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| Katharine Gemmell / Bloomberg: |
The UK CMA finds Microsoft's proposed $69B Activision Blizzard acquisition will harm competition in the UK's gaming market and asks Microsoft for remedies — Microsoft Corp.'s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc. will harm competition in the UK gaming market …
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| Financial Times: |
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick says the UK could lose out on thousands of jobs by blocking Microsoft's acquisition and accuses Sony of “trying to sabotage” the bid — Bobby Kotick appeals to ‘fragile’ government as video game maker awaits decision on $75bn sale
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| Martin Coulter / Reuters: |
Google's Bard announcement on Twitter included a GIF that shows the AI chatbot offering an inaccurate answer to a question about the James Webb Space Telescope — Google published an online advertisement in which its much anticipated AI chatbot BARD delivered inaccurate answers.
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ZDNet, Telegraph, Search Engine Land, Insider, New Scientist, Tech Startups, TechRadar, MSPoweruser, and Appuals.com
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Google's AI demo event in Paris paled in comparison to Microsoft's “new Bing” announcement, highlighting Google's need to widely release its ChatGPT competitor — Google demoed its latest advances in AI search at a live event in Paris on Wednesday — but the features pale …
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Android Police, Digital Trends, WRAL TechWire, BGR, Wall Street Journal, and The Indian Express
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Microsoft unveils an updated Bing search engine and Edge browser powered by a next-gen custom OpenAI LLM, calling the duo an “AI-powered co-pilot for the web” — Microsoft has announced a new version of its search engine Bing, powered by an upgraded version of the same AI technology that underpins chatbot ChatGPT.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
A recap of Microsoft's event, where the company detailed the new Bing and Edge powered by OpenAI's next-gen model, AI progress, OpenAI partnership, and more — Microsoft is holding a surprise event at its Redmond headquarters today, where it's expected to focus on its OpenAI partnership and introduce a version of Bing with ChatGPT.
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| Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: |
Hands-on with the new AI-powered Bing, which, when asked for the 2023 Grammys winners, made a list with citations in a minute; search will never be the same — Our columnist got an early look at the software's new ChatGPT-like powers — Bing with AI: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Why Search Is Changed Forever
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
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| Washington Post: |
A live blog of the House Oversight Committee hearing with ex-Twitter executives Vijaya Gadde, James Baker, and Yoel Roth on Hunter Biden laptop “censorship” — Updated just now — A congressional hearing today promises a moment of political reckoning more than two years in the making …
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| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
At the State of the Union, Biden called for Congress to strengthen data privacy protections and antitrust enforcement to stop Big Tech from self-preferencing — President Joe Biden threw his support behind tougher rules regulating Silicon Valley during his Second State of the Union speech Tuesday night.| Jack Schickler / CoinDesk: |
The Bank of England publishes two papers on a new digital pound, seeming to favor centralized databases over a blockchain and limiting to £10K-£20K per person — The Bank of England has set out technical features of its central bank digital currency, which officials have said is likely to be needed.| Thomas Claburn / The Register: |
Mozilla says the company is doing “exploratory work” for a Gecko-based browser on iOS in case Apple drops its WebKit requirement, after a similar move by Google — Work on a Gecko-based version of Firefox for iOS is underway, again — UPDATED Mozilla is planning for the day when Apple …
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| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
Arm CEO Rene Haas says the company is committed to an IPO in 2023 after reporting Q3 revenue up 28% YoY to $746M and upfront license revenue up 65% YoY to $300M — The chief executive of Softbank-owned British chip technology firm Arm told Reuters on Tuesday that the company is committed to a stock market float this year.
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| Joseph De Avila / Wall Street Journal: |
Twitter reinstates Republican Senator Steve Daines, banned for a hunting photo flagged for “graphic violence”, after Elon Musk stepped in and amended the rule — Steve Daines, a Montana Republican, says his account was blocked over a picture flagged for ‘graphic violence’
Tweets: @elonmusk, @stevedaines, and @mattmackowiak
| Bloomberg: |
Meituan plans to hire as many as 10K people this quarter as the company tries to fend off ByteDance's expanding delivery efforts in China; the stock drops 6%+ — Meituan dived its most in two months after unveiling plans to hire as many as 10,000 people this quarter, as the Chinese food …
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| Suvashree Ghosh / Bloomberg: |
Binance executive Leon Foong says a full audit will take “a longer time”, arguing accountants are still learning about crypto, after Mazars retracted its report — Binance Holdings Ltd., operator of the world's largest digital-asset exchange, indicated a full audit of its assets … | Kellen Browning / New York Times: |
Uber reports Q4 revenue up 49% YoY to $8.6B, gross bookings rose 19% YoY to $30.7B, and a record 2.1B customer trips, up 19% YoY; UBER jumps 7%+ pre-market — The company, which was hit hard in the early stages of the pandemic, saw revenue jump 49 percent from the same period a year ago.
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| Pallabi Munsi / CNN: |
How pro-military groups in Myanmar are using Telegram channels, many with ~10K followers, to share abusive sexual videos and images of women and to doxx them — Editor's Note: This story is part of ‘Systems Error’, a series by CNN As Equals, investigating how your gender shapes your life online.
Tweets: @chuckbaggett, @michaeljstern1, @sis2sismm, @myanmarwitness, @pvamplify, @rvawonk, @akilagjc, @wiczipedia, @nimaelbagir, @pallabimunsi, and @rwpusa
| Politico: |
UK PM Rishi Sunak creates the standalone Department of Science, Innovation & Technology, led by Michelle Donelan, stripping the DCMS of its tech oversight — LONDON — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is creating a standalone science, innovation and technology department as part …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
US officials and researchers say TikTok's proposed algorithm oversight faces practical difficulties and may not offer answers on possible Chinese influence — Concerns mount over TikTok's plan to address potential Chinese influence over what videos Americans see — How TikTok Could Become a U.S. Company| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Zoom plans to cut ~1,300 staff, or ~15% of its workforce, offering US employees up to 16 weeks severance, including salary, health care, and bonus; ZM jumps 5%+ — - Zoom on Tuesday announced plans to cut about 1,300 workers, or 15% of its workforce, according to a blog post shared to the company's website.
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Tweets: @grdecter, @ericsyuan, @holman, and @yuris
| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Voice actors are increasingly being asked to sign away rights to their voices so clients can make synthetic AI versions that may eventually replace them — Motherboard spoke to multiple voice actors and advocacy organizations, some of which said contracts including language around synthetic voices are now very prevalent.
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