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| Cristiano Lima-Strong / Washington Post: |
The US House passes a bipartisan TikTok bill that forces a sale or ban of the app; the legislation faces an uncertain Senate path without a companion measure — The swift rebuke shifts attention to the Senate, where the bill faces significant political barriers and constitutional concerns
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Threads: @eric_seufert, @drboblorinser, @ryanhatesthis, @jw, @eshumarneedi, @repsherrill, @repbowman, @alex.stamos, @guillecummings, @ezeekat, @mattnavarra, @alex.stamos, @jw, @johnnypalmadessa, @renee.diresta, @senfettermanpa, @rbreich, @angry_staffer, @yayitsrob, @silvermanbrandon, @ianbremmer, @mattnavarra, and @kbode
Mastodon: @DataDrivenMD@fedified.com, @ingalls@pdx.social, @thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io, @kellogh@hachyderm.io, @Mer__edith@mastodon.world, @thegibson@hackers.town, @SomaFMrusty@defcon.social, @GottaLaff@mastodon.social, @amaditalks@wandering.shop, @dangillmor@mastodon.social, @nuthatch@infosec.exchange, @funnymonkey@freeradical.zone, @kevincollier@mastodon.social, @PattyHanson@mastodon.social, @bigzaphod@mastodon.social, @bigzaphod@mastodon.social, @willoremus@mastodon.social, @howelloneill@infosec.exchange, @evacide@hachyderm.io, @arroz@mastodon.social, and @thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io
X: @mkraju, @howardmortman, @senmarkey, @randpaul, @aoc, @jakesherman, @alexbarinka, @bcmerchant, @repdancrenshaw, @repmtg, @mikeisaac, @repjeffduncan, @senmikelee, @timsweeneyepic, @repmcgovern, @munster_gene, @boblatta, @conorsen, @ally_sammarco, @jason_kint, @committeeonccp, @neerajka, @wolfiechristl, @repritchie, @carnage4life, @randpaul, @jakesherman, @repjames, @jingjing_li, @carnage4life, @senmarcorubio, @cspan, @repspanberger, @sahilkapur, @matthewstoller, @jakesherman, @mattdizwhitlock, @parismarx, @adamkovac, @bostonjoan, @tomselliott, @davetroy, @sahilkapur, @carnage4life, @adamkovac, @senmikelee, @qasimrashid, @mer__edith, @mikeisaac, @mtracey, @reppfluger, @jason_koebler, @sachalouise, @govgianforte, @igorbobic, @jacobhelberg, @jonhaidt, @jaredlholt, @repthomasmassie, @stephenkentx, @matthewstoller, @willoremus, @repmarkpocan, @bcmerchant, @repdanbishop, @atrupar, @jwherrman, @mer__edith, and @parismarx. LinkedIn: Kala Philo
Forums: r/politics, r/LateStageCapitalism, r/politics, and Ars OpenForum
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
YouTube revamps its TV app to make the viewing experience more interactive and giving greater prominence to chapters, comments, and video descriptions — YouTube is constantly tinkering with its app design across different platforms and screen sizes, and today, the company shared the latest changes coming to its TV-optimized app.
More: YouTube Official Blog, 9to5Google, Social Media Today, MobileSyrup, Android Central, How-To Geek, ZDNet, Neowin, Engadget, 9to5Google, and Fast Company. LinkedIn: Brynn Evans
| Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Don Lemon says Elon Musk canceled The Don Lemon Show's partnership with X, hours after taping an interview with Musk on March 8 for the show's debut episode — The former CNN host interviewed the tech mogul last week, with the chat set to be the launch episode of his new ‘Don Lemon Show.’
