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March 15, 2024, 10:20 AM
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
The FCC raises its broadband speed benchmark to 100Mbps for downloads and 20Mbps for uploads, from the previous standard of 25Mbps and 3Mbps set in January 2015  —  Standard of 100Mbps down and 20Mbps up replaces old 25Mbps/3Mbps benchmark.  —  The Federal Communications Commission today voted …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple acquired DarwinAI, which makes tech for inspecting components during manufacturing and focuses on making AI systems smaller and faster  —  - Canada's DarwinAI was quietly acquired earlier this year  — The iPhone maker has promised a big AI announcement in 2024
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Spotify emails the European Commission to say Apple is holding up an iPhone app update that adds pricing information and links to its subscription options  —  In an email to the European Commission obtained by The Verge, Spotify writes that Apple has “neither acknowledged nor responded …
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
An investigation into Onerep.com, which helps people remove their personal data from people-search sites, suggests its CEO founded dozens of people-search sites  —  The data privacy company Onerep.com bills itself as a Virginia-based service for helping people remove their personal information from almost 200 people-search websites.
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
Researchers detail how a side channel can be used to read encrypted responses from AI assistants, except Google's Gemini; OpenAI and Cloudflare made mitigations  —  All non-Google chat GPTs affected by side channel that leaks responses sent to users.  —  AI assistants have been widely available …
Bloomberg:
Sources: the US plans to award over $6B to Samsung to help the company expand beyond its $17B chip fab in Taylor, Texas, under the 2022 Chips and Science Act  —  - Chips Act grant would fund expansion beyond project in Texas  — Awards are also expected for Samsung rivals TSMC and Intel
Danny Nelson / CoinDesk:
El Salvador moved ~$400M worth, or “a big chunk”, of its bitcoin into a cold wallet this week; public trackers had estimated El Salvador's trove at under $205M  —  The Central American nation moved $400 million in BTC into a cold storage wallet this week.
Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
Small-business owners and activists who rely on TikTok say the US House measure forcing a sale or ban would damage their livelihoods and harm their communities  —  Small-business owners, community advocates and educators spoke out Wednesday after the House overwhelmingly approved a measure to ban the popular app
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”
Wired:
A deep dive into Reddit's history and the power of its 60K+ unpaid moderators, based on interviews with 60+ current and former mods, employees, and contractors  —  An army of more than 60,000 unpaid moderators has unprecedented power over Reddit.  The company's future hinges on whether they can coexist with Wall Street's expectations.
David Wethe / Bloomberg:
Oil companies are increasingly using AI and remote operations to drill faster, suggest better ways to frack, and predict when active well pumps will fail  —  - Companies use AI to run drill rigs and predict broken pumps  — Technology could slash costs and squeeze more oil from wells
More: The Verge and Proactive
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft launches Copilot Pro worldwide with a one-month free trial; Pro subscribers can use the AI assistant in Office web apps without a Microsoft 365 sub  —  Microsoft is expanding its $20 monthly Copilot Pro subscription to more markets today, after launching the AI-powered assistant for consumers in January.

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New York Times:
The US DOJ confirms it is probing whether ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, and Fox violated antitrust law by briefly suspending White House pool coverage of President Trump

Washington Post:
The Trump administration aired two taxpayer-funded campaign-style TV ads into early Monday, per AdImpact, past a judge's Sunday evening deadline to stop them

Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources detail how ABC News initially defended then retracted an article about President Trump's sons' defense links, saying it was published “prematurely”

More News

New York Times:
Taiwan is building its own satellite internet network, as China's threats, Ukraine war, and Elon Musk's total control over Starlink make Taiwan's leaders wary
Augusta Saraiva / Bloomberg:
The US pushes for global AI regulations at the UN, with a draft resolution calling for “effective safeguards”; the push contrasts with a lack of US regulations
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google schedules I/O 2024 for May 14, where details on Android 15 and Android XR, AI announcements, and more are expected; the date was hidden behind a puzzle
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Pornhub blocks access to users in Texas, after a federal appeals court upheld a Texas law last week requiring porn sites to institute age-verification measures

Earlier Picks

Bloomberg:
Damage to the West Africa Cable System, MainOne, and ACE sea cables disrupts internet services across Africa; the cause of the faults has not been determined
Sheena Vasani / The Verge:
Google adds real-time URL protection to Chrome's Safe Browsing Standard on desktop and iOS, claiming to guard users' privacy; Android will get the feature soon
Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware:
Intel launches the $689 Core i9-14900KS Special Edition processor, with clock speeds up to 6.2GHz on two cores to become the company's fastest mainstream chip
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
The EU opens a DSA investigation into Alibaba's AliExpress over illegal content concerns, ad and product recommendations, and more, the third DSA investigation
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