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Sources: Twitter plans to unveil a new policy that only Blue subscribers will be able to use SMS-based two-factor authentication — NEW: Twitter is planning to unveil a new policy as soon as this afternoon that only Blue subscribers will be able to use SMS-based two-factor authentication, according to company sources.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft says Bing chats will now be capped at 50 questions per day and five per session; after five questions, Bing will prompt users to start a new topic — Microsoft says it's implementing some conversation limits to its Bing AI just days after the chatbot went off the rails multiple times for users.
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| Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire: |
Amazon tells corporate staff to return to the office “at least three days per week”, starting on May 1, after previously leaving the decision to team leaders — Amazon wants its corporate and tech employees back in the office at least three days per week, CEO Andy Jassy said in a memo to workers on Friday.
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
GoDaddy discovered a multiyear security breach in early December 2022 in which unknown attackers stole some source code and installed malware on its servers — Web hosting giant GoDaddy says they suffered a breach where unknown attackers have stolen source code and installed malware …
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| Yueqi Yang / Bloomberg: |
Source: Binance is considering de-listing USDC and other tokens from US projects, ending US partnerships, and closing VC investments, amid regulatory scrutiny — Crypto giant Binance Holdings Ltd. is considering ending relationships with US business partners as regulators turn up the heat.| Clothilde Goujard / Politico: |
Under the Digital Services Act, online platforms disclose their MAUs in the EU: YouTube has 401M+, Facebook ~255M, Instagram ~250M, TikTok 150M, Twitter 100.9M — TikTok, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram have now confirmed they will face the strictest rules under the EU's content-moderation law, the Digital Services Act (DSA).
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| Cam Thompson / CoinDesk: |
OpenSea briefly removes marketplace fees to compete with no-fee marketplace Blur, which topped OpenSea in daily trading volume on February 15 for the first time — The top NFT marketplace's policy shift stems from competition with popular zero-fee marketplace Blur.
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| The Block: |
Sources: Jump is the unnamed “US trading firm” that the SEC said helped support the TerraUSD stablecoin in May 2021; the SEC has not accused Jump of wrongdoing — Published 1 hour and 25 minutes earlier on — Jump is the unidentified “U.S. trading firm” …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: former FTX Director of Engineering Nishad Singh plans to plead guilty to US criminal charges over his role in an alleged multiyear fraud at the company — (Bloomberg) — Another former member of Sam Bankman-Fried's inner circle is planning to plead guilty to US criminal charges …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Meta gave ~10% of employees subpar ratings in recent performance reviews, a potential sign of more layoffs, and cut a bonus metric to 85% of its target — The performance-review process is expected to set the stage for more workforce reductions this year — Why Tech Layoffs Don't Reflect the Job Market
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| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Samsung says the Galaxy S23 series' Message Guard feature will prevent zero-click exploits via messaging apps by detecting malware hidden in image attachments — Zero-click attacks, which can install malware onto a device without the user clicking or tapping on anything, have been on the rise in recent years.
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| Pradeep Viswanathan / BigTechWire: |
Microsoft plans to increase the price of using Bing Search APIs by up to 10x starting on May 1, including for image and news search, and adds APIs with LLMs — Microsoft Bing Search APIs allows developers to build web-connected apps and services that find webpages, images, news, videos, and more without advertisements.
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Microsoft Bing Search API, gHacks Technology News, and Search Engine Roundtable. Tweets: @jamestitcomb. Thanks:@pradeepviswav
| Sheena Vasani / The Verge: |
Google says users will be able to manage tasks created across Google apps like Gmail, Calendar, and Assistant from within Google Tasks, starting in March 2023 — Beginning May 22nd, Google will automatically move reminders created in the Google Assistant and Calendar apps to Tasks … | Kate Clark / The Information: |
Stripe's investor pitch deck says the startup needs $4B by the end of 2024 to cover a tax withholding bill when modifying employee stock grants before its IPO — Stripe is trying to raise a huge sum of money from investors, so it has tried to craft a compelling pitch: The payments giant …
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| Josh Ye / Reuters: |
Sources: Tencent cuts its 300-strong metaverse unit and drops VR hardware plans due to trouble achieving quick profitability and the need for a big investment — Tencent Holdings (0700.HK) is abandoning plans to venture into virtual reality hardware, as a sobering economic outlook prompts …
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Reuters, UploadVR, Road to VR, GameSpot, Metaverse Post, Game Rant, crypto.news, Engadget, Video Games Chronicle, TechNode, and The Block
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