Michael Kan / PCMag:
Google researchers detail Project Big Sleep, formerly Project Naptime, which used an AI agent to discover a previously unknown and exploitable bug in SQLite — The company’s experimental AI agent finds a previously unknown and exploitable software bug in SQLite, an open-source database engine.
CoreWeave told investors its signed contracts are worth $17B, including $10B by Microsoft from 2023 to 2030, and it expects revenue to grow 4x to $8B in 2025 (The Information)
The Information:
CoreWeave told investors its signed contracts are worth $17B, including $10B by Microsoft from 2023 to 2030, and it expects revenue to grow 4x to $8B in 2025 — CoreWeave, a fast-growing cloud startup that operates data centers for artificial intelligence developers, pitches itself to investors …
Meta rolls out its Quest v71 update, including a redesign of Meta Horizon OS, a calendar app, and the ability to use Travel Mode on a train (Jay Peters/The Verge)
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Meta rolls out its Quest v71 update, including a redesign of Meta Horizon OS, a calendar app, and the ability to use Travel Mode on a train — Meta is introducing some big changes with its Quest v71 update, including a redesign of Meta Horizon OS, a calendar app, and the ability to use Travel Mode on a train.
Disney forms the Office of Technology Enablement to coordinate its use of emerging technologies such as AI and mixed reality, to be led by CTO Jamie Voris (Reuters)
Reuters:
Disney forms the Office of Technology Enablement to coordinate its use of emerging technologies such as AI and mixed reality, to be led by CTO Jamie Voris — Walt Disney (DIS.N) is forming a new unit to coordinate the company’s use of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and mixed reality …
Intel outlines plan to break free from TSMC manufacturing, including making a majority of Nova Lake CPUs, due in 2026, internally (Anton Shilov/Tom’s Hardware)
Anton Shilov / Tom’s Hardware:
Intel outlines plan to break free from TSMC manufacturing, including making a majority of Nova Lake CPUs, due in 2026, internally — Good days are coming for Intel. — Intel’s next-generation Panther Lake (via SeekingAlpha) processors will contain 70% in-house silicon, positively affecting the company’s margins.
Popular photo editing company Pixelmator says it has signed an agreement to be acquired by Apple, pending regulatory approval (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Popular photo editing company Pixelmator says it has signed an agreement to be acquired by Apple, pending regulatory approval — The Pixelmator Team announced the news in a blog post on Friday: — Pixelmator has signed an agreement to be acquired by Apple, subject to regulatory approval.
A profile of YC Head of Public Policy Luther Lowe, who led a California pressure campaign against AI safety bill SB 1047 and aims to fight for “little tech” (Sarah McBride/Bloomberg)
Sarah McBride / Bloomberg:
A profile of YC Head of Public Policy Luther Lowe, who led a California pressure campaign against AI safety bill SB 1047 and aims to fight for “little tech” — After helping lead startups’ crusade against California AI regulation, the tech policy veteran has new fights to pick.
Satellite services provider Globalstar says Apple took a 20% ownership stake worth ~$400M, and has committed another $1.1B to expand satellite service capacity (Benjamin Mayo/9to5Mac)
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
Satellite services provider Globalstar says Apple took a 20% ownership stake worth ~$400M, and has committed another $1.1B to expand satellite service capacity — Satellite services provider GlobalStar today disclosed an expansion of its deal with Apple. Apple will commit an additional $1.1 billion …
The capital expenditures of Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Microsoft are set to total over $200B in 2024 as companies accelerate spending chasing AI (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
The capital expenditures of Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Microsoft are set to total over $200B in 2024 as companies accelerate spending chasing AI — – Amazon, Alphabet, Meta and Microsoft all accelerated spending — Mixed results from the big tech won’t slow 2025 investment
Canalys: global smartphone shipments grew 5% YoY in Q3 to reach 309.9M units, the strongest Q3 performance since 2021; Samsung led with 57.5M units, Apple 54.5M (Canalys)
Canalys:
Canalys: global smartphone shipments grew 5% YoY in Q3 to reach 309.9M units, the strongest Q3 performance since 2021; Samsung led with 57.5M units, Apple 54.5M — According to Canalys research, global smartphone shipments grew 5% year on year in Q3 2024, reaching 309.9 million units, the strongest Q3 performance since 2021.
