalls the Cybertruck for faulty accelerator pedals that can get stuck
Tesla is recalling all 3,878 Cybertrucks that it has shipped to date, due to a problem where the accelerator pedal can get stuck, putting drivers at risk of a crash, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The recall caps a tumultuous week for Tesla. A few days later, Tesla asked shareholders to re-vote on CEO Elon Musk's massive compensation package that was struck down by a judge earlier this year.
2 min read - LifestyleUSA TODAY
What do otters eat? Here's what's on the menu for river vs sea otters.
Depending on its habitat, the diet of an otter can vary. Here's what's an otter's favorite food.
2 min read - BusinessTechCrunch
Fintech CRED secures in-principle approval for payment aggregator license
CRED has received the in-principle approval for payment aggregator license in a boost to the Indian fintech startup that could help it better serve its customers and launch new products and experiment with ideas faster. The Bengaluru-headquartered startup, valued at $6.4 billion, received the in-principle approval from the Reserve Bank of India for the payment aggregator license this week, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The RBI has granted in-principle approval for payment
2 min read - BusinessAssociated Press
Japanese doctors demand damages from Google over "groundless" reviews
A group of Japanese doctors has filed a civil lawsuit against U.S. search giant Google, demanding damages for what they claim are unpoliced derogatory and often false comments. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in Tokyo District Court, demands 1.4 million yen ($9,400) in damages for 63 medical professionals. Google said in an emailed statement Friday that it is working “24 hours a day” to reduce misleading or false information on its platform, combining human and technological resources “to delete f
2 min read - PoliticsEngadget
Apple says it was ordered to remove WhatsApp and Threads from China App Store
China's Cyberspace Administration ordered Apple to pull Threads and WhatsApp from its App Store in the country, the company said.
1 min read - BusinessBloomberg
Apple Pulls WhatsApp From China Store at Beijing’s Behest
(Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. removed social media services including Meta Platforms Inc.’s WhatsApp and Threads from its Chinese app store, responding to orders from Beijing to close more loopholes in the country’s longstanding internet firewall.Most Read from BloombergElon Wants His Money BackDubai Grinds to Standstill as Flooding Hits CityNew York’s Rich Get Creative to Flee State Taxes. Auditors Are On to ThemIsrael Reported to Have Launched Retaliatory Strike on IranRecord Rainfall in Dubai? Bl
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Google Fires 28 Workers Protesting $1.2 Billion Israeli Contract
(Bloomberg) -- Alphabet Inc.’s Google fired 28 employees after they were involved in protests against Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion joint contract with Amazon.com Inc. to provide the Israeli government and military with AI and cloud services.Most Read from BloombergElon Wants His Money BackDubai Grinds to Standstill as Flooding Hits CityNew York’s Rich Get Creative to Flee State Taxes. Auditors Are On to ThemIsrael Reported to Have Launched Retaliatory Strike on IranRecord Rainfall in Dubai? Bl
5 min read - BusinessBloomberg
SK Hynix Is Set to Surf AI Wave as Rivals Confirm Growing Demand
(Bloomberg) -- SK Hynix Inc. will have to contend with high expectations when it reports next week after solid earnings from the likes of Micron Technology Inc. cemented optimism about demand for artificial intelligence chips.Most Read from BloombergElon Wants His Money BackDubai Grinds to Standstill as Flooding Hits CityNew York’s Rich Get Creative to Flee State Taxes. Auditors Are On to ThemIsrael Reported to Have Launched Retaliatory Strike on IranRecord Rainfall in Dubai? Blame Climate Chang
4 min read - TechnologyAssociated Press
Google is combining its Android software and Pixel hardware divisions to more broadly integrate AI
Google will combine the software division responsible for Android mobile software and the Chrome browser with the hardware division known for Pixel smartphones and Fitbit wearables, the company said Thursday. In a letter to employees, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the changes will “turbocharge the Android and Chrome ecosystems” while helping to spur innovation.
2 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Brazil's president creates two new Indigenous territories, bringing total in his term to 10
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Thursday announced the creation of two new Indigenous territories for Brazil, bringing the total number of new reserves during this term to 10. Speaking at a ceremony in Brasilia, Lula's said Indigenous peoples should be patient as he seeks to fulfill his pledge of creating 14 new territories. Lula's predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, had encouraged widespread development of the Amazon — both legal and illegal — and made good on his pledge to not demarcate a si
2 min read - TechnologyGizmodo
Adobe Express Lets You Generate Some Truly Random Photos and Videos on Android and iOS
The Adobe Express app’s generative AI features are officially out of beta today. Now, everyone can access the company’s Firefly generative AI engine on iOS and Android. This version of Adobe Express is a pared-down version of the desktop app. Most of what you can make on it is for sharing on social media. Most of what I want to do with it is to troll my social media following.
