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| Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica: |
The European Court of Human Rights rules backdoors that weaken E2EE violate human rights law, after Russia began requiring Telegram to decrypt messages in 2017 — Cops have alternative means to access encrypted messages, court says. — The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) …
More: European Court of Human Rights, EU Reporter, Silicon Republic, The Register, WinBuzzer, Cryptopolitan, Mashable, DataBreachToday.com, Cointelegraph, and Fortune
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Forums: Hacker News, r/worldnews, r/technology, r/privacy, r/ukpolitics, r/privacy, r/europe, Slashdot, and Ars OpenForum
| Leander Kahney / Cult of Mac: |
Many Apple Vision Pro users are returning their devices, saying they're too expensive, heavy, or isolating, as the 14-day return window nears its end for buyers — Many early adopters seem set on returning their Apple Vision Pro headsets. As the 14-day return window approaches for people …
More: The Verge, Mashable, Club386, The Independent, Technowize, Business Insider, Android Authority, Business Today, MySmartPrice, TweakTown, Digital Trends, The Indian Express, iThinkDifferent, Latest Odisha News …, PhoneArena, Gizmodo, MacRumors, ZeroHedge News, NewsBytes, MobileSyrup, BGR, Quartz, and Benzinga
Threads: @samhenrigold, @samhenrigold, @stephenrobles, @chancehmiller, @tomwarrenuk, @prcgibson, and @parkerortolani. Mastodon: @thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io
| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
X removes paid checkmarks from some accounts after a watchdog group found 28 verified accounts allegedly tied to Hezbollah and other US-sanctioned entities — X (aka Twitter) accused of violating sanctions by taking payment from terrorists. — A watchdog group's investigation found …
More: New York Times, The Verge, Tech Transparency Project, BBC, Variety, Proactive, Rolling Stone, Forbes, Joan Westenberg, Business Today, X, Boing Boing, Engadget, and The Hill
Forums: r/EnoughMuskSpam, r/Twitter, and Ars OpenForum
| Ashley Gold / Axios: |
NYC sues ByteDance, Meta, Snap, and Google to hold the companies accountable “for fueling the nationwide youth mental health crisis” by manipulating young users — New York City filed a lawsuit against TikTok, Meta, Snap and Google's YouTube to hold the companies accountable …
More: 9to5Mac, NYC, Reuters, TechInformed, hellgatenyc, Silicon Republic, Superior Court of the State of New York, CNBC, Benzinga, Digital Music News, International Business Times, PhoneArena, Engadget, The Hill, ABC News, Gothamist, Chalkbeat, New York City, NY Patch, and BNN Bloomberg
Forums: r/technology and Slashdot
| Oliver Darcy / CNN: |
Meta struggles to precisely define what political content is, offering only a vague statement, after saying Threads would not amplify political content — What constitutes “political” content? — It's an important question that Meta has conspicuously left unanswered …
More: International Business Times, Anchor Change …, and Platformer
Threads: @doniecnn, @jayfarrellarnold, @bostonjoan, @shiraovide, @crumbler, @oliverdarcy, and @katieharbath
| The Information: |
More: Washington Post and The Hindu
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
TikTok launches its native Apple Vision Pro app, offering a similar UI to the mobile apps; an executive said TikTok “redesigned the entire TikTok experience” — Apple's Vision Pro headset now has a native TikTok app, the shortform video service has announced.
More: 9to5Mac, MacRumors, TheStreet, TechCrunch, AppleInsider, MacDailyNews, and Supercharged
X: @tiktokcomms, @vnchocotaco, and @jordankutzer
| Aaron Holmes / The Information: |
Source: OpenAI has been developing a web search product partly powered by Bing — OpenAI has been developing a web search product that would bring the Microsoft-backed startup into more direct competition with Google, according to someone with knowledge of OpenAI's plans.
More: MSPoweruser, Business Today, Benzinga, Hindustan Times, SamMobile, Business Insider, Cryptopolitan, The Decoder, PhoneArena, Android Headlines, KnowTechie, Wccftech, The Indian Express, SlashGear, and Shacknews
X: @hedgeyecomm, @rustybrick, @convertwithcal, @wintermoat, @aaronpholmes, @benjedwards, @amir, @greedynofear, and @artificialguybr. LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski. Forums: r/OpenAI
| Subrat Patnaik / Bloomberg: |
Nvidia passed Alphabet on February 14 as the third most valuable US company and the world's fourth with a market cap of ~$1.83T, one day after overtaking Amazon — - Chip giant is up 49% in 2024, adding $602 billion in value — Market cap of $1.83 trillion exceeds Alphabet's $1.82 trillion| Cristiano Lima-Strong / Washington Post: |
Richard Blumenthal and Marsha Blackburn announce an updated Kids Online Safety Act and say 60+ US senators support the bill; KOSA faces uncertainty in the House — With more than 60 backers, an updated Kids Online Safety Act finally has a path to passage in the Senate but faces uncertainty in the House.| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Amazon researchers detail BASE TTS, the largest text-to-speech model yet, which they claim exhibits “emergent” qualities improving its natural speaking ability — Researchers at Amazon have trained the largest ever text-to-speech model yet, which they claim exhibits “emergent” … | The Information: |
Sources: Together AI, which helps developers access Nvidia server chips to train AI models, is raising $100M+ led by Salesforce Ventures at a $1B+ valuation — Nvidia's hot streak with artificial intelligence chips, which have been in high demand globally, is also lifting a slew of companies that resell the chips.| Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at The Shotline, a project using ElevenLabs' tech to create audio deepfakes of kids killed by gun violence, to place AI-generated calls to US lawmakers — Grieving parents made these audio deepfakes to stir the emotions of lawmakers. But they also mark a new era for artificial intelligence.
