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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 — This was originally published as a Stratechery Update — Look, this is going to sound crazy.
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The Verge, Simon Willison's Weblog, The Verge, 9to5Google, TechSpot, Android Headlines, Tom's Guide, MobileSyrup, Futurism, ZDNet, The Verge, BGR, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Windows Central, and Search Engine Roundtable
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| Andrew Griffin / The Independent: |
Some users say the “new Bing” is questioning its existence, outright lying, and responding with “unhinged”, aggressive, and nearly incomprehensible answers — System appears to be suffering a breakdown as it ponders why it has to exist at all — Microsoft is adding Chat GPT tech to Bing| Stephen Wolfram Writings: |
An in-depth look at how OpenAI's ChatGPT decodes inputs to produce a “reasonable continuation” of a text so far, the underlying dataset, neural nets, and more — It's Just Adding One Word at a Time — That ChatGPT can automatically generate something that reads even superficially …
Tweets: @stephen_wolfram, @friscojosh, @krishnanrohit, and @chr1sa
| Platformer: |
Sources: Twitter engineers built a system to boost Elon Musk's tweets over everyone else's after Musk complained Joe Biden's Super Bowl tweet outperformed his — After his Super Bowl tweet did worse numbers than President Biden's, Twitter's CEO ordered major changes to the algorithm
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Wired, iMore, Ars Technica, Fortune, Social Media Today, Engadget, gHacks Technology News, Bloomberg, Techdirt, MobileSyrup, Android Headlines, Appuals.com, TechSpot, Moneycontrol, Gizmodo, CoinGape, CNET, Digital Trends, Newser, and The Economic Times
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| Bloomberg: |
At a conference, Elon Musk guesses that “toward the end” of 2023 will be “good timing to find” a new Twitter CEO as the company “should be in stable condition” — Elon Musk said he may need the rest of this year to put things right at Twitter Inc …
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| The Guardian: |
An investigation into Team Jorge, an Israeli hacking and social media disinformation unit for hire that claims covert involvement in 33 presidential elections — - Group sells hacking services and access to vast army of fake social media profiles — Evidence unit behind disinformation campaigns across world
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The Guardian, Haaretz, OCCRP, and Forbidden Stories
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| Praveen Seshadri: |
An ex-Google engineer and founder of Google-acquired AppSheet reflects on the issues with Google's culture, including no mission, no urgency, and mismanagement — What ails Google. And how it can turn things around. … I joined Google just before the pandemic when the company I had co-founded …
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| 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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CNBC, Protos, U.S. Securities …, Reuters, Bloomberg, U.S. Securities …, The Information, Blockworks, CoinDesk, CoinDesk, CoinGape, CryptoSlate, Silvermint, UPI, Wall Street Journal, Barron's Online, Cryptonews, and Financial Times
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: the US DOJ ramped up work in recent months on a potential antitrust complaint into whether Apple has iOS monopoly power and favors its own products — Justice Department is adding litigators, seeking more data and studying Kanter's possible role in its investigation
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PYMNTS.com, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, Reuters, CNBC, Patently Apple, MacDailyNews, New York Post, and Slashdot. Tweets: @keachhagey
| 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
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House Committee …, The Hill, Engadget, USA Today, Gizmodo, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, Reuters, and CNBC
| New York Times: |
Sources: FTX lawyers and Modulo are negotiating the return of Sam Bankman-Fried's $400M investment in the hedge fund, sitting for months in a JPMorgan account — The founders of the trading firm Modulo Capital are in talks with FTX about returning the investment that Sam Bankman-Fried made in the fund.| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple has postponed the release of its MR headset from around April to June 2023, at its annual WWDC, after testing showed hardware and software issues — Apple Inc. has postponed a planned introduction of its first mixed-reality headset from around April to June … | Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: |
Roblox reports Q4 net bookings up 17% YoY to $899.4M, vs. $876.2M est., a record 65M DAUs in January 2023, and estimated bookings up 19% to 21%; RBLX jumps 25%+ — Roblox Corp. shares surged the most in nine months after the online video game platform reported bookings that beat analysts' estimates … | Bloomberg: |
ASML reported a breach to US authorities after a former employee in China misappropriated proprietary data, saying that export controls may have been violated — ASML Holding NV, a critical cog in the global semiconductor industry, said a former employee in China stole data about its technology …
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The Verge, South China Morning Post, Data Center Knowledge, CNBC, Silicon Canals, and The Register
Tweets: @oliviasolon, @klonkitchen, @cagankoc, @byron_wan, and @mattocko
| Bloomberg: |
Lufthansa returns to normal operations after grounding all its flights due to software issues linked to four damaged Deutsche Telekom broadband fiber cables — Deutsche Lufthansa AG grounded all of its flights on Wednesday after damage to a set of Deutsche Telekom broadband cables caused widespread IT problems.
