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Apple says HomePod and HomePod mini will receive a software update in the future to natively support Apple Music Lossless — After a week of controversies, Apple released a support page with everything users need to know about Apple Music Lossless. For example, we've now discovered …
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| Patrick O'Rourke / MobileSyrup: |
Q&A with Apple VP Tim Twerdahl, who says the new Siri Remote doesn't need AirTag's UWB tech because it is too thick to get lost in couch cushions — The new Apple TV features an entirely revamped Siri Remote, the A12 Bionic chip and 60Hz Dolby Vision — Ahead of the A pple TV 4K …
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| Aditya Kalra / Reuters: |
India's information technology ministry asks social media companies to take down any content that refers to an “Indian variant” of the coronavirus — India's information technology (IT) ministry has written to all social media companies asking them to take down any content that refers to an …
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| Karen Hao / MIT Technology Review: |
Over 500 AI researchers are working on a project to build an open-source large language model that will be used to conduct research independent of any company — Hundreds of scientists around the world are working together to understand one of the most powerful emerging technologies before it's too late.
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| Gilad Edelman / Wired: |
A look at CaliberAI, a company that develops a tool for detecting potentially libelous claims, which may be particularly valuable for short-staffed newsrooms — CaliberAI wants to help overstretched newsrooms with a tool that's like spell-check for libel. But its potential uses go far beyond traditional media.
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| Steve Lohr / New York Times: |
Profile of Paul Romer, once tech's favorite economist and now a critic, who has championed state taxes on the digital ads sold by Facebook and Google — Paul Romer's call for government activism, particularly toward the big tech companies, reflects “a profound change in my thinking.”| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Air India, a member of Star Alliance, says data of 4.5M passengers, including names, passport info, and credit card data, was stolen in a February breach — Air India disclosed a data breach after personal information belonging to roughly 4.5 million of its customers was leaked two months following …
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A look at a fossil fuel power plant in NY that has been restarted to mine crypto, as NY considers a bill for placing a three-year moratorium on crypto mining — The lofty prices of cryptocurrencies have investors sinking money into electricity generation, risking a backlash| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Twitch launches a category for “Pools, Hot Tubs, and Beaches” streams, letting creators continue to stream them while letting advertisers and viewers avoid them — ‘Being found to be sexy by others is not against our rules’ — Twitch is launching a dedicated category …
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| Pat Maio / Los Angeles Business Journal: |
ProducePay, which offers an analytics service to track market prices of fruits and vegetables, raises $43M Series C led by G2VP, bringing total raised to $300M — Downtown-based ProducePay Inc., a fintech-like business that has created a privately run commodity trading exchange …
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
RSA executives recount the hack of its SecurID seeds in 2011, which affected millions of users around the world and redefined the cybersecurity landscape — In 2011, Chinese spies stole the crown jewels of cybersecurity—stripping protections from firms and government agencies worldwide.
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Protocol. Tweets: @a_greenberg, @niubi, @dlippman, @brianweeden, @nktpnd, @futurepaul, @alexstamos, @marahvistendahl, @matthew_d_green, and @elmihiro
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Cynerio, a cybersecurity startup focused on healthcare IoT, raises $30M Series B, says it ended 2020 with a 300% YoY increase in revenue — The Israeli company will expand its clinically-intelligent toolbox of preemptive and proactive zero trust solutions into a full-service, responsive security platform.Sponsor Posts
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