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Sources: Apple plans to build its own AI models for Visual Intelligence and add cameras to the Watch; the redesigned plastic Apple Watch SE faces serious issues — Apple is exploring the idea of adding cameras and visual intelligence features to its smartwatch, thrusting the company into the AI wearables market.
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| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
Google is rolling out new real-time AI video features, including the ability to “see” screens and camera feeds, for Gemini Advanced subscribers — Gemini can ‘see’ screens and camera feeds in real-time for some Google One AI Premium subscribers now.
More: BleepingComputer, Digital Trends, Chrome Unboxed, and 9to5Google
Forums: r/Bard and r/technews
| Muyao Shen / Bloomberg: |
Retail investors often bear the brunt of losses in the Solana blockchain's memecoin market, which is plagued by insider trading, rug pulls, and “sniping” — Rug pulls. Sniping. Trading “cabals.” The niche world of memecoins on the Solana blockchain is rife with danger …
More: Decrypt, CryptoSlate, NullTX, Crypto Briefing, and Cointelegraph
| New York Times: |
How one of the world's major money laundering networks, linked to Cambodia's Huione Group, services online scammers using cryptocurrency, Telegram, and more — Documents and insiders reveal how one of the world's major money laundering networks operates. — Documents and insiders reveal … | Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Browser Use, whose open-source tool converts website elements into a “text-like” format that AI agents can better understand, raised a $17M seed led by Felicis — We may not have an agreed-upon definition of AI “agent” yet, but a multitude of startups want to create “agentic” tools to automate various tasks online.
More: SiliconANGLE and Browser Use
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| Emma Bowman / NPR: |
A look at the Internet Archive, which sees ~100TB of material uploaded daily and has cataloged ~73K US government website pages that the Trump admin expunged — SAN FRANCISCO — If you've ever clicked on a hyperlink that's taken you to something called the Wayback Machine to view an old web page …
Forums: r/Defeat_Project_2025, r/technology, r/sanfrancisco, and r/NPR
| Margi Murphy / Bloomberg: |
Research shows a surge in the popularity of deepfake porn services, with the 10 most popular “nudifying” websites receiving 18M views in January 2025 alone — An introduction to the Levittown podcast. Plus: Another billionaire's space dreams.| Zack Abrams / The Block: |
The daily amount of ETH burned on Ethereum due to transaction fees hit an all-time low on March 22, amid dips in other network metrics like active addresses — - The daily amount of ETH burned on Ethereum as a result of transaction fees hit an all-time low on Saturday, indicating low demand for the network's blockspace.
Forums: r/ethtrader
| John Thornhill / Financial Times: |
An interview with Helsing co-CEO Torsten Reil on delivering the defense tech company's AI-enabled strike drones to Ukraine, the herd mentality of VCs, and more — The German entrepreneur on safeguarding Europe, AI warfare — and why democracies need deterrents
LinkedIn: John Thornhill and Dr Helmut Schuster
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Intel Delivers powerful CPUs for AI and Networking — With the onset of AI, businesses demand powerful and efficient CPUs. Explore new Intel Xeon 6 processors, for the broadest set of workloads with leadership performance and lower TCO.
Intel Delivers powerful CPUs for AI and Networking — With the onset of AI, businesses demand powerful and efficient CPUs. Explore new Intel Xeon 6 processors, for the broadest set of workloads with leadership performance and lower TCO.Sponsor Post
| Financial Times: |
Elon Musk's ties to President Trump could complicate Starlink's global rollout; Morgan Stanley estimates Starlink could make $16.3B in 2025 revenue, up 74% YoY — Satellite internet service is expanding fast but some politicians worry whether the SpaceX owner is a reliable partner
More: New York Times, Reuters, Politico, and The Kyiv Independent
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| Kate Morgan / New York Times: |
Scientists are using AI to speed up drug repurposing, expanding the treatment possibilities for people with rare diseases and few options — Joseph Coates, left, owes his life to an A.I. model developed by Dr. David Fajgenbaum and the rest of his team.Hannah Yoon for The New York Times
More: Cautious Optimism, The Ankler, and Forbes
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| Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide: |
IFPI: global music streaming revenues hit a record $20.4B in 2024, driven by paid subscription revenues of $15.15B, up 9.5% YoY; paid subscribers reached 752M — MBW's Stat Of The Week is a series in which we highlight a data point that deserves the attention of the global music industry.
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Intel:
Intel Delivers powerful CPUs for AI and Networking — With the onset of AI, businesses demand powerful and efficient CPUs. Explore new Intel Xeon 6 processors, for the broadest set of workloads with leadership performance and lower TCO.
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8 must-have assets in every recruiter's work folder — Car mechanics can teach us an important lesson. They always carry a handy toolbox with everything they need to troubleshoot common auto problems.
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