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Sources: Twitter's engineers built a system to boost Musk's tweets over everyone else's after Musk complained Biden's Super Bowl tweet performed better than his — After his Super Bowl tweet did worse numbers than President Biden's, Twitter's CEO ordered major changes to the algorithm
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Over 30 prominent Chinese dissidents and activists report problems with their Twitter accounts, including disappearing from search or unexplained suspensions — As the Elon Musk-owned social media service encounters interruptions and bugs, Chinese dissidents and activists said they feared they were being muzzled.
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Tweets: @epro, @maxwalden_, @alexanderburns, @shiraovide, @sarahemclaugh, @paulmozur, and @isaacstonefish
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US financial regulators are rapidly closing crypto's key doors to the banking system, pushing the crypto industry to the fringes of finance — Crypto's free pass is getting yanked as the most powerful US financial regulators rapidly close key doors to the country's banking system.
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Mastodon: @mimsical@mastodon.social. Tweets: @jespow, @s_alderoty, @patrick_novum, @johnreedstark, @johnreedstark, @tree_of_alpha, @metalawman, @bitboy_crypto, @thewallstbulloz, @kmsmithdc, @zooko, @bykowicz, @sentosumosaba, @belisarius2020, @twobitidiot, @leerzeit, @tree_of_alpha, @caitlinlong_, @annairrera, @emilyjnicolle, @warrendavidson, @smdiehl, @twobitidiot, @erikvoorhees, @smdiehl, @nic__carter, @ellebeyoud, @pt, @muyaoshen, @matt_levine, @smdiehl, @jespow, @johnedeaton1, @matthewstoller, @johnedeaton1, @kjspeakstruth, and @zerohedge
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Hyundai and Kia are offering free anti-theft software updates for 8M+ vehicles, after hundreds of car thefts inspired by the viral “Kia Challenge” on TikTok — Hyundai and Kia are offering free software updates for millions of their cars in response to a rash of car thefts inspired …
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Copilot for Business, GitHub's enterprise AI-powered code completion tool for $19 per month, hits general availability after the beta launch in December 2022 — GitHub today announced that Copilot for Business, the company's $19/month enterprise version of its AI-powered code completion tool …
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| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Primate Labs releases Geekbench 6 with new and updated hardware and app tests that use datasets meant to be more representative of real-world workloads — According to its developer, Primate Labs, Geekbench 6 has new and updated tests that are meant to fully test modern hardware …
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Geekbench, GSMArena.com, App Store, 9to5Google, ServeTheHome, 9to5Mac, Macworld, iDownloadBlog.com, MacDailyNews, AppleInsider, Neowin, iThinkDifferent, Gizchina, Cult of Mac, MacRumors, iClarified, XDA Developers, Appuals.com, Tech Advisor, Android Authority, VideoCardz.com, and TechSpot. Tweets: @universeice
| Nicole Farley / Search Engine Land: |
Meta updates Facebook's “Why am I seeing this ad?” tool to include information about how users' on- and off-platform activity informs its ML models for ads — Facebook has just launched an updated version of its “Why am I seeing this ad?” tool which now includes information on how they use machine learning to deliver ads.
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| Thomas Germain / Gizmodo: |
Google launches Privacy Sandbox for Android in beta, starting with a “small percentage” of Android 13 devices, similar to Apple's App Tracking Transparency — Here's a preview of the Privacy Sandbox, the newfangled way companies will follow you around the web that's supposed to be better for your privacy.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple Pay Later will evaluate borrowers based on their spending history, which Apple devices they own, whether they applied for an Apple Card, and more — With Apple Inc. pushing into the lending business with a “buy now, pay later” service, the company is laying out rules for how it will approve transactions.| Chloe Xiang / VICE: |
DARPA says its Air Combat Evolution developers used AI to successfully fly a modified F-16 test aircraft multiple times over several days in early December 2022 — The fighter aircraft that was first introduced in 1978 has now seemingly evolved into an autonomous plane. — Chloe Xiang
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Mozilla CEO Mitchell Baker on the company's history, battling Microsoft, working with rivals, generative AI, WebKit, iOS, Chrome, Mastodon, and more — Mozilla chair Mitchell Baker on competing — and cooperating — with Google, Apple, and the rest of Big Tech.