3 min read - WorldAssociated Press
US committee releases sealed Brazil court orders to Musk's X, shedding light on account suspensions
A U.S. congressional committee released confidential Brazilian court orders to suspend accounts on the social media platform X, offering a glimpse into decisions that have spurred complaints of alleged censorship from the company and its billionaire owner Elon Musk. The Republican-controlled House Judiciary Committee late Wednesday published a staff report disclosing dozens of decisions by Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordering X to suspend or remove around 150 user profil
6 min read - BusinessYahoo Finance
'We've evolved': Netflix explains decision to stop reporting crucial subscriber data
Netflix will no longer report membership numbers starting next year.
3 min read - HealthTechCrunch
Hugging Face releases a benchmark for testing generative AI on health tasks
Generative AI models are increasingly being brought to healthcare settings — in some cases prematurely, perhaps. Hugging Face, the AI startup, proposes a solution in a newly released benchmark test called Open Medical-LLM. Created in partnership with researchers at the nonprofit Open Life Science AI and the University of Edinburgh's Natural Language Processing Group, Open Medical-LLM aims to standardize evaluating the performance of generative AI models on a range of medical-related tasks.
4 min read - BusinessAssociated Press
Netflix now has nearly 270 million subscribers after another strong showing to begin 2024
Netflix gained another 9.3 million subscribers to start the year while its profit soared with the help of a still-emerging expansion into advertising, but caught investors off guard with a change that will make it more difficult to track the video streaming service's future growth. The performance announced Thursday demonstrated that Netflix is still building on its momentum of last year, when a crackdown on free-loading viewers relying on shared passwords and the rollout of a low-priced option
3 min read - BusinessTechCrunch
Tesla still plans to build 1,800-mile charging corridor for semi trucks despite Biden funding snub
Tesla is pushing forward with a plan to build an electric big rig charging corridor stretching from Texas to California, despite being snubbed by a lucrative federal funding program that's part of President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The company had been seeking nearly $100 million from the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) Discretionary Grant program under the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
4 min read - BusinessGizmodo
Google Fires 28 Workers Who Protested Its Contracts With Israel
Google says it terminated 28 employees associated with protests of the company’s $1.2 billion cloud computing contracts with the Israeli government on Wednesday. The firings follow the arrests of nine Google employees for trespassing in the company’s New York and California offices on Tuesday during an hours-long sit-in protest.
3 min read - BusinessYahoo Finance
Stock market today: S&P 500 slides for 5th straight day
Investors are counting down to earnings from Netflix, the first of the "Magnificent" group of companies to report.
1 min read - BusinessBloomberg
Google Consolidates Teams With Aim to Create AI Products Faster
(Bloomberg) -- Alphabet Inc. Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai announced changes to Google’s workplace teams structure, saying the moves will help the company develop artificial intelligence products and services faster and more efficiently.Most Read from BloombergElon Wants His Money BackDubai Grinds to Standstill as Flooding Hits CityNew York’s Rich Get Creative to Flee State Taxes. Auditors Are On to ThemIsrael Reported to Have Launched Retaliatory Strike on IranRecord Rainfall in Dubai?
3 min read - TechnologyGizmodo
7 Most Popular Headphone Myths, Debunked
Tech myths are extremely pervasive. Half of the things we believe in are stuff we’ve seen people around us believe in. Confirmation bias leads to us blindly following without ever questioning. This guide aims to shatter some of those preconceived notions. The aim is also to teach you the truth about some headphone concepts so you don’t get convinced by misleading marketing rhetoric.
5 min read - TechnologyUSA TODAY
Boston Dynamics' robot Atlas being billed as 'fully-electric humanoid': Watch it in action
Boston Dynamics reveals its news humanoid named Atlas in a 30 second video. In a partnership with Hyundai, Atlas was created to tackle tough tasks.
2 min read - BusinessEngadget
Quicken Simplifi subscriptions are half off through April 21
Quicken Simplifi subscriptions are half off through April 21. This brings the price down to $2 per month, which is billed annually at $24.
2 min read - BusinessTechCrunch
Robots can make jobs less meaningful for human colleagues
Much has been (and will continue to be) written about automation’s impact on the jobs market. One aspect of the conversation that is oft neglected, however, is how human workers feel about their robotic colleagues. The Brookings Institute this week issued results gleaned from several surveys conducted over the past decade and a half to evaluate the impact that robotics have on job “meaningfulness.”