More: Semafor, TechCrunch, The Verge, Benzinga, Social Media Today, New York Times, Associated Press, New York Post, Business Insider, Mercury News, Gizmodo, UPROXX, Us Weekly, Engadget, Deadline, NBC Bay Area, KNSD-TV, Mashable, The Guardian, Business Insider, Rolling Stone, and The Wrap
Threads: @karaswisher, @crumbler, @dankim312, @crumbler, @kurtwag8, @vincedmonroy, @bymikebaker, @originalspin, @hunterwalk, @kurtwag8, @kalihays1, @yasharali, and @brianstelter. Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
X: @donlemon, @xbusiness, @elonmusk, @karaswisher, @karaswisher, @kurtwagner8, @dylanbyers, @brianstelter, @charlesarthur, @danprimack, @brianstelter, @karaswisher, @karaswisher, and @kurtbardella
Forums: r/RealTesla and r/television
| John Callaham / Neowin: |
Microsoft adds GPT-4 Turbo to the free tier of Copilot, replacing GPT-4; Copilot Pro users still have the option to use GPT-4 — Microsoft is boosting the performance of its Copilot generative AI chatbot today. It has been confirmed that all free Copilot users can now access the GPT-4 Turbo large language model from OpenAI.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft plans to release a unified Teams app on Windows 11 later this year, letting users switch between multiple tenants and personal or work account types — Microsoft is finally creating a single version of Microsoft Teams that will allow you to switch between personal and work accounts easily.
More: Windows Blog, BleepingComputer, Lifewire, Neowin, ZDNet, XDA Developers, Windows Latest, Thurrott, Windows Central, and MSPoweruser
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Block starts shipping Bitkey, its $150 bitcoin wallet debuted in 2022, with a hardware device, mobile app, recovery tools, and Cash App and Coinbase integration — Block, the Jack Dorsey-led payment company, has released its long-in-the-works Bitcoin hardware wallet — but you can't use cryptocurrency to buy it.
More: Bitkey, CoinGape, The Daily Hodl, Decrypt, Crypto Briefing, and CoinDesk
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The EU Parliament approves the AI Act, voting 523 in favor and 46 against, despite competition fears; the Act, born in 2021, puts AI tech into risk categories — - The European Union Parliament on Wednesday approved the world's first major set of regulatory ground rules to govern …
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Threads: @benedictevans. X: @thierrybreton, @ep_president, @prestonjbyrne, @luizajarovsky, @levie, @aifray, @epc_angela, @lipstickkranti, @europarl_en, @evamaydell, @amnestytech, @neilturkewitz, @growing_daniel, @lukolejnik, @digitaleu, @lukolejnik, and @ka_iwanska
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Forums: r/UpliftingNews, r/technology, r/ArtistHate, and r/anime_titties
| Emilia David / The Verge: |
Amazon rolls out a generative AI feature that creates a product page, including a description and images, using information from a seller's external website — Sellers on Amazon will soon be able to make product pages with just the copy-and-paste of a link.
More: About Amazon, Maginative, Chain Store Age, PYMNTS.com, and GeekWire
| Dashiell Wood / TechRadar: |
Lenovo plans to release the Legion Tab, an 8.8" Android gaming tablet currently available in China, in EMEA and other Asian markets this month, starting at €599 — It's set to arrive in March — Technology manufacturer Lenovo has announced that the Lenovo Legion Tab Android gaming tablet …
More: Lenovo StoryHub, 9to5Google, GSMArena.com, TalkAndroid.com, TweakTown, Gizchina, Gadgets 360, Android Authority, Liliputing, PhoneArena, Tom's Guide, Gamereactor UK, and T3. Forums: r/androidtablets
| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
Waymo plans to debut its Waymo One robotaxi service in LA on March 14, gradually onboarding from a 50K+ waitlist, and in Austin commercially by the end of 2024 — Waymo will begin offering a robotaxi service to the public in Los Angeles this week and in Austin by the end of the year …
More: Waymo, The Information, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, CA Patch, Electrek, Forbes, and 9to5Google
X: @waymo, @richontech, @patricksrail, @brianwilt, @snowmaker, and @yuris
Forums: r/SelfDrivingCars and Slashdot
| Tim Berners-Lee / World Wide Web Foundation: |
On the web's 35th birthday, there are two issues to address: power concentration, which contradicts decentralization, and exploitation of personal data — Three and a half decades ago, when I invented the web, its trajectory was impossible to imagine. There was no roadmap to predict … | Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: |
An interview with OpenAI CTO Mira Murati on Sora, set for release later in 2024, its training data, red-teaming Sora, working with the film industry, and more — In an exclusive interview with our columnist, CTO Mira Murati explains the company's new Sora AI video tool and how it plans to roll it out
More: The Wall Street Journal on YouTube, The Verge, The Information, XDA Developers, Android Headlines, BGR, MSPoweruser, Android Authority, TechRadar, and SlashGear
X: @ednewtonrex and @joannastern
Forums: r/technology, r/singularity, and Slashdot
| Emilia David / The Verge: |
Google DeepMind details SIMA, an AI agent training to learn gaming skills to play like a human; SIMA trained on No Man's Sky, Goat Simulator 3, and other games — Google DeepMind unveiled SIMA, an AI agent training to learn gaming skills so it plays more like a human instead of an overpowered AI that does its own thing.
