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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft launches Security Copilot, a GPT-4-powered assistant to help security professionals with incident investigations, event summaries, reporting, and more — After announcing an AI-powered Copilot assistant for Office apps, Microsoft is now turning its attention to cybersecurity.
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The Official Microsoft Blog, BleepingComputer, CNBC, Wired, Microsoft, The Hacker News, CSO, Reuters, iTnews, SiliconANGLE, Decrypt, Microsoft Security Blog, Fast Company, ZDNet, GeekWire, SecurityWeek, CircleID, BetaNews, Cybersecurity Dive, WinBuzzer, Petri IT Knowledgebase, BigTechWire, Engadget, BGR, VentureBeat, and 9to5Mac
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Vasu Jakkal. Mastodon:
@GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, and @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
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@markrussinovich, @satyanadella, @tomwarren, @marie_haynes, and @marypcbuk
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Apple rolls out Apple Pay Later to select US users, for online and in-app purchases on iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4, available to all US users in the coming months — Apple is finally launching Apple Pay Later, the company's take on the buy now, pay later (BNPL) business.
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Apple, 9to5Mac, CNN, Fast Company, XDA Developers, Ars Technica, Wall Street Journal, ZDNet, The Information, Engadget, USA Today, Dow Jones Newswires, CBS News, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, MacRumors, Investing.com, The National, Associated Press, KnowTechie, Mashable, MacDailyNews, TechRadar, Finextra, Daring Fireball, GSMArena.com, iClarified, PYMNTS.com, BGR, Watcher Guru, Digital Trends, Thurrott, Notebookcheck.net, Pocket-lint, Bloomberg, Reuters, SlashGear, Appleosophy, Reuters, iMore, Washington Post, Cult of Mac, The Apple Post, BigTechWire, iDownloadBlog.com, iThinkDifferent, O'Grady's PowerPage, iMore, and TechCrunch
| BBC: |
Clearview AI's CEO says the company has run nearly 1M searches for US police and now uses 30B images scraped without users' consent from sites like Facebook — Facial recognition firm Clearview has run nearly a million searches for US police, its founder has told the BBC| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Sources: Microsoft plans a major overhaul for “Windows 12” to modernize the OS with AI, faster updates, and improved security, to better compete with ChromeOS — Windows “CorePC” is the spiritual successor to Windows “Core OS.” — What you need to know
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Engadget, Tom's Guide, BigTechWire, PCWorld, Liliputing, Neowin, iPhone in Canada Blog, OnMSFT.com, MSPoweruser, XDA Developers, and gHacks Technology News
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@zacbowden and @maryjofoley
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Google plans to add a “Perspectives” carousel, showcasing experts and others under Top Stories, and an “About this author” feature for US English searches — Google is introducing new ways for users to verify information on Search, the company announced on Tuesday.
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The Keyword, The Verge, Engadget, Android Authority, 9to5Google, and Search Engine Journal
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@killedbygoogle and @glenngabe
| Zhou Xin / South China Morning Post: |
Alibaba plans its biggest restructuring ever, reorganizing its businesses into six independent entities and moving all operational decisions to each unit's CEO — Alibaba Group Holding will overhaul its sprawling operations, as China's largest technology conglomerate undertakes …
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@paulpage, @jonrussell, @jchengwsj, @scmpnews, @byron_wan, and @onlyyoontv
| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
Amazon opens Sidewalk to developers, offering SDKs and hardware development kits, and claims 90%+ of the US population can now access the long-range IoT network — It turns out that I have a low-power, low-bandwidth, long-range IoT network all around me, ready and waiting for my smart gadgets to jump on.| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Researchers say North Korean hackers are likely laundering stolen crypto by renting cloud compute to mine fresh coins, avoiding more scrutinized crypto mixers — A spy group working for the Kim regime has been feeding stolen coins into crypto mining services in an effort to throw tracers off their trail.| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Cerebras open sources seven GPT-based LLMs, ranging from 111M to 13B parameters and trained using its Andromeda supercomputer for AI, on GitHub and Hugging Face — Artificial intelligence chipmaker Cerebras Systems Inc. today announced it has trained and now released seven GPT-based large language models …
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Darius Lam. Tweets:
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| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
To compete with GitHub Copilot, Google partners with Replit, which used AI to make coding tools and will now rely on Google's LLMs for its Ghostwriter product — Alphabet Inc.'s Google is striking a partnership to combine its artificial intelligence language models with software … | Reuters: |
US prosecutors file a new indictment against SBF, accusing him of ordering an Alameda payment of $40M+ in cryptocurrency to bribe Chinese government officials — U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday unveiled a new indictment against Sam Bankman-Fried, charging the founder of now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange …
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| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Microsoft announces a second-generation Surface Hub 2S is coming later in 2023 and will become the first “touch-enabled board” to run Teams Rooms on Windows — “Teams Rooms on Windows” will ship on the new Surface Hub 2S. — What you need to know
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Substack invites its newsletter writers and others to invest, aiming to raise $2M; source: the raise is an extension of Substack's $65M Series B in March 2021 — Substack, the newsletter platform, will open up a community fundraising round on Tuesday, allowing writers on the platform to invest in the company.
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On Substack, Newcomer, TechCrunch, and Exponential View
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Disney closes its metaverse unit, cutting ~50 jobs, and cancels an Amazon Prime-like program integrating Disney+, online retail, and theme park apps — The unit, once seen as developing a new form of storytelling, had about 50 employees — Mickey Mouse has left the metaverse.
