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US financial regulators are rapidly closing crypto's doors to the country's banking system, accelerating since FTX collapsed to push the industry to the fringes — Crypto's free pass is getting yanked as the most powerful US financial regulators rapidly close key doors to the country's banking system.
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Some Twitter users, even those who do not follow Elon Musk, say their For You feed was full of his tweets and replies after changes made over the weekend — For many of us, Twitter's “For You” is full of tweets and replies to tweets from Elon Musk. Not everyone is getting the Elon-first feed …
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Tweets: @oneunderscore__, @elonmusk, @wongmjane, @elonmusk, @chai_coffee_etc, @randfish, @anothercohen, @ashishmohta, @lulumeservey, @althistoryhub, @volksverpetzer, @deanmillson, @tittertakeover, @byjasonng, @noah_l, @sassal0x, @helenkennedy, @fchollet, @anthony, @cameronwilson, @bruce_arthur, @mehdirhasan, @followtheh, @intelwire, @taylorlorenz, and @rjcc
| New York Times: |
Over 30 prominent Chinese dissidents and activists report problems with their Twitter accounts, including disappearing from search or unexplained suspensions — As the Elon Musk-owned social media service encounters interruptions and bugs, Chinese dissidents and activists said they feared they were being muzzled.
Tweets: @epro, @alexanderburns, @shiraovide, @sarahemclaugh, @paulmozur, and @isaacstonefish
| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Primate Labs releases Geekbench 6 with new and updated tests for hardware and apps that use datasets meant to be more representative of real-world workloads — According to its developer, Primate Labs, Geekbench 6 has new and updated tests that are meant to fully test modern hardware … | Varsha Bansal / Wired: |
A look at the Modi administration's attempts to strengthen government control over the internet in India and its battle with Big Tech, which keeps giving in — The Modi administration keeps giving itself new powers, and Big Tech keeps giving in. — Akash Banerjee isn't sure whether he's allowed …
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Tweets: @peterguest, @sunny_hundal, @shailjapatel, @ahmermkhan, and @iamcouncil
| Financial Times: |
Source: Apple's India expansion has been slow due to logistics, tariffs, and infrastructure; a former Apple engineer says “there just isn't a sense of urgency” — Apple is hitting stumbling blocks in its effort to increase production in India, as the US tech giant faces pressure to cut its manufacturing reliance on China.
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Tweets: @patrickmcgee_, @johnreedwrites, @churumuri, @chassnews, @preddy85, @jimpethokoukis, @wholemarsblog, @noahbarkin, and @chadbown
| Nicole Farley / Search Engine Land: |
Meta updates Facebook's “Why am I seeing this ad?” tool to include information about how users' on- and off-platform activity informs its ML models for ads — Facebook has just launched an updated version of its “Why am I seeing this ad?” tool which now includes information on how they use machine learning to deliver ads.
