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Meta releases V-JEPA, an AI model that learns by predicting missing or masked parts of unlabeled video to develop a conceptual understanding of the world
Mark Sullivan / Fast Company: Meta releases V-JEPA, an AI model that learns by predicting missing...
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Ukrainian Vyacheslav Penchukov pleads guilty in the US for his role in the Zeus and IcedID malware groups, which stole millions from victims for over a decade
AJ Vicens / CyberScoop: Ukrainian Vyacheslav Penchukov pleads guilty in the US for his role in...
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Toast plans to lay off ~550 employees, or ~10% of its workforce, to promote “operating expense efficiency” and will incur about $50M in costs such as severance
Brody Ford / Bloomberg: Toast plans to lay off ~550 employees, or ~10% of its workforce,...
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Sources: spyware vendor Variston is closing after Google “burned” its name publicly in 2022; source: a disgruntled staffer sent its malicious code to Google
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: Sources: spyware vendor Variston is closing after Google “burned” its name publicly...
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Coinbase reports Q4 revenue up 51% YoY to $953.8M, vs. $826M est., net income of $273M, its first profit in two years, vs. a loss of $557M YoY; COIN jumps 10%+
Bloomberg: Coinbase reports Q4 revenue up 51% YoY to $953.8M, vs. $826M est., net income of...
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Roku reports Q4 revenue up 14% YoY to $984.4M, vs. $968.2M est., and warns of a “challenging” environment for media and entertainment in 2024; ROKU drops 14%+
Todd Spangler / Variety: Roku reports Q4 revenue up 14% YoY to $984.4M, vs. $968.2M est.,...
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DoorDash reports Q4 revenue up 27% YoY to $2.3B, vs. $2.24B est., total orders up 23% YoY to 574M, and Q1 profit forecast below estimates; DASH drops 8%+
Granth Vanaik / Reuters: DoorDash reports Q4 revenue up 27% YoY to $2.3B, vs. $2.24B est.,...
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The US Patent and Trademark Office denies OpenAI's attempt to trademark “GPT”, ruling that the term is “merely descriptive”
Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: The US Patent and Trademark Office denies OpenAI's attempt to trademark “GPT”,...
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Sources: Apple has expanded testing of a Copilot-like tool for Xcode and is exploring AI features for productivity apps and a Spotlight search that uses LLMs
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple has expanded testing of a Copilot-like tool for Xcode and...
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Q&A with Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer on bringing Xbox-exclusive games to PS5 and Switch, the future of Xbox, next-gen hardware, regulation, and more
Tom Warren / The Verge: Q&A with Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer on bringing Xbox-exclusive games...
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TikTok plans to launch an in-app local language Election Centre in March in all 27 EU countries, to fight fake news ahead of the European Parliament elections
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: TikTok plans to launch an in-app local language Election Centre in...
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SoftBank Vision Funds co-CEO Alex Clavel says the fund is “looking very carefully” at generative AI firms, as SoftBank embraces a cautious investment approach
Bloomberg: SoftBank Vision Funds co-CEO Alex Clavel says the fund is “looking very carefully” at generative...
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In a research paper, Apple researchers detail a new AI tool called Keyframer, which uses LLMs to animate static images through natural language prompts
Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: In a research paper, Apple researchers detail a new AI tool called...
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AI researcher Andrej Karpathy, one of the founding members of OpenAI, leaves the company; Karpathy was developing a product that he described as an AI assistant
The Information: AI researcher Andrej Karpathy, one of the founding members of OpenAI, leaves the company;...
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In a video, Mark Zuckerberg shares his thoughts on the Vision Pro, saying Quest 3 “is the better product, period”, highlighting Apple's tradeoffs, and more
Alex Heath / The Verge: In a video, Mark Zuckerberg shares his thoughts on the Vision...
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Foundry Group, an 18-year-old VC firm with nearly $3.5B in assets under management, has quietly decided to wind down and not raise any more funds
Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: Foundry Group, an 18-year-old VC firm with nearly $3.5B in assets...
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Cohere's nonprofit research lab releases its open-source multilingual LLM Aya, which it says can follow instructions in more than 100 languages
Alison Snyder / Axios: Cohere's nonprofit research lab releases its open-source multilingual LLM Aya, which it...
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A US federal judge sets the trial date for an FTC antitrust lawsuit against Amazon for October 2026
Reuters: A US federal judge sets the trial date for an FTC antitrust lawsuit against Amazon...
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Waymo has issued a software fix for its cars, its first recall, after two vehicles crashed into the same towed pickup truck in Phoenix in December 2023
Sean O'Kane / TechCrunch: Waymo has issued a software fix for its cars, its first recall,...
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For the first time since 2002, Nvidia ended a trading day with a bigger market value than Amazon, as its market cap reached $1.78T, fueled by the AI boom
Kif Leswing / CNBC: For the first time since 2002, Nvidia ended a trading day with...
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GlobalFoundries reports Q4 revenue down 12% YoY to $1.85B, vs. 1.85B est., net income down 58% YoY to $278M, forecasted sales of $1.52B in Q1, vs. $1.77B est.
Patrick Seitz / Investor's Business Daily: GlobalFoundries reports Q4 revenue down 12% YoY to $1.85B, vs....
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Instacart reports Q4 revenue up 6% YoY to $803M vs. $804M est., plans to lay off ~250 workers, or ~7% of staff; three top execs are leaving for personal reasons
Hayden Field / CNBC: Instacart reports Q4 revenue up 6% YoY to $803M vs. $804M est.,...
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Lyft reports Q4 revenue up 4% YoY to $1.2B, net loss of $26.3M, vs. $588.1M YoY, active riders up 10% to 22.4M, and Q1 forecast above est.; LYFT jumps 10%+
Antonia Mufarech / Bloomberg: Lyft reports Q4 revenue up 4% YoY to $1.2B, net loss of...
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Sources: Mozilla plans to scale back its investment in its VPN, Relay, its Online Footprint Scrubber, and mozilla.social, shut down Hubs, and cut ~60 employees
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Sources: Mozilla plans to scale back its investment in its VPN, Relay,...