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The UK FCA fines Coinbase £3.5M for providing payment services to 13K+ “high-risk” customers, in the agency's first enforcement action against a crypto company — Penalty for exchange's payments unit is first enforcement action by FCA against a crypto company
More: Financial Conduct Authority, Coinbase, PYMNTS.com, Finextra, CoinDesk, CNBC, Reuters, Bloomberg, The Block, CCN.com, Bitcoin Insider, Proactive, Coinpedia Fintech News, Cointelegraph, Milk Road, UKTN, CoinGape, and crypto.news. LinkedIn: Andrew Henderson
| Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: |
Reddit appears to be blocking search engines that don't rely on Google's indexing; Bing, DuckDuckGo, and others are not showing recent results from Reddit — DuckDuckGo, Bing, Mojeek, and other search engines are not returning full Reddit results any more.
More: 404 Media, The Verge, Search Engine Roundtable, 9to5Mac, 9to5Google, Engadget, Cautious Optimism, Cybernews.com, WinBuzzer, How-To Geek, WebProNews, and Sherwood News
Mastodon: @JustinH@twit.social and @aetataureate@gamedev.lgbt
X: @alexlmiller, @evan_greer, @rustybrick, @arictoler, @timsweeneyepic, @pranesh, @vxunderground, @chronotope, @orizilbershtein, @hbkirb, @ryanorban, @josephfcox, @emanuelmaiberg, @megangra, and @danielahanley
Forums: Hacker News, r/duckduckgo, and Beehaw
| Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: |
More: PCMag, Thurrott, Android Authority, and Neowin
X: @rustybrick, @florian4gamers, @kirsons, @cyrusshepard, @tomzur, and @wavesblog. Forums: Hacker News
| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Microsoft unveils Bing generative search, which shows AI-generated answers with the sources used to create them, currently available to a small subset of users — Bing will soon prioritize AI-generated answers alongside traditional search results. — When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
More: Bing Blogs, Cybernews.com, Thurrott, The Verge, Engadget, Lifewire, WinBuzzer, MSPoweruser, Search Engine Roundtable, TweakTown, The Indian Express, Business Today, Search Engine Journal, NewsBytes, SiliconANGLE, Phandroid, Seeking Alpha, XDA Developers, Neowin, TechCrunch, and Search Engine Land
X: @jordirib1, @perbylund, @glenngabe, @mikeschechter, @salgad, and @rustybrick
| Sam Altman / Washington Post: |
We need a US-led global coalition of like-minded countries and a new strategy to ensure that a democratic vision for AI prevails over an authoritarian one — Sam Altman is co-founder and CEO of OpenAI. — Who will control the future of AI? — That is the urgent question of our time.| Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg: |
Around 500 World of Warcraft workers vote to unionize with the CWA, bringing the number of unionized US gaming employees at Microsoft to around 1,750 — World of Warcraft workers have voted to unionize the popular video-game franchise, expanding organized labor's new foothold at Microsoft Corp. by around 500 employees.
More: The Verge, Game Developer, IGN, Game World Observer, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, TechRaptor, Variety, New York Times, Stevivor, PC Games Insider, Los Angeles Times, TheGamer, Aftermath, Game Rant, Engadget, TechRadar, PC Gamer, Gizmodo, Destructoid, Windows Central, VentureBeat, Neowin, GamesIndustry.biz, XboxEra, and The Hollywood Reporter
X: @wowgg_cwa, @carnage4life, @alphabetworkers, @ethangach, @tha_rami, and @shannon_liao. LinkedIn: Josh Eidelson
| Akila Quinio / Financial Times: |
Revolut secures a preliminary UK banking license, ending a three-year long regulatory battle; the London-based fintech has ~9M UK customers and 45M+ globally — London-based fintech receives approval from regulators in boost to expansion plans — Revolut has secured a UK banking licence …
More: Revolut, PYMNTS.com, The Guardian, The Block, TechCrunch, Bitcoin Insider, UKTN, Crypto Briefing, Tech Monitor, Silicon Canals, Cryptonews, Finextra, CoinDesk, Silicon Republic, TNW, Fortune, Sifted, Telegraph, Tech Funding News, Reuters, London Evening Standard, Tech.eu, and CoinJournal
LinkedIn: Rolandas Juteika, Adam Grose, Sarah Baldwin, and Alex Barkley
Forums: r/ukpolitics and r/Revolut
| Nick Robins-Early / The Guardian: |
Insurer Parametrix estimates that the global outage sparked by CrowdStrike's faulty update will cost US Fortune 500 companies, excluding Microsoft, $5.4B — Banking and healthcare firms, major airlines expected to suffer most losses, according to insurer Parametrix
More: TechCrunch, Livemint, CNN, The Independent, Reuters, Semafor, Bloomberg, BBC, Business Insider, Silicon Republic, Fortune, The Information, Cyber Daily, Parametrix Cloud Insurance, The Cyber Express, Axios, Reuters, SlashGear, Channel Futures, SiliconANGLE, Reuters, Neowin, Quartz, New York Times, and The Register
X: @gossithedog, @shriramkmurthi, @netcapgirl, @gergelyorosz, @gossithedog, @alifarhat79, @grahamjfraser, @hackinglz, @malwarejake, @lordravenscraft, @caitlinbolnick1, @datnofact, @parikpatelcfa, @steved3, @x0rz, @stokel, @lorenzofb, @patrickwardle, @lorenzofb, and @lulumeservey
| Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: |
AMD delays its Zen 5 Ryzen 9000 launch, originally set for July, to August due to an unspecified quality issue, and pulls back all units shipped to replace them — AMD hits the brakes on its Zen 5-powered Ryzen 9000 processors. — AMD announced today that it has delayed its Zen 5 Ryzen 9000 launch due …
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Forums: r/gadgets, r/AMD_Stock, and r/hardware
| Olivia Carville / Bloomberg: |
Meta removes ~63K Instagram accounts used by sextortion scammers in Nigeria, along with ~7,200 Facebook assets, including accounts linked to the Yahoo Boys — - Purge includes thousands of Groups offering sextortion ‘tips’ — One network of 20 criminals was running 2,500 fake accounts
