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A US judge sentences Sam Bankman-Fried to 25 years in prison for stealing from users of his now-bankrupt FTX crypto exchange and orders him to forfeit $11B+ — Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison by a judge on Thursday for stealing $8 billion from customers …
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| Emilia David / The Verge: |
The US OMB releases new AI guidance, requiring that all federal agencies submit an annual AI report and have a senior leader overseeing all AI systems they use — All US federal agencies will now be required to have a senior leader overseeing all AI systems they use, as the government wants …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to launch new iPad Pro and iPad Air models in early May; iPad Pros will get OLED displays, while iPad Air will get a 12.9" screen option — - Company's tablet line hasn't been updated in about 18 months — Latest iPad Pro will get OLED; Air will have new screen size
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Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Rebekah Valentine / IGN: |
Take-Two acquires Borderlands developer Gearbox Entertainment from the Embracer Group for $460M in stock; the deal is expected to close by the end of June 2024 — A new Homeworld game is also in development. — Embracer Group has officially divested Gearbox Entertainment …
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Forums: r/gaming, r/borderlands3, r/homeworld, r/kindafunny, r/XboxSeriesX, r/PS5, r/gaming, and r/Games
| Wired: |
Investigation: data broker Near Intelligence left the coordinates of nearly 200 mobile devices of people who visited Jeffrey Epstein's island exposed online — A WIRED investigation uncovered coordinates collected by a controversial data broker that reveal sensitive information about visitors …
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Amazon One launches apps that use AI to scan users' palm vein structure, letting them sign up for the palm-scanning service without visiting a physical location — Amazon now lets you sign up for its palm recognition service directly from your phone.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google plans to add Gemini Nano to the Pixel 8 as part of the next Pixel Feature Drop, weeks after saying the phone can't get Nano due to “hardware limitations” — After “hardware limitations” were cited as the reason that the Pixel 8 isn't getting Gemini Nano earlier this month … | Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple sues an ex-employee for allegedly leaking details about the Journal app and more to journalists, to “kill” products and features with which he took issue — Apple this month sued its former employee Andrew Aude in California state court, alleging that he breached …
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| New York Times: |
Ray-Ban Meta glasses hands-on: AI features coming in April, triggered by “Hey, Meta”, are sometimes impressive and helpful, but the AI often gets things wrong — Brian X. Chen, left, and Mike Isaac, reporters for The New York Times, trying out Meta's new Ray-Ban smart glasses.Aaron Wojack for The New York Times
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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
A researcher finds that X is testing a feature that lets users create or join communities focused on “adult content” or other “not safe for work” material — - Screenshots show that people can label communities as ‘NSFW’ — X already allows adult content, but forbids ads on the topic
More: TechCrunch, PYMNTS.com, Mashable, and X
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X: @tomaxwell and @rustybrick
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
YouTube now lets creators share exclusive Shorts with paying viewers, says Shorts average 70B+ daily views and 25%+ of creator partners monetize via Shorts — YouTube is launching a version of Shorts that's only for members, allowing creators to share short-form videos exclusively with their paying viewers.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: the US and UK are reviewing $20B+ in Tether transactions made via Moscow-based crypto exchange Garantex, as part of a crackdown on sanctions evasion — - Allies review Tether transfers to sanctioned exchange Garantex — Tether says it works with law enforcement to ensure compliance
More: PYMNTS.com, The Crypto Times, The Block, CryptoSlate, Bitcoin Insider, Cryptopolitan, Milk Road, crypto.news, and Protos
Mastodon: @KimPerales@toad.social and @noelreports@mstdn.social
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Google's charitable wing Google.org debuts an accelerator for generative AI, to be funded by $20M in grants and starting with 21 nonprofits, including Quill.org — Google.org, Google's charitable wing, is launching a new program to help fund nonprofits developing tech that leverages generative AI.
More: The Keyword, News.ng, and Tech Startups
Bluesky: @waxmonkey.bsky.social. LinkedIn: Kent Walker, Annie Lewin, Nicole Dunn, and Rebecca Gitomer
| Álvaro / eXputer: |
Leaked images show a white disc-less Xbox Series X, which Microsoft plans to release in summer 2024, with the same design as the existing black Xbox Series X — This in continuation of eXputer's previous report back in February. … Back in February, I reported that Microsoft has plans …
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X: @ign and @tomwarren
Forums: r/Games, r/4kbluray, r/gamingnews, and r/XboxSeriesX
| The Information: |
Bolt told investors that it had revenue of $19.4M for the nine months ending in October 2023, essentially flat YoY; Bolt's troubles grow with a Fanatics lawsuit — Bolt, the checkout startup that rocketed to an $11 billion valuation during the pandemic e-commerce boom …
X: @iatalkspace and @erinkwoo
| Tabby Kinder / Financial Times: |
A profile of Anduril founder Palmer Luckey, as the AI surveillance and defense tech startup, which sells drones to the US, expects $1B in annual revenue by 2026 — Silicon Valley has found a lucrative trade selling AI-powered weapons — and Palmer Luckey is leading the way
More: Business Insider and GamesIndustry.biz
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| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
Reddit shares plunge almost 25% in two days, after soaring 30% on Monday, and finish the week at $49.30, below the first trading day close of $50.44 — The trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange prepares for the social media platform Reddit's initial public offering in New York City on March 21, 2024.
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| Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft rolls out Azure AI Studio tools to stop users from tricking AI chatbots to behave in unintended ways, including “prompt shields” and falsehood alerts — - Company's Copilot recently generated weird, harmful responses — Defenses are designed to spot and block suspicious activity
More: Microsoft Tech Community, VentureBeat, The Verge, PYMNTS.com, ZDNet, Cryptopolitan, and The Crypto Times. LinkedIn: Ashish Bhatia
| Open Web Advocacy: |
How in-app browsers silently subvert user choice, stifle innovation, trap users into apps, break websites, and enable apps to severely undermine user privacy — In-App Browsers subvert user choice, stifle innovation, trap users into apps, break websites and enable applications to severely undermine user privacy.| Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
Marc Andreessen, Chris Dixon, Galaxy Digital, and others invest $75M in crypto fund 1kx, which has raised ~$200M since 2022 and invested in Rarible and others — - 1kx is targeting areas including crypto consumer applications — VC funding has been slower to recover than crypto prices
More: crypto.news and CoinGape
X: @lalleclausen, @emilyjnicolle, @pet3rpan_, @tmnxeq, @1kxnetwork, and @dianacbiggs. LinkedIn: Valeriy Zamaraiev
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