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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Boston Dynamics debuts an electric version of humanoid robot Atlas for commercial use, a day after retiring the hydraulic Atlas, with a pilot starting in 2025 — A day after retiring the hydraulic model, Boston Dynamics' CEO discusses the company's commercial humanoid ambitions
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LinkedIn: Nicolas De Keijser, Marc Theermann, and Aya Mellon
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/technews, r/singularity, r/tech, r/gadgets, r/Futurology, r/Asmongold, and Slashdot
| The Verge: |
Third-party iOS app store AltStore PAL launches in the EU for €1.50 a year with two apps including game emulator Delta, which is also live on Apple's App Store — After we recently tested it in beta, the third-party iOS app store AltStore PAL is now live in the European Union thanks …
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Mastodon: @stroughtonsmith …, @liaizon@social.wake.st, @rileytestut@mastodon.social, @stroughtonsmith …, and @viticci@mastodon …
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Forums: r/AltStore and r/TwoBestFriendsPlay
| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
The European Data Protection Board says large online platforms like Meta should give users an option to use their services for free without behavioral ads — Meta Platforms (META.O) and other large online platforms should give users an option to use their services for free without targeted advertising …
More: noyb, European Data Protection Board, The Information, InfoRiskToday.com, TechCrunch, RTHK, European Data Protection Board, International Association …, Euractiv, Fortune, PYMNTS.com, and Channel NewsAsia
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LinkedIn: Neil Evans, Simon Assion, Maria Lobato, and Christos Zanganas
| Clint Watts / Microsoft On the Issues: |
MTAC report: foreign malign influence from Russia, China, and Iran in the US presidential election got off to a slower start this year compared to 2016 and 2020 — Clint Watts - General Manager, Microsoft Threat Analysis Center — Foreign malign influence in the U.S. presidential election got off …
More: The Record, Ars Technica, Neowin, Reuters, CyberScoop, and Bloomberg
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
The US CFPB fines BloomTech, formerly Lambda School, and CEO Austen Allred $164K and bans it from lending for 10 years for deceiving students on loans, and more — In an order today, the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said that BloomTech, the for-profit coding bootcamp previously known …
More: Consumer Financial …, The Verge, Mercury News, and PYMNTS.com
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Forums: Hacker News and r/codingbootcamp
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Mandiant links Russia-backed hacking group Sandworm to hacktivist group Cyber Army of Russia, which claimed to target utilities in France, the US, and Poland — Cyber Army of Russia Reborn, a group with ties to the Kremlin's Sandworm unit, is crossing lines even that notorious cyberwarfare unit wouldn't dare to.
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Forums: r/worldnews, r/technology, and r/news
| Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: |
Sources: the EU has decided that Microsoft's OpenAI deal doesn't merit a formal probe because it falls short of a takeover and Microsoft doesn't control OpenAI — - Regulators don't see evidence of Microsoft controlling OpenAI — Formal probe could have risked EU order to unwind the tie-up| Sam Kessler / CoinDesk: |
Worldcoin announces World Chain, a Layer 2 Ethereum blockchain designed to prioritize verified humans over bots, slated for release this summer — The human-focused blockchain network will be based on the OP Stack, a framework for building Ethereum-based layer-2 chains.
More: Worldcoin, Bitcoinist.com, The Block, FXStreet, Fortune, Benzinga, Bitcoin Insider, Cointelegraph, and Crypto Briefing. Forums: r/ethtrader
| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
The US FTC announced a $7M fine against mental telehealth startup Cerebral, citing misleading data sharing and cancelation policies, misleading ads, and more — The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is proposing a $7 million fine against Cerebral, a mental telehealth firm that it says not only was careless …
More: Federal Trade Commission, MedCity News, and SC Media
| Josh Dzieza / The Verge: |
How a network of repair ships helps maintain the estimated 800,000 miles of undersea internet cables; of the 77 cable ships, only 22 are designated for repair — Field's crew caught the cable on the first try and nearly had it aboard when the rope snapped and slipped back into the sea.
More: TidBITS. Mastodon: @festal@tldr.nettime.org, @icing@chaos.social, @susannah@octodon.social, @sarahc@mas.to, and @longreads@mastodon.world
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LinkedIn: Matthew Calveley, Damien Ma, Alex Masu, Ryan Wopschall, and David Vogler
Forums: r/TrueReddit and r/technology
| The Verge: |
Stability AI makes Stable Diffusion 3 available to developers via an API and a new Stable Assistant Beta content creation platform; the models remain in preview — The next generation of the text-to-image AI model Stable Diffusion is still in preview, but Stability AI is making it available …
More: Stability AI, Decrypt, Android Headlines, Thurrott, SiliconANGLE, and The Decoder. X: @stabilityai
| Sheena Vasani / The Verge: |
TikTok starts rolling out TikTok Notes, its Instagram rival for sharing photo and text content, for limited testing in Australia and Canada on Android and iOS — TikTok has started rolling out its Instagram rival, TikTok Notes, to select Android and iOS users “for download and limited testing in Australia and Canada.”
More: Android Authority, 9to5Mac, B&T, SlashGear, PhoneArena, Social Media Today, TechCrunch, Android Headlines, Engadget, Neowin, Gizchina, iClarified, Dexerto, and Phandroid
| Matt Day / Bloomberg: |
How Amazon built Just Walk Out starting in the early 2010s, driven by Jeff Bezos, as Amazon removes the tech from its stores but expands it to other retailers — The company is cutting back on the “Just Walk Out” tech in its own grocery locations. … The company outfitted it with technology that …
More: About Amazon, Android Headlines, The Verge, CNBC, PYMNTS.com, GeekWire, Chain Store Age, Associated Press, Fortune, Engadget, and Axios
LinkedIn: Dilip Kumar and Sarah Yacoub
| Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg: |
US Senators Cynthia Lummis and Kirsten Gillibrand propose a bill to regulate stablecoins; House and Senate lawmakers are pushing to pass a bill as soon as May — - Lummis, Gillibrand say their measure would protect consumers — Brown wants combo with marijuana banking, executive clawbacks| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Startup-focused neobank Mercury expands to consumers with Mercury Personal, offering support for multiple users, access to up to $5M in FDIC insurance, and more — Business banking startup Mercury, founded in 2017, is now launching a consumer banking product.
More: Mercury, PYMNTS.com, Fast Company, and Axios
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| Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica: |
The US NIST appoints as head of AI safety former OpenAI researcher Paul Christiano, who has been criticized for “AI doomer” views and ties to effective altruism — Former OpenAI researcher once predicted a 50 percent chance of AI killing all of us.
More: GovExec.com, U.S. Department of Commerce, Executive Gov, FedScoop, and FedScoop
Mastodon: @arstechnica@mastodon.social. X: @hlntnr. Forums: r/LocalLLaMA, r/MachineLearning, r/technology, Slashdot, and Ars OpenForum
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Snap plans to add watermarks to AI-generated images exported from Snapchat; the watermarks appear as a translucent version of the Snap logo with a sparkle emoji — Social media company Snap said Tuesday that it plans to add watermarks to AI-generated images on its platform.| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
ASML reports Q1 net sales down 21.6% YoY to €5.29B, vs. €5.39B est., net income down 37.4% YoY to €1.22B, vs. €1.07B est., and net bookings down 4% YoY to €3.6B — A logo on the exterior of the ASML Holding NV headquarters in Veldhoven, Netherlands, on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024.Sponsor Posts
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