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DuckDuckGo browser now blocks YouTube video ads (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
10 days ago YouTube Browser

The global AI boom has thrust CPUs back into the spotlight as Nvidia, Qualcomm, MediaTek, and others challenge Intel and AMD in the AI data center CPU market (asia.nikkei.com)
10 days ago Intel AI Nvidia AMD

Microsoft Flips Windows Backup On By Default Outside the EU (tech.slashdot.org)
10 days ago Microsoft

Microsoft Can Track Users Via a Windows Device ID (yro.slashdot.org)
11 days ago Microsoft

Google announces a Pixel event on August 12 in NYC, where it is expected to launch Pixel 11 series of phones and Pixel Watch 5 (9to5google.com)
11 days ago Google

Sources: Microsoft, looking to reduce AI costs, is starting to replace models from OpenAI and Anthropic with its MAI models in products like Excel and Outlook (www.bloomberg.com)
11 days ago Microsoft AI

Netflix signs deals with Penske Media, Condé Nast, Hearst, People, and other publishers to carry a range of programming from 2 to 20+ minutes, starting August 3 (variety.com)
11 days ago Netflix programming

Amazon Will Stop Accepting New Customers For Mechanical Turk (tech.slashdot.org)
11 days ago Amazon

Google launches “platform properties” in the Google Search Console, letting creators and website owners see which search terms lead to their social platforms (www.theverge.com)
11 days ago Google

Sources: Amazon is looking to raise at least $25B from a US dollar bond sale to fund its AI infrastructure investments; the size could increase based on demand (www.bloomberg.com)
11 days ago Amazon AI

New Januscape Linux flaw allows VM escape on Intel, AMD devices (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
11 days ago Linux Intel AMD

Paris-based UMA, founded by ex-Tesla Optimus scientist Rémi Cadene and ex-Google DeepMind researcher Pierre Sermanet, demos its Northstar AI humanoid robot (www.bloomberg.com)
11 days ago Google AI Tesla Robot Paris

Microsoft to enable Windows settings backup by default for orgs (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
11 days ago Microsoft

Munich-based nuclear fusion startup Proxima Fusion raised €411M led by trading firm XTX and UK-based East X at a €2.4B valuation, with participation from Google (www.bloomberg.com)
11 days ago Google Startup Munich

Microsoft testing new Cloud Rebuild Windows 11 recovery feature (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
11 days ago Microsoft

Court filing: Meta says four US states seek $1.4T over claims it designed Facebook and Instagram to addict youth and misled the public; its market cap is ~$1.5T (www.reuters.com)
11 days ago Facebook Instagram

A profile of Rachel Whetstone, who has led comms for Google, Meta, Uber, Netflix, and now Sierra, as her husband Steve Hilton runs for California governor (sfstandard.com)
11 days ago Google Uber Netflix California

Fake IT support calls on Microsoft Teams push EtherRAT malware (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
12 days ago Microsoft

Phishing poses as big-brand job interview to steal Google accounts (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
12 days ago Google Interview

Microsoft Lays Off Nearly 5,000 Employees Across Xbox, Commercial Sales (games.slashdot.org)
12 days ago Microsoft Xbox

Source: Xbox Game Pass currently has about 30M subscriptions; document: Microsoft had projected Game Pass subscriptions would reach around 77M this year (www.wsj.com)
12 days ago Microsoft Xbox

Memo: Microsoft is laying off ~4,800 employees, or ~2.1% of its workforce; most layoffs are in Xbox, where ~8% are being cut, rising to 15% in this fiscal year (www.theverge.com)
12 days ago Microsoft Layoffs Xbox

Reddit says its AI-powered content moderation systems caught 25K “spammy posts and comments” per day in Q1, reducing users exposure to such content by 20% YoY (www.bloomberg.com)
12 days ago AI Reddit

Google Ordered to Pay $2 Billion For Anti-Competitive Practices By Swedish Court (tech.slashdot.org)
12 days ago Google Sweden

A look at Threads and Q&A with its head Connor Hayes, as the platform passes 500M MAUs and increasingly resembles Reddit with its focus on community features (www.nytimes.com)
12 days ago Reddit

Microsoft and Amazon Commit Billions to New AI Implementation Units for Businesses (slashdot.org)
13 days ago Amazon Microsoft AI

Sources: Uber halts plans to launch food delivery in five of the seven European countries it had targeted for expansion as it pursues a Delivery Hero takeover (www.ft.com)
13 days ago Europe Uber

New Google Ad Imagines America's 'Declaration of Independence' Written With AI Help (hardware.slashdot.org)
13 days ago U.S. Google AI

Did Microsoft Shift Its Profits to Low-Tax Countries? (yro.slashdot.org)
14 days ago Microsoft Tax

A profile of Google DeepMind philosopher Iason Gabriel, whose work has tracked, and in many cases predicted, the ethical challenges posed by the success of LLMs (www.theguardian.com)
14 days ago Google

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