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Instagram unveils Teen Accounts, a sweeping update to boost privacy and limit intrusive effects for under-18 users, including making accounts private by default — The app, which is popular with teenagers, introduced new settings and features aimed at addressing inappropriate online contact and content …
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Apple Watch Series 10 review: bigger display, wide-angle OLED, faster charging, and sleep apnea detection, but no blood oxygen and another year of minor updates — The Series 10 bets big on a larger display and a more wearable design. As far as iterative updates go, that's a savvy choice.
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Snapchat gets a redesign, simplifying from five to three tabs including a new unified For You feed of full-screen videos from publishers and creators — Snapchat is undergoing its biggest redesign in years by simplifying from five to three tabs: one for messages and Stories with friends … | Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Snap debuts a tool to let creators generate AI videos from text prompts and, soon, from image prompts, powered by Snap's own foundational video models — At its annual Snap Partner Summit on Tuesday, Snapchat announced that it's introducing a new AI video generation tool for creators.
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OpenAI confirms fixing an issue “where it appeared as though ChatGPT was starting new conversations”, after users reported ChatGPT reaching out proactively — “Did you just message me first?” — Over the weekend, a redditor going by the name of SentuBill posted a peculiar screenshot …
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The EU picks veteran Finnish lawmaker Henna Virkkunen to take over from Thierry Breton, pending her confirmation; Virkkunen was central in creating the DSA — - Finnish lawmaker Henna Virkkunen was instrumental on DSA — Virkkunen emphasized importance of European competitiveness| Jason Shubnell / The Block: |
Trump launches World Liberty Financial, a DeFi lending project on Ethereum underpinned by the WLFI governance token; up to 63% of WLFI to be sold to the public — - Donald Trump helped unveil a few details of his highly anticipated cryptocurrency project, World Liberty Financial, on Monday night.
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Meta bans Russian media outlet RT from its apps globally, days after the Biden administration accused RT of acting as an arm of Moscow's spy agencies — U.S. officials on Friday accused RT of carrying out covert information warfare operations around the world as an arm of Russia's spy agencies.
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EssilorLuxottica and Meta announce a 10-year deal to continue developing smart eyewear, after creating two generations of Ray-Ban glasses since 2019 — EssilorLuxottica (ESLX.PA) said on Tuesday it had extended its partnership with Meta Platforms (META.O) by agreeing a 10-year deal to continue developing smart eyewear.
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IBM acquires Kubecost, a FinOps startup launched in 2019 that helps companies monitor and optimize Kubernetes clusters; Kubecost had raised $30M+ in funding — IBM today announced that it has acquired Kubecost, a FinOps startup that helps teams at companies like Allianz, Audi … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Google plans to flag AI-made images with C2PA metadata on Search in the “about this image” box and integrate C2PA metadata in its ad systems within a few months — Google is planning to roll out a technology that will identify whether a photo was taken with a camera …
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Intel announces plans to create a separate entity for its foundry business, a structure that could help to raise outside funding — Intel shares jumped almost 10% in extended trading on Monday after the company said it plans to turn its foundry business into an independent unit with its own board …
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Armenian startup EasyDMARC, which uses the DMARC standard to simplify email security and authentication, raised a $20M Series A led by Radian Capital — EasyDMARC, a B2B SaaS startup out of Armenia that aims to simplify email security and authentication, said it has raised $20 million … | Gabriel Stargardter / Reuters: |
A look at France's LOPMI law, enacted in January 2023 to criminalize tech executives whose platforms allow illegal activities, as Pavel Durov remains on bail — When French prosecutors took aim at Telegram boss Pavel Durov, they had a trump card to wield - a tough new law with no international equivalent … | Christopher Grimes / Financial Times: |
How Netflix staged a remarkable recovery since its 2022 stock crash, adding 45M+ subscribers via a password crackdown and gaining an edge over Hollywood rivals — The company has staged a remarkable recovery since the ‘great correction’ of 2022 and now has the edge over Hollywood rivals| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Workday acquires Evisort, an AI-powered contract management service that had raised $155.6M in capital and debt — Workday announced on Tuesday that it's acquiring Evisort, an AI-powered contract management platform, for an undisclosed amount. — In a statement, Terrance Wampler …
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| Curtis Heinzl / Bloomberg: |
Uber says it plans to start checking US passengers' account info against third-party ID verification databases; drivers will be able to see a user's blue badge — - Verified riders will receive a blue tick visible to drivers — Uber will match passengers against third-party databases| Financial Times: |
Microsoft calls for “clarity and consistency” over US export controls that have held up shipping AI chips to UAE-based G42, in which Microsoft invested $1.5B — Tech giant creates new AI institutes with UAE's G42 as it awaits decision to lift US controls on chip shipments
More: Reuters, Gulf News, Axios, Gulf Business, and Bloomberg
| Allie Garfinkle / Fortune: |
Denver-based Hotel Engine, a hotel booking and management service, now called Engine, raised a $140M Series C at a $2.1B valuation, up from $1.3B in late 2021 — Elia Wallen never expected this. — Wallen started Hotel Engine as a subsidiary of corporate housing company Travelers Haven in 2015 …
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| Emily Flitter / New York Times: |
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