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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Twitter plans to wind down its legacy verified program, first introduced in June 2009, and remove legacy verified checkmarks starting on April 1, 2023 — The social network, which the mega-billionaire bought last year in a debt-heavy $44 billion deal, announced on Thursday that starting April 1 …
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| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Researcher finds Verification settings in Twitter's app showing it might be working on letting Blue subscribers hide the blue checkmark — Twitter may be working on a feature that lets you hide the blue checkmark you got by paying for its Blue subscription.
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
The UK CMA narrows its probe of Microsoft's $69B Activision Blizzard bid, saying new evidence “provisionally alleviates” concerns about UK game console supply — The UK's antitrust watchdog has narrowed its probe of Microsoft's $68.7 billion bid for video game giant, Activision Blizzard, it said today.
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| Reed Albergotti / Semafor: |
Sources: in 2018, Elon Musk said OpenAI lagged Google and cut ties after his offer to run it was rejected; Altman took no equity in OpenAI's for-profit entity — After three years, Elon Musk was ready to give up on the artificial intelligence research firm he helped found, OpenAI.
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| Laura Kayali / Politico: |
France plans to use large-scale AI-based video cameras for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, potentially becoming the first EU country to legalize AI surveillance — PARIS — France's AI-powered array of surveillance cameras for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics cleared a final legislative hurdle on Thursday.
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| Anna Irrera / Bloomberg: |
Nasdaq expects its custody services for digital assets to launch in Q2 2023, starting with bitcoin and ether, after announcing the project in September 2022 — Nasdaq Inc. expects its custody services for digital assets to launch by the end of the second quarter as it joins a growing pool …
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| Reuters: |
ChatGPT set off a VC rush to invest in generative AI startups; PitchBook says AI startup investments grew from $1.5B in 2020 to $5.9B+ since the start of 2022 — In December and January, several venture capitalists from the U.S. and Britain raced to Paris to vie for a stake … | Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Tether estimates it will make $700M profit in Q1 and will have ~$1.6B in excess reserves to back its USDT stablecoin, the first time it crosses the $1B mark — - Cryptocurrency firm Tether estimates it will make $700 million profit in the March quarter, taking its total excess reserves to over $1 billion …
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| Nathan Grayson / Washington Post: |
Current and former Twitch staff describe how the service lost its way: out-of-touch leaders, losing big creators, cost cutting, many irrelevant ads, and more — The platform's recent moves have confused and upset creators, fans and staff alike — For Twitch, the live-streaming platform watched …
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@mdwasserman, @vahn16, @niemanlab, @washingtonpost, @_zeets, @_anthonynash, and @launcherwp
| Reuters: |
Xiaomi reports Q4 revenue down 22.8% YoY to ~$9.6B and net income down 67.3% to ~$651M; 2022 revenue fell 14.7% to ~$40.7B and net income fell 61.4% to ~$1.2B — Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp (1810.HK) on Friday posted a 22.8% drop in fourth-quarter revenue to 66.05 billion yuan ($9.6 billion).
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| Bryan Schott / Salt Lake Tribune: |
Utah Governor Spencer Cox signs two bills regulating social media, requiring all users verify their age and parents give permission before minors open accounts — Gov. Spencer Cox, who signed the bills on Thursday, said the state is prepared for a legal fight over the tech company regulations.
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| Bloomberg: |
Shou Chew's answers to hostile questioning did little to calm the bipartisan fury aimed at TikTok, instead giving critics more fuel to insist the US ban the app — TikTok Chief Executive Shou Chew's appearance in Congress on Thursday did little to calm the bipartisan fury directed at the viral video-sharing service.
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@evacide, @gopmajoritywhip, @tiktokcomms, @rondeibert, @jappleby, @andrewdesiderio, @chrislhayes, @micsolana, @oneunderscore__, @ingrahamangle, @sarafischer, @enbrown, @esqueer_, @shanselman, @danprimack, @willoremus, @oliviasolon, @kellymakena, @sarafischer, @businessinsider, @aaronparnas, @aclu, @washingtonpost, @drewharwell, @markwarner, @willoremus, @senblumenthal, @enbrown, @willoremus, @evacide, @rihardjarc, @peterhamby, @sarthakgh, @matthewstoller, @tiktokcomms, @ceciliakang, @melissakchan, @divestech, @benedictevans, @rmac18, @rmac18, @karlbode, and @mattyglesias
| Financial Times: |
Sources: China released chip investor Chen Datong, detained in 2022 during a chip industry crackdown, as the country seeks experts to navigate western sanctions — Head of Hua Capital released from detention as Beijing seeks expert help to navigate tough western sanctions
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South China Morning Post and TechPowerUp
| Ava Benny-Morrison / Bloomberg: |
US prosecutors in New York charge Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon with eight counts, including securities fraud, commodities fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy — Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon, who presided over a more than $40 billion cryptocurrency implosion last year, was charged with fraud by US prosecutors in New York.
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