The Windows and macOS apps first launched in beta last December, but now they’re finally here, offering access to Proton’s end-to-end encrypted email service and calendar. A Linux version of the app is now available in beta as well.
Firefox spokesperson Christopher Hilton tells The Verge that the browser has seen a more than 50 percent jump in users in Germany and a nearly 30 percent increase in France:
Despite less than ideal compliance, the recent implementation of the DMA choice screen is a promising step toward true competition online in the EU... Still, there is a lot of room for improvement, and we’ll continue to fight for a web that puts people over profits, prioritizes privacy and is open and accessible to all.
Brave saw a similar increase in users after Apple started letting users choose their default browsers on iOS 17.4 in the EU last week.
This is Figure’s humanoid robot, which can now use OpenAI’s large vision language model (VLM) to provide reasoning and language understanding. The video shows how the bot can identify and interact with the objects on the counter in front of it when given a prompt, like “Can I have something to eat?”
Intel was awarded a $3.5 billion grant to build chips for the US military as part of a spending bill President Biden signed last weekend, but now the Pentagon no longer wants to foot the bill, according to a report from Bloomberg.
This could reportedly force the Department of Commerce to dip into CHIPS Act funding to pay Intel, which could come with some consequences, Bloomberg reports:
The change could mean a greater share of Intel’s Chips Act funds is devoted to military uses, rather than commercial ones... It’s unclear whether the Secure Enclave funding will be swallowed into Intel’s total awards — meaning the company gets less overall money than expected — or come on top of what Intel was already set to receive, leaving less for everyone else.
Apollo Global Management, a private equity firm that owns the majority of Yahoo, is discussing a takeover or asset purchase with Paramount, according to a report from Axios.
Rumors about a potential Paramount merger or sale have been swirling for months. Skydance Media is also reportedly in the running to purchase Paramount’s parent company, while Warner Bros. Discovery’s rumored deal is on pause. Meanwhile, reports suggest Comcast is looking into offering a Peacock streaming bundle with Paramount Plus as well.
