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Larry Dignan / Constellation Research : Dell reports Q4 revenue down 11% YoY to $22.3B vs. $22.2B est., Client revenue down 12% to $11.7B, and Infrastructure revenue down 6% to $9.3B; DELL jumps 15%+   —  Dell Technologies reported a better-than-expected fourth quarter as the company saw strong demand for AI-optimized servers. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/AfRC5JS via IFTTT

Abner Li / 9to5Google : Google adds Photomath, which lets users solve math problems by taking a photo, to its Play Store and App Store publisher accounts, after buying the app in 2022   —  In May of 2022, Google announced that it was acquiring a math solver app called Photomath.  The deal closed last year … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/L39ENDJ via IFTTT

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer : GitHub enables push protection by default for all public repositories to prevent accidental leaks of secrets like access tokens and API keys when pushing code   —  GitHub has enabled push protection by default for all public repositories to prevent accidental exposure of secrets such as access tokens and API keys when pushing new code. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/CSFofTl via IFTTT

Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat : Alibaba researchers detail EMO, or Emote Portrait Alive, an AI system that can create realistic talking and singing videos from portrait photos   —  Researchers at Alibaba's Institute for Intelligent Computing have developed a new artificial intelligence system called “EMO,” … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/jK8xR61 via IFTTT

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg : Tim Cook says Apple will “break new ground” on generative AI this year; Apple shareholders reject a request for report into whether Apple is using AI ethically   —  - Shareholders approve recommendations for board, executive pay  — Longtime directors Al Gore and James Bell officially step down from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3Yd7ucU via IFTTT

Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal : Cox Enterprises is buying OpenGov in a deal valuing the company, which provides cloud software for cities and state agencies, at $1.8B   —  Cable giant is buying OpenGov, a provider of software for cities and state agencies  —  Cox Enterprises is buying OpenGov in a deal that values … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/31MsqWZ via IFTTT

Ben Thompson / Stratechery : While Google paused Gemini's image generation, its text generation tool also offers some absurd responses, highlighting the need for flourishing open source AI   —  Last Wednesday, when the questions about Gemini's political viewpoint were still limited to its image creation capabilities, I accused the company of being timid: from Techmeme https://ift.tt/BQRtoiO via IFTTT

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer : Researchers detail a spam campaign using hijacked abandoned domains and subdomains from reputable brands like eBay and VMware to send ~5M malicious emails daily   —  A massive ad fraud campaign named “SubdoMailing” is using over 8,000 legitimate internet domains and 13,000 subdomains to send … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/VsHwCtn via IFTTT

Bloomberg : During oral arguments, justices seemed reluctant to completely strike down Texas and Florida social media laws but worried about impacts to companies' 1A rights   —  - Justices wary of entirely striking down Texas, Florida laws  — But court voices concern about impact on company speech rights from Techmeme https://ift.tt/khS8J4P via IFTTT

The Economic Times : Q&A with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi about the Indian market, competition, achieving profitability, regrets about selling UberEats in India, regulations, more   —  Dara Khosrowshahi took over as the CEO of Uber Technologies in 2017, when the mobility firm was in its most controversial period. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2J7xshf via IFTTT

Liz Hoffman / Semafor : Q&A with Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev about the meme-stock craze, launching in the UK and EU, becoming customers' primary financial institution, and more   —  On The Record  —  Three years ago, an army of bored, stimulus-rich day traders upended the stock market. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/pvlqiaC via IFTTT

Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News : A consultant working for Rep. Dean Phillips, who challenged Biden in NH's primary, admits to producing the deepfake robocalls, saying anyone can do it for $500   —  Steve Kramer acknowledged Sunday that he created the fake Joe Biden robocall at the center of a multistate investigation after NBC News reported about his involvement. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/UixG3At via IFTTT

Clothilde Goujard / Politico : A year after EU governments moved to restrict TikTok over security concerns, politicians are flocking to the app to attract the youth vote in upcoming elections   —  A year after banning the Chinese-owned app, Europe's politicians are popping up on TikTok to fight for re-election. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/azLIPVt via IFTTT

