Ibiden is a dominant supplier of chip package substrates to Nvidia.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-30
Ibiden Nvidia
Ibiden CEO Koji Kawashima says the 112-year-old company, a dominant supplier of chip package substrates to Nvidia, may need to boost capacity due to AI demand
Bloomberg · 2024-12-30 · #22
Researchers at Johns Hopkins and Stanford trained robots from videos to perform surgical tasks with human-doctor-level skill, including correcting their own mistakes.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-30
Johns Hopkins Stanford robots surgical tasks
Johns Hopkins and Stanford researchers say they trained robots with videos to perform surgical tasks with the skill of human doctors, even correcting mistakes
Washington Post · 2024-12-30 · #5
Kyivstar signs a deal with Starlink to offer text messaging via Starlink by Q4 2025, with plans to add voice and data in later stages.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-30
Kyivstar Starlink text messaging voice data
Kyivstar, Ukraine's largest mobile operator, signs a deal with Starlink to roll out text messaging in Q4 2025, and plans to add voice and data in later stages
Bloomberg · 2024-12-30 · #3
US politicians fully embraced influencers in 2024, adopting creator-economy tactics and engaging with influencer formats.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-29
US politicians influencers creator economy
US politicians fully embraced influencers in 2024, blurring lines between punditry and journalism and paving the way for lawmakers to become creators themselves
Wired · 2024-12-29 · #13
Smartphones and face recognition technologies are being combined to create new digital travel documents, including digital travel credentials.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-29
smartphones face recognition digital travel credential digital travel documents
Finland, Canada, the US, and other countries are testing tech for passport-free travel, including facial recognition and a “digital travel credential”
Wired · 2024-12-29 · #11
An undisclosed 2023 agreement between Microsoft and OpenAI defines achieving AGI as the point when OpenAI's AI systems generate over $100 billion in profits.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-12-26 — 2024-12-27
Microsoft OpenAI AGI AI systems $100B+ profits
An undisclosed 2023 agreement between Microsoft and OpenAI defines achieving AGI as the point when OpenAI develops AI systems that generate $100B+ in profits
The Information · 2024-12-26 · #1
Reports indicate Tensorwave provided free GPU time to an AMD team to assist in fixing AMD software issues.
rumored 1 article 2024-12-26
Tensorwave AMD
Benchmarking AMD's MI300X and Nvidia's H100 and H200; in theory, AMD's GPU has advantages in specs and total cost of ownership, but software bugs hold it back
SemiAnalysis · 2024-12-26 · #26
Alibaba and E-Mart form a 50-50 joint venture combining Alibaba's South Korean operations with E-Mart's Gmarket.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-26
Alibaba E-Mart Alibaba's South Korean operations Gmarket
Alibaba agrees to merge its South Korean operations with E-Mart's Gmarket, creating a 50-50 joint venture; sources say the new company could be valued at ~$4B
Bloomberg · 2024-12-26 · #11
A commentator predicted Netflix will likely expand its NFL partnership after resolving scaling issues and delivering reliable streams.
rumored 1 article 2024-12-26
M.G. Siegler Netflix NFL partnership
Netflix's first livestream of NFL games avoided major buffering and freezing issues that plagued the Tyson-Paul fight for the most part, after early glitches
New York Times · 2024-12-26 · #18
Sources report Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and other tech groups to form a consortium.
rumored 1 article 2024-12-23
Palantir Anduril OpenAI SpaceX
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
Financial Times · 2024-12-23 · #23
A joint study by Waymo and insurer Swiss Re finds Waymo's vehicles were safer than human-driven vehicles.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-21
Waymo Swiss Re Waymo vehicles human-driven vehicles
A study by Waymo and insurer Swiss Re finds Waymo's vehicles were safer than those driven by humans, with a 92% reduction in bodily injury claims and more
The Verge · 2024-12-21 · #28
Sony and Kadokawa agree to form a strategic capital and business alliance to strengthen collaboration on IP exploitation, anime, live-action adaptation, co-production/distribution and global game publishing.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-20
Sony Group Corporation Kadokawa Corporation
Sony buys ~$320M of shares in Japanese media powerhouse Kadokawa, which owns FromSoftware, taking its stake to ~10% and becoming Kadokawa's top shareholder
Reuters · 2024-12-20 · #9
Sony announces a long-term machine learning partnership with AMD.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-19
Sony AMD
Sony details the PS5 Pro's specs, including an AMD RDNA 2 GPU and ray tracing improvements, and announces a long-term machine learning partnership with AMD
Eurogamer.net · 2024-12-19 · #13
Sources say Apple is in early-stage talks with Tencent and ByteDance to integrate their AI models into iPhones sold in China.
