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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+ — Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison by a judge on Thursday for stealing $8 billion from customers …
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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 — Apple this month sued its former employee Andrew Aude in California state court, alleging that he breached …
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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
A researcher finds that X is testing a feature that lets users create or join communities focused on “adult content” or other “not safe for work” material — - Screenshots show that people can label communities as ‘NSFW’ — X already allows adult content, but forbids ads on the topic
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| 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 — - Company's tablet line hasn't been updated in about 18 months — Latest iPad Pro will get OLED; Air will have new screen size
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| 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 — Artificial intelligence is spurring a new type of identity theft — with ordinary people finding their faces and words twisted to push often 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 — The trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange prepares for the social media platform Reddit's initial public offering in New York City on March 21, 2024.
Threads: @crumbler. X: @unusual_whales, @josefajardo, @slopeofhope, @carnage4life, @asap17, @quiverquant, @olumidecapital, and @cailen
Forums: Hacker News, r/wallstreetbets, and r/technology
| Sam Kim / Bloomberg: |
South Korean national statistics data: chip output grew 65.3% YoY in February 2024, the most since late 2009, with demand for AI-related memory driving growth — - Chip exports continue to grow, boosting optimism for economy — High-performance memory chips supplied to Nvidia among drivers
X: @samkimasia
| 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 — Amazon now lets you sign up for its palm recognition service directly from your phone.
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| 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 — YouTube is launching a version of Shorts that's only for members, allowing creators to share short-form videos exclusively with their paying viewers.
More: YouTube Official Blog, Android Police, Gizchina, CNN, The Information, Social Media Today, and The Verge
Threads: @neal_mohan and @neal_mohan
LinkedIn: Ina Fuchs and Pedro Pina
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
AI21 Labs launches Jamba, an AI model that integrates two architectures: transformer and Mamba, which is based on the Structured State Space model — Increasingly, the AI industry is moving toward generative AI models with longer contexts. But models with large context windows tend to be compute-intensive.
More: AI21 Labs, Maginative, SiliconANGLE, MarkTechPost, VentureBeat, and Cryptopolitan
X: @casper_hansen_, @ai21labs, @tri_dao, @maximelabonne, @marktenenholtz, @simonw, and @dorialexander. LinkedIn: Tehila Afota
| 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 …
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Forums: r/CanadaPolitics and r/worldnews
| Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: |
How MowPod, which sells podcast advertising tools, uses mobile game ads to incentivize gamers to follow shows on Apple Podcasts in order to earn in-game tokens — At least nine of the current top 50 shows on Apple Podcasts have been promoted in mobile games — Welcome back to Soundbite.
X: @kantrowitz
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
An inside look at Windows and Surface leadership changes that could help Microsoft capitalize on AI PCs and transition Surface devices to Arm chips — After Windows and Surface chief Panos Panay departed Microsoft last year, the software giant quickly split his two divisions into two different teams.| 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 …
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