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Gaby Del Valle / The Verge:
NYC launches a 90-day pilot to test Evolv's AI-based gun detectors on the subway; Evolv is facing two government probes and scrutiny over its machines' accuracy  —  Evolv, the company supplying the scanners, is being investigated by both the FTC and SEC.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
X says all NSFW content will be soon filtered across Communities by default and admins can set an “Adult Content” label to avoid auto-filtering of their content  —  A day after researchers surfaced X's plans to test NSFW adult communities on the platform formerly known as Twitter …
New York Times:
Experts and documents: the US is years from having a reliable alternative source for time and navigation services if adversaries were to interrupt GPS signals  —  GPS has become essential for modern life, but its satellites and signals are vulnerable to attack.  China is years ahead in developing alternatives.
Meredith Whittaker / LPE Project:
Signal's president says the TikTok bill won't offer any meaningful privacy protection from China, but will further entrench the dominance of US social networks  —  Earlier this month, the United States House of Representatives passed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act …
Yuvraj Malik / Reuters:
In a lawsuit, four Canadian school boards seek damages of CA$4B+ from Meta, Snap, and TikTok for allegedly causing learning and mental health crises in students  —  Four Canadian school boards have sought more than C$4 billion ($2.96 billion) in damages from social media firms such as Meta Platforms …
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
AI21 Labs launches Jamba, a text-generating and text-analyzing AI model that integrates transformers and Mamba, which is based on Structured State Space models  —  Increasingly, the AI industry is moving toward generative AI models with longer contexts.  But models with large context windows tend to be compute-intensive.
David Kirton / Reuters:
Huawei reports fastest growth in four years for 2023, as revenue up 9.63% to $97.48B, net profit up 144.5% to ~$12.04B, consumer revenue up 17.3% to ~$34.79B  —  China's Huawei Technologies (HWT.UL) saw its fastest growth in four years in 2023, with a rebound in its consumer segment and income …
Rebekah Valentine / IGN:
Take-Two acquires Borderlands developer Gearbox Entertainment from the Embracer Group for $460M in stock; the deal is expected to close by the end of June 2024  —  A new Homeworld game is also in development.  —  Embracer Group has officially divested Gearbox Entertainment …

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Bloomberg:
Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners is exiting from Paramount's takeover bid for WBD, citing changed investment dynamics since it joined the bid in October

Todd Spangler / Variety:
E.W. Scripps' board unanimously rejects Sinclair's unsolicited acquisition proposal of $7 per share in cash and stock, offered in November

Christal Hayes / BBC:
The BBC says “as we have made clear previously, we will be defending” against Trump's defamation lawsuit and “we are not going to make further comment”

More News

Meir Orbach / CTech:
Cybersecurity startup Zafran, which develops risk mitigation services, emerges from stealth with a $25M Series A co-led by Sequoia Capital and Cyberstarts
Washington Post:
Scammers are using sample videos of influencers with modest social media presence to create AI deepfake ads that often push offensive products and ideas
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Reddit shares plunge almost 25% in two days, after soaring 30% on Monday, and finish the week at $49.30, below the first trading day close of $50.44
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
YouTube now lets creators share exclusive Shorts with paying viewers, says Shorts average 70B+ daily views and 25%+ of creator partners monetize via Shorts

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Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:
Apple sues an ex-employee for allegedly leaking details about the Journal app and more to journalists, to “kill” products and features with which he took issue
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple plans to launch new iPad Pro and iPad Air models in early May; iPad Pros will get OLED displays, while iPad Air will get a 12.9" screen option
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Amazon One launches apps that use AI to scan users' palm vein structure, letting them sign up for the palm-scanning service without visiting a physical location
Reuters:
A US judge sentences Sam Bankman-Fried to 25 years in prison for stealing from users of his now-bankrupt FTX crypto exchange and orders him to forfeit $11B+
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Google's charitable wing Google.org debuts an accelerator for generative AI, to be funded by $20M in grants and starting with 21 nonprofits, including Quill.org
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google plans to add Gemini Nano to the Pixel 8 as part of the next Pixel Feature Drop, weeks after saying the phone can't get Nano due to “hardware limitations”
Emilia David / The Verge:
The US OMB releases new AI guidance, requiring that all federal agencies submit an annual AI report and have a senior leader overseeing all AI systems they use
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