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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Coinbase, Circle, Paxos, Crypto.com, Bitstamp, Cboe, and Gemini suspend business operations with Silvergate, which reported being “less than well-capitalized” — Silvergate's clients Coinbase, Circle, Paxos, Crypto.com, Bitstamp, Cboe Digital Markets and Gemini said they will suspend business with the bank.
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| CyberScoop: |
The Biden administration issues a national cybersecurity strategy, seeking to impose minimum standards, shift responsibility to larger software makers, and more — The strategy represents a shift in how Washington approaches cybersecurity, veering toward a more strictly regulated approach.
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| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
After Twitter banned third-party clients, Tapbots and The Iconfactory update Tweetbot and Twitterrific to ask subscribers to consider declining prorated refunds — Long story short: If you're a subscriber to either Tweetbot or Twitterrific, you can help them out with three simple steps:
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| David Z. Morris / CoinDesk: |
After a report said Binance misplaced $1.78B in USDC, Binance offered confused and sometimes contradictory responses, continuing its petulant and defensive tone — The FUD is coming from inside the building, says David Z. Morris, CoinDesk's chief insights columnist.
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| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
Memo: CNET EIC Connie Guglielmo, who defended CNET's use of AI tools, plans to step down to become Red Ventures' SVP of AI content strategy and editor-at-large — Following monthslong questions about how CNET uses artificial intelligence tools, longtime CNET editor-in-chief Connie Guglielmo …
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| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Sources: EU regulators are likely to approve Microsoft's $69B Activision Blizzard acquisition, satisfied by the company's Nintendo and Nvidia licensing deals — EU antitrust regulators are not expected to demand that Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) sell assets to win approval for its $69 billion acquisition …
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| The Verge: |
A look at TikTok's viral Bold Glamour filter, which an expert says likely uses generative adversarial networks, amid fears the tool may hurt users' self-esteem — TikTok rolled out new AI tools for filters last month. But the company won't say if its new Bold Glamour effect uses them …
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| John Tozzi / Bloomberg: |
Teladoc Health, which runs BetterHelp, settles with the FTC for $7.8M and agrees to stop sharing data with Meta, Snap, and other companies for ad purposes — Teladoc Health Inc.'s online mental health unit will be banned from sharing information with Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc …
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| Washington Post: |
US civil liberties and digital rights groups are speaking out against calls to ban TikTok, arguing the move would violate users' First Amendment rights — Happy Thursday! If you've ever thought some people in Washington should be in straitjackets, well, I guess you got your wish.
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| Elizabeth Weil / New York Magazine: |
A profile of Emily M. Bender, a University of Washington computational linguist who co-wrote a paper published in 2020 to illustrate what LLMs can and cannot do — Nobody likes an I-told-you-so. But before Microsoft's Bing started cranking out creepy love letters; before Meta's Galactica …
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| Aaron Tilley / Wall Street Journal: |
BlueMail says Apple blocked the email app's update adding ChatGPT features due to inappropriate content concerns and told BlueMail to raise its age limit to 17+ — iPhone maker asks email app with AI-language capabilities to set a 17-and-older age restriction — Regulation of Metaverse and Artificial Intelligence
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft updates its Bing chatbot to let users toggle between creative, balanced, and precise tones for its responses, hoping to counter Bing's wild outbursts — Microsoft has added a new feature to its Bing chatbot that lets you toggle between different tones for responses.
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