Perplexity is partnering with Stripe to enable AI agents to make payments.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-03
Perplexity Stripe
Early tests show Perplexity's AI shopping agent, which lets users make purchases in its app, sometimes takes hours to process purchases or fails to buy items
TechCrunch · 2024-12-03 · #21
Sources report BYD has 10,000+ engineers and about 100,000 employees dedicated to Apple's supply chain.
rumored 1 article 2024-12-02
BYD Apple supply chain
Sources: BYD's contract-manufacturing business, which has 10K+ engineers and ~100K employees dedicated to Apple's supply chain, now assembles 30%+ of all iPads
Wall Street Journal · 2024-12-02 · #29
Members of the OpenWrt community worked together to draft the specifications for the OpenWrt One router.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-02
OpenWrt community OpenWrt One router
OpenWrt releases the $89+ OpenWrt One router, a “hacker-friendly device” with open-source firmware, two Ethernet ports, three USB ports, and dual-band Wi-Fi 6
Tom's Hardware · 2024-12-02 · #9
The ITU and the International Cable Protection Committee announce a 40-member global advisory body to support the resilience of submarine telecom cables.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-02
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC) 40-member global advisory body resilience of submarine telecom cables
The UN's ITU and the International Cable Protection Committee announce a 40-member global advisory body to support the resilience of submarine telecom cables
The Register · 2024-12-02 · #10
Matt Garman references Anthropic during his re:Invent remarks.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-02
Matt Garman AWS Anthropic
AWS CEO Matt Garman kicks off his first re:Invent event by discussing upcoming “real, needle-moving” announcements, no end for the AI race, Anthropic, and more
Wall Street Journal · 2024-12-02 · #5
Swiggy says it has partnered with over 40,000 restaurants, including chains like KFC.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-02
Swiggy 40K+ restaurants KFC
Bengaluru-based Swiggy expands 10-minute food delivery service Bolt to 400+ Indian cities and towns, and says it has partnered with 40K+ restaurants, like KFC
TechCrunch · 2024-12-02 · #23
Google joined the Open Cloud Coalition.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-01
Google Open Cloud Coalition
OpenAI aims to boost growth via a partnership with Apple (reported as part of its strategy).
rumored 1 article 2024-12-01
OpenAI Apple
OpenAI says it plans to build data centers in parts of the US Midwest and Southwest; sources: OpenAI is spending $5B+ a year and is “not close to breaking even”
Financial Times · 2024-12-01 · #2
Ethereum's reliance on Layer-2 blockchains is increasing.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-01
Ethereum Layer-2 blockchains
Ethereum is grappling with uncertainties as its reliance on Layer-2 blockchains grows, leading to lower fee collection, while rivals like Solana gain ground
Bloomberg · 2024-12-01 · #5
Google joined the Open Cloud Coalition.
confirmed 1 article 2024-11-30
Google Open Cloud Coalition
Google, which joined the Open Cloud Coalition, denies its offer of €100M+ in incentives to CISPE was linked to CISPE's antitrust complaint against Microsoft
The Register · 2024-11-30 · #6
SpaceX and T-Mobile will use Starlink satellites to provide supplemental telco coverage from space to extend internet access to remote areas.
confirmed 1 article 2024-11-27
SpaceX T-Mobile Starlink remote areas
The FCC approves a license for SpaceX and T-Mobile to use Starlink for supplemental telco coverage from space in a bid to extend internet access to remote areas
Reuters · 2024-11-27 · #39
Bluesky is collaborating with Thorn to enhance child safety on the platform.
confirmed 1 article 2024-11-26
Bluesky Thorn
A look at Bluesky's moderation efforts as its growth surges; Bluesky plans to quadruple the size of its contract workforce of content moderators from 25 to 100
Platformer · 2024-11-26 · #3
OpenAI, Meta, and Orange plan to train AI models on African languages, starting with Wolof and Pulaar, to address the shortage of resources for Africa's many dialects.
confirmed 1 article 2024-11-26
OpenAI Meta Orange African languages Wolof Pulaar Africa's dialect shortage
OpenAI, Meta, and Orange plan to train AI models on African languages, starting with Wolof and Pulaar, addressing a shortage for Africa's thousands of dialects
Bloomberg · 2024-11-26 · #23
Sources report Apple held talks with local Chinese tech firms about powering its Apple Intelligence offering in China.
rumored 1 article 2024-11-26
Apple local tech firms Apple Intelligence China
Sources: Apple talked to local tech firms to power Apple Intelligence in China; a CAC official says approval without a partner is a “difficult and long process”
Financial Times · 2024-11-26 · #11
Airbnb plans to allow tenants in nearly 1,500 Greystar-owned London flats to sublet their homes on a part-time basis.
confirmed 1 article 2024-11-25
Airbnb tenants in nearly 1,500 Greystar-owned flats in London Greystar
Airbnb plans to let tenants in nearly 1,500 flats owned by Greystar in London to sublet homes on a part-time basis, expanding on a 2022 Greystar partnership
Financial Times · 2024-11-25 · #20
Fujikura specializes in manufacturing fiber-optic cables for data centers.
