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| CoinDesk: |
An X post from US SEC Chair Gary Gensler says the @SECGov's “twitter account was compromised”, and that the SEC has not approved spot bitcoin ETFs — The X account of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which is deciding whether to approve bitcoin ETFs, “was compromised,” the regulator told CoinDesk.
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Threads: @pkedrosky. X: @garygensler, @cgasparino, @taylorbuley, @packym, and @danprimack. Forums: Hacker News
| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases visionOS marketing style guidelines, asking developers to refer to Apple Vision Pro apps as “spatial computing apps”, not AR, VR, XR, or MR apps — Apple on Monday finally confirmed that Vision Pro will arrive in stores early next month.| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
More: Apple on YouTube, Macworld, 9to5Mac, MUO, SlashGear, Ghacks, The Verge, AppleInsider, and MacRumors
X: @aaronp613, @dylanmcd8, @markgurman, and @gartenberg
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
More: MacRumors, ZDNet, Apple, CNET, Advanced Television, KnowTechie, PC Gamer, HotHardware, Wccftech, Road to VR, O'Grady's PowerPage, On my Om, 9to5Mac, nextpit, Daring Fireball, WWD, MacRumors, Matthew Cassinelli, Techsponential, Worms and Viruses, mjtsai.com, CNBC, Bloomberg, Quartz, Constellation Research, Six Colors, Road to VR, TechCrunch, Deadline, XDA Developers, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, MacStories, Supercharged, AppleInsider, and 9to5Mac
Threads: @anildash, @pkafka, @katienotopoulos, and @benedictevans
Mastodon: @johnvoorhees@mastodon …, @waynedixon@mastodon.social, @stroughtonsmith …, @BenRiceM@mastodon.social, @tchaten@mastodon.world, @thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io, @modocache@types.pl, @stroughtonsmith …, and @stroughtonsmith …
X: @rihardjarc, @ianzelbo, @tailosivetech, @munster_gene, @linasbeliunas, @tailosivetech, @tina__nigro, @tailosivetech, @lukemiani, @markoznewz, @charlesarthur, @markgurman, @mgsiegler, @sigjudge, @scobleizer, @vnchocotaco, @markgurman, @maxwinebach, @dharmesh, @bzamayo, @vadimyuryev, @markgurman, @munster_gene, @munster_gene, @jasminezroberts, @adamhlavac, @jetscott, @joannastern, @joannastern, @llsethj, @stevemoser, @carnage4life, @benbajarin, @parkerortolani, @parkerortolani, @tim_cook, @mgsiegler, @bzamayo, @aaronp613, and @aaronp613
Forums: Slashdot and MacRumors Forums
| Nelson Aguilar / CNET: |
Google and Samsung merge their respective Nearby Share and Quick Share features under the Quick Share name, for a more unified cross-Android sharing option — Apple has AirDrop. Android now has Quick Share. — At CES 2024 today, Google announced Quick Share, a collaboration with Samsung …
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Bluesky: @mranthropology.bsky.social and @stshank.bsky.social
| Thomas Germain / Gizmodo: |
X suspended several podcasters and journalists, including The Intercept's Ken Klippenstein and Texas Observer's Steven Monacelli, with little to no explanation — Elon Musk's “free speech” social media platform banned a number of accounts recently critical of Israel.
More: VICE, Mashable, NBC News, New Republic, The Messenger, and Business Insider
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Forums: Hacker News, Hacker News, and r/technology
| Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal: |
Meta plans to start automatically restricting teen Instagram and Facebook accounts from harmful content, including posts about self-harm, in the coming weeks — Efforts to curb harmful material and reduce unwanted interactions with teen social-media accounts come as states sue parent company Meta
More: Meta, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Axios, The Guardian, The Hill, USA Today, Agence France-Presse, CNBC, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Information, Reuters, The Verge, 9to5Mac, PCMag, Mashable, PetaPixel, Proactive, NBC News, Engadget, NPR, PhoneArena, and RTÉ. X: @andymstone
| Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Twitch could cut 500 employees, or about 35% of its staff, as soon as Wednesday amid concerns over losses at Twitch and after several top execs left — Move is designed to stem losses after two rounds of layoffs last year. — Amazon.com Inc.'s livestreaming site Twitch is poised …
More: The Information and The Messenger
| Bloomberg: |
Beijing's judicial bureau says a state-backed institution cracked Apple's AirDrop to identify message senders, and police found multiple suspects via the method — - Beijing agency claims to have found way to identify senders — Declaration follows efforts to crack down on sensitive content| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Amazon announces Matter Casting, an Apple AirPlay-like feature to send videos from Android and iOS to Amazon devices, initially supporting Echo Show devices — Amazon.com Inc. introduced a new feature that mimics Apple Inc.'s AirPlay while working across different platforms …
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| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
In a first, the US FTC bans the data broker X-Mode Social, now known as Outlogic, from selling phone location data and orders it to delete collected data — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has banned the data broker X-Mode Social from sharing or selling users' sensitive location data, the federal regulator said Tuesday.
