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Alex Heath / The Verge:

Snap rolls out “My AI”, a Snapchat chatbot using the latest ChatGPT version and pinned to the app's chat tab, initially available to Plus subscribers in the US — Snapchat is introducing a chatbot powered by the latest version of OpenAI's ChatGPT.

Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:

Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple has restarted work on an iPhone SE 4 with a 6.1" OLED screen and an Apple-designed 5G modem; Ross Young: China's BOE will supply the display — Apple has restarted development of a fourth-generation iPhone SE with a 6.1-inch OLED display and an Apple-designed 5G chip …

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Derek Andersen / Cointelegraph:

Coinbase plans to suspend trading of the Binance USD stablecoin on March 13 for not meeting its listing standards; users will still be able to access their BUSD — The San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange referred to its “listing standards” in a tweet. — 131 Total views — 1 Total shares

David Shepardson / Reuters:

White House gives federal agencies 30 days to ensure they do not have TikTok installed on government devices and adjust IT contracts with vendors accordingly — The White House on Monday gave government agencies 30 days to ensure they do not have Chinese-owned app TikTok on federal devices and systems.

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Christopher Nardi / National Post:

The Canadian government plans to ban TikTok from federal mobile devices on February 28 “to ensure the security and protection of government information”

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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:

Google announces new features for Android, ChromeOS, and Wear OS, including Fast Pair for Chromebooks, Google Keep shortcuts, and Wear OS accessibility modes — Google has announced a slew of new features for Android, Chromebook and Wear OS that are designed to improve connectivity, productivity and accessibility.

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Ina Fried / Axios:

Meta is forming a team to get generative AI into its products, led by Ahmad Al-Dahle, who joined Meta in 2020 after 16 years at Apple and reports to Chris Cox — Meta is unifying its generative AI work across the company into a new product team tasked with more quickly integrating the latest technologies into its products.

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Samantha Murphy Kelly / CNN:

Meta backs the NCMEC's Take It Down tool, letting minors anonymously attach a hash of intimate images or videos, to stop sextortion on Facebook and Instagram — Meta is taking steps to crack down on the spread of “revenge porn” images of teenagers on Facebook and Instagram.

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Gavin Bonshor / AnandTech:

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D review: AMD's fastest gaming processor and an overall excellent chip, but it's ~$110 more than the impressive previous generation 7950X — Last year, AMD released its Ryzen 7 5800X3D to the market with 96 MB of L3 V-Cache. The consumer implementation of AMD's …

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Ben Sin / XDA Developers:

Hands-on with the Xiaomi Wireless AR Smart Glass Explorer Edition prototype, featuring two micro-OLED screens, three front-facing cameras, and weighing 126g — Xiaomi's AR Smart Glasses are a prototype not meant for commercial release right now, but the hardware feels more than ready

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Jon Victor / The Information:

Sources: Elon Musk has approached AI researchers in recent weeks about forming a new research lab to develop an alternative to ChatGPT — Elon Musk has approached artificial intelligence researchers in recent weeks about forming a new research lab to develop an alternative to ChatGPT …

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Brody Ford / Bloomberg:

Zoom reports Q4 revenue up 4% YoY to $1.12B, vs. $1.1B est., Enterprise revenue up 18% YoY to $636.1M, Enterprise customers up 12% YoY to ~213K; ZM jumps 6%+ — Zoom Video Communications Inc. gained in late trading after giving an upbeat profit forecast for the current period …

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Gabby Miller / Columbia Journalism Review:

An analysis of Meta's Journalism Project initiatives: $29.4M invested in 564 organizations through 17 grant programs since 2018, 43% received just $5K, and more — b — “People want more local news, and local newsrooms are looking for more support,” Campbell Brown wrote in 2019 when Meta …

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Ian Allison / CoinDesk:

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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:

Delaware-based Pagos, a payments startup with clients like Adobe, Eventbrite, GoFundMe, and Warner Bros. Discovery, raised a $34M Series A led by Arbor Ventures

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Umar Shakir / The Verge:

Tesla stops FSD beta installations in the US and Canada until a future OTA update addresses an NHTSA recall; current FSD users can keep using the software as is

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Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg:

Autonomous drone manufacturer Skydio, used by the Ukrainian military, raised a $230M Series E at a $2.2B valuation and plans to expand its US factory 10-fold

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Rana Foroohar / Financial Times:

To achieve its chip moonshot, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says the US must reform its education system and triple chip-related college graduates by 2032

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