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May 10, 2023, 1:15 PM
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Livestream of the Google I/O 2023 keynote — Tune in to find out how we're furthering our mission to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
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| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Sources: EU regulators are expected to approve Microsoft's Activision acquisition next week, most likely on May 15, three weeks after the UK blocked the deal — EU antitrust regulators are set to approve Microsoft Corp's (MSFT.O) $69 billion acquisition of Activision (ATVI.O) next week …
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| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
Tether reports a $1.5B net profit in Q1, $2.44B in excess reserves, and $81.8B+ in assets as of May 9, including $1.5B+ in bitcoin and $3.3B+ in precious metals — - Tether reported $1.5 billion of net profit for the first quarter — more than double its Q4 2022 net profit.
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| Randall Chase / Associated Press: |
A US judge dismissed a shareholder lawsuit against Block over its 2021 Tidal acquisition, saying the company was “free to make a terrible business decision” — A Delaware judge has dismissed a shareholder lawsuit against financial technology company Block Inc. over its 2021 acquisition …
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| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
The American Psychological Association issues an advisory on social media use by adolescents, saying social networks are “not inherently beneficial or harmful” — One of the most prominent mental health organizations in the U.S. is out with a set guidelines designed to protect children …
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| Financial Times: |
Uber launches flight bookings on its UK app in partnership with travel booking company Hopper as part of its efforts to become a travel “super app” — Ride-booking giant expands offering after rolling out train, coach and Eurostar ticket tool — Uber has launched flight bookings …
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| Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today: |
Twitter lets users reply directly to any DM with a threaded message and react to messages with a wider range of emojis — Twitter has released two new updates for DMs, which have been in the works for a few months, but are now getting a full launch in the app.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Jump Crypto and Jane Street are pulling back from US crypto trading over regulatory uncertainty; Jump is expanding globally while Jane scales back — Jane Street Group and Jump Crypto — two of the world's top market-making firms — are pulling back from trading digital assets …
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| Molly White: |
A critique of a16z's State of Crypto 2023 report, which seems to be an exercise in propaganda with the sole goal of bolstering the VC firm's bottom line — Venture capital firm and crypto pusher Andreessen Horowitz wants you to keep buying crypto, and is not above publishing blatant falsehoods to convince you to do so.
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| Cristiano Lima / Washington Post: |
Sam Altman plans to testify to Congress for the first time on May 16 about AI oversight, alongside IBM VP Christina Montgomery and professor Gary Marcus — Sam Altman, the OpenAI chief, will appear for the first time as AI scrutiny soars in Washington — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will testify …
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| Deborah Acosta / Wall Street Journal: |
As Miami prepares to host Bitcoin 2023 on May 18, the city and mayor Francis Suarez, who still receives his salary in bitcoin, have mostly moved on from crypto — On the eve of the annual bitcoin conference, the city and its mayor have mostly moved on from crypto
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| Raffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: ByteDance postpones opening TikTok Shop in the US, planned for the spring, to June 2023 at the earliest, after struggling to attract merchants in 2022 — Doubts over app's future and tepid adoption of live-streaming e-commerce in the U.S. slow plans for full launch| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on the revamped Rooms feature, flexible work, making principle decisions, the future of AI, inspiration from Apple, and more — Airbnb is revamping its Rooms feature while eyeing AI and betting on work from anywhere. — Brian Chesky, the co-founder … | Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
| Nadia Nooreyezdan / Rest of World: |
“Religious” chatbots, based on the Bhagavad Gita, emerge in India, with millions using them, some answering ~50K questions per day and others condoning violence — Claiming wisdom based on the Bhagavad Gita, the bots frequently go way off script. — • NEW DELHI, INDIA
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
UK citizen Joseph James O'Connor, aka PlugwalkJoe, pleads guilty for his role in the July 2020 Twitter hack affecting high-profile accounts and other crimes — PlugwalkJoe, aka Joseph James O'Connor, a UK citizen connected to the 2020 Twitter hack affecting many high-profile accounts …
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| Scott J Shapiro / The Guardian: |
A profile of Dark Avenger, a pseudonymous PC virus writer from Bulgaria who gained notoriety in the 1990s after the country became known as the “virus factory” — Bulgaria in the 1980s became known as the ‘virus factory’, where hundreds of malicious computer programs were unleashed to wreak havoc.
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| Rohan Goswami / CNBC: |
Roblox reports Q1 revenue up 22% YoY to $655.3M, bookings up 23% YoY to $773.8M, DAUs up 22% YoY to 66.1M, and a net loss up 67% YoY to $268.3M; RBLX jumps 5% — - Roblox beat analyst expectations on the top line but reported a wider-than-expected loss per share of 44 cents.| Bloomberg: |
How Tokyo-based Rapidus is trying to become a globally competitive chipmaker by 2027, aiming to mass produce 2nm chips two years after leaders TSMC and Samsung — Tetsuro Higashi is taking on what seems like an impossible task: Create a globally competitive semiconductor manufacturer in Japan from scratch - and do it in four years.
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| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
Roku expands its smart home lineup with a $99 home monitoring system, a solar panel to power its outdoor camera, and a multicolored LED strip light — Roku is expanding its smart home lineup and adding a smart security system, a solar panel to power its outdoor camera, and a multicolored LED strip light to its offerings.
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| Chavi Mehta / Reuters: |
Report: Satya Nadella tells staff Microsoft won't raise salaries for full-time employees in 2023 and is reducing budget for bonuses and stock awards — Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) will not raise salaries for full-time employees this year and is reducing budget for bonuses and stock awards … | Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
GitHub makes its push protection feature, which automatically blocks leaks of sensitive data like API keys and access tokens, free for all public repositories — GitHub is now automatically blocking the leak of sensitive information like API keys and access tokens for all public code repositories.| Financial Times: |
A Binance executive says the past six months in the US have been “very confusing” and the company will do “everything we possibly can” to be regulated in the UK — World's largest cryptocurrency exchange says it is ‘very difficult’ to do business in US after moves by Washington regulatorsSponsor Posts
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