confirmed 1 article 2024-11-25
Fujikura fiber optic cables for data centers
Shares of Japan's Fujikura, which specializes in fiber optic cables for data centers, are up 400%+ in 2024 due to the AI boom, leading the Nikkei 225 index
Bloomberg · 2024-11-25 · #25
Airbnb is expanding a 2022 partnership with Greystar by enabling part-time subletting in nearly 1,500 London flats.
confirmed 1 article 2024-11-25
Airbnb Greystar
Airbnb plans to let tenants in nearly 1,500 flats owned by Greystar in London to sublet homes on a part-time basis, expanding on a 2022 Greystar partnership
Financial Times · 2024-11-25 · #20
Deckmatch research finds Y Combinator commonly accepts startups that are building products similar or nearly identical to previous YC graduates.
confirmed 1 article 2024-11-24
Deckmatch Y Combinator startups building similar or nearly identical products to previous YC grads
Deckmatch research of ~5,000 YC-backed startups finds YC commonly accepts startups that are building similar or nearly identical products to previous YC grads
TechCrunch · 2024-11-24 · #20
BBVA says staff created more than 2,900 GPTs under the OpenAI deal.
confirmed 1 article 2024-11-24
BBVA GPTs
Six months into a deal with OpenAI, Spanish bank BBVA says staff created 2,900+ GPTs and reported productivity gains, but questions ChatGPT's scalability
Wall Street Journal · 2024-11-24 · #25
Tim Cook developed a personal relationship with Donald Trump by focusing on areas of mutual interest between Apple and Trump's agenda.
confirmed 1 article 2024-11-24
Tim Cook Donald Trump
How Tim Cook developed a personal relationship with Donald Trump, in part by zeroing in on areas of mutual interest between Apple and Trump's agenda
Wall Street Journal · 2024-11-24 · #6
Before becoming Trump's commerce secretary pick, Lutnick reportedly deepened Cantor Fitzgerald's ties with Tether, a stablecoin firm under investigation.
rumored 1 article 2024-11-24
Lutnick Cantor Fitzgerald Tether
Sources: Cantor Fitzgerald agreed to invest as much as $600M in Tether for about a 5% stake in the past year; Cantor holds most of Tether's $134B in assets
Wall Street Journal · 2024-11-24 · #2
Cantor Fitzgerald is reportedly in talks with Tether about providing support for the proposed lending program.
rumored 1 article 2024-11-24
Cantor Fitzgerald Tether
Sources: Cantor Fitzgerald plans a $2B program to lend dollars to clients who put up Bitcoin as collateral and is talking with Tether about support
Bloomberg · 2024-11-24 · #3
BBVA is six months into an active deal with OpenAI.
confirmed 1 article 2024-11-24
BBVA OpenAI
Six months into a deal with OpenAI, Spanish bank BBVA says staff created 2,900+ GPTs and reported productivity gains, but questions ChatGPT's scalability
Wall Street Journal · 2024-11-24 · #25
Eric Schmidt co-authored a new book about AI with Craig Mundie and Henry Kissinger.
confirmed 1 article 2024-11-24
Eric Schmidt Craig Mundie Henry Kissinger book about AI
Q&A with Eric Schmidt about the DOJ's proposal for Google to sell Chrome, a new book about AI he co-authored with Craig Mundie and Henry Kissinger, and more
NPR · 2024-11-24 · #8
AWS is Anthropic's primary cloud provider (previously announced primary cloud partner), with Anthropic widely available on AWS Bedrock.
confirmed 1 article 2024-11-23
AWS Anthropic
Anthropic has named AWS its primary foundation model training partner.
confirmed 1 article 2024-11-23
Anthropic AWS
Anthropic will use AWS Trainium and AWS Inferentia accelerators to train and deploy its future foundation models on AWS.
confirmed 1 article 2024-11-23
Anthropic AWS Trainium AWS Inferentia
Anthropic is working with Amazon's Annapurna Labs and AWS to develop and optimize new Trainium accelerators (from silicon to software).
confirmed 1 article 2024-11-23
Anthropic Annapurna Labs Trainium accelerators
Anthropic is working with Annapurna Labs to develop new Trainium accelerators.
confirmed 1 article 2024-11-22
Anthropic Annapurna Labs Trainium accelerators
Anthropic raised another $4B from Amazon, will make AWS its primary training partner, and is working with Annapurna Labs to develop new Trainium accelerators
TechCrunch · 2024-11-22 · #2
Anthropic will make AWS its primary training partner for model training.
confirmed 1 article 2024-11-22
Anthropic Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Anthropic raised another $4B from Amazon, will make AWS its primary training partner, and is working with Annapurna Labs to develop new Trainium accelerators
TechCrunch · 2024-11-22 · #2