More: Meta, The Verge, Social Media Today, The Hacker News, Businessday NG, PhoneArena, Techpoint Africa, Africanews, The Star, THISDAYLIVE, TechCabal, Legit.ng, The News International, Cybernews.com, BBC, Punch Newspapers, NTD, Business Hallmark, Associated Press, NPR, Greenbarge Reporters, NBC News, and Fast Company
| Samantha Cole / 404 Media: |
Source and doc: Runway scraped thousands of videos from YouTube creators and brands, including Disney and VICE News, to train its Gen-3 AI video generation tool — A leaked internal document shows Runway's celebrated Gen-3 AI video generator collected thousands of YouTube videos and pirated movies for training data.| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
After investigating how Meta handles AI-generated explicit images, Oversight Board asks Meta to use the terminology “non-consensual” over “derogatory”, and more — Following investigations into how Meta handles AI-generated explicit images, the company's semi-independent observer body …
More: Benzinga, Engadget, The Verge, Reuters, The Independent, Associated Press, PCMag, Fast Company, and Oversight Board
| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Chainguard, which helps companies secure their software supply chain, raised a $140M Series C co-led by Redpoint, Lightspeed, and IVP at a $1.12B valuation — Kirkland, Wash.-based cybersecurity startup Chainguard announced a $140 million Series C investment, bumping its valuation …
More: Fortune, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Help Net Security
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Privacy-focused developer Proton debuts a self-custody bitcoin wallet, its first cryptocurrency product, initially available to early access users — When you think about it, Proton has always been a crypto company — cryptography, not cryptocurrency. But the Switzerland-based company … | Dana Hull / Bloomberg: |
Elon Musk's poll asking if Tesla should invest $5B in xAI ends with 67.9% voting yes, after Musk said on Tesla's earnings call that he supported the idea — - CEO takes poll on whether EV maker should back his startup — The two companies have intermingled on procurement, recruiting
More: TweakTown, Business Insider, Barron's Online, and CNBC
Threads: @kolchak, @keubikooriginal, and @lorakolodny
X: @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @seawolfcap, @wholemarsblog, @shaig, @quantian1, and @danahull
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple launches Apple Maps on the web in beta, available in English and compatible with Safari and Chrome on Mac and iPad, and Chrome and Edge on Windows PCs — Apple is bringing Apple Maps to the web for the first time. In a press release today, the company announced that you can now access Apple Maps …
More: Apple, HotHardware, Mashable, Ghacks, BetaNews, TechSpot, iMore, Gizmochina, XDA Developers, Neowin, MySmartPrice, Business Standard, PhoneArena, autoevolution, The Indian Express, SiliconANGLE, Search Engine Roundtable, International Business Times, Digital Trends, TidBITS, iDrop News, Pocket-lint, GSMArena.com, How-To Geek, Patently Apple, MobileSyrup, SlashGear, Trusted Reviews, Android Police, MacStories, AppleInsider, The Verge, and MacRumors
Threads: @ellecordova and @alexandregiess
Mastodon: @joesteel@duck.haus, @nileane@nileane.fr, and @viticci@mastodon …
| Justine Calma / The Verge: |
A NASA-funded study of satellite data finds traffic-related N02 pollution spiked ~20% near ~150K large US warehouses, which have proliferated due to e-commerce — The data is in, and it shows a significant rise in air pollution where e-retailers build their warehouses …
More: Nature, The Hill, and New York Times
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
The new Disney+, Hulu, and Max streaming bundle goes on sale in the US for $16.99 per month with ads and $29.99 per month without ads — Dragons, Jedis, Marvel and DC superheroes, Harry Potter, Disney princesses — and more from Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery — are now available to stream for a reduced monthly price.| Shubham Sharma / VentureBeat: |
Mistral announces Mistral Large 2, the new generation of its flagship model, with 123B parameters; commercial usage requires a separate license — The AI race is picking up pace like never before. Following Meta's move just yesterday to launch its new open source Llama 3.1 …
More: Mistral AI, The Register, Hindustan Times, The Indian Express, WinBuzzer, Ben's Bites, TestingCatalog, TechCrunch, and Neowin
Threads: @altstoreio. X: @dchaplot, @ziv_ravid, @langchainai, @simonw, @rajko_rad, @rowancheung, @richardkelley, @bilaltwovec, @teknium1, @teknium1, @guillaumelample, and @mistralai
| Emilia David / VentureBeat: |
OpenAI introduces Rule-Based Rewards, a method to automate some model fine-tuning and cut down the time required to ensure a model behaves safely — OpenAI announced a new way to teach AI models to align with safety policies called Rules Based Rewards. — According to Lilian Weng … | Omkar Godbole / CoinDesk: |
DefiLlama and Wintermute: the aggregate market cap of stablecoins crossed $164B for the first time since the collapse of Terra in May 2022; USDT is at $114.26B — Renewed expansion in stablecoins is bullish for the broader crypto market. — Expansion of the stablecoin market is bullish for the broader crypto ecosystem.| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
A group of 16 US lawmakers ask Meta to delay shutting down CrowdTangle for at least six months, citing concerns about the limitations of Meta Content Library — A group of bipartisan lawmakers on Wednesday sent Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg a letter asking the firm to delay shutting down CrowdTangle for six months.Sponsor Posts
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