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Memo: TikTok is “disappointed” that the US House passed the TikTok divestment bill, and reiterates its plans to lobby the Senate not to pass the legislation — TikTok told employees the company isn't planning to change its approach to protecting user data even after US lawmakers passed …
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Threads: @drewharwell. X: @tiktokpolicy, @danprimack, @conorsen, @kantrowitz, @rpotter_9, and @vtchakarova. Forums: r/ROI
| Eleanor Olcott / Financial Times: |
After the House vote, Chinese officials say the US has shown “robber's logic” toward TikTok, and Washington must “stop unfairly suppressing foreign companies” — Beijing urges Washington to ‘stop unfairly suppressing foreign companies’
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Threads: @yasharali, @harrisonstarr_, @texaspaulschroder, @datadrivenmd, @sherrilynifill, @jeffjarvis, and @ngrossman81. X: @alex. LinkedIn: Nomi Prins
| The Information: |
More: NBC News, Yahoo Finance, New York Times, and Financial Times
| 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.
More: AppleInsider, MIXED Reality News, MacRumors, CryptoGlobe, Cult of Mac, and The Verge
Mastodon: @mschwinges@mastodon.social. X: @jetscott, @christianhern, @rakeshlobster, @rakeshlobster, @cloutman_, @davesmiddy, @kouroshshafi, @om, and @stevesi
| Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal: |
Meta plans to shut down CrowdTangle in August 2024 and replace it with Meta Content Library, available to academic and nonprofit researchers, not news outlets — CrowdTangle, a source for embarrassing articles about Facebook and Instagram, has been used to track conspiracy theories, viral content
More: Engadget and The Verge
Threads: @lrossi, @b_fung, @instashazbot, @brchastain_, @azipaybarah, @colinjones, @katieharbath, @owswills, @mattnavarra, @lorakolodny, and @kylewilsontharp
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| Nathan Ingraham / Engadget: |
Proton releases its mail app for macOS and Windows out of beta, available as part of its $4/month Mail Plus or $10/month Unlimited tier, and a Linux app in beta — And a Linux app is launching in beta soon. — Proton, the privacy-focused company that offers a variety of internet tools like mail …
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| 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, PCMag, Android Headlines, Modern Retail, 9to5Toys, TechRadar, Mashable, Maginative, GeekWire, PYMNTS.com, and Chain Store Age
| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
The EU opens a formal DSA investigation into Alibaba's AliExpress over illegal content concerns, product recommendations, and more, the third DSA investigation — The European Commission on Thursday said it opened a formal investigation into AliExpress, an international e-commerce website run …
More: European Commission, Politico, Bloomberg, European Commission, Fortune, TechCrunch, Cybernews.com, and The Verge
| Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: |
Anthropic debuts Claude 3 Haiku, tailored for high-volume, latency-sensitive applications, saying Haiku is “the fastest and most affordable model” in its class — San Francisco-based startup Anthropic has just released Claude 3 Haiku, the newest addition to its Claude 3 family of AI models.
