|
April 1, 2024, 2:50 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Microsoft plans to unbundle Teams from Microsoft 365 and Office 365 globally amid antitrust scrutiny, after a similar unbundling in the EU in August 2023 — Microsoft (MSFT.O) will sell its chat and video app Teams separately from its Office product globally, the U.S. tech giant said on Monday …
More: Ars Technica, TechCrunch, Investor's Business Daily, ZDNet, International Business Times, PCWorld, microsoft.com, XDA Developers, Gizmodo, Windows Report, The Verge, Thurrott, The Information, PCMag, The Hill, iPhone in Canada Blog, Android Headlines, OSnews, GSMArena.com, Petri IT Knowledgebase, Benzinga, Republic World, MSPoweruser, Tech Startups, Engadget, Neowin, and TechRadar
Threads: @davelikescars. Mastodon: @Karlitschek@mastodon.social. X: @florian4gamers and @carnage4life
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, Lobsters, and Ars OpenForum
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI no longer requires an account to use ChatGPT, but with “slightly more restrictive content policies”, starting in a few markets and rolling out globally — OpenAI is making its flagship conversational AI accessible to everyone, even people who haven't bothered making an account.
More: OpenAI, 9to5Google, The Verge, PCMag, Engadget, Axios, Search Engine Land, The Decoder, The Crypto Times, and Search Engine Roundtable
| Trishla Ostwal / Adweek: |
AI search engine Perplexity, whose website says that search should be “free from the influence of advertising-driven models”, says the startup plans to sell ads — The AI search engine must prove ad scalability and address brand safety concerns
More: Search Engine Land. Threads: @chris. X: @thekenyeung and @aravsrinivas. LinkedIn: Aisling Browne
| Wall Street Journal: |
Filing: to settle a 2020 class action suit about Chrome's Incognito mode, Google has agreed to destroy billions of data points it allegedly improperly collected — Individual lawsuits targeting firm now seek compensation for alleged improper data tracking — Google plans to destroy a trove …
More: Engadget, Gizmodo, 9to5Google, The Verge, Barron's Online, Reuters, CBS News, Business Insider, BGR, Newser, Forbes, and Moonlock
Forums: r/technology and Slashdot
| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Filing: Donald Trump's Truth Social lost $58M+ on $4.1M in revenue during 2023; Trump Media & Technology Group is valued at $7B+ after going public on March 26 — - All of the company's revenue comes from advertising on Truth Social, per the disclosures.
More: Washington Post, MarketWatch, PCMag, New York Post, The Hill, Bloomberg, Associated Press, Boing Boing, Reuters, US Securities …, and Wccftech
Threads: @drewharwell, @moskov, and @datadrivenmd
Mastodon: @mattsheffield@mastodon.social and @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
Bluesky: @toobigtofail.bsky.social and @lolgop.bsky.social
X: @danprimack, @bradmunchen, @joshtpm, @juddlegum, @danprimack, @bgrueskin, @jeffjarvis, @turnernovak, @alex, @austen, @danprimack, and @morningbrew
Forums: r/Law_and_Politics, r/Trumpvirus, and r/technology
| Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: OpenAI discussed training GPT-5 on public YouTube video transcripts; AI industry's need for high-quality text data may outstrip supply within two years — Firms such as OpenAI and Anthropic are working to find enough information to train next-generation artificial-intelligence models| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Filing: Sam Altman no longer controls the OpenAI Startup Fund, which has a $325M+ gross asset value; Ian Hathaway, who has helped manage the fund, is in charge — - By last May it reported $175 million in total commitments, including from OpenAI partner Microsoft, but now lists the fund's gross asset value at over $325 million.
More: Reuters and San Francisco Business Times
| Lasso Security: |
To highlight an attack vector, a researcher made a package with a name hallucinated by ChatGPT; it had 30K+ downloads in three months and appeared in many repos — I kicked start on this follow-up research for several reasons: — — 1️⃣ I investigate whether package … | Muyao Shen / Bloomberg: |
Binance names its first board of directors, which has seven members including CEO Richard Teng and three other Binance execs — - Board includes three independent members, four insiders — The firm still has not announced its global headquarters| Brett Martin / New York Times: |
A profile of Matt Farley, who has released thousands of songs under ~80 pseudonyms on music streaming services with the goal of matching nearly any search query — Matt Farley has released thousands of songs with the goal of producing a result to match nearly anything anybody could think to search for.
