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February 10, 2024, 4:20 PM
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Wes Davis / The Verge:
Google One crosses 100M subscribers, highlighting Google's efforts to move users away from its free plans; YouTube Premium also hit 100M subscribers in February  —  Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced Friday that his company has logged 100 million subscriptions to Google One …
Hayden Field / CNBC:
A look at Aware, whose AI tools let companies track real-time employee sentiment and flag toxicity by monitoring staff chatter on Slack, Teams, and other apps  —  - Aware, an AI firm specializing in analyzing employee messages, said companies including Walmart, Delta, T-Mobile …
Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo:
A Canadian minister says the government plans to ban devices that copy wireless signals for remote keyless entry, like the Flipper Zero, to combat auto theft  —  The tiny hacking device has been viewed as a threat by law enforcement.  Now it looks like a major western government is trying to ban it.
Pranav Dixit / Engadget:
Arc Search's Browse for Me feature, which creates custom webpages with search result summaries, faces a backlash over concerns about losing monetizable traffic  —  Arc browser's new feature summarizes search results, cheating those pages' creators out of valuable web traffic.
Reuters:
New York Attorney General expands her October 2023 lawsuit against DCG, Genesis, and Gemini Trust, tripling the size of their alleged Gemini Earn fraud to $3B+  —  New York Attorney General Letitia James on Friday expanded her lawsuit against Digital Currency Group and other cryptocurrency defendants …
Bloomberg:
Crypto startups like Blast are offering airline-like loyalty points to attract users without defining rewards; Blast lured $1.3B in crypto since November 2023  —  - Blast has lured $1.3 billion worth of crypto since November  — Most programs haven't said what their points can be used for
Allison Johnson / The Verge:
Gemini on Android is more useful than regular Assistant thanks to Google services integration, but it's not good at picking up on context and can be frustrating  —  I don't know how to say this, but sometimes the emotional labor of opening another app on my phone and typing in some text is just too much.
Rachel Graf / Bloomberg:
Joint filing: Apple and Rivos say they reached a deal to settle Apple's 2022 lawsuit accusing the SoC startup of poaching 40+ engineers to steal trade secrets  —  In a joint court filing Friday, the companies told a judge they're aiming to finalize an accord that resolves their claims against each other by March 15.
Bloomberg:
How cheap power and friendly ties with China made Ethiopia, where almost half the population has no access to electricity, a haven for Chinese Bitcoin miners  —  Cheap power and friendly relations with China have made the Horn of Africa country a top pick for Chinese Bitcoin miners

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Tom Jones / Poynter:
At Pete Hegseth's first press conference in months, reporters were threatened with physical removal, and he largely ignored questions from the traditional press

Jack Queen / Reuters:
A US federal judge says Trump's $10B defamation suit against the BBC over a Panorama documentary can go forward, but throws out an unfair trade practices claim

Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
ITV says its £1.6B Media & Entertainment unit sale to Comcast-owned Sky is on track for H2 2027, and reports January to September revenue down 1% YoY to £2.76B

More News

Nicolás Rivero / Washington Post:
Bollegraaf, the world's biggest builder of recycling plants, partners with AI startup Greyparrot to retrofit thousands of plants with AI tools for sorting waste
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Notion acquires Skiff, which raised $14.2M to offer end-to-end encrypted file storage, docs, calendar events, and email; Skiff will shut down after six months
Sarah McBride / Bloomberg:
Elon Musk switches the location of Neuralink's incorporation from Delaware to Nevada, after a Delaware judge struck down Musk's $55B Tesla pay package last week

Earlier Picks

Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
Samsung receives FDA authorization to add a feature to Galaxy Watch to detect “signs of moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea” for users over the age of 22
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
At a legislative hearing in Oregon, an Apple executive opposed a strong right-to-repair bill, despite Apple's support for a similar but weaker law in California
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Meta plans to not “proactively recommend political content from accounts you don't follow” on Threads, matching the company's policy on Facebook and Instagram
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