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Apple and Google submit an industry specification proposal to address unwanted location tracking by Bluetooth devices and ask for input from other companies — - Apple and Google said that they are working together to prevent lost item trackers like Apple's AirTag from being used to track people without their permission.
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| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna says the company plans to slow or stop back-office hiring, impacting ~26K staff, and ~30% could “easily” be replaced by AI in five years — International Business Machines Corp. Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna said the company expects to pause hiring …
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| Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review: |
A profile of and interview with deep learning pioneer Geoffrey Hinton, who shares why he now thinks neural networks represent a “better form of intelligence” — “I have suddenly switched my views on whether these things are going to be more intelligent than us.”
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| Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo: |
The Writers Guild of America calls for a strike after negotiations with Netflix, Apple, Amazon, and others over pay and AI issues failed; around 12K may strike — The Writers Guild of America, the union that bargains on behalf of Hollywood's screenwriters, has called a strike after negotiations …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Memo: Samsung bans employees from using generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Google Bard, and Bing on company devices over concerns staff will leak sensitive data — Samsung Electronics Co. is banning employee use of popular generative AI tools like ChatGPT after discovering staff uploaded sensitive code …
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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Europol, the FBI, and others seize the dark web Monopoly Market, arrest 288, and seize €50.8M in cash and crypto and 850kg of drugs, after Hydra's 2022 takedown — An international law enforcement operation codenamed ‘SpecTor’ has arrested 288 dark web vendors and customers worldwide …
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| Frank Chaparro / The Block: |
Coinbase launches International Exchange, planning to let international users trade perpetual futures out of Bermuda, as the company tussles with US regulators — - Coinbase plans to let international users trade perpetual futures out of Bermuda through a new platform.
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| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
BeReal rolls out RealPeople, a curated timeline of “the world's most interesting people”, first to the UK, as the startup seeks to reverse slowing growth — Days after it started offering users the option to post more than once per day, BeReal is rolling out another new feature.| Medha Singh / Reuters: |
Online study company Chegg suspends full-year outlook, saying ChatGPT's rising popularity is pressuring subscriber growth; CHGG drops ~50% and is down ~64% YTD — What's the cost of students using ChatGPT for homework? For U.S. education services provider Chegg Inc (CHGG.N), it could be nearly $1 billion in market valuation.
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Sources: Microsoft plans to sell a ChatGPT version on a dedicated server in Q2, separating data from that of other customers and costing up to 10x more — Not everyone trusts OpenAI's ChatGPT. — While the new artificial intelligence-powered chatbot has proved popular with some businesses looking …
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| Samantha Cole / VICE: |
Pornhub disabled its website in Utah following a new age verification law for porn sites, instead showing a video asking users to talk to their representatives — People in Utah who visit Pornhub will now be greeted by adult performer Cherie DeVille asking them to tell their representatives to change their age verification law.
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| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
Apple uses its Rapid Security Response feature, announced at WWDC 2022, to push a non-beta public update for the first time to iOS, iPadOS, and macOS users — Rapid Security Response updates haven't been released to the public until today. — When it announced iOS 16, iPadOS 16 …
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| Mercedes Ruehl / Financial Times: |
Letters: the US and EU warn Malaysia over national security and foreign investment risks if the government gives Huawei a role in the country's 5G network — Kuala Lumpur's review of tender tests ability to juggle relations with the west and China — The EU and US have warned Malaysia …
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| New York Times: |
CCDH: despite Google's promise to demonetize climate denial content in 2021, researchers find 100 YouTube videos with 18M+ views that feature ads for big brands — Google said in 2021 that it would stop running ads alongside videos and other content that denied the existence and causes of climate change.
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| Amelia Wattenberger: |
Why chatbots are not the future of interfaces for LLMs: the best prompts are not obvious, people will get sick of typing, responses are isolated, and more — Unfortunately for the countless hapless people I've talked to in the past few months, this was inexorable.
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| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Lenovo ThinkPhone by Motorola review: great build quality with IP68 rating and useful PC integration features but a lackluster camera and finicky app streaming — The ThinkPhone is a successful collaboration nine years in the making and a step in the right direction for Motorola.
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
OnePlus Pad review: a bright screen, excellent build quality, and snappy performance, but limited built-in apps, subpar keyboard and stylus, and a mid-tier CPU — OnePlus' first tablet brings high-end features and specs to a midrange price point. It reminds me of the OnePlus we used to know.
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| Jen Wieczner / New York Magazine: |
Crypto advocates say recent written and unwritten polices by financial regulators are making it unfeasible or impossible for crypto firms to operate in the US — The industry sure thinks so — even as the White House denies it. — The crypto company was essentially reverse-engineered for Washington, D.C.'s stamp of approval.| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Microsoft has seemingly stopped work on bug fixes or features for the Surface Duo after the Android 12L update in October 2022, possibly due to recent layoffs — Lack of resources and recent layoffs aren't helping. — Microsoft's dual-screen foldable smartphone has seemingly been abandoned.
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| Alexandra S. Levine / Forbes: |
Internal records show ByteDance uses word lists to detect or suppress content, extending beyond standard moderation blocklists; TikTok denies using the lists — A moderation system run by ByteDance staff in China uses word lists to detect or suppress content about everything from TikTok rival YouTube …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Sources detail Amazon's plan to make Halo a fitness success; the company abandoned the sophisticated AI service after “significant headwinds” and piddling sales — A redesigned Halo service was due this fall with an AI-powered personal trainer, celebrity-led fitness classes, and even Apple Watch support.
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