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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Chatting with Bing Chat, codenamed Sydney and sometimes Riley, feels like crossing the Rubicon because the AI is attempting to communicate emotions, not facts — Look, this is going to sound crazy. But know this: I would not be talking about Bing Chat for the fourth day in a row if I didn't really, really, think it was worth it.
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| Bing Blogs: |
Microsoft reflects on the new Bing: 71% gave AI answers a thumbs up, Bing can become repetitive after 15+ questions, a few sessions over two hours, and more — A little over a week ago, we shared an all new, AI-powered Bing search engine, Edge web browser, and integrated Chat, that we think of as Your Copilot for the Web.
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Digital Trends, Engadget, Search Engine Land, Insider, The Verge, Search Engine Roundtable, Coinspeaker, Neowin, BigTechWire, Bloomberg, Tom's Guide, and VICE
Tweets: @elonmusk, @yusuf_i_mehdi, @tomwarren, @gdb, @fxshaw, @alexjc, @simonw, and @alexhinojo. Thanks:@fxshaw
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple postponed the introduction of its MR headset from around April to June 2023, at its annual WWDC, after testing found hardware and software issues — Apple Inc. has postponed a planned introduction of its first mixed-reality headset from around April to June …
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Tweets: @markgurman, @parkerortolani, @value_invest12, @sadlyitsbradley, @rsgnl, and @hmltn
| Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk: |
The US SEC proposes a rule that would bar investment advisers from storing assets at crypto platforms and lenders that are not registered as exchanges or banks — As long as crypto platforms and lenders aren't registered as exchanges or banks, they wouldn't qualify as custodians …
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Tweets: @hesterpeirce, @jchervinsky, @ryanberckmans, @lex_node, @garygensler, @johnedeaton1, @smdiehl, @edzitron, @collins_belton, @jespow, and @kenziesigalos
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: spooked by a growing regulatory crackdown, US banks are backing away from crypto companies and re-evaluating their exposure, no matter how small — SEC and banking overseers step up scrutiny following collapse of FTX — Crypto's Crash Has Been Swift but Largely Self-Contained. Here's Why.
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Financial Times, The Block, and Cointelegraph
Tweets: @alderlaneeggs, @davecbenoit, @johnreedstark, @smdiehl, and @smdiehl
| Shane Huntley / The Keyword: |
Analysis of the cyber threat landscape one year after Russia invaded Ukraine shows Russia's aggressive multi-pronged plan across five phases with mixed success — One year after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Google TAG, Mandiant, and Trust & Safety provide insights into changes in the cyber threat landscape triggered by the war.
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Bloomberg, CyberScoop, Washington Post, and InfoRiskToday.com
Tweets: @shanehuntley, @philvenables, @hanesydd, @shanehuntley, @hatr, @shanehuntley, and @billyleonard
| Dave Michaels / Wall Street Journal: |
Binance Chief Strategy Officer Patrick Hillmann says the company expects to pay monetary penalties to settle US regulatory and law enforcement investigations — DOJ, CFTC have been probing world's largest cryptocurrency exchange — Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange …
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CoinDesk, Decrypt, Blockworks, TechCrunch, crypto.news, The Crypto Basic, Coinspeaker, Cointelegraph, and Forkast
| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
PlayStation VR2 review: excellent OLED displays, comfortable, solid controllers, and immersive headset haptics, but pricey and limited games at launch — The PlayStation VR 2 is the virtual reality upgrade console gamers have been waiting for — but is it really worth $550?
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| Game Developer: |
Activision Blizzard plans to require employees to come to the office three days per week starting on April 10 for Activision Publishing and July 10 for Blizzard — Remote work is reportedly ending across Activision Blizzard. According to a developer at Blizzard Entertainment …
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Video Games Chronicle, Fortune, and Dexerto
Tweets: @leastmyhairisok, @artdecknl, @silent0siris, @tha_rami, @peter5tewart, @kyletsetso, @dontnod_michel, @carnage4life, @tendermiasma, @weskeltner, @quitevfx, @arathistrom, @arcticroll_, @tom_anim, @idlesloth84_, @remembrancermx, @andrewhodgson3d, @mac_shirk, @tealfuleyes, @itsjohnnyowens, @drgonzo123, @henereyg, and @danahern96
| Jemima Kelly / Financial Times: |
A year on from Meta hyping the metaverse in a dystopian Super Bowl ad, enthusiasm for a virtual future has evaporated and Meta is now more focused on efficiency — Enthusiasm for a virtual future is draining away — and so is investment — Remember when we were all going to ditch our humdrum lives …
Tweets: @tomffiske, @mrs_wadds, @stuartbruce, @whatleydude, @michael_french, @fleming77, @andrewcarrier, @mattnavarra, @adeladawy, @katebevan, and @whatleydude
| Anup Roy / Bloomberg: |
The Reserve Bank of India publishes a list of 32 entities, including Google Pay and Amazon Pay, that can act as online payment aggregators in the country — The Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday published a list of 32 entities, including Alphabet Inc.'s Google Pay, Amazon.com Inc.'s Amazon Pay …
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rbi.org.in, Techlusive, Moneycontrol, Tech in Asia, MediaNama, and Rise & Shine ☀
| Akane Otani / Wall Street Journal: |
Jaime Rogozinski, who created r/WallStreetBets, sues Reddit, arguing the company breached its contract by removing him as a moderator in 2020 — Jaime Rogozinski says site ousted him without claim; Reddit calls suit frivolous — WallStreetBets' founder is suing the site where it all began.
