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Substack says Twitter “unexpectedly restricted access to embedding tweets”; Twitter seems to have disabled likes and RTs for some tweets with Substack links — Writers trying to embed tweets in their Substack stories are in for a rude surprise: after pasting a link to the site …
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| The Verge: |
Substack founders criticize Twitter over restrictions, saying this is a reminder of why writers need a platform “that protects the free press and free speech” — / Substack's founders say this serves as a reminder of why writers need a platform that 'puts them in charge …
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| New York Times: |
Sources and internal documents: the success of ChatGPT has made Microsoft and Google willing to take greater risks despite their AI ethics guidelines — Technology companies were once leery of what some artificial intelligence could do. Now the priority is winning control of the industry's next big thing.
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| Michael Kan / PCMag: |
MSI confirms in a filing that it was breached, without giving many details, after a ransomware gang claims to have breached MSI and stolen its source code — The ransomware group is reportedly demanding $4 million or it will leak the stolen data, which includes company source code.
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Amazon bans the sale of Flipper Zero, a $169 portable security penetration testing tool for wireless devices, after tagging it as a card-skimming device — Amazon has banned the sale of the Flipper Zero portable multi-tool for pen-testers as it no longer allows its sale on the platform after tagging it as a card-skimming device.| Sohee Kim / Bloomberg: |
Samsung plans to cut memory chip production to a “meaningful level” after estimating that its Q1 operating profit fell 95%+ YoY to ~$450M, its worst since 2009 — Samsung Electronics Co. said it is cutting memory chip production after reporting its slimmest profit since …
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| Nathan Edwards / The Verge: |
Google plans to end support for the Dropcam and the Nest Secure home security system on April 8, 2024, as it shelves products it can't migrate to Google Home — Google is ending support for the Dropcam and the Nest Secure home security system in exactly one year, on April 8th, 2024.
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Substack discloses financials as required by crowdfunding rules: 2021 gross revenue of $11.9M vs $2.3M in 2020, 2021 net loss of $22M vs $2.3M in 2020 — When newsletter platform Substack last month launched a crowdfunding campaign, its writers and fans responded with more than $7.5 million …
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Anthropic's Series C pitch deck shows the AI startup aims to raise ~$5B over the next two years to take on OpenAI and enter over a dozen major industries — Anthropic plans to train a powerful model with billions in new funding — AI research startup Anthropic aims to raise as much as $5 billion … | CoinDesk: |
The US Treasury warns that DeFi services not compliant with AML and terrorist financing rules pose “the most significant current illicit finance risk” — The department's first analysis of illicit finance risks associated with DeFi recommends the U.S. look at enhancements to its existing anti-money laundering regime.
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| Tim Keary / VentureBeat: |
Bitdefender survey of 400+ IT/security professionals: 42% were told to cover up data breaches that should have been reported, 29.9% admit covering up breaches — In a world where cybercrime is becoming more difficult to prevent, many security leaders are putting pressure on IT professionals to bury the truth.
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| Reed Albergotti / Semafor: |
Sources: Stability AI looks to bring in a Sheryl Sandberg-like exec after burning through a big chunk of $100M raised in 2022 without generating much revenue — Stability AI, one of the hottest companies in artificial intelligence, is burning through cash and has been slow to generate revenue …
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