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| Varsha Bansal / Wired: |
A look at the Modi administration's attempts to strengthen government control over the internet in India and its battle with Big Tech, which keeps giving in — The Modi administration keeps giving itself new powers, and Big Tech keeps giving in. — Akash Banerjee isn't sure whether he's allowed …
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| Levi Sumagaysay / MarketWatch: |
Airbnb reports Q4 revenue up 24% YoY to $1.9B, vs. $1.86B est., $319M net income, up from $55M YoY, and says 2022 was its first profitable year; ABNB jumps 9%+ — Record profit in the holiday quarter leads to earnings of nearly $2 billion for the year, but executives also suggest price cuts are coming
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| Bloomberg: |
A look at Vietnam's plans to make Ho Chi Minh City a startup hub; report: Vietnam drew a record $2.6B in VC funding across 233 deals in 2021, up from $700M YoY — On a recent morning, Vinnie Lauria found himself weaving through the clogged, narrow streets of Ho Chi Minh City on a motorbike … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Following Facebook, Instagram plans to shut down live shopping on March 16, 2023, and focus on ads that help users discover businesses and shops on Instagram — As Meta gears up for its “year of efficiency,” the company announced today it's exiting the livestream shopping business on Instagram …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
BuzzFeed launches Infinity Quizzes, which asks users questions so that Buzzy the Robot, an AI based on OpenAI's public API, can write a personalized narrative — BuzzFeed — the media site that made its name (literally) spinning out viral content — landed in the middle of the buzz itself …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Apple's India expansion has been slow due to logistics, tariffs, and infrastructure, as the company tries to replicate its China playbook in India — Apple is hitting stumbling blocks in its effort to increase production in India, as the US tech giant faces pressure to cut its manufacturing reliance on China.
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MacRumors, Observer, 9to5Mac, Reuters, Appuals.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, Apple Must, iThinkDifferent, MacDailyNews, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, BGR, AppleInsider, and iMore
Tweets: @damienics, @gonglei89, @johnreedwrites, @churumuri, @chassnews, @preddy85, @jimpethokoukis, @chadbown, @wholemarsblog, @noahbarkin, and @patrickmcgee_
| Dave Lee / Financial Times: |
Andy Jassy says Amazon plans to “go big” on physical retail stores in 2023, blaming a lack of “normalcy” during the pandemic for the company's stumbles — Andy Jassy says ecommerce giant will double down on grocery despite recent stumbles
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Insider, Engadget, PYMNTS.com, Tortoise, CNET, Reuters, Neowin, and Financial Times
Tweets: @theo_wayt, @jeffnolan, @patrickmoorhead, @neilretail, @neilretail, and @jimpethokoukis
| Jane Lanhee Lee / Reuters: |
SandboxAQ, an enterprise SaaS company whose work includes post-quantum cryptography and simulation software in areas such as drug development, raises $500M — Sandbox AQ, a startup spun off from Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) last year, said on Tuesday it raised $500 million as it helps customers prepare for a quantum computing future.
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SiliconANGLE, Australian Financial Review, Crunchbase News, and Bloomberg
| Shubham Agarwal / Wired: |
After a backlash, Spotify removes a clause that let Apple use audiobooks from Findaway Voices to train synthetic voices; Spotify acquired Findaway in June 2022 — After a backlash, Spotify has removed a clause that allowed Apple to train machine learning models on some audiobook files.
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AppleInsider. Tweets: @pt, @rachelmetz, @ajbecklesvo, @voxkimberly, @stealcase, and @morss_alex. Thanks:@phonesoldier
| Sheila Dang / Reuters: |
Meta's Oversight Board plans to review more types of moderation cases and rule on some within 48 hours using fewer members, without considering public comments — Meta Platforms' (META.O) Oversight Board announced Tuesday it will review more types of content moderation cases and expedite some decisions, as it aims to expand its work.
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Oversight Board, Social Media Today, Gizmodo, Fortune, and Engadget
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During Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan trip, TSMC founder Morris Chang criticized the $52B CHIPS Act, saying a one-time cash infusion won't build chip self-sufficiency — Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan like a juggernaut. She defied threats from the Chinese regime in order to visit the island … Sponsor Posts
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