Bloomberg:
Ahead of CZ’s sentencing on April 30, a look at the contrast between CZ/Binance and SBF/FTX, as Binance claims more than 40M new users in 2023, up 30% YoY — The ex-CEO is about to learn if he’ll be the richest US inmate ever. But, with friends on the company’s board …
Analysis: Apple hired at least 36 AI experts from Google and has created a secretive European laboratory in Zurich, to develop new AI models and products (Michael Acton/Financial Times)
Michael Acton / Financial Times:
Analysis: Apple hired at least 36 AI experts from Google and has created a secretive European laboratory in Zurich, to develop new AI models and products — iPhone maker also recruits generative AI experts into secretive Zurich lab as it prepares fightback against Big Tech rivals
Microsoft announces plans to invest $1.7B in cloud and AI infrastructure in Indonesia over four years and train 840,000 people with AI skills in the country (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
Microsoft announces plans to invest $1.7B in cloud and AI infrastructure in Indonesia over four years and train 840,000 people with AI skills in the country — – CEO Nadella tours Southeast Asia in search for growth markets — Nvidia, Apple leaders also visited region before Nadella
A profile of and interview with Rabbit CEO Jesse Lyu, on the origins of the R1, taking “10 minutes to design” the device, the AI gadget competition, and more (Raymond Wong/Inverse)
Raymond Wong / Inverse:
A profile of and interview with Rabbit CEO Jesse Lyu, on the origins of the R1, taking “10 minutes to design” the device, the AI gadget competition, and more — Everyone seems entranced by Jesse Lyu, the new AI prophet. — Clad head to toe in black, Lyu stands on stage …
Rabbit R1 review: good price, but emblematic of a trend of selling barely finished products at full price, while vowing to fix the issues later to win a “race” (Marques Brownlee/Marques Brownlee on YouTube)
Marques Brownlee / Marques Brownlee on YouTube:
Rabbit R1 review: good price, but emblematic of a trend of selling barely finished products at full price, while vowing to fix the issues later to win a “race” — AI in a Box. But a different box.Get a dbrand skin and screen protector at https://dbrand.com/rabbitMKBHD Merch …
Blaize, which designs AI chips for edge devices and data centers, raised $106M; the company announced in December 2023 plans to go public via a SPAC merger (Maria Deutscher/SiliconANGLE)
Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE:
Blaize, which designs AI chips for edge devices and data centers, raised $106M; the company announced in December 2023 plans to go public via a SPAC merger — Startup Blaize Inc., which supplies artificial intelligence chips for edge devices and data centers, today disclosed that it has raised $106 million in fresh funding.
Multiple US House aides say ByteDance’s video editing app CapCut could also be subject to the same divest-or-ban requirement as TikTok (Taylor Lorenz/Washington Post)
Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
Multiple US House aides say ByteDance’s video editing app CapCut could also be subject to the same divest-or-ban requirement as TikTok — ByteDance’s CapCut editing app made it easy to edit short-form video. The legislation that could ban TikTok also applies to CapCut, congressional aides say.
Samsung Q1: revenue up 12.81% YoY to ~$52.3B, vs. ~$51.6B est., and operating profit up 932.8% YoY to ~$4.8B, vs. ~$4.3B est., as memory chip prices rebound (Sheila Chiang/CNBC)
Sheila Chiang / CNBC:
Samsung Q1: revenue up 12.81% YoY to ~$52.3B, vs. ~$51.6B est., and operating profit up 932.8% YoY to ~$4.8B, vs. ~$4.3B est., as memory chip prices rebound — Samsung Electronics Co. Galaxy S24 smartphones during a media preview event in Seoul, South Korea, on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024.
NBCUniversal plans to raise Peacock Premium with ads by $2 to $7.99/month and Premium Plus by $2 to $13.99/month starting July 18, its second hike in two years (Todd Spangler/Variety)
Todd Spangler / Variety:
NBCUniversal plans to raise Peacock Premium with ads by $2 to $7.99/month and Premium Plus by $2 to $13.99/month starting July 18, its second hike in two years — NBCUniversal is looking to wring more money out of Peacock subscribers, with the streamer set to raise prices this summer …
A survey of 10,133 US adults: 78% say social media companies have too much political power; 51% say Big Tech should be regulated more than it is now (Monica Anderson/Pew Research Center)
Monica Anderson / Pew Research Center:
A survey of 10,133 US adults: 78% say social media companies have too much political power; 51% say Big Tech should be regulated more than it is now — Most think social media companies have too much influence in politics and censor political viewpoints they object to – both sentiments are growing among Democrats
