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For years, Roku founder and CEO Anthony Wood ran the streaming device maker with some strict rules. He wouldn’t allow advertisements on the Roku home screen—the first thing its viewers see when they switch on their TV—for anything besides other entertainment companies. He also wouldn’t allow the home screen to promote individual shows, preferring icons of streaming apps.
But as Roku’s once-explosive growth has slowed and the streaming TV market has matured, Wood has relaxed those strictures. Roku now permi
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In response to Anthropic’s lawsuit, the government said it lawfully penalized the company for trying to limit how its Claude AI models could be used by the military. Read more ›
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The Xiaomi T series devices have always launched in September, but that may change this year. According to a recent rumor, the 17T and 17T Pro may get official as early as May, and that theory does seem to be supported by the fact that they've already been certified by a bunch of authorities across the globe. Today, the Xiaomi 17T was discovered in Singapore's IMDA database, following its certification... Read more ›
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Two NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are about to climb into their spacesuits and enter the vacuum of space, and you can watch the event live. The first NASA spacewalk in nearly a year will begin at about 8 a.m. ET on Wednesday, March 18. Read on for full details on how ... Read more ›
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The companies will share fraud intelligence and coordinate responses as AI makes scams faster, cheaper and harder to detect. Read more ›
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Google says Fitbit's AI Coach will offer improved sleep insights and use your medical records for more personalized advice. Read more ›
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В прошлой статье мы выяснили, куда летят все: к южному полюсу Луны, туда, где в вечных тенях кратеров лежит водяной лёд. Эта статья — о самом теле, к которому летят. Луна настолько привычна — ночной лик, строгая геометрия фаз, знакомый ритм приливов, — что про неё не задаёшься вопросами. Её биография между тем начинается в огне, там, где порода кипит, орбиты теряют устойчивость, а планетные массы перетекают друг в друга... Read more ›
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Nvidia has a host of new hardware looking to maximize the potential of space technology. Read more ›
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OpenAI has decided the “everything everywhere all at once” strategy isn’t ideal, after all. As we and others reported on Monday night, senior OpenAI executive Fidji Simo told staffers last week that the company needed to “refocus on business customers and cut down on side quests that were becoming a distraction.” (Is that the understatement of the year?) That refocusing has already begun. A couple of weeks ago, we broke... Read more ›
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Growth equity firm Glade Brook says it has closed over $1 billion in new funds, nearly double the last fund. The firm invests in AI, space, defense tech, internet and fintech startups, including SpaceX, Stripe and Ramp. The new fund raise is the latest by an investor that can point to ... Read more ›
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OpenAI plans to soon launch its Sora AI-generated video capabilities in ChatGPT, according to people with knowledge of the effort. The strategy shift could increase the chatbot’s usage as well as its costs. The move comes about five months after OpenAI released a Sora mobile app, which lets people quickly create videos of themselves and other people or animals doing mesmerizing or humorous acts. The app’s look and feel mimics... Read more ›
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Tencent Holdings is secretly building a new AI agent for its hugely popular WeChat messaging app, in hopes of leapfrogging rivals like Alibaba Group and ByteDance in the race to dominate China’s domestic AI market, The Information reported. The new agent would connect with the millions of ... Read more ›
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A cybersecurity agency in China issued a warning about the security risks of using OpenClaw, the viral AI agent builder that has become wildly popular in the country. OpenClaw’s fragile security configuration could allow attackers to gain full control of the system, said the National Computer ... Read more ›
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With OpenAI suddenly scaling back on chatbot checkouts, its foray into shopping hinges on convincing retailers to set up shop with dedicated apps within ChatGPT—and getting people to buy stuff there. It faces hurdles on both fronts. ChatGPT apps have been around for just a few months—available for around 100 consumer firms, including Uber and Instacart—but shoppers may not know they exist or how to access them. Right now, ChatGPT... Read more ›
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Amazon raised $37 billion in bonds, the company confirmed in a securities filing on Wednesday, buttressing its balance sheet as it ramps up its investment in AI. the bonds range from two year notes to 50 year notes. The debt-raising comes just four months after Amazon raised $15 billion in ... Read more ›
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The global memory chip shortage sparked by the AI boom has prompted companies including Google and Nvidia to spend more effort on alternatives that could ease the supply crunch. One of them is a technology that allows servers to share memory across a data center.The technology, Compute Express Link, or CXL, is seven years old but was slow to take off until recently, in part because it slows down data... Read more ›
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Online retailer Quince announced a new $500 million funding round Wednesday, more than doubling the company’s previous valuation to more than $10 billion, including the investment. The announcement confirms a report by The Information last week that the company was in talks with investors. The ... Read more ›
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For much more on AI finance, please join me and my colleague Cory Weinberg at the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, April 27, for The Information’s Financing the AI Revolution forum. Hear from top executives and investors on how the rapid buildout of AI is reshaping tech, finance, and capital markets. Learn more here.It’s hard to overstate how lucky AI developers were that their brilliant technical breakthroughs occurred when... Read more ›
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Uber announced it would offer the Zoox robotaxi to customers starting this year. This is the first time the Amazon-owned self-driving car company has partnered with an outside ride-hailing app. Zoox will be available on the Uber app starting this summer in Las Vegas, and next year will be ... Read more ›
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