ByteDance is shutting down TikTok Music globally
ByteDance said it is shuttering its music streaming service, TikTok Music, in November.
“We are sorry to inform you that TikTok Music will be closing on 28 November 2024,” a notice on TikTok Music’s website reads. The service was available in Indonesia, Brazil, Australia, Singapo
Pinterest launches a feature to let users remix collages created by others
Pinterest created an engaging format with collages last year, which allows users to combine images and cutouts to create new content. The company is now banking on people creating more of them by introducing a Remix feature.
Just like the Remix feature on short video apps, such as Instagram a
WP Engine sends cease-and-desist letter to Automattic over Mullenweg’s comments
WordPress hosting service WP Engine on Monday sent a cease-and-desist letter to Automattic after Automattic’s CEO Matt Mullenweg called WP Engine a “cancer to WordPress” last week.
The notice asks Automattic and Mullenweg to retract their comments and stop making statements again
GitHub will allow enterprise cloud customers to store data in the EU
GitHub will soon allow cloud customers to store their code data in the European Union (EU), part of a growing push in the technology realm to meet regulatory requirements and customer expectations around data protection — particularly where sensitive information might be at play, such as in the p
Fintech Jupiter in talks to buy a stake in SBM Bank India
In the latest instance of an Indian fintech startup pursuing strategic partnerships with traditional banking institutions, neobank Jupiter is in talks to acquire a stake in SBM Bank India, three sources familiar with the matter told technewss.
Jupiter, backed by Tiger Global and Nubank, is in dis
Crypto scammers hack OpenAI’s press account on X
OpenAI’s official press account on X appears to have been compromised by the same cryptocurrency scammers who compromised the accounts of company leadership in previous months.
Late Monday afternoon, OpenAI Newsroom, an account OpenAI recently created to spotlight product- and policy-related
Sam Altman catapults past founder mode into ‘god mode’ with latest AI post
Founder mode? Pffft. Who needs that when you can be the father of creation, ushering in a new age of humanity?
Welcome to “god mode.”
Sam Altman, the CEO of the AI startup headed for a $150 billion valuation, OpenAI, has historically pitched AI as the solution to the world'
How Big Tech embraced nuclear power
Microsoft made waves last week when it announced a deal with Constellation Energy to restart a nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island to meet its surging data center power needs, bucking the power source's seemingly terminal decline.
In the last decade, seven nuclear reactors have been decommiss
X will soon make your public posts visible to accounts you’ve blocked
X will soon change the functionality behind its block button so that if you block an account, they will still be able to see your public posts, according to changes to X’s website spotted by independent app researcher Nima Owji. Elon Musk confirmed these changes on Monday, noting that blocked
Some Kaspersky customers receive surprise forced-update to new antivirus software
Customers of Kaspersky antivirus in the United States found out in the last few days that their cybersecurity software was automatically replaced with a new one called UltraAV, according to several customers who posted on social media. And some of the customers said they had no idea this was going
Ephos wants to shatter the market for AI and quantum chips with a new design based on glass
A theoretical physicist believes he has made a breakthrough in photonics research that will enable us to have faster and better processors — a major need in artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and other tech with heavy workloads. Now, his startup has received early backing from NATO, the
Rabbit’s web-based ‘large action model’ agent arrives on r1 on October 1
The Rabbit r1 was the must-have gadget of early 2024, but the blush fell off it pretty quickly when the company’s expansive promises failed to materialize. CEO Jesse Lyu admits that “on day one, we set our expectations too high” but also said that an update coming to devices next
Boston Dynamics’ Spot can now autonomously unlock doors
In a deal revealed Monday, door hardware giant Assa Abloy announced that Boston Dynamics' Spot will be able to autonomously unlock its automated doors. “Until now,” the lock maker notes, “the word 'autonomous' didn't apply to Spot's ability to open accessed-controlled door
Letta, one of UC Berkeley's most anticipated AI startups, has just come out of stealth
A startup called Letta has just emerged from stealth with tech that helps AI models remember users and conversations. Created in UC Berkeley’s famed labs startup factory, it also announced $10 million in seed money led by Felicis' Astasia Myers, at a $70 million post-money valuation.
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