Threads: @simondowens. X: @austinkleon, @looseseal96, @brettmartin, @moternmedia, @joshuamarch, @mrjeremydylan, @apunkrockfuture, @themoko, and @katy_vine. Forums: r/lebowski
| Wall Street Journal: |
Interviews and Telegram messages detail how Russian middlemen used Tether to avoid US sanctions and procure parts for drones and other high-tech equipment — How Russian middlemen used tether to avoid U.S. sanctions and procure parts for drones and other high-tech equipment| Max Tani / Semafor: |
Sources: Apple suggests podcasters join its subscription program to get on its “browse” carousel; 5 of the first 7 carousel podcasts last week were participants — The Scoop — To get their show featured at the top of the Apple Podcasts feed, one of the best placements in the audio world …
More: iPhone in Canada Blog, The Verge, Podnews, and Forbes
Threads: @alexcartaz. X: @ckrewson, @brij, @florian4gamers, @mikeventure, and @wobburnerburner. Forums: r/apple
Sponsor Posts
Google:
Try Gemini 3 Pro — Google's newest and most intelligent AI model that helps you bring any idea to life
Try Gemini 3 Pro — Google's newest and most intelligent AI model that helps you bring any idea to life
Shopify:
Shopify's new AI commerce stack — Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Shopify's new AI commerce stack — Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Zoho:
From content collaboration to content intelligence: Zoho WorkDrive's 2025 journey — As 2025 draws to a close, we're reflecting on a year marked by meaningful progress, purposeful innovation, and continuous learning at Zoho WorkDrive.
From content collaboration to content intelligence: Zoho WorkDrive's 2025 journey — As 2025 draws to a close, we're reflecting on a year marked by meaningful progress, purposeful innovation, and continuous learning at Zoho WorkDrive.
IDrive:
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.Featured Podcasts
Hard Fork:
Why Roomba Died + Tech Predictions for 2026 + A Hard Forkin' Xmas Song
The future is already here. Each week, journalists Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore and make sense of the latest in the rapidly changing world of tech.
Subscribe to Hard Fork.
Big Technology Podcast:
Sam Altman: How OpenAI Wins, AI Buildout Logic, IPO in 2026?
The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind the scenes in the tech world featuring interviews with plugged-in insiders and outside agitators.
Subscribe to Big Technology Podcast.
Access:
Betting on reality with Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour
A show about the tech industry's inside conversation, hosted by tech reporter Alex Heath and founder whisperer Ellis Hamburger.
Subscribe to Access.
Lenny's Podcast:
The new AI growth playbook for 2026: How Lovable hit $200M ARR in one year | Elena Verna (Head of Growth)
Interviews with world-class product leaders and growth experts to uncover actionable advice to help you build, launch, and grow your own product.
Subscribe to Lenny's Podcast.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
"Neither Side Is Used to Losing." Lucas Shaw on What's Next for Netflix and Paramount in the Battle for Warner Bros.
Media and tech aren't just intersecting - they're fully intertwined. To understand how those worlds work, Peter Kafka talks to industry leaders, upstarts and observers.
Subscribe to Channels with Peter Kafka.
Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:
Ted Sarandos: Netflix and how tech changed storytelling
Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith speaks with leaders in government, business, and culture to explore the most critical challenges at the intersection of technology and society.
Subscribe to Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 2:50 PM ET, April 1, 2024.
The most current version of the site as always is available at our home page. To view an earlier snapshot click here and then modify the date indicated.
From Mediagazer
Ryan Glasspiegel / Front Office Sports:Todd Spangler / Variety:
Wall Street Journal:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Trisha Thadani / Washington Post: |
Mastodon: @jeridansky@sfba.social and @Rachel_Thorn@queer.party
Forums: Hacker News, r/Futurology, r/technology, and r/SelfDrivingCars
Earlier Picks
| Mike Larkin / Security Boulevard: |
More: oss-security, Ars Technica, Rapid7, DoublePulsar, 404 Media, Open Source Security …, Infosec Exchange, Checkmarx.com, TechPowerUp, MSPoweruser, The New Stack, New.blicio.us, Gist, HotHardware, OSnews, The Verge, and Help Net Security
Threads: @alex.stamos, @jasonkoebler, and @postmastron
Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, @carnage4life@mas.to, @jperrin@mastodon.social, @lcamtuf@infosec.exchange, @djlink@mastodon.gamedev.place, @mhoye@mastodon.social, @esther@strangeobject.space, @kde@floss.social, @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, @filippo@abyssdomain.expert, and @carol@crabby.fyi
X: @swiftonsecurity, @tobi, @satyanadella, @thegrugq, @thegrugq, @mscccc, @prerationalist, @natfriedman, @amasad, @ollieatnowhere, @matthew_d_green, @seldo, @vxunderground, @andresfreundtec, @rauchg, @_saagarjha, @julianor, @pinboard, @thegrugq, @tylerglaiel, @fr0gger_, @eastdakota, @shenetworks, @bakedsec, and @vxunderground
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, and r/ProgrammerHumor