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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Reddit says FTC launched an inquiry into Reddit's licensing of user data to AI companies; an ex-FTC official says other companies also got such “hold letters” — - It also suggests that the FTC is expanding its look into AI-related deals, which previously appeared to be focused on equity investments.
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The TikTok divestment bill's progress slows down in the Senate, as Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has not decided whether to bring the bill to the floor — Legislation to force TikTok's Chinese owner to sell the app or have it banned in the United States sailed through the House, but the Senate has no plans to move hastily.| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Game developer Scopely says Monopoly Go! crossed $2B in revenue in February 2024, just 10 months after launching and three months after hitting $1B in revenue — Scopely announced that Monopoly Go has generated $2 billion in revenue just 10 months after launch and three months after hitting $1 billion.
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| Tom Henderson / Insider Gaming: |
Leaked PS5 Pro docs mention rendering 45% faster than the PS5, 2x to 3x the ray tracing performance, and more; sources say it's set for a holiday 2024 release — Insider Gaming can confirm that the leaked PS5 Pro specs leaked earlier today are real and the PlayStation 5 is still tentatively targeting a 2024 holiday release.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft is again injecting pop-ups into Chrome on Windows in a bid to get users to switch to Bing, after previously pausing them citing “unintended behavior” — Microsoft is once again injecting pop-ups into Google's Chrome browser in a bid to get people to switch to Bing.
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| Alex Koller / CNBC: |
Layoffs.fyi: 50,000+ workers have been laid off from over 200 tech companies since the start of 2024; some recently laid-off employees recall their experiences — - With tech layoffs at their highest since the 2001 dot-com crash, the job hunt is getting harder and many in the industry … | Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Walmart starts selling Macs directly for the first time, partnering with Apple to sell the M1 MacBook Air for $699 a week after Apple stopped selling the laptop — Walmart is teaming up with Apple to sell the Mac for the first time. In a press release today, the company said that it is now selling …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers detail ArtPrompt, a jailbreak that uses ASCII art to elicit harmful responses from aligned LLMs such as GPT-3.5, GPT-4, Gemini, Claude, and Llama2 — LLMs are trained to block harmful responses. Old-school images can override those rules. — Researchers have discovered …
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| Andrew Hayward / Decrypt: |
Starbucks is ending Odyssey, which launched in December 2022 in closed beta offering NFT-based rewards minted on the Polygon blockchain, on March 31, 2024 — Starbucks will close the Odyssey Beta platform on March 31, with platform quests available until March 25.| Elle Hardy / New Republic: |
How evangelicals proselytize using Bless Every Home, an app that lets users create neighborhood maps and data tables based on people's religion and ethnicity — The future of proselytizing—and surveillance—has arrived. An app called Bless Every Home, which has been backed …
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| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Twitch plans to remove Prime Video Watch Party from April 2, 2024; Watch Party launched in 2020, allowing streamers to broadcast Prime Video content to viewers — Apparently people aren't too nostalgic for the days of hiding inside. — If you're one of the — apparently few …
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| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Gumroad, an e-commerce company for creators, updates its rules to more strictly limit NSFW content, citing policies of payment processors like Stripe and PayPal — Gumroad, an e-commerce company for creators, updated its rules to more strictly limit NSFW content, citing restrictions from payment processors like Stripe and PayPal.
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| Tabby Kinder / Financial Times: |
Reddit's down round IPO is a signal that rationality is slowly returning to VC and could encourage other tech companies looking to go public do the same — Companies and their backers are starting to show more signs of acceptance of valuation cuts in ‘down round’ financingSponsor Posts
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