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Decrypt, Gizmodo, The Hill, Fast Company, Marketing Dive, Observer, dot.LA, The Verge, Cointelegraph, Light Reading, CNBC, New York Post, NFTgators, PYMNTS.com, Fortune, MobileSyrup, Cryptonews, TechSpot, SiliconANGLE, The Hollywood Reporter, Bitcoinist.com, Blind, gHacks Technology News, and Variety
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Theo Priestley, Corey Dehus, Chris Keller, and Dan Petroski
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@scottgustin, @greene_dm, @altimor, @_zeets, @adamsinger, @cheriehu42, @britopian, @karlbode, and @realrandychavez
| New York Times: |
On TikTok, #TikTokBan had 1.7B views on March 27, up from 983M views on March 18, as users post hundreds of videos arguing the app shouldn't be banned in the US — After lawmakers grilled TikTok's chief executive last week, the app's users argued that the platform should not be banned …
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TechCrunch, ABC, Yahoo News, and Washington Post
| Stratechery: |
Plugins turn ChatGPT into an aggregator, signaling a major shift in ambition that puts OpenAI well on its way to becoming the next major consumer tech platform — Yesterday's episode of Sharp Tech discussed AI risk and the incredibly uncertain environment we are entering.
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The Information, gHacks Technology News, Vectara, and Livemint
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@stratechery and @rafat
| Salvador Rodriguez / Wall Street Journal: |
Memo: Meta plans to lower its bonus multiplier from 85% to 65% and cut restricted stock awards for staff who “met most expectations” in its 2023 year-end review — Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. META -1.43%decrease; red down pointing triangle plans to lower some bonus payouts … | Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Google and ADT debut ADT Self Setup, a SimpliSafe-like security system integrated with nearly all Nest products and also offers sensors, a keypad, and more — Nearly three years after the two companies first announced a partnership, we're finally seeing Google and ADT debut the product that makes it worth it.
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The Verge, Android Police, ADT, Engadget, and Android Central. Tweets:
@killedbygoogle. Thanks:@nexusben
| Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg: |
A US federal judge finds Google flouted a court order requiring it to save records of employee chats in antitrust litigation over its Play Store policies — Alphabet Inc.'s Google flouted a court order requiring it to save records of employee chats in antitrust litigation …
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CNBC, The Register, The San Francisco Standard, and Reuters
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Sam Bankman-Fried gave some Genesis executives the chance to invest in discounted presale tokens of FTT and Serum, before they were issued publicly — Major lender was able to invest at a discounted rate before tokens were issued to public — Executives at a major lender …
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Cryptopolitan. Tweets:
@kadhim, @samcallah, @silvermanjacob, @thomasbraziel, @zhusu, and @patio11
| Reuters: |
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BTC Times, Cryptopolitan, Crunchbase News, crypto.news, Coinspeaker, New York Times, and Bloomberg
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@yoda, @mikeinberkeley, @binarybits, @bradydale, @jeffnolan, @icodrops, and @thestalwart
| Kiyoshi Takenaka / Reuters: |
Japan's FTC says the watchdog does not expect the Microsoft-Activision Blizzard deal to stifle competition and closes its review without a cease and desist — Japan's antitrust watchdog said on Tuesday it did not expect a merger between Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) and Activision Blizzard …
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Japan Fair Trade Commission, Video Games Chronicle, IGN, GameSpot, WinBuzzer, TweakTown, TrueAchievements, Thurrott, and Neowin. Tweets:
@tomwarren
| Gary Marcus / The Road to AI We Can Trust: |
Discounting AI's short-term risks, from phishing to fraud to propaganda, because artificial general intelligence is not here yet leaves society ill-prepared — Superintelligence may or may not be imminent. But there's a lot to be worried about, either way. — Is AI going to kill us all?
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Fox News. Mastodon:
@garymarcus@sigmoid.social. Tweets:
@garymarcus, @elonmusk, @danbri, and @tszzl
| Lena Masri / Reuters: |
A review of 2,000+ court cases: Russia uses facial recognition and video surveillance systems to find and arrest hundreds of protesters or even prevent protests — A Reuters review of more than 2,000 court cases shows how Russia uses facial recognition to identify and sweep up the Kremlin's opponents.| Jeremy C. Owens / MarketWatch: |
Micron reports Q2 revenue of $3.69B, vs. $3.71B est., down from $7.79B YoY, and a record net loss of $2.31B due to an inventory write-down of $1.43B — Chip company writes off more than $1.4 billion in inventory as sales get chopped in half and memory-chip market melts down …
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Reuters, SiliconANGLE, Bloomberg, Micron, and Investor's Business Daily
| Katyanna Quach / The Register: |
Europol details how LLMs can be used to fuel fraud, cybercrime, and terrorism, and claims criminals are already misusing ChatGPT to carry out illegal activities — There is no honor among chatbots — Criminals are already using ChatGPT to commit crimes, Europol said in a Monday report …
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Reuters, SC Media, Forbes, Tech Monitor, HackRead, TechSpot, CircleID, ComputerWeekly.com, BGR, and Silicon Republic
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Gregory Mounier and Neil Jeans
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@garymarcus, @sebastienmoras, and @garymarcus
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