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| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
GitHub announces Copilot X, a new Copilot version with chat and voice features using OpenAI's GPT-4 to help with certain coding tasks, available via a waitlist — Microsoft Corp.'s GitHub unit created one of the first widely deployed programs using OpenAI's language-generation tools …
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The GitHub Blog, TechCrunch, The Verge, The Register, SiliconANGLE, Thurrott, VentureBeat, WinBuzzer, CIO Dive, Watcher Guru, IT PRO, Fast Company, BigTechWire, OnMSFT.com, PCMag, and Neowin
LinkedIn:
Thomas Dohmke. Tweets:
@github, @ashtom, @amasad, @satyanadella, @gdb, @rakyll, @tomwarren, @stevesi, @firt, @martinwoodward, @monkchips, @kylebrussell, @codepo8, @kdaigle, @film_girl, and @vykthur. Thanks:@colegarry2
| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
The US SEC sues Tron founder Justin Sun and his companies for the alleged “unregistered offer and sale of crypto asset securities” TRX and BTT, fraud, and more — The SEC alleged TRX, BTT are unregistered securities, and claimed Sun created an “extensive wash trading” program to boost their trading volume.
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Tweets:
@secgov, @file411, @smdiehl, @bitfinexed, @jeff_foust, and @bitboy_crypto
| CNBC: |
The US SEC charges Lindsay Lohan, Jake Paul, Akon, and other celebrities for promoting crypto tokens TRX and BTT without disclosing that they were compensated — - The SEC unveiled charges against diplomat Justin Sun for fraud and securities violations, while also charging celebrity backers including Jake Paul and Lindsay Lohan.| Alex Barinka / Bloomberg: |
The US House Committee on Energy and Commerce posts TikTok CEO Shou Chew's prepared testimony, which says the company has spent ~$1.5B to safeguard US user data — TikTok Chief Executive Officer Shou Chew plans to tell Congress his app does more to protect young users than rival social media platforms …
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LinkedIn:
Alex Barinka. Tweets:
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| Washington Post: |
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| CNBC: |
Coinbase says it received an SEC notice warning the company of potential US securities law violations and recommending that the SEC take an enforcement action — - The SEC issued crypto exchange Coinbase a Wells notice, warning the exchange that it identified potential violations of U.S. securities law.| Chris Stokel-Walker / BuzzFeed News: |
Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins says Midjourney banned him after he made images of a Donald Trump arrest; the company banned the word “arrested” in its tool — “I suspect it was pushing my luck when I did the [Twitter] thread,” Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins said.
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The Hill, Ars Technica, New York Post, and Livemint
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| Luke Plunkett / Kotaku: |
Ubisoft unveils Ghostwriter, an internal AI tool saving its scriptwriters time by creating first drafts and more realistic non-player character interactions — Ubisoft Ghostwriter is described by the company as ‘an AI tool’ — Ubisoft, the publishers behind Assassin's Creed …
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@vgc_news, @charalanahzard, @eddcoates, @ubisoft, @thencsmaster, @patrickweekes, and @skillupyt
| Virginia Heffernan / Wired: |
Inside TSMC's facilities in Taiwan, where Fab 18 makes 1 quintillion transistors for Apple every six months, and an interview with Chairman Mark Liu — As the US boosts production of silicon chips, an American journalist goes inside TSMC, the mysterious Taiwanese company at the center of the global industry.
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Washington Post and DCD
LinkedIn:
Eric Rosenblum and Keith Krach
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@workmj, @ashleygjovik, @chengela, @asianometry, @shadihamid, @susandominus, @page88, @keithjkrach, @atroyn, @avbronstein, @waterslicer, @brianweeden, @ajblum, @theannagat, @sivavaid, and @page88
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Mozilla announces Mozilla.ai, an AI-focused startup with a $30M seed from the Mozilla Foundation to create a “trustworthy”, independent open-source AI stack — On the eve of its 25th anniversary, Mozilla, the not-for-profit behind the Firefox browser, is launching an AI-focused startup.
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The Mozilla Blog, Forbes, CNET, iClarified, Phoronix, Liliputing, Silicon Republic, Thurrott, SiliconANGLE, and Fortune
LinkedIn:
Karim Lakhani. Mastodon:
@danyork@mastodon.social. Tweets:
@mozilla, @klakhani, @kylebrussell, and @neilturkewitz
| Jaron Schneider / PetaPixel: |
Amazon-owned digital photography site DPReview is closing on April 10; people can request to download photos or texts they've uploaded to the site until April 6 — DPReview, easily one of the most beloved publications among photography enthusiasts, will shut down and its content will be deleted.
