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Twitter says only Blue subscribers will be able to use SMS-based 2FA after March 20, 2023; all users can use an authenticator app or a physical security key — In fact, if you don't start paying for Twitter Blue ($8 a month on Android; $11 a month on iOS) or switch your account to use a far …
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| Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post: |
A preview of Gonzalez v. Google SCOTUS case and a look at the Israeli nonprofit Shurat HaDin that is arguing the case against Google at the February 21 hearing — Are tech companies liable when their algorithms recommend terrorist content? The Court's answer could upend the way the internet works.
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Biden and some GOP senators have formed a loose alliance in asking SCOTUS to change Section 230 protections when hearing Gonzalez v. Google on February 21 — WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and some of his most prominent Republican adversaries in Congress have become allies, of sorts … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft limits Bing chats to five questions per session and 50 questions per day; 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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| Cam Thompson / CoinDesk: |
OpenSea temporarily drops marketplace fees to compete with no-fee marketplace Blur, which on February 15 beat OpenSea in daily trading volume for the first time — The top NFT marketplace's policy shift stems from competition with popular zero-fee marketplace Blur.
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| Paul Kiernan / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Bitcoin's five maintainers scattered globally, who steward the open-source Bitcoin Core, after four turnovers in 18 months cited burnout or legal risk — Developers with power to change the cryptocurrency's software hold an unorthodox role, are elusive—and have been known to head off disaster for the coin
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| Richard Waters / Financial Times: |
A human player beat a top-ranked AI system in 14 out 15 games of Go, using tactics suggested by a computer program that had probed the AI system for weaknesses — Amateur Kellin Pelrine exploited weakness in systems that have otherwise dominated board game's grandmasters
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| Li Yuan / New York Times: |
Experts say China is behind the US in AI tools like ChatGPT due to censorship, geopolitical tensions, and the government's growing control of the private sector — The state's hardening censorship and heavier hand have held back its tech industry; so has entrepreneurs' reluctance to invest for the long term.
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| Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review: |
A look at You.com, Andi, and Perplexity, three startups that started offering chatbot-enhanced search tools before the new Bing and Google's Bard came along — A frenzy of activity from tech giants and startups alike is reshaping what people want from search—for better or worse.
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| Bloomberg: |
US regulators expanding their crypto investigations has led some companies to look to financial hubs overseas, including Singapore, Hong Kong, Europe, and Dubai — A spate of crypto probes in the US is prompting battered digital-asset firms to look toward financial hubs overseas …
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A look at e-scooter sharing startups in Europe, like Bolt, which raised $1.9B, amid some city bans and questions about the vehicles' environmental credentials — On April 2 the people of Paris will vote on whether escooter rental should be banned from the city.
Tweets: @amyrlewin and @sadianowshin_
| Financial Times: |
Research: total USD invested in Chinese startups fell by ~75% in 2022; 19% of the total capital put into Chinese startups was in USD, compared to 39% in 2021 — The country's newest crop of technology companies is more likely to list at home rather than in the US
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