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Snap plans to release a Snapchat chatbot, called “My AI”, powered by OpenAI's ChatGPT and pinned to the app's chat tab, available initially to Plus subscribers — Snapchat is introducing a chatbot powered by the latest version of OpenAI's ChatGPT.
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Google announces new features for Android, ChromeOS, and Wear OS, including Fast Pair support for Chromebooks, 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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| Derek Andersen / Cointelegraph: |
Coinbase will suspend trading for Binance USD Stablecoin on March 13, as it doesn't meet 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
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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 — Tesla is putting a hold on new installations of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta software in the US and Canada until a firmware update …
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| Ben Sin / XDA Developers: |
Hands-on with the Xiaomi Wireless AR Smart Glass Explorer Edition, featuring two micro-OLED screens, three front-facing cameras, and weighing 126g, in prototype — 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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| 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 intimate 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 overall excellent offering, but $110 more expensive than the impressive last-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 … | Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Reports: Twitter laid off “well above 50” staff over the weekend, including Director of Product Management Esther Crawford and Revue founder Martijn de Kuijper — Crawford headed up various projects at Twitter, including the company's Blue with verification subscription as well as Twitter's forthcoming payments platform.
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| Meir Orbach / CTech: |
Tel Aviv-based cloud security startup Wiz raised a $300M Series D led by Lightspeed at a $10B valuation, up from $6B in October 2021 after its $250M Series C — The Israeli startup said that it will not hold any of the funds in Israel due to the impending judicial coup
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The GSMA debuts Open Gateway, an initiative with 21 carriers offering open-source APIs via AWS and Azure to provide carrier billing, location, and more services — APIs are the building blocks of how the world of technology works: used to integrate applications with each other … | Hudson Lockett / Financial Times: |
Filing: China Renaissance says founder Bao Fan is “co-operating in an investigation” by Chinese authorities, 10 days after disclosing his abrupt disappearance — Investment bank reports Bao Fan is assisting Chinese authorities with investigation
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| Christopher Nardi / National Post: |
Memo: the Canadian government will ban TikTok from all federal mobile devices, effective March 1, “to ensure the security and protection of government systems” — Directive comes as the federal government is embroiled in questions about foreign interference by China in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections| Washington Post: |
After a string of high-profile setbacks, the White House and the FTC find that breaking up Big Tech is hard, as Google hires ex-DOJ lawyers for its court battle — Google is hiring teams of former DOJ lawyers to fight antitrust lawsuits as the battle over tech firms' power shifts to the courts
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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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