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Sources: Twitter's engineers built a system to boost Elon Musk's tweets over everyone else's after Musk complained Biden's Super Bowl tweet outperformed his — After his Super Bowl tweet did worse numbers than President Biden's, Twitter's CEO ordered major changes to the algorithm
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Some users report that “new Bing” is questioning its existence, outright lying, and responding with “unhinged”, aggressive, and nearly incomprehensible messages — System appears to be suffering a breakdown as it ponders why it has to exist at all — Microsoft is adding Chat GPT tech to Bing
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Sources: Apple plans to evaluate Pay Later borrowers based on spending history, the Apple devices they own, whether they applied for an Apple Card, and more — With Apple Inc. pushing into the lending business with a “buy now, pay later” service, the company is laying out rules for how it will approve transactions.
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Microsoft releases 77 security fixes, patching three actively exploited zero-day flaws in Windows and Office, and nine critical RCE vulnerabilities — Today is Microsoft's February 2023 Patch Tuesday, and security updates fix three actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities and a total of 77 flaws.| The Guardian: |
An investigation exposes “Team Jorge”, an Israeli hacking and social media disinformation unit for hire claiming covert involvement in 33 presidential elections — - Group sells hacking services and access to vast army of fake social media profiles — Evidence unit behind disinformation campaigns across world
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Filing: Berkshire Hathaway cut its holdings of TSMC's American depositary shares by 86% last quarter to 8.29M, valued at $617.7M; TSMC's stock drops 3.8%+ — Warren Buffett slashed his holding of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. just months after disclosing a major stake …
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Copilot for Business, GitHub's enterprise AI-powered code completion tool for $19 per month, hits general availability after the beta launch in December 2022 — GitHub today announced that Copilot for Business, the company's $19/month enterprise version of its AI-powered code completion tool …
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Hyundai and Kia are offering free anti-theft software updates for 8M+ vehicles, after hundreds of car thefts inspired by the viral “Kia Challenge” on TikTok — Hyundai and Kia are offering free software updates for millions of their cars in response to a rash of car thefts inspired …
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Brazilian neobank Nubank reports Q4 revenue up 128% YoY to $1.45B, $58M net income, up from $66.1M net loss YoY, and says it ended 2022 with 74.6M customers — Nu Holdings Ltd (NUN.MX) reported a surge in fourth-quarter gross profit on Tuesday, as customers flocked to the core lending products offered … | Bloomberg: |
A look at Vietnam's plans to make Ho Chi Minh City a startup hub; report: Vietnam drew a record $2.6B in VC funding across 233 deals in 2021, up from $700M YoY — On a recent morning, Vinnie Lauria found himself weaving through the clogged, narrow streets of Ho Chi Minh City on a motorbike …
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Primate Labs releases Geekbench 6 with new and updated hardware and app tests that use datasets meant to be more representative of real-world workloads — According to its developer, Primate Labs, Geekbench 6 has new and updated tests that are meant to fully test modern hardware … | Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Mozilla CEO Mitchell Baker on the company's history, battling Microsoft, working with rivals, generative AI, WebKit, iOS, Chrome, Mastodon, and more — Mozilla chair Mitchell Baker on competing — and cooperating — with Google, Apple, and the rest of Big Tech.| Thomas Germain / Gizmodo: |
Google launches Privacy Sandbox for Android in beta, starting with a “small percentage” of Android 13 devices, similar to Apple's App Tracking Transparency — Here's a preview of the Privacy Sandbox, the newfangled way companies will follow you around the web that's supposed to be better for your privacy.
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SandboxAQ, a startup spun out of Alphabet that is developing post-quantum cryptography and simulation software for drug and material development, raised $500M — Sandbox AQ, a startup spun off from Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) last year, said on Tuesday it raised $500 million as it helps customers prepare for a quantum computing future.
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Meta updates Facebook's “Why am I seeing this ad?” tool to include information about how users' on- and off-platform activity informs its ML models for ads — Facebook has just launched an updated version of its “Why am I seeing this ad?” tool which now includes information on how they use machine learning to deliver ads.
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ASML says it reported a breach to authorities after an ex-employee in China misappropriated proprietary data resulting in possible export controls violations — ASML Holding NV, the Dutch company behind the leading chip-making technology, said that a former employee in China misappropriated data … | South China Morning Post: |
At a recent event, senior executives at gaming firms like Tencent and NetEase said they are looking to better promote China's culture, as regulations ease up — China's major video gaming companies are looking to better promote the nation's culture and uphold social values … | Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
Xiaomi's earlier mover advantages are eroding in India, where it is facing declining shipments, a tax investigation, and key top-level management departures — The Chinese giant is challenged in the world's second-largest smartphone market, with key local departures and declining shipments
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DARPA says its Air Combat Evolution developers used AI to successfully fly a modified F-16 test aircraft multiple times over several days in early December 2022 — The fighter aircraft that was first introduced in 1978 has now seemingly evolved into an autonomous plane. — Chloe Xiang
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