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Notes on Meta's plans to integrate Threads with the fediverse, which, at least superficially, the company seems to be trying to do cautiously and in good faith — This is an exceptionally long post detailing pretty much everything I learned at an event shortly before Christmas at Meta's offices in San Francisco.| Leo Schwartz / Fortune: |
Genesis agrees to settle with the NYDFS, under the terms of which the company will surrender its BitLicense, cease operations in New York, and pay an $8M fine — The New York Department of Financial Services plans to announce later today a settlement with Genesis Global Trading …
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Security researchers say they warned Apple as early as 2019 about AirDrop vulnerabilities that Chinese authorities claim they recently used to identify users — Editor's Note: Sign up for CNN's Meanwhile in China newsletter, which explores what you need to know about the country's rise and how it impacts the world.
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Platformer is leaving Substack and migrating to Ghost, saying the outlet doesn't believe Substack will publicly commit to proactively removing pro-Nazi material — After much consideration, we have decided to move Platformer off of Substack. Over the next few days, the publication …
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| Ryan McNeal / Android Authority: |
To comply with DMA, Google says it will let users in the EU choose which of its services are linked from March 6 — Some Google service features could become unavailable after unlinking. — • — TL;DR — Google will allow users to unlink the Google services they use to comply with the EU's Digital Market Act.| Sam Biddle / The Intercept: |
OpenAI quietly removed a ban on “military and warfare” use from its usage policy, as part of a major rewrite to make the policy “clearer” and “more readable” — OpenAI this week quietly deleted language expressly prohibiting the use of its technology … | Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Google plans to support more types of real-money games on the Play Store, starting with India, Brazil, and Mexico in June 2024, in compliance with local laws — Google announced today that the company plans to support more real-money games (RMG) on the Play Store this year by allowing … | Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at CD Projekt's three-year journey to turn around Cyberpunk 2077, which has now sold over 25M units and won a major award, after a disastrous 2020 launch — Roughly three years after a disastrous launch, ‘Cyberpunk 2077,’ a videogame featuring Keanu Reeves, has now sold 25 million units and won a major award| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says pre-ordering the Vision Pro requires an iPhone or an iPad with Face ID to perform a scan to help determine the right size Light Seal and head bands — Apple Vision Pro pre-orders are a week away, and Apple is sharing new information about the buying process.
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| Marissa Newman / Bloomberg: |
Palantir EVP Josh Harris says Palantir and Israel agreed to a strategic partnership to use “Palantir's advanced technology in support of war-related missions” — - US company will provide services for ‘war-related missions’ — Agreement follows co-founders' visit to Israel this week| Kylie Robison / Fortune: |
Cal Henderson, Slack's CTO and sole remaining cofounder, is stepping down effective immediately, to be replaced by Salesforce cofounder and CTO Parker Harris — Slack cofounder Cal Henderson is leaving the Salesforce-owned company — The cofounder and CTO of Slack is leaving the company Fortune … | Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology: |
Apptopia: WhatsApp's daily business users increased by 80% in the US in 2023 after a 122% jump in 2022, and daily users in the US grew by 9% in 2023 — The leading global messaging app is having its breakout moment in the U.S. with some help from Tim Cook and a bit of planning.| Jessica Mathews / Fortune: |
An interview with Garry Tan, who confirms that Y Combinator moved its HQ from Mountain View to San Francisco as “you sort of have to be” in the city these days — Garry Tan, president, chief executive officer and cofounder of Y Combinator, during an interview on an episode of “The Circuit” at Y Combinator offices.Sponsor Posts
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