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Microsoft is considering limiting Bing chatbot's conversation lengths and adding tools to let users restart conversations or give them more control over tone — The company knew the new technology had issues like occasional accuracy problems. But users have prodded surprising and unnerving interactions.
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| Yueqi Yang / Bloomberg: |
Source: Binance is considering de-listing USDC and other tokens from US projects, ending US partnerships, and closing VC investments, amid regulatory scrutiny — Crypto giant Binance Holdings Ltd. is considering ending relationships with US business partners as regulators turn up the heat.
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| Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire: |
Amazon tells corporate staff to return to the office “at least three days per week”, starting on May 1, after previously leaving the decision to team leaders — Amazon wants its corporate and tech employees back in the office at least three days per week, CEO Andy Jassy said in a memo to workers on Friday.
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| Suvashree Ghosh / Bloomberg: |
The SEC says Do Kwon and Terraform Labs have withdrawn $100M+ out of a cold wallet holding 10K+ Bitcoin via an intermediary Swiss bank account since June 2022 — Crypto fugitive Do Kwon and the firm he founded transferred over 10,000 Bitcoin out of their doomed project and turned …
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| Clothilde Goujard / Politico: |
Under the Digital Services Act, online platforms disclose their MAUs in the EU: YouTube has 401M+, Facebook ~255M, Instagram ~250M, TikTok 150M, Twitter 100.9M — TikTok, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram have now confirmed they will face the strictest rules under the EU's content-moderation law, the Digital Services Act (DSA).
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Sources: Meta gave ~10% of employees subpar ratings in recent performance reviews, a potential sign of more layoffs, and cut a bonus metric to 85% of its target — The performance-review process is expected to set the stage for more workforce reductions this year — Why Tech Layoffs Don't Reflect the Job Market
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
GoDaddy discovered a multiyear security breach in early December 2022 in which unknown attackers stole some source code and installed malware on its servers — Web hosting giant GoDaddy says they suffered a breach where unknown attackers have stolen source code and installed malware … | Josh Ye / Reuters: |
Sources: Tencent cuts its 300-strong metaverse unit and drops VR hardware plans due to trouble achieving quick profitability and the need for a big investment — Tencent Holdings (0700.HK) is abandoning plans to venture into virtual reality hardware, as a sobering economic outlook prompts …
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| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Samsung says the Galaxy S23 series' Message Guard feature will prevent zero-click exploits via messaging apps by detecting malware hidden in image attachments — Zero-click attacks, which can install malware onto a device without the user clicking or tapping on anything, have been on the rise in recent years.
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| Cristiano Lima / Washington Post: |
The FTC launches an Office of Technology, increasing the number of technologists on staff from 10 to ~22 ahead of legal battles with Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta — Happy Friday! A quick programming note: The newsletter will be off Monday for the holiday, but back in your inboxes Tuesday.
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| Thomas Claburn / The Register: |
Source: the UK CMA is investigating a deal in which Google pays Apple a portion of search revenue generated by people using Chrome on iOS — Those billions just may have dissuaded iPhone giant from building rival search, beefing up Safari — EXCLUSIVE Google has been paying Apple a portion …
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Sources: former FTX Director of Engineering Nishad Singh plans to plead guilty to US criminal charges over his role in an alleged multiyear fraud at the company — (Bloomberg) — Another former member of Sam Bankman-Fried's inner circle is planning to plead guilty to US criminal charges … | Victoria Song / The Verge: |
Fitbit plans to remove adventures, challenges, and open groups on March 27 and replace Studio with an SDK; Google says the app's features were of “limited use” — Fitbit users: better one-up your friends in challenges while you still can. Starting March 27th …
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| OpenAI: |
OpenAI aims to improve ChatGPT's behavior by reducing biases, allowing more user customization, and getting more public input into the company's decision-making — We're clarifying how ChatGPT's behavior is shaped and our plans for improving that behavior, allowing more user customization …
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