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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 — Look, this is going to sound crazy. But know this: I would not be talking about Bing Chat for the fourth day in a row if I didn't really, really, think it was worth it.
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New York Times, Simon Willison's Weblog, The Verge, New York Times, The Road to AI We Can Trust, New York Times, New York Times, GeekWire, TechRadar, Beyond Search, MSPoweruser, dot.LA, and 9to5Google
Mastodon: @kissane@mstdn.social. Tweets: @movingtothesun, @yusuf_i_mehdi, @marvinvonhagen, @jjvincent, @ruchowdh, @kevinroose, @natfriedman, @marvinvonhagen, @russellbrandom, @parmy, @solomania, @tante, @jyarow, @stevemoser, @stevemoser, @hausfath, @shiraovide, @ylecun, @repligate, @dkthomp, @maxaltl, @beenwrekt, @ylecun, @togelius, @tomgara, @elonmusk, @dkbrereton, @thomas_woodside, @sama, @simonw, @elonmusk, @amasad, @mattzeitlin, @timnitgebru, @deliprao, @tomgara, @benthompson, @tedgioia, @shanselman, @timsoret, @mmitchell_ai, @nxthompson, @pfau, @jonathanshedler, @marshallk, @stevesi, @carnage4life, @jamesrbuk, @garrytan, @desnyt, @grady_booch, @arunkrishnan_, @deliprao, @nedwards, @random_walker, @benedictevans, @lukew, @paultassi, @jon_christian, @kathryntewson, @taylorlorenz, @tomwarren, @repligate, @repligate, @liron, @glitchesroux, @ethancaballero, @geneticjen, @random_walker, @ruchowdh, @stevemz, @philvenables, @mattlynley, @mattlynley, @jposhaughnessy, @kantrowitz, @repligate, @danrobinson, @thedenoff, @alexandrascaggs, @thesequenceai, @soundboy, @thoughtland, @sigsys, @patrick_oshag, @venturetwins, @amaldorai, @shiraeis, @marvinvonhagen, @dkthomp, @ntaylor963, @marvinvonhagen, @heybarsee, and @keytryer
| Bing Blogs: |
Microsoft reflects on the new Bing: 71% gave AI answers a thumbs up, Bing can become repetitive after 15+ questions, a few sessions over two hours, and more — A little over a week ago, we shared an all new, AI-powered Bing search engine, Edge web browser, and integrated Chat, that we think of as Your Copilot for the Web.
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Digital Trends, Engadget, Search Engine Land, Insider, The Verge, Search Engine Roundtable, Coinspeaker, Neowin, BigTechWire, Bloomberg, Tom's Guide, and VICE
Tweets: @elonmusk, @yusuf_i_mehdi, @gdb, @fxshaw, @alexjc, @simonw, @tomwarren, and @alexhinojo. Thanks:@fxshaw
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
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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9to5Mac, Thurrott, Tech Advisor, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, TechRadar, Apple Must, Wareable, WRAL TechWire, The Verge, Tom's Guide, GSMArena.com, iClarified, Pocket-lint, iPhone Hacks, TechCircle, Techlusive, Digital Trends, NextPit, Wccftech, Gizchina, iThinkDifferent, SlashGear, Mashable, iMore, The Mac Observer, XDA Developers, Neowin, CNET, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @markgurman, @parkerortolani, @value_invest12, @sadlyitsbradley, @rsgnl, and @hmltn
| 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 … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: spooked by a growing regulatory crackdown, US banks are backing away from crypto companies and re-evaluating their exposure, no matter how small — SEC and banking overseers step up scrutiny following collapse of FTX — Crypto's Crash Has Been Swift but Largely Self-Contained. Here's Why.
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Financial Times, The Block, and Cointelegraph
Tweets: @alderlaneeggs, @davecbenoit, @johnreedstark, @smdiehl, and @smdiehl
| Shane Huntley / The Keyword: |
Analysis of the cyber threat landscape one year after Russia invaded Ukraine shows Russia's aggressive multi-pronged plan across five phases with mixed success — One year after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Google TAG, Mandiant, and Trust & Safety provide insights into changes in the cyber threat landscape triggered by the war.
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Bloomberg, CyberScoop, Washington Post, and InfoRiskToday.com
Tweets: @shanehuntley, @philvenables, @hanesydd, @shanehuntley, @hatr, @shanehuntley, and @billyleonard
| 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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CoinDesk, Decrypt, Blockworks, TechCrunch, crypto.news, The Crypto Basic, Coinspeaker, and Cointelegraph
| Jemima Kelly / Financial Times: |
A year on from Meta hyping the metaverse in a dystopian Super Bowl ad, enthusiasm for a virtual future has evaporated and Meta is now more focused on efficiency — Enthusiasm for a virtual future is draining away — and so is investment — Remember when we were all going to ditch our humdrum lives …
Tweets: @tomffiske, @mrs_wadds, @stuartbruce, @whatleydude, @michael_french, @fleming77, @andrewcarrier, @mattnavarra, @adeladawy, @katebevan, and @whatleydude
| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
PlayStation VR2 review: excellent OLED displays, comfortable, solid controllers, and immersive headset haptics, but pricey and limited games at launch — The PlayStation VR 2 is the virtual reality upgrade console gamers have been waiting for — but is it really worth $550?
