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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Epic says Apple has reinstated its developer account, clearing the way for its Epic Games Store in the EU; Tim Sweeney says the move followed a swift EU inquiry — After a whirlwind of events, Epic Games says Apple has reinstated their App Store developer account.
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| 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 — Context: Apple terminated an app developer account obtained by Epic Games' Swedish subsidiary in order to build an alternative iOS app store … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft says Russian state-sponsored hackers Midnight Blizzard accessed some of its “source code repositories and internal systems” following the January hack — Microsoft revealed earlier this year that Russian state-sponsored hackers had been spying on the email accounts of some members of its senior leadership team.
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| 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 …
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| Karishma Vaswani / Bloomberg: |
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| Bloomberg: |
Tests show GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 systematically produce biases that disadvantage protected groups, based on their names, when screening and ranking job candidates — Recruiters are eager to use generative AI, but a Bloomberg experiment found bias against job candidates based on their names alone
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| Suzanne Smalley / The Record: |
CISA confirms it took down two systems in February, after discovering signs of exploitation via vulnerabilities in Ivanti products that the agency used — Hackers breached the systems of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in February through vulnerabilities in Ivanti products, officials said.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: China is in the process of raising $27B+ for its largest chip fund to date to counter US curbs; the central government will only contribute a fraction — - Local government, SDIC may join China's biggest-ever chip fund — Washington urges allies to tighten China export controls| Bloomberg: |
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| Leo Schwartz / Fortune: |
Wyoming passes the Decentralized Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act, a framework to recognize DAOs as legal entities; a16z crypto supported the law — On Thursday, Wyoming's Republican governor, Mark Gordon, signed into law the Decentralized Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act …
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| Caroline Haskins / Wired: |
Florida charges two teens under a 2022 law for allegedly creating and sharing deepfake nudes of classmates, in what appears to be the first such criminal case — In what appears to be the first criminal case of its kind, two teenage boys were charged under a 2022 Florida law … | Nicola Agius / Search Engine Land: |
Reddit tests Reddit Pro, a free suite of tools to let businesses improve their engagement, including the ability to see which subreddits are mentioning a brand — Reddit is piloting a free suite of tools designed to help businesses improve their engagement with consumers.| 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.
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| 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.
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| Evan Halper / Washington Post: |
US data center demand for crypto mining and AI 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.
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| 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.
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| John Tozzi / Bloomberg: |
UnitedHealth says electronic prescribing is restored and expects its payments platform back online by March 15, after a hack triggered disruptions two weeks ago — Electronic prescribing is now restored. The company's payments platform will be back online March 15, and testing …
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| Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg: |
Sources: TSMC is set to win $5B+ in grants for its Arizona chipmaking project; Samsung offered more US investment to its $17B Texas factory to boost its award — - Talks ongoing with TSMC and other advanced chipmakers — Samsung has floated additional investment to boost their award| Carmen Reinicke / Bloomberg: |
Coinbase's stock crosses its 2021 direct listing reference price of $250, after growing 300%+ in the past 12 months, as bitcoin hovers around its record high — - Crypto exchange has rallied over 300% in the last 12 months — Gains also driven by SEC approval of spot Bitcoin ETFsSponsor Posts
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