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An interview with Microsoft CVP of Design and Research Jon Friedman about the company's vision for Microsoft 365 Copilot, Bing AI lessons, AI ethics, and more — Copilot is more than just a chatbot. Microsoft is slowly building an AI assistant that it has dreamed about for years.
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Some TikTok creators say the app created business opportunities, as they contemplate life after a possible ban, like moving to Instagram Reels or YouTube Shorts — The platform created business opportunities for some users. Now, they're planning for what might come next| Georgia Wells / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: some lawmakers and tech executives like Peter Thiel are mobilizing against China's involvement in US tech, ahead of the TikTok CEO's US House testimony — Group to meet ahead of TikTok's testimony before Congress — A group of Silicon Valley executives, including investor Peter Thiel …
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Early screenshots show Microsoft is testing a non-custodial Ethereum crypto wallet built into Edge that lets users send and receive cryptocurrencies and NFTs — Microsoft is working on a non-custodial built-in Ethereum crypto wallet for Microsoft Edge to allow users to send and receive cryptocurrency and NFTs.
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| Bloomberg: |
The FBI arrests “Pompompurin”, a New York man who allegedly ran BreachForums, a dark web site that hosted the stolen databases of almost 1K companies and sites — Federal agents have arrested a Peekskill, New York, man they say ran the notorious dark web data-breach site “BreachForums” under the name “Pompompurin.”
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| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
After SVB froze its deposits, HR software startup Rippling raised a $500M Series E at an $11.25B valuation, same as Series D, taking its total funding to $1.2B — As a serial entrepreneur who has famously endured some ups and downs, Parker Conrad has nearly seen it all. Or so he might have thought until last week.
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| Maria Bustillos / The Nation: |
A look at four publishers' lawsuit against the Internet Archive, which hinges on defining the legal ownership of ebooks, ahead of oral arguments on March 20 — Or that they haven't already started to pollute Google searches. And if publishers win their lawsuit against the Internet Archive … | Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Meta debuts Verified in the US for $12/month on the web or $15/month on Android/iOS, with a blue badge, proactive impersonation protection, and customer support — Meta's paid verification program is available in the US starting today, CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote on his Instagram channel.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Coinbase is exploring setting up a crypto trading platform overseas for institutional clients outside of the US, amid increased US scrutiny of crypto — Institutional clients of Coinbase Global Inc. have been contacted by the firm about plans to potentially set … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
SVB Financial Group, the holding company for SVB Capital and SVB Securities, files for Chapter 11 and “believes it has approximately $2.2B of liquidity” — One week after trading was halted for SVB Financial and regulators took control of the holding company for Silicon Valley Bank …
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| Financial Times: |
How tech from London-based AI startup Synthesia, backed by Kleiner Perkins and GV, is being used to make deepfake news videos promoted by Venezuela's government — UK tech company developed software used in fake news videos promoted by authoritarian government| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
YouTube lifts its restrictions on Donald Trump's channel, imposed after the January 6 insurrection, after evaluating the “continued risk of real-world violence” — YouTube will lift its restrictions on former President Trump's channel Friday, a spokesperson confirmed to Axios.
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| Financial Times: |
Some investors are concerned that SVB's collapse and its US government rescue, after Silicon Valley investors' lobbying, could lead to tougher tech regulation — Late last Saturday night, Jason Calacanis, a prominent internet entrepreneur and investor, hit the caps button on his keyboard …
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