rumored 1 article 2024-12-19
Apple Tencent ByteDance AI models iPhones sold in China
Sources: Apple is in early-stage talks with Tencent and ByteDance about integrating their AI models into iPhones sold in China; ChatGPT is unavailable in China
Reuters · 2024-12-19 · #3
Microsoft's Xbox strategy is being described as de-emphasizing exclusive titles, making exclusives the exception.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-18
Microsoft exclusives
A look at Microsoft's risky Xbox strategy, where exclusives are the exception; sources say Microsoft is working on cross-platform Xbox interface Project Rainway
Windows Central · 2024-12-18 · #3
SandboxAQ aims to apply quantum technology and techniques to artificial intelligence.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-18
SandboxAQ quantum technology artificial intelligence
SandboxAQ, which aims to apply quantum tech and techniques to AI, raised $300M from Alger, Yann LeCun, and others at a $5.6B valuation to recruit more engineers
Bloomberg · 2024-12-18 · #15
Shein will operate in India solely as a technology partner to Reliance Retail, not as the owner/operator of the local business.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-18
Shein Reliance Retail
India's commerce minister says that Shein will operate in India purely as a tech partner, with Reliance Retail having full ownership and control of operations
TechCrunch · 2024-12-18 · #34
Yinwang sells hardware and software to carmakers.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-18
Yinwang carmakers
A look at Huawei subsidiary Yinwang, which sells hardware and software to carmakers, has a $16B valuation, and more than doubled its revenue to ~$655M in 2023
Financial Times · 2024-12-18 · #21
CAA partners with YouTube to help CAA clients identify and remove AI-generated content that features their likeness, with a wider rollout planned in early 2025.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-18
CAA YouTube CAA clients AI-generated content featuring their likeness
CAA partners with YouTube to help CAA clients identify and remove AI-generated content that features their likeness, with a wider rollout planned in early 2025
Variety · 2024-12-18 · #38
Huawei (best known for telecoms) believes it can build a lucrative business in the evolving car industry through Yinwang's automotive hardware and software offerings.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-18
Huawei automotive hardware and software
A look at Huawei subsidiary Yinwang, which sells hardware and software to carmakers, has a $16B valuation, and more than doubled its revenue to ~$655M in 2023
Financial Times · 2024-12-18 · #21
Waymo is partnering with taxi operator Nihon Kotsu and taxi-hailing app GO for the Tokyo tests.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-17
Waymo Nihon Kotsu GO
Waymo plans to test its robotaxis in Tokyo in early 2025, its first international expansion, partnering with taxi operator Nihon Kotsu and taxi hailing app GO
CNBC · 2024-12-17 · #15
Veo 2 is slated to integrate with YouTube Shorts in 2025.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-17
Veo 2 YouTube Shorts (planned 2025)
Google DeepMind unveils Veo 2, a video generation model that can create clips over two minutes long at resolutions up to 4K, available in VideoFX via a waitlist
TechCrunch · 2024-12-17 · #17
A Taiwanese official says Taiwan is in talks with Amazon's Kuiper over satellite internet.
rumored 1 article 2024-12-17
Taiwan Amazon Kuiper
A Taiwanese official says the country is in talks with Amazon's Kuiper over satellite internet as its current OneWeb deal does not offer sufficient capacity
Financial Times · 2024-12-17 · #26
OpenAI says users can set ChatGPT Search as their browser's default search engine.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-17
OpenAI ChatGPT Search
OpenAI makes ChatGPT Search available to logged-in users, not just subscribers, and says users can set ChatGPT Search as their browser's default search engine
Bloomberg · 2024-12-17 · #39
News reports indicated a planned meeting between Donald Trump and TikTok's CEO.
rumored 1 article 2024-12-17
Donald Trump TikTok CEO
ByteDance asks SCOTUS to block the US law that could ban TikTok on January 19; when asked about the law, Trump says he has a “warm spot” in his heart for TikTok
NBC News · 2024-12-17 · #10
Arm (via CEO Rene Haas) discusses working with Intel, TSMC, and Samsung.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-16
Arm Intel TSMC Samsung
Q&A with Arm CEO Rene Haas on AI's potential, working with Intel, TSMC, and Samsung, the Trump admin, China and IP licenses, the CHIPS Act, OpenAI, and more
The Verge · 2024-12-16 · #10
The European Union signs a deal to build the €10.6B Iris² satellite internet network.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-16
European Union Iris²
The EU signs a deal to build the €10.6B Iris² satellite internet network to rival Starlink, with 61% of the project funded publicly, starting operations in 2030
Financial Times · 2024-12-16 · #3
BiT Global is associated with or owned/controlled by Justin Sun.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-15
Justin Sun BiT Global
Justin Sun's BiT Global, which recently became a key stakeholder in the wBTC ecosystem, sues Coinbase for planning to delist wBTC after launching rival cbBTC
The Block · 2024-12-15 · #27
Fei-Fei Li is associated with the startup World Labs.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-15
Fei-Fei Li World Labs
An interview with Fei-Fei Li on her NeurIPS keynote talk about visual intelligence, her startup World Labs, giving machines 3D spatial intelligence, and more
IEEE Spectrum · 2024-12-15 · #11
BiT Global recently became a key stakeholder/custodian in the wBTC ecosystem through a partnership linked to Justin Sun.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-15
BiT Global wBTC ecosystem
Justin Sun's BiT Global, which recently became a key stakeholder in the wBTC ecosystem, sues Coinbase for planning to delist wBTC after launching rival cbBTC
The Block · 2024-12-15 · #27