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| Nico Grant / New York Times: |
Sources detail Google's project Magi to upgrade search with AI, as Samsung considers defaulting to Bing; source: 160+ employees are working full time on Magi — The tech giant is sprinting to protect its core business with a flurry of projects, including updates to its search engine and plans for an all-new one.
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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
A US House Committee publishes a draft stablecoin bill proposing a moratorium on stablecoins backed by other cryptocurrencies, requesting a CBDC study, and more — The stablecoin bill is the first major piece of crypto legislation in 2023. — The U.S. House Financial Services Committee published …
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| Matt Binder / Mashable: |
Numerous public service and safety Twitter accounts, including for US National Weather Service offices, say the company's new API rules limit automated alerts — Twitter's new API rules just blocked numerous National Weather Service alert accounts and others from working.
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Google rolls out a Chrome security update to patch a zero-day, exploited in the wild, due to a high-severity type confusion weakness in the V8 JavaScript engine — Google has released an emergency Chrome security update to address the first zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks since the start of the year.| Lydia Beyoud / Bloomberg: |
The US SEC reopens public comment for a draft rule that expands its crypto regulatory power, adding explicit language covering digital asset and DeFi exchanges — The US Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday altered a proposed rule to make more explicit that digital-asset exchanges …
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| Shirin Ghaffary / Vox: |
Similarweb: in March 2023, Twitter's traffic fell 7.7% YoY, the third straight month of decline, web visitors fell 3.3% YoY, and Android app DAUs fell 9.8% YoY — Say goodbye to the old Twitter and hello to the new normal. — It's been a year since Elon Musk initiated his takeover of Twitter.
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@chapinc, @carnage4life, @mikebutcher, and @tuncersengoz
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
An early look at the Jack Dorsey-backed federated social network Bluesky, which emulates Twitter's looks and feels like a simpler, positive time on the internet — Bluesky is really, really fun. … But after spending a few hours in Bluesky since getting my beta invite this week, it's so far the service where I feel the most joy.
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@katebevan, @grrlscientist, @2xaught7, @codeofrobin, and @wongmjane
| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Netflix's second ever livestream hit technical issues, leading to a 75+ minute delay and the company taping the Love is Blind reunion episode for later viewing — Netflix had some serious issues with the livestream of its “Love is Blind” reunion episode. We always knew the livestream would be messy …
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| Coco Feng / South China Morning Post: |
The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, created by Congress in 2000, accuses Shein and Pinduoduo's Temu of data risks, IP infringements, and more — Chinese-backed digital platforms Shein and Temu have become the latest targets of the US government, after an official report raised concerns …
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The Economic Times, KrASIA, and United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission
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@carnage4life@mas.to. Tweets:
@briantycangco, @jacobhelberg, @pstasiatech, and @carnage4life
| Sam Biddle / The Intercept: |
Contract docs reveal the Georgia National Guard plans to use location-based phone surveillance to target ads using geofences around 67 local public high schools — The Georgia Army National Guard plans to combine two deeply controversial practices — military recruiting at schools … | Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal: |
Q&A with Microsoft's CVP of ads on keeping Bing Chat results from becoming too promotional, AI-powered search threatening publishers' ad revenue, and more — Kya Sainsbury-Carter, who recently was named to head the company's ad business, offers an inside look at Microsoft's game plan
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@patiencehaggin
| Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
How the US military, which uses Twitch and Discord for recruitment, struggles with the risks posed by Gen Z service members who live much of their lives online — Defense officials told service members not to 'post anything in Discord that you wouldn't want seen by the general public.' But by then …
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