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Amar Diwakar / Rest of World : Dubai is emerging as a global hub for AI talent, attracting workers with its Golden Visa program, no taxes, attractive salaries, and ease of setting up business   —  Western job seekers see lucrative offers in the booming AI hub, while others deal with rejections and lower pay. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/c6eR2Md via IFTTT

Nicholas Carr / New Cartographies : AI's real threat to education isn't that it encourages students to cheat, but that it short-circuits the learning processes needed to use generative AI adeptly   —  AI's real threat to education.  —  Among the general public, generative AI's most enthusiastic early adopters have been students. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/pmZkoid via IFTTT

Jay Peters / The Verge : Twitch plans to start testing the ability to host a vertical livestream and rolls out an open beta of 2k streaming, letting creators stream at 1440p   —  The platform is also launching an open beta of higher-quality streams. … Twitch is announcing a bunch of updates at TwitchCon Europe … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/aEecOi1 via IFTTT

Pew Research Center : Share of news influencers on Bluesky has doubled after the 2024 US election to 43%, but X remains popular, with 82% of news influencers maintaining an account   —  The Pew-Knight Initiative supports new research on how Americans absorb civic information, form beliefs and identities, and engage in their communities. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/1lVfd3A via IFTTT

Kate Clark / Bloomberg : Sources: Abridge, which uses AI to transcribe medical chats, is raising $300M led by a16z at a $5.3B valuation, up from $2.75B in February when it raised $250M   —  The startup is raising $300 million for software that takes notes on conversations with doctors and patients. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/BWQdrto via IFTTT

Dan Primack / Axios : Q&A with Mary Meeker on publishing her first Trends report since 2019, its focus on the AI revolution, why OpenAI may have an insurmountable lead, and more   —  Mary Meeker, the famed internet analyst turned venture capitalist, on Friday published her first Trends report since 2019 — focused on the AI revolution. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/W4y5VdB via IFTTT

Bloomberg : Sources: Trump administration plans to expand Entity List restrictions to cover subsidiaries of Chinese companies, aiming to block workarounds via new offshoots   —  The Trump administration plans to broaden restrictions on China's tech sector with new regulations to capture subsidiaries of companies under US curbs. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/SomyuaA via IFTTT

Kevin Breuninger / CNBC : A federal appeals court grants the Trump administration's request to temporarily pause a lower court ruling that struck down most of President Trump's tariffs   —  - CNBC Councils  — Supply Chain Values  — CNBC on Peacock  — Join the CNBC Panel  — Ad Choices  — News Tips from Techmeme https://ift.tt/908YLkg via IFTTT

Tabby Kinder / Financial Times : Stargate's financing and future are far from straightforward, with ~$50B in commitments to date, far below the $500B touted by President Trump and Sam Altman   —  The financing and future of Stargate hailed by Trump are far from straightforward  —  Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/MKDA8RZ via IFTTT

Financial Times : Sources: the US Commerce Department has told electronic design automation groups, which include Cadence and Synopsys, to stop supplying their tech to China   —  Move by Washington is latest effort to stymie geopolitical rival's technological advance  —  Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/SuN2qzk via IFTTT

Marina Temkin / TechCrunch : Rillet raised a $25M Sequoia-led Series A and has added ~200 customers, including Windsurf, since debuting an AI tool in 2024 to automate general ledger systems   —  For accounting departments, no software is more important than the general ledger system.  It's the central hub that summarizes … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/9IaASKP via IFTTT

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg : Sources: Apple plans a dedicated app for video games to replace Game Center and come preinstalled on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV devices later this year   —  Apple Inc. is planning a dedicated app for video games on its devices, seeking to sell gamers and developers on the idea that it's a leader in the market. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/5mITDzP via IFTTT

Nahal Toosi / Politico : Memo: the Trump admin pauses new student visa interviews as it mulls requiring all foreign students applying to study in the US to undergo social media vetting   —  It's the latest salvo against universities, many of whom rely heavily on foreign students for funds. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/x6PjwXR via IFTTT

