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Sources: Apple postponed the introduction of its MR headset from around April to June 2023, at its annual WWDC, after testing found hardware and software issues — Apple Inc. has postponed a planned introduction of its first mixed-reality headset from around April to June …
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Chatting with Bing Chat, codenamed Sydney and sometimes Riley, feels like crossing the Rubicon because the AI is attempting to communicate emotions, not facts — This was originally published as a Stratechery Update — Look, this is going to sound crazy.
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| Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk: |
The US SEC proposes a rule that would bar investment advisers from storing assets at crypto platforms and lenders that are not registered as exchanges or banks — As long as crypto platforms and lenders aren't registered as exchanges or banks, they wouldn't qualify as custodians …
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Activision Blizzard plans to require employees to come to the office three days a week starting on April 10 for Activision Publishing and July 10 for Blizzard — Remote work is reportedly ending across Activision Blizzard. According to a developer at Blizzard Entertainment …
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| Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal: |
The US House Judiciary Committee subpoenas Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft CEOs for documents and communications on content moderation by March 23 — Republican Jim Jordan demands information from chiefs of Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta and Microsoft
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Sources: the US DOJ ramped up work in recent months on a potential antitrust complaint into whether Apple has iOS monopoly power and favors its own products — Justice Department is adding litigators, seeking more data and studying Kanter's possible role in its investigation
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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
GitHub updates Copilot with better and more secure code suggestions and says 46% of developers' code files across all languages were generated with Copilot — GitHub has updated the AI model of Copilot, a programming assistant that generates real-time source code and function recommendations …
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| Dave Michaels / Wall Street Journal: |
Binance Chief Strategy Officer Patrick Hillmann says the company expects to pay monetary penalties to settle US regulatory and law enforcement investigations — DOJ, CFTC have been probing world's largest cryptocurrency exchange — Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange …
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| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
Community Health Systems, which owns ~80 hospitals in 16 US states, says hackers stole data on up to 1M patients; Russia-linked malware gang Clop takes credit — Clop claims it mass-hacked 130 organizations, including a US hospital network — A prolific ransomware operation is back with old tricks — and new victims.
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| Praveen Seshadri: |
An ex-Google engineer and founder of Google-acquired AppSheet reflects on the issues with Google's culture, including no mission, no urgency, and mismanagement — What ails Google. And how it can turn things around. … I joined Google just before the pandemic when the company I had co-founded …
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| Tiyashi Datta / Reuters: |
Roku reports Q4 revenue of $867.1M, flat YoY, vs. $801.7M est., streaming hours up 23% YoY, and Q1 2023 revenue guidance above estimates; ROKU jumps 10%+ — Roku Inc (ROKU.O) forecast first-quarter revenue above analysts' estimates on Wednesday, betting on its streaming devices and content platform to drive growth.| Lucy Papachristou / Bloomberg: |
Shopify reports Q4 revenue up 26% YoY to $1.73B, vs. $1.65B est., GMV up 13% YoY to $61B, vs. $59.2B est., and forecasts a Q1 2023 revenue growth below est. — Shopify Inc. tumbled in after-hours trading after giving a sales outlook for the start of the year that fell short of analysts' estimates … | Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
Amazon plans to bypass European distributors and buy products directly from brands in 2024; Amazon's international unit tripled its loss YoY to $7.75B in 2022 — Amazon.com Inc. warned distributors in Europe that it will cease ordering from them next year in favor of buying products directly from brands …
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| Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
An interview with TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew as he works to persuade US lawmakers that the app is not a national security threat, calling suspicions “misinformed” — In an exclusive interview, Shou Zi Chew said he's working to persuade lawmakers that TikTok poses no threat.
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| Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: |
Roblox reports Q4 net bookings up 17% YoY to $899.4M, vs. $876.2M est., a record 65M DAUs in January 2023, and estimated bookings up 19% to 21%; RBLX jumps 25%+ — Roblox Corp. shares surged the most in nine months after the online video game platform reported bookings that beat analysts' estimates …
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| Paresh Dave / Wired: |
Twitter's AI ethics researchers rushed to publish a moderation bias study on arXiv in October 2022, deciding their prospects under Elon Musk would be too murky — Fearing the company's new management, researchers frantically completed studies on misinformation and algorithmic bias, then published them online.| Chris Ciaccia / Seeking Alpha: |
Twilio reports Q4 revenue up 22% YoY to $1.02B, vs. $1B est., active customer accounts up 13% YoY to 290K+, and authorizes a $1B share buyback; TWLO jumps 12%+ — Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) shares soared nearly 10% in extended-hours trading after the cloud communications software company reported …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Data.ai: Twitter app installs grew 24.8% in January 2023 after a drop in December 2022; a set of Twitter alternatives grew 8.1% in January vs. 35.6% in November — Was there a Twitter exodus or just a Twitter pause? Did it even matter? New data takes a look at how a range of … | Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News: |
Tampa, Florida-based managed detection and response cybersecurity service Deepwatch raised $180M from Springcoast Capital, Splunk Ventures, and Vista Credit — Managed detection and response (MDR) company Deepwatch closed a $180 million round of “equity investments and strategic financing” … Sponsor Posts
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