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Kevin Systrom says news sharing app Artifact will shut down, after concluding that “the market opportunity isn't big enough to warrant continued investment” — To our Artifact Users and Partners: — We've made the decision to wind down operations of the Artifact app.
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| Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge: |
Amazon sells products with titles like “I'm sorry, I cannot fulfill this request as it goes against OpenAI use policy”, as sellers use ChatGPT to write listings — Fun new game just dropped! Go to the internet platform of your choice, type “goes against OpenAI use policy,” …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Google pulls Binance, Kraken, and other global crypto apps from the Play Store in India, after the country flagged them for operating illegally in December 2023 — Google has pulled many crypto exchanges, including Binance and Kraken, from its Play Store in India, the latest blow …
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| Bloomberg: |
Indian crypto exchange WazirX says deposit inflows jumped ~250% in the four days after India blocked nine offshore platforms on December 28, ~70% from Binance — - WazirX, Mudrex say about 70% of fresh inflows from Binance — Local trading has been ravaged by tax introduced in 2022
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Chainalysis analysis of ~400 crypto wallets of CSAM sellers: revenue is down since 2021, but sellers are using mixers and privacy coins to evade law enforcement — Crypto tracing firm Chainalysis found that sellers of child sexual abuse materials are successfully using “mixers” and …
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| Sam Biddle / The Intercept: |
OpenAI quietly removed its ban on “military and warfare” use from its usage policy, as part of a major rewrite to make the policy “clearer” and “more readable” — OpenAI this week quietly deleted language expressly prohibiting the use of its technology …
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| John Herrman / New York Magazine: |
A look at TikTok's e-commerce push, including subsidizing sales and shipping, and promoting sellers in user feeds, as ad sales weaken and social media stagnates — It was supposed to be a test. Suddenly hundreds of people were watching. What's going on here?
More: The Information, Business Insider, and Seattle Business Journal
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| Thomas Claburn / The Register: |
Security researchers at Recorded Future detail various ways criminals are frequently abusing GitHub's infrastructure to support and deliver malware — Microsoft says it's doing its best to crack down on crims — The popularity of Github has made it too big to block … | Ian King / Bloomberg: |
US chipmaker Wolfspeed was the only stock in the Philadelphia Stock Exchange Semiconductor index to decline in 2023, amid struggles at its new plant in NY — - Wolfspeed investors have soured amid struggles with new plant — The semiconductor stock is off to a rough start this year| Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: |
A joint US-China research effort finds that graphene can act as a semiconductor, but experts say graphene chips face immense manufacturing hurdles and costs — Amid global race for semiconductor supremacy, a joint U.S.-China research effort finds promise in the material, although the path to large-scale production is years away.
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| Bloomberg: |
The hack of the @SECGov X account highlights security gaps at the agency, which wasn't fully adhering to the federal cybersecurity standards as of last year — - Agency's X hack on Tuesday shines light on security gaps — Watchdog said the agency wasn't adhering to all standards
More: MarketWatch, The Hill, CoinDesk, Reuters, Axios, WeLiveSecurity, Notebookcheck, and Cybernews.com. X: @business
| Anne VanderMey / Bloomberg: |
In a countersuit, Carta's ex-CTO Jerry Talton accuses CEO Henry Ward of misusing company resources and claims he was fired for expressing concerns to the board — - Suit is separate from scandal over Carta's use of company data — Financial technology startup Carta was hit with a fiery lawsuit …
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