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Reddit priced its IPO at $34 per share, the top of its expected $31-$34 range, raising $519M and valuing the company at nearly $6.5B, ahead of its market debut — In this photo illustration a Reddit logo is seen displayed on a smartphone. — Reddit, the 19-year-old website that hosts millions …
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| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
How Reddit, one of the last online spaces where real people gather, went from one of the darkest parts of the internet to a content moderation success story — The site's journey from toxic cesspool to trusted news source illustrates the business value of keeping bad actors at bay.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: the US DOJ plans to sue Apple as soon as Thursday, accusing the company of violating antitrust laws by blocking rivals from accessing iPhone features — - Lawsuit to be filed in federal court as soon as Thursday — Case comes as iPhone maker also faces scrutiny in Europe
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Forums: r/apple, r/technology, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Epic plans to release its Epic Games Store on iOS and Android later in 2024, offering “the same fair terms” as its PC store, including a 12% commission on sales — With plans to launch its own game store on iOS, it's now been announced that the Epic Games Store is coming to Android.
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X: @epicgames, @om, @timsweeneyepic, @wilson_boi_101, @timsweeneyepic, @dylanmcd8, @om, @chancehmiller, and @uwukko. Forums: r/Games
| Wall Street Journal: |
Meta, Microsoft, X, and Match Group file an amicus briefing in Epic v. Apple protesting Apple's plan to charge a commission for payments outside the App Store — Four tech companies object to Apple's new app store policies related to payment for services — Meta Platforms , Microsoft …
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Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Emily Mullin / Wired: |
Neuralink shows its first brain implant patient, a 29-year-old man paralyzed from the shoulders down, playing online chess using the Neuralink device — In a livestream on X, the paralyzed 29-year-old man used his Neuralink brain implant to control a computer.
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Forums: Hacker News, r/gaming, r/singularity, r/Futurology, r/technology, r/teslainvestorsclub, and r/Neuralink
| Financial Times: |
Chinese state media: during his visit to Shanghai, Tim Cook says “there's no supply chain in the world that's more critical to us than China” — Apple chief Tim Cook has said China is “critical” to its business in comments made during a visit to the country … | Kate Knibbs / Wired: |
Fairly Trained certifies KL3M, an LLM claimed to be built without the permissionless use of copyrighted materials by legal tech consultancy startup 273 Ventures — OpenAI claimed it's “impossible” to build good AI models without using copyrighted data. An “ethically created” … | Sidhartha Shukla / Bloomberg: |
In a letter to Judge Kaplan, FTX CEO John Ray says SBF's claims of “zero” harm to users are “demonstrably false” and FTX had only 105 bitcoin when Ray took over — - Ray called the claims ‘callously’ and ‘demonstrably’ false — SBF had claimed customers on the exchange suffered no harm
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
YouTube TV rolls out Multiview support on iOS and iPadOS, letting users watch four TV channels at once; Android support will roll out “in the coming months” — Google has confirmed that YouTube TV is now rolling out support for Multiview on the iPhone and iPad, but the feature won't arrive on Android for a while.
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| Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk: |
BlackRock unveils its first tokenized asset fund, BUIDL, built on the Ethereum network and fully backed by cash, US Treasury bills, and repurchase agreements — The asset management giant also made a strategic investment in asset tokenization company Securitize.
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Forums: r/CryptoCurrency and r/ethtrader
| Ashley Gold / Axios: |
After a classified briefing on TikTok, the Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell says “the next steps might be something more public, like a hearing” — - But Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has not committed to putting the bill on the floor anytime soon.| Zephyr Teachout / The Atlantic: |
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| Bloomberg: |
A UK jury finds Jian Wen guilty of laundering bitcoin for a Chinese fugitive allegedly behind a ~$6B fraud in China; police had seized BTC worth $2.2B+ in 2018 — - Jury finds Jian Wen guilty on one count of money laundering — Jian helped Chinese fugitive Zhimin Qian launder Bitcoin
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Forums: r/unitedkingdom, r/CryptoCurrency, and Slashdot
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
The Browser Company, which makes the Arc browser, raised $50M led by Pace Capital at a $550M valuation, bringing its total funding to $128M — The Browser Company, which makes the Arc browser, has raised $50 million in a round led by Pace Capital at a $550 million valuation, TechCrunch has learned exclusively.| Anna Tong / Reuters: |
Tokyo-based Sakana AI, founded by two Google researchers, releases three Japanese language models using “model merging”, which combines existing models — Sakana AI, a Tokyo-based artificial intelligence startup founded by two prominent former Google (GOOGL.O) researchers …
More: Sakana AI and arXiv.org
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| Michael Kan / PCMag: |
Canadian regulatory agency ISED clarifies its stance on banning Flipper Zero, saying the aim is to restrict the use of such devices “to legitimate actors only” — A Canadian regulatory agency says the aim is to restrict the Flipper Zero ‘to legitimate actors only.’ — Michael Kan
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| Shen Lu / Wall Street Journal: |
Investor letter: Shein announces its “supply chain as a service” initiative to offer its supply chain infrastructure and tech to outside brands and designers — China-founded fashion giant shifts business strategy as it faces U.S. challenges — China-founded Shein has built … | Matt Burgess / Wired: |
An analysis of cookie pop-ups on the 10,000 most popular websites: dozens share data with 1,000+ companies, and thousands share data with 100+ companies — Cookie pop-ups now show the number of “partners” that websites may share data with. Here's how many of these third-party companies …
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| Yossi Matias / The Keyword: |
In a research paper, Google Research details how AI helped to provide accurate flood forecasting in over 80 countries up to seven days in advance of the flood — A paper published in Nature today shows how Google Research uses AI to accurately predict riverine flooding and help protect livelihoods …
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| NBC News: |
Sources: after more than six months, the FBI has resumed limited outreach to some US tech companies about foreign propagandists using their platforms — The agency put the briefings on pause amid lawsuits and government scrutiny. — The FBI has resumed some of its efforts to share information …
X: @ericgeller and @kevincollier
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
GitHub releases code scanning autofix, powered by Copilot and CodeQL, in public beta for GitHub Advanced Security customers, to help them fix vulnerabilities — It's a bad day for bugs. Earlier today, Sentry announced its AI Autofix feature for debugging production code and now …
More: The GitHub Blog, SC Media, WinBuzzer, SecurityWeek, The Hacker News, TechRadar, Constellation Research, InfoWorld, and BleepingComputer
X: @github. LinkedIn: Thomas Dohmke, Casey Honan, Andrew Labus, and Shawn Kelley. Forums: r/technews
| Wired: |
As “censorship free” social network Parler returns to the iOS App Store, CEO Ryan Rhodes talks new features, moderation, and building “a true open platform” — The “free speech” social media alternative is back on Apple's App Store ahead of its official relaunch.
More: 9to5Mac and Benzinga
X: @kellymakena, @leahfeiger, @parler_media, @parler_media, and @scottnover
| Alfred Ng / Politico: |
The US House passes a bill to prevent data brokers from selling personal data to China, Russia, or other “foreign adversaries”; the bill now heads to the Senate — The first major Capitol Hill action on tech in years passes the House with broad support — and steers straight …
More: The Verge, Gizmodo, SecurityWeek, MediaNama, Engadget, The Record, and HealthcareInfoSecurity.com. Forums: r/neoliberal
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