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Kevin Systrom says news sharing app Artifact will shut down, after concluding that “the market opportunity isn't big enough to warrant continued investment” — To our Artifact Users and Partners: — We've made the decision to wind down operations of the Artifact app.
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Mastodon: @dcseifert@mastodon.social and @ricmac@mastodon.social
Bluesky: @justinling.bsky.social, @jesseconrad.bsky.social, and @spencercallaghan.ca
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LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski and Kaya Yurieff
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| Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge: |
Amazon sells products with titles like “I'm sorry, I cannot fulfill this request as it goes against OpenAI use policy”, as sellers use ChatGPT to write listings — Fun new game just dropped! Go to the internet platform of your choice, type “goes against OpenAI use policy,” …
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| CNN: |
Security researchers say they warned Apple as early as 2019 about AirDrop vulnerabilities that Chinese authorities claim they recently used to identify users — Editor's Note: Sign up for CNN's Meanwhile in China newsletter, which explores what you need to know about the country's rise and how it impacts the world.
More: A Few Thoughts …, Ars Technica, OSnews, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacDailyNews, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, and mjtsai.com
Mastodon: @kennwhite@mastodon.social and @b_fung@masto.ai
Forums: Hacker News, Beehaw, and Ars OpenForum
| John Herrman / New York Magazine: |
A look at TikTok's dogged e-commerce push by subsidizing sales and promoting sellers in user feeds, as ad sales weaken and social media stagnates — It was supposed to be a test. Suddenly hundreds of people were watching. What's going on here? — Over the last four months …
More: The Information, Business Insider, Seattle Business Journal, and PR Newswire
X: @svzwood, @intelligencer, @jwherrman, @augustlightning, @nymag, @jwherrman, and @mikeisaac. LinkedIn: James Hirst
| Thomas Claburn / The Register: |
Security researchers at Recorded Future detail various ways criminals are frequently abusing GitHub's infrastructure to support and deliver malware — Microsoft says it's doing its best to crack down on crims — The popularity of Github has made it too big to block … | Sam Biddle / The Intercept: |
OpenAI quietly removed a ban on “military and warfare” use from its usage policy, as part of a major rewrite to make the policy “clearer” and “more readable” — OpenAI this week quietly deleted language expressly prohibiting the use of its technology …
More: TechCrunch, The Information, and The Verge
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Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
| Bloomberg: |
The hack of the @SECGov X account highlights security gaps at the agency, which wasn't fully adhering to the federal cybersecurity standards as of last year — - Agency's X hack on Tuesday shines light on security gaps — Watchdog said the agency wasn't adhering to all standards
More: MarketWatch, CoinDesk, Axios, The Hill, Reuters, WeLiveSecurity, Notebookcheck, and Cybernews.com. X: @business
| Ben Cox / Ben's Blog: |
An analysis of fediverse backend hosting providers finds Germany-based Hetzner hosts 51% of the network by number of active users, followed by France-based OVH — Spurred on by the problems at Twitter, a lot of my social media timeline has “moved out” of Twitter/"X" on to what people mostly describe as mastodon or the “fediverse”.| Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: |
A joint US-China research effort finds that graphene can act as a semiconductor, but experts say graphene chips face immense manufacturing hurdles and costs — Amid global race for semiconductor supremacy, a joint U.S.-China research effort finds promise in the material, although the path to large-scale production is years away.
More: CGTN, Chemistry World, Reuters on YouTube, CHINAdaily, WION, Technicity, Ashfaq Ahmad, DigiTimes, New Scientist on YouTube, South China Morning Post, Network World, WinBuzzer, The Register, and eeNews Europe
X: @byron_wan, @chineseembinus, @rnaudbertrand, @thonwingp, @byron_wan, and @byron_wan. Forums: Hacker News
| Anne VanderMey / Bloomberg: |
In a countersuit, Carta's ex-CTO Jerry Talton accuses CEO Henry Ward of misusing company resources and claims he was fired for expressing concerns to the board — - Suit is separate from scandal over Carta's use of company data — Financial technology startup Carta was hit with a fiery lawsuit …
More: Business Insider and The Information
| Cissy Zhou / Nikkei Asia: |
Nearly 500 South Korean startups set up booths at CES 2024's Eureka Park, the most by one country in terms of government-subsidized participation in the zone — Almost 500 companies set up booths, more than any other nation — South Korean startups made a strong showing at the CES tech trade show in Las Vegas this year.| Bloomberg: |
Indian crypto exchange WazirX says deposit inflows jumped ~250% in the four days after India blocked nine offshore platforms on Dec. 28; ~70% came from Binance — - WazirX, Mudrex say about 70% of fresh inflows from Binance — Local trading has been ravaged by tax introduced in 2022Sponsor Posts
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