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Apple removes WhatsApp and Threads from its App Store in China, saying it was ordered to do so by China's cyberspace officials citing national security concerns — China's cyberspace officials cite national-security concerns for targeting the Meta apps, Apple says
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Forums: Hacker News, r/ADVChina, r/technology, and r/apple
| Ryan Morrison / Tom's Guide: |
Microsoft researchers introduce VASA-1, an AI model that can create a realistic talking face video from a portrait photo and an audio file, in research preview — Impressive lip-syncing — A new AI research paper from Microsoft promises a future where you can upload a photo …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/Futurology, r/midjourney, r/OpenAI, r/aivideo, r/singularity, r/ChatGPT, and r/technology
| Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters: |
Google says it will consolidate teams that focus on building AI models across Research and DeepMind, and move its Responsible AI teams from Research to DeepMind — Alphabet-owned Google (GOOGL.O) said on Thursday it would consolidate teams that focus on building artificial intelligence models across …
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| Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: |
A look at Salad, which pays gamers in Fortnite skins and Roblox gift cards to rent their GPUs remotely to AI companies, including those making AI-generated porn — Salad, a company that pays gamers in Fortnite skins and Roblox gift cards to rent their idle GPUs remotely to generative AI companies …
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| Dwarkesh Patel / Dwarkesh Podcast: |
Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg on Llama 3, buying H100s for Reels' launch, AGI, energy constraints, dangers of open source, metaverse, Meta's custom silicon, and more — Caeser Augustus, intelligence explosion, bioweapons, $10b models, & much more — Mark Zuckerberg on: — Llama 3| New York Times: |
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| James Reddick / The Record: |
Sophos researchers find “crude” ransomware starter kits sold on the dark web from $20 to ~$13K, enabling inexperienced freelancers to easily launch attacks — Cheap ransomware is being sold for one-time use on dark web forums, allowing inexperienced freelancers to get into cybercrime without …
More: Sophos News, Cyber Daily, and Security Boulevard
| Sarah Whitten / CNBC: |
Netflix reports Q1 revenue up 15% YoY to $9.37B, vs. $9.28B est., paid memberships up 16% YoY to 269.6M, vs. 264.2M est., and net income up 79% YoY to $2.33B — LOS ANGELES — Netflix reported earnings that beat on the top and bottom line after the bell Thursday. — Here are the results:
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X: @lucas_shaw, @lucas_shaw, and @lanceulanoff
Forums: r/Piracy, r/boxoffice, r/entertainment, r/cordcutters, r/wallstreetbets, r/technology, and r/television
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
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Threads: @pkafka. X: @sherman4949, @lucas_shaw, @lucas_shaw, @tvmojoe, and @sherman4949. LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski
Forums: r/movies, r/television, and r/netflix
| New York Times: |
Sources describe Nigeria's detention of two Binance officials, including US compliance officer Tigran Gambaryan, on charges of tax evasion and money laundering — Tigran Gambaryan, an American compliance official for the giant cryptocurrency exchange Binance, flew to Nigeria in February for a planned two-day business trip.| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Web design and hosting platform Webflow acquires Intellimize, which had raised $50M+ and uses AI to personalize websites, a source says for “eight-figures” — Webflow, a web design and hosting platform that's raised over $330 million at a $4 billion valuation, is expanding into a new sector: marketing optimization.| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Meta cuts the price of the base 128GB Quest 2 from $249 to $199, its second permanent price cut in four months, after a drop from $299 to $249 in January 2024 — The base 128GB headset will cost $199 from now on. — For the second time this year, Meta has given the Quest 2 a permanent price cut.
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Mistral is in talks to raise as much as €500M at a €5B+ valuation from VCs and wealth funds, after raising ~€400M at a €2B valuation in December 2023 — One-year-old French start-up approached by multiple investors who view it as Europe's answer to OpenAI
More: Business Insider
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Meta is restricting certain election-related keywords for Meta AI in India due to the ongoing elections; Meta started testing its AI chatbot in India last week — Last week, Meta started testing its AI chatbot in India across WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger.
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