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| 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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@yoyoel@macaw.social. Tweets:
@secgov, @smdiehl, @bitfinexed, @bitboy_crypto, @file411, and @jeff_foust
| 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.
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@brian_armstrong, @iampaulgrewal, @brian_armstrong, @caitlinlong_, @adamscochran, @joelkatz, @katie_haun, @carnage4life, @johnedeaton1, @timccopeland, @brucefenton, @cdixon, @bitfinexed, @twobitidiot, @fundamentalwolf, @jerrycap, @mdudas, @autismcapital, @dogetoshi, @merts_eth, @jchervinsky, @autismcapital, and @iamdcinvestor. Thanks:@mattrosoff
| 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.
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@web3isgreat and @file411
| 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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Thomas Dohmke. Tweets:
@github, @ashtom, @satyanadella, @tomwarren, @stevesi, @firt, @martinwoodward, @monkchips, @kylebrussell, @codepo8, @kdaigle, @amasad, @film_girl, @gdb, @vykthur, and @rakyll. Thanks:@colegarry2
| Washington Post: |
Poll of 1,027 US adults: 41% support a TikTok ban, 25% oppose it, and 71% are concerned that ByteDance is based in China; 17% of US daily users support a ban — As D.C. pushes for action against TikTok, a Washington Post poll finds more support than oppose banning the app
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| 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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| 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, @patrickweekes, and @thencsmaster
| 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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Karim Lakhani. Mastodon:
@danyork@mastodon.social. Tweets:
@mozilla, @klakhani, @kylebrussell, and @neilturkewitz
| 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, Microsoft Design, Daring Fireball, The Verge, Engadget, TechCrunch, BigTechWire, XDA Developers, Petri IT Knowledgebase, Neowin, Thurrott, WinBuzzer, and OnMSFT.com
LinkedIn:
Jeff Teper and Jacob Cohen
| 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, The Information, and DCD
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@chengela, @asianometry, @shadihamid, @susandominus, @page88, @keithjkrach, @workmj, @atroyn, and @ashleygjovik
| 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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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 … | 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, The Register, Ars Technica, reddit, iPhone in Canada Blog, PetaPixel, HotHardware, TidBITS, and Silicon Republic
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Cem and Jeff Carlson
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@thatjordandrake, @migueldeicaza, @glenngabe, @allisonjo1, @toddowyoung, @fb_bmb, @dburbach, @haje, @krazyfrog, and @dburbach
| 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 … | 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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The Information, The Daily Beast, and Engadget
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@ashleyrcarman, @lucas_shaw, @ashleyrcarman, @so_treu, @exavierpope, @simonowens, @lucas_shaw, @charlespulliam, and @ashleyrcarman
| 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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TechCrunch, Silicon Valley Business …, Reuters, Tech Startups, Bloomberg, and Gizmodo
| 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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ACM, Quanta Magazine, VentureBeat, TechSpot, Engadget, MIT News, Network World, and HotHardware
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@theofficialacm, @timsweeneyepic, @mit_csail, @jeffdean, @jessfraz, @nixcraft, @werner, @joshuabaer, and @benbenbrubaker
| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
Crypto exchange Bitget acquires a controlling stake in crypto wallet company BitKeep with a $30M investment at a $300M valuation — - Bitget has invested $30 million in BitKeep at a $300 million valuation. — The crypto exchange is now the controlling stakeholder of the wallet provider.
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FinSMEs, Bitget, blockchainreporter, BeInCrypto, CryptoSaurus, InvestingCube, The Information, Forkast, Cointelegraph, CoinDesk, crypto.news, and Cryptonews
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