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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Atomic Wallet investigates user reports of compromised accounts and tries to block stolen crypto from being sold; a researcher says the hack could exceed $35M+ — The developers of Atomic Wallet are investigating reports of large-scale theft of cryptocurrency from users' wallets, with over $35 million in crypto reportedly stolen.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Binance's Richard Teng is the frontrunner to become CEO if Changpeng Zhao steps down, as US regulatory scrutiny makes succession planning more urgent — In mid-May, cryptocurrency exchange Binance got some bad news in a far-flung corner of its sprawling universe.
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| Reuters: |
Bank records: Binance executive Guangying Chen controlled five Silvergate Bank accounts from 2019 to 2020 belonging to its purportedly independent US affiliate — A senior Binance executive was the main operator for five bank accounts belonging to the giant cryptocurrency exchange's purportedly …
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| Cristiano Lima / Washington Post: |
Instagram reinstates Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s account after he launched his presidential bid; he was banned in 2021 over false claims about COVID-19 and vaccines — The prominent anti-vaccine campaigner was suspended in 2021 for spreading misleading health claims.
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
To protest API pricing for third-party Reddit apps, r/videos, r/reactiongifs, r/earthporn, and other large subreddits plan to go private on June 12 for 48 hours — Some of Reddit's biggest communities including r/videos, r/reactiongifs, r/earthporn, and r/lifeprotips are planning to set themselves …
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| New York Times: |
Internal document: Twitter's US ad revenue from April 1 to the start of May dropped 59% YoY to $88M; sources say that performance is unlikely to improve soon — In internal forecasts, the company projected that ad sales would keep declining, handing a tough challenge to its new chief executive.
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| Forbes: |
Interviews, pitch decks, and internal documents suggest that Stability AI CEO Emad Mostaque's recent success was bolstered by exaggeration and dubious claims — Stability AI became a $1 billion company with the help of a viral AI text-to-image generator and — per interviews with more than 30 people …
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| Sahar Elhabashi / Spotify: |
Spotify plans to cut ~200 jobs, or 2% of its staff, at its podcast unit, combines Parcast and Gimlet into Spotify Studios, and reports 100M+ podcast listeners — Below is an adaptation of an internal update on Spotify's Podcast Business from Sahar Elhabashi, VP, Head of Podcast Business.
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| Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review: |
A look at The Frost, a 12-minute movie created by Waymark using DALL-E 2, as startups like Waymark and Runway make AI tools for fast and cheap video production — Exclusive: Watch the world premiere of the AI-generated short film The Frost. — The Frost nails its uncanny, disconcerting vibe in its first few shots.
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Theo Priestley and Niall Firth
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@siggraph, @labenz, @d_id_, @tariqkrim, @gdalmiathinks, @stephen_parker, @bildoperationen, @juliewdesign_, @rainisto, and @fabianmosele
| Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
An interview with sci-fi writer Ted Chiang on AI's limits, how current machines lack consciousness, his 2010 book The Lifecycle of Software Objects, and more — The visionary author on the limits of AI, the uses of science fiction — and why there's a ‘market opportunity for volleyballs’
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| Marietje Schaake / Financial Times: |
Policymakers should not let tech executives shape the narrative that companies are best placed to regulate AI and should instead rely on independent oversight — Policymakers must not let complexity stop them from doing their job — The writer is international policy director …
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Sramana Mitra and Gizmodo
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| Alyssa Mercante / Kotaku: |
A profile of Rachel Kowert, a video game research psychologist who believes games are a net good for society and its future due to “unintentional learning” — Dr. Rachel Kowert is a research psychologist who has been studying video games for 15 years — Dr. Rachel Kowert is a busy woman.
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