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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
MIT CSAIL study: only 23% of US wages paid to humans for doing vision tasks would be economically attractive to automate with AI, due to large upfront costs — Will AI automate human jobs, and — if so — which jobs and when? — That's the trio of questions a new research study … | Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Netflix buys the exclusive rights to Raw and other WWE programs, sources say paying $5B for a 10-year deal, airing in 2025 in the US, Canada, and other markets — - Company to be exclusive home for show in US, other territories — Streaming service to air three hours of live wrestling weekly
More: Ars Technica, CNBC, The Verge, The Hollywood Reporter, About Netflix, Deadline, IGN, T3, Axios, New York Post, Reuters, Variety, Dexerto, Wall Street Journal, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Streamable, and Associated Press
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Apple releases iOS 17.3, which adds a Stolen Device Protection feature, Apple Music collaborative playlists, support for streaming to more hotel TVs, and more — iOS 17.3 is out, and it comes with a new security feature that's supposed to prevent thieves from taking your iPhone and quickly taking …
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| Scharon Harding / Ars Technica: |
HP says updates bricking printers with third-party cartridges protect users from possible embedded viruses, but security experts deem such a threat theoretical — “Our long-term objective is to make printing a subscription.” — Last Thursday, HP CEO Enrique Lores addressed …
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
The FTC orders Intuit to stop promoting its products as “free” unless they are actually free for all consumers, after an FTC judge found TurboTax ads misleading — Today, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ordered Intuit to stop promoting its software products and services as …
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| Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: |
Tencent-owned Riot Games plans to lay off 530 employees globally, or about 11% of staff, saying Riot “more than doubled in headcount” over the past few years — The cuts, which amount to about 11% of staff, were announced Monday in a blog post and letter to employees.
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| Ash Parrish / The Verge: |
A look at Palworld, a Pokémon-like game launched on January 19, which has sold 5M+ copies and is currently the most played game on Steam, amid plagiarism claims — The Pokémon-like has sold over 5 million copies in the three days since its early access launch.
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| Bloomberg: |
Samsung is exploring the development of noninvasive glucose monitoring and blood pressure checking, as part of a push to put health features in various devices — - Company's mobile health chief discusses plans in interview — Health push also includes new Galaxy Ring and future earbuds
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple will pay up to 10% more per play in Apple Music royalties for tracks where a Spatial Audio version is available, starting with January's payouts — Apple Music is now encouraging artists with a financial incentive to make their music available in Spatial Audio, which offers …
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| Bloomberg: |
Attain: Boomers and Generation X consumers in the US shopped more frequently and spent more than Gen Z on Temu in 2023; Boomers shopped twice as much as Gen Z — - Boomers shopped twice as much on app as Gen Z consumers — Broad appeal lifts Temu's effort to take on Amazon in US| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Mortgage lender loanDepot says “sensitive personal information” of ~16.6M people was stolen in a January 6 ransomware attack that shut down some of its systems — Mortgage lender loanDepot says that approximately 16.6 million people had their personal information stolen in a ransomware attack disclosed earlier this month.
More: 9to5Mac, Security Affairs, BleepingComputer, Business Wire, Cybernews.com, and TechCrunch
| NBC News: |
Following complaints and a recording, New Hampshire's AG probes fake Joe Biden robocalls, apparently artificially generated, that tell Democrats not to vote — The call, an apparent imitation or digital manipulation of the president's voice, says, “Voting this Tuesday only enables the Republicans … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Microsoft's Bing, Edge, and Advertising services are set to be exempt from EU's DMA, as an EU probe tentatively concluded they're not dominant enough — - EU probe comes ahead of March roll-out of Digital Markets Act — Apple's iMessage service is already expected to be exempt
More: The Verge
| Anna Edgerton / Bloomberg: |
Social networks' reduction in moderation, like a hands off approach to 2020 election lies and shuttering election integrity teams, is risky as AI content booms — - Burned by Covid controversies, social media giants step back — Meanwhile AI offers new possibilities to spread misinformation
More: Financial Times, Wired, Washington Post, and Google Workspace Updates. Mastodon: @panamared27401@mstdn.social
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Silverfort, which provides identity threat protection tools, raised a $116M Series D led by Brighton Park Capital, sources say at an “around” $1B valuation — Silverfort, the Israeli/U.S. startup, takes an all-in view when it comes to identity security in an organization.
More: FinSMEs, Globes Online, Silverfort Ltd, Silverfort, InfoRiskToday.com, and SecurityWeek
X: @silverfort and @ingridlunden
| Sam Kessler / CoinDesk: |
A bug in Ethereum's Nethermind client took down 8% of Ethereum's validators on January 21, raising concerns about Geth, which powers ~85% of the validators — The lion's share of Ethereum's validators rely on the same piece of software to power their operations. According to some experts, this could be a big risk.
More: Crypto Briefing, Bankless Times, Cointelegraph, Crypto Daily, Cryptonews, CCN.com, Bitcoin Insider, crypto.news, Unchained, Cointelegraph, and Cryptopolitan
X: @coinbasecloud, @0xcygaar, @daddysether, @yorickdowne, @daddysether, @0xwittgenstein, @0xpatches, @backthebunny, @ether_fi, @evan_van_ness, @cryptoquoc, @cryptoquoc, @icebergy_, @monetsupply, @0xpatches, @0xnirlin, @0xcygaar, @ethereumthaila1, @chainyoda, @orageux101, @zeneca, @llamaonthebrink, @iamdcinvestor, @ethereanmaximus, @chainyoda, @iamdcinvestor, @cryptoquoc, @ryanberckmans, @coinbasecloud, and @0xpatches. Forums: r/CryptoCurrency
| Mark Wilson / Fast Company: |
An interview with Rabbit CEO Jesse Lyu about the R1's design, collaboration with Teenage Engineering, why he didn't want to make an app, and more — Few people knew who Jesse Lyu was when he posted a video of himself to X, standing in front of a black backdrop in a black T-shirt, holding a bright orange gadget.
X: @ctrlzee, @vkhosla, @altcap, @vkhosla, and @bharatvasan
LinkedIn: JR Dawkins, Matthew Price, Ph.D., Gregor Berkowitz, and Mark Wilson
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