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| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
Reddit files to list its IPO on the NYSE, reporting revenue up 20% YoY to $804M in 2023, net loss down 43% YoY to $90.8M, 73M DAUs, and a $3.42 global ARPU — - Reddit on Thursday filed to go public. — Its market debut will mark the first major tech initial public offering of the year …
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Forums: r/ethtrader, r/wallstreetbets, r/economy, r/wallstreetbets, r/neoliberal, and r/technology
| The Verge: |
Reddit plans to give some of its top users, including moderators and those with high karma scores, the chance to buy shares in its IPO — However, the company is unprofitable, with a net loss of $90.8 million in 2023. — In an unusual twist, Reddit is also giving a number of its top users …
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| Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: |
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
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LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski, Kyle Enfield, and David Callahan
Forums: r/google, r/privacy, r/news, r/google, and r/singularity
| Reuters: |
AT&T restores cellular service after a 10+ hour outage that started around 4:30AM ET across the US and prompted an investigation by federal agencies — A cellular phone service outage on Thursday hit thousands of AT&T (T.N) users in the United States, disrupting calls and text messages …
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| ABC News: |
AT&T believes the February 22 outage was “caused by the application and execution of an incorrect process” as it was expanding its network, “not a cyber attack” — AT&T says they have “restored wireless service to all our affected customers.”
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| Jessica Lyons / The Register: |
Filing: UnitedHealth says a “suspected nation-state” actor had access to systems of IT provider Change Healthcare, prompting an outage at pharmacies in the US — Prescription orders hit after IT supplier Change Healthcare pulls plug on systems — UPDATED IT provider Change Healthcare …
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| Jake Rudnitsky / Bloomberg: |
Google plans to “pause the image generation of people” via Gemini and “re-release an improved version soon” while working to fix its race inaccuracy “issues” — - Critics on X say model is unable to accurately depict races — Google said it will re-release an improved version soon
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Forums: r/Bard, r/singularity, and r/google
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Bluesky opens up federation, letting anyone run their own server that connects to Bluesky's network, which uses the AT Protocol; Mastodon uses ActivityPub — Social network Bluesky, a competitor to X, Threads, Mastodon, and others, is opening up its doors with today's news that the network …
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Mastodon: @pixel@desu.social, @Obdurodon@hachyderm.io, @fenarinarsa@shelter.moe, @isagalaev@mastodon.social, @pixel@desu.social, @fediversereport …, and @mackuba@martianbase.net
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Forums: Hacker News, r/Mastodon, Lobsters, and Slashdot
| Ismail Shakil / Reuters: |
The US FTC says Avast needs to pay $16.5M and stop selling web browsing data for ads to settle charges that the UK company misrepresented its use of such data — Software provider Avast Plc will need to pay $16.5 million and stop selling any web browsing data for advertising purposes …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Sony is testing PC support for its PlayStation VR2 headset, which currently works exclusively with the PS5, and hopes “to make this support available in 2024” — Sony's PlayStation VR2 headset is designed to work exclusively with a PS5, but the company is now testing out support for PC.
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X: @wario64 and @playstation
Forums: r/hoggit, r/gadgets, r/technology, r/Games, and r/PS5
| Sean Michael Kerner / VentureBeat: |
Stability AI debuts a preview of Stable Diffusion 3.0, its next-gen flagship text-to-image model, aiming to offer improved image quality and better performance — Stability AI is out today with an early preview of its Stable Diffusion 3.0 next-generation flagship text-to-image generative AI model.
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X: @emostaque, @snowden, @stabilityai, @stabilityai, @stabilityai, @emostaque, and @stabilityai. LinkedIn: Karoly Hamza
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Google rolls out its Gemini-powered “Help me write” tool in Chrome for macOS and Windows for English-speaking US users, offering shortform writing suggestions — Google has started rolling out “Help me write” — an experimental Gemini-powered generative AI feature for its Chrome browser … | Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google says its Google Pay app GPay and its P2P payment feature will stop working in the US on June 4, 2024, but will remain available in India and Singapore — When Google Wallet launched in 2022, Google kept the “GPay” app around in a handful of countries.| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Microsoft announces Generative Erase for the Photos app on Windows 10 and higher, which will allow users to remove objects and people from images using AI — Google and Samsung aren't the only ones baking magical AI selective photo erasers into their devices — they're about to become table stakes for Windows PCs too.
