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The SEC sues Bittrex and its ex-CEO for allegedly operating an unregistered securities exchange, claiming tokens like Algorand and Omise Go are securities — The agency said Bittrex failed to register as an exchange, broker or clearing agency. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleged …
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| William Gallagher / AppleInsider: |
Apple launches its Apple Card Savings account, letting users deposit Daily Cash rewards into a 4.15% high-yield account, after announcing it in October 2022 — Months after its first announcement, Apple Savings is now available to Apple Card users, with users able to route Daily Cash rewards …
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Tokyo-based Sega acquires Finland-based Rovio, best known for its Angry Birds games, for €706M, a ~19% premium on its €9.25 stock price before the announcement — - The deal would be for the entirety of Rovio's outstanding shares and options, valuing them at 9.25 euro per share …
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| Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: |
Source: Apple's revenue in India hit a record almost $6B in FY 2022, up nearly 50% YoY from $4.1B; Tim Cook is inaugurating India's first Apple stores this week — Apple Inc.'s sales in India hit a new high of almost $6 billion in the year through March, highlighting the market's increasing importance …
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| Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: |
A look at autonomous AI agents like Auto-GPT and BabyAGI, which perform multistep tasks by iteratively taking output from GPT-4 and feeding it back into itself — AutoGPT and BabyAGI run GPT AI agents to complete complex tasks iteratively. — Since the launch of OpenAI's GPT-4 API …
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Sources: Tel Aviv-based QuaDream is closing after Microsoft and Citizen Lab showed last week how its spyware was used to hack reporters, politicians, and others — It was reported last week that the Israeli firm's hacking tools have been used against journalists, opposition figures …
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Twitter says it will show labels on tweets that have limited visibility for potentially violating its hateful conduct policy — Twitter is introducing new labels it will show on tweets the company limits for breaking its rules. The company occasionally restricts tweets that violate …
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Heart On My Sleeve, a song created using AI trained on the voices of Drake and The Weeknd without the artists' permission, goes viral on social media — A song that uses Artificial Intelligence to clone the voices of Drake and The Weeknd has gone viral on social media.
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US attorneys charge 30+ staff at China's domestic security agency who allegedly posed as US citizens by making thousands of fake profiles on Twitter, elsewhere — Complaint depicts vast effort to disguise criticism of U.S. policies as coming from Americans| Andrew Tarantola / Engadget: |
Adobe announces Firefly generative AI tool upgrades to let video editors add effects, boost color levels, and more using natural language prompts later in 2023 — Less than a month after debuting its new suite of Firefly generative AI editing tools, Adobe announced Monday that it is already working …
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| Dhruv Mehrotra / Wired: |
Documents detail hundreds of probes by ICE into alleged database misuse by employees, ranging from harassment and stalking to passing information to criminals — Documents obtained by WIRED detail hundreds of investigations by the US agency into alleged database misuse that includes harassment, stalking, and more.| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Netflix's second ever livestream hit technical issues, leading to a 75+ minute delay and the company taping the Love is Blind reunion episode for later viewing — Netflix had some serious issues with the livestream of its “Love is Blind” reunion episode. We always knew the livestream would be messy …
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