Journals

Mozilla Foundation: An in-depth look at Common Crawl, the 9.5PB web crawl archive dating back to 2008 run by a small nonprofit, its role in generative AI, its dataset, and more  —  Common Crawl’s Impact on Generative AI  —  Common… Read More »An in-depth look at Common Crawl, the 9.5PB web crawl archive dating back to 2008 run by a small nonprofit, its role in generative AI, its dataset, and more (Mozilla Foundation)

Financial Times: A German court sides with US-based R2 Semiconductor over Intel in a patent infringement suit; a source says the ruling could lead to a ban on HP and Dell sales  —  US chipmaker plans to appeal against decision… Read More »A German court sides with US-based R2 Semiconductor over Intel in a patent infringement suit; a source says the ruling could lead to a ban on HP and Dell sales (Financial Times)

Chainalysis: Ransomware payments in 2023 reached a record $1.1B, up from $567M in 2022 and $983M in 2021, as the frequency, scope, and volume of attacks escalated  —  The Chainalysis 2024 Crypto Crime Report  —  Coming soon  —  In 2023,… Read More »Ransomware payments in 2023 reached a record $1.1B, up from $567M in 2022 and $983M in 2021, as the frequency, scope, and volume of attacks escalated (Chainalysis)

Wayne Ma / The Information: Source: Apple is building at least two iPhone prototypes that fold widthwise; the devices are in early development and not set for production in 2024 or 2025  —  Apple is building prototypes of at least… Read More »Source: Apple is building at least two iPhone prototypes that fold widthwise; the devices are in early development and not set for production in 2024 or 2025 (Wayne Ma/The Information)

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: Trade group CISPE, representing Amazon and 26 EU cloud providers, is working with Microsoft to try to resolve EU antitrust concerns over its licensing practices  —  Microsoft (MSFT.O) is in talks with CISPE in an… Read More »Trade group CISPE, representing Amazon and 26 EU cloud providers, is working with Microsoft to try to resolve EU antitrust concerns over its licensing practices (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

Rohan Goswami / CNBC: Roblox reports Q4 revenue up 30% YoY to $749.9M, bookings up 25% YoY to a record $1.1B, DAUs up 22% YoY to 71.5M, and $2.8B in 2023 revenue; RBLX jumps 13%+  —  – Roblox reported results… Read More »Roblox reports Q4 revenue up 30% YoY to $749.9M, bookings up 25% YoY to a record $1.1B, DAUs up 22% YoY to 71.5M, and $2.8B in 2023 revenue; RBLX jumps 13%+ (Rohan Goswami/CNBC)

Vlad Savov / Bloomberg: Alibaba cut ~20K staff during 2023, ending December with 219,260 employees, after cutting roughly the same number in 2022, and bought $9.5B of its stock in 2023  —  – It followed roughly the same reduction in… Read More »Alibaba cut ~20K staff during 2023, ending December with 219,260 employees, after cutting roughly the same number in 2022, and bought $9.5B of its stock in 2023 (Vlad Savov/Bloomberg)

Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: Apple partners with University of California researchers to release open-source AI model MGIE, which can edit images based on natural language instructions  —  Apple has released a new open-source AI model, called “MGIE,” that can edit… Read More »Apple partners with University of California researchers to release open-source AI model MGIE, which can edit images based on natural language instructions (Michael Nuñez/VentureBeat)

Camilla Hodgson / Financial Times: Uber reports Q4 revenue up 15% YoY to $9.9B, Gross Bookings up 22% YoY to $37.6B, a $1.9B net income, 150M MAUs, and first full-year operating profit of $1.1B  —  Ride-hailing app beats forecasts and… Read More »Uber reports Q4 revenue up 15% YoY to $9.9B, Gross Bookings up 22% YoY to $37.6B, a $1.9B net income, 150M MAUs, and first full-year operating profit of $1.1B (Camilla Hodgson/Financial Times)

Jane Zhang / Bloomberg: Alibaba reports Q3 revenue up 5% YoY to ~$36.7B, net income down to ~$2B, Taobao and Tmall revenue up 2% YoY to ~$18B, and a $25B share buyback; BABA rises ~5%  —  – The move may… Read More »Alibaba reports Q3 revenue up 5% YoY to ~$36.7B, net income down to ~$2B, Taobao and Tmall revenue up 2% YoY to ~$18B, and a $25B share buyback; BABA rises ~5% (Jane Zhang/Bloomberg)