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Snap rolls out “My AI”, a Snapchat chatbot using the latest ChatGPT version and pinned to the app's chat tab, initially available to Plus subscribers in the US — Snapchat is introducing a chatbot powered by the latest version of OpenAI's ChatGPT.
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| Jon Victor / The Information: |
Sources: Elon Musk approached AI researchers in recent weeks about forming a new research lab to develop a ChatGPT alternative; Musk co-founded OpenAI in 2015 — Elon Musk has approached artificial intelligence researchers in recent weeks about forming a new research lab to develop …
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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
LastPass: hackers stole password vault data in 2022 by exploiting an RCE flaw in third-party software to install a keylogger on a DevOps engineer's computer — LastPass revealed more information on a “coordinated second attack,” where a threat actor accessed and stole data from the Amazon AWS cloud storage servers for over two months.
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple has restarted work on an iPhone SE 4 with a 6.1" OLED screen and an Apple-designed 5G modem; Ross Young: China's BOE will supply the display — Apple has restarted development of a fourth-generation iPhone SE with a 6.1-inch OLED display and an Apple-designed 5G chip …
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| Derek Andersen / Cointelegraph: |
Coinbase plans to suspend trading of the Binance USD stablecoin on March 13 for not meeting its listing standards; users will still be able to access their BUSD — The San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange referred to its “listing standards” in a tweet. — 131 Total views — 1 Total shares
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| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
The White House gives federal agencies 30 days to ensure they don't have TikTok installed on government devices and 120 days to adjust IT contracts with vendors — The White House on Monday gave government agencies 30 days to ensure they do not have Chinese-owned app TikTok on federal devices and systems.| Christopher Nardi / National Post: |
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Meta is forming a team to get generative AI into its products, led by Ahmad Al-Dahle, who joined Meta in 2020 after 16 years at Apple and reports to Chris Cox — Meta is unifying its generative AI work across the company into a new product team tasked with more quickly integrating the latest technologies into its products.
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| NBC News: |
The US Marshals Service suffered “a ransomware and data exfiltration event” on a standalone system; a source says the witness protection database was not hit — The U.S. Marshals Service suffered a security breach over a week ago that compromises sensitive information …
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| Ian Allison / CoinDesk: |
DCG reports 2022 revenue of $719M and a $1.1B loss as the company struggled with plunging crypto prices and the restructuring of its lending platform, Genesis — DCG held cash and cash equivalents of just $262 million at the end of 2022, while investment assets amounted to $670 million.
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Sources: The Boring Company CEO Steve Davis has been overseeing Twitter's recent cost-cutting, including laying off 200+, amid talk he may be Twitter's next CEO — Is the job Steve Davis' to lose? PLUS: A smart new tool to fight child exploitation online
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| Samantha Murphy Kelly / CNN: |
Meta backs the NCMEC's Take It Down tool, letting minors anonymously attach a hash of intimate images or videos, to stop sextortion on Facebook and Instagram — Meta is taking steps to crack down on the spread of “revenge porn” images of teenagers on Facebook and Instagram.
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| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
Zoom reports Q4 revenue up 4% YoY to $1.12B, vs. $1.1B est., Enterprise revenue up 18% YoY to $636.1M, Enterprise customers up 12% YoY to ~213K; ZM jumps 7%+ — Zoom Video Communications Inc. gained in late trading after giving an upbeat profit forecast for the current period … | Gavin Bonshor / AnandTech: |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D review: AMD's fastest gaming processor and an overall excellent chip, but it's ~$110 more than the impressive previous generation 7950X — Last year, AMD released its Ryzen 7 5800X3D to the market with 96 MB of L3 V-Cache. The consumer implementation of AMD's …
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| New York Times: |
The Biden administration will require firms seeking CHIPS Act subsidies to limit stock buybacks and share a portion of unanticipated profits with the government — In return for vast subsidies, the Biden administration is asking the chip industry to make promises about its workers and finances.| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Google announces new features for Android, ChromeOS, and Wear OS, including Fast Pair for Chromebooks, Google Keep shortcuts, and Wear OS accessibility modes — Google has announced a slew of new features for Android, Chromebook and Wear OS that are designed to improve connectivity, productivity and accessibility.
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| Sander Lutz / Decrypt: |
Yuga Labs announces its first Bitcoin NFT project TwelveFold, which contains 300 limited-edition generative art pieces inscribed to the Bitcoin blockchain — TwelveFold, a limited series of just 300 generative Ordinals NFT art pieces on Bitcoin, will be auctioned later this week.Sponsor Posts
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