Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
DeepL, which was valued at $2B in May 2024, debuts DeepL Voice to give users real-time text translations of others speaking in one of 13 different languages — DeepL has made a name for itself with online text translation it claims is more nuanced and precise than services from the likes of Google …
FBI and CISA: Chinese hackers breached multiple US telecom companies, compromising the “private communications” of US officials and stealing customer call data (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
FBI and CISA: Chinese hackers breached multiple US telecom companies, compromising the “private communications” of US officials and stealing customer call data — CISA and the FBI confirmed that Chinese hackers compromised the “private communications” of a “limited number” …
Spotify plans to pay incentives to video creators who hit certain viewing thresholds and, in January, to let Premium subscribers view podcast videos without ads (Anne Steele/Wall Street Journal)
Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Spotify plans to pay incentives to video creators who hit certain viewing thresholds and, in January, to let Premium subscribers view podcast videos without ads — Audio-streaming giant plans to pay hosts to make podcast videos and allow premium subscribers to watch them without ads
Polymarket says the FBI seized CEO Shayne Coplan’s phone and electronics; source: the DOJ is investigating Polymarket for allegedly accepting bets from US users (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
Polymarket says the FBI seized CEO Shayne Coplan’s phone and electronics; source: the DOJ is investigating Polymarket for allegedly accepting bets from US users — – Polymarket says FBI agents seized CEO’s phone, electronics — Platform has taken recent measures to weed out US traders
Cisco reports Q1 revenue down 6% YoY to $13.8B, vs. $13.77B estimated, net income down 25% to $2.7B, and forecasts Q2 revenue above estimates (Ian King/Bloomberg)
Ian King / Bloomberg:
Cisco reports Q1 revenue down 6% YoY to $13.8B, vs. $13.77B estimated, net income down 25% to $2.7B, and forecasts Q2 revenue above estimates — – Investors give tepid reaction to company’s earnings report — Cisco has been working to recover from yearlong slump
Google announces new features for the Fitbit Ace LTE, its smartwatch for kids, including family group chats, messaging for siblings, and a new mini-game (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Google announces new features for the Fitbit Ace LTE, its smartwatch for kids, including family group chats, messaging for siblings, and a new mini-game — Fitbit’s Ace LTE, the smartwatch designed for ages 7+, is introducing new features to help families stay connected and get active together.
Source: the FBI seized Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan’s phone and electronics early Wednesday morning (Taylor Herzlich/New York Post)
Taylor Herzlich / New York Post:
Source: the FBI seized Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan’s phone and electronics early Wednesday morning — The FBI seized Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan’s phone and electronics early Wednesday morning — just a week after the election-betting platform successfully predicted President-elect Donald Trump’s win, The Post has learned.
Sources: OpenAI plans to launch a new AI agent codenamed Operator, which can use a computer to take actions on a person’s behalf, in January (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
Sources: OpenAI plans to launch a new AI agent codenamed Operator, which can use a computer to take actions on a person’s behalf, in January — The new software, codenamed “Operator,” is set to be released in January. — OpenAI is preparing to launch a new artificial intelligence agent codenamed …
AMD says it will lay off ~4% of its global staff to align “resources with our largest growth opportunities”; SEC filing: AMD had 26,000 employees at 2023’s end (Ramish Zafar/Wccftech)
Ramish Zafar / Wccftech:
AMD says it will lay off ~4% of its global staff to align “resources with our largest growth opportunities”; SEC filing: AMD had 26,000 employees at 2023’s end — According to a spokesperson, chip designer Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., is laying off a portion of its global workforce.
Zero Gravity Labs, which is building a decentralized AI operating system, raised a $40M seed round and says it secured a $250M “token purchase commitment” (Jamie Crawley/CoinDesk)
Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk:
Zero Gravity Labs, which is building a decentralized AI operating system, raised a $40M seed round and says it secured a $250M “token purchase commitment” — The seed round included contributions from Hack VC, Delphi Digital, OKX Ventures, Polygon and Animoca Brands
