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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
A recap of Microsoft's event, where the company detailed the new Bing and Edge powered by OpenAI's next-gen model, AI progress, OpenAI partnership, and more — Microsoft is holding a surprise event at its Redmond headquarters today, where it's expected to focus on its OpenAI partnership and introduce a version of Bing with ChatGPT.
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Microsoft unveils an updated Bing search engine and Edge web browser integrated with OpenAI's ChatGPT, calling the services an AI-powered “co-pilot” for the web — Microsoft has announced a new version of its search engine Bing, powered by an upgraded version of the same AI technology that underpins chatbot ChatGPT.
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| GeekWire: |
Microsoft rolls out the updated Bing, which uses a next-gen OpenAI model and Microsoft's Prometheus model, in “limited preview” at bing.com/new — REDMOND, WASH. — Microsoft unveiled new versions of its Bing search engine and Edge web browser that take advantage …
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| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Zoom plans to cut ~1,300 staff, or ~15% of its workforce, offering US employees up to 16 weeks severance, including salary, health care, and bonus; ZM jumps 5%+ — This is breaking news. Please check back for updates.
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| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Google plans to blur explicit images in search results by default “in the coming months” but let signed-in users over 18 turn off the new online safety feature — Google is introducing a new online safety feature to help users avoid inadvertently seeing graphically violent …
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| Financial Times: |
Filings: Digital Currency Group sells shares in funds run by its subsidiary Grayscale at a steep discount, aiming to repay creditors of its bankrupt lending arm — Digital assets conglomerate sells down holdings in prized investments at a discount to pay creditors
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| Reuters: |
Former Coinbase manager Ishan Wahi pleads guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud after his brother Nikhil was sentenced to 10 months in January — A former Coinbase Global Inc (COIN.O) product manager pleaded guilty on Tuesday in what U.S. prosecutors have called …
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| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
An interview with Apple executives Tim Millet and Bob Borchers on the M1 reset, M2's speed jump, leaving Intel, Mac gaming's future, new Metal APIs, and more — On M2 chips, Mac mini and how the Mac will thrive in gaming — Apple's M series chips were incredibly well telegraphed when they arrived in late 2021.
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| Salvador Rodriguez / Wall Street Journal: |
Memo: Meta is revamping Horizon Worlds and plans to open the app to users aged 13 to 17, seeking to improve user retention as metaverse competition intensifies — Memo highlights social-media giant's plan to revitalize app, boost users in 2023 — Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. META 1.29%increase …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Meta asks many of its managers and directors to transition to individual contributor jobs or leave the company, “flattening” the organization — Meta Platforms Inc. is asking many of its managers and directors to transition to individual contributor jobs or leave …
Tweets: @alexqgb, @joshuaogundu, @kurtwagner8, and @sarahfrier
| Amanda Hoover / Wired: |
Mastodon reports having ~1.4M MAUs, after climbing from ~380K in October 2022 to over 2.5M in November, as many newcomers complain the service is hard to use — Active users have fallen by more than 1 million since the exodus from Elon Musk's Twitter, suggesting the decentralized platform is not a direct replacement.
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| Bloomberg: |
SoftBank reports Vision Fund lost ~$5B in Q3, its fourth straight quarterly loss, and less than $350M invested in a few startups, 95% below its $6B average pace — SoftBank Group Corp.'s first earnings report without founder Masayoshi Son went a lot like those he presided over the past few years … | Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
The LockBit ransomware gang claims responsibility for the attack on the UK's Royal Mail that halted international shipping, contradicting an earlier statement — The LockBit ransomware operation has claimed the cyberattack on UK's leading mail delivery service Royal Mail that forced the company …
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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Samsung Galaxy S23 users say the smartphone uses ~60GB of its storage for Android and pre-installed apps, four times more than the Google Pixel 7 Pro's ~15GB — Samsung's Android build is 4x bigger than Google's—twice the size of Windows 11. — As a smartphone operating system …
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| CNBC: |
Gemini plans to provide up to $100M to Genesis' bankruptcy recovery, mainly for its Earn users, who had ~$900M of assets frozen when Genesis paused withdrawals — - Crypto exchange Gemini will contribute $100 million in cash to a recovery plan for bankrupt crypto lender Genesis.
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| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
Baidu's stock jumps 15%+ after the company announced plans to add its ChatGPT-like service “Wenxin Yiyan”, or “Ernie Bot” in English, to search in March 2023 — Baidu Inc. surged more than 15% after affirming it's on track to publicly roll out its ChatGPT-like service in March …
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Tweets: @therealjoshye, @scobleizer, @sino_market, @baidu_inc, and @davidinglestv
| Mehnaz Yasmin / Reuters: |
Toronto-based Hut 8 Mining plans to merge with Miami-based US Bitcoin Corp, creating Hut 8 Corp, a crypto mining giant in North America with a ~$990M market cap — Canada's Hut 8 Mining Corp. (HUT.TO) plans to merge with rival U.S. Bitcoin in an all-stock deal to create a mining giant in North America, the companies said on Tuesday.
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| Margaux Nijkerk / CoinDesk: |
An Ethereum testnet successfully simulates staked ETH withdrawals for the first time, ahead of Ethereum's highly anticipated Shanghai upgrade set for March 2023 — The upgrade on the Zhejiang testnet was the first of three dress rehearsals for the much anticipated Shanghai hard fork.| Bloomberg: |
Nintendo cuts its 2023 earnings and revenue outlook, including operating income from ~$3.8B to ~$3.6B, and lowers its Switch sales forecast from ~19M to ~18M — Nintendo Co. cut its full-year earnings and revenue outlook, underscoring uncertainty around its aging Switch console and the global gaming environment.
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| David Smith / The Guardian: |
How studios increasingly use AI de-aging VFX on actors, including Harrison Ford in the new Indiana Jones movie, and the possible impact on Hollywood's economics — Stars like Tom Hanks and Harrison Ford are being rendered younger digitally but voices in the industry express concern about where we might be heading| WABetaInfo: |
WhatsApp updates Status with a Private Audience Selector, 30-second Voice Status messages, Status Reactions, and more, rolling out on iOS, Android, and the web — WhatsApp has just announced a set of new features for status updates, which will be available to users on both iOS and Android devices over the coming weeks.
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