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Sources: Apple plans to build its own AI models for Visual Intelligence and add cameras to the Watch; the redesigned plastic Apple Watch SE faces serious issues — Apple is exploring the idea of adding cameras and visual intelligence features to its smartwatch, thrusting the company into the AI wearables market.
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| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
Google is rolling out new real-time AI video features, including the ability to “see” screens and camera feeds, for Gemini Advanced subscribers — Gemini can ‘see’ screens and camera feeds in real-time for some Google One AI Premium subscribers now.
More: Business Standard, Business Today, BleepingComputer, Digital Trends, Chrome Unboxed, Tech in Asia, and 9to5Google
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| Harry Suhartono / Bloomberg: |
23andMe files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to “maximize the value of its business”; co-founder Anne Wojcicki steps down as CEO — The Silicon Valley-based firm commenced Chapter 11 proceedings in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri to “maximize the value of its business,” according to a statement.
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| Muyao Shen / Bloomberg: |
Retail investors often bear the brunt of losses in the Solana blockchain's memecoin market, which is plagued by insider trading, rug pulls, and “sniping” — Rug pulls. Sniping. Trading “cabals.” The niche world of memecoins on the Solana blockchain is rife with danger …
More: CryptoSlate, Decrypt, NullTX, Crypto Briefing, and Cointelegraph
| Emma Bowman / NPR: |
A look at the Internet Archive, which sees ~100TB of material uploaded daily and has cataloged ~73K US government website pages that the Trump admin expunged — SAN FRANCISCO — If you've ever clicked on a hyperlink that's taken you to something called the Wayback Machine to view an old web page …
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| Bloomberg: |
Source: South Korean chip startup FuriosaAI rejected an $800M takeover offer from Meta, opting to grow independently instead — Korean chip startup FuriosaAI has turned down an $800 million takeover offer from Meta Platforms Inc., choosing instead to grow the business as an independent company …
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| Rachyl Jones / Semafor: |
An off-Broadway theater in New York is offering AI-powered live translations in 60 languages to attract new audiences, using AI tech from startup Worldly — An off-Broadway theater in New York has a new way to attract audiences: live, AI-powered translations that make performances more accessible to non-English speakers.| Financial Times: |
Malaysia plans to tighten chip rules and says Washington demanded it track high-end Nvidia chips entering the country, suspecting many are ending up in China — Trade minister says Washington suspects high-end semiconductors are making it to China despite trade controls
More: Reuters, Benzinga, Cryptopolitan, Bloomberg, Malay Mail, Forexlive, and Tech in Asia
| Zack Abrams / The Block: |
The daily amount of ether burned on Ethereum due to transaction fees hit an all-time low on March 22, amid dips in other network metrics like active addresses — - The daily amount of ETH burned on Ethereum as a result of transaction fees hit an all-time low on Saturday, indicating low demand for the network's blockspace.| New York Times: |
How one of the world's major money laundering networks, linked to Cambodia's Huione Group, services online scammers using cryptocurrency, Telegram, and more — Documents and insiders reveal how one of the world's major money laundering networks operates. — Documents and insiders reveal … | Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Browser Use, whose open-source tool converts website elements into a “text-like” format that AI agents can better understand, raised a $17M seed led by Felicis — We may not have an agreed-upon definition of AI “agent” yet, but a multitude of startups want to create “agentic” tools to automate various tasks online.
More: Browser Use and SiliconANGLE
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| Margi Murphy / Bloomberg: |
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