Sheena Vasani / The Verge:
Google open sources code for Project Gameface, its hands-free gaming “mouse” controlled by head movement and facial gestures, to Android developers — Google has announced that the code for Project Gameface, its hands-free gaming ‘mouse’ that you control by making faces …
Ilya Sutskever says he will leave OpenAI to work on a “personally meaningful” project; Director of Research Jakub Pachocki will become OpenAI’s chief scientist (CNBC)
CNBC:
Ilya Sutskever says he will leave OpenAI to work on a “personally meaningful” project; Director of Research Jakub Pachocki will become OpenAI’s chief scientist — OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever said Tuesday that he’s leaving the Microsoft-backed startup.
YouTube says it will comply with a Hong Kong court order to block 32 video links, after the government sought to ban the Glory to Hong Kong protest anthem (Jeffrey Dastin/Reuters)
Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters:
YouTube says it will comply with a Hong Kong court order to block 32 video links, after the government sought to ban the Glory to Hong Kong protest anthem — Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) YouTube on Tuesday said it will comply with a Hong Kong court decision and block access to 32 video links deemed to be prohibited content.
Sam Altman says Ilya Sutskever and OpenAI are going to “part ways”, and Jakub Pachocki is going to be OpenAI’s new chief scientist (Sam Altman/@sama)
Sam Altman / @sama:
Sam Altman says Ilya Sutskever and OpenAI are going to “part ways”, and Jakub Pachocki is going to be OpenAI’s new chief scientist — Ilya and OpenAI are going to part ways. This is very sad to me; Ilya is easily one of the greatest minds of our generation, a guiding light of our field, and a dear friend. His brilliance and vision are well known; his warmth and compassion are less well known but no less
Google rolls out a search filter, named “Web”, to show only text-based links in results (Barry Schwartz/Search Engine Land)
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Google rolls out a search filter, named “Web”, to show only text-based links in results — Google said the filter appears on the top of the results page alongside other filters. — Chat with SearchBot — Google is rolling out a new search filter to show only text-based links in the search results.
Microsoft releases a fix for VPN connection failures on Windows 11, 10, and Server 2008 or later, that was caused by the April 2024 Windows security updates (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
Microsoft releases a fix for VPN connection failures on Windows 11, 10, and Server 2008 or later, that was caused by the April 2024 Windows security updates — Today, Microsoft fixed a known issue breaking VPN connections across client and server platforms after installing the April 2024 Windows security updates.
Hands on with Setapp’s alternative iOS app store in invite-only beta: currently has 13 apps, installing the store involves a dozen screen interactions, and more (Callum Booth/The Verge)
Callum Booth / The Verge:
Hands on with Setapp’s alternative iOS app store in invite-only beta: currently has 13 apps, installing the store involves a dozen screen interactions, and more — A subscription-based alternative offering nag-free software. … There’s been little for Europeans to celebrate since …
Reddit’s stock closed up 7.13% today, amid a meme stocks rally driven in part by posts on r/WallStreetBets; GameStop closed up 60.10% and AMC up 31.98% (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)
Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
Reddit’s stock closed up 7.13% today, amid a meme stocks rally driven in part by posts on r/WallStreetBets; GameStop closed up 60.10% and AMC up 31.98% — Reddit shares popped 7% on Tuesday, climbing for a second straight day after retail traders kicked off a buying frenzy of so-called meme stocks.
David Sacks reveals Glue, an employee chat app designed around topic-based threads and embedded GenAI models, and opens a waitlist for companies to sign up (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)
Marina Temkin / TechCrunch:
David Sacks reveals Glue, an employee chat app designed around topic-based threads and embedded GenAI models, and opens a waitlist for companies to sign up — If you use Slack at work, you’ve likely noticed that the number of channels you’re invited to proliferates incessantly.
UN sanctions monitors: North Korea laundered $147.5M of crypto through Tornado Cash in March after stealing it late last year from HTX crypto exchange (Michelle Nichols/Reuters)
Michelle Nichols / Reuters:
UN sanctions monitors: North Korea laundered $147.5M of crypto through Tornado Cash in March after stealing it late last year from HTX crypto exchange — North Korea laundered $147.5 million through virtual currency platform Tornado Cash in March after stealing it last year from a cryptocurrency exchange …
