Internet/e-commerce

Email: Google is eliminating its goal of hiring more employees from historically underrepresented groups and reviewing some DEI programs (www.wsj.com)
2025-2-6 Google

First OCR Spyware Breaches Both Apple and Google App Stores To Steal Crypto Wallet Phrases (it.slashdot.org)
2025-2-6 Google Apple

Amazon announces an event on February 26 in New York where, according to sources, the company will preview its long-delayed Alexa generative AI revamp (www.reuters.com)
2025-2-6 Amazon AI New York

This Microsoft Office Standalone license deal comes with AI improvements (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-2-6 Microsoft AI

Hackers spoof Microsoft ADFS login pages to steal credentials (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-2-6 Microsoft

Microsoft's Windows 10 Extended Security Updates Will Start at $61 per PC for Businesses (tech.slashdot.org)
2025-2-6 Microsoft

CISA tags Microsoft .NET and Apache OFBiz bugs as exploited in attacks (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-2-6 Microsoft

Google To Spend $75 Billion on AI Push (tech.slashdot.org)
2025-2-6 Google AI

Google releases Gemini 2.0 Flash via its API, an experimental Gemini 2.0 Pro version via its apps, Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking, and 2.0 Flash-Lite in AI Studio (www.theverge.com)
2025-2-6 Google AI

Google lifts explicit ban on weaponised use of AI in major rewrite of guiding principles (indianexpress.com)
2025-2-6 Google AI Ban

Uber reports Q4 revenue up 20% YoY to $12B, Gross Bookings up 18% YoY to a record $44.2B, operating profit up 18% YoY to $770M, and trips up 18% YoY to 3.1B (t.co)
2025-2-5 Uber 4Q

Uber opens a waitlist to request a driverless Waymo vehicle in Austin ahead of a planned 2025 launch; rides will be limited to 37 square miles (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-2-5 Uber

Microsoft says Microsoft Build 2025 will run from May 19 to May 22 in Seattle, where AI, Copilot, and Surface updates are expected to be announced (www.theverge.com)
2025-2-5 Microsoft AI Seattle

In 2024, global semiconductor revenue rose 18.1% YoY to ~$626B, led by Samsung, which regained top spot, Intel, and Nvidia, and is set to reach $705B in 2025 (www.gartner.com)
2025-2-5 Intel Samsung Nvidia

An interview with Twitch CEO Dan Clancy on competition with YouTube and Kick, exclusivity contracts, content moderation, Twitch's expansion plans, and more (www.fastcompany.com)
2025-2-5 Interview YouTube

How India kept its satellite internet market closed to Starlink, Amazon, and more, despite poor rural connectivity; a regulator is set to publish rules in 2025 (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-2-5 India Amazon

Building voice AI apps in Elixir with Membrane and Google Gemini (blog.swmansion.com)
2025-2-5 Elixir Google AI

Netflix hopes its expansion into live programming boosts its nascent ad business; Bernstein estimates its two NFL games generated up to $180M in US advertising (www.ft.com)
2025-2-5 Netflix programming

Deploying OpenVMS x86 on Amazon EC2 (aws.amazon.com)
2025-2-5 Amazon

Google drops language from its AI Principles that said it would not pursue AI applications “likely to cause overall harm”, such as for weapons and surveillance (www.washingtonpost.com)
2025-2-5 Google AI

Former Google engineer Linwei Ding faces new charges of economic espionage by the US DOJ for allegedly stealing trade secrets to boost China's AI industry (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-2-5 China Google AI

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman poaches three Google DeepMind former colleagues, including two who built NotebookLM's Audio Overviews and worked on Astra (t.co)
2025-2-5 Google Microsoft AI

Sources: Sonos will release an Android-based streaming box in the coming months, priced between $200 and $400, that combines content from Netflix, Max, and more (www.theverge.com)
2025-2-5 Android Netflix

Alphabet expects 2025 capex of ~$75B, vs. ~$58B est., and reports Google Cloud Q4 revenue up 30% YoY to $11.96B, vs. $12.16B est.; GOOG drops 7%+ after hours (www.reuters.com)
2025-2-5 Google 4Q Alphabet

Google Removes Pledge To Not Use AI For Weapons From Website (tech.slashdot.org)
2025-2-5 Google AI

Sources: Meta is merging the teams behind Facebook and Messenger into one unit and shuffling its generative AI group, as it prepares for layoffs next week (www.theinformation.com)
2025-2-5 Facebook AI Layoffs

Alphabet reports YouTube Q4 ad revenue up 14% YoY to $10.47B, vs. $10.23B est., says Google Cloud and YouTube ended 2024 with a $110B annual revenue run rate (variety.com)
2025-2-5 Google YouTube 4Q Alphabet

Google drops language from its AI Principles that said it would not pursue applications “likely to cause overall harm”, including weapons and surveillance (www.washingtonpost.com)
2025-2-5 Google AI

Google Play, Apple App Store apps caught stealing crypto wallets (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-2-5 Google Apple

Amazon, King of Online Retail, Can't Seem To Make Its Physical Stores Work (slashdot.org)
2025-2-5 Amazon Retail Online Retail

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