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Digital Photography Review, PetaPixel, Ars Technica, TechCrunch, reddit, HotHardware, On my Om, iPhone in Canada Blog, PetaPixel, TidBITS, and Silicon Republic
LinkedIn:
Jeff Carlson. Tweets:
@dpreview, @thatjordandrake, @migueldeicaza, @glenngabe, @allisonjo1, @toddowyoung, @fb_bmb, @dburbach, @haje, @krazyfrog, @dburbach, @chrismichel, @fmanjoo, @kaimanwong, @strobist, @lokcheung, @bombur, @jpncamerahunter, @film_girl, @tedforbes, and @om
| Sean Endicott / Windows Central: |
Microsoft launches Loop, its Notion and Asana competitor, in preview, letting users collaborate in shared Microsoft 365 workspaces on the web, Android, and iOS — You can now try out Microsoft's new collaboration tool Loop. — What you need to know — Microsoft Loop is now available in preview.
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Microsoft 365 Blog, Engadget, TechCrunch, Microsoft Design, XDA Developers, BigTechWire, Petri IT Knowledgebase, Neowin, Thurrott, The Verge, WinBuzzer, and OnMSFT.com
LinkedIn:
Jacob Cohen and Jeff Teper
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Amazon introduces new Fire TVs and the cheaper TV lineup 2-Series, says 200M+ Fire TV devices have been sold, and expands Luna to the UK, Germany, and Canada — Amazon announced today that it has sold a total of over 200 million Fire TV devices. That number is a combination of Fire TV streamers …
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Amazon Luna, 9to5Google, Engadget, Insider, Amazon, Variety, About Amazon, Android Central, SlashGear, MakeUseOf, Thurrott, T3, MobileSyrup, Neowin, TechCrunch, Tech Advisor, AFTVnews, HD Guru, CNBC, Light Reading, PCMag, TechSpot, Techaeris, Pocket-lint, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Streamable, 9to5Toys, Digital Trends, Tom's Guide, and KnowTechie
LinkedIn:
Alex Danskin and Mustafa Hakim
| TechCrunch: |
After the Russia-linked Clop ransomware gang claimed to hit 130 companies, victims are coming forward, many of which used Fortra's GoAnywhere file transfer tool — Clop claimed it mass-hacked 130 organizations. Now the list of known victims is growing — The number of victims affected …
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@carlypage_ and @zackwhittaker
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Google, Meta, and Apple want Congress to limit Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, expiring at 2023's end if not reauthorized — Top tech companies are mounting a push to limit how US intelligence agencies collect and view texts, emails and other information about their users … | Theo Wayt / The Information: |
Job listings site Indeed lays off ~2,200 people, or ~15% of its headcount, citing falling HR Tech revenue; Tokyo-based Recruit acquired Indeed in September 2012 — Job listings site Indeed.com told employees on Wednesday that it's laying off 2,200 people, representing 15% of its headcount …
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Bloomberg, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Reuters, and Business Post
| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
The Association for Computing Machinery awards Bob Metcalfe the 2022 Turing Award for the invention, standardization, and commercialization of Ethernet — In the 1970s, Bob Metcalfe helped develop the primary technology that lets you send email or connect with a printer over an office network.
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Engadget, Quanta Magazine, ACM, HotHardware, VentureBeat, CNET, MIT News, Network World, and Reuters
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@theofficialacm, @mit_csail, @jeffdean, @jessfraz, @nixcraft, @joshuabaer, and @benbenbrubaker
| Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: |
Memo: Spotify has spent less than 10% of its $100M Creator Equity Fund, announced in February 2022 to promote diversity in music after the Joe Rogan controversy — Spotify Technology SA's $100 million Creator Equity Fund, designed to promote diversity in music and podcasts following controversial comments …
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Engadget. Tweets:
@ashleyrcarman, @lucas_shaw, @ashleyrcarman, @so_treu, @exavierpope, @simonowens, @lucas_shaw, @charlespulliam, and @ashleyrcarman
| Matt Levine / Bloomberg: |
A look at Balaji Srinivasan's weird $1M bitcoin bet, predicting one BTC will be worth $1M+ in 90 days, which is economically irrational but attracts attention — It is sometimes useful to think that the shareholders of a bank are not its owners; they are just renting it from its creditors.| Sahil Patel / The Information: |
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