Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
The Browser Company debuts Arc on Windows, after testing began in December 2023, and says the Windows app has 150K+ users; the macOS app shipped in July 2023 — The Browser Company, makers of the Arc web browser, released its Windows version today. The company started testing the Windows client …
Satellite telco SES has agreed to buy Starlink-rival Intelsat for $3.1B in cash (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
Satellite telco SES has agreed to buy Starlink-rival Intelsat for $3.1B in cash — – SES said it will finance the deal with cash and new debt — Talks between the satellite providers fell apart last year — SES SA has agreed to buy Intelsat SA for $3.1 billion in cash to create …
Beats announces $200 Solo 4 on-ear wireless headphones, with up to 50 hours of battery life, and $80 wireless Solo Buds shipping in June 2024, both without ANC (Chris Welch/The Verge)
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Beats announces $200 Solo 4 on-ear wireless headphones, with up to 50 hours of battery life, and $80 wireless Solo Buds shipping in June 2024, both without ANC — Beats just announced its new Solo 4, its latest in a long line of on-ear wireless headphones. The latest model, priced at $199.99, offers battery life of up to 50 hours.
Source: Apple is testing new Safari features including more advanced content blocking and an AI-powered Intelligent Search tool, expected to debut in 2024 (Marko Zivkovic/AppleInsider)
Marko Zivkovic / AppleInsider:
Source: Apple is testing new Safari features including more advanced content blocking and an AI-powered Intelligent Search tool, expected to debut in 2024 — Apple is testing a version of its Safari web browser that includes UI tweaks, advanced content blocking features …
Eight daily newspapers owned by Alden sue OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing them of using copyrighted articles without permission to train generative AI products (Katie Robertson/New York Times)
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Eight daily newspapers owned by Alden sue OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing them of using copyrighted articles without permission to train generative AI products — The suit, which accuses the tech companies of copyright infringement, adds to the fight over the online data used to power artificial intelligence.
Amazon makes its AI assistant Amazon Q generally available and adds an “app creator” to let employees build generative AI-powered apps based on company data (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)
Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Amazon makes its AI assistant Amazon Q generally available and adds an “app creator” to let employees build generative AI-powered apps based on company data — Amazon says it will give non-developers the ability to create apps using natural language as part of a new feature for Amazon Q …
Network security startup Corelight raised a $150M Series E led by Accel, in a deal valuing it at $900M, says it is on track to hit $100M in ARR within months (Katie Roof/Bloomberg)
Katie Roof / Bloomberg:
Network security startup Corelight raised a $150M Series E led by Accel, in a deal valuing it at $900M, says it is on track to hit $100M in ARR within months — – Security startup is valued at $900 million in Accel-led round — Corelight combines cloud security and artificial intelligence
Sources: Google has agreed to pay News Corp $5M to $6M annually to develop new AI-related content and products, as part of the Google News Initiative (Sahil Patel/The Information)
Sahil Patel / The Information:
Sources: Google has agreed to pay News Corp $5M to $6M annually to develop new AI-related content and products, as part of the Google News Initiative — Google has agreed to pay Wall Street Journal owner News Corp between $5 million and $6 million annually to develop new artificial intelligence …
Instagram updates its recommendation algorithms to promote original content, impacting aggregator accounts, and increase distribution for smaller accounts (Mia Sato/The Verge)
Mia Sato / The Verge:
Instagram updates its recommendation algorithms to promote original content, impacting aggregator accounts, and increase distribution for smaller accounts — Instagram is making significant changes to how its system recommends content, with a focus on original content and increased distribution for smaller accounts.
In its first TikTok Shop Safety Report, TikTok reports 500K+ sellers in the US and 15M+ sellers worldwide in December 2023, adding 6M+ in H2 2023 (Alex Barinka/Bloomberg)
Alex Barinka / Bloomberg:
In its first TikTok Shop Safety Report, TikTok reports 500K+ sellers in the US and 15M+ sellers worldwide in December 2023, adding 6M+ in H2 2023 — – Company releases first safety report on its shopping platform — Merchants and approved users can link products for sale