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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Zuckerberg says Meta wants to build and open source AGI, and brings AI group FAIR closer to the generative AI team; Meta will own 340K+ H100 GPUs by 2024's end — And he wants Meta to open source it. Eventually. Maybe. … Fueling the generative AI craze is a belief that the tech industry …
More: Fortune, Android Authority, Axios, Engadget, PCMag, DatacenterDynamics, The Information, Forbes, VentureBeat, CNBC, Tech Xplore, Reuters, and The Decoder
Threads: @zuck, @zuck, @aaldahle, @jasonblackxyz, @sung.kim.mw, @zuck, @mattnavarra, and @alexheath. Instagram: Mark Zuckerberg. Mastodon: @BrendanSinclair …
X: @altryne, @aravsrinivas, @altcap, @ballmatthew, @rihardjarc, @rihardjarc, @ylecun, @dylan522p, @josephjacks_, @kylebrussell, @jason_koebler, and @bgurley
Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
| Andy Baio / Waxy.org: |
A history of Ello, which defined itself as an alternative to ad-driven social media, from its 2014 launch and funding to its quiet sale and sudden death in 2023 — Ello launched on August 7, 2014 with big dreams and big promises, a new social network defined by what it wouldn't do.| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
Apple's seeming sense of entitlement to commissions from third-party iOS apps shows a confrontational stance, instead of seeking to lessen regulatory pressure — That take didn't last long. … Sweeney's description makes it sound as though Apple is demanding its commission from all web sales …
More: 9to5Mac, Washington Post, IGN, Wired, InfoQ, Apple Developer, MacRumors, and iMore
Mastodon: @film_girl@mastodon.social and @bbusschots@mstdn.social
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
| Bloomberg: |
YouTube and, according to a source, Spotify are not planning to launch a native Apple Vision Pro app or to allow their iPad app to run on the platform — - Users of those services will be steered toward the web — Searches indicate apps from Meta may also be unavailable
More: MacStories, AppleInsider, MacRumors, Ars Technica, The Verge, Engadget, Supercharged, Yahoo Finance, iDownloadBlog.com, Road to VR, Mashable, Redmond Pie, TechSpot, Windows Central, MIXED Reality News, Six Colors, Pixel Envy, 9to5Mac, and MacDailyNews
Threads: @wongmjane, @carnage4life, @gergelyorosz_, @parkerortolani, and @joenandez
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
In the footnotes of the Galaxy S24, S24+, and S24 Ultra online listings, Samsung says that Galaxy AI features will be free only until the end of 2025 — AI is the big selling point of Samsung's new Galaxy S24 series, but the new, rather good suite of Galaxy AI features may eventually come with a cost, the company has confirmed.| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
Google's TAG says Russia-linked hacking group Cold River is ramping up its activity and using new tactics, like data-stealing malware, to cause more disruption — Google researchers say they have evidence that a notorious Russian-linked hacking group — tracked as “Cold River” … | Sandali Handagama / CoinDesk: |
The EU Council and Parliament reach a provisional deal on the Anti-Money Laundering Regulation, which will force all crypto companies to run user due diligence — Crypto firms have to do checks on transactions of 1,000 euro or more, and the framework adds measures to mitigate risks in transfers with self-hosted wallets.
More: Council of the EU, DL News, Bloomberg, Blockworks, crypto.news, Coinspeaker, Coinpedia Fintech News, Metaverse Post, Crypto Briefing, Decrypt, Watcher Guru, European Parliament, Cryptopolitan, and Cryptonews
Mastodon: @echo_pbreyer … and @carnage4life@mas.to
X: @europarl_en and @eucouncil
| Reuters: |
Sources: Reddit has drawn up plans for an IPO in March 2024, with a public filing in late February, the first major social media IPO since Pinterest's in 2019 — Social media platform Reddit has drawn up detailed plans to launch its initial public offering (IPO) in March … | Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft makes Reading Coach, its AI-powered tool that provides learners with personalized reading practice, available for free on the web — Microsoft today made Reading Coach, its AI-powered tool that provides learners with personalized reading practice, available at no cost to anyone with a Microsoft account.| Chainalysis: |
Illicit crypto addresses received $24.2B in 2023, down 39% YoY from $39.6B, and stablecoins accounted for the majority of the transaction volume, replacing BTC — The Chainalysis 2024 Crypto Crime Report — 2023 was a year of recovery for cryptocurrency, as the industry rebounded from the scandals …
More: Wired, PYMNTS.com, CoinDesk, Cryptonews, Axios, DL News, CCN.com, Blockonomi, Cointelegraph, Reuters, DeCential, and CryptoPotato
| Sheila Chiang / CNBC: |
TSMC reports Q4 revenue down 1.5% YoY to ~$19.62B and net income down 19.3% YoY to ~$7.56B, both above estimates on the back of weaker macroeconomic conditions — - TSMC reported fourth-quarter revenue slipped 1.5% from a year ago to NT$625.53 billion, while net income dropped 19.3% from a year ago to NT$238.71 billion.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: the European Union's competition watchdog intends to block Amazon's $1.7B bid to purchase iRobot — European Union's competition watchdog is weighing the tech giant's $1.7 billion bid to purchase Roomba maker iRobot — The European Union's competition watchdog intends …
More: The Information, NBC 7 San Diego, and CNBC
| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Have I Been Pwned adds almost 71M email addresses tied to stolen accounts from the Naz.API dataset, which allegedly contains 1B+ lines of stolen credentials — Have I Been Pwned has added almost 71 million email addresses associated with stolen accounts in the Naz.API dataset to its data breach notification service.