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| Chloe Xiang / VICE: |
DARPA says its Air Combat Evolution developers used AI to successfully fly a modified F-16 test aircraft multiple times over several days in early December 2022 — The fighter aircraft that was first introduced in 1978 has now seemingly evolved into an autonomous plane. — Chloe Xiang| Dave Lee / Financial Times: |
CEO Andy Jassy says Amazon plans to “go big” on physical retail stores in 2023, blaming a lack of “normalcy” during the pandemic for the company's stumbles — Andy Jassy says ecommerce giant will double down on grocery despite recent stumbles
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| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Hyundai and Kia are offering free anti-theft software updates for 8M+ vehicles, after hundreds of car thefts inspired by the viral “Kia Challenge” on TikTok — Hyundai and Kia are offering free software updates for millions of their cars in response to a rash of car thefts inspired …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Following Facebook, Instagram plans to shut down live shopping on March 16, 2023, and focus on ads that help users discover businesses and shops on Instagram — As Meta gears up for its “year of efficiency,” the company announced today it's exiting the livestream shopping business on Instagram … | Will Knight / Wired: |
A look at the Eric Schmidt-backed startup Istari, which uses ML to virtually assemble and test war machines using computer models of the individual components — The former Google CEO is on a mission to rewire the US military with cutting-edge artificial intelligence to take on China.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Copilot for Business, GitHub's enterprise AI-powered code completion tool for $19 per month, hits general availability after the beta launch in December 2022 — GitHub today announced that Copilot for Business, the company's $19/month enterprise version of its AI-powered code completion tool …
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| Alexander Burns / Politico: |
During Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan trip, TSMC founder Morris Chang criticized the $52B CHIPS Act, saying a one-time cash infusion won't build chip self-sufficiency — Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan like a juggernaut. She defied threats from the Chinese regime in order to visit the island … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
BuzzFeed launches Infinity Quizzes, which asks users questions so that Buzzy the Robot, an AI based on OpenAI's public API, can write a personalized narrative — BuzzFeed — the media site that made its name (literally) spinning out viral content — landed in the middle of the buzz itself …
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| Thomas Germain / Gizmodo: |
Google launches Privacy Sandbox for Android in beta, starting with a “small percentage” of Android 13 devices, similar to Apple's App Tracking Transparency — Here's a preview of the Privacy Sandbox, the newfangled way companies will follow you around the web that's supposed to be better for your privacy.| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Otter.ai announces OtterPilot, an AI assistant that summarizes meetings, captures images of shared slides, and more, rolling out to all users in the coming days — AI-powered voice transcription service Otter.ai is launching a new AI meeting assistant called OtterPilot, the company announced on Tuesday.
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Tweets: @indysen and @leokelion
| Edward Ludlow / Bloomberg: |
Amazon's Zoox says its fully autonomous vehicle carried staff between its two main buildings in Foster City, California on public roads for the first time — Zoox Inc., the self-driving startup owned by Amazon.com Inc., carried passengers in its fully autonomous vehicle on public roads for the first time.
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| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
Monad Labs, co-founded by former Jump Trading developers to build an Ethereum virtual machine-compatible Layer 1 blockchain, raised a $19M seed led by Dragonfly — - Monad Labs raises $19 million from Dragonfly Capital, Naval Ravikant, Cobie, Hasu and others.
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Tweets: @hosseeb, @yogita_khatri5, and @keonehd
| Rosie Perper / CoinDesk: |
NFT marketplace Magic Eden partners with payments service MoonPay to let users buy digital collectibles using credit or debit cards, Apple Pay, or Google Pay — MoonPay has a similar partnership in place with NFT marketplace LooksRare. — Join the most important conversation in crypto …
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Tweets: @0xleoinrio, @cryptojohnlocke, @t_h_nft, and @cl207
| Aaron Mok / Insider: |
Report: TikTok is planning to let creators charge $1 or more for videos and is working on the Creator Fund 2.0, which could pay creators with 100K+ followers — - TikTok creators could soon start charging fans to watch their videos, per The Information. — The company hopes a paywall …
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Tweets: @relientkenny, @realadamrose, and @nickcicero
| Shubham Agarwal / Wired: |
After a backlash, Spotify removes a clause that let Apple use audiobooks from Findaway Voices to train synthetic voices; Spotify acquired Findaway in June 2022 — After a backlash, Spotify has removed a clause that allowed Apple to train machine learning models on some audiobook files.
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AppleInsider. Tweets: @pt, @rachelmetz, @ajbecklesvo, @stealcase, and @morss_alex. Thanks:@phonesoldier
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Mozilla CEO Mitchell Baker on the company's history, battling Microsoft, working with rivals, generative AI, WebKit, iOS, Chrome, Mastodon, and more — Mozilla chair Mitchell Baker on competing — and cooperating — with Google, Apple, and the rest of Big Tech.| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
Geneva-based Taurus, which offers digital asset infrastructure to European financial institutions, raised a $65M Series B led by Credit Suisse — - Swiss digital asset infrastructure company Taurus raised $65 million in a Series B round led by Credit Suisse.
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