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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Twitter says only Blue subscribers will be able to use SMS-based 2FA after March 20, 2023; non-Blue users can use an authenticator app or 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 …
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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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| John Herrman / New York Magazine: |
The depictions of various interactions with Bing's AI show that the chatbot is doing what it was trained to do, albeit more broadly than Microsoft would prefer — In his 1976 book, Computer Power and Human Reason: From Judgment to Calculation, the computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum observed …
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| Phineas Rueckert / Forbidden Stories: |
Leaked docs detail reputation management company Eliminalia's tactics to remove public-interest info from the internet, like via fake sites and copyright claims — Leaked documents obtained by Forbidden Stories reveal the inner world of Eliminalia, a Spanish reputation management company.
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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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| 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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| 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 … | 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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| 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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| Caitlin Long: |
Custodia Bank CEO Caitlin Long says she warned law enforcement of crypto frauds beforehand and blames regulators for “throwing the baby out with the bathwater” — Before 1940, investing in mutual funds was like wading into a cesspool. The same is true today of crypto.
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| Cagan Koc / Bloomberg: |
The theft of ASML's IP in China, the company's third-biggest market, could spark even tighter controls on ASML, creating problems for its growth in the country — In the 10 years that Peter Wennink has run ASML Holding NV, China has gone from a rounding error to the chip-technology company's third-biggest market.
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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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| 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” … | Bloomberg: |
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