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Airbnb will no longer let hosts use indoor security cameras, staring April 30, citing renters' privacy; previously, cameras in common areas had been allowed — Airbnb will no longer allow hosts to use indoor security cameras, regardless of where they're placed or what they're used for.
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| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
EU privacy watchdog EDPS says the European Commission using Microsoft 365 breached privacy rules and the EU didn't implement adequate data transfer safeguards — The European Commission's use of Microsoft (MSFT.O) software breached EU privacy rules and the bloc's executive also failed …
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| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
Filing: Reddit aims to raise up to $748M in its IPO, selling ~22M shares at $31 to $34 each, for a ~$6.5B valuation; Reddit set aside 1.76M shares for its users — - Reddit aims to raise up to $748 million as part of its upcoming IPO, according to a corporate filing on Monday.
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Sources: a16z Crypto made a secret $100M investment in Kickstarter in 2021 that let staff and investors cash out and led to its later-abandoned blockchain pivot — In early December 2021, employees at the crowdfunding startup Kickstarter got news of a windfall: An investor group wanted to buy some of their shares.
More: crypto.news. Mastodon: @BabblingGeek@infosec.exchange and @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io
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| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
Authors Brian Keene, Abdi Nazemian, and Stewart O'Nan sue Nvidia over allegedly using their work to train NeMo, saying the company “admitted” to using the books — Nvidia (NVDA.O), whose chips power artificial intelligence, has been sued by three authors who said it used …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/artificial, r/StockMarket, r/wallstreetbets, and r/technology
| Kashmir Hill / New York Times: |
GM, Honda, Kia, Hyundai, and others are collecting driving data from internet-connected vehicles and sharing it with insurance companies without clear consent — LexisNexis, which generates consumer risk profiles for the insurers, knew about every trip G.M. drivers had taken in their cars …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/cars, r/interestingasfuck, r/accord, r/Honda, r/business, and Slashdot
| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
Pavel Durov says Telegram has 900M users, aims “to become profitable next year, if not this year”, was “offered $30B+ valuations” by VCs, and is weighing an IPO — In rare interview, Pavel Durov says secretive messaging app is making ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’ from ads business| Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
Filing: OpenAI rebuts Elon Musk's lawsuit, saying OpenAI didn't violate its founding agreement because “there is no founding agreement, or any agreement at all” — OpenAI rebutted Elon Musk's claims against it in a court filing, saying that the Tesla Inc. billionaire's claims … | Alexandra Sternlicht / Fortune: |
TikTok uses a non-disparagement clause in RSU contracts, perhaps to silence staff, an unusual practice; one ex-staffer claims a share buyback offer was withheld — Current and former TikTok employees who criticize the company risk losing any stock they own—in some cases worth millions of dollars …
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Forums: Hacker News and r/technology
| Forbes: |
A profile of Ryan Breslow, the founder of Bolt, whose $355M Series E in 2022 set off 18 months of acrimonious lawsuits and a showdown with early backer Activant — The Silicon Valley wunderkind rode his fintech unicorn Bolt to the bank. Then came the lawsuits and money squabbles … | Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider: |
Sources: Apple is testing an AI-powered ad tool that automatically decides where to place ads within the App Store, similar to Google's Performance Max ad tool — - Apple is testing a new AI-powered tool for optimizing App Store ad campaigns. — The tool mimics Google's Performance Max …
More: AppleInsider, Trusted Reviews, 9to5Mac, and MacDailyNews
| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Covariant, an AI-powered robot maker, debuts RFM-1, an AI model the company says can process physics, may limit the need for bespoke robotics programming, more — The UC Berkeley spinout says its new AI platform can help robots think more like people — Covariant this week announced … Sponsor Posts
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