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Microsoft plans to drop Twitter support from its ad platform on April 25; users won't be able to access or manage Twitter accounts through Microsoft's tool — Yet another big B2B service passes on paying for Twitter's new high-priced API. — Twitter is being removed from yet another big B2B platform.
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| Michael Kan / PCMag: |
After Microsoft Advertising said it was dropping Twitter support, Elon Musk tweeted that it's “lawsuit time” over training “illegally using Twitter data” — Microsoft is winding down support for Twitter on its advertising platform, likely because the social media platform wants …
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Internal presentation: Google plans to deploy generative AI in ads, allowing advertisers to supply creative material which will be “remixed” to create campaigns — Big tech groups are racing to incorporate the groundbreaking new technology into their products
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| Bloomberg: |
The EU Parliament approves the Markets in Cryptoassets, or MiCA, regulation for the crypto industry, with rules for stablecoins set to apply from July 2024 — European lawmakers on Thursday gave their final blessing to an ambitious law that will give the European Union its first rules to govern the crypto industry.
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| Aaron Tilley / Wall Street Journal: |
Executives, inventors, investors, and lawyers accuse Apple of copying their ideas after talks about partnerships or integrating their tech into Apple products — Aspiring partners accuse tech giant of copying their ideas; Apple says it plays by the rules — It sounded like a dream partnership … | Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Imgur plans to ban explicit images from May 15; it will allow artistic nudity but expects problems as it switches to a mix of automatic and human moderation — Image hosting platform Imgur is set to ban explicit images on its platform from May 15. The company updated its terms of service … | Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
Coinbase says it received a license to operate in Bermuda; source: the company plans to launch an offshore derivatives exchange in Bermuda as soon as next week — Coinbase has received a license to operate in the off-shore haven of Bermuda, signaling that the company is doubling-down on plans …
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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
NCC Group measured a record 459 ransomware attacks in March 2023, up 91% MoM and 62% YoY, saying the surge is likely due to exploits of Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT — March 2023 was the most prolific month recorded by cybersecurity analysts in recent years, measuring 459 attacks …
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| Melissa Heikkilä / MIT Technology Review: |
OpenAI, which may have trained its models on people's data without consent, faces legal stakes in the EU, which has strict privacy laws and is conducting probes — The company's AI services may be breaking data protection laws, and there is no resolution in sight.
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| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Meta's Oversight Board supports Meta's content moderation actions during the pandemic but asks Meta to assess its impact on public health and human rights — Meta's Oversight Board — an independent panel the social media giant selected to deliberate its content decisions … | Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Bluesky for Android is now available on the Play Store, after first launching on iOS in February 2023, but the service is still invite-only — Bluesky, the Jack Dorsey-backed decentralized Twitter alternative, now has an Android app. The launch follows the release of the service's iOS app, which came out in late February.
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| Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News: |
VC funding for Web3 startups fell to $1.7B in Q1 2023, down 81% YoY from $9.1B in Q1 2022; the number of announced deals fell from 770 to 333 — Editor's Note: For more Web3 coverage, please visit Crunchbase's Web3 Tracker, a site to look at startups, investors and funding news concerning … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft starts naming threat actor groups after weather events, like typhoon, sandstorm, and blizzard; each name represents a nation state or a motivation — Microsoft has started naming hackers after the weather in a new naming taxonomy update. Hackers will now be named after events like storms …
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| Financial Times: |
A look at the India Stack, a set of government-backed APIs on which third parties can build apps integrated with state services for payments, loans, and more — New Delhi has pioneered a new approach to online infrastructure in its drive to connect 1.4bn. But there are privacy and data protection concerns
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| Arriana McLymore / Reuters: |
Amazon launches the Anti-Counterfeiting Exchange that lets retailers label and track counterfeits, to make it difficult for counterfeiters to move among stores — Amazon (AMZN.O) has launched its Anti-Counterfeiting Exchange (ACX), an initiative to help retail stores label …
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
NYC-based CoreWeave, which provides access to SKUs of Nvidia GPUs in the cloud, raised a $221M Series B at a $2B valuation, bringing its total funding to $371M — CoreWeave, an NYC-based startup that began as an Ethereum mining venture, has secured a large tranche of funding as it continues …
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| Karen Freifeld / Reuters: |
Seagate agrees to settle with the US Department of Commerce for $300M over shipping $1.1B+ worth of hard drives to Huawei, a violation of US export control laws — April 19 Reuters) - Seagate Technology Holdings PLC (STX.O) has agreed to pay a $300 million penalty in a settlement …
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| Erin Woo / The Information: |
Docs: Tiger Global told investors that its $12.7B fund had a 20% paper loss as of December 2022, vs. an 11% loss as of September 2022 and 8% as of June 2022 — Tiger Global Management's $12.7 billion venture fund, launched near the peak of the tech stock boom in October 2021 …
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