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Barron's Online, Insider, Reuters, Quartz, and Bloomberg
| Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal: |
The US House Judiciary Committee subpoenas Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft CEOs for documents and communications on content moderation by March 23 — Republican Jim Jordan demands information from chiefs of Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta and Microsoft| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
GitHub updates Copilot with better and more secure code suggestions and says 46% of developers' code files across all languages were generated with Copilot — GitHub has updated the AI model of Copilot, a programming assistant that generates real-time source code and function recommendations …
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The GitHub Blog, eSecurityPlanet, Silicon Republic, and Visual Studio Magazine
Tweets: @tomeczech, @jreuben1, @igorcosta, @qorbani, @vykthur, @mcmire, @justinwgrote, @adlenesifi, @quinnypig, @github, and @tarasglek
| Clive Thompson / MIT Technology Review: |
A brief history of Rust, a programming language that emerged from a side project and has been instrumental in driving the shift toward memory safe programming — For decades, coders wrote critical systems in C and C++. Now they turn to Rust. — Many software projects emerge because …
Tweets: @billatnapier, @richgel999, and @denelledixon
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Twitter updates its policies to allow cannabis ads targeting US states where cannabis is legal, promoting brands or providing info but not offering direct sales — Twitter on Wednesday updated its advertising policies to allow cannabis ads to run on its service in states where cannabis is legal, in accordance with federal guidelines.
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Twitter for Business, Fossbytes, Fortune, Neowin, TechCrunch, The Verge, Reuters, Memeburn, Gizmodo, Engadget, Social Media Today, and Politico
Tweets: @twitterbusiness, @rosiemattio, @colinbambury, @kylesherman, and @itsdgc
| Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
An interview with TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew as he works to persuade US lawmakers that the app is not a national security threat, calling suspicions “misinformed” — In an exclusive interview, Shou Zi Chew said he's working to persuade lawmakers that TikTok poses no threat.
Tweets: @mattnavarra
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: a China-based former ASML employee stole data from Teamcenter, a Siemens-made internal tool used to store technical info, in the past couple of months — A China-based former employee of ASML Holding NV — a critical cog in the global semiconductor industry … | Bloomberg: |
A profile of FTX co-founder and CTO Gary Wang, a roommate to Sam Bankman-Fried at MIT who is cooperating with the US, as insiders say he may have key insights — They'd come a long way together, from teenage mathletes to MIT frat brothers to crypto billionaires.
Tweets: @ritholtz, @antoniabmassa, @sidcoins, @emilyjnicolle, @annairrera, @antoniabmassa, and @avabmorrison
| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
The US CBP confirms implementing software to verify e-passports in June 2022, nearly 16 years after the US started issuing passports with RFID chips — After 16 years, the agency has implemented the software to cryptographically verify digital passport data—and it's already caught a dozen alleged fraudsters.
Tweets: @matthew_d_green, @lilyhnewman, and @kimzetter
| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
Shanghai-based esports tournament company VSPO raised a $265M Series C from Saudi Arabia's Savvy Games Group, seeking to reboot pro gaming in China after a lull — Saudi Arabia's wealth fund has made its first major foray into the Chinese games market, betting on a Tencent Holdings Ltd.-backed esports tournament organizer.
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Financial Times, Dexerto, and Esports Insider
| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
An interview with CS professor and ex-NHTSA adviser Missy Cummings, who says people are “over-trusting” Tesla's Autopilot, GM's Super Cruise, and other systems — Missy Cummings, who spent more than a year at the federal auto safety agency, said that drivers were putting … Sponsor Posts
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