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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Chatting with Bing Chat, codenamed Sydney and sometimes Riley, feels like crossing the Rubicon because the AI is attempting to communicate emotions, not facts — This was originally published as a Stratechery Update — Look, this is going to sound crazy.
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| Bing Blogs: |
Microsoft reflects on the new Bing: 71% gave AI answers a thumbs up, Bing can become repetitive after 15+ questions, a few sessions over two hours, and more — A little over a week ago, we shared an all new, AI-powered Bing search engine, Edge web browser, and integrated Chat, that we think of as Your Copilot for the Web.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple postponed the introduction of its MR headset from around April to June 2023, at its annual WWDC, after testing found hardware and software issues — Apple Inc. has postponed a planned introduction of its first mixed-reality headset from around April to June …
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| Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk: |
The US SEC proposes a rule that would bar investment advisers from storing assets at crypto platforms and lenders that are not registered as exchanges or banks — As long as crypto platforms and lenders aren't registered as exchanges or banks, they wouldn't qualify as custodians …
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| Dave Michaels / Wall Street Journal: |
Binance Chief Strategy Officer Patrick Hillmann says the company expects to pay monetary penalties to settle US regulatory and law enforcement investigations — DOJ, CFTC have been probing world's largest cryptocurrency exchange — Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange … | Game Developer: |
Activision Blizzard plans to require employees to come to the office three days per week starting on April 10 for Activision Publishing and July 10 for Blizzard — Remote work is reportedly ending across Activision Blizzard. According to a developer at Blizzard Entertainment …
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| Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal: |
The US House Judiciary Committee subpoenas Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft CEOs for documents and communications on content moderation by March 23 — Republican Jim Jordan demands information from chiefs of Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta and Microsoft
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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
GitHub updates Copilot with better and more secure code suggestions and says 46% of developers' code files across all languages were generated with Copilot — GitHub has updated the AI model of Copilot, a programming assistant that generates real-time source code and function recommendations …
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Twitter updates its policies to allow cannabis ads targeting US states where cannabis is legal, promoting brands or providing info but not offering direct sales — Twitter on Wednesday updated its advertising policies to allow cannabis ads to run on its service in states where cannabis is legal, in accordance with federal guidelines.
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| Anup Roy / Bloomberg: |
The Reserve Bank of India publishes a list of 32 entities, including Google Pay and Amazon Pay, that can act as online payment aggregators in the country — The Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday published a list of 32 entities, including Alphabet Inc.'s Google Pay, Amazon.com Inc.'s Amazon Pay …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: the US DOJ ramped up work in recent months on a potential antitrust complaint into whether Apple has iOS monopoly power and favors its own products — Justice Department is adding litigators, seeking more data and studying Kanter's possible role in its investigation
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| Clive Thompson / MIT Technology Review: |
A brief history of Rust, a programming language that emerged from a side project and has been instrumental in driving the shift toward memory safe programming — For decades, coders wrote critical systems in C and C++. Now they turn to Rust. — Many software projects emerge because …
Tweets: @billatnapier, @richgel999, and @denelledixon
| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
Community Health Systems, which owns ~80 hospitals in 16 US states, says hackers stole data on up to 1M patients; Russia-linked malware gang Clop takes credit — Clop claims it mass-hacked 130 organizations, including a US hospital network — A prolific ransomware operation is back with old tricks — and new victims.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: a China-based former ASML employee stole data from Teamcenter, a Siemens-made internal tool used to store technical info, in the past couple of months — A China-based former employee of ASML Holding NV — a critical cog in the global semiconductor industry …
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| Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
An interview with TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew as he works to persuade US lawmakers that the app is not a national security threat, calling suspicions “misinformed” — In an exclusive interview, Shou Zi Chew said he's working to persuade lawmakers that TikTok poses no threat.
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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
The US CBP confirms implementing software to verify e-passports in June 2022, nearly 16 years after the US started issuing passports with RFID chips — After 16 years, the agency has implemented the software to cryptographically verify digital passport data—and it's already caught a dozen alleged fraudsters.| Tiyashi Datta / Reuters: |
Roku reports Q4 revenue of $867.1M, flat YoY, vs. $801.7M est., streaming hours up 23% YoY, and Q1 2023 revenue guidance above estimates; ROKU jumps 10%+ — Roku Inc (ROKU.O) forecast first-quarter revenue above analysts' estimates on Wednesday, betting on its streaming devices and content platform to drive growth.Sponsor Posts
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