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Sasha Luccioni / Wired:
Instead of halting AI research, an unfeasible task, the industry must improve transparency and accountability by being open to external audits and to regulation  —  Tech leaders' Open Letter proposed a pause on ChatGPT.  But researchers already know how to make artificial intelligence safer.
Financial Times:
US authorities arrest student loan service Frank founder Charlie Javice; the SEC charges her with falsifying Frank user numbers for JPMorgan's $175M acquisition  —  Charlie Javice allegedly falsified user numbers at student finance company  —  The founder of a student finance website acquired …
Tim Hardwick / MacRumors:
Apple's System Status says the company resolved a Weather service issue that made the app slow or unavailable on iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and macOS for 12+ hours  —  Apple is currently experiencing issues with its weather data provider, leaving many users unable to see live weather information and forecasts for regions in the Weather app.
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft debuts the Surface Thunderbolt 4 Dock for $300, offering a USB-C port instead of a proprietary Surface Connect port and supporting non-Surface devices  —  Priced at $299.99, the new Surface dock will connect over USB-C instead of the proprietary Surface Connect port.
Tom Bristow / Politico:
The UK ICO fines TikTok £12.7M, down from a £27M fine proposed in September 2022, for having ~1.4M UK users under the age of 13 and misusing their personal data  —  The ICO estimates that 1.4 million children in the UK were on TikTok in 2020.  —  LONDON — The U.K.'s data regulator …
Kim Masters / The Hollywood Reporter:
Many current and former Amazon executives, showrunners, and agents say Amazon Studios is confusing and frustrating; one showrunner says Studios has “no vision”  —  Despite ambitious bets like ‘Daisy Jones & The Six’ and the upcoming ‘Citadel,’ insiders complain that there's still …
Brandy Betz / CoinDesk:
Vancouver-based Web3 messaging protocol developer LayerZero Labs raised a $120M Series B at a $3B valuation, up from $1B in its $135M Series A+ in March 2022  —  The valuation is triple the level of the firm's previous funding round in March 2022.  —  Join the most important conversation …
James Vincent / The Verge:
Stanford's AI Index: in 2022, industry produced 32 notable ML models compared to academia's three, global private investment fell 26.7% YoY to $91.9B, and more  —  An annual report on AI progress has highlighted the increasing dominance of industry players over academia and government in deploying and safeguarding AI applications.
Joseph Cox / VICE:
Researcher: bugs in Nexx's Wi-Fi-enabled garage door openers let hackers open garages; Nexx hasn't responded to patch appeals for months, including from the DHS  —  A security researcher found a series of vulnerabilities with the Nexx brand of smart garage openers.
New York Times:
China opening its Micron investigation marks the most significant retaliation against US chip sanctions yet and undermines Beijing's open-for-business messaging  —  Beijing's security review of Micron Technology, which has deep roots in China, could have wide-ranging ramifications for other foreign businesses.
Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk:
DeFi lending protocol Euler says a hacker returned all “recoverable funds” stolen in its ~$200M exploit; blockchain data shows the hacker apologized on March 28  —  Culprit had already apologized.  —  The hacker responsible for roiling Euler Finance by draining some $200 million …
Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica:
Google backtracks on its decision to cap all Google Drive users to 5 million files and will “explore alternate approaches to ensure a great experience for all”  —  The reaction to Google Drive's secret 5 million file limit makes Google hit “undo.”

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Todd Spangler / Variety:
State attorneys general from Iowa and Montana file a motion with the US Supreme Court to have the antitrust suit against the Paramount-WBD deal thrown out

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
WSJ opinion editor Paul Gigot defends Stanley Druckenmiller's use of AI to write an op-ed, saying “nobody can doubt that his op-ed is his genuine opinion”

Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
A US federal appeals court sets aside an FCC notice that would have let political parties and joint fundraising committees qualify for lowest broadcast ad rates

More News

Farnoush Amiri / Associated Press:
Over 24 Democrats in Congress who are active on TikTok are being pushed by colleagues to stop using the app, as pressure mounts against TikTok in Washington, DC
Angus Whitley / Bloomberg:
Australia bans TikTok from government-issued devices, joining the US, the UK, the Netherlands, Canada, France, and others in taking action against the platform

Earlier Picks

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple plans to eliminate a small number of its corporate retail staff, marking its first known cuts since embarking on a belt-tightening effort in 2022
Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch:
Dogecoin's price spikes 25%+ after Twitter replaces its bird logo with a doge image; Elon Musk is fighting to get a dogecoin-related lawsuit dismissed
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Google Search adds travel features: a “price guarantee” tool for flights, a swipeable hotel browsing story format, and a new way to find attractions and tours
Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
The Tor Project partners with VPN maker Mullvad to launch the Mullvad browser, for Windows, macOS, and Linux, to reduce a user's “fingerprint” used for tracking
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