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Reuters, iTnews, Deutsche Welle, New York Times, Livemint, Gizmodo, The Register, DCD, and Silicon Republic
Tweets: @lufthansanews, @cyb3rops, @spielewert, and @cyb3rops
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Snap adds ray tracing support to its AR Lens Studio for developers globally, initially partnering with Tiffany & Co to let users try on and purchase bracelets — Snap has introduced ray tracing technology to its AR Lens Studio for developers around the world, the company announced on Wednesday.| Tiyashi Datta / Reuters: |
Roku reports Q4 revenue of $867.1M, flat YoY, vs. $801.7M est., streaming hours up 23% YoY, and Q1 2023 revenue guidance above estimates; ROKU jumps 10%+ — Roku Inc (ROKU.O) forecast first-quarter revenue above analysts' estimates on Wednesday, betting on its streaming devices and content platform to drive growth.| Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
Amazon plans to bypass European distributors and buy products directly from brands in 2024; Amazon's international unit tripled its loss YoY to $7.75B in 2022 — Amazon.com Inc. warned distributors in Europe that it will cease ordering from them next year in favor of buying products directly from brands …
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| Benjamin Robertson / The Block: |
Bankrupt crypto lender Celsius offers to sell to investment firm NovaWulf, founded in 2021 by Wall Street dealmakers; smaller creditors may regain ~70% of funds — - Proposed sale would see smaller creditors get around 70% of their money back — Larger creditors would become shareholders … | Katharine Gemmell / Bloomberg: |
After regulator requests, the European Commission will review Adobe's $20B Figma deal over antitrust concerns, despite being under its revenue review threshold — Adobe Inc.'s proposed $20 billion takeover of design firm Figma Inc. risks a lengthy European Union probe after the bloc's …
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European Commission, TechCrunch, The Register, Reuters, and Silicon Republic
Tweets: @eu_competition, @wavesblog, @mr_james_c, and @eu_competition
| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Cisco reports Q2 revenue up 7% YoY to $13.6B and forecasts a Q3 revenue growth of 11% to 13% YoY, vs. ~6% est.; CSCO rises 7%+ after hours — Cisco Systems Inc., the biggest maker of machines that run computer networks and the internet, soared in late trading after an upbeat forecast showed …
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| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon X75 modem with upgraded software, the latest 5G advances like carrier aggregation, and more, arriving in devices in H2 2023 — Qualcomm is warming up for Mobile World Congress by announcing its newest modem: the Snapdragon X75.
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ExtremeTech, Cult of Mac, TechPowerUp, Android Central, TechRepublic, Neowin, Engadget, Liliputing, Techlusive, Android Authority, Android Headlines, CNET, Phone Scoop, PCMag, HotHardware, Appuals.com, Fierce Wireless, TechCircle, iClarified, and Wccftech. Tweets: @cristianoamon
| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
Community Health Systems, which owns ~80 hospitals in 16 US states, says hackers stole data on up to 1M patients; Russia-linked malware gang Clop takes credit — Clop claims it mass-hacked 130 organizations, including a U.S. hospital network — A prolific ransomware operation is back with old tricks — and new victims.| Bloomberg: |
Filing: Berkshire Hathaway cut its holdings of TSMC's American depositary shares by 86% last quarter to 8.29M, valued at $617.7M; TSMC's stock closes down 3.67% — Warren Buffett slashed his holding of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. just months after disclosing a major stake …
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Reuters, Tom's Hardware, Wall Street Journal, CNN, Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, Financial Times, Coinspeaker, Patently Apple, DCD, Quartz, Bloomberg, and Latest
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