More: Google DeepMind, TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, Wired, Interesting Engineering, The Tech Basic, CNET, MobileSyrup, Fast Company, and The Decoder
X: @googledeepmind, @andrewlampinen, @shanelegg, @_akhaliq, @amoufarek, @egrefen, @andrewlampinen, and @googledeepmind
LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski and Ali Arsanjani, PhD
Forums: r/Futurology and r/Games
| Muyao Shen / Bloomberg: |
Kaiko: trading volume for the top crypto memecoins reached ~$80B in the past week, the highest since October 2021; total market value of memecoins topped $60B — - Dogwifhat fans raises funds to put meme on Las Vegas Sphere — Total market value of memecoins has surpassed $60 billion| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Microsoft announces Microsoft Copilot for Security will be generally available on April 1, payable via a new Security Compute Unit that costs $4 per hour — - The Microsoft Copilot for Security will cost $4 per “security compute unit” when it becomes available in April.
More: Microsoft Security, VentureBeat, South China Morning Post, The Register, CRN, Wall Street Journal, Neowin, ComputerWeekly.com, The Verge, PYMNTS.com, Constellation Research, Yahoo Finance, CSO, PCMag, TechRadar, TechRadar, and ZDNet
X: @chirag_mehta, @satyanadella, @msftsecurity, and @vasujakkal
LinkedIn: Yuliya Slesareva Godoy, Marko Lauren, Andrew Bentley, Evan Williams, Shawn Bice, Vasu Jakkal, and Satya Nadella
| Wall Street Journal: |
The US Treasury is investigating ~$165M in crypto-linked transactions that may have helped finance Hamas before the group's October 7 attack against Israel — Treasury Department investigates $165 million in digital transactions linked to the militant group| Hugo Barra / Hugo's Blog: |
A deep dive into Vision Pro by Meta's ex-VP of VR Hugo Barra: the audacity of Apple's hardware decisions, a dull software story, how Meta can respond, and more — Friends and colleagues have been asking me to share my perspective on the Apple Vision Pro as a product.| Ali Winston / Wired: |
An analysis of 3M+ Discord and Telegram chats in 50+ groups finds a global network of thousands of violent predators who target, groom, and extort kids online — A global network of violent predators is hiding in plain sight, targeting children on major platforms, grooming them, and extorting them to commit horrific acts of abuse.
Threads: @katiedrumm and @bostonjoan
Mastodon: @selenalarson@mastodon.social and @mattburgess@infosec.exchange
X: @ttp_updates, @stevehuff, @andrewcouts, and @chrisd9r
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Mastodon: @KimPerales@toad.social and @mattburgess@infosec.exchange
X: @viacristiano, @chrisd9r, @kbriquelet, @senatordurbin, @dlberes, @judiciarydems, @chrisd9r, @chrisd9r, and @roman_hoefner
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