Alphabet reports Q4 revenue up 1% YoY to $76B, net income down 34% YoY to $13.6B, Google Cloud revenue up 32% YoY to $7.3B…YouTube Ad Revenue Drops by Nearly 8%
Twitter will discontinue offering free access to the Twitter API starting February 9 and will launch a paid version
GPT-4 could pop up in Bing, as Google races to build chatbot search products
Netflix lists rules and exemptions to prevent account sharing outside household
Jeff Bezos built Amazon around the answers to the most important question no one asks, "what’s not going to change in the next 10 years?" pic.twitter.com/d2K8Al2AlE
Intel posted a 32% year-over-year decline in revenue and a net loss of $644 million for the quarter
Report: Stripe tried to raise more funding at a $55B-$60B valuation
Uber Eats now shows you how much of your information is shared with delivery people
Evident, a benchmarking and intelligence company, says its inaugural Index can rank the 23 largest banks in North America and Europe on their competence in AI.
Deepfakes for scrawl: With handwriting synthesis, no pen is necessary
Nvidia recently released a beta version of Eye Contact, an AI-powered software video feature that automatically maintains eye contact for you while on-camera by estimating and aligning gaze
ChatGPT listed as author on research papers: many scientists disapprove
“…NASA’s Mars Helicopter Opens the Door for Flight on Other Worlds…from a nuclear-powered copter on Saturn’s moon Titan to blimps on Venus, space engineers are planning innovative flying machines to explore faraway landscapes“
Apple unveils M2 Pro and M2 Max chips, featuring new Neural Engine and more
2022 global smartphone shipments were the lowest in nearly a decade
We just built some of the coolest stuff I’ve seen at Vowel:
Generative AI- powered meeting summaries.
TLDRs automatically created at the end of your Vowel meetings that you can share with the whole team in 1-click. Here’s a quick demo on how it works: pic.twitter.com/dUfhv2x76s
Google TV and Android TV now on over 150 million active devices, up 40 million since last year
“There wasn’t a single bank robbery in Denmark last year…Bank robberies are on the decline in other countries too, as the move away from cash to digital banking gives rise to cyber crime, such as hacks and phishing scams, which target bank details and other personal information.”
The American Farm Bureau Federation and John Deere signed a memorandum of understanding today that ensures farmers’ and ranchers’ right to repair their own farm equipment
Warren Buffett-backed BYD soars past Tesla in China sales as the company bucks wider EV stock sell-off
Google launches HD maps for vehicles, Volvo and Polestar first to integrate…Google’s HD map is not a consuming-facing application but an additional layer of data that’s served to the vehicle’s L2+ or L3 assisted-driving systems through Google Automotive Services.
Qualcomm’s going toe-to-toe with Apple’s satellite messaging feature
Slack’s private GitHub code repositories stolen over holidays
South Korean Moon Mission Delivers Devastatingly Gorgeous Earth Views
Apple Books quietly launches AI-narrated audiobooks
Waze tests new alerts warning drivers about roads with a ‘history of crashes’
EarSpy: Spying on Phone Calls via Ear Speaker Vibrations Captured by Accelerometer
Code-generating AI can introduce security vulnerabilities, study finds
“Mickey’s Copyright Adventure: Early Disney Creation Will Soon Be Public Property…The version of the iconic character from “Steamboat Willie” will enter the public domain in 2024“
Pinduoduo and Other U.S.-Listed Chinese Tech Stocks Cancel Plans to List in Hong Kong
BioNtech is set to ship its first modular mRNA vaccine factory to Rwanda
Blue sky thinking: exoskeletons build framework for productivity
Meta, Microsoft, AWS and TomTom launch the Overture Maps Foundation to develop interoperable open map data
Apple preps for ‘third-party iOS app stores’ in Europe
GitLab Releases Single-Tenant SaaS Offering for Strict Security and Compliance
Kodama has raised more than $6 million from Bill Gates’ climate fund and other investors, as it pursues new ways to reduce wildfire risks and lock away carbon in harvested trees.
Accenture shares 9 cybersecurity predictions for 2023
Stability AI plans to let artists opt out of Stable Diffusion 3 image training
Jamming and spoofing attacks can cripple GPS connections entirely or make something appear in the wrong location, causing disruption and safety issues
Apple has Won a Patent relating to possible future Satellite Services beyond the iPhone 14’s Emergency SOS Satellite Service
Twitter to introduce new controls for ad placements
Google may be only a year or two away from total disruption. AI will eliminate the Search Engine Result Page, which is where they make most of their money.
Even if they catch up on AI, they can’t fully deploy it without destroying the most valuable part of their business! https://t.co/jtq25LXdkj
Application Composer, a low-code tool for building serverless apps
Eventbridge Pipes, a simpler way to connect events from multiple services
Amazon CodeCatalyst provides blueprints for collaborative app development
“….WSJ points out that “Don’t Look Up” was apparently too serious for the Netflix Preview Club, and creators took this feedback and added more humor before it was released…”
X1 gets 50% valuation boost, aims to give consumers a way to buy stocks via credit card reward points
Shield, a communication compliance platform for financial institutions, raises $20M
Bret Taylor steps down as co-chair and CEO of Salesforce
Disney’s new neural network can change an actor’s age with ease