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SCOTUS declines to address Section 230 protections in Gonzalez v. Google and shields Twitter from liability for terror-related content in Twitter v. Taamneh — Twitter will not have to face accusations it aided and abetted terrorism when it hosted tweets created by the terror group ISIS, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
OpenAI launches a ChatGPT app for iOS in the US, with the same functionality as the web version, but with speech input support using OpenAI's Whisper — OpenAI on Thursday announced it is making available a free version of ChatGPT that runs natively as an app for the iPhone and iPad.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources detail Apple's headset ahead of WWDC: shifting the vision from eyeglasses to ski goggles, Tim Cook's product noninvolvement, selling at cost, and more — Many times throughout its history, Apple Inc. has redefined consumer technology by breathing new life into an existing category …
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| Suvashree Ghosh / Bloomberg: |
Binance Australia can no longer offer Aussie dollar deposits due to a decision by Cuscal, “our payment processor's partner bank”, and warns of disruptions — The Australian arm of crypto exchange Binance suffered a setback on Thursday after the local platform lost access …
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| Huw Jones / Reuters: |
A UK Treasury Committee crypto report recommends the government regulate trading and investment in unbacked crypto as gambling instead of a financial service — Bitcoin , ether and other cryptocurrencies should be regulated as gambling given the significant risks they pose to consumers …
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| New York Times: |
Meta's unusual move to open source LLaMA stands out from its rivals' approach, driven by the belief that sharing its work will help spread its influence in AI — The tech giant has publicly released its latest A.I. technology so people can build their own chatbots. Rivals like Google say that approach can be dangerous.
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
YouTube unveils 30-second unskippable ads on top-performing videos on TVs and says 150M+ unique US viewers watched YouTube or YouTube TV on TVs in December 2022 — Google's video giant says it reaches more than 150 million U.S. monthly viewers on TV screens
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signs the country's first bill that bans TikTok in a state, set to go into effect on January 1, 2024 — Ban is slated to take effect next year—if it survives expected litigation — Montana's governor signed the country's first bill that outright bans TikTok …
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Meta outlines its RSC supercomputer and work on two chips: MTIA to train and run AI models, set for release in 2025, and MSVP, to accelerate video workloads — At a virtual event this morning, Meta lifted the curtains on its efforts to develop in-house infrastructure for AI workloads …
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| Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: Apple plans to get directly involved in microLED display production to reduce its reliance on Samsung, after spending $1B+ on R&D in nearly 10 years — iPhone maker makes billion-dollar bet on micro-LED screens — Apple is taking a hands-on approach to production of micro-LED screens …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google plans to migrate 1% of Chrome users to Privacy Sandbox and disable third-party cookies for them in Q1 2024 and deprecate third-party cookies in H2 2024 — Google's Privacy Sandbox aims to replace third-party cookies with a more privacy-conscious approach, allowing users to manage … | Mark Harris / TechCrunch: |
An investigation finds ~$15M in donations to OpenAI when the company was a nonprofit are definitively traceable to Elon Musk, below his claims of $50M and $100M — Years of tax filings give the most complete picture yet of OpenAI's early finances — It's no secret that Elon Musk … | Laura Cole / Wired: |
An investigation finds that hundreds of freelancers hired as customer service staff catfish users into paying for subscriptions on niche dating and hookup sites — Hired as customer service reps, these freelancers were instead tasked with luring in the lonely and lovestruck through a network of dating and hookup sites.
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@wired and @laura_j_cole
| Financial Times: |
At a meeting with Japan's Prime Minister, TSMC, Samsung, Intel, Micron, and other chipmakers announce plans to expand investment and partnerships in the country — Seven of the world's largest semiconductor makers have set out plans to increase manufacturing and deepen tech partnerships …
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@theresaafallon, @henryjfoy, and @georgemagnus1
| Emmy Lucas / Forbes: |
Instawork, a marketplace that connects hourly workers with employers, raised a $60M Series D at a valuation of $760M, bringing its total funding to $160M — While some are predicting people will lose jobs due to artificial intelligence, Instawork cofounder and CEO Sumir Meghani wants to use AI …
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@sumirmeghani and @emmyrlucas
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Amazon plans to invest $12.7B into its AWS infrastructure in India by 2030, on top of a previous $3.7B, and says its spending will support 131.7K full-time jobs — Amazon plans to invest $12.7 billion into its cloud infrastructure in India by 2030, the e-commerce group said Thursday …
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Chirag B.. Tweets:
@aselipsky, @awscloudindia, @kriti_kg, @cnbctv18news, @jasuja, @chandrarsrikant, @aparanjape, and @ettech
| Jacquelyn Melinek / TechCrunch: |
Coinbase launches its Coinbase One subscription in the US, the UK, Germany, and Ireland, offering zero trading fees, 24/7 customer support, and more — Coinbase One will launch in 35 countries, starting with US, UK, Germany and Ireland — Coinbase, the world's second-largest crypto exchange …
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| Katie Tarasov / CNBC: |
Amazon has made just 100 Prime Air drone deliveries so far, after projecting 10K US deliveries in 2023; Wing has made 330K deliveries, Zipline has made 600K — WATCH NOW — Amazon drones make 100th delivery, lagging far behind Alphabet's Wing and Walmart partner Zipline
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@theo_wayt
| Mark Hachman / PCWorld: |
A look at Sightful's Spacetop, a $2,000 laptop that replaces the screen with an AR headset, giving users a 100" display, available to 1,000 early adopters — Sightful's Spacetop AR laptop is brought to you by the chief executive behind the Microsoft Kinect. — Laptops have a problem: their screen.
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UploadVR, The New Stack, The Verge, PCMag, ExtremeTech, CNET, Tom's Hardware, VentureBeat, Engadget, Wired, Liliputing, TechPowerUp, Digital Trends, and SlashGear. Mastodon:
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| Todd Shields / Bloomberg: |
Source: Joe Biden intends to pick veteran government lawyer Anna Gomez for the FCC, breaking a two-year deadlock after Republicans opposed an earlier nominee — President Joe Biden intends to select veteran government lawyer Anna Gomez to serve on the Federal Communications Commission …
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| The Record: |
Q&A with the FBI's Bryan Smith on how the agency generated 300+ decryption keys from Hive's servers and gave them to victims, avoiding ~$130M in ransom payments — While there was excitement when they actually got that access, there was no time to kind of enjoy that moment … Sponsor Posts
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UiPath:
UiPath Unveils 10 Innovations that Will Shape the Agentic Future — Orchestration engine, API workflows and agentic testing among key features of new UiPath Platform™ for agentic automation, launched at UiPath DevCon 2025
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Zoho:
Sandbox testing: Create Mail Agents in sandbox mode — Email is considered the backbone for any organization's communication. That's even more true for transactional emails, which are operation-critical for any business.
Sandbox testing: Create Mail Agents in sandbox mode — Email is considered the backbone for any organization's communication. That's even more true for transactional emails, which are operation-critical for any business.
IDrive:
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.
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