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| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
Reddit files to list its IPO on the NYSE, reporting revenue up 20% YoY to $804M in 2023, net loss down 43% YoY to $90.8M, 73M DAUs, and a $3.42 global ARPU — - Reddit on Thursday filed to go public. — Its market debut will mark the first major tech initial public offering of the year …
More: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Reddit Upvoted, The Information, Fortune, PYMNTS.com, The Register, Bloomberg, Unchained, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, Investor's Business Daily, The Guardian, Inc.com, Financial Times, Reuters, CoinDesk, NBC 7 San Diego, Deadline, NPR, 404 Media, iPhone in Canada Blog, New York Times, Patently Apple, Variety, Axios, and Cryptonews
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. Bluesky: @adnan.social. X: @tprstly, @jseyff, @byrnehobart, @tier10k, @gregisenberg, @laurashin, @shiringhaffary, @carnage4life, @thegallowboob, @xpangler, @ericjackson, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, @pakman, @mathewi, and @jason_koebler
Forums: r/ethtrader, r/wallstreetbets, and r/neoliberal
| The Verge: |
Reddit plans to give some of its top users, including moderators and those with high karma scores, the chance to buy shares in its IPO — However, the company is unprofitable, with a net loss of $90.8 million in 2023. — In an unusual twist, Reddit is also giving a number of its top users …
More: Bloomberg, Engadget, and NBC 7 San Diego
| Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: |
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
More: The Keyword, Reddit Upvoted, Engadget, Decrypt, CNET, The Wrap, WinBuzzer, Gizmodo, Associated Press, Reuters, Neowin, Independent.ie, Business Times, TechStartups, MSPoweruser, Search Engine Land, The Verge, MobileSyrup, One Man & His Blog, Quartz, New York Post, KnowYourMobile, Benzinga, The Decoder, CoinXposure, The Verge, and Wall Street Journal
Threads: @crumbler, @mattnavarra, and @quillmatiq
Mastodon: @brianstorms@mastodon.social and @carnage4life@mas.to
X: @glenngabe, @reuters, @mrjnowlin, @cherthedev, @toddlombardo, @basedtorba, @annatonger, @reuters, @mmitchell_ai, @chirag_mehta, @rustybrick, @markhachman, and @brij
LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski, Kyle Enfield, and David Callahan
Forums: r/google, r/privacy, r/news, r/google, and r/singularity
| Jake Rudnitsky / Bloomberg: |
Google plans to “pause the image generation of people” via Gemini and “re-release an improved version soon” while working to fix its race inaccuracy “issues” — - Critics on X say model is unable to accurately depict races — Google said it will re-release an improved version soon
Source: @google_comms. More: The Verge, 9to5Google, The Guardian, Financial Times, CNN, The Information, Business Insider, New York Times, Politico, B&T, ZDNet, PCMag, CNBC, National Review, Wired, New York Post, Neowin, Android Central, Forbes, Yahoo News, Wall Street Journal, MSPoweruser, NBC News, Silicon UK, MobileSyrup, The Daily Caller, TipRanks Financial, Gizmodo, and PCMag
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. X: @drelidavid, @tarabull808, @waitbutwhy, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @deliprao, @prefshares, @razibkhan, @anammostarac, @jconorgrogan, @clairlemon, @sherveen, @snowden, @primordialaa, @imao_, @iamdcinvestor, @realgeorgehotz, @jconorgrogan, @aghamilton29, @wallstreetsilv, @drewpavlou, @sriramk, @gergelyorosz, @jespow, @realjameswoods, and @jessesingal
Forums: r/Bard, r/singularity, and r/google
| Jessica Lyons / The Register: |
Filing: UnitedHealth says a “suspected nation-state” actor had access to systems of IT provider Change Healthcare, prompting an outage at pharmacies in the US — Prescription orders hit after IT supplier Change Healthcare pulls plug on systems — UPDATED IT provider Change Healthcare …
More: Optum Solutions, TechCrunch, US Securities …, SC Media, Dark Reading, CBS News, Fox Business, ABC4 Utah, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Bloomberg, The Record, Forbes, DeviceSecurity.io, and PYMNTS.com
Mastodon: @briankrebs@infosec.exchange and @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
X: @matthewstoller, @tslayer76525, and @jessicahrdcstle
| Reuters: |
