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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Apple rolls out Apple Pay Later to select US users, for online and in-app purchases on iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4, available to all US users in the coming months — Apple is finally launching Apple Pay Later, the company's take on the buy now, pay later (BNPL) business.
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Apple, 9to5Mac, USA Today, Engadget, Finextra, PYMNTS.com, MacRumors, Barron's Online, Thurrott, Appleosophy, Digital Trends, iThinkDifferent, iDownloadBlog.com, AppleInsider, Reuters, TechCrunch, SlashGear, BigTechWire, iClarified, BGR, Watcher Guru, Notebookcheck.net, Pocket-lint, iMore, Cult of Mac, and The Apple Post
| Zoë Schiffer / Platformer: |
Documents: Twitter closely monitors and boosts ~35 accounts, including AOC, President Biden, Ben Shapiro, Marc Andreessen, Elon Musk, @catturd2, and MrBeast — Congratulations to Ben Shapiro, AOC, and ... LeBron? — Last week, Twitter began notifying users who were verified under …
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TechCrunch, Bloomberg, The Verge, Techdirt, Engadget, Ars Technica, Social Media Today, MobileSyrup, New York Post, and Gizmodo
LinkedIn:
Jacques Keyser. Tweets:
@elonmusk, @zoeschiffer, @cakes_comics, @thelincoln, @mehdirhasan, @agoldmund, @stokel, @deray, @boringstein, @timodc, @islivingston, @priyamvadagopal, @scottjohnson, @teri_kanefield, @evan_greer, @teri_kanefield, @lastquake, @katie_roof, @banikarim, @carnage4life, @wongmjane, @hunterw, @lorakolodny, @joshtpm, @jamessurowiecki, @oalexanderdk, @allahliker, @kurtwagner8, @tomgara, and @jangles
| The Verge: |
Elon Musk says only verified accounts will be recommended in Twitter's For You tab and be able to vote in polls to address “AI bot swarms”, starting on April 15 — Twitter users will need a “verified account” to get recommended on the platform's For You page starting on April 15th …
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BBC, MacRumors, KnowTechie, Axios, The Guardian, Social Media Today, Reuters, MobileSyrup, Gizmodo, Insider, iPhone in Canada Blog, iMore, CNBC, Thurrott, BGR, The Register, Pocket-lint, The Apple Post, Coinspeaker, Memeburn, Fast Company, Silicon Republic, and Android Authority
Mastodon:
@malwaretech@infosec.exchange, @mimsical@mastodon.social, @pkreissel@chaos.social, @MikeElgan@mastodon.social, @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, @Jonathanglick@mstdn.social, @TedUnderwood@sigmoid.social, and @nicklockwood@mastodon.social
Tweets:
@elonmusk, @eve6, @dieworkwear, @mikescollins, @bestofdyingtwit, @buccocapital, @noahgarfinkel, @rdrv3, @fiercemilder, @callforcongress, @ultimashadowx, @astroehlein, @jeffjarvis, @pixelatedboat, @jamesrbuk, @espiers, @jarvis, @chafkin, @skillupyt, @0xgaut, @rleighturner, @lbpheretic, @emmakennedy, @franklinleonard, @benjysarlin, @drewb, and @mnateshyamalan
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft launches Security Copilot, a GPT-4-powered assistant to help security professionals with incident investigations, event summaries, reporting, and more — After announcing an AI-powered Copilot assistant for Office apps, Microsoft is now turning its attention to cybersecurity.
