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Counterpoint Research : Global foldable phone shipments were up 49% YoY in Q1, marking its highest rate of increase in six quarters; Huawei led with a 35% share, overtaking Samsung   —  - Global foldable smartphone shipments were up 49% YoY in Q1 2024, driven by Huawei, HONOR and Motorola. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/0rM2NdH via IFTTT

Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter : Startup Fable Studio announces Showrunner, a streaming service that lets users watch AI-generated series and create their own series by writing prompts   —  Fable, the studio behind the viral AI-generated ‘South Park’ clips, has announced a streaming platform that allows users to create their own content. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/PvyWrEU via IFTTT

Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac : Meta is notifying Instagram and Facebook EU users that it's using their data to train its AI models, and users can opt out, “if your objection is honoured”   —  If you use Instagram or Facebook, Meta is using your data to train its AI models.  The company uses posts as training material for its generative AI systems. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/atALYGr via IFTTT

Brian Fung / CNN : FCC ends the Affordable Connectivity Program, which helped low-income Americans afford internet service, after the House failed to approve additional funding   —  The Affordable Connectivity Program, which helped low-income Americans get online, is no more.  —  On Friday, the US government announced … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/Ga7SvKQ via IFTTT

Emma Roth / The Verge : Meta begins rolling out TweetDeck-style customizable feeds on Threads globally, following a test that started earlier this month   —  Threads is widely rolling out a desktop site redesign that lets you customize your homepage with a series of feeds, similar to TweetDeck. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/EKxmeG1 via IFTTT

The Information : Sources: the US is probing whether chip-equipment maker Ronda Korea has been selling parts using tech made by US' Lam Research to sanctioned Chinese companies   —  The U.S. Commerce Department is probing whether a South Korean maker of parts for machines that produce semiconductors has been selling … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/6uQRGqL via IFTTT

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch : Mistral AI releases 22B-parameter Codestral, its first generative AI model for coding, trained on 80+ programming languages and prohibited for commercial use   —  Mistral, the French AI startup backed by Microsoft and valued at $6 billion, has released its first generative AI model for coding, dubbed Codestral. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/lKAjOdC via IFTTT

Cory Weinberg / The Information : Source: cloud GPU provider CoreWeave, which was last valued at $19B and raised ~$10B in equity and debt over the past year, plans an IPO in H1 2025   —  Cloud computing startup CoreWeave, one of the biggest beneficiaries of the artificial intelligence boom, has been on a fundraising spree … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/ogNZVTP via IFTTT

Michael Kan / PCMag : The US will reactivate Trump-era tariffs on June 15 that apply to select imported goods from China, including graphics cards, motherboards, and desktop cases   —  The tariffs, which will last at least until May 31, 2025, will also affect motherboards and PC desktop cases assembled in China, along with robot vacuums. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/TA1hv3o via IFTTT

Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo : In a spat on X, Meta's Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun calls out Elon Musk for saying xAI will pursue “truth” as Musk spreads “crazy-ass conspiracy theories” on X   —  Yann LeCun and Elon Musk got into it on X this weekend, exposing key disagreements on AI risks dividing the tech world. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/zEqPbp0 via IFTTT

Zachary Small / New York Times : The hacking group RansomHub claims to be behind the attack that hit Christie's, and threatens to release sensitive information about the auction house's clients   —  The hacking group RansomHub is threatening to release “sensitive personal information” about the auction house's clients. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/YDxtKis via IFTTT

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters : Meta adds safety features to CrowdTangle for use during the EU elections, in a bid to address EU concerns over Meta's plan to shut down the tool in August 2024   —  Meta Platforms (META.O) has added safety features to its misinformation tracking tool CrowdTangle for use during European Parliament elections … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/zvlMCSh via IFTTT

