Category: Consumer Assistance
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WhatsApp rolls out Advanced Chat Privacy, a new opt-in tool to block participants from sharing the contents of a conversation in traditional chats and groups (Lawrence Bonk/Engadget)
Lawrence Bonk / Engadget: WhatsApp rolls out Advanced Chat Privacy, a new opt-in tool to block participants from sharing the contents of a conversation in traditional chats and groups — The opt-in setting will also stop the auto-downloading of media and AI integration. — WhatsApp is introducing …
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How WBD rebuilt Max to focus on adult-oriented shows like The Pitt, dropping Netflix’s “more is better” approach, and expects it to hit 150M subscribers in 2026 (Joe Flint/Wall Street Journal)
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal: How WBD rebuilt Max to focus on adult-oriented shows like The Pitt, dropping Netflix’s “more is better” approach, and expects it to hit 150M subscribers in 2026 — Warner pivots to pared-down model instead of competing with Netflix, and forecasts 150 million subscribers in 2026
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A deep dive on AMD 2.0: a new sense of urgency, rapid AI software stack progress, a critical talent retention challenge, ROCm lags Nvidia’s CUDA, and more (SemiAnalysis)
SemiAnalysis: A deep dive on AMD 2.0: a new sense of urgency, rapid AI software stack progress, a critical talent retention challenge, ROCm lags Nvidia’s CUDA, and more — – What’s New Since our December AMD Article? — AMD’s Culture Shift – A Renewed Sense of Urgency — What Makes CUDA Great?
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Endor Labs, which scans AI-generated code for vulnerabilities, raised a $93M Series B, taking its total funding to $163M, and says it performs 1M+ weekly scans (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Endor Labs, which scans AI-generated code for vulnerabilities, raised a $93M Series B, taking its total funding to $163M, and says it performs 1M+ weekly scans — AI-generated code is no doubt changing how software is built, but it’s also introducing new security challenges.
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Microsoft launches new OpenAI-powered AI agents, Researcher and Analyst, designed to function as digital colleagues, available via its Agent Store (Michael Nuñez/VentureBeat)
Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: Microsoft launches new OpenAI-powered AI agents, Researcher and Analyst, designed to function as digital colleagues, available via its Agent Store — Microsoft announced today a major expansion of its artificial intelligence tools with the “Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2 Spring release,” …
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Chainguard, which helps companies secure software supply chains, raised a $356M Series D led by Kleiner and IVP at a $3.5B valuation, up from $1.12B in 2024 (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)
Allie Garfinkle / Fortune: Chainguard, which helps companies secure software supply chains, raised a $356M Series D led by Kleiner and IVP at a $3.5B valuation, up from $1.12B in 2024 — Dan Lorenc, CEO and cofounder of Chainguard. — Chainguard — Seated at his desk in his Rhode Island home, Dan Lorenc is surrounded…
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Roku updates its $30 Streaming Stick and $40 Streaming Stick Plus, saying they are “the most compact sticks on the market”, and unveils new software updates (Chris Welch/The Verge)
Chris Welch / The Verge: Roku updates its $30 Streaming Stick and $40 Streaming Stick Plus, saying they are “the most compact sticks on the market”, and unveils new software updates — The company also introduced a pair of battery-powered smart home cameras, new Roku OS software features, and more.
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Nvidia announces the general availability of its NeMo platform to build AI agents, supporting Meta’s Llama, Microsoft’s Phi, Google’s Gemma, and Mistral (Kyt Dotson/SiliconANGLE)
Kyt Dotson / SiliconANGLE: Nvidia announces the general availability of its NeMo platform to build AI agents, supporting Meta’s Llama, Microsoft’s Phi, Google’s Gemma, and Mistral — Nvidia Corp. today announced the general availability of NeMo microservices, a set of tools designed to assist developers …
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In 2024, 62% of all child sexual abuse webpages found were traced to an EU country, and the Netherlands remains the most abused global location for hosting CSAM (IWF)
IWF: In 2024, 62% of all child sexual abuse webpages found were traced to an EU country, and the Netherlands remains the most abused global location for hosting CSAM — Call for Member States to come together and push forward with ‘desperately needed’ child protection laws as thousands …
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Character.AI unveils AvatarFX, a new AI video generation model in closed beta that animates characters in diverse styles and voices, including human-like and 2D (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Character.AI unveils AvatarFX, a new AI video generation model in closed beta that animates characters in diverse styles and voices, including human-like and 2D — Character.AI, a leading platform for chatting and roleplaying with AI-generated characters, unveiled its forthcoming video generation model, AvatarFX, on Tuesday.