Bloomberg : Texas enacts an online child-safety bill requiring app stores verify users' ages and secure parental approval before minors can get most apps or make IAPs   —  Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed an online child safety bill, bucking a lobbying push from big tech companies that included … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/fgPv0tF via IFTTT

Owen Walker / Financial Times : Scam victims in Singapore lost a total of ~$858M last year, up 70% YoY; most are contacted via Meta-owned apps, and deepfakes in scams are increasingly common   —  City-state residents who spend a lot of time online and are naturally compliant with authority are especially vulnerable from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3NRo1BK via IFTTT

Bloomberg : Sources, including 30+ current and former Meta employees and 10+ US officials, detail Mark Zuckerberg's embrace of Trump, which has yet to pay major dividends   —  Meta's CEO has done everything he can to win over Trump, and it's not clear how much he has to show for it. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/ShtuXCs via IFTTT

Tatum Hunter / Washington Post : People are using ChatGPT for unsparing assessments of their looks, with many also asking the chatbot to create plans to “glow up” their appearance   —  Friends want to protect your feelings.  AI isn't pulling any punches.  —  Ania Rucinski was feeling down on herself. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/IyNlPDX via IFTTT

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg : Source: the main topic at WWDC will be a redesigned software interface, dubbed Solarium, for all of Apple's operating systems, including tvOS and watchOS   —  Jony Ive's deal with OpenAI should cause major shockwaves at Apple, especially after a design-team brain drain and struggles in artificial intelligence. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/TNLYx2s via IFTTT

Noam Scheiber / New York Times : Some Amazon engineers say managers have increasingly pushed them to use AI over the past year, raising output goals and becoming less forgiving about deadlines   —  Pushed to use artificial intelligence, software developers at the e-commerce giant say they must work faster and have less time to think. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/C7ZiOLn via IFTTT

Wall Street Journal : A profile of Zach Witkoff, World Liberty Financial co-founder and son of Trump's Middle East envoy, who is pursuing crypto deals with countries like Pakistan   —  While Steve Witkoff travels the world as Middle East envoy, his son Zach is pitching foreign deals for his cryptocurrency venture with the Trumps from Techmeme https://ift.tt/myC3taK via IFTTT

Geoffrey Bunting / The Verge : Accessibility consultants say the video game industry's accessibility advancements, which gained momentum in 2020, have slowed down due to cutbacks   —  Video game consultants like Laura Kate Dale came into 2023 with a lot of hope. … Yet, as the year drew on, she says, “there started to be signs that … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/yiXZukw via IFTTT

Adam Edelman / NBC News : Texas is set to enact one of the strictest bans on social media for minors, with age verification requirements and letting parents request account deletions   —  It's the latest attempt in a growing effort by states to enact significant limits on the use of social media by young people. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/0awRJrj via IFTTT

Jason Snell / Six Colors : Sam Altman and Jony Ive's awkward io video feels like empty hype until a compelling device is released, especially given Ive's post-Jobs design missteps   —  Ever since OpenAI announced a couple of days ago that it's integrating Jony Ive's hardware startup, I've been struggling with what to write about it. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/YPwsUgn via IFTTT

Allison Johnson / The Verge : Despite Google's guardrails, Veo 3 users are generating realistic clips of news, disasters, and fictional events, some with dialogue not included in the prompt   —  Cursed AI-generated videos come with very convincing audio now. … Even at first glance, there's something off about the body on the street. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/UfXbMs0 via IFTTT

New York Times : Q&A with Demis Hassabis about how Google I/O became the Gemini show, Google getting “AGI-pilled”, Project Astra, Sergey Brin's shorter AGI timelines, and more   —  A few years ago, most Google executives didn't talk about A.G.I. — artificial general intelligence, the industry term for a human-level A.I. system. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/qytLceU via IFTTT