John Koblin / New York Times : A look at the growing importance of ads for video streaming services, as Antenna says that 56% of new subscribers chose the cheaper ad-supported tier in Q1 2024   —  Ads are here, there — almost everywhere — on streaming services now.  —  Not long ago, streaming TV came with a promise … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/7qeC1QS via IFTTT

Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times : Dating apps are trying to woo Gen Z women by boosting moderation tools and more; Tinder has consistently lost MAUs since 2021 and paid subs fell under 10M in Q1   —  Gen Z is a priority for Tinder and Bumble but threats and unsolicited material from potential suitors often turn users off from Techmeme https://ift.tt/Ps5dg1C via IFTTT

x.ai : Elon Musk's xAI says it raised a $6B Series B from investors including Valor Equity Partners, Vy Capital, a16z, Sequoia Capital, Fidelity, and others   —  xAI is pleased to announce our series B funding round of $6 billion.  —  xAI is pleased to announce... from Techmeme https://ift.tt/txKyemj via IFTTT

Reuters : China set up a new $47.5B state-backed investment fund on May 24 to boost the country's semiconductor industry   —  China has set up a new state-backed investment fund with registered capital of 344 billion yuan ($47.5 billion) to boost the country's semiconductor industry. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/t8Gbj0O via IFTTT

Wall Street Journal : An analysis of ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini, and Perplexity's responses to some real-life questions and everyday tasks: Perplexity ranked first overall   —  We tested OpenAI's ChatGPT against Microsoft's Copilot and Google's Gemini, along with Perplexity and Anthropic's Claude.  Here's how they ranked. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/etOHUX0 via IFTTT

Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat : Researchers find that GPT-4 outperforms human analysts in predicting future corporate earnings growth even when provided only with financial statements   —  Researchers from the University of Chicago have demonstrated that large language models (LLMs) can conduct financial statement analysis … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/vkryGJ3 via IFTTT

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch : Filings: US pharmaceutical company Cencora notified ~500K individuals since learning about a data breach in February 2024 that exposed health diagnoses and more   —  U.S. pharmaceutical giant Cencora says it is notifying affected individuals that their personal and highly sensitive medical information … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/gvdqVE0 via IFTTT

Bloomberg : A significant amount of illicit crypto activity still remains in China, highlighting the continuing use of cryptocurrencies despite Beijing's digital asset ban   —  - Crypto tied to billions of dollars in underground transactions  — Cases are further signs of holes in China's digital-asset ban from Techmeme https://ift.tt/eVjMugm via IFTTT

Wes Davis / The Verge : A US jury finds that Phoenix Digital, which owns the cheat mod site AimJunkies, is guilty of violating Bungie copyrights when it created cheats for Destiny 2   —  The landmark decision may be the first time a jury has agreed that a cheat creator violated a gaming company's copyrights. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/lS6J5yc via IFTTT

Viola Zhou / Rest of World : How Threads became a gathering space for young progressives in Taiwan, who now use the app to organize protests against pro-China opposition parties   —  Despite Meta's promise to crack down on political content in the app, Taiwanese activists are using it to organize. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/wXmYPoC via IFTTT

Pete Brown / Columbia Journalism Review : An overview of existing deals between news publishers and AI companies and the questions they raise regarding long-term costs, the selection process, and more   —  In the past few weeks, News Corp, the Financial Times and Dotdash Meredith became the latest news organizations to strike licensing deals … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/n4HxEmw via IFTTT

Peter Kafka / Business Insider : Google says the vast majority of AI Overviews provide high-quality information and many of the viral examples have been uncommon queries or have been doctored   —  An curved arrow pointing right.  — In February, when this happened before, Google shelved the faulty AI product behind the results. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/sOVnFjv via IFTTT

Josh Scott / BetaKit : A Delaware federal court overturns a jury's 2022 decision that Shopify owes $40M to Express Mobile for infringing patents related to website-building tools   —  Canadian e-commerce giant Shopify has convinced a Delaware, US court to overturn a 2022 patent-infringement decision. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/Nk0YnSv via IFTTT