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| Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge: |
A US judge sentences Binance founder Changpeng Zhao to four months in prison; Zhao pled guilty in November 2023 — Binance founder Changpeng Zhao was sentenced to four months in prison for failing to establish adequately anti-money laundering protections. Zhao, once the head …
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Forums: r/Pulsechain and r/CryptoCurrency
| Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge: |
Changpeng Zhao's short sentence suggests he had some leverage, and the hearing had references to sealed documents and “cooperation”, perhaps over user details — There are a lot of differences between Changpeng Zhao and Sam Bankman-Fried, and now we can add one more to the list … | Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority: |
An APK review suggests the Rabbit R1 runs Android and its entire UI is powered by a single Android app; founder Jesse Lyu says “rabbit r1 is not an Android app” — The Rabbit R1 is probably running Android and is certainly powered by an Android app under the hood. — • — TL;DR
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| Asa Fitch / Wall Street Journal: |
New Jersey-based CoreWeave, which rents out chips to help create AI systems, raised $1.1B led by Coatue at a $19B valuation, five months after raising $642M — Company raises $1.1 billion from investors including Fidelity, Magnetar Capital — CoreWeave, a cloud-computing company backed by Nvidia … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Screenshots seem to show TikTok circumventing Apple's App Store fees by showing some users a link to a site for buying digital coins, instead of using IAPs — TikTok may be routing around the App Store to save money on commissions. According to new findings, the ByteDance-owned social video app …
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| Ash Parrish / The Verge: |
Meta announces Batman: Arkham Shadow, the next entry in the iconic Batman: Arkham video game series, exclusive to the Meta Quest 3 and launching later in 2024 — Iron Man VR developer Camouflaj and Oculus Studios are developing the game, which is set to release later this year.
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| Reuters: |
Reuters/Ipsos poll: 58% agree with the statement that the Chinese government uses TikTok to “influence American public opinion”; 50% support a TikTok ban — - A majority of Americans believe that China uses TikTok to shape U.S. public opinion, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted …
More: Benzinga, Daily Mail, Business Times, and Asia Financial
| Gaby Del Valle / The Verge: |
Over 50 ex-Google employees, fired in connection with a sit-in protest against Google's business ties to Israel, file an NLRB complaint for unlawful retaliation — A software engineer who was fired from Google in connection to internal protests at the company's offices says the company retaliated …
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| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
LinkedIn launches three Wordle-style puzzle games: theme-based guessing game Pinpoint, Sudoku and Minesweeper-style crossover Queens, and trivia game Crossclimb — How long until “What I learned about B2B sales from playing Crossclimb”? — LinkedIn, the professional network known …
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| Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo: |
A look at gpt2-chatbot, a mysterious AI chatbot that became available on LLM benchmarking site LMSYS Org and is believed to have similar capabilities as GPT-4 — An advanced AI model with unknown origins turned heads this week as online communities unpacked a cryptic tweet from Sam Altman.
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Forums: r/singularity, r/LocalLLaMA, and Slashdot
| Justine Calma / The Verge: |
Walmart discontinues its telehealth service Health Virtual Care citing “escalating operating costs”; Walmart acquired telehealth provider MeMD in 2021 — Walmart isn't making enough money off its new health centers, so it decided to close up shop.
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Elliptic, MIT, and IBM release an experimental new AI detection model and its 200M-transaction training dataset to help identify Bitcoin money laundering — Blockchain analysis firm Elliptic, MIT, and IBM have released a new AI model—and the 200-million-transaction dataset it's trained on … | Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
AMD reports Q1 revenue up 2% YoY to $5.47B, vs. $5.46B est., Data Center revenue up 80% YoY to $2.3B, and a $123M net income, up from a $139M net loss YoY — Advanced Micro Devices reported first-quarter earnings and sales on Tuesday that were slightly ahead of Wall Street expectations … | Bloomberg: |
A look at GM's risky bet to replace Apple's CarPlay with its own infotainment system, gambling on its software group, as carmakers worry over Apple's power — The uneasy relationship between Detroit and Cupertino is on display in a flawed rollout of GM's new software.| Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk: |
US House Financial Services Committee Chair Patrick McHenry accuses Gary Gensler of misleading Congress on the SEC's position on whether ether is a security — The chairman of the House Financial Services Committee says Gensler refused to discuss his view on ETH in testimony even after the SEC was investigating it as a security.
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| Politico: |
How bills under consideration in various US states to address AI bias contain loopholes that would make companies avoiding accountability easier — AI is potentially transformative. Whether that's a good or bad thing depends on whether we set the right rules.
More: Politico and ExchangeWire.com
| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
The US DOJ charges Roger Ver, a well-known figure from the early days of Bitcoin, with filing false tax returns and more to evade paying nearly $50M — The Justice Department announced on Tuesday it has charged Roger Ver, a well-known figure from the early days of Bitcoin, with mail fraud and filing false tax returns.
More: US Department of Justice, Decrypt, Crypto Adventure, Cryptopolitan, Cryptonews, Protos, Blockonomi, ZyCrypto, CoinGape, Crypto Briefing, CryptoSlate, Bloomberg, crypto.news, Web3 is Going Just Great, Forkast, and Bitcoin Insider
X: @mandrik, @kimdotcom, @douglastuman, @beautyon_, @magicaltux, @petermccormack, @chjango, @jeremykauffman, @chrisblec, @thestalwart, @sallymayweather, @jeffjohnroberts, @excellion, @lopp, @joecarlasare, @dmkgll, @truthcoin, @tbg9270584, @whalepanda, @mandrik, @autismcapital, and @peterktodd
Forums: r/Monero, r/Bitcoincash, r/bitcoincashSV, r/CryptoCurrency, r/btc, and r/Bitcoin
| Emilia David / The Verge: |
In a letter to the US Labor Department, Google says the US could lose out on valuable AI and tech talent if some of its immigration policies are not modernized — The US could lose out on valuable AI and tech talent if some of its immigration policies are not modernized, Google says in a letter sent to the Department of Labor.
More: Benzinga and Business Insider
| Yadarisa Shabong / Reuters: |
Ofcom opens an investigation into OnlyFans over its measures to stop children from accessing porn, after reviewing its “response to formal information requests” — Britain's media regulator Ofcom has opened an investigation into OnlyFans, it said on Wednesday …
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Google Phone app beta rolls out “Audio Emoji”, letting callers select an emoji to play animated sound effects: clapping, laughing, party, crying, poop, sting — The Google Phone app is picking up a new trick, with the app now rolling out “Audio Emoji” to some users.| Yukio Tajima / Nikkei Asia: |
China implements a revised State Secrets Law, requiring Tencent, Weibo, and other internet companies to delete leaked information and comply with investigations — Law taking effect Wednesday seen requiring internet companies to help curb leaks — BEIJING — China on Wednesday implemented …
More: BBC
| Bloomberg: |
DOJ v. Google: Microsoft invested in OpenAI over fears of falling behind Google; Kevin Scott said he was “very, very worried” in a 2019 email to Satya Nadella — - Google faces US antitrust case about its dominance in search — Microsoft's communications deemed relevant to defense by judge
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