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Twitter's For You code tracks metrics for users categorized as “republican”, “democrat”, “power user”, or “elon” to keep tweaks from harming any of these groups — Musk said he had no idea it was doing that! — Twitter has just released …
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Twitter open sources a portion of its code on GitHub, including its algorithm for recommending tweets in For You but excluding its ad recommendation algorithm — As repeatedly promised by Twitter CEO Elon Musk, Twitter has opened a portion of its source code, including the algorithm it uses …
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| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
LeBron James, William Shatner, Seinfeld actor Jason Alexander, and other athletes and celebrities with millions of followers say they won't pay for Twitter Blue — April 1 is the dumbest day on the internet, and this year, it's not just because brands will try to prank you by selling “hot iced coffee.”
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| Daniel Wiessner / Reuters: |
The NLRB says Activision Blizzard broke US labor law by illegally surveilling staff during a walkout and threatening to close Slack channels amid a union drive — Activision Blizzard Inc (ATVI.O) violated U.S. labor law by illegally surveilling employees during a walkout and threatening … | Juro Osawa / The Information: |
Sources: ByteDance generated $80B+ in 2022 revenue, up 30%+ YoY, after growing 70% between 2020 and 2021; TikTok represented ~12% of ByteDance's total revenue — ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, generated more than $80 billion in annual revenue last year, up more than 30% …
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| Mat Di Salvo / Decrypt: |
Seattle-based crypto exchange Bittrex shuts down its US operations, telling users to withdraw funds by April 30, but plans to continue to operate Bittrex Global — The American cryptocurrency exchange said it was not “economically viable” to continue doing business in the United States.
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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Google confirms putting a 5M-file limit per Drive account, even for paid Google One plans, in February 2023 without telling users, who thought the cap was a bug — The new file limit means you can't actually use the storage you buy from Google. — “Please delete 2 million files to continue using your Google Drive account.”
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| Chloe Xiang / VICE: |
A Belgian widow claims her husband died by suicide after talking for six weeks with an AI chatbot that presented itself as an emotional being in the app Chai — The incident raises concerns about guardrails around quickly-proliferating conversational AI models. — Chloe Xiang
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An investigation details how a Georgia man was wrongfully arrested based on a bad facial recognition match and other tech meant to make policing more effective — Because of a bad facial recognition match and other hidden technology, Randal Reid spent nearly a week in jail …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
How GameStop chairman Ryan Cohen abandoned his e-commerce push for the company to refocus on its ~4,400 stores, leading to GameStop's first profit in two years — Videogame retailer, the original meme stock, hits brakes on e-commerce push to refocus on its 4,400 bricks-and-mortar locations| Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of Sam Altman, whose social-minded capitalism may make him the ideal CEO for OpenAI as some say he's too commercially minded to lead a tech revolution — The CEO behind ChatGPT navigates the line between developing artificial intelligence on the cutting edge and pushing technology to dystopia| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Lyft co-founders' departures followed months of staff worries as the company's market cap fell 85% to under $3.5B in two years, while Uber fared better — New CEO says he aims to boost employee morale and overhaul customer and driver experience — Tech Live: Lyft Co-Founder on Stock-Price Tumble, Autonomous Cars
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