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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
The SEC sues Bittrex and its ex-CEO for allegedly operating an unregistered securities exchange, claiming tokens like Algorand and Omise Go are securities — The agency said Bittrex failed to register as an exchange, broker or clearing agency. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleged …
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| William Gallagher / AppleInsider: |
Apple launches its Apple Card Savings account, letting users deposit Daily Cash rewards into a 4.15% high-yield account, after announcing it in October 2022 — Months after its first announcement, Apple Savings is now available to Apple Card users, with users able to route Daily Cash rewards …
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| Jenni Reid / CNBC: |
Sega acquires Rovio, best known for its Angry Birds franchise, for €706M — - The deal would be for the entirety of Rovio's outstanding shares and options, valuing them at 9.25 euro per share, a roughly 19% premium to their closing price before the announcement, Sega said.
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| Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: |
Source: Apple's revenue in India hit a record ~$6B in the year ended March, up ~50% YoY from $4.1B; Tim Cook is set to open India's first Apple stores this week — Apple Inc.'s sales in India hit a new high of almost $6 billion in the year through March, highlighting the market's increasing importance …
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| Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: |
A look at autonomous AI agents like Auto-GPT and BabyAGI, which perform multistep tasks by iteratively taking output from GPT-4 and feeding it back into itself — AutoGPT and BabyAGI run GPT AI agents to complete complex tasks iteratively. — Since the launch of OpenAI's GPT-4 API …
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Sources: Tel Aviv-based QuaDream is shutting down, after Microsoft and Citizen Lab said its mercenary spyware is being used to hack journalists and others — It was reported last week that the Israeli firm's hacking tools have been used against journalists, opposition figures and advocacy organizations across at least 10 countries
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| Mark Savage / BBC: |
A song that uses AI to clone the voices of Drake and The Weeknd without the artists' permission goes viral on social media — A song that uses Artificial Intelligence to clone the voices of Drake and The Weeknd has gone viral on social media. — Called Heart On My Sleeve …
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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
A US House Committee publishes a draft stablecoin bill proposing a moratorium on stablecoins backed by other cryptocurrencies, requesting a CBDC study, and more — The stablecoin bill is the first major piece of crypto legislation in 2023. — The U.S. House Financial Services Committee published …
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| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Netflix's second ever livestream hit technical issues, leading to a 75+ minute delay and the company taping the Love is Blind reunion episode for later viewing — Netflix had some serious issues with the livestream of its “Love is Blind” reunion episode. We always knew the livestream would be messy …
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| Andrew Tarantola / Engadget: |
Adobe announces Firefly generative AI tool upgrades to let video editors add effects, boost color levels, and more using natural language prompts later in 2023 — Less than a month after debuting its new suite of Firefly generative AI editing tools, Adobe announced Monday that it is already working …
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| Sam Biddle / The Intercept: |
Contract docs reveal the Georgia National Guard plans to use location-based phone surveillance to target ads using geofences around 67 local public high schools — The Georgia Army National Guard plans to combine two deeply controversial practices — military recruiting at schools …
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| Sylvia Varnham O'Regan / The Information: |
Sources: after its first-ever ad sales drop, Meta ditched its brash tone with advertisers and is offering sweeteners, including a 25% discount for Reels ads — After suffering its first-ever drop in ad sales, Meta Platforms has abandoned its once-brash tone with advertisers in favor of a more flexible approach to winning business.| Max Tani / Semafor: |
Spotify plans to drop its paywall on some of Gimlet's podcasts and change its exclusivity rules in the coming months; Spotify acquired Gimlet for $230M in 2019 — Staff at the podcast studio Gimlet staff have been told in recent weeks that Spotify plans to drop its subscription wall around some of the studio's shows.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Barcelona-based Innovamat, which makes tools for teaching math, raised a $21M Series A led by Reach Capital, after starting its first K-5 pilots in the US — When it comes to education, mathematics has long been considered one of the most challenging of subjects both to learn and to teach.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Berlin-based e-commerce aggregator Razor Group raised an €80M Series C, sources say at a $1.2B valuation, and buys its rival Stryze Group in an all-share deal — The business of being an e-commerce aggregator may be down but it is definitely not out. — Razor Group, one of the string … | Ian Johnston / Financial Times: |
As Palantir vies for a £480M contract to build a “federated data platform” for the UK's NHS, experts say the company's Foundry tool is costly and hard to use — Internal opposition voiced over US company's bid for lucrative expansion within British health serviceSponsor Posts
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