Journals

Kif Leswing / CNBC: Qualcomm reports Q1 adjusted revenue up 5% YoY to $9.92B, vs. $9.51B est., handset chip sales up 16% YoY to $6.69B, and net income up 24% YoY to $2.77B  —  – Qualcomm beat on revenue and… Read More »Qualcomm reports Q1 adjusted revenue up 5% YoY to $9.92B, vs. $9.51B est., handset chip sales up 16% YoY to $6.69B, and net income up 24% YoY to $2.77B (Kif Leswing/CNBC)

Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: OpenAI says GPT-4 poses “at most” a slight risk of helping create biological threats, according to early tests to evaluate “catastrophic” risks from LLMs  —  Artificial intelligence startup carried out tests as part of efforts to… Read More »OpenAI says GPT-4 poses “at most” a slight risk of helping create biological threats, according to early tests to evaluate “catastrophic” risks from LLMs (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg)

Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: Microsoft and X say they support the Kids Online Safety Act; Meta, Discord, and TikTok demur, citing criticism from groups or supporting only some parts of KOSA  —  On the eve of Wednesday’s big tech hearing… Read More »Microsoft and X say they support the Kids Online Safety Act; Meta, Discord, and TikTok demur, citing criticism from groups or supporting only some parts of KOSA (Taylor Hatmaker/TechCrunch)

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft says that Microsoft Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Loop, and Copilot features will be available on Apple Vision Pro on February 2  —  Microsoft is launching a suite of its Microsoft 365 apps… Read More »Microsoft says that Microsoft Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Loop, and Copilot features will be available on Apple Vision Pro on February 2 (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Greg Bensinger / Reuters: Sources: Cruise does not expect to see its robotaxis on city streets again until Q4 2024 and is considering Houston and Dallas as likely cities for a relaunch  —  General Motors’ (GM.N) Cruise self-driving car unit… Read More »Sources: Cruise does not expect to see its robotaxis on city streets again until Q4 2024 and is considering Houston and Dallas as likely cities for a relaunch (Greg Bensinger/Reuters)

Angela Yang / NBC News: Mark Zuckerberg apologizes to parents in the audience of a US Senate hearing who say that Meta’s apps contributed to their children’s suicide or exploitation  —  “I’m sorry for everything you’ve all gone through,” the… Read More »Mark Zuckerberg apologizes to parents in the audience of a US Senate hearing who say that Meta’s apps contributed to their children’s suicide or exploitation (Angela Yang/NBC News)

Dean Seal / Wall Street Journal: The US DOJ says eBay agreed to pay $59M to settle allegations that it violated the Controlled Substances Act by allowing sales of pill presses and other items  —  Justice Department says eBay has… Read More »The US DOJ says eBay agreed to pay $59M to settle allegations that it violated the Controlled Substances Act by allowing sales of pill presses and other items (Dean Seal/Wall Street Journal)

Aoyon Ashraf / CoinDesk: An FTX lawyer says the exchange expects to fully repay its customers and has abandoned efforts to restart the platform due to a lack of buyers  —  Its FTT token surged about 11% after the news. … Read More »An FTX lawyer says the exchange expects to fully repay its customers and has abandoned efforts to restart the platform due to a lack of buyers (Aoyon Ashraf/CoinDesk)

Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal: The FBI and DOJ disrupt Volt Typhoon, a uniquely dangerous Chinese hacking operation to hijack thousands of Cisco and Netgear routers at the end of their lives  —  Chinese hackers prepare to ‘wreak havoc’… Read More »The FBI and DOJ disrupt Volt Typhoon, a uniquely dangerous Chinese hacking operation to hijack thousands of Cisco and Netgear routers at the end of their lives (Dustin Volz/Wall Street Journal)

MK Manoylov / The Block: Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen confirms “unauthorized access” to “a few of my personal XRP accounts”, after ZachXBT noted outflows of 213M XRP, worth $112.5M  —  – Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen said Wednesday that there had… Read More »Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen confirms “unauthorized access” to “a few of my personal XRP accounts”, after ZachXBT noted outflows of 213M XRP, worth $112.5M (MK Manoylov/The Block)