More: The Shotline, Associated Press, The Verge, The Guardian, The Hill, Hartford Courant, Engadget, The Wall Street Journal on YouTube, Mashable, March For Our Lives, and NPR
X: @changetheref, @joannastern, @davidhogg111, @alyssa_milano, @davidhogg111, @wsj, @bcross052422, @joannastern, @juliejargon, @amarch4ourlives, and @joannastern
LinkedIn: Alex Ridoré and Ernie Schenck
Forums: r/aiwars and r/Futurology
| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
Some European entrepreneurs believe the EU's scrutiny of deals involving tech giants will lead to less M&A activity, reducing exit routes from their business — Some entrepreneurs believe there will now be less deal activity, reducing exit routes from their business| Arsheeya Bajwa / Reuters: |
Google plans to let businesses install auto-updating ChromeOS Flex to Windows devices, to help stop millions of Windows 10 PCs from hitting landfills in 2025 — Google will allow businesses to install an auto-updating version of the Chrome operating system to Windows devices …
More: Windows Central, Google Cloud Blog, MSPoweruser, Computing, BetaNews, The Register, Laptop Mag, and Windows Report. Forums: Hacker News
| Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
Lambda, which offers cloud computing services and computers to train AI, raised $320M led by Thomas Tull's US Innovative Technology at a $1.5B valuation — The startup raised $320 million in a new funding round. — Lambda, a startup that sells cloud computing services and computers …
More: Reuters and Business Wire
| Bloomberg: |
TSMC rises ~8% in its first post-Lunar New Year trading session, reaching a record $575B market cap and passing Visa as the world's 12th most valuable company — - Global AI activity should benefit Taiwan's largest company — TSMC is the main contract chipmaker to Nvidia and Apple
More: Benzinga and TipRanks Financial
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
A look at robots.txt, a good will-based social contract governing the behavior of web crawlers, as experts call for more rigid tools for managing AI crawlers — For decades, robots.txt governed the behavior of web crawlers. But as unscrupulous AI companies seek out more and more data … | Financial Times: |
A look at OpenAI's business model, as the company works to more than double its yearly run rate by 2025; ChatGPT Enterprise now has 300+ paying customers — The AI startup is one of the fastest-growing companies in history, but questions remain about the long-term viability of its revenue stream
X: @madhumita29 and @jbrowder1
| Owen Walker / Financial Times: |
The CEO of Greek payments company Viva Wallet, co-owned by JPMorgan, sues the bank for allegedly suppressing Viva's growth, as JPMorgan files a counter claim — Wall Street bank accused of trying to drive down the valuation of Greek payments company Viva Wallet
More: PYMNTS.com and Finextra
| Daniele Lepido / Bloomberg: |
Italian app developer Bending Spoons raised $155M from Baillie Gifford and others at a $2.6B valuation, after raising $100M in 2023, and seeks acquisitions — - Italian app developer has raised $155 million in new funding — Company on track to generate $500 million in sales this year| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
In a video, Mark Zuckerberg shares his thoughts on the Vision Pro, saying Quest 3 “is the better product, period”, highlighting Apple's tradeoffs, and more — Now that it can be strapped to our faces and worn in strange places, opinions about Apple's Vision Pro are flying left and right.
More: TechEBlog, TweakTown, CNN, The Michigan Daily, Creative Bloq, Newser, Notebookcheck, CNBC, Business Insider, and UploadVR
Threads: @alexoid, @neil.cybart, @jank0, @reckless1280, @eshumarneedi, @alexheath, @jaymayo_vrtist, @mattnavarra, @supremebagholder, @supremebagholder, @jeffbowen, @kalihays1, @mkarolian, @katw408, @drewje, @thealabasterslim, @katw408, @redactedfella, @yasharali, @kalihays1, @daveleebbg, and @boztank. Instagram: Mark Zuckerberg. Bluesky: @annmlipton.bsky.social
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