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Sources detail how Senate Commerce Committee chair Maria Cantwell, who recently proposed a privacy bill, has undermined privacy negotiations for years — Many aides say Maria Cantwell, a powerful Democratic leader, has repeatedly upended privacy negotiations.
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| Kamila Wojciechowska / Android Authority: |
Source: Google's new Pixel 9 series, next-gen Pixel Fold, and 5G tablet that is under development will feature a new modem that supports satellite connectivity — The Pixel 9 is set to improve one of the lacking aspects of its predecessors and gain an useful feature. — •| TechCrunch: |
Meta says it is testing its Meta AI chatbot with WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger users in India and parts of Africa — Meta has confirmed to TechCrunch that it is testing Meta AI, its large language model-powered chatbot, with WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger users in India and parts of Africa.
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| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Elon Musk's xAI previews Grok-1.5 Vision, its first multimodal model, and says the AI model will be available soon to “early testers and existing Grok users” — Elon Musk's OpenAI rival has introduced its first multimodal model. Not only can it understand text … | Emma Jacobs / Financial Times: |
LinkedIn: the number of companies with a designated head of AI position or a chief AI officer (CAIO) has almost tripled globally in the past five years — As boards grapple with the opportunity and risk of generative artificial intelligence, companies are leaning into a new role: the chief AI officer.| Anuj Ahooja / augment: |
An experiment to see how a Threads feed would work on Mastodon, using lists and testing third-party clients, which shows the bright future of the fediverse — This is my journey that started as an experiment to see how my Threads feed would look like on Mastodon and ended with me finding experiences …
More: Social Media Today, Engadget, Business Today, and CNET
Threads: @nwbrownboi, @jitpal, @mikehos3, @quillmatiq, and @jasongraphix
| Nicole Sperling / New York Times: |
As Netflix's new film chief Dan Lin takes charge, the company aims to shift its film strategy to focus on audience appeal and cost efficiency — Dan Lin, the streaming service's new film chief, wants to produce a more varied slate of movies to better appeal to the array of interests among subscribers.
More: Tom's Guide and Dexerto
| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
Bluesky says it is now allowing heads of state to sign up, and adds features including hashtags in profile bios and the ability to long press a link to share — Bluesky is apparently ready for a bigger challenge. It says it's allowing heads of state to sign up now, a little over two months after it opened for general signups.
More: Engadget. Bluesky: @bsky.app, @marxcobalt.bsky.social, @dranzone.net, @rhcmuts.bsky.social, @libraryvines.bsky.social, @gingermike55.bsky.social, and @araphel.wtf. X: @bluesky
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Airchat, Naval Ravikant's social media app built around audio recordings, which the app transcribes, relaunches on iOS and Android; it is currently invite-only — Airchat is a new social media app that encourages users to “just talk.” — A previous version of Airchat was released last year …
More: Forbes, NewsBytes, and Benzinga
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X: @martyswant, @greghkahn, @aerocles, @padamchopra_, @bwinterrose, @stevejang, @ryan_waas, @brettdash_, @businessbarista, @iamjasonlevin, @konrad_it, @luke_metro, @umunbeing, @luke_metro, @buildanything, @bndkt, @whyrohitwhy, @wynnlemmons, @_amangaur__, @alexdrocca, @amandanat, @umunbeing, @theethanding, @_jairath, @yanatweets, @amandanat, @vinilvasani, @concept_central, @davidjchie, @jeremiahprummer, @ladywithsarcasm, @printfls, @ankit_ck, @arjunkhemani, and @getairchat
| Reshmi Basu / Bloomberg: |
Analysis: software and services companies have almost $30B of debt that's classed as distressed, the most in any industry apart from real estate — - Software and services nears $30 billion of distressed debt — Percentage of companies defaulting more than once is rising
X: @thomaspower and @trengriffin
| Zoë Schiffer / Platformer: |
A look at the book The Anxious Generation, as some say author Jonathan Haidt falls short in showing that social media is causing a teen mental health crisis — Jonathan Haidt wrote a best-selling book about teens and social media. Not everyone buys its thesis — I.| Tsubasa Suruga / Nikkei Asia: |
A look at chip design companies like Oppstar that aim to push Malaysia, the world's sixth-largest semiconductor exporter, to the higher end of the value chain — Former Intel engineers attempt to push Penang to higher end of value chain — PENANG, Malaysia — When chip design company Oppstar listed … Sponsor Posts
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