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Bluesky is seeing an influx of users, including @dril and AOC, with some referring to posting on the Jack Dorsey-backed social network as “skeeting” — Instead of “tweeting,” the influx of new Bluesky users has coined a new term for sharing their thoughts on the decentralized social media app.
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| New York Times: |
Sources: Elon Musk shut off OpenAI's access to Twitter's data in December, believing that $2M a year licensing fee that OpenAI was paying wasn't enough — The billionaire plans to compete with OpenAI, the ChatGPT developer he helped found, while calling out the potential harms of artificial intelligence.
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EU lawmakers push forward an AI Act draft, which includes requiring companies deploying generative AI tools to disclose copyrighted material used for training — Companies deploying generative AI tools, such as ChatGPT, will have to disclose any copyrighted material used to develop their systems …
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| Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
A look at Google's DeepMind-Brain merger; sources say Demis Hassabis ceded DeepMind's cherished independence in return for greater power over the future of AI — Start-up founder Demis Hassabis trades independence for greater influence over the future of artificial intelligence| Joyce E. Cutler / Bloomberg Law: |
Ex-HeadSpin CEO Manish Lachwani pleads guilty to securities and wire fraud charges for disseminating false and overstated revenue metrics to potential investors — Manish Lachwani, who co-founded and led Silicon Valley startup HeadSpin Inc., pleaded guilty Thursday to securities and wire fraud charges, federal prosecutors said.
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| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
A US federal judge orders South Africa-based bitcoin pool operator Mirror Trading's CEO to pay $3.4B after CFTC charged the company with a $1.7B fraud in 2022 — A US judge has ordered a South African executive to pay more than $3.4 billion in restitution and fines for a fraud scheme involving Bitcoin … | Bloomberg: |
The New York City MTA ends its Twitter service alerts, saying the platform is “no longer reliable” and that Twitter demanded $50K per month for API access — New York City's mass-transit system is ending its real-time service alerts on Twitter for subway, train and bus riders …
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Google TV rolls out its free built-in channels to all US users and adds offerings from Plex, Haystack News, and Tubi, for a total of 800+ free channels — After being announced earlier this month, Google TV is now widely rolling out its free, built-in streaming channels to all users alongside free channels from other providers.
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| Aoyon Ashraf / CoinDesk: |
Robinhood introduces Connect, which allows users to fund their Web3 wallets without having to leave a decentralized app or be in their Robinhood Crypto accounts — The feature, Robinhood Connect, is already available on several decentralized apps, with more to onboard in the coming months.
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| Ellen Huet / Bloomberg: |
Clubhouse plans to lay off 50%+ of its employees and “reset” the company, despite claiming to have “years of runway”; Clubhouse had ~100 staff in October 2022 — Clubhouse, the pandemic-era social media sensation, is cutting more than half of its employees, the company said in a blog post on Thursday.
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Reddit begins testing Discord-like chat channels with 25 volunteer subreddits that have under 100K members and will give moderators control in managing chats — Reddit announced Thursday that it is testing Discord-like chat channels with select subreddits.| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Ex-Apple employee Dhirendra Prasad is sentenced to three years and must pay restitution for stealing $17M from Apple via kickbacks from parts suppliers, more — A former Apple employee has been sentenced to three years in prison and must pay back over $19 million in restitution …
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| Financial Times: |
A profile of Sarah Cardell, the UK CMA's Chief Executive, who played a key role in shaping the policy that led to Microsoft's Activision takeover being blocked — Former corporate lawyer has attracted the ire of the US group by blocking its $75bn acquisition of Activision
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| Sidhartha Shukla / Bloomberg: |
Solana's SOL token is up ~125% since December 31, outperforming bitcoin's 78% rally, as the blockchain tries to move past its association with Sam Bankman-Fried — The SOL token of the Solana blockchain has more than doubled this year, outperforming Bitcoin, as the project tries to move past … | Amazon: |
Amazon reports Q1 revenue up 9% YoY to $127.4B, a $3.2B net income, vs. a $3.8B net loss YoY, AWS revenue up 16% YoY to $21.4B, and staff down 10% YoY to 1.47M — Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2023.
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Pinterest announces a multi-year strategic ad partnership with Amazon, its first ads partner, to bring more brands and relevant products to the social network — Pinterest today announced a multiyear strategic ad partnership with Amazon aimed at bringing more brands and relevant products to its platform.
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