AT&T restores cellular service after a 10+ hour outage that started around 4:30AM ET across the US and prompted an investigation by federal agencies — A cellular phone service outage on Thursday hit thousands of AT&T (T.N) users in the United States, disrupting calls and text messages …
More: CNN, AT&T News …, NBC News, CNBC, 9to5Mac, AT&T Community Forums, Associated Press, The Verge, Reuters, CRN, BBC, T-Mobile, Engadget, New York Times, Washington Post, WKRN News 2, The Register, Gizmodo, Ars Technica, New York Post, Wccftech, GovTech, FreightWaves, The Daily Dot, New York Times, Android Central, New York Daily News, Business Insider, Wired, Silicon Valley Business …, Benzinga, The Verge, iMore, PCMag, Droid Life, Deadline, Wall Street Journal, Tom's Guide, Axios, Digital Trends, Inc.com, BleepingComputer, Android Authority, Mashable, The Guardian, RCR Wireless News, TMZ.com, USA Today, Neowin, UPROXX, TechSpot, Light Reading, HotHardware, NPR, Tech Xplore, TechRadar, SlashGear, Android Police, DatacenterDynamics, FE Tech Bytes, and 9to5Mac
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Bluesky opens up federation, letting anyone run their own server that connects to Bluesky's network, which uses the AT Protocol; Mastodon uses ActivityPub — Social network Bluesky, a competitor to X, Threads, Mastodon, and others, is opening up its doors with today's news that the network …
More: Bluesky, The Verge, and Bluesky Documentation
Mastodon: @pixel@desu.social, @Obdurodon@hachyderm.io, @fenarinarsa@shelter.moe, @isagalaev@mastodon.social, @pixel@desu.social, @fediversereport …, and @mackuba@martianbase.net
Bluesky: @bsky.app and @davelee.bsky.social
Forums: Hacker News, r/Mastodon, Lobsters, and Slashdot
| Ismail Shakil / Reuters: |
The US FTC says Avast needs to pay $16.5M and stop selling web browsing data for ads to settle charges that the UK company misrepresented its use of such data — Software provider Avast Plc will need to pay $16.5 million and stop selling any web browsing data for advertising purposes …
More: Federal Trade Commission, The Verge, TechCrunch, BleepingComputer, The Register, PCMag, Security Affairs, SecurityWeek, Federal Trade Commission, The Record, 404 Media, and RestorePrivacy
Mastodon: @paulknightly@mstdn.social and @AlesandroOrtiz@infosec …
X: @ftc, @wendyndavis, @josephfcox, and @jason_kint
LinkedIn: Jevan Hutson, Samuel A.A. Levine, and Joelle Dvir
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Sony is testing PC support for its PlayStation VR2 headset, which currently works exclusively with the PS5, and hopes “to make this support available in 2024” — Sony's PlayStation VR2 headset is designed to work exclusively with a PS5, but the company is now testing out support for PC.
More: PlayStation.Blog, Android Authority, Engadget, Stevivor, PC Gamer, Benzinga, PCWorld, Windows Central, TechRaptor, MobileSyrup, Destructoid, Gameranx, Game Developer, Dexerto, Wccftech, Tom's Guide, MSPoweruser, TechCrunch, TweakTown, Trusted Reviews, TheGamer, and PCMag
X: @wario64 and @playstation
Forums: r/hoggit, r/gadgets, r/technology, r/Games, and r/PS5
| Sean Michael Kerner / VentureBeat: |
Stability AI debuts a preview of Stable Diffusion 3.0, its next-gen flagship text-to-image model, aiming to offer improved image quality and better performance — Stability AI is out today with an early preview of its Stable Diffusion 3.0 next-generation flagship text-to-image generative AI model.
More: Stability AI, Engadget, Ars Technica, PCMag, Decrypt, Maginative, ZDNet, TechCrunch, TestingCatalog, HotHardware, TechSpot, and The Decoder
X: @emostaque, @snowden, @stabilityai, @stabilityai, @stabilityai, @emostaque, and @stabilityai. LinkedIn: Karoly Hamza
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Google rolls out its Gemini-powered “Help me write” tool in Chrome for macOS and Windows for English-speaking US users, offering shortform writing suggestions — Google has started rolling out “Help me write” — an experimental Gemini-powered generative AI feature for its Chrome browser … | Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google says its Google Pay app GPay and its P2P payment feature will stop working in the US on June 4, 2024, but will remain available in India and Singapore — When Google Wallet launched in 2022, Google kept the “GPay” app around in a handful of countries.