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PlayStation.Blog, Road to VR, Forbes, CNET, Axios, Dexerto, UploadVR, UploadVR, Ars Technica, CNET, The Verge, New York Times, VentureBeat, The Verge, The Verge on YouTube, Washington Post, PlayStation, MobileSyrup, GamesRadar, Tom's Guide, T3, IGN, IGN, VICE, Android Central, Video Games Chronicle, TechRadar, Kotaku, Push Square, Mashable, Press Start, Pocket-lint, GameSpot, Giant Bomb, Polygon, Polygon, VideoGamer.com, CGMagazine, Wccftech, iPhone in Canada Blog, Screen Rant, KitGuru, IGN, XDA Developers, TechEBlog, and BGR
| Game Developer: |
Activision Blizzard plans to require employees to come to the office three days per 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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Video Games Chronicle, Fortune, and Dexerto
Tweets: @leastmyhairisok, @artdecknl, @silent0siris, @tha_rami, @peter5tewart, @kyletsetso, @dontnod_michel, @carnage4life, @tendermiasma, @weskeltner, @quitevfx, @arathistrom, @arcticroll_, @tom_anim, @idlesloth84_, @remembrancermx, @andrewhodgson3d, @mac_shirk, @tealfuleyes, @itsjohnnyowens, @drgonzo123, @henereyg, and @danahern96
| Anup Roy / Bloomberg: |
The Reserve Bank of India publishes a list of 32 entities, including Google Pay and Amazon Pay, that can act as online payment aggregators in the country — The Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday published a list of 32 entities, including Alphabet Inc.'s Google Pay, Amazon.com Inc.'s Amazon Pay …
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rbi.org.in, Techlusive, Moneycontrol, Tech in Asia, MediaNama, and Rise & Shine ☀
| Akane Otani / Wall Street Journal: |
Jaime Rogozinski, who created r/WallStreetBets, sues Reddit, arguing the company breached its contract by removing him as a moderator in 2020 — Jaime Rogozinski says site ousted him without claim; Reddit calls suit frivolous — WallStreetBets' founder is suing the site where it all began.
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| Bloomberg: |
A profile of FTX co-founder and CTO Gary Wang, a roommate to Sam Bankman-Fried at MIT who is cooperating with the US, as insiders say he may have key insights — They'd come a long way together, from teenage mathletes to MIT frat brothers to crypto billionaires.
Tweets: @ritholtz, @antoniabmassa, @sidcoins, @emilyjnicolle, @antoniabmassa, @annairrera, and @avabmorrison
| Clive Thompson / MIT Technology Review: |
A brief history of Rust, a programming language that emerged from a side project and has been instrumental in driving the shift toward memory safe programming — For decades, coders wrote critical systems in C and C++. Now they turn to Rust. — Many software projects emerge because …
Tweets: @billatnapier, @richgel999, and @denelledixon
| 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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The GitHub Blog, eSecurityPlanet, Silicon Republic, and Visual Studio Magazine
Tweets: @tomeczech, @jreuben1, @igorcosta, @qorbani, @vykthur, @mcmire, @justinwgrote, @adlenesifi, @quinnypig, @github, and @tarasglek
| 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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Twitter updates its policies to allow cannabis ads targeting US states where cannabis is legal, promoting brands or providing info but not offering direct sales — Twitter on Wednesday updated its advertising policies to allow cannabis ads to run on its service in states where cannabis is legal, in accordance with federal guidelines.
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Twitter for Business, Fossbytes, Fortune, Neowin, TechCrunch, The Verge, Reuters, Memeburn, Gizmodo, Engadget, and Social Media Today
Tweets: @twitterbusiness, @rosiemattio, @colinbambury, @kylesherman, and @itsdgc
| 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.
Tweets: @melissakchan and @mattnavarra
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: a China-based former ASML employee stole data from Teamcenter, a Siemens-made internal tool used to store technical info, in the past couple of months — A China-based former employee of ASML Holding NV — a critical cog in the global semiconductor industry … | Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
The US CBP confirms implementing software to verify e-passports in June 2022, nearly 16 years after the US started issuing passports with RFID chips — After 16 years, the agency has implemented the software to cryptographically verify digital passport data—and it's already caught a dozen alleged fraudsters.
Tweets: @matthew_d_green, @lilyhnewman, and @kimzetter
| Tawnell D. Hobbs / Wall Street Journal: |
US law enforcement officials and other experts say TikTok has emerged as the biggest and fastest-growing danger zone for child sexual exploitation online — Law-enforcement officials say platform has emerged as biggest danger zone; adults who watch videos of young people are served up more of them
Tweets: @repkenbuck and @tomcottonar
| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
Shanghai-based esports tournament company VSPO raised a $265M Series C from Saudi Arabia's Savvy Games Group, seeking to reboot pro gaming in China after a lull — Saudi Arabia's wealth fund has made its first major foray into the Chinese games market, betting on a Tencent Holdings Ltd.-backed esports tournament organizer.
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Financial Times, Dexerto, and Esports Insider
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