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Twitter says it has been working on an edit tweet option since last year and will start testing the feature in Twitter Blue Labs in the coming months — now that everyone is asking... yes, we've been working on an edit feature since last year! no, we didn't get the idea from a poll 😉 we're kicking off testing within @TwitterBlue Labs in the coming months to learn what works, what doesn't, and what's possible.
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Elon Musk refiles the SEC disclosure of his Twitter stake to classify himself as an active investor; Musk bought his stake in cash from January 31 to April 1 — Elon Musk refiled the disclosure of his stake in Twitter Inc. to classify himself as an active investor, making the change …
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With Musk on the Twitter board, Parag Agrawal may struggle to balance his own vision against that of an unpredictable board member with a much louder megaphone — Task #1: undermine CEO, consolidate power — Today, let's talk about what Elon Musk means for the future of Twitter.
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Sky Mavis, which runs Axie Infinity, raises $150M led by Binance, with participation from Animoca, a16z, and others, to reimburse users after the Ronin exploit — Sky Mavis, the creator of play-to-earn game Axie Infinity, has raised $150 million to reimburse its users who lost funds during …
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| Crystal Kim / Bloomberg: |
MicroStrategy uses a loan against its bitcoin holdings to buy $190.5M more bitcoin, a first for the company; MicroStrategy now owns 129,218 BTC, worth ~$6B — MicroStrategy Inc. used a loan against its Bitcoin holdings for the first time to purchase $190.5 million more of the cryptocurrency.
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| Mark Sullivan / Fast Company: |
Interview with Tim Sweeney and Epic executives on Unreal Engine 5's launch, its “Nanite” graphic rendering tech, using it in building the metaverse, and more — Growing up in suburban Potomac, Maryland in the 1980s, Tim Sweeney, founder and CEO of Epic Games …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple announces WWDC 2022 will be held from June 6 through June 10 as a virtual event; Apple will host an invite-only watch party on June 6 at Apple Park — Apple today announced that its 33rd annual Worldwide Developers Conference is set to take place from Monday, June 6 to Friday, June 10.
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| Joshua Long / The Mac Security Blog: |
Overview of macOS vulnerabilities, some actively exploited, that Apple fixed in Monterey but left unfixed in some supported, older versions including Big Sur — Apple has chosen to leave an estimated 35-40% of all supported Macs in danger of actively exploited vulnerabilities.
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Investigation reveals Worldcoin, which collects iris scans in exchange for free crypto, is wrestling with issues, from angry field operators to privacy concerns — As Kudzanayi strolled through the mall with friends, a small crowd caught his attention. At its center, three men held … | The Information: |
Sources: one-click checkout startup Fast is shutting down entirely; Fast raised $120M from backers including Stripe, Index Ventures, and Addition — One-click checkout startup Fast is shutting down entirely and will discontinue its products and brand, according to several people familiar with the matter.
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| Dan Swinhoe / DCD: |
IBM unveils its z16 mainframe, generally available on May 31, which the company claims will be resistant to upcoming encryption-breaking quantum computers — New system offers AI capabilities and is reportedly quantum proof — IBM has unveiled the latest iteration of its Z-series mainframe.| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Twitter begins “drastically” reducing the reach of Russian government accounts and will remove tweets from government-affiliated accounts with prisoners of war — It'll ‘ask government or state-affiliated media accounts’ to take down pictures featuring prisoners of war
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| Maria Ponnezhath / Reuters: |
Intel is suspending all business operations in Russia and says it has implemented business continuity measures to minimize disruption to its global operations — Intel Corp (INTC.O) is suspending all business operations in Russia, effective immediately, the U.S. chipmaker said on Tuesday …
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Meta introduces “Sharing to Reels”, an integration that lets developers add the ability to post videos directly to Facebook Reels from their third-party apps — Facebook is adding the ability to post Reels from third-party apps, its parent company Meta announced on Tuesday.
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Google AI claims PaLM, its 540B parameter, dense decoder-only Transformer model, shows breakthrough capabilities in tasks like language, reasoning, and coding — In recent years, large neural networks trained for language understanding and generation have achieved impressive results across a wide range of tasks.
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| Donna Goodison / Protocol: |
Google Cloud unveils BigLake, a data lake storage engine based on its BigQuery data warehouse, to let customers analyze data across storage systems — Google Cloud plans to launch a new data lake storage engine based on its popular BigQuery data warehouse to help remove barriers preventing customers … | Luke Plunkett / Kotaku: |
Racing game F1 Delta Time, where some users spent almost $300,000 on a single NFT transaction, shuts down after owner Animoca Brands didn't renew its F1 license — Hello, and welcome to another episode of ‘dumb crypto stuff not working in the real world’ — F1 Delta Time … | Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Uber says it plans to add long-distance travel bookings to its UK app in 2022, including intercity trains, coaches, and flights — Ride-booking group aims to become a broader travel hub as part of plan that was delayed by the pandemic — Uber plans to add long-distance travel bookings … | Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: |
AMD confirms a bug in its GPU driver is auto-overclocking Ryzen CPUs without the user's knowledge by changing settings in the BIOS — Radeon Adrenalin drivers have a mind of their own — AMD has confirmed to Tom's Hardware that a bug in its GPU driver is, in fact, changing Ryzen CPU settings in the BIOS without permission.| Washington Post: |
Center for Countering Digital Hate: a study of 8,717 DMs sent to five high profile women shows Instagram didn't act on 90% of reported abusive direct messages — Women on Instagram are exposed to an “epidemic of misogynist abuse,” according to a new report.| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Dropbox launches Shop, which lets creators sell digital content directly to customers, in beta in the US with more store customization options and tipping — Dropbox Shop, a platform that allows creators to sell digital content directly to their customers, is now available in open beta, Dropbox announced on Tuesday.| Ellen Huet / Bloomberg: |
Blockchain developer Near Protocol raises $350M led by Tiger Global, after raising $150M in January; CoinGecko says Near's market cap is over $10B — The blockchain developer Near Protocol raised $350 million, more than double what it got just three months ago.
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How cryptocurrency exchange FTX wants to automate risk management in US futures trading, replacing traditional brokers with its tech, and introduce 24/7 trading — Sam Bankman-Fried cut an unlikely figure as he took the stage on the final morning of this year's big derivatives-industry conference in Boca Raton, Florida.
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Twitter changed how embeds work for deleted tweets, causing blank spaces on websites; Twitter says it is “to better respect” when users deleted their tweets — Twitter Edits You 2022-04-06 With all the fuss about Twitter's promised edit button, and how they might design it …
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