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May 14, 2023, 12:10 PM

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:

Apple tests an M3 chip with 12 CPU and 18 GPU cores, and 36GB of RAM; Meta shows its Apple Watch feelings by pulling Messenger and launching WhatsApp for WearOS — As Apple prepares to launch its next M2 Macs, the company is already ramping up testing of M3 chips.

More: 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, MacRumors, Wccftech, iThinkDifferent, Cult of Mac, and iClarified. Tweets: @markgurman

Matt Novak / Forbes:

Ahead of Turkey's May 14 presidential election, Twitter restricts access to some content “in response to legal process and to ensure Twitter remains available” — Twitter announced on Friday that it's blocking some content in Turkey ahead of Sunday's presidential election in the country.

More: The Hill, Washington Post, Turkish Minute, Business Post, Mashable, Insider, New York Post, Wall Street Journal, The Wrap, International Business Times, Livemint, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera, and NBC News

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Kristi Hines / Search Engine Journal:

OpenAI plans to roll out selective web browsing and 70+ third-party plugins over the next week to ChatGPT Plus users who have opted-in for beta testing — Uncover new possibilities with ChatGPT web browsing and plugins beta features. Available to ChatGPT Plus users who opt-in for experimental features.

More: Mashable, KnowTechie, Neowin, MakeUseOf, and OpenAI Help Center

Tweets: @openai, @sama, @marshallk, and @npew

Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal:

Research finds that AI assistants may be able to influence users without them knowing, akin to humans swaying one another through collaboration and social norms — AI assistants may be able to change our views without our realizing it. Says one expert: 'What's interesting here is the subtlety.'

More: Livemint and Google Scholar

Tweets: @informor, @mims, @mims, and @wsj

Nikkei Asia:

Sensor Tower: 156 of the 475 top five apps in 95 countries and regions for Q1 2023 were Chinese, up 8% from 2020; the top three apps in the US were Chinese — Security concerns and lack of market access drives crackdowns around the world — Chinese apps such as TikTok and Shein are popular with the young.

Tweets: @nikkeiasia

Maysoon Khan / Associated Press:

New York's AG: three companies accused of falsifying millions of public comments to back the FCC's 2017 net neutrality repeal agreed to pay $615K in penalties — Three companies accused of falsifying millions of public comments to support the contentious 2017 federal repeal of net neutrality rules …

More: NY State Attorney General, Engadget, Techdirt, Slashdot, and The Verge

Tweets: @padresj, @evan_greer, and @karlbode

Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:

A look at Forever Voices, which launched GPT-4-powered chatbot CarynAI, letting the fans of influencer Caryn Marjorie chat with her replica for $1 per minute — CarynAI is the first AI companion product from a new startup called Forever Voices, allowing users to chat with a digital version of the fastest growing Snapchat star

More: Fortune, Slashdot, Windows Central, NBC News, and Digital Trends

Tweets: @daniel_kraft, @tomnamako, @taylorlorenz, @taylorlorenz, @taylorlorenz, and @neilturkewitz

Sebastian Herrera / Wall Street Journal:

How an overhaul of Amazon's US logistics network in recent months cut delivery times, transformed inventory management, and altered its website's search results — Company seeks to trim package travel time, though some sellers still cite delays — Amazon.com has upended its vast logistics network …

More: Insider and Reuters. Tweets: @pchodas9

Avi Asher-Schapiro / Context:

A look at the rise of Fusus, controversial police tech that merges public and private cameras with predictive policing, used in 60+ US cities across 12+ states — The spread of Fusus, a police technology platform that merges public and private cameras with predictive policing and other surveillance tools …

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Tweets: @aaschapiro, @mguariglia, @anncavoukian, @davidicdoc, @anniejacobsen, @paleofuture, and @aaschapiro

Prachi Patel / IEEE Spectrum:

US universities are revamping their semiconductor curricula and forging industry partnerships to train staff as the CHIPS Act aims to kickstart US chipmaking — The CHIPS Act could require 50,000 new engineers — The CHIPS and Science Act, aimed at kick-starting chip manufacturing in the United States …

Allison Johnson / The Verge:

Google barely mentioned the next Android version, Android 14, during the 2023 I/O keynote, as the company prioritizes continuous updates over annual OS upgrades — There was a chilly marine layer hanging in the air above the Shoreline Amphitheater, but the danceable beats thumped on in spite of it.

More: PetaPixel

Frances Mao / BBC:

NetBlocks: Pakistan's internet and social media disruption after former PM Imran Khan's arrest was possibly the country's most severe censorship in recent times — The battle between Imran Khan's supporters and the powerful Pakistani military has this week been raging on two fronts - on the streets and on social media.

More: Vox, Agence France-Presse, Reuters, Livemint, and Financial Times

Tweets: @engr_naveed111 and @ptiofficialusa

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Washington Post:

More than 500 Voice of America contractors are expected to lose their jobs by June 30; Kari Lake says 584 total employees were terminated across USAGM

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:

Sources: New York Sun owner Dovid Efune is launching a new “British bid” to buy The Telegraph with backing from Brexit backer Jeremy Hosking and Nadhim Zahawi

Financial Times:

Sources: BT is in advanced talks to sell its 50% stake in TNT Sports UK to WBD, its joint venture partner, and could announce the deal as early as next week

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Livemint:

Indian streaming service JioCinema introduces a Premium subscription plan, offering content from studios like HBO, up to four logins, and more for ₹999 per year

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Guy Chazan / Financial Times:

Germany plans to spend billions to subsidize its chip industry and secure the “oil of the 21st century”, as some believe the move does not make economic sense

More: DealStreetAsia. Tweets: @pstasiatech, @rikefranke, @martijnrasser, @codendahl, @andyatauto, @laurapitel, and @danobrien20

Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review:

The open-source AI boom is precariously built on top of Big Tech's giant models like LLaMA and GPT-3, and could fold if Meta and OpenAI decide to close up shop

Tweets: @csooran, @iethics, @joehas, @fabiochiusi, @mattrogerson, @maxvonthun, @alanlau999, @workmj, and @techreview

Joseph Cox / VICE:

Sources, former sellers, and court records detail “No. 1 Business Communication”, a company that sells an encrypted messaging app used by organized crime groups

More: Slashdot. Tweets: @josephfcox, @josephfcox, @vice, @josephfcox, and @josephfcox

Wall Street Journal:

Big law firms and companies' legal teams are experimenting with AI tools that can handle work done by entry-level lawyers, potentially reducing billable hours

LinkedIn: Damien Riehl, Dazza Greenwood, and Elizabeth Smith

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Tracy Wang / CoinDesk:

Binance announces its exit from Canada, saying the country's “new guidance related to stablecoins and investor limits” makes the market “no longer tenable”