Category: Uncategorized
-
Anthropic takes $5B from Amazon and pledges $100B in cloud spending in return
Amazon has made another circular AI deal: It’s investing another $5 billion in Anthropic. Anthropic has agreed to spend $100 billion on AWS in return.
-
Google rolls out Gemini in Chrome in seven new countries
Google is rolling out Gemini in Chrome in Australia, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Vietnam.
-
Tim Cook stepping down as Apple CEO, John Ternus taking over
Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering John Ternus will take over as CEO at the start of September.
-
Google Photos adds new touch-up tools for ‘quick’ fixes
You can use the new tools to remove blemishes, refine skin texture, brighten eyes, or whiten teeth in photos.
-
It’s not just one thing — it’s another thing
This sentence construction (“It’s not just this — it’s that”) has become so common in AI-generated writing that it’s no longer just a clue that a piece of writing may be synthetic — it’s almost a guarantee.
-
North Korea hackers blamed for $290M crypto theft
The hack against Kelp DAO is the largest crypto heist of the year so far.
-
Mastodon says its flagship server was hit by a DDoS attack
The DDoS attack against Mastodon’s flagship server comes less than a week after Bluesky was targeted with junk web traffic.
-
FAA orders investigation into Blue Origin’s New Glenn mishap
The New Glenn rocket will have to stay grounded while the company investigates what caused the apparent failure of its upper stage.
-
NSA spies are reportedly using Anthropic’s Mythos, despite Pentagon feud
NSA is using Anthropic’s restricted Mythos AI model, despite the Pentagon simultaneously arguing in court that Anthropic poses a national security risk.
-
WhatsApp is testing a premium subscription, put it is mainly cosmetic
WhatsApp is testing a subscription after Meta debuted a similar subscription for Instagram earlier this year