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The Official Microsoft Blog, BleepingComputer, CNBC, Wired, Microsoft, CSO, SiliconANGLE, iTnews, Decrypt, PCMag, Engadget, TechCrunch, GeekWire, BetaNews, Reuters, Thurrott, 9to5Mac, Cybersecurity Dive, BGR, Fast Company, Petri IT Knowledgebase, The Hacker News, SecurityWeek, VentureBeat, ZDNet, Microsoft Security Blog, CircleID, WinBuzzer, and BigTechWire
LinkedIn:
Vasu Jakkal. Mastodon:
@GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, and @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
Tweets:
@markrussinovich, @marie_haynes, @satyanadella, @tomwarren, and @marypcbuk
| Reuters: |
US prosecutors file a new indictment against SBF, accusing him of ordering an Alameda payment of $40M+ in cryptocurrency to bribe Chinese government officials — U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday unveiled a new indictment against Sam Bankman-Fried, charging the founder of now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange …
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| Reuters: |
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CoinDesk, Crunchbase News, Bloomberg, crypto.news, Coinspeaker, Cryptopolitan, and Cointelegraph
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@yoda, @mikeinberkeley, @binarybits, @bradydale, @jeffnolan, and @icodrops
| BBC: |
Clearview AI's CEO says the company has run nearly 1M searches for US police and now uses 30B images scraped without users' consent from sites like Facebook — Facial recognition firm Clearview has run nearly a million searches for US police, its founder has told the BBC| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Disney closes its metaverse unit, cutting ~50 jobs, and cancels an Amazon Prime-like program integrating Disney+, online retail, and theme park apps — The unit, once seen as developing a new form of storytelling, had about 50 employees — Mickey Mouse has left the metaverse.
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Decrypt, The Hill, CoinDesk, SiliconANGLE, The Verge, Cointelegraph, New York Post, PYMNTS.com, CNBC, Blind, Fortune, MobileSyrup, NFTgators, Cryptopolitan, Insider, Cryptonews, TechSpot, Metaverse Post, The Hollywood Reporter, Bitcoinist.com, gHacks Technology News, and Variety
LinkedIn:
Dan Petroski, Theo Priestley, Corey Dehus, and Chris Keller
Tweets:
@scottgustin, @samewen, @_zeets, @adamsinger, @newley, @mousterpiece, @schmoofy, @cheriehu42, @ashleylcarter1, @britopian, @karlbode, @can, @realrandychavez, and @wdwaristocrafts
| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Sources: Microsoft plans a major overhaul for “Windows 12” to modernize the OS with AI, faster updates, and improved security, to better compete with ChromeOS — Windows “CorePC” is the spiritual successor to Windows “Core OS.” — What you need to know
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Engadget, PCWorld, Liliputing, iPhone in Canada Blog, XDA Developers, Neowin, OnMSFT.com, MSPoweruser, and gHacks Technology News
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@zacbowden and @maryjofoley
| Zhou Xin / South China Morning Post: |
Alibaba plans its biggest restructuring ever, reorganizing its businesses into six independent entities and moving all operational decisions to each unit's CEO — Alibaba Group Holding will overhaul its sprawling operations, as China's largest technology conglomerate undertakes …
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Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Alizila, Reuters, Bloomberg, PingWest, New York Times, Financial Times, TechCrunch, New York Post, Light Reading, Axios, CNN, PYMNTS.com, Investor's Business Daily, Pandaily, Variety, Tech Xplore, Coinspeaker, and The Information
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@paulpage, @jonrussell, @jchengwsj, @scmpnews, @byron_wan, and @onlyyoontv
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Substack invites its newsletter writers and others to invest, aiming to raise $2M; source: the raise is an extension of Substack's $65M Series B in March 2021 — Substack, the newsletter platform, will open up a community fundraising round on Tuesday, allowing writers on the platform to invest in the company.
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On Substack, Newcomer, TechCrunch, and Exponential View
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@substackinc, @cjgbest, @sarafischer, @pitdesi, @erikphoel, @adamry_n, @substackinc, @ejeancarroll, @binarybits, @hamishmckenzie, @amasad, @iiiitsandrea, and @jessicalessin
| Salvador Rodriguez / Wall Street Journal: |
Memo: Meta plans to lower its bonus multiplier from 85% to 65% and cut restricted stock awards for staff who “met most expectations” in its 2023 year-end review — Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. META -1.43%decrease; red down pointing triangle plans to lower some bonus payouts …
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Insider, The Information, Silicon Valley Business …, Fortune, and New York Post
| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
Amazon opens Sidewalk to developers, offering SDKs and hardware development kits, and claims 90%+ of the US population can now access the long-range IoT network — It turns out that I have a low-power, low-bandwidth, long-range IoT network all around me, ready and waiting for my smart gadgets to jump on.
