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Memo: TikTok is “disappointed” that the US House passed the TikTok divestment bill, and reiterates its plans to lobby the Senate not to pass the legislation — TikTok told employees the company isn't planning to change its approach to protecting user data even after US lawmakers passed …
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Threads: @drewharwell. X: @tiktokpolicy, @danprimack, @conorsen, @kantrowitz, @rpotter_9, and @vtchakarova. Forums: r/ROI
| Eleanor Olcott / Financial Times: |
After the House vote, Chinese officials say the US has shown “robber's logic” toward TikTok, and Washington must “stop unfairly suppressing foreign companies” — Beijing urges Washington to ‘stop unfairly suppressing foreign companies’
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Threads: @yasharali, @harrisonstarr_, @texaspaulschroder, @datadrivenmd, @sherrilynifill, @jeffjarvis, and @ngrossman81. X: @alex. LinkedIn: Nomi Prins
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| Hugo Barra / Hugo's Blog: |
A deep dive into Vision Pro by Meta's ex-VP of VR Hugo Barra: the audacity of Apple's hardware decisions, a dull software story, how Meta can respond, and more — Friends and colleagues have been asking me to share my perspective on the Apple Vision Pro as a product.
More: AppleInsider, MIXED Reality News, MacRumors, Cult of Mac, CryptoGlobe, and The Verge
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| Craig Trudell / Bloomberg: |
X removes a graphic video shared by Elon Musk purporting to show cannibalism in Haiti, for violating its rules; there's no evidence the video was shot in Haiti — - Move is rare case of company taking action involving its owner — Musk's posts are increasingly focused on immigration issues
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| Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal: |
Meta plans to shut down CrowdTangle in August 2024 and replace it with Meta Content Library, available to academic and nonprofit researchers, not news outlets — CrowdTangle, a source for embarrassing articles about Facebook and Instagram, has been used to track conspiracy theories, viral content
More: Engadget and The Verge
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| Nathan Ingraham / Engadget: |
Proton releases its mail app for macOS and Windows out of beta, available as part of its $4/month Mail Plus or $10/month Unlimited tier, and a Linux app in beta — And a Linux app is launching in beta soon. — Proton, the privacy-focused company that offers a variety of internet tools like mail …
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| Emilia David / The Verge: |
Amazon rolls out a generative AI feature that creates a product page, including a description and images, using information from a seller's external website — Sellers on Amazon will soon be able to make product pages with just the copy-and-paste of a link.
More: About Amazon, Thurrott, PCMag, Android Headlines, Modern Retail, 9to5Toys, TechRadar, Mashable, Maginative, GeekWire, PYMNTS.com, and Chain Store Age
| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
The EU opens a DSA investigation into Alibaba's AliExpress over illegal content concerns, ad and product recommendations, and more, the third DSA investigation — The European Commission on Thursday said it opened a formal investigation into AliExpress, an international e-commerce website run … | Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: |
Anthropic debuts Claude 3 Haiku, tailored for high-volume, latency-sensitive applications, saying Haiku is “the fastest and most affordable model” in its class — San Francisco-based startup Anthropic has just released Claude 3 Haiku, the newest addition to its Claude 3 family of AI models.
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| Trishla Ostwal / Adweek: |
Sources: Google's Search Generative Experience could cut organic search traffic to publishers by 20% to 60%; Google says “it's premature to estimate” the impact — Search Generative Experience could upend over 60% of publishers' total organic traffic
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| Assaf Gilead / Globes Online: |
US cybersecurity company Zscaler acquires Israel-based cybersecurity startup Avalor for $350M; Avalor was founded in 2022 and has raised just $30M to date — Avalor was founded only two years ago and has raised $30 million to date. — US cybersecurity company Zscaler has announced … | Reuters: |
Sources: in 2019, Donald Trump authorized the CIA to launch a clandestine social media campaign to turn China's public against the government and Xi Jinping — Two years into office, President Donald Trump authorized the Central Intelligence Agency to launch a clandestine campaign …
Mastodon: @kevincollier@mastodon.social. X: @shashj, @shashj, @ericgeller, and @nkulw. Forums: r/worldnews
| Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: |
Intel launches the $689 Core i9-14900KS Special Edition processor with clock speeds up to 6.2GHz, making it Intel's fastest mainstream chip — 6.2 GHz and a whole lotta power draw. — Jump to: — Gaming Benchmarks - Productivity Benchmarks - Thermals and Power - Conclusion| Russ Crupnick / MusicWatch: |
US paid music subscribers hit a record 109M in 2023, or 136M if SiriusXM and Amazon Prime Music are included; seven of every 10 US millennials pay to subscribe — MusicWatch Annual Music Study points to continued health of the US music market, a record number of paid subscribers, and increased spend on recorded music.| Sheena Vasani / The Verge: |
Google rolls out real-time URL protection to Standard Safe Browsing on desktop and iOS, says the feature protects users' privacy; Android gets the feature soon — Google has added real-time browsing protection to Chrome that it claims should protect your privacy.| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Reddit launches free-form ads, an ad format that looks similar to users posts but with a “Promoted” label, to help advertisers get maximum engagement — Reddit is introducing a new ad format that looks similar to posts made by users on the platform, the company announced on Thursday.
More: Reddit Upvoted, Ad Age, and EMARKETER
| Dashiell Wood / TechRadar: |
Lenovo plans to release the €599+ Legion Tab, an 8.8" Android gaming tablet currently available in China, in the EMEA and other Asian markets later in March — It's set to arrive in March — Technology manufacturer Lenovo has announced that the Lenovo Legion Tab Android gaming tablet … | Bloomberg: |
India grants a consumer payments license to Paytm, which has until now operated under a license connected to its beleaguered affiliate, Paytm Payments Bank — - India grants troubled firm a consumer payments license — New operating model needed as regulator's restrictions kick in
More: Entrackr, The Economic Times, Business Today, Moneycontrol, TechCrunch, Reuters, Inc42 Media, and Trak.in
| Kosaku Narioka / Wall Street Journal: |
Foxconn reports Q4 revenue down 5.7% YoY to ~$59B, as cloud and networking demand falls, net profit up 33% YoY to $1.69B, and expects flat 2024 consumer demand — Revenue fell on lackluster demand for cloud and networking products and a slowing personal-computer market
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| PYMNTS.com: |
Deliveroo reports adjusted EBITDA of £85M in 2023, its first-ever profit and up from a loss of £45M in 2022, after launching Deliveroo Shopping in November 2023 — Deliveroo has logged its first-ever profit as it continues pushing past its restaurant roots.| Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes: |
Unstructured, which helps companies prepare “really messy, sloppy data” for AI training, raised a $40M Series B led by Menlo Ventures at a $230M valuation — Unstructured, which preps sloppy data for LLM training, has raised $40 million at a $230 million valuation.| Joel Khalili / Wired: |
A UK High Court judge rules that Australian computer scientist Craig Wright is not Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, saying the “evidence is overwhelming” — A surprise ruling at the end of a six-week trial in the UK High Court ends Craig Wright's campaign to be recognized as the inventor of Bitcoin.
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LinkedIn: Shumin Lin and Jason Meyers
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Block starts shipping Bitkey, its $150 bitcoin wallet debuted in 2022, with a hardware device, mobile app, recovery tools, and Cash App and Coinbase integration — Block, the Jack Dorsey-led payment company, has released its long-in-the-works Bitcoin hardware wallet — but you can't use cryptocurrency to buy it.
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