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Dogecoin's price spikes 25%+ after Twitter replaces its bird logo with a doge image; Elon Musk is fighting to get a dogecoin-related lawsuit dismissed — Today Twitter users are noticing that an image of a dog has been added to a place of prominence. You can see it for yourself on Twitter.com, where you will be greeted with a pup:
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| Becky Peterson / The Information: |
The Saudi Public Investment Fund lists ~35 of its partnerships with US VC firms, like a16z, Coatue, Craft Ventures, Iconiq, Insight Partners, and Human Capital — For several years, venture capital firms have been cagey about whether they have raised money from Saudi Arabia …
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| Zach Baron / GQ: |
An interview and profile of Tim Cook on running Apple, succeeding Steve Jobs, being an outsider, creativity, reducing smartphone time, Meta, Google, and more — As Apple CEO, he has defied his skeptics and refashioned the world's most creative company on his own exacting terms.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to eliminate a small number of its corporate retail staff, marking its first known cuts since embarking on a belt-tightening effort in 2022 — Apple Inc. is eliminating a small number of roles within its corporate retail teams, according to people with knowledge of the matter …
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| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Documents: Google cuts back on fitness classes, tape, staplers, and the frequency of staff laptop replacements; non-engineers will get a Chromebook by default — - In a rare companywide memo from CFO Ruth Porat, Google kicked off “multi-year” employee service cuts.
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| Angus Whitley / Bloomberg: |
Australia bans TikTok from government-issued devices, joining the US, the UK, the Netherlands, Canada, France, and others in taking action against the platform — Australia banned TikTok from government-issued devices, joining the growing list of nations concerned about security threats posed …
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Google Search adds travel features: a “price guarantee” tool for flights, a swipeable hotel browsing story format, and a new way to find attractions and tours — Google announced today that it's introducing three new Search features to make it easier for users to research hotels …
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Stanford's AI Index Report: in 2022, industry produced 32 significant ML models versus academia's three, private investment fell 26.7% YoY to $91.9B, and more — An annual report on AI progress has highlighted the increasing dominance of industry players over academia and government in deploying and safeguarding AI applications.
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Artificial Intelligence Index, Artificial Intelligence Index, Gizmodo, SiliconANGLE, and InfoWorld
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@stanfordhai and @nonmayorpete
| Stuart Dredge / Music Ally: |
Spotify shuts down its Clubhouse-style audio app Spotify Live, previously called Locker Room, acquired as part of its €57M Betty Labs acquisition in March 2021 — Spotify is shutting down its live-audio app Spotify Live, but says it will continue experimenting with live features in its main service.
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TechCrunch, TweakTown, The Hollywood Reporter, Gizmodo, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac, Engadget, and The Verge
| Meir Orbach / CTech: |
Boston-based cybersecurity company Cybereason raised $100M from SoftBank and announces SoftBank EVP Eric Gan will be its new CEO, replacing co-founder Lior Div — The new investment will make the Japanese conglomerate Cybereason's leading shareholder — SoftBank is investing another $100 million in Cybereason.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Post, a Twitter alternative that pays publishers via microtransactions, launches in public beta and says outlets get an average $25 CPM for a paywalled article — Post, a Twitter alternative of sorts that's rethinking how publishers should engage with social media — and how they should monetize … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Chris Inglis, the first US cyber director, resigned largely over large and small clashes with Anne Neuberger, another senior cybersecurity official — On March 2, US President Joe Biden's administration proposed some of the most aggressive measures to fight cyberattacks to date.
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@ericgeller
| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
The Tor Project partners with VPN maker Mullvad to launch the Mullvad browser, for Windows, macOS, and Linux, to reduce a user's “fingerprint” used for tracking — The Tor Project, the organization behind the anonymous network and browser, is helping launch a privacy-focused browser that's …
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Mullvad VPN, Tor Project blog, Mullvad VPN, Wired, PCMag, SiliconANGLE, Tech.co, gHacks Technology News, PCWorld, TechRadar, CNET, HackRead, Slashdot, and RestorePrivacy
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