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Filings: the US DOJ drops a bid to force Google to sell its AI investments to boost search competition but still seeks a court order requiring it to sell Chrome — The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday dropped a proposal to force Alphabet's Google (GOOGL.O) to sell its investments … | David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times: |
Source: Bybit hackers planted malicious code to manipulate transactions by compromising a developer's computer at crypto wallet provider Safe, used by Bybit — On the night of Feb. 21, Ben Zhou, the chief executive of the cryptocurrency exchange Bybit, logged on to his computer to approve what appeared to be a routine transaction.| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Craig Federighi and other Apple executives voiced concerns that personalized Siri didn't work properly; some think it has to be rebuilt from scratch — Apple Inc.'s turmoil in its AI division reached new heights on Friday, with the company delaying promised updates to the Siri digital assistant for the foreseeable future.
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The White House hosted its first Crypto Summit, bringing together top crypto executives, including Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss — The first-of-its-kind event at the White House with top crypto executives showcased the president's embrace of the once-renegade industry.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: crypto exchange and custodian Gemini has filed confidentially for an IPO; the company is reportedly considering going public as soon as this year — Gemini, the cryptocurrency firm backed by the billionaire Winklevoss twins, has filed confidentially for an initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Signal's Meredith Whittaker says AI agents doing tasks on users' behalf pose security and privacy risks and refers to their use as “putting your brain in a jar” — Signal President Meredith Whittaker warned Friday that agentic AI could come with a risk to user privacy.
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| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
Unsealed court docs: US investigators believe hackers behind the 2022 LastPass breach stole $150M in XRP, now worth ~$700M, from one person in January 2024 — The stolen XRP is now worth $716 million. The Secret Service is trying to claw it back from unknown hackers.
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| Pete Schroeder / Reuters: |
The US OCC says banks can engage in some crypto activities, rescinding prior guidance that told them they should clear such activities with regulators first — The U.S. regulator overseeing national banks clarified Friday that banks can engage in some crypto activities … | Reuters: |
Sources detail the nearly 10-hour-long tech meltdown of the European Central Bank's main payment system on February 27 due to a piece of malfunctioning hardware — The European Central Bank's payments crash last week meant salaries and welfare funds were delayed for thousands of people.| CNN: |
China plans a “state venture capital guidance fund”, expected to attract ~$138B over 20 years from local governments and private sector, to support AI and more — Hong Kong CNN — Fresh off the global success of DeepSeek's latest artificial intelligence reasoning model …
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The FTC told a US district judge it is still determining who Amazon's competitors are for its 2023 antitrust lawsuit and the list could include Walmart and eBay — Lawyers for the company and the agency appeared Friday before US District Judge John Chun in Seattle to provide a high-level overview … | Todd Spangler / Variety: |
A look at YouTube's origins, growth, and domination as the platform turns 20, including an interview with CEO Neal Mohan, who is nearing 10 years at the company — It's a muggy morning the day before the 2025 Super Bowl in New Orleans, and YouTube CEO Neal Mohan is stuck in parade traffic and not happy about it.
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Sources: activist investor Mantle Ridge has built a $1B+ stake in Cognizant and believes the tech services firm, which has a $41B+ market cap, is undervalued — The investor has been working behind the scenes at the tech-services firm and isn't currently planning to nominate directors
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Sources: Figma has met with banks in recent weeks to discuss an IPO that could come as soon as 2025; EU and US regulators stymied its $20B sale to Adobe in 2023 — The design tech company is exploring a public offering after regulators stymied its $20 billion sale to the software giant Adobe in 2023.
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Jim Sanborn, creator of the Kryptos sculpture at CIA HQ, says he's frustrated with amateurs falsely claiming they cracked the 35-year unsolved code using AI — Jim Sanborn's inbox is flooded with amateur cryptographers who say they've cracked the code with chatbots like Grok 3.| David Heaney / UploadVR: |
Meta will recommend using Unity and Unreal's built-in OpenXR support, after developers said Meta's Unity and Unreal integrations blocked other PC VR headsets — Meta will recommend that developers use the built-in OpenXR support of Unity and Unreal from next week. — What Is OpenXR?Sponsor Posts
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