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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Apple and Google submit an industry specification proposal to address unwanted location tracking by Bluetooth devices and ask for input from other companies  —  - Apple and Google said that they are working together to prevent lost item trackers like Apple's AirTag from being used to track people without their permission.
Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna says the company plans to slow or stop back-office hiring, impacting ~26K staff, and ~30% could “easily” be replaced by AI in five years  —  International Business Machines Corp. Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna said the company expects to pause hiring …
Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review:
A profile of and interview with deep learning pioneer Geoffrey Hinton, who shares why he now thinks neural networks represent a “better form of intelligence”  —  “I have suddenly switched my views on whether these things are going to be more intelligent than us.”
Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo:
The Writers Guild of America calls for a strike after negotiations with Netflix, Apple, Amazon, and others over pay and AI issues failed; around 12K may strike  —  The Writers Guild of America, the union that bargains on behalf of Hollywood's screenwriters, has called a strike after negotiations …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Memo: Samsung bans employees from using generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Google Bard, and Bing on company devices over concerns staff will leak sensitive data  —  Samsung Electronics Co. is banning employee use of popular generative AI tools like ChatGPT after discovering staff uploaded sensitive code …
Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Europol, the FBI, and others seize the dark web Monopoly Market, arrest 288, and seize €50.8M in cash and crypto and 850kg of drugs, after Hydra's 2022 takedown  —  An international law enforcement operation codenamed ‘SpecTor’ has arrested 288 dark web vendors and customers worldwide …
Frank Chaparro / The Block:
Coinbase launches International Exchange, planning to let international users trade perpetual futures out of Bermuda, as the company tussles with US regulators  —  - Coinbase plans to let international users trade perpetual futures out of Bermuda through a new platform.
Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:
Apple uses its Rapid Security Response feature, announced at WWDC 2022, to push a non-beta public update for the first time to iOS, iPadOS, and macOS users  —  Rapid Security Response updates haven't been released to the public until today.  —  When it announced iOS 16, iPadOS 16 …
Samantha Cole / VICE:
Pornhub disabled its website in Utah following a new age verification law for porn sites, instead showing a video asking users to talk to their representatives  —  People in Utah who visit Pornhub will now be greeted by adult performer Cherie DeVille asking them to tell their representatives to change their age verification law.
Aaron Holmes / The Information:
Sources: Microsoft plans to sell a ChatGPT version on a dedicated server in Q2, separating data from that of other customers and costing up to 10x more  —  Not everyone trusts OpenAI's ChatGPT.  —  While the new artificial intelligence-powered chatbot has proved popular with some businesses looking …
Mercedes Ruehl / Financial Times:
Letters: the US and EU warn Malaysia over national security and foreign investment risks if the government gives Huawei a role in the country's 5G network  —  Kuala Lumpur's review of tender tests ability to juggle relations with the west and China  —  The EU and US have warned Malaysia …
New York Times:
CCDH: despite Google's promise to demonetize climate denial content in 2021, researchers find 100 YouTube videos with 18M+ views that feature ads for big brands  —  Google said in 2021 that it would stop running ads alongside videos and other content that denied the existence and causes of climate change.
Amelia Wattenberger:
Why chatbots are not the future of interfaces for LLMs: the best prompts are not obvious, people will get sick of typing, responses are isolated, and more  —  Unfortunately for the countless hapless people I've talked to in the past few months, this was inexorable.
Allison Johnson / The Verge:
Lenovo ThinkPhone by Motorola review: great build quality with IP68 rating and useful PC integration features but a lackluster camera and finicky app streaming  —  The ThinkPhone is a successful collaboration nine years in the making and a step in the right direction for Motorola.
Dan Seifert / The Verge:
OnePlus Pad review: a bright screen, excellent build quality, and snappy performance, but limited built-in apps, subpar keyboard and stylus, and a mid-tier CPU  —  OnePlus' first tablet brings high-end features and specs to a midrange price point.  It reminds me of the OnePlus we used to know.

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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
James Harding says the Tortoise-Observer deal could create a profitable media group and there isn't a guaranteed future for the Observer with the Guardian

Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Analyzing Comcast's spinoff of cable networks, purposefully structured with low debt: the move might be a signal to the industry that it's time to consolidate

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: Comcast execs told staff that MSNBC may have to change its identity as part of the spinoff, including losing access to NBC News' newsgathering process

More News

Preetika Rana / Wall Street Journal:
Uber reports Q1 revenue up 29% YoY to $8.82B, gross bookings up 19% YoY to $31.4B, adjusted EBITDA up 353% YoY to $761M, and a $157M net loss; UBER jumps 9%+
New York Times:
An Amnesty report details Israel's Red Wolf facial recognition system at Hebron and East Jerusalem checkpoints that tracks and restricts Palestinians' movements
Alexandra S. Levine / Forbes:
Internal records show ByteDance uses word lists to detect or suppress content, extending beyond standard moderation blocklists; TikTok denies using the lists
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Amazon rolls out Fire TV Channels, its FAST video experience for Fire TV devices, after monthly hours streamed of FAST content grew 300%+ in the past six months

Earlier Picks

Joe Schneider / Bloomberg:
A US federal judge declares a mistrial in Masimo's lawsuit against Apple over Apple Watch stolen trade secret claims, after jurors failed to reach a consensus
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Mastodon rolls out a new onboarding experience that defaults to the mastodon.social server, instead of requiring new users to pick from thousands of instances
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
A glitch on Twitter's desktop website has been randomly logging out some users and preventing some from logging back in, adding to the service's list of issues
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft partners with PayPal, Stripe, and GoDaddy to launch a payments system inside Teams that lets SMBs in the US and Canada collect money during meetings
Matt Binder / Mashable:
Automattic plans to drop its WordPress plugin JetPack's ability to automatically tweet blog posts, citing Twitter's dramatic change to its API terms and pricing
Becky Ferreira / VICE:
Researchers used a GPT AI model and fMRI readings to non-invasively decode continuous language from human subjects, a breakthrough in reading people's thoughts
Financial Times:
The FDIC and California regulators say JPMorgan Chase plans to acquire most of First Republic Bank, which was a tad bigger than SVB and had $100B+ in outflows
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