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April 30, 2024, 3:30 PM

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Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge:
US judge sentences Binance founder Changpeng Zhao to four months in prison  —  Binance founder Changpeng Zhao was sentenced to four months in prison for failing to establish adequately anti-money laundering protections.  Zhao, once the head of the largest crypto exchange in the world, pleaded guilty in November 2023.
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Eight daily newspapers owned by Alden, the second-largest US newspaper operator, sue OpenAI and Microsoft for allegedly using copyrighted articles to train AI  —  The suit, which accuses the tech companies of copyright infringement, adds to the fight over the online data used to power artificial intelligence.
Bloomberg:
The EU opens a DSA investigation into Meta over deceptive Facebook and Instagram ad and political content; sources say the probe is about a pro-Kremlin campaign  —  - Probe said to target pro-Putin Doppelganger campaign  — Meta probe is under the EU's tough new Digital Services Act
Marko Zivkovic / AppleInsider:
Source: Apple is testing Safari 18 features, including more advanced content blocking and an AI-powered Intelligent Search tool, expected to debut later in 2024  —  Apple is testing a version of its Safari web browser that includes UI tweaks, advanced content blocking features …
Pieter Haeck / Politico:
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says a TikTok ban is “not excluded” and “we know exactly the danger of TikTok”, during a 2024 election debate  —  The remark comes amid a streak of bad news for TikTok in Europe.  —  Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hinted …
BBC:
A Finnish court sentences hacker Julius Kivimäki to six years and three months, after he breached a health care database and tried to blackmail 33,000 people  —  One of Europe's most wanted cyber criminals has been jailed for attempting to blackmail 33,000 people whose confidential therapy notes he stole.
Marques Brownlee / Marques Brownlee on YouTube:
Rabbit R1 review: $199 is reasonable but emblematic of a trend of selling unfinished products at full price while vowing to fix the issues later to win a “race”  —  AI in a Box.  But a different box.  R1 provided by Rabbit for review.  So this is the rabbit R1 and it's another AI …
Raymond Wong / Inverse:
Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Amazon makes its AI assistant Amazon Q generally available and adds an “app creator” in preview to let employees build generative AI apps based on company data  —  Amazon says it will give non-developers the ability to create apps using natural language as part of a new feature for Amazon Q …
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
The Browser Company debuts Arc on Windows, after testing began in December 2023, and says the Windows app has 150K+ users; the macOS app shipped in July 2023  —  The Browser Company, makers of the Arc web browser, released its Windows version today.  The company started testing the Windows client …
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Beats announces $200 Solo 4 on-ear wireless headphones, with up to 50 hours of battery life, and $80 wireless Solo Buds shipping in June 2024, both without ANC  —  Beats just announced its new Solo 4, its latest in a long line of on-ear wireless headphones.  The latest model, priced at $199.99, offers battery life of up to 50 hours.
Timothy B. Lee / Asterisk:
Tech journalism is often characterized by scandals, sensationalism, and shoddy research; publishers hesitate to invest in nuanced reporting without a clear ROI  —  A huge proportion of tech journalism is characterized by scandals, sensationalism, and shoddy research.  Can we fix it?
Mia Sato / The Verge:
Instagram updates its recommendation algorithms to demote aggregator accounts, hoping to promote original content and increase distribution to smaller accounts  —  Instagram is making significant changes to how its system recommends content, with a focus on original content and increased distribution for smaller accounts.
Michael Acton / Financial Times:
Analysis: Apple has poached at least 36 AI experts from Google since 2018 and has a secretive European laboratory in Zurich to develop AI models and products  —  iPhone maker also recruits generative AI experts into secretive Zurich lab as it prepares fightback against rivals
Bloomberg:
Satellite telco SES has agreed to buy Starlink-rival Intelsat for $3.1B in cash  —  - SES said it will finance the deal with cash and new debt  — Talks between the satellite providers fell apart last year  —  SES SA has agreed to buy Intelsat SA for $3.1 billion in cash to create …
Maciej Pocwierz:
How an empty, private AWS S3 bucket had ~100M PUT requests in a day, racking up a $1,300+ bill, due to a popular open-source tool using the same bucket name  —  Imagine you create an empty, private AWS S3 bucket in a region of your preference.  What will your AWS bill be the next morning?
Bloomberg:
Microsoft announces plans to invest $1.7B in cloud and AI infrastructure in Indonesia over four years and train 840,000 people with AI skills in the country  —  - CEO Nadella tours Southeast Asia in search for growth markets  — Nvidia, Apple leaders also visited region before Nadella
Sheila Chiang / CNBC:
Samsung reports Q1 revenue up 12.81% YoY to ~$52.3B, vs. ~$51.6B est., operating profit up 932.8% YoY to ~$4.8B, vs. ~$4.3B est., as memory chip prices rebound  —  Samsung Electronics Co. Galaxy S24 smartphones during a media preview event in Seoul, South Korea, on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024.

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