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March 8, 2024, 9:55 AM
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Mathias Hammer / Semafor:
The US House Energy and Commerce Committee advances a bill that would force ByteDance to divest TikTok, after TikTok's campaign reportedly enraged legislators  —  Semafor Signals  —  Insights from The New York Times, Financial Times, and CNN  —  The News
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Donald Trump declares support for TikTok, saying a ban will double the business of “Facebook and Zuckerschmuck” and Facebook is the “true enemy of the people”  —  - Congress members were inundated with calls from angry constituents after TikTok told its users …
Axios:
Angry constituents flood congressional offices with calls following TikTok's push notification asking users to call their representatives about a possible ban  —  - House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said he supported the bill being marked up on Thursday, just two days after it was unveiled …
Karishma Vaswani / Bloomberg:
TikTok's US popularity is not just a national security issue but also highlights the failure of the US tech industry to come up with an equally addictive app  —  Beijing won't say yes to a TikTok divestment.  Washington should admit it's as much about a lack of tech innovation as it is about national security.
Mia Sato / The Verge:
TikTok sends US users a push notification saying Congress plans a total ban, with a link to find representatives, after the White House supported a TikTok bill
Bloomberg:
Sources say SMIC used equipment from California-based Applied Materials and Lam Research to manufacture an advanced 7nm chip in China for Huawei in 2023  —  - SMIC used Applied Materials and Lam equipment to make 7nm chip  — US wants to further limit China's access to foreign chip tech
Bloomberg:
Tests show GPT 3.5 systematically produces biases that disadvantage protected groups based on their names alone when screening and ranking candidates for jobs  —  Recruiters are eager to use generative AI, but a Bloomberg experiment found bias against job candidates based on their names alone
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google says Gemini Nano won't come to the Pixel 8 due to “some hardware limitations”, but plans to bring the LLM to more “high-end devices in the near future”  —  During The Android Show today, Google shared more about Gemini Nano, including how it won't be coming to the Pixel 8.
Karissa Bell / Engadget:
X unveils Articles, a feature for writing and sharing long-form content in a basic text-editing interface, for verified organizations and Premium+ subscribers  —  Long-winded VCs on X now have a new way to be exhausting on main.  —  Journalists, creators and long-winded VCs on X now have a new way to be exhausting on main.
New York Times:
Sources: OpenAI CTO Mira Murati brought questions about Sam Altman's management to the board last year before he was ousted; a new board is expected imminently  —  Mira Murati, OpenAI's chief technology officer, brought questions about Mr. Altman's management to the board last year before he was briefly ousted from the company.
Evan Halper / Washington Post:
US data center demand for AI and crypto mining are putting new pressures on an overtaxed power grid, as bottlenecks mount and utilities struggle to keep up  —  AI and the boom in clean-tech manufacturing are pushing America's power grid to the brink.  Utilities can't keep up.
Phil Serafino / Bloomberg:
Filing: chipmaker Astera Labs, which offers cloud and AI connectivity hardware, plans to raise as much as $534M in its US IPO  —  Astera is selling 14.79 million shares, while existing investors are offering another 3.01 million, the Santa Clara, California-based company said Friday in a regulatory filing.
Addie Morfoot / Variety:
How Netflix's stand-up specials, COVID, and rise of platforms like TikTok and YouTube have transformed the comedy business, broadening comedians' reach  —  Netflix, COVID and social media have been game changers for the comedy business, with the pandemic accelerating shifts already underway across the media landscape.
Reuters:
Broadcom expects $10B in revenue from AI-related chips in 2024, as CEO Hock Tan says AI revenue, up 4x YoY to $2.3B in Q1, offset cyclical business slowdown  —  Broadcom (AVGO.O) said on Thursday it expects $10 billion in revenue from chips related to artificial intelligence this year …
The Economic Times:
India approves a ~$1.25B investment in AI projects over five years, including for optimizing compute infrastructure, LLM development, and education in AI  —  The Union Cabinet has approved a Rs 10,371.92 crore ‘India AI mission’ for five years to promote Artificial Intelligence in India.

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Associated Press:
A US district court judge agrees to permanently block the Trump administration from implementing an executive order to end federal funding for NPR and PBS

Ted Johnson / Deadline:
A new filing from Nexstar in the DirecTV lawsuit says the existing restraining order freezing the Nexstar-Tegna merger could jeopardize assets of both companies

Qassim Abdul-Zahra / Associated Press:
Iraqi officials say a US journalist was kidnapped in Baghdad and security forces are looking for her captors; one outlet identified her as Shelly Kittleson

More News

Florian Mueller / games fray:
Apple's handling of Epic's account closure turned a US contract dispute into a DMA enforcement priority due to the appearance of a gatekeeper silencing critics
Jason Del Rey / Fortune:
Amazon Lending, launched in 2011, discontinues underwriting new loans for sellers in the US and the UK, but third-party financing options will still be offered
Jon Porter / The Verge:
Apple plans to let EU-based iPhone users uninstall Safari by 2024's end and is working on a more “user-friendly” way to let them switch to Android by fall 2025

Earlier Picks

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Temu became Meta's top advertiser by revenue in 2023 by spending nearly $2B on ads, and became one of Google's top five advertisers by spending in 2023
Ina Fried / Axios:
Inflection launches Inflection-2.5, which for weeks has helped its chatbot Pi perform “neck and neck with” OpenAI's GPT-4, and says Pi has 1M DAUs and 6M MAUs
MK Manoylov / The Block:
A Montenegro court rules that Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon will be extradited to South Korea, reversing another court's decision to extradite him to the US
Devindra Hardawar / Engadget:
MacBook Air (2024) review: sturdy and sleek, fast M3 chip, excellent 13- and 15-inch displays, great keyboard, and solid speakers, but USB-C is only on one side
Cynthia Kroet / Euronews:
After IAB Europe appealed a 2022 decision, the EU's highest court rules that IAB's online advertising model uses personal data and is therefore subject to GDPR
Zac Bowden / Windows Central:
Microsoft announces a New Era of Work event on March 21 at 9am PT, where updates to Windows 11, Microsoft Copilot, Surface Pro, and Surface Laptop are expected
Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac:
Kuo: Apple's only foldable device with a “clear development schedule” is the 20.3-inch MacBook, which is expected to enter mass production in 2027
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