More: Troy Hunt, Ars Technica, SC Media, Ghacks, Security Boulevard, TechSpot, TechRadar, SecurityWeek, Laptop Mag, and Have I Been Pwned …
Mastodon: @j_opdenakker@infosec.exchange. X: @haveibeenpwned. Forums: Hacker News, Lobsters, and Slashdot
| Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg: |
StatCounter: Bing ended 2023 with 3.4% global search market share, up less than 1 percentage point after ChatGPT; Google had 91.6%, Yandex 1.6%, and Yahoo 1.1% — - Search engine has steadily increased usage but remains tiny — Google meanwhile is racing to add its own AI enhancements
More: Ars Technica, Search Engine Roundtable, The Register, and Windows Central
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Instagram adds nighttime nudges for teens, encouraging them to close the app and go to sleep after they spend more than 10 minutes in Reels or DMs late at night — Instagram is introducing new nighttime nudges for teen accounts to limit their time on the app, the company announced on Thursday.
More: Instagram, New York Post, The Hill, MobileSyrup, Forbes, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Verge, and NBC News
| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Internal memo: Sundar Pichai says Google will see more “role eliminations” in 2024, though “not at the scale” of 2023's reductions and not affecting every team — Google has laid off over a thousand employees across various departments since January 10th.
More: CNBC, Ars Technica, The Register, Forbes, Engadget, Business Insider, Seattle Business Journal, Investor's Business Daily, TechCrunch, New York Post, Computerworld, The Guardian, CCN.com, The Messenger, Pocket Gamer.biz, Gizchina, KNSD-TV, Mashable, Cryptopolitan, ITPro, CRN, TechSpot, Android Headlines, Proactive, Tech.co, iPhone in Canada Blog, Fortune, Android Central, MSPoweruser, PYMNTS.com, Android Police, Tech Xplore, Business Today, TechRadar, PhoneArena, Cointelegraph, Neowin, Reuters, 9to5Google, The Information, and New York Times
Threads: @danluu.danluu, @gergelyorosz_, @carnage4life, @ben_adida, @carnage4life, @msbertenthal, and @benedictevans
Mastodon: @april@macaw.social and @carnage4life@mas.to
X: @carnage4life and @alexeheath
LinkedIn: Saurabh Gautam, Richard King, and Diane Hirsh Theriault
Forums: Blind, Blind, Slashdot, and Ars OpenForum
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Iowa sues TikTok for having an “inaccurate” 12+ age rating on the App Store and a “T” Play Store rating, claiming inappropriate content is “easily accessible” — TikTok is getting sued by the state of Iowa over claims that it's lying to parents …
More: Dexerto, Iowa Attorney General, Fortune, Associated Press, Neowin, The Hill, and 9to5Mac
| Joseph Cox / 404 Media: |
Google News is boosting sites that use AI to rip off other outlets and churn out content; Google says News doesn't focus on whether articles are by humans or AI — Google News is boosting sites that rip-off other outlets by using AI to rapidly churn out content, 404 Media has found.
More: Gizmodo, Engadget, Worldtimetodays, and Distractify
X: @jessicalessin, @jason_koebler, @josephfcox, @nkulw, @jason_koebler, @jason_koebler, @josephfcox, @lmatsakis, and @josephfcox. LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski
Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
| Jon Keegan / The Markup: |
A Consumer Reports study involving 709 volunteers: 186,892 companies had sent data about the volunteers to Facebook, or an average of 2,230 companies per person — A new study looks at who is sending information about your online activity to Facebook … By now most internet users know their online activity is constantly tracked.
More: Consumer Reports, The Verge, The Register, New York Post, Thurrott, Search Engine Land, and Consumer Reports
Threads: @andrewpardoe. Mastodon: @funnymonkey@freeradical.zone, @jsjoshua@esq.social, @rakyat@hachyderm.io, @mathew@universeodon.com, @dltj@code4lib.social, and @themarkup@mastodon …
X: @jason_kint, @dmarti, @moonalice, @dmarti, @craignewmark, and @themarkup. LinkedIn: Krishna Cheriath
Forums: Hacker News and Beehaw
| Sidhartha Shukla / Bloomberg: |
DefiLlama: since its November 2023 agreement with US agencies, Binance has had $4.6B net inflows, including $3.5B in January, far outpacing rivals like OKX — - New CEO Richard Teng must still contend with lawsuit from SEC — Crypto traders are again flocking to Binance …
More: Bloomberg, CoinGape, The Block, and PYMNTS.com
| Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: |
World leaders at the 2024 World Economic Forum fret over AI-powered misinformation and job displacement, following excitement about ChatGPT at the 2023 WEF — Between wine tastings and sledding excursions, world leaders fret over AI-powered misinformation and job displacement
More: MSPoweruser, Bloomberg, and Cyber Daily
| Hayden Field / CNBC: |
OpenAI announces a deal with Arizona State University, which will have full access to ChatGPT Enterprise and plans to build personalized AI tutors — - OpenAI on Thursday announced its first partnership with a higher education institution: Starting in February, Arizona State University …
More: The Verge, ASU News, Reuters, Constellation Research, iPhone in Canada Blog, and Fortune
| Wall Street Journal: |
How investors in China are skirting strict crypto trading rules by using VPNs, lax exchange controls, and secretive meetings in cafes and other public places — Cryptocurrency trading remains widespread in China despite a ban — Small investors in China are using an underground network …
More: Cryptopolitan, CoinDesk, and CoinGape
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