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May 1, 2024, 4:20 AM

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Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge:
A US judge sentences Binance founder Changpeng Zhao to four months in prison for failing to establish adequate anti-money laundering protections  —  Binance founder Changpeng Zhao was sentenced to four months in prison for failing to establish adequately anti-money laundering protections.
Amazon:
Amazon reports Q1 revenue up 13% YoY to $143.3B, a $10.4B net income, vs. $3.2B YoY, $15.3B operating income, vs. $4.8B YoY, subscription sales up 11% to $10.7B  —  Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2024.
Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk:
The House Financial Services Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry accuses Gary Gensler of misleading Congress on the SEC's position on whether ETH is a security  —  The chairman of the House Financial Services Committee says Gensler refused to discuss his view on ETH in testimony even after the SEC was investigating it as a security.
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
An APK review suggests the Rabbit R1 runs Android and its entire user interface is powered by a single Android app  —  - The Rabbit R1 is an AI-powered, handheld gadget that seems to run Android under the hood.  — Many reviewers have criticized the utility of AI gadgets like the Rabbit R1 …
Jeff John Roberts / Fortune:
The US DOJ charges Roger Ver, a well-known figure from the early days of Bitcoin, with filing false tax returns and more to evade paying nearly $50M  —  The Justice Department announced on Tuesday it has charged Roger Ver, a well-known figure from the early days of Bitcoin, with mail fraud and filing false tax returns.
Kif Leswing / CNBC:
AMD reports Q1 revenue up 2% YoY to $5.47B, vs. $5.46B est., Data Center revenue up 80% YoY to $2.3B, and a $123M net income, up from a $139M net loss YoY  —  Advanced Micro Devices reported first-quarter earnings and sales on Tuesday that were slightly ahead of Wall Street expectations …
Justine Calma / The Verge:
Walmart discontinues its telehealth service Health Virtual Care citing “escalating operating costs”; Walmart acquired telehealth provider MeMD in 2021  —  Walmart isn't making enough money off its new health centers, so it decided to close up shop.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Screenshots seem to show TikTok circumventing Apple's App Store fees by showing some users a link to a site for buying digital coins, instead of using IAPs  —  TikTok may be routing around the App Store to save money on commissions.  According to new findings, the ByteDance-owned social video app …
Derek Andersen / Cointelegraph:
Coinbase adds support for the Bitcoin Lightning Network via payments startup Lightspark, letting customers transfer bitcoin faster and at a lower cost  —  The integration brings instantaneous transfers on the layer-2 Lightning Network to the world's biggest Bitcoin exchange.  —  Total views
Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo:
A look at gpt2-chatbot, a mysterious AI chatbot that became available on LLM benchmarking site LMSYS Org and is believed to have similar capabilities as GPT-4  —  An advanced AI model with unknown origins turned heads this week as online communities unpacked a cryptic tweet from Sam Altman.
Gaby Del Valle / The Verge:
Over 50 ex-Google employees, fired in connection with a sit-in protest against Google's business ties to Israel, file an NLRB complaint for unlawful retaliation  —  A software engineer who was fired from Google in connection to internal protests at the company's offices says the company retaliated …
Antonio Olivo / Washington Post:
A backlash against data centers has triggered laws in Arizona, Georgia, and other parts of the US to restrain the rapidly growing, energy-intensive industry  —  A backlash against internet data centers has triggered a wave of laws around the country to restrain the rapidly growing industry …
David Gilbert / Wired:
Experts say Spamouflage Dragon, China's yearslong disinformation campaign targeting the US, has largely failed due to China missing cultural context and more  —  China's state-sponsored disinformation campaign has been running at a massive scale for seven years—but no one is looking at it.
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
Google Phone app beta rolls out “Audio Emoji”, letting callers select an emoji to play animated sound effects: clapping, laughing, party, crying, poop, sting  —  The Google Phone app is picking up a new trick, with the app now rolling out “Audio Emoji” to some users.
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Twitch rolls out its TikTok-like discovery feed, launching as a tab within the Twitch iOS and Android apps showing live streams and clips  —  Twitch is officially rolling out its new TikTok-like discovery feed to all users this week, the company announced on Tuesday.
Marko Zivkovic / AppleInsider:
Source: Apple is testing Safari 18 features, including more advanced content blocking and an AI-powered Intelligent Search tool, expected to debut later in 2024  —  Apple is testing a version of its Safari web browser that includes UI tweaks, advanced content blocking features …

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