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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Messaging app Signal finally rolls out usernames in beta, letting users conceal their phone numbers; Signal still requires inputting a phone number to register — We tested the end-to-end encrypted messenger's new feature aimed at addressing critics' most persistent complaint. Here's how it works.
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Forums: Hacker News and r/signal
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Gary Geaves, Apple's longtime VP in charge of acoustics, is stepping down, replaced by Ruchir Davé, adding to the hardware engineering group's upheaval — - Apple acoustics chief Gary Geaves is stepping down from role — Executive has been key to development of AirPods and HomePod
More: MacRumors, Benzinga, PYMNTS.com, MacDailyNews, TweakTown, 9to5Mac, Patently Apple, and AppleInsider
| Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo: |
Demos from AI chipmaker Groq go viral after the startup's inference engine shows lightning-fast speeds when running LLMs, including for real-time conversations — Two AI companies are claiming the science fiction term, “Grok,” as their own, but only one is turbocharging the AI industry.
More: Groq, Groq, Tom's Guide, Android Headlines, Stratechery, Cryptonews, TechPowerUp, The Decoder, Cryptopolitan, and Cointelegraph
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Authorities arrest two LockBit operators in Poland and Ukraine, issue arrest warrants and a decryption tool, seize 200+ crypto wallets; US indicts two Russians — Law enforcement arrested two operators of the LockBit ransomware gang in Poland and Ukraine, created a decryption tool …
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Forums: r/technology, r/technology, and r/news
| Tom Wilson / Reuters: |
Circle says it will no longer mint USDC tokens on the Tron blockchain, effective immediately, to “ensure that USDC remains trusted, transparent, and safe” — Major U.S. crypto firm Circle will end support for its USDC token on the Tron blockchain network, a decision the company said on Wednesday …
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| Paresh Dave / Wired: |
A look at TDCommons, a website launched by Google in 2015 that publishes technical details of ideas from companies and individuals to head off patent disputes — TDCommons is a free space for inventors to lay claim to breakthroughs without having to file a patent. Why is it so off the radar?| Jacob Pramuk / CNBC: |
Walmart agrees to acquire TV maker Vizio for $2.3B, or $11.50/share, to boost its ad business via Vizio's SmartCast OS, which lets users stream content with ads — Walmart's acquisition of Vizio for $2.3BN was confirmed today. The European Commission rejected Amazon's acquisition of iRobot for $1.7BN.
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LinkedIn: Rich Greaves and Jason Goldberg
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple debuts a monthly Apple Music Replay, offering insights like total listening time, top songs, artists, and albums, and releases 2024's Replay Mix playlist — Apple today updated the Apple Music Replay experience, available at replay.music.apple.com, with visualizations of your favorite music habits …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Byju's says the $200M rights issue that cuts its valuation by 99% to $20M-$25M is fully subscribed; source: some of Byju's major investors are yet to take part — Byju's says its recently launched $200 million rights issue has been fully-subscribed, but the startup's founder urged …
More: The Economic Times, Hindustan Times, Times of India, and FE Tech Bytes
| David DiMolfetta / Nextgov/FCW: |
NSA Cybersecurity Director Rob Joyce plans to retire at the end of March after taking the position in 2021; Deputy Director David Luber plans to assume the role — His departure comes amid heightened security fears in 2024 and debate over whether to renew a controversial spying power.
More: National Security …, CyberScoop, The Record, and Cybersecurity Dive
X: @martinmatishak and @nsagov
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Attackers have been signing up spam accounts on smaller Mastodon servers over the past several days; Eugen Rochko said previously only big servers were targeted — A spam attack that impacted the open source X rival Mastodon, Misskey and other apps highlights how the decentralized social web … | Ben Jiang / South China Morning Post: |
Beijing-based Moonshot AI, which launched its AI chatbot Kimi Chat in October 2023, raised $1B+ led by Alibaba and HongShan, reportedly at a ~$2.5B valuation — - Beijing-based Moonshot AI, known in Chinese as Yuezhi Anmian, was valued at about US$2.5 billion in its latest funding round
More: Yicai Global, The Information, TechNode, Pandaily, and Gizmochina
| Michael Acton / Financial Times: |
Meta and Microsoft are lobbying EU regulators to reject Apple's proposed App Store changes to comply with the DMA, saying Apple's plans don't go far enough — Meta and Microsoft want Brussels regulators to extract more concessions that unpick iOS mobile software
More: Cult of Mac, games fray, and MobileSyrup
| John Voorhees / MacStories: |
A look at ways to play games on Apple Vision Pro: spatial and iPad App Store games, streaming via MirrorPlay for PS5, NDI, Macs, browsers like Nexus⁺, and more — The lack of any kind of port significantly limits the type of gaming you can do in the Apple Vision Pro - or does it?
More: 9to5Mac, iMore, Six Colors, and The Verge
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| Brandi Vincent / DefenseScoop: |
Scale AI signs a one-year contract with the Pentagon to provide a means to test and evaluate LLMs that can be used for military planning and decision-making — The company will create a comprehensive T&E framework for generative AI within the Defense Department.
More: Washington Post and Cryptopolitan
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