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TikTok U.S. public policy chief Michael Beckerman, a key architect of TikTok’s efforts to fight a U.S. government ban, has said he is planning to leave Washington and transition to a global advisory role, according to a memo sent to staff viewed by The Information.
“Over the coming months, I’ll continue in my current role while leading the search for my successor to ensure a smooth transition,” he wrote to staff.
The planned departure raises the question of whether TikTok will overhaul its approach to try
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An East Bay apartment complex has been bought at a price that's well below its prior value. Read more ›
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A PG&E Corp. unit has bought a San Jose building in a move to bolster the utility's South Bay operations. Read more ›
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Sony’s WF-1000XM6 are the best noise-canceling wireless earbuds you can buy, but they’ve been hard to recommend over the last-gen model because of the price. While the older version is often on sale for $248, the update costs $329 — and has never before been marked down. That’s why this deal is worth paying attention […] Read more ›
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Over on Amazon, you can score the type of deal that we love around here. A pair of OnePlus Buds Pro 3 for just $99, down from their usual $179 price. If you aren’t familiar with these buds, check out our full review from September, 2024. Even if they are over a year old, the... Read the original post: DEAL: OnePlus Buds Pro 3 Just $99 on Amazon Read more ›
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The future of AI isn’t just agentic; it’s deep personalization. Rather than simple recommender systems that correlate user behavior to identify patterns and apply those to individual workflows, large language models (LLMs) and AI agents can analyze users directly to create deeply personalized experiences. It’s this kind of aggressive customization users are increasingly demanding — and the savviest enterprises who provide it (and soon) will win. The goal is: “Don't... Read more ›
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Meta develops MTIA custom chips and a 1700W superchip to run GenAI inference efficiently without relying on mainstream silicon vendors. Read more ›
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Turns out you're not the only one who thinks adding facial recognition to smart glasses is a bad idea. Read more ›
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For the second time in the past month, an AI agent went rogue at Meta -- this time giving an engineer incorrect advice that briefly exposed sensitive data. The Verge reports: A Meta engineer was using an internal AI agent, which Clayton described as "similar in nature to OpenClaw within a secure development environment," to analyze a technical question another employee posted on an internal company forum. But the agent... Read more ›
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Hisense’s new CanvasTV combines art-frame styling with 4K QLED visuals and 144Hz gaming support. And it's now releasing in the US. Read more ›
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Turn that corpo gibberish into actionable communication, because someone has to actually run this place. Read more ›
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Jeff Bezos is back—and this time, he’s aiming straight at the factory floor. The Amazon founder is in early discussions to raise a staggering $100 billion for a new AI-focused fund that would acquire manufacturing companies and push them toward ... Read more ›
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The Department of Education said the Treasury Department will take over collecting on defaulted student loans in a new partnership agreement. Read more ›
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Light pollution doesn't just affect our ability to see the night sky, it can also affect circadian rhythms and bird migration. This bill is aiming to curb it. Read more ›
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The FBI uses "all tools to do our mission," Director Kash Patel said on Wednesday during a Senate hearing. Read more ›
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DoorDash has launched a new option for its gig economy workers to earn some extra cash. The delivery service introduced Tasks, which it describes as "short activities Dashers can complete between deliveries or in their own time." It gives taking pictures of restaurant dishes or recording video of unscripted conversations in languages other than English as examples. These materials will be used to train artificial intelligence and robotics models. A... Read more ›
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Google is testing a version of its Gemini app for macOS, Bloomberg reports. The app would bring the AI assistant to uncharted territory, and in more direct competition with OpenAI's ChatGPT and Anthropic's Claude, both of which offer standalone Mac apps.Gemini remains accessible through the web, and it sounds like the macOS app offers the same set of features, with the ability to respond to prompts, search the web and... Read more ›
