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Snap plans to release “My AI”, a Snapchat chatbot using the latest version of ChatGPT and pinned to the app's chat tab, initially available to Plus subscribers — Snapchat is introducing a chatbot powered by the latest version of OpenAI's ChatGPT.
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Google announces new features for Android, ChromeOS, and Wear OS, including Fast Pair for Chromebooks, Google Keep shortcuts, and Wear OS accessibility modes — Google has announced a slew of new features for Android, Chromebook and Wear OS that are designed to improve connectivity, productivity and accessibility.
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Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple has restarted work on an iPhone SE 4 with a 6.1" OLED screen and an Apple-designed 5G modem; Ross Young: China's BOE will supply the display — Apple has restarted development of a fourth-generation iPhone SE with a 6.1-inch OLED display and an Apple-designed 5G chip …
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Coinbase plans to suspend trading of the Binance USD stablecoin on March 13 for not meeting its listing standards; users will still be able to access their BUSD — The San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange referred to its “listing standards” in a tweet. — 131 Total views — 1 Total shares| Samantha Murphy Kelly / CNN: |
Meta backs the NCMEC's Take It Down tool, letting minors anonymously attach a hash of intimate images or videos, to stop sextortion on Facebook and Instagram — Meta is taking steps to crack down on the spread of intimate images of teenagers on Facebook and Instagram.
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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D review: AMD's fastest gaming processor and an overall excellent chip, but it's ~$110 more than the impressive previous generation 7950X — Last year, AMD released its Ryzen 7 5800X3D to the market with 96 MB of L3 V-Cache. The consumer implementation of AMD's …
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| Ben Sin / XDA Developers: |
Hands-on with the Xiaomi Wireless AR Smart Glass Explorer Edition prototype, featuring two micro-OLED screens, three front-facing cameras, and weighing 126g — Xiaomi's AR Smart Glasses are a prototype not meant for commercial release right now, but the hardware feels more than ready
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The GSMA debuts Open Gateway, an initiative with 21 carriers offering open-source APIs via AWS and Azure to provide carrier billing, location, and more services — APIs are the building blocks of how the world of technology works: used to integrate applications with each other … | Hudson Lockett / Financial Times: |
Filing: China Renaissance says founder Bao Fan is “co-operating in an investigation” by Chinese authorities, 10 days after disclosing his abrupt disappearance — Investment bank reports Bao Fan is assisting Chinese authorities with investigation
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Tesla stops FSD beta installations in the US and Canada until a future OTA update addresses an NHTSA recall; current FSD users can keep using the software as is — Tesla is putting a hold on new installations of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta software in the US and Canada until a firmware update …
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An analysis of Meta's Journalism Project initiatives: $29.4M invested in 564 organizations through 17 grant programs since 2018, 43% received just $5K, and more — b — “People want more local news, and local newsrooms are looking for more support,” Campbell Brown wrote in 2019 when Meta …
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After a string of high-profile setbacks, the White House and the FTC find that breaking up Big Tech is hard, as Google hires ex-DOJ lawyers for its court battle — Google is hiring teams of former DOJ lawyers to fight antitrust lawsuits as the battle over tech firms' power shifts to the courts
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