More: The Keyword, Android Authority, Android Headlines, Pocket-lint, Phandroid, PhoneArena, Android Central, Neowin, Droid Life, BNN, and PYMNTS.com
| Washington Post: |
Leaked files detail Chinese state-linked hacking groups carrying out large-scale, systematic cyber intrusions against governments, companies, and infrastructure — A trove of leaked documents from a Chinese state-linked hacking group shows that Beijing's intelligence and military groups …
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X: @bushidotoken, @dakekang, @azakasekai_, @bxieus, @mrbcyber, @catecadell, @dcuthbert, @washingtonpost, @byron_wan, @rhcm123, @kimzetter, @jamestobyne, @dakekang, @dakekang, @byron_wan, @silascutler, @bushidotoken, @kimzetter, @adrianzenz, and @jorge_guajardo. LinkedIn: Brian Krebs
Forums: r/worldnews, r/baba, r/technews, r/france, r/worldnews, r/China, and Slashdot
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Nigeria ordered telecoms to restrict access to the websites of some of the world's largest crypto exchanges, including Binance, Coinbase, and Kraken — Local consumers given only restricted access to markets like Binance and Coinbase — Authorities in Nigeria have blocked access …
More: Premium Times Nigeria, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, DL News, CoinDesk, Decrypt, Milk Road, and Watcher Guru
LinkedIn: Iyinoluwa Aboyeji and Dr. Keita Broadwater
| David Gilbert / Wired: |
Gab launched 91 chatbots over the past month, such as AI versions of Hitler and Trump, several of which deny the Holocaust, call climate change a scam, and more — The proliferation of generative AI chatbots on extremist platforms could lead to increased radicalization, experts warn.| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Samsung plans to roll out One UI 6.1 in “late March” for the Galaxy S23 series, Z Fold 5, Z Flip 5, and Tab 9 series, adding the full Galaxy AI suite and more — Samsung's next big Android update, One UI 6.1, debuted on the Galaxy S24 series last month, but is getting ready to make its way to more Galaxy devices.
More: Samsung Newsroom, CNET, Laptop Mag, Droid Life, MobileSyrup, Wccftech, SlashGear, HotHardware, Ubergizmo, Gizmodo, Android Police, PCMag, Android Authority, TechCrunch, Engadget, and The Verge
Forums: r/oneui, r/GalaxyS23, and r/GalaxyTab
| Bloomberg: |
EigenLayer, which facilitates crypto “restaking” to build Ethereum projects via a points system, raised $100M from a16z, after raising $50M in March 2023 — - VC firm was the sole investor in EigenLayer's funding round — Crypto venture investments declined sharply in the past year
More: EigenLayer Blog, a16z crypto, The Defiant, CoinDesk, Binance, NFTgators, Cryptonews, Cointelegraph, crypto.news, The Block, Crypto Briefing, Bitcoinist.com, and The Block
X: @eigenlayer, @zerobeta, @boxmining, @muyaoshen, @saliencexbt, and @eigenlayer
| Shivam Patel / Reuters: |
X reports taking down accounts and posts following an order by the Indian government, which local media tied to farmers' protests, but disagrees with the action — Social media platform X said on Thursday it took down certain accounts and posts following an order by the Indian government …
More: BBC, Financial Times, Al Jazeera, TechCrunch, and Livemint
X: @globalaffairs, @accessnow, @arvindgunasekar, and @ranaayyub
Forums: r/Twitter, r/news, r/JoeRogan, and r/unitedstatesofindia
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Meta's Oversight Board extends its scope to Threads, letting users appeal Meta's content moderation decisions with the same process as on Facebook and Instagram — Meta's external advisory group, its Oversight Board, announced today that it is expanding its scope to Threads along with Facebook …
More: The Verge, Reuters, Times of India, Social Media Today, Channel NewsAsia, Oversight Board, Wccftech, Android Headlines, and Engadget
Threads: @oversightboard and @samvonwallace
X: @oversightboard and @oversightboard
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Trend Micro and the UK NCA: LockBit was secretly building LockBit-NG-Dev, a new version of its file encrypting malware, when law enforcement took down the gang — LockBit ransomware developers were secretly building a new version of their file encrypting malware, dubbed LockBit-NG-Dev … | Hannah Lang / Reuters: |
Block reports Q4 revenue up 24% YoY to $5.77B, Square profit up 18% YoY, Cash App profit up 25% YoY, and forecasts Q1 adjusted EBITDA above est.; SQ jumps 12%+ — Jack Dorsey-led Block (SQ.N) on Thursday forecast adjusted core earnings for the current quarter above Wall Street estimates … | Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Substack says 3M+ customers subscribe to paid newsletters on its platform, up from 2M in February 2023, and credits its recommendations feature for the growth — - The company said it plans to expand the recommendations feature, which helps writers promote other newsletters in its network …
More: On Substack. Threads: @mattnavarra. X: @alex, @sarafischer, and @substackinc. LinkedIn: Ebony Lewkovitz
| The Information: |
Sources: Nextdoor's board discussed replacing CEO Sarah Friar with co-founder Nirav Tolia, who served as CEO between 2010 and 2018, or selling the company — Board members at the struggling local networking site Nextdoor have been debating the company's future, including whether to bring …
X: @nikitabier, @joshuaogundu, and @nmasc_
| Lauly Li / Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: Google plans to start assembling the Pixel 8 Pro in southern India in Q2 2024, followed by production of the Pixel 8 in northern India around mid-2024 — Search engine giant joins Apple, Samsung in tapping big South Asian market — Google will prepare a production line …
More: Android Authority, Business Today, Phandroid, Android Central, ZDNet, Silicon UK, CNBC, Reuters, FE Tech Bytes, NewsBytes, Livemint, PhoneArena, Hindustan Times, and Channel NewsAsia. Forums: r/GooglePixel
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