Journals

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Elon Musk says X plans to make Grok available to all Premium subscribers “later this week”, expanding on Premium+ support; X Premium costs $8 per month  —  Following Elon Musk’s xAI’s move to open source its… Read More »Elon Musk says X plans to make Grok available to all Premium subscribers “later this week”, expanding on Premium+ support; X Premium costs $8 per month (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sheera Frenkel / New York Times: Israeli officials detail an expansive and experimental facial recognition program in Gaza to catalog Palestinians without their knowledge, starting in 2023  —  The experimental effort, which has not been disclosed, is being used to… Read More »Israeli officials detail an expansive and experimental facial recognition program in Gaza to catalog Palestinians without their knowledge, starting in 2023 (Sheera Frenkel/New York Times)

Wall Street Journal: How Phil Schiller, now an Apple Fellow, emerged as Apple’s most ardent public defender of its ecosystem, under threat from the US DOJ, the EU, rivals, and more  —  Former Chief Marketing Officer Phil Schiller has frequently… Read More »How Phil Schiller, now an Apple Fellow, emerged as Apple’s most ardent public defender of its ecosystem, under threat from the US DOJ, the EU, rivals, and more (Wall Street Journal)

Emilia David / The Verge: Productivity platform Airtable launches Airtable AI, adding AI summaries, categorization, and translation via GPT-3.5, GPT-4, and Anthropic’s Claude  —  Companies like Microsoft and Google have integrated AI features into their productivity offerings.  But a recent… Read More »Productivity platform Airtable launches Airtable AI, adding AI summaries, categorization, and translation via GPT-3.5, GPT-4, and Anthropic’s Claude (Emilia David/The Verge)

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google rolls out Gemini to some Google Messages beta users with RCS enabled on select Pixel and Galaxy devices, letting users chat to Gemini over RCS  —  Following the announcement a month ago, Gemini is starting… Read More »Google rolls out Gemini to some Google Messages beta users with RCS enabled on select Pixel and Galaxy devices, letting users chat to Gemini over RCS (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Martin Coulter / Reuters: Tech industry group Boardwave, representing 1,300 founders, CEOs, and others, urges the UK to provide more support for the software industry in a white paper  —  Britain’s government has been urged to provide more support for… Read More »Tech industry group Boardwave, representing 1,300 founders, CEOs, and others, urges the UK to provide more support for the software industry in a white paper (Martin Coulter/Reuters)

Ian Allison / CoinDesk: HSBC releases its HSBC Gold Token, minted on its Orion digital assets platform, via its online banking and app, after testing the service in November 2023  —  The bank is claiming bragging rights for being the… Read More »HSBC releases its HSBC Gold Token, minted on its Orion digital assets platform, via its online banking and app, after testing the service in November 2023 (Ian Allison/CoinDesk)

Financial Times: A profile of Swedish accounting software maker Fortnox, valued at $4.6B after its stock rose 5x since 2020, as some analysts question its growth prospects  —  Stock in $4.6bn company has boomed under chief executive Tommy Eklund.  Analysts… Read More »A profile of Swedish accounting software maker Fortnox, valued at $4.6B after its stock rose 5x since 2020, as some analysts question its growth prospects (Financial Times)

Ananya Bhattacharya / Rest of World: A look at Disney+ Hotstar’s and JioCinema’s strategy to beat Netflix and Prime Video in India, including by focusing on sports content and affordable pricing  —  Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance and The Walt Disney Company… Read More »A look at Disney+ Hotstar’s and JioCinema’s strategy to beat Netflix and Prime Video in India, including by focusing on sports content and affordable pricing (Ananya Bhattacharya/Rest of World)

Politico: A look at the international battles to regulate AI, as nations, lobbyists, and tech companies vie for influence over the future of AI policy  —  Inside the shadowy global battle to tame the world’s most dangerous technology  —  Can… Read More »A look at the international battles to regulate AI, as nations, lobbyists, and tech companies vie for influence over the future of AI policy (Politico)