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IBM CEO Arvind Krishna says the company plans to slow or stop back-office hiring, impacting ~26K staff, and ~30% could “easily” be replaced by AI in five years — International Business Machines Corp. Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna said the company expects to pause hiring …
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| Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review: |
A profile of and interview with deep learning pioneer Geoffrey Hinton, who shares why he now thinks neural networks represent a “better form of intelligence” — “I have suddenly switched my views on whether these things are going to be more intelligent than us.”
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| Kim Zetter / Wired: |
An in-depth look inside the US investigation into the SolarWinds hack, one of the most sophisticated cyberespionage campaigns of the decade — The attackers were in thousands of corporate and government networks. They might still be there now. Behind the scenes of the SolarWinds investigation.| Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo: |
The Writers Guild of America calls for a strike after negotiations with Netflix, Apple, Amazon, and others over pay and AI issues failed; around 12K may strike — The Writers Guild of America, the union that bargains on behalf of Hollywood's screenwriters, has called a strike after negotiations …
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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Europol, the FBI, and others seize the dark web Monopoly Market, arrest 288, and seize €50.8M in cash and crypto and 850kg of drugs, after Hydra's 2022 takedown — An international law enforcement operation codenamed ‘SpecTor’ has arrested 288 dark web vendors and customers worldwide …
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| Frank Chaparro / The Block: |
Coinbase launches International Exchange, planning to let international users trade perpetual futures out of Bermuda, as the company tussles with US regulators — - Coinbase plans to let international users trade perpetual futures out of Bermuda through a new platform.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Memo: Samsung bans employees from using generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Google Bard, and Bing on company devices over concerns staff will leak sensitive data — Samsung Electronics Co. is banning employee use of popular generative AI tools like ChatGPT after discovering staff uploaded sensitive code …
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| Medha Singh / Reuters: |
Online study company Chegg suspends its full-year outlook, saying ChatGPT's popularity is pressuring its subscriber growth; CHGG drops ~50%, now down 64%+ YTD — What's the cost of students using ChatGPT for homework? For U.S. education services provider Chegg Inc (CHGG.N), it could be nearly $1 billion in market valuation.| Aaron Holmes / The Information: |
Sources: Microsoft plans to sell a ChatGPT version on a dedicated cloud server in Q2 that separates the data from that of other clients and costs up to 10x more — Not everyone trusts OpenAI's ChatGPT. — While the new artificial intelligence-powered chatbot has proved popular …
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| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
BeReal rolls out RealPeople, a curated timeline of updates from “the world's most interesting people”, first in the UK, to keep users engaged as growth slows — Days after it started offering users the option to post more than once per day, BeReal is rolling out another new feature.| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Apple and Google submit an industry specification proposal to address unwanted location tracking by Bluetooth devices and ask for input from other companies — - Apple and Google said that they are working together to prevent lost item trackers like Apple's AirTag from being used to track people without their permission.
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| Samantha Cole / VICE: |
Pornhub disables its website in Utah after the state passed a porn site age verification law and now shows a video asking users to contact their representatives — People in Utah who visit Pornhub will now be greeted by adult performer Cherie DeVille asking them to tell their representatives to change their age verification law.
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| Mercedes Ruehl / Financial Times: |
Letters: the EU and the US warn Malaysia over national security and foreign investment risks if the government gives Huawei a role in the country's 5G network — Kuala Lumpur's review of tender tests ability to juggle relations with the west and China — The EU and US have warned Malaysia …
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| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Motorola debuts a flagship smartphone in the US: the $799+ Edge Plus with a 6.7" 1080p OLED, a 165Hz refresh rate, and a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, shipping on May 25 — We asked, and we received: Motorola is bringing its newest slab-style flagship to the US as the Motorola Edge Plus (2023).
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| Adam Conway / XDA Developers: |
Source: Motorola's rumored Razr 40 Ultra foldable to have a 2640x1080 HDR AMOLED 120Hz main and 1056x1066 cover display, Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, and up to 12GB RAM — Motorola is leaning into high-end foldables with its most powerful yet. — Source: Evan Blass
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| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Microsoft has seemingly stopped work on bug fixes or features for the Surface Duo after the Android 12L update in October 2022, possibly due to recent layoffs — Lack of resources and recent layoffs aren't helping. — Microsoft's dual-screen foldable smartphone has seemingly been abandoned.| New York Times: |
Despite Google's October 2021 pledge to demonetize climate denial content, CCDH researchers find 100 YouTube videos with 18M+ views featuring ads for big brands — Google said in 2021 that it would stop running ads alongside videos and other content that denied the existence and causes of climate change.
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| Amelia Wattenberger: |
Why chatbots are not the future of LLM interfaces: all users must learn what prompts work well, people will get sick of typing, responses are isolated, and more — Unfortunately for the countless hapless people I've talked to in the past few months, this was inexorable.
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@wattenberger, @pedrodias, @chrismoranuk, @elidourado, @dangrover, and @ow
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Snap says it has begun testing sponsored links in My AI conversations, reveals Spotlight grew 170% YoY to 350 MAUs, launches “First Story” ad product, more — After Snap's stock took a hit from its weak first-quarter earnings, the company today made its pitch to advertisers … | Jen Wieczner / New York Magazine: |
Crypto advocates say recent written and unwritten polices by US financial regulators make it unfeasible or impossible for crypto firms to operate in the country — The industry sure thinks so — even as the White House denies it. — The crypto company was essentially reverse-engineered for Washington, D.C.'s stamp of approval.
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@waynevaughan, @smdiehl, @johnedeaton1, @cryptolawus, and @caitlinlong_
| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
OnePlus Pad review: a bright screen, excellent build quality, and snappy performance, but limited built-in apps, subpar keyboard and stylus, and a mid-tier CPU — OnePlus' first tablet brings high-end features and specs to a midrange price point. It reminds me of the OnePlus we used to know.
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Spenser Blank. Mastodon:
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| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Lenovo ThinkPhone by Motorola review: great build quality with IP68 rating and useful PC integration features but a lackluster camera and finicky app streaming — The ThinkPhone is a successful collaboration nine years in the making and a step in the right direction for Motorola.
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