Category Archives: Tech News

The Public Interest Registry will give domain registries free access to tools from the Internet Watch Foundation to crack down on the spread of CSAM (Sam Sabin/Axios)

Sam Sabin / Axios: The Public Interest Registry will give domain registries free access to [...]

06
Feb
Sources: Reddit had over $800M in revenue in 2023, up 20%+ YoY, and was not profitable for the full year but, according to one source, was profitable in Q4 (Amy Or/Bloomberg)

Amy Or / Bloomberg: Sources: Reddit had over $800M in revenue in 2023, up 20%+ [...]

05
Feb
US police departments are using AI software from Chicago-based Truleo and other companies to analyze millions of hours of unreviewed body-cam footage (Umar Farooq/ProPublica)

Umar Farooq / ProPublica: US police departments are using AI software from Chicago-based Truleo and [...]

04
Feb
Interview with Phil Schiller about Apple's efforts to minimize potential risks that third-party app stores, mandated by EU's DMA, may expose iPhone users to (Michael Grothaus/Fast Company)

Michael Grothaus / Fast Company: Interview with Phil Schiller about Apple’s efforts to minimize potential [...]

03
Feb
Sources: Reddit has picked the New York Stock Exchange for its long-delayed IPO that could take place as soon as next month (Financial Times)

Financial Times: Sources: Reddit has picked the New York Stock Exchange for its long-delayed IPO [...]

02
Feb
Mark Zuckerberg says Threads now has more than 130M MAUs and is "growing steadily" (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Mark Zuckerberg says Threads now has more than 130M MAUs and [...]

01
Feb
Qualcomm reports Q1 adjusted revenue up 5% YoY to $9.92B, vs. $9.51B est., handset chip sales up 16% YoY to $6.69B, and net income up 24% YoY to $2.77B (Kif Leswing/CNBC)

Kif Leswing / CNBC: Qualcomm reports Q1 adjusted revenue up 5% YoY to $9.92B, vs. [...]

31
Jan
Alphabet reports Q4 Google advertising revenue up 11% YoY to $65.5B, vs. $66.1B estimated, with Google Search & other revenue up 13% YoY to $48B (Akash Sriram/Reuters)

Akash Sriram / Reuters: Alphabet reports Q4 Google advertising revenue up 11% YoY to $65.5B, [...]

30
Jan
After a months-long probe, Italy's data protection authority tells OpenAI that it's suspected of violating EU privacy regulations, giving it 30 days to respond (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: After a months-long probe, Italy’s data protection authority tells OpenAI that [...]

29
Jan
Q&A with Simon Willison, Django co-creator and an influential observer of AI software, on copyright concerns over AI, open-source AI models, LLMs, and more (Thomas Claburn/The Register)

Thomas Claburn / The Register: Q&A with Simon Willison, Django co-creator and an influential observer [...]

28
Jan