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A US appeals court finds the White House, the CDC, and the FBI likely violated the First Amendment by influencing tech companies' moderation on COVID-19 posts — The Court upheld many restrictions on the White House and Surgeon General's office's contacts with tech companies, finding that they ‘coerced’ platforms' content decisions
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| Bloomberg: |
An FTC judge rules that Intuit misled consumers with its ads claiming that TurboTax is free when most customers need to pay to use the tax preparation software — - Judge orders company to stop advertising TurboTax as free — Intuit to appeal ‘flawed and highly questionable’ decision
More: Ars Technica, The Verge, Federal Trade Commission, CNBC, Federal Trade Commission, The Messenger, MarketWatch, and Reuters
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| Hillel Italie / Associated Press: |
Amazon starts requiring writers in its e-book program to disclose using AI-generated content in their books, after complaints from the Authors Guild and others — After months of complaints from the Authors Guild and other groups, Amazon.com has started requiring writers who want to sell books through …
More: PCMag, The Authors Guild, Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing, and Cryptopolitan
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Roblox unveils Roblox Assistant, a conversational AI assistant that lets creators enter prompts to generate virtual environments, get help with coding, and more — Roblox announced a new conversational AI assistant at its 2023 Roblox Developers Conference (RDC) that can help creators …
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Threads: @jaypetersplus. Mastodon: @BrendanSinclair …. X: @roblox, @sturman, @evanzir, @autismcapital, @petergyang, and @rbxnews_
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Google says North Korea-backed hackers are targeting security researchers with an exploit using a currently unfixed zero-day flaw in a popular software package — Google researchers say currently unfixed vulnerability affects a popular software package. — North Korea-backed hackers …
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Forums: Hacker News and Ars OpenForum
| Vincent Manancourt / Politico: |
How privacy campaigners and tech executives, like Signal president Meredith Whittaker, teamed up to challenge the UK's Online Safety Bill encryption crackdown — LONDON — Deep in the recesses of Britain's Hogwarts-like houses of parliament, a Facebook lobbyist-turned-lord is trying to foment a rebellion.| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple no longer plans to launch MacBooks with an M3 chip “before the end of this year”; other reports point to M3 Macs as soon as October 2023 — Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has bad news for Apple fans hoping to see a lineup of M3-powered Macs this year.
Source: @mingchikuo. More: Cult of Mac, iClarified, MacRumors, SlashGear, Digital Trends, iPhone in Canada Blog, TweakTown, Trusted Reviews, The Verge, Wccftech, BGR, AppleInsider, and Supercharged
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X: @luftkopptim, @brandonbutch, @mike_wuerthele, @vadimyuryev, and @rsgnl
| Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak: |
The Delhi High Court approves an injunction for preemptive blocks of pirate websites that covers “future content”, as requested by Netflix, Disney, and others — The Delhi High Court in India has approved a new type of pirate site-blocking order, requested by Netflix, Disney, Warner Bros, and other Hollywood studios.| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
How some doctors are using VR to help patients manage pain and to practice by simulating procedures, as medical schools insert the tech into their curriculums — - Surgeons are using Meta's Quest 2 to simulate procedures, allowing doctors to practice from home.
More: Oculus Blog
| Bloomberg: |
Code in Uber's iOS app suggests that the company is working on a TaskRabbit-like service, codenamed Chore, that lets users hire people to conduct various tasks — - Uber is looking for new ways to grow beyond rides, deliveries — Uber Technologies Inc. is working on a TaskRabbit-like service … | Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of Maltese politician Alex Agius Saliba, who led the EU's legislation to make USB-C the standard, forcing Apple to replace the iPhone's Lightning port — Apple's new iPhone is expected to include a big change. Why? Ask someone from the EU's smallest country.
More: Android Authority, CNET, Wired, and Mercury News
| Alan Rappeport / New York Times: |
The IRS starts using AI to investigate complex cases of tax evasion at multibillion-dollar partnerships like hedge funds, private equity groups, and law firms — The tax agency is opening examinations into large hedge funds, private equity groups, real estate investors and law firms.
More: Internal Revenue Service, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Benzinga, Forbes, The Sanford Herald, Gizmodo, Associated Press, Axios, The Verge, and The Hill
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