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SiliconANGLE, Total Telecom, Wired, Amazon, The Information, Tom's Guide, Light Reading, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, Stacey on IoT, gHacks Technology News, GeekWire, and RCR Wireless News
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@richontech, @amirhaleem, @gigastacey, and @fredericl
| Gary Marcus / The Road to AI We Can Trust: |
Discounting AI's short-term risks, from phishing to fraud to propaganda, because artificial general intelligence is not here yet leaves society ill-prepared — Superintelligence may or may not be imminent. But there's a lot to be worried about, either way. — Is AI going to kill us all?| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Microsoft announces a second-generation Surface Hub 2S is coming later this year and will be the first “touch-enabled board” to run Teams Rooms on Windows — “Teams Rooms on Windows” will ship on the new Surface Hub 2S. — What you need to know
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Microsoft Tech Community, Thurrott, Neowin, and OnMSFT.com
| Kiyoshi Takenaka / Reuters: |
Japan's FTC says the watchdog does not expect the Microsoft-Activision Blizzard deal to stifle competition and closes its review without a cease and desist — Japan's antitrust watchdog said on Tuesday it did not expect a merger between Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) and Activision Blizzard …
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jftc.go.jp, Video Games Chronicle, IGN, TweakTown, WinBuzzer, Thurrott, GameSpot, Destructoid, TrueAchievements, Neowin, and Wccftech. Tweets:
@tomwarren
| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
To compete with GitHub Copilot, Google partners with Replit, which used AI to make coding tools and will now rely on Google's LLMs for its Ghostwriter product — Alphabet Inc.'s Google is striking a partnership to combine its artificial intelligence language models with software … | Stratechery: |
Plugins turn ChatGPT into an aggregator, signaling a major shift in ambition that puts OpenAI well on its way to becoming the next major consumer tech platform — Yesterday's episode of Sharp Tech discussed AI risk and the incredibly uncertain environment we are entering.
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Livemint, The Information, gHacks Technology News, Vectara, Forbes, and Wired
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@stratechery and @rafat
| Binance Blog: |
Binance CEO CZ says the CFTC's complaint has an “incomplete recitation of facts” and Binance disagrees with the “characterization of many of the issues alleged” — Today, the CFTC filed an unexpected and disappointing civil complaint, despite our working cooperatively with the CFTC for over two years.
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TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, CoinDesk, Ars Technica, Binance Blog, CNBC, Cointelegraph, Coinpedia Fintech News, CryptoSlate, Fortune, Protos, Cryptopolitan, Finbold, Watcher Guru, Blockworks, Inside Bitcoins, Coinmonks, Coinspeaker, DL News, and NewsBTC
LinkedIn:
David Briggs. Tweets:
@apes_prologue, @cz_binance, @cz_binance, @ctolarsson, and @belisarius2020
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Google and ADT debut ADT Self Setup, a SimpliSafe-like security system integrated with nearly all Nest products and also offers sensors, a keypad, and more — Nearly three years after the two companies first announced a partnership, we're finally seeing Google and ADT debut the product that makes it worth it.| New York Times: |
On TikTok, #TikTokBan had 1.7B views on March 27, up from 983M views on March 18, as users post hundreds of videos arguing the app shouldn't be banned in the US — After lawmakers grilled TikTok's chief executive last week, the app's users argued that the platform should not be banned … | Lena Masri / Reuters: |
Review of 2K+ court cases: Russia uses facial recognition and surveillance systems to find and arrest scores of protesters and even prevent them from protesting — A Reuters review of more than 2,000 court cases shows how Russia uses facial recognition to identify and sweep up the Kremlin's opponents.
Tweets:
@reuters and @davidcayj
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