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Привет всем! Хочу поделиться небольшим личным проектом, который родился из чистой бытовой необходимости. Я давно хотел иметь возможность удаленно поглядывать на свою дачу, особенно когда уезжаю на несколько недель. Готовые решения в духе "умных камер" меня не совсем устраивают: то подписки дорогие, то Privacy Policy сомнительная, то функционал избыточный. В итоге я решил, что проще и надежнее будет написать свою собственную утилиту. Читать далее Read more ›
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Google just shipped new commerce tools for retail. The travel industry is watching — and some developers aren't waiting for an invitation. Read more ›
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Taylor Frankie Paul's season of "The Bachelorette" will not air on ABC — a decision made three days before it was set to premiere. Read more ›
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PayPay shares rose nearly 20% in the Japanese mobile payment app’s debut in the U.S. stock market Thursday, before closing with a 13% gain and market cap of TK. The company raised almost $880 million in the IPO, including shares sold by investor SoftBank, making it the biggest listing ever ... Read more ›
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Investors’ fears that AI could dampen spending on traditional business applications have wreaked havoc on the shares of companies like Salesforce, ServiceNow and Workday. But Oracle executives this week cited how businesses can use Oracle’s AI tools as evidence that Oracle is immune to the so-called Saaspocalpyse. On an earnings call earlier this week, executive chair and CTO Larry Ellison said hospitals can add AI agents to their Oracle applications... Read more ›
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Adobe announced that Shantanu Narayen is planning to step down as CEO after 18 years as soon as the company finds his successor. It’s the latest example of software firms shaking up their leadership as they deal with the threat posed by artificial intelligence. Narayen, who turns 63 in May, ... Read more ›
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BuzzFeed is “exploring strategic options” to close the gap between its roughly $26 million market capitalization and what executives see as the value of the digital media firm’s assets, the company said Thursday. BuzzFeed shares fell 10% in after-hours trading. BuzzFeed CFO Matt Omer said in a ... Read more ›
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Google completed its $32 billion purchase of Wiz this week, finalizing a real windfall for those who invested in the cybersecurity startup. But even the tech investors who missed out on backing Wiz stand to benefit.After many years of regulatory challenges from the U.S. and abroad, the ability for a big tech company to complete a mega deal flashes a green light for others to follow. Read more ›
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Nscale, an upstart cloud provider heavily backed by Nvidia whose customers include OpenAI and Microsoft, is in talks to take control of one of the largest available sites for AI data centers in the U.S., according to people with knowledge of the talks and fundraising documents viewed by The Information. A deal to buy the site, located in West Virginia, would make the young U.K.-based cloud provider a major force... Read more ›
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The Saaspocalypse may have claimed another scalp! Adobe said Thursday its longtime CEO and chair, Shantanu Narayen, had decided to give up the job as soon as his replacement can be found. Less than two months ago, Adobe had given Narayen an annual grant of stock, to vest based on the company's stock performance 2028, suggesting the board wasn’t expecting the CEO to leave anytime soon. Perhaps after 18 years... Read more ›
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Meta’s new foundational model, code-named Avocado, has come up short of competitors’ AI models, prompting the company to delay its release, The New York Times reported Thursday. The company is pushing out Avocado’s rollout, which was supposed to happen this month, to at least May, the report ... Read more ›
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Startups hoping to go public this year will need plenty of grit to get their shares listed. A rout in software stocks over fears AI will make their businesses irrelevant had already poured cold water on many startups’ initial public offering plans. Then the Middle East war made companies even more nervous about testing a volatile stock market. What’s more, a looming SpaceX and possibly OpenAI and Anthropic IPOs threaten... Read more ›
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On Friday morning, lawyers representing Elon Musk, OpenAI and Microsoft will file into a federal courtroom in Oakland, Calif., where a judge will resolve some crucial questions that remain outstanding before Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI goes to a trial next month. Among them: whether Musk can rely on the testimony of his damages expert, an economist who says OpenAI could be on the hook for up to $109 billion if... Read more ›
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