Bloomberg:
Sources: Robinhood and Revolut are exploring offering their own stablecoins; Tether’s USDT has grown to $120B, accounting for over two-thirds of market value — – Tether’s USDT accounts for over two-thirds of market value — BitGo executive sees ‘hyper-fragmentation’ of stablecoins
Google updates its AI note-taking assistant NotebookLM to let users get summaries of YouTube videos and audio files, and create sharable AI audio discussions (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch:
Google updates its AI note-taking assistant NotebookLM to let users get summaries of YouTube videos and audio files, and create sharable AI audio discussions — Google on Thursday announced new updates to its AI note-taking and research assistant, NotebookLM, allowing users to get summaries …
Samsung unveils the 14.6″ Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra and 12.4″ Galaxy Tab S10+, which are “built with AI enhancements”, available for $1,200+ and $999+, respectively (Billy Steele/Engadget)
Billy Steele / Engadget:
Samsung unveils the 14.6″ Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra and 12.4″ Galaxy Tab S10+, which are “built with AI enhancements”, available for $1,200+ and $999+, respectively — Both have similar spec sheets, so display size is the key difference. — Samsung is once again expanding its tablet lineup …
Samsung unveils the $649+ Galaxy S24 FE, a “Fan Edition” value-focused version of the S24 with a 6.7″ display, Exynos 2400e, and 8GB of RAM, in five colors (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
Samsung unveils the $649+ Galaxy S24 FE, a “Fan Edition” value-focused version of the S24 with a 6.7″ display, Exynos 2400e, and 8GB of RAM, in five colors — Samsung has just unveiled the Galaxy S24 FE, its latest “Fan Edition” smartphone, but with a questionable value proposition for those “fans.”
Sources: Tencent is the unidentified shareholder that raised about $206M after selling Chinese brokerage-platform Futu’s American depositary shares (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
Sources: Tencent is the unidentified shareholder that raised about $206M after selling Chinese brokerage-platform Futu’s American depositary shares — – Chinese tech firm selling Futu shares at premium to last close — Shareholders in some Chinese companies have been cashing out
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2426, which forces digital stores to tell customers they are getting a revocable license when “buying” digital media (Emma Roth/The Verge)
Emma Roth / The Verge:
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2426, which forces digital stores to tell customers they are getting a revocable license when “buying” digital media — California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a law (AB 2426) to combat “disappearing” purchases of digital games, movies, music, and ebooks.
Israel-based GEOX, which uses AI to analyze real estate risk from climate-related disasters, raised a $19M Series A, bringing its total funding to $23M (Meir Orbach/CTech)
Meir Orbach / CTech:
Israel-based GEOX, which uses AI to analyze real estate risk from climate-related disasters, raised a $19M Series A, bringing its total funding to $23M — The Israeli startup’s technology uses artificial intelligence to conduct 3D analysis of aerial imagery, enabling automated and highly accurate assessments of real estate properties.
The Tor Project merges with Tails, a portable Linux-based OS focused on user privacy and anonymity; Tails says it had “outgrown its existing structure” (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)
Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
The Tor Project merges with Tails, a portable Linux-based OS focused on user privacy and anonymity; Tails says it had “outgrown its existing structure” — The Tor Project is merging operations with Tails, a portable Linux-based operating system focused on preserving user privacy and anonymity.
Sources: the DOJ is investigating Super Micro after a report by short-seller Hindenburg Research; an ex-employee accused the company of accounting violations (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: the DOJ is investigating Super Micro after a report by short-seller Hindenburg Research; an ex-employee accused the company of accounting violations — Former employee accused AI server maker of accounting violations — Super Micro Computer , the server maker that saw its business …
Researchers find a flaw in carmaker Kia’s web portal that let them track millions of cars, unlock doors, and start engines; Kia seems to have fixed the issue (Andy Greenberg/Wired)
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Researchers find a flaw in carmaker Kia’s web portal that let them track millions of cars, unlock doors, and start engines; Kia seems to have fixed the issue — Researchers found a flaw in a Kia web portal that let them track millions of cars, unlock doors, and start engines at will …
