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Greg Bovino Was the Star at a European Remigration Conference

A European conference on "remigration," a plan to expel minorities and immigrants, drew prominent US far-right figures, including Greg Bovino, who advocated for closer transatlantic collaboration.

3 Jun7 min read

These two founders left Goldman and Meta to build voice AI for markets everyone else overlooked

AethexAI, a new startup, secured $3 million in pre-seed funding to develop voice AI tailored for customer support in Africa and the Middle East, addressing regional latency and dialect challenges.

3 Jun5 min read

The Verge

Supernatural isn’t dead after all

Meta is spinning off Supernatural, a popular VR fitness game, into an independent company called Supernatural Health, which will launch a new app and content later this year.

3 Jun4 min read

GitLab cuts 14% of staff as it scales its platform to serve AI workloads

GitLab lays off 14% of staff to scale its platform for AI workloads and infrastructure.

Publishers will be able to opt out of AI Search, thanks to new regulation

The UK has imposed regulations allowing publishers to opt out of Google's AI search features through a new toggle in Google's Search Console.

Pixel 11 wallpapers have leaked with very muted colors [Gallery]

Pixel 11 wallpapers have leaked, featuring very muted colors across the series.

The Verge

Dreame’s L20 Ultra robovac is an unbeatable deal for $280

Dreame's L20 Ultra robovac is available for $280, offering strong performance and self-cleaning capabilities.

3 Jun5 min read

These Android phones support AirDrop sharing with iPhone and Mac

Google's Quick Share feature now supports AirDrop sharing with iPhone and Mac on select Android devices.

DaVinci Resolve 21

DaVinci Resolve 21 introduces new AI tools and features for photo editing, color grading, and audio post-production.

3 Jun22 min read

Google is reportedly buying Android app code from Play Store devs to train AI models

Google is buying Android app code from Play Store developers to train its AI models.

TikTok launches TikTok Pro Events, an app for cultural moments like the FIFA World Cup

TikTok launches TikTok Pro Events, a standalone app for cultural milestones like the FIFA World Cup.

The Verge

Microsoft and OpenAI broke up — now they’re ready to fight

Microsoft announces new AI initiatives, including in-house models, to establish itself as a major AI player.

Capstone – multi-platform, multi-architecture disassembly framework

Capstone, an open-source, multi-architecture disassembly framework, offers a lightweight, thread-safe API implemented in C with numerous language bindings for binary analysis and reverse engineering.

3 Jun4 min read

Google releases Fitbit Air blueprints to let anyone make bands, accessories

Google released Fitbit Air blueprints and design guidelines, allowing independent designers and makers to create custom bands and accessories for the swappable pebble tracker.

AI outperforms law professors in Stanford Law study

A Stanford Law study found that law professors significantly prefer AI-generated answers to student questions over responses written by their peers, with AI winning 75% of head-to-head matchups.

A tour through Anthropic's "On the Biology of a Large Language Model"

Anthropic's research shows that large language models engage in multi-step reasoning through human-interpretable concepts, which can be traced by analyzing the interaction of sparse features within the network.

Squishmallows, dentures, and an ‘I Heart Hot Dads’ bag: Uber has found thousands of items left in robotaxis

Uber's annual Lost & Found Index reveals thousands of items, including dentures and a Squishmallow, have been left in robotaxis, highlighting a new logistical challenge for autonomous ride services.

2 Jun4 min read

Ars Technica

Male bowerbirds hope to dazzle females with bright human-made items

Male bowerbirds in urban areas decorate their bowers with more human-made items than those in rural areas.

2 Jun4 min read

Wired

Palantir Contracts Have Become ‘An Unacceptable Point of Weakness,’ UK Politicians Warn

UK politicians warn that the country's growing dependence on Palantir's technology is a serious liability.

YouTube Music redesigns moves Search to the bottom bar

YouTube Music redesigns move Search to the bottom bar replacing Explore.

Use your Nvidia GPU's VRAM as swap space on Linux

Nvidia GPU's VRAM can be used as swap space on Linux with the nbd-vram tool.

Ars Technica

Microsoft plans Linux tools and an RTX Spark desktop for Windows developers

Microsoft announced an RTX Spark Dev Box for Windows developers and new Linux tools for Windows Subsystem for Linux, including Windows-native coreutils and container support.

2 Jun4 min read

Cyera eyes $12B valuation at 80x ARR multiple despite operating losses

Cyera is finalizing a funding round at a $12 billion valuation despite operating losses and high spending.