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Filing: some Twitter source code was leaked by user “FreeSpeechEnthusiast” on GitHub, which removed the code to comply with Twitter's DMCA notice on March 24 — The leak adds to the challenges facing the Elon Musk-owned company, which is trying to unmask the person responsible and any other people who downloaded the code.| New York Times: |
Eight current and former Apple employees share their concerns about the upcoming MR headset's $3,000 price, its utility, and the unproven AR/VR market — The company is expected to unveil an augmented reality headset in a few months. Some employees wonder if the device makes sense for Apple.
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Sources: Apple last week demoed its mixed reality headset, likely dubbed Reality Pro or Reality One, for its top ~100 executives, ahead of their annual offsite — Apple's push into mixed reality will take years to pay off, with the company hoping the device follows the same trajectory as its smartwatch.| Erin Woo / The Information: |
Source: Elon Musk emailed Twitter employees offering stock grants at a ~$20B valuation, or 55% less than what he paid to buy the company — Elon Musk offered Twitter employees stock grants at a valuation of roughly $20 billion, said a person familiar with an email Musk sent to staff, less than half what he paid to buy the company.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: the Hong Kong arms of three Chinese state banks have reached out to offer services to crypto businesses in recent months, despite a mainland crypto ban — Crypto firms rushing into Hong Kong after the city opened its doors to the battered sector are finding a surprising source of potential support: China's state-owned banks.| Pranshu Verma / Washington Post: |
A mid-March Midjourney update seemingly fixed one of the AI image generator's major failings: its inability to depict lifelike human hands with five fingers — Improved AI image-making software churned out believable yet fictional images of former president Trump getting arrested
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After India's legal orders this week, Twitter blocked the tweets of 122 users, including reporters and politicians, from Indian users; it used to push back more — Last year, before Elon Musk took over as CEO, Twitter pushed back against such requests from the government. — • NEW DELHI, INDIA| Financial Times: |
In his first visit since 2020, Tim Cook praises Apple's “symbiotic kind of relationship” with China, amid the company's moves to diversify from the country — Chief executive's visit comes despite rising trade and geopolitical tensions between Beijing and US
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A look at OBNBrandon, a prolific scammer in a booming community focused on banning influencers' accounts, mainly on Instagram, and extorting for “reactivation” — Just after midnight on Sept. 13, Kristian “Murda” Murphy was watching TV at home in Boca Raton, Florida, when his phone began buzzing.| Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Modulate's ToxMod and other AI-based tools that help gaming companies moderate voice chats in online games, amid concerns of accuracy and user privacy — New artificial-intelligence tools can mute, ban players who violate conduct rules — In the videogame “Gun Raiders,” …
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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft releases Windows 10 Snip & Sketch and Windows 11 Snipping Tool updates to fix the “aCropalypse” bug used to reveal info edited out in some screenshots — Microsoft released an emergency security update for the Windows 10 and Windows 11 Snipping tool to fix the Acropalypse privacy vulnerability.
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| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
A profile of Atlanta-based Yellow Card, Africa's largest centralized crypto exchange, which raised $57M and facilitated $1.75B in transactions since 2019 — - Yellow Card is the largest centralized cryptocurrency exchange in Africa. — For its nearly 1.4 million users across the continent …
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