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Sources: Alphabet is considering an offer for HubSpot, an online marketing software company with a $35B market value, which would be its largest acquisition yet — Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL.O) has been talking to its advisers about the possibility of making an offer for HubSpot (HUBS.N) … | Financial Times: |
Sources: Google considers adding certain AI-powered search features to its premium subscription services, which already offer access to Gemini in Gmail and Docs — Proposals would mark first time any of the software group's core product falls behind a paywall
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| Amrita Khalid / The Verge: |
X adds blue checks to some large accounts as part of its plan to give free Premium memberships to users with at least 2,500 “verified subscriber followers” — Just as Elon Musk said, X is doling out free Premium and Premium memberships to accounts with a high number of verified followers.
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| The Guardian: |
Sources: Israel's bombing campaign in Gaza used Lavender, an AI system that identified 37,000 potential human targets based on their apparent links to Hamas — Israeli intelligence sources reveal use of ‘Lavender’ system in Gaza war and claim permission given to kill civilians in pursuit of low-ranking militants
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is exploring home robotic devices, including a mobile robot that can follow users and a table-top device that uses robotics to move a display — - The company has teams working on automated home devices — The search is on for new growth sources after EV gets nixed
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| Sam Kessler / CoinDesk: |
Ripple plans to launch its own stablecoin later this year “100% backed by US dollar deposits, short-term US government Treasuries, and other cash equivalents” — The token will be “100% backed by U.S. dollar deposits, short-term U.S. government Treasuries and other cash equivalents.” according to the company.
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| Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: |
Cohere releases Command R+, an AI model for business customers the startup says performs competitively against OpenAI and others on “business-critical” tasks — Cohere says its new technology is cheaper than OpenAI's offerings. — Artificial intelligence startup Cohere Inc …
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
A profile of hacker Alejandro Caceres, aka P4x, who took down North Korea's internet in 2022 and says the US needs to wield its hacking powers more aggressively — As “P4x,” Alejandro Caceres single-handedly disrupted the internet of an entire country. Then he tried to show the US military how it can—and should—adopt his methods.
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| Bloomberg: |
Elon Musk says “Tesla is increasing comp ... of our AI engineering team” because OpenAI has been “aggressively recruiting Tesla engineers” with “massive” offers — - CEO says carmaker is going extra mile to retain specialists — Exodus may exacerbate concerns about conflicts, governance| Lauren Feiner / The Verge: |
Google sues two alleged crypto scammers, accusing them of using its Play Store to offer fraudulent crypto trading and investment apps to steal users' money — Google is suing two alleged crypto scammers, accusing them of using its Play Store to offer fraudulent cryptocurrency trading apps …
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| Scott Stein / CNET: |
An interview with Andrew Bosworth on the 10th anniversary of Reality Labs, the past and future of VR, AR, and AI, Meta's next AR glasses prototype, and more — Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth talks with CNET about the past and future of VR, AR and AI. — 2014 doesn't seem that long ago to me.
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| Tim Stelloh / NBC News: |
A Washington state judge bars using AI-enhanced video as evidence in a murder trial, a ruling experts say may be the first-of-its-kind in a US criminal court — Lawyers for a man charged with murder in a triple homicide had sought to introduce cellphone video enhanced by machine-learning software.
More: ZDNet, KING-TV, HotHardware, WinBuzzer, The Hill, Cryptopolitan, and Gizmodo
| James Batchelor / GamesIndustry.biz: |
An interview with Saber founder Matthew Karch on criticism of Embracer, joining Embracer's board in 2020, layoffs, and Embracer's $2B+ Savvy deal breaking down — Studio founder shares his view of the story behind Embracer's struggles, and why he's bullish on the group's recovery
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| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
An interview with Andres Freund, a Microsoft database engineer working on PostgreSQL, on discovering the XZ Utils backdoor, doubting his own findings, and more — The internet, as anyone who works deep in its trenches will tell you, is not a smooth, well-oiled machine.
More: The Intercept. Threads: @jenvalentino_nyt. Mastodon: @couts@mastodon.social. X: @kevinroose. LinkedIn: Affan Dar. Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, and r/neoliberal
| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
A Google Cloud and Cloud Security Alliance survey of 2,486 IT and security professionals finds that 63% believe AI could help in threat detection and response — Generative artificial intelligence technology is fast finding a home in cybersecurity operations, as a comprehensive …
More: CSA, TechRadar, Cryptopolitan, VentureBeat, and TechRepublic
| Lindsay Ellis / Wall Street Journal: |
How some MBA programs in the US are reorienting courses around AI by adding AI-related classwork, encouraging students to present on AI innovations, and more — American University, other top M.B.A. programs reorient courses around artificial intelligence; ‘It has eaten our world’
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| Andrea Grimes / Home With The Armadillo: |
Substack's new emphasis on followers, not subscriptions, and its opaque steps to migrate paid subscriptions off the platform make leaving harder for writers — And it'll be worse this time around! — The writing life, which has never exactly been a picnic for independent journalists and freelancers …
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| Daniel Thomas / Financial Times: |
US rock band Kiss sells rights to its music, name, image, and likeness to Swedish entertainment company Pophouse to create a live show, a source says for ~$300M — Sale to Swedish entertainment group Pophouse set to 'fulfil the band's vision to become immortal'
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| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
Developers say open-source software culture, where users demand constant updates from volunteer coders, is a security issue, as shown by the XZ Utils backdoor — A previously unknown contributor to the popular open-source Android app store F-Droid repeatedly pressured its developers to push …
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| Jane Lanhee Lee / Bloomberg: |
AI chip startup SiMa.ai raised $70M led by Maverick Capital to develop chips for cameras, cars, and other consumer devices, taking its total funding to $270M — - Maverick Capital leads funding round, Point72 participates — SiMa.ai's board includes directors from Intel and TSMC
More: The Economic Times, FinSMEs, TechCrunch, and SiMa
| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
Paris-based Pigment, a subscription-based business planning and forecasting service, raised $145M, sources say at a $1B+ valuation, for $393M in total funding — - French software startup said to be valued above $1 billion — Funding round comes as VC financing remains sluggish globally
More: FinSMEs, TechCrunch, Tech.eu, Sifted, Tech Funding News, and Silicon Canals
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Cisco launches the AI-Enabled ICT Workforce Consortium, joined by Google, Microsoft, IBM, Intel, SAP and Accenture, to research AI's impact on 56 ICT job roles — AI might not be coming for all jobs, but it might be coming for some. — UPS's largest layoff in its 116-year history was the result of … | Alex Koller / CNBC: |
Uber Eats rolls out delivery services with Waymo's self-driving cars in the Phoenix area, Uber's seventh site with autonomous deliveries and first with Waymo — Two Waymo autonomous vehicles drive themselves down Central Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., March 18, 2024.
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