Category Archives: Tech News

Apple previews Vehicle Motion Cues, which adds animated dots to iPhone and iPad screens to reduce motion sickness for passengers using them in moving vehicles (Tim Hardwick/MacRumors)

Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: Apple previews Vehicle Motion Cues, which adds animated dots to iPhone [...]

16
May
Spotify received a cease-and-desist letter from the National Music Publishers' Association over its use of lyrics in its videos feature, remix tool, and more (Kristin Robinson/Billboard)

Kristin Robinson / Billboard: Spotify received a cease-and-desist letter from the National Music Publishers’ Association [...]

15
May
Ilya Sutskever says he will leave OpenAI to work on a "personally meaningful" project; Director of Research Jakub Pachocki will become OpenAI's chief scientist (CNBC)

CNBC: Ilya Sutskever says he will leave OpenAI to work on a “personally meaningful” project; [...]

14
May
Chinese lidar maker Hesai sues US DOD for adding it to a list of firms accused of aiding China's military, saying it only serves civilian and commercial market (Sabrina Willmer/Bloomberg)

Sabrina Willmer / Bloomberg: Chinese lidar maker Hesai sues US DOD for adding it to [...]

13
May
A look at the rise and fall of 2U, which provides online degree programs for top US universities, and is valued at ~$30M today, down from $5B+ in 2018 (Melissa Korn/Wall Street Journal)

Melissa Korn / Wall Street Journal: A look at the rise and fall of 2U, [...]

12
May
The UK government's new AI safety body releases Inspect, an evaluation tool for AI model capabilities, including models' core knowledge and ability to reason (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: The UK government’s new AI safety body releases Inspect, an evaluation [...]

11
May
A US jury says Microsoft must pay IPA Technologies $242M after finding that Cortana infringed a patent that expired in Jan. 2019; Microsoft plans to appeal (Christopher Yasiejko/Bloomberg Law)

Christopher Yasiejko / Bloomberg Law: A US jury says Microsoft must pay IPA Technologies $242M [...]

10
May
Microsoft plans to launch its mobile game store in July on the web, first with its own games including Candy Crush Saga, and later open it to other publishers (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Microsoft plans to launch its mobile game store in July on the web, first [...]

09
May
Some Stack Overflow users say their account was suspended after they attempted to alter their posts in protest of its OpenAI partnership to supply data for AI (Dallin Grimm/Tom's Hardware)

Dallin Grimm / Tom’s Hardware: Some Stack Overflow users say their account was suspended after [...]

08
May
FTX says it will have as much as $16.3B to distribute once it finishes selling all of its assets; it owes customers and other non-governmental creditors ~$11B (Steven Church/Bloomberg)

Steven Church / Bloomberg: FTX says it will have as much as $16.3B to distribute [...]

07
May