3 min read - BusinessBloomberg
AI-Powered World Health Chatbot Is Flubbing Some Answers
(Bloomberg) -- The World Health Organization is wading into the world of AI to provide basic health information through a human-like avatar. But while the bot responds sympathetically to users’ facial expressions, it doesn’t always know what it’s talking about.Most Read from BloombergElon Wants His Money BackDubai Grinds to Standstill as Flooding Hits CityNew York’s Rich Get Creative to Flee State Taxes. Auditors Are On to ThemIsrael Reported to Have Launched Retaliatory Strike on IranRecord Rai
5 min read - TechnologyEngadget
The HD Chromecast with Google TV is on sale for only $20
If you watch movies and TV on a 1080p screen, the Chromecast with Google TV (HD) provides a rock-solid streaming experience on the cheap. Today, Amazon has it for $10 off, letting you pick up the HDR10-capable streaming stick for only $20.
2 min read - TechnologyGizmodo
DARPA Tests AI Dogfighting (But Won't Say If the Human Pilot or Computer Won)
The U.S. Air Force and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced successful tests of a new artificial intelligence system using the experimental X-62A VISTA aircraft on Wednesday. The tests—AI dogfights that pitted the X-62A against a human-piloted F-16 aircraft—are being billed as the first “machine-learning-based autonomy in flight-critical systems.”
3 min read - BusinessBloomberg
Netflix ‘Juggernaut’ Faces High Bar After $112 Billion Rally
(Bloomberg) -- Netflix Inc. investors have big expectations for the streaming giant’s first-quarter results due Thursday, which bulls hope will support a rally back toward record levels for the stock. Most Read from BloombergElon Wants His Money BackDubai Grinds to Standstill as Flooding Hits CityNew York’s Rich Get Creative to Flee State Taxes. Auditors Are On to ThemIsrael Reported to Have Launched Retaliatory Strike on IranRecord Rainfall in Dubai? Blame Climate Change, Not Cloud SeedingThe s
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Lacework, last valued at $8.3B, is in talks to sell for just $150M to $200M, say sources
Although both work in the wider area of cloud security, sources tell us that there is relatively little competitive overlap between the two companies, so it would likely be a technology-plus-talent-plus-customer acquisition play. The Information has reported some of the above details today, too.
3 min read - TechnologyEngadget
Razer's Kishi Ultra gaming controller works with damn near everything, including some foldables
Razer just released the Kishi Ultra mobile gaming controller. It works with some foldable phones, in addition to Android devices, iPhones and iPads.
2 min read - BusinessBloomberg
Meta Debuts Llama 3, Latest AI Model for Powering Chatbots
(Bloomberg) -- Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc. debuted a new version of its powerful Llama artificial intelligence model, its latest effort to keep pace with similar technology from companies like OpenAI and Alphabet Inc.’s Google. Most Read from BloombergElon Wants His Money BackDubai Grinds to Standstill as Flooding Hits CityNew York’s Rich Get Creative to Flee State Taxes. Auditors Are On to ThemIsrael Reported to Have Launched Retaliatory Strike on IranRecord Rainfall in Dubai? B
2 min read - WorldTechCrunch
Hackers are threatening to leak World-Check, a huge sanctions and financial crimes watchlist
A financially motivated criminal hacking group says it has stolen a confidential database containing millions of records that companies use for screening potential customers for links to sanctions and financial crime. The hackers, which call themselves GhostR, said they stole 5.3 million records from the World-Check screening database in March and are threatening to publish the data online. World-Check is a screening database used for "know your customer" checks (or KYC), allowing companies to
3 min read - BusinessTechCrunch
Cape dials up $61M from a16z and more for mobile service that doesn't use personal data
AT&T's recent mega customer data breach — 74 million accounts affected — laid bare how much data carriers have on their users, and also that the data is there for the hacking. On Thursday, a startup called Cape — based out of Washington, D.C., and founded by a former executive from Palantir — is announcing $61 million in funding to build what it claims will be a much more secure approach: It won't be able to leak your name, address, Social Security number or location because it never asks for t
5 min read - TechnologyEngadget
Google's wired Nest security camera is cheaper than ever
Google's second-gen wired Nest security camera has dropped to its lowest price to date. It's $30 off at $70.
2 min read - LifestylePopular Mechanics
These Editor-Approved Camp Chairs Will Have You Sitting By the Campfire in Comfort
These editor-approved camping chairs from Kelty, Coleman, GCI, and others provide comfy outdoor seating anywhere you need it.
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