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How LLMs, unlike previous transformative tech like the internet, disproportionately benefit regular people, with slower impact in corporations and governments (Andrej Karpathy/@karpathy)
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Coinbase's stock fell 31% in Q1 2025, its worst quarterly performance since FTX collapsed in 2022; nearly every major crypto-linked stock plunged alongside it (Matthew Griffin/Bloomberg)
Matthew Griffin / Bloomberg: Coinbase’s stock fell 31% in Q1 2025, its worst quarterly performance since FTX collapsed in 2022; nearly every major crypto-linked stock plunged alongside it — Coinbase fell 31% in the worst quarterly performance since FTX collapsed near the end of 2022. Source link
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Samsung says its co-CEO Han Jong-hee has died at 63 from cardiac arrest (Reuters)
Reuters: Samsung says its co-CEO Han Jong-hee has died at 63 from cardiac arrest — South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) said on Tuesday that its co-CEO Han Jong-hee has died from cardiac arrest. Han was 63. Source link
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Some owners of devices running Roku OS report seeing autoplaying video ads before they can access the home screen; Roku says it is just a test (Scharon Harding/Ars Technica)
Scharon Harding / Ars Technica: Some owners of devices running Roku OS report seeing autoplaying video ads before they can access the home screen; Roku says it is just a test — Now, Roku is testing what it might look like if it took things a step further and forced people to watch a video ad play before getting to…
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Leaked video: Sony is working on a prototype AI-powered version of a PlayStation game character that can interact with players through voice prompts (Tom Warren/The Verge)
Tom Warren / The Verge: Leaked video: Sony is working on a prototype AI-powered version of a PlayStation game character that can interact with players through voice prompts — Sony’s advanced technology group has created an AI-powered version of Aloy from PlayStation’s Horizon games. Source link
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Creator monetization platform Passes and its CEO, Lucy Guo, are sued for allegedly distributing CSAM; the suit claims Guo intervened to override safety measures (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Creator monetization platform Passes and its CEO, Lucy Guo, are sued for allegedly distributing CSAM; the suit claims Guo intervened to override safety measures — Passes, a direct-to-fan monetization platform for creators backed by $40 million in Series A funding, has been sued … Source link
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DoorDash agrees to pay $16.75M to settle a lawsuit by NY's AG accusing it of pocketing customers' tips for delivery drivers between May 2017 and September 2019 (Brendan Pierson/Reuters)
Brendan Pierson / Reuters: DoorDash agrees to pay $16.75M to settle a lawsuit by NY’s AG accusing it of pocketing customers’ tips for delivery drivers between May 2017 and September 2019 — DoorDash (DASH.O) has agreed to pay $16.75 million to settle a lawsuit by New York’s attorney general accusing it of pocketing customers’ tips … Source link
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How militaries and startups like North.io use AI to analyze data and deploy autonomous underwater vehicles to safeguard deep-sea pipelines and cables (William Boston/Wall Street Journal)
William Boston / Wall Street Journal: How militaries and startups like North.io use AI to analyze data and deploy autonomous underwater vehicles to safeguard deep-sea pipelines and cables — Militaries and startups use artificial intelligence to sift through vast amounts of data and power autonomous underwater vehicles … Source link
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Google Maps now shows "Gulf of America" instead of "Gulf of Mexico" for users in the US; users in Mexico see "Gulf of Mexico", and everyone else sees both names (Umar Shakir/The Verge)
Umar Shakir / The Verge: Google Maps now shows “Gulf of America” instead of “Gulf of Mexico” for users in the US; users in Mexico see “Gulf of Mexico”, and everyone else sees both names — Google has officially renamed the Gulf of Mexico for US users. Source link
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Sources: Thomas Shedd, GSA's new Technology Transformation Services director and a Musk ally, told GSA workers the agency will pursue an "AI-first strategy" (Makena Kelly/Wired)
Makena Kelly / Wired: Sources: Thomas Shedd, GSA’s new Technology Transformation Services director and a Musk ally, told GSA workers the agency will pursue an “AI-first strategy” — Sources say the former Tesla engineer now in charge of the Technology Transformation Services wants an agency that operates like a “startup software company.” Source link
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