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Sources: Emmanuel Macron invited Pavel Durov to move Telegram to Paris in 2018; in 2017, a joint operation between French and UAE spies hacked Durov's iPhone — Pavel Durov had lunch with the French president six years ago. His phone was hacked the previous year by French and U.A.E. spies.| Politico: |
French administrative document: alongside Pavel Durov, French authorities issued an arrest warrant for his Telegram co-founder and brother Nikolai in March 2024 — PARIS — French authorities issued arrest warrants for Telegram CEO Pavel Durov and his co-founder brother Nikolai in March …
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How Telegram CEO Pavel Durov miscalculated on moderation, saying earlier in 2024 that he did not expect “significant challenges” despite new laws targeting tech — Social media billionaire's decade-long effort to avoid government scrutiny has backfired with French arrest| Kevin Collier / NBC News: |
US-based child safety group NCMEC, Canada-based CCCP, and UK-based IWF say their outreach to Telegram to flag CSAM on the platform has largely been ignored — Telegram's CEO was arrested in relation to an investigation into an unnamed person involving claims of “complicity” in distributing child sexual abuse material.
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Sources: Apple is laying off ~100 people in its services group, impacting Apple Books, News, and other teams, a rare move as part of a shift in its priorities — Apple Inc. took the rare step of cutting about 100 jobs in its services group, part of a shift in priorities for the critical division …
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Super Micro delays filing its annual financial disclosures, a day after short-seller Hindenburg Research alleged “glaring accounting red flags”; SMCI drops 20%+ — - Delay follows Hindenburg short alleging ‘accounting red flags’ — Shares of the server maker tumbled after trading opened| Eyk Henning / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Zurich-based Swiss-Mile, which makes the autonomous Robotic Mule and Robotic Watchdog robots, is close to raising a $20M seed at a $100M+ valuation — - Swiss-Mile is set to raise about $20 million from investors — Zurich-based firm develops Robotic Mule and Robotic Watchdog| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Plaud unveils the $169 NotePin, an AI wearable to transcribe, summarize, and get action items from everyday interactions; some AI features cost $79 per year — After creating an impressive (not to mention somewhat TikTok famous) AI-powered voice recorder, Plaud is launching a more ambitious gadget …
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Venezuelan journalists are using AI avatars to host daily newscasts without putting themselves at risk, as President Nicolás Maduro cracks down on the media — Journalists are using artificial intelligence avatars to combat Maduro's media crackdown since disputed election
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| Peter Kafka / Business Insider: |
Mark Zuckerberg's letter to Jim Jordan gave Republicans just enough to claim a political win, without getting Meta in more trouble amid its FTC antitrust suit — - Mark Zuckerberg runs Meta, one of the world's most valuable tech companies. — Why did he just send Congress a letter admitting that Meta has screwed up?
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Google rolls out a Google Meet AI feature that automatically takes notes during meetings conducted in spoken English, available to select Workspace customers — Google Meet's newest AI-powered feature, “take notes for me,” has started rolling out today to Google Workspace customers …
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X updates Grok to direct users to Vote.gov for election queries, after a letter from five US secretaries of state warned of spreading election misinformation — The social media platform X has made a change to its AI chatbot after five secretaries of state warned it was spreading election misinformation.
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| Katherine Ross / Blockworks: |
OpenSea says it has received a Wells notice from the US SEC calling NFTs sold on the platform securities — OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer said in a post on X that the company is “ready to stand up and fight” — OpenSea received a Wells notice from the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding NFTs …
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Shopify hires Mikhail Parakhin as its CTO; Parakhin had been Microsoft's CEO for advertising and web services until late March 2024 — Great products come from great craftsmanship, and we're focused on building Shopify with the industry's best crafters and leaders at the helm.| Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
How call centers in the Philippines' vast outsourcing industry are adopting AI tools to assist human operators, in an effort to stay competitive — The experiences of staff in the Philippines' outsourcing industry are a preview of the challenges and choices coming soon to white-collar workers around the globe.| CNN: |
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