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February 18, 2023, 12:50 PM
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Sean Hollister / The Verge:
Twitter says only Blue subscribers will be able to use SMS-based 2FA after March 20, 2023; non-Blue users can use an authenticator app or physical security key  —  In fact, if you don't start paying for Twitter Blue ($8 a month on Android; $11 a month on iOS) or switch your account to use …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft says Bing chats will now be capped at 50 questions per day and five per session; after five questions, Bing will prompt users to start a new topic  —  Microsoft says it's implementing some conversation limits to its Bing AI just days after the chatbot went off the rails multiple times for users.
John Herrman / New York Magazine:
The depictions of various interactions with Bing's AI show that the chatbot is doing what it was trained to do, albeit more broadly than Microsoft would prefer  —  In his 1976 book, Computer Power and Human Reason: From Judgment to Calculation, the computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum observed …
Phineas Rueckert / Forbidden Stories:
Leaked docs detail reputation management company Eliminalia's tactics to remove public-interest info from the internet, like via fake sites and copyright claims  —  Leaked documents obtained by Forbidden Stories reveal the inner world of Eliminalia, a Spanish reputation management company.
Cam Thompson / CoinDesk:
OpenSea briefly removes marketplace fees to compete with no-fee marketplace Blur, which topped OpenSea in daily trading volume on February 15 for the first time  —  The top NFT marketplace's policy shift stems from competition with popular zero-fee marketplace Blur.
Paul Kiernan / Wall Street Journal:
A look at Bitcoin's five maintainers scattered globally, who steward the open-source Bitcoin Core, after four turnovers in 18 months cited burnout or legal risk  —  Developers with power to change the cryptocurrency's software hold an unorthodox role, are elusive—and have been known to head off disaster for the coin
Bloomberg:
US regulators expanding their crypto investigations has led some companies to look to financial hubs overseas, including Singapore, Hong Kong, Europe, and Dubai  —  A spate of crypto probes in the US is prompting battered digital-asset firms to look toward financial hubs overseas …
Caitlin Long:
Custodia Bank CEO Caitlin Long says she warned law enforcement of crypto frauds beforehand and blames regulators for “throwing the baby out with the bathwater”  —  Before 1940, investing in mutual funds was like wading into a cesspool.  The same is true today of crypto.
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.
Cagan Koc / Bloomberg:
The theft of ASML's IP in China, the company's third-biggest market, could spark even tighter controls on ASML, creating problems for its growth in the country  —  In the 10 years that Peter Wennink has run ASML Holding NV, China has gone from a rounding error to the chip-technology company's third-biggest market.

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From Mediagazer

Fox News:
Sources: Bari Weiss faced “significant resistance” from CBS News staff after calling Alaska ballot controversy a “scandal”; staff said it was routine politics

Reuters:
Independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta plans to shut down after 30+ years, following pressure from Russian authorities and the persecution of its reporters

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Filing: Byron Allen sold his 10.7% Starz stake over August and September, netting a bit less than $45M; he acquired it from Steve Mnuchin's Liberty 77 for $25M

More News

Tatum Hunter / Washington Post:
Some US students say hiring managers and college admissions officers are holding their social media content around subjects like mental health against them
Keith Broni / Emojipedia:
A look at the 31 new emoji added in the first iOS 16.4 beta drawn from Unicode's Emoji 15.0, including a shaking face, two pushing hands, and a plain pink heart
Heather Knight / San Francisco Chronicle:
Bird ends its operations in San Francisco saying the city's fines are five to six times higher than any other city and “has the most onerous regulations”
The Block:
Sources: Jump is the unnamed “US trading firm” that the SEC said helped support the TerraUSD stablecoin in May 2021; the SEC has not accused Jump of wrongdoing

Earlier Picks

Bloomberg:
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
Will Knight / Wired:
Roblox is testing a tool that lets players use natural language to create and change the appearance and behavior of items like buildings, terrain, and avatars
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
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
Kate Clark / The Information:
Stripe's investor pitch deck says the startup needs $4B by the end of 2024 to cover a tax withholding bill when modifying employee stock grants before its IPO
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