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Matt Burgess / Wired:

As Google removes nonconsensual deepfake porn video URLs after complaints, experts urge Google to remove the biggest deepfake sites from search results entirely — Content creators are using copyright laws to get nonconsensual deepfakes removed from the web.

More: The Markup and Cryptopolitan

Mastodon: @mattburgess@infosec.exchange. X: @schemaly, @tweetinjules, @jbhall56, and @neilturkewitz

Emma Roth / The Verge:

Airbnb will no longer let hosts use indoor security cameras, starting 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.

More: Airbnb Newsroom, CNN, Ars Technica, Wired, NBC News, Digital Trends, The Register, New York Daily News, PetaPixel, New York Post, The Hill, NPR, ZDNet, Gizmodo, TechSpot, Associated Press, Metro.co.uk, Skift, Mashable, Tuko.co.ke, TechHive, PCMag, WAVY-TV, TechCrunch, and Engadget

Threads: @hunterwalk and @laurengoode

X: @_danilo and @rafat. LinkedIn: Nils Erik Mattisson. Forums: Hacker News

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: 9to5Mac, Trusted Reviews, AppleInsider, Daring Fireball, and MacDailyNews

Threads: @mattdlynch. X: @bzamayo, @nmcalone, @thurrott, @mysk_co, and @jerrycap

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Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:

Meta sues ex-VP Dipinder Singh Khurana for allegedly stealing documents related to employee pay and private contracts before leaving for a stealth AI startup — - Khurana allegedly took employee pay docs and private contracts — Meta says eight employees followed Khurana to new startup

More: The Information and Benzinga. X: @disappoptimism

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 …

X: @alexrkonrad, @dannygroner, @leomschwartz, and @sarahnemerson. LinkedIn: Iain Martin

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 …

More: Covariant, New York Times, IEEE Spectrum, SiliconANGLE, MIT Technology Review, RoboticsTomorrow.com, Wired, and The Verge

Threads: @motorcityadam. X: @peterxichen, @peterxichen, and @covariantai

Isaac Taylor / Wall Street Journal:

Eye Security, which provides cyber protection, incident response, and cyber insurance tools, raised a €36M Series B, led by JP Morgan Growth Equity Partners — European Union rule changes and a talent shortage are driving investor interest in cybersecurity

More: Finextra, TNW, Eye Security, FinTech Global, nltimes.nl, Silicon Canals, and PYMNTS.com

X: @alexferrara and @chirag_mehta

LinkedIn: Job Kuijpers and Eye Security

Financial Times:

Sources: Samsung and SK Hynix are storing, instead of selling, second-hand chipmaking machines over fears of breaking US export controls and sanctions — Samsung and SK Hynix have been storing used machines in warehouses as US-China tensions rise — Samsung and SK Hynix …

More: Reuters and Associated Press

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 …

More: Business Insider. Threads: @yair_rosenberg1. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. Bluesky: @glynmoody.bsky.social. X: @jerrycap, @lexnfx, @aghamilton29, @donpaulstephens, and @rlheinrichs

Forums: Hacker News and r/technology

Sources: Monad Labs, which is building an Ethereum virtual machine-compatible Layer 1 blockchain, is in talks to raise $200M+ led by Paradigm at a $3B valuation — Monad is in talks to raise more than $200 million at a $3 billion valuation. — Massive crypto raises are back: Paradigm …

More: The Block

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 …

More: CNN, Axios, Reuters, CNBC, and Superior Court of the State of California

X: @rachelmetz and @paulroetzer

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:

Elon Musk says xAI plans to open source Grok this week; xAI released Grok in November 2023, offering access to “real-time” data via X's $16/month subscription — Elon Musk's AI startup xAI will open source Grok, its chatbot rivaling ChatGPT, this week, the entrepreneur said …

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Peter Chapman / Bloomberg:

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Kif Leswing / CNBC:

Oracle reports Q3 revenue up 7% YoY to $13.3B, meeting expectations, and cloud services and license support revenues up 12% YoY to $9.96B; ORCL jumps 9%+

More: SiliconANGLE, Oracle, KNSD-TV, CRN, The Information, Bloomberg, NBC Bay Area, The Straits Times, Proactive, Constellation Research, Investor's Business Daily, and Reuters

X: @bluechipdaily, @charlesfitz, and @thetranscript_. LinkedIn: Craig Guarente

Vishal Chawla / The Block:

Eclipse Labs, which is developing an Ethereum Layer-2 blockchain using the Solana Virtual Machine, raised a $50M Series A co-led by Placeholder and Hack VC

More: Cryptonews, New.blicio.us, The Crypto Times, and CoinDesk

Financial Times:

As chip companies seek a backup to China, Malaysia becomes a surprise investment destination, thanks to its background in packaging, assembling, and testing

More: New York Times. X: @mjruehl and @chinabeigebook. LinkedIn: Ziad Haider. Forums: r/neoliberal

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

More: crypto.news and Web3 is Going Just Great

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Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social and @cachiporra.bsky.social

X: @jeffjohnroberts and @leomschwartz

Lauren Goode / Wired:

Q&A with Yoel Roth, just named Match Group's head of trust and safety, 16 months after his public exit from Twitter following Elon Musk's acquisition

More: 9to5Mac, Social Media Today, TechCrunch, and The Verge

Threads: @mgogel, @mattdlynch, @synstelien, @jamesn1, @mattdlynch, @brian_c_weaver_, @mattdlynch, @brian_c_weaver_, @synstelien, @synstelien, and @synstelien

X: @laurengoode and @laurengoode

LinkedIn: Kayla Whaling and Yoel Roth

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

More: SiliconANGLE, ZDNet, KnowTechie, iPhone in Canada Blog, Boing Boing, and The Verge

Threads: @corybe, @kevincolliernbc, @nxthompson, @andrewpardoe, and @tiffany.c.li

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LinkedIn: Eric Starkman and Emil Protalinski

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Flavia Rotondi / Bloomberg:

An Italian minister says Singapore-based Silicon Box plans to invest €3.2B to build a chip factory; Silicon Box raised $200M in January 2024 at a $1B+ valuation

More: DatacenterDynamics, eeNews Europe, Financial Times, and Reuters

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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

More: Proactive, iPhone in Canada Blog, Coinspeaker, Cointelegraph, The Information, Nairametrics, crypto.news, CoinGape, and TechCrunch

Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. X: @defidennis, @mylesudland, and @dakotaindc

Elizabeth G. Dunn / New York Times:

A profile of food delivery app Wonder from Diapers.com and Jet.com co-founder Marc Lore, who invested $200M+ and is targeting a $30B IPO in three to five years

X: @dinvesting, @stevehiltonx, @profschleich, and @daniellejing

LinkedIn: Adam Schiff and Marc Lore

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

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

Financial Times:

Thomson Reuters CEO Steve Hasker says the group has $8B to spend on AI acquisitions and investments, to transform its businesses of supplying professional data

More: The Information, PYMNTS.com, and Beyond Search

LinkedIn: David Carrel. Forums: r/artificial

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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

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