More: Windows Insider Blog, Windows Central, Neowin, and Windows Latest
| Mark Tyson / Tom's Hardware: |
Samsung says the Galaxy Book4 series, with Intel Core Ultra chips and AMOLED touchscreens, will be available in the US, the UK, and other markets on February 26 — The Galaxy Book 4 Ultra, Book 4 Pro, and Book 4 Pro 360 are all coming soon. — Samsung has announced that its first AI PC series will become available son Feb. 26.
More: Samsung Newsroom, MSPoweruser, PCMag, SamMobile, 9to5Google, SamMobile, XDA Developers, PetaPixel, SamMobile, Android Authority, Liliputing, and Trusted Reviews. Forums: r/GalaxyBook
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Nigeria ordered telecoms to restrict access to the websites of some of the world's largest crypto exchanges, including Binance, Coinbase, and Kraken — Local consumers given only restricted access to markets like Binance and Coinbase — Authorities in Nigeria have blocked access …
More: Premium Times Nigeria, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, CoinDesk, Decrypt, Milk Road, Watcher Guru, and crypto.news
LinkedIn: Iyinoluwa Aboyeji and Dr. Keita Broadwater
| Washington Post: |
Leaked files detail Chinese state-linked hacking groups carrying out large-scale, systematic cyber intrusions against governments, companies, and infrastructure — A trove of leaked documents from a Chinese state-linked hacking group shows that Beijing's intelligence and military groups …
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X: @bushidotoken, @dakekang, @azakasekai_, @bxieus, @mrbcyber, @catecadell, @dcuthbert, @washingtonpost, @byron_wan, @rhcm123, @kimzetter, @jamestobyne, @dakekang, @dakekang, @byron_wan, @silascutler, @bushidotoken, @kimzetter, @adrianzenz, and @jorge_guajardo. LinkedIn: Brian Krebs
Forums: r/baba, r/worldnews, r/technews, r/france, r/worldnews, r/China, and Slashdot
| Hannah Lang / Reuters: |
Block reports Q4 revenue up 24% YoY to $5.77B, Square profit up 18% YoY, Cash App profit up 25% YoY, and forecasts Q1 adjusted EBITDA above est.; SQ jumps 12%+ — Jack Dorsey-led Block (SQ.N) on Thursday forecast adjusted core earnings for the current quarter above Wall Street estimates … | David Gilbert / Wired: |
Gab launched 91 chatbots over the past month, such as AI versions of Hitler and Trump, several of which deny the Holocaust, call climate change a scam, and more — The proliferation of generative AI chatbots on extremist platforms could lead to increased radicalization, experts warn.| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Samsung plans to roll out One UI 6.1 in “late March” for the Galaxy S23 series, Z Fold 5, Z Flip 5, and Tab 9 series, adding the full Galaxy AI suite and more — Samsung's next big Android update, One UI 6.1, debuted on the Galaxy S24 series last month, but is getting ready to make its way to more Galaxy devices.
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Forums: r/oneui, r/GalaxyS23, and r/GalaxyTab
| Bloomberg: |
EigenLayer, which facilitates crypto “restaking” to build Ethereum projects via a points system, raised $100M from a16z, after raising $50M in March 2023 — - VC firm was the sole investor in EigenLayer's funding round — Crypto venture investments declined sharply in the past year
More: EigenLayer Blog, a16z crypto, The Defiant, CoinDesk, Binance, Cryptonews, crypto.news, Crypto Briefing, Bitcoinist.com, Cointelegraph, and The Block
X: @eigenlayer, @zerobeta, @boxmining, @muyaoshen, @saliencexbt, and @eigenlayer
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Meta's Oversight Board extends its scope to Threads, letting users appeal Meta's content moderation decisions with the same process as on Facebook and Instagram — Meta's external advisory group, its Oversight Board, announced today that it is expanding its scope to Threads along with Facebook …
More: The Verge, Reuters, Times of India, Social Media Today, Channel NewsAsia, Oversight Board, Wccftech, Android Headlines, and Engadget
Threads: @oversightboard and @samvonwallace
X: @oversightboard and @oversightboard
| Shivam Patel / Reuters: |
X reports taking down accounts and posts following an order by the Indian government, which local media tied to farmers' protests, but disagrees with the action — Social media platform X said on Thursday it took down certain accounts and posts following an order by the Indian government …
More: BBC, Financial Times, Al Jazeera, TechCrunch, and Livemint
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