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Source: late last year, Google suggested Meta partner on Android XR, a new software platform for VR and AR, but Meta executives decided against a partnership (Sylvia Varnham O’Regan/The Information)

    Sylvia Varnham O’Regan / The Information: Source: late last year, Google suggested Meta partner on Android XR, a new software platform for VR and AR, but Meta executives decided against a partnership  —  Late last year, in a meeting between… Read More »Source: late last year, Google suggested Meta partner on Android XR, a new software platform for VR and AR, but Meta executives decided against a partnership (Sylvia Varnham O’Regan/The Information)

    Filing: Elon Musk says OpenAI is “not just developing but is actually refining an AGI to maximize profits for Microsoft” and claims GPT-4 constitutes an AGI (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

      Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Filing: Elon Musk says OpenAI is “not just developing but is actually refining an AGI to maximize profits for Microsoft” and claims GPT-4 constitutes an AGI  —  Elon Musk has sued OpenAI, its co-founders Sam Altman… Read More »Filing: Elon Musk says OpenAI is “not just developing but is actually refining an AGI to maximize profits for Microsoft” and claims GPT-4 constitutes an AGI (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

      Google confirms it is blocking rooted Android phones from using RCS, citing the need to abide by the RCS standard’s “operating measures” to stop spam and abuse (Abner Li/9to5Google)

        Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google confirms it is blocking rooted Android phones from using RCS, citing the need to abide by the RCS standard’s “operating measures” to stop spam and abuse  —  In recent weeks, Android users with rooted or… Read More »Google confirms it is blocking rooted Android phones from using RCS, citing the need to abide by the RCS standard’s “operating measures” to stop spam and abuse (Abner Li/9to5Google)

        In a hearing, a federal judge sounded skeptical of X’s claims in its lawsuit against CCDH; an expert says it is “a SLAPP suit disguised as a contractual suit” (Vittoria Elliott/Wired)

          Vittoria Elliott / Wired: In a hearing, a federal judge sounded skeptical of X’s claims in its lawsuit against CCDH; an expert says it is “a SLAPP suit disguised as a contractual suit”  —  X alleges that the Center for… Read More »In a hearing, a federal judge sounded skeptical of X’s claims in its lawsuit against CCDH; an expert says it is “a SLAPP suit disguised as a contractual suit” (Vittoria Elliott/Wired)

          BBC Studios buys British broadcaster ITV’s 50% stake in streamer BritBox International for £255M, as ITV focuses on its ad-funded streaming service ITVX (Naman Ramachandran/Variety)

            Naman Ramachandran / Variety: BBC Studios buys British broadcaster ITV’s 50% stake in streamer BritBox International for £255M, as ITV focuses on its ad-funded streaming service ITVX  —  The streamer was founded in 2017 as a joint venture between BBC… Read More »BBC Studios buys British broadcaster ITV’s 50% stake in streamer BritBox International for £255M, as ITV focuses on its ad-funded streaming service ITVX (Naman Ramachandran/Variety)

            Elon Musk sues OpenAI and Sam Altman, accusing them of betraying an agreement from OpenAI’s founding to develop AI toward the “benefit of humanity” over profits (Candace Cheung/Courthouse News Service)

              Candace Cheung / Courthouse News Service: Elon Musk sues OpenAI and Sam Altman, accusing them of betraying an agreement from OpenAI’s founding to develop AI toward the “benefit of humanity” over profits  —  OpenAI is not so open now, Musk… Read More »Elon Musk sues OpenAI and Sam Altman, accusing them of betraying an agreement from OpenAI’s founding to develop AI toward the “benefit of humanity” over profits (Candace Cheung/Courthouse News Service)

              Australia’s PM threatens action against Meta after it said it would stop paying media companies; News Corp says it threatens the viability of small media groups (Nic Fildes/Financial Times)

                Nic Fildes / Financial Times: Australia’s PM threatens action against Meta after it said it would stop paying media companies; News Corp says it threatens the viability of small media groups  —  Prime minister pledges to respond to move that… Read More »Australia’s PM threatens action against Meta after it said it would stop paying media companies; News Corp says it threatens the viability of small media groups (Nic Fildes/Financial Times)

                A eulogy for TinyLetter, as Mailchimp shuts down the newsletter tool acquired in 2011 that had a brief run nurturing great personal writing on the internet (Kevin Nguyen/The Verge)

                  Kevin Nguyen / The Verge: A eulogy for TinyLetter, as Mailchimp shuts down the newsletter tool acquired in 2011 that had a brief run nurturing great personal writing on the internet  —  In remembrance of the humblest newsletter service and… Read More »A eulogy for TinyLetter, as Mailchimp shuts down the newsletter tool acquired in 2011 that had a brief run nurturing great personal writing on the internet (Kevin Nguyen/The Verge)

                  The data center industry is struggling to meet its self-imposed sustainability goals as AI’s booming growth increases electricity demand and strains power grids (Patrick Sisson/New York Times)

                    Patrick Sisson / New York Times: The data center industry is struggling to meet its self-imposed sustainability goals as AI’s booming growth increases electricity demand and strains power grids  —  Artificial intelligence’s booming growth is radically reshaping an already red-hot… Read More »The data center industry is struggling to meet its self-imposed sustainability goals as AI’s booming growth increases electricity demand and strains power grids (Patrick Sisson/New York Times)

                    Email: GM told Cruise employees that the company’s internal share price had been estimated at $11.80 by a third party, down from $24.27 just one quarter ago (Greg Bensinger/Reuters)

                      Greg Bensinger / Reuters: Email: GM told Cruise employees that the company’s internal share price had been estimated at $11.80 by a third party, down from $24.27 just one quarter ago  —  General Motors’ (GM.N) Cruise saw its internal share… Read More »Email: GM told Cruise employees that the company’s internal share price had been estimated at $11.80 by a third party, down from $24.27 just one quarter ago (Greg Bensinger/Reuters)

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