Sources: Amazon's AI tools have caused at least two AWS outages, including a 13-hour disruption in December; Amazon says it was “user error, not AI error”
Tech giant blames ‘user error, not AI error’ for incident in December involving its Kiro tool — Amazon's cloud unit has suffered …
Sources: Palantir is helping DOGE build an API layer above all IRS databases; DOGE wants Palantir's Foundry software to be the “read center of all IRS systems”
For the past three days, DOGE and a handful of Palantir representatives, along with dozens of career IRS engineers … Bluesky: @wired.com , @wired.com , @emptywheel , @sbyrnes , @te...
Sources: AI coding assistant Devin developer Cognition raised hundreds of millions led by 8VC at a nearly $4B valuation, up from its $2B valuation in April 2024
The new funding round is being led by 8VC, the Joe Lonsdale-backed venture capital firm, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing private information.
Bluesky launches video custom feeds for TikTok-style vertical videos in its mobile app, saying “we had to get in on the video action, too”
It is the product shipping time for all social networks with TikTok's services in the restoration phase, and the app still unavailable in the App Store and the Play Store.
Sources: RedNote staff is scrambling to hide US users' posts from Chinese users after China raised concerns about politically sensitive English-language posts
But Will It Last? Makena Kelly / Wired : TikTok Hadn't Even Been Banned Before the Backlash Started Yaling Jiang / Time : The Lure of Chinese App Red Note Taylor Lorenz / User Mag ...
Source: over 700K new users joined Xiaohongshu, or RedNote, in just two days; Sensor Tower: the app's US downloads were up more than 200% YoY this week
New users have piled in to Chinese social media app RedNote just days before a proposed U.S. ban on the popular social media app TikTok …