More: Home \ Anthropic, Computerworld, Amazon Web Services, Inc., Neowin, Cybernews.com, and Maginative
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| Trishla Ostwal / Adweek: |
Sources: Google's Search Generative Experience could cut organic search traffic to publishers by 20% to 60%; Google says “it's premature to estimate” the impact — Search Generative Experience could upend over 60% of publishers' total organic traffic
More: Digital Content Next. Mastodon: @lauren@mastodon …. X: @outonalumb, @edzitron, @alexeheath, @edzitron, @rustybrick, @ohtazer, @kthomasulland, and @trishlaostwal
| Craig Trudell / Bloomberg: |
X takes down a graphic video shared by Elon Musk purporting to show cannibalism in Haiti, for violating the company's rules — - Move is rare case of company taking action involving its owner — Musk's posts are increasingly focused on immigration issues
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Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social and @Kierkegaanks@beige.party
X: @elonmusk, @nbcnews, @mattwalshblog, @elonmusk, and @elonmusk
| Reuters: |
Sources: in 2019, Donald Trump authorized the CIA to launch a clandestine social media campaign to turn China's public against the government and Xi Jinping — Two years into office, President Donald Trump authorized the Central Intelligence Agency to launch a clandestine campaign …
Mastodon: @kevincollier@mastodon.social. X: @shashj, @shashj, @ericgeller, and @nkulw. Forums: r/worldnews
| Assaf Gilead / Globes Online: |
US cybersecurity company Zscaler acquires Israeli cybersecurity startup Avalor for $350M; Avalor was founded two years ago and has raised just $30M to date — Avalor was founded only two years ago and has raised $30 million to date. — US cybersecurity company Zscaler has announced … | Russ Crupnick / MusicWatch: |
US paid music subscribers hit a record 109M in 2023, rising to 136M including SiriusXM and Amazon Prime Music; seven of every 10 US millennials pay to subscribe — MusicWatch Annual Music Study points to continued health of the US music market, a record number of paid subscribers, and increased spend on recorded music.| Bloomberg: |
India grants a consumer payments license to Paytm, which has until now operated under a license connected to its beleaguered affiliate, Paytm Payments Bank — - India grants troubled firm a consumer payments license — New operating model needed as regulator's restrictions kick in
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| Dashiell Wood / TechRadar: |
Lenovo plans to release the €599+ Legion Tab, an 8.8" Android gaming tablet currently available in China, in the EMEA and other Asian markets later in March — It's set to arrive in March — Technology manufacturer Lenovo has announced that the Lenovo Legion Tab Android gaming tablet … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft plans to release a unified Teams app on Windows 11 later in 2024, 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, ZDNet, BleepingComputer, Petri IT Knowledgebase, BetaNews, The Register, PCWorld, WinBuzzer, TechRadar, Windows Central, Neowin, XDA Developers, and MSPoweruser
Forums: r/windowsinsiders and r/Windows11
| Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: |
Intel launches the $689 Core i9-14900KS Special Edition processor with clock speeds up to 6.2GHz, making it Intel's fastest mainstream chip — 6.2 GHz and a whole lotta power draw. — Jump to: — Gaming Benchmarks - Productivity Benchmarks - Thermals and Power - Conclusion| John Callaham / Neowin: |
Microsoft replaces GPT-4 with GPT-4 Turbo in Copilot's free tier; Copilot Pro subscribers got GPT-4 Turbo in December 2023 and can still use the older GPT-4 — Microsoft is boosting the performance of its Copilot generative AI chatbot today. It has been confirmed that all free Copilot users … | Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
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X: @chirag_mehta, @satyanadella, @vasujakkal, and @msftsecurity
LinkedIn: Andrew Bentley and Shawn Bice
| Joel Khalili / Wired: |
A UK High Court judge rules that Australian computer scientist Craig Wright is not Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, saying the “evidence is overwhelming” — A surprise ruling at the end of a six-week trial in the UK High Court ends Craig Wright's campaign to be recognized as the inventor of Bitcoin.
More: CoinDesk, Finbold, Reuters, Decrypt, The Block, The Verge, Reuters, Boing Boing, CoinGape, Cointelegraph, Cryptonews, Protos, Bitcoin Insider, Coinpedia Fintech News, COPA, CryptoPotato, and The Crypto Times
Bluesky: @titaniumman.bsky.social. X: @bitmexresearch, @bitmexresearch, @jack, @timecoiner, @ryan_x_charles, @autismcapital, @ruskin147, @hodlonaut, @petermccormack, @petermccormack, and @wipedroot
LinkedIn: Shumin Lin and Jason Meyers
| Chainalysis: |
In 2023, crypto investors achieved total gains of $37.6B, up from a $127.1B loss in 2022 but down from the $159.7B in gains during the 2021 bull run — 2023 was a year of recovery for cryptocurrency markets, with asset prices and market sentiment improving over the course of the year after a challenging 2022.
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