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March 24, 2025, 8:45 PM

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Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog:
DeepSeek releases MIT-licensed DeepSeek-V3-0324, the latest version of their enormous DeepSeek v3 model; the previous DeepSeek v3 version had a custom license  —  deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3-0324.  Chinese AI lab DeepSeek just released the latest version of their enormous DeepSeek v3 model …
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
The Atlantic EIC was accidentally added to a Signal group chat with Trump officials about war plans; Signal isn't approved for sharing classified information  —  U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen.  I didn't think it could be real.
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Bloomberg:
23andMe files for bankruptcy to “maximize the value of its business”, and co-founder and CEO Anne Wojcicki steps down; 23andMe was valued at $3.5B in June 2021  —  Despite collecting DNA from saliva samples from more than 15 million customers, the company hasn't been profitable since going public in 2021.
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Apple says the AirPods Max will get 24-bit, 48 kHz lossless audio, including Personalized Spatial Audio, and ultra‑low latency in April via a software update  —  A new firmware update coming in April will also include ultra low-latency for the $549 headphones.
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft unveils 11 Security Copilot AI agents, five created by partners, that do things like triage phishing and data loss alerts, coming to preview in April  —  Microsoft has six new security agents that can do things like process phishing and data loss alerts.
Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
OpenAI expands COO Brad Lightcap's role to oversee day-to-day operations, including global expansion and partnerships; Altman will focus on research and product  —  OpenAI is expanding the role of its chief operating officer and elevating two executives to the C-suite as Chief Executive …
Matthew Griffin / Bloomberg:
eToro files for an IPO, with plans to list on the Nasdaq, and reports 2024 revenue of $12.6B, about 96% of which was from cryptoassets, and net income of $192M  —  The trading and investment platform had $12.6 billion in total revenue in 2024, with net income of $192 million …
Reuters:
Sources: quantum computing startup PsiQuantum is raising at least $750M led by BlackRock at a $6B pre-money valuation  —  Quantum computing startup PsiQuantum is raising at least $750 million at a $6 billion pre-money valuation, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Katherine Hamilton / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Media signs a non-binding agreement with Crypto.com to launch ETFs under its Truth.Fi brand later this year, comprising digital assets and securities  —  Operator of Truth Social plans to offer digital assets and securities ‘with a Made in America focus’
Matt Kapko / CyberScoop:
Researchers say a Next.js flaw that existed for several years could've allowed hackers to bypass middleware-based authentication; Vercel patched it on March 18  —  The software defect in the widely used open-source JavaScript framework allows attackers to bypass middleware-based authorization.

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