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FCC ends the Affordable Connectivity Program, which helped low-income Americans afford internet service, after the House failed to approve additional funding — The Affordable Connectivity Program, which helped low-income Americans get online, is no more. — On Friday, the US government announced … | Axios: |
The US Treasury Department plans to make the IRS' Direct File program permanent from the 2025 tax season and invites all states and Washington DC to participate — - Treasury announced earlier this month that more than 140,000 people participated in the Direct File pilot program …
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| Reuters: |
Japanese crypto exchange DMM Bitcoin says it has lost 4,502.9 bitcoin, worth about $308M, in an “unauthorised leak”, and is investigating the incident — TOKYO, May 31 (Reuters) - Japan's cryptocurrency exchange DMM Bitcoin said on Friday that it had lost 4,502.9 bitcoin …
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| Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
Tether acquires a $100M stake in US-listed bitcoin miner Bitdeer owned by Chinese billionaire Jihan Wu, with an option to buy $50M more in shares within a year — - Bitcoin miner is owned by the Chinese billionaire Jihan Wu — Bitdeer was previously in talks with private credit firms| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
Sources: TikTok pauses plans to launch its e-commerce business in major European markets to focus on growth in the US where it's fighting the divest-or-ban law — - ByteDance halts plan to roll out shopping from Spain to Italy — Company aims to entrench itself in its most lucrative market
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| Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg: |
STMicro announces plans to spend €5B on a chips manufacturing plant in Catania, Italy with the government providing €2B in subsidies under European Chips Act — STMicroelectronics NV said it plans to spend €5 billion ($5.4 billion) on a manufacturing plant for chips and packaging in Catania … | Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Researchers claim that 2,107 US voters, mostly older, white Republican women, accounted for spreading 80% of the fake news on Twitter during the 2020 election — A pair of studies published Thursday in the journal Science offers evidence not only that misinformation on social media changes minds …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google explains AI Overviews' viral mistakes and updates its systems, including “better detection for nonsensical queries” and limiting satire and humor content — Google this afternoon published a long response about AI Overviews and their accuracy.
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Forums: Hacker News and r/singularity
| Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac: |
Meta is notifying Instagram and Facebook EU users that it's using their data to train its AI models, and users can opt out, “if your objection is honoured” — If you use Instagram or Facebook, Meta is using your data to train its AI models. The company uses posts as training material for its generative AI systems.
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| Michael Kan / PCMag: |
Google plans to disable extensions built with the older Manifest V2 framework on June 3, beginning with users of Chrome's Beta, Dev, and Canary versions — The move begins with Chrome beta users on June 3, before a gradual phaseout of ‘Manifest V2’ extensions for all users in the coming months, which could impact uBlock Origin.
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Sources: Vista Equity has written off the entire value of its investment in tech learning platform Pluralsight, three years after taking it private for $3.5B — - One source says that the Utah-based company's financials have improved, with a around 26% EBITDA growth in 2023 … | Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab: |
Rest of World retracts an article on WhatsApp misinformation “tip lines” in India after several fact-checking orgs detail how it was “riddled with inaccuracies” — Last week, the technology site Rest of World published a story on the apparent failings of WhatsApp misinformation “tip lines” in India.
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| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
The European Commission designates Temu as a “very large online platform” and says the company will have to comply with DSA rules by the end of September 2024 — Temu, the super low-cost e-commerce marketplace owned by Chinese online retailer Pinduoduo, is to face …
More: Associated Press, European Commission, Tech Xplore, Neowin, Euractiv, The Verge, Silicon Republic, and Reuters
| Counterpoint Research: |
Global foldable phone shipments were up 49% YoY in Q1, marking its highest rate of increase in six quarters; Huawei led with a 35% share, overtaking Samsung — - Global foldable smartphone shipments were up 49% YoY in Q1 2024, driven by Huawei, HONOR and Motorola.
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| Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Startup Fable Studio announces Showrunner, a streaming service that lets users watch AI-generated series and create their own series by writing prompts — Fable, the studio behind the viral AI-generated ‘South Park’ clips, has announced a streaming platform that allows users to create their own content.
More: VentureBeat, Tubefilter, MobileSyrup, The Guardian, Dexerto, Forbes, and Gizmodo
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| Eleanor Olcott / Financial Times: |
Sources: Saudi Arabia's Prosperity7 participated in a ~$400M round in Zhipu AI at a ~$3B valuation, making it the only foreign investor in Chinese generative AI — Aramco's Prosperity7 takes part in investment round for start-up Zhipu AI — A Saudi Arabian fund has backed China's … Sponsor Posts
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