Allison Johnson / The Verge : Xiaomi launches Xiaomi 14 Ultra with a 6.73" LTPO 120Hz display, Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, and 50MP camera with a 1-inch-type Sony LYT-900 sensor, starting at €1,499   —  Xiaomi is using MWC to launch two of its flagships for a global audience — though not including the US, as usual. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/HlF0JwQ via IFTTT

Jordan Novet / CNBC : Filing: Google said Microsoft offered to sell Bing to Apple in 2018, but Eddy Cue said Microsoft had search quality issues and was investing less than Google   —  - In 2018, Microsoft offered to sell Apple its Bing search engine or start a Bing joint venture, Google said in a newly unsealed filing. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/CDj2anU via IFTTT

Dave Lee / Bloomberg : Reddit's S-1 shows how dependent the site is on the unpaid labor of 60K active daily moderators and the whims of its users and subreddits like r/WallStreetBets   —  The company's IPO prospectus makes clear how dependent it is on unpaid labor and the whims of its community. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/ANwyYO7 via IFTTT

Financial Times : How tensions between past and present leaders of Sequoia, which had a reputation for quiet competence, have spilled into the open with the Klarna boardroom spat   —  Tension between past and present leaders of Silicon Valley's premier venture group have spilled into the open from Techmeme https://ift.tt/q8tuLP1 via IFTTT

Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer : Chainalysis: there were more than 2,200 bitcoins, worth $110M+ at today's prices, in LockBit's active blockchain addresses identified by law enforcement   —  The LockBit ransomware gang received more than $125 million in ransom payments over the past 18 months, according to the analysis … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/FAndHhB via IFTTT

Brian Heater / TechCrunch : Humane postpones the delivery of its Ai Pin for “priority access” customers from March to “mid-April”   —  Hardware is difficult, to paraphrase a famous adage.  First-generation products from new startups are notoriously so, regardless of how much money and excitement you've managed to drum up. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/gkEeCqi via IFTTT

David Gilbert / Wired : Gab launched 91 chatbots over the last month, including AI versions of Hitler and Trump, several of which deny the Holocaust, call climate change a scam, more   —  The proliferation of generative AI chatbots on extremist platforms could lead to increased radicalization, experts warn. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3vHquCU via IFTTT

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch : Bluesky opens up federation, letting anyone run their own server connecting to Bluesky's network, which uses the AT Protocol; Mastodon uses ActivityPub   —  Social network Bluesky, a competitor to X, Threads, Mastodon, and others, is opening up its doors with today's news that the network … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/qSJDUTL via IFTTT

Sheila Dang / Reuters : Google plans to integrate Gemini into its Performance Max ad placement tool, helping brands generate longer headlines, after adding Gemini to Google Workspace   —  Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google said on Thursday it will integrate its Gemini artificial intelligence models into an existing product for advertisers … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/10paItq via IFTTT

Andrew Hayward / Decrypt : Yuga Labs co-founder Greg “Garga” Solano announces he's returning as CEO of the company, replacing Daniel Alegre, who spent less than a year in the role   —  Big changes are coming as Greg “Garga” Solano takes the helm at Yuga Labs, apparently pushing out Daniel Alegre in the process. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/s0HEVBZ via IFTTT

The Information : Source: Magic, which recently raised $117M and says its AI coding assistant has a larger context window than rivals', may have made an AI reasoning breakthrough   —  Former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman and his investment partner, Daniel Gross, raised eyebrows last week by writing a $100 million check to Magic … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/DUp5F4L via IFTTT

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch : Google DeepMind announces AI Safety and Alignment, an organization that includes a new team focused on AGI safety alongside existing teams working on AI safety   —  If you ask Gemini, Google's flagship GenAI model, to write deceptive content about the upcoming U.S. presidential election, it will, given the right prompt. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/LEWpBX4 via IFTTT