More: Federal Trade Commission, BleepingComputer, Reuters, The Record, and Politico
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| New York Times: |
Elections and disinfo are colliding like never before in 2024, as social networks reduce protections and state influence campaigns and AI-fueled disinfo ramp up — A wave of elections coincides with state influence operations, a surge of extremism, A.I. advances and a pullback in social media protections.| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
The FCC plans shutdown of the two-year-old Affordable Connectivity Program, which currently has 23M enrolled households, as GOP withholds funding — FCC must start winding down low-income program as Congress fails to add money. — The Federal Communications Commission is about to start winding …
More: CNN, The Hill, The Register, RCR Wireless News, Total Telecom, Washington Post, Fierce Telecom Industry News, CommsUpdate, and Telecompetitor. Forums: Ars OpenForum
| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Match Group names Tinder COO Faye Iosotaluno as CEO of Tinder, ending a nearly two-year vacancy during which Match Group's CEO held both titles — - COO Faye Iosotaluno will take over top job after long vacancy — Recovery slower-than-expected since turnaround plan in 2022
More: Dow Jones Newswires, Dallas Morning News, and Match Group
| Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal: |
| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
How the internet reshaped itself around Google's search algorithms, including via SEO tricks, and the company's role in many websites now using similar designs — How the internet reshaped itself around Google's search algorithms — and into a world where websites look the same. — Animations by Richard Parry
More: Search Engine Roundtable, seobook.com, Longreads, Search Engine Journal, GamingOnLinux, and MSPoweruser
X: @searchliaison, @searchliaison, @firstshowing, @dandoescontent, @rustybrick, @miarsato, and @brianstelter
Forums: Hacker News and Beehaw
| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
Microsoft finds a material that could replace ~70% of lithium in a battery, by using Azure Quantum Elements HPC resources to run simulations and AI models — Recently, Microsoft built a clock. — Well, “built” may be overstating things. Members of the company's quantum computing team found …
More: Microsoft, Windows Central, VentureBeat, The Verge, BBC, Source, Proactive, GeekWire, The Quantum Insider, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, and TechRadar. LinkedIn: Frank X. Shaw
| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Keith Rabois is returning to Khosla Ventures as a managing director, after five years at Founders Fund — With $3.1 billion in new funds, Khosla Ventures and founder Vinod Khosla are bringing back Keith Rabois, a high-profile former partner and outspoken Miami resident.
More: The Information. Threads: @anildash. X: @ericnewcomer, @kevg1412, @zebulgar, @alexrkonrad, @alexrkonrad, @rabois, and @alexrkonrad
| Julian Chokkattu / Wired: |
Startup Rabbit Inc. debuts the R1, a $199 handheld AI device meant to be a virtual assistant to complete tasks without a smartphone, shipping in late March — The startup has developed a virtual assistant that learns whatever digital errands you teach it. The interface is extra cute …
More: ZDNet, MacRumors, The Verge, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, The Verge, The Decoder, 9to5Google, Liliputing, TechSpot, and Business Wire
X: @doganuraldesign, @raywongy, @ianzelbo, @simonw, @stevemoser, @holdenmatt, and @rabbit_hmi
| Eric Geller / The Messenger: |
Source: the US is planning rules would require hospitals impose new cybersecurity requirements to get federal funding, amid a barrage of hacks in the industry — The White House sees the policy as essential for patient safety. The hospital industry has vowed to oppose it.| Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: |
The EU begins investigating whether Microsoft's OpenAI investment should be vetted under its rules, and asks for feedback on generative AI and virtual worlds — - EU watchdog follows UK regulator in weighing a probe — Move comes after furore over firing and rehiring of Sam Altman
More: European Commission, Computerworld, Decrypt, Reuters, The Register, Ars Technica, CNBC, Associated Press, Fortune, The Korea Herald, Cointelegraph, Moneycontrol, Cryptopolitan, CCN.com, The Guardian, The Information, Financial Times, TechCrunch, ITPro, Wall Street Journal, Sifted, RTÉ, PYMNTS.com, The Messenger, Business Insider, Business Post, Tech Xplore, The Decoder, Thurrott, and The Verge
X: @lewis_crofts and @lewis_crofts
| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
In November 2023, Apple challenged the EU's DMA designation of its five App Stores as a single service, iOS' interoperability, and iMessage's NIICS designation — Apple (AAPL.O) has challenged EU tech rules designating its five App Stores as a single core platform service subject to onerous obligations …
More: 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, PhoneArena, Supercharged, The Verge, and EU Law Live
X: @dhh, @lewis_crofts, @zach_cer, @lewis_crofts, @brendaneich, @brendaneich, @brendaneich, and @timsweeneyepic. Forums: Hacker News
| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
Micron announces LPCAMM2, thinner and lighter laptop RAM that may replace SODIMM, the nearly 25-year-old standard, as Samsung, Dell, and more also make progress — It's thinner and lighter than standard notebook RAM, and it's upgradeable unlike soldered memory. — Laptop RAM is facing a conundrum.
More: Blocks and Files, Liliputing, Wccftech, TechPowerUp, OC3D, Tom's Hardware, and guru3d.com
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Adobe General Counsel and Chief Trust Officer Dana Rao on generative AI, IP issues, cloud security, the Figma deal, regulation, antitrust, and more — Adobe's top lawyer discusses the future of copyright, why the Figma acquisition fell through, and why he's optimistic AI won't put creatives out of work.
More: PetaPixel
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Former Apple VP of finance Saori Casey will become CFO at Sonos, replacing Eddie Lazarus, who will take on the new role of chief strategy officer — Apple Inc. veteran Saori Casey will become chief financial officer at the smart speaker company Sonos Inc., marking another high-profile defection for the iPhone maker.Sponsor Posts
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