Twitter says only Blue subscribers will be able to use SMS-based 2FA after March 20, 2023; all users can use an authenticator app or a physical security key
In fact, if you don't start paying for Twitter Blue ($8 a month on Android; $11 a month on iOS) or switch your account to use a far …
A preview of Gonzalez v. Google SCOTUS case and a look at the Israeli nonprofit Shurat HaDin that is arguing the case against Google at the February 21 hearing
Are tech companies liable when their algorithms recommend terrorist content? The Court's answer could upend the way the internet works.
Microsoft limits Bing chats to five questions per session and 50 questions per day; after five questions, Bing will prompt users to start a new topic
Tom Warren / The Verge :
OpenSea temporarily drops marketplace fees to compete with no-fee marketplace Blur, which on February 15 beat OpenSea in daily trading volume for the first time
The top NFT marketplace's policy shift stems from competition with popular zero-fee marketplace Blur.
Meta rolls out Meta Verified subscription service, offering a blue badge, impersonation protection, and more, for $12/month on the web, or $15/month on iOS
Good morning and new product announcement: this week we're starting to roll out Meta Verified — a subscription service that lets …
A human player beat a top-ranked AI system in 14 out 15 games of Go, using tactics suggested by a computer program that had probed the AI system for weaknesses
Amateur Kellin Pelrine exploited weakness in systems that have otherwise dominated board game's grandmasters
Biden and some GOP senators have formed a loose alliance in asking SCOTUS to change Section 230 protections when hearing Gonzalez v. Google on February 21
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and some of his most prominent Republican adversaries in Congress have become allies, of sorts …
Experts say China is behind the US in AI tools like ChatGPT due to censorship, geopolitical tensions, and the government's growing control of the private sector
The state's hardening censorship and heavier hand have held back its tech industry; so has entrepreneurs' reluctance to invest for the long term.
A look at You.com, Andi, and Perplexity, three startups that started offering chatbot-enhanced search tools before the new Bing and Google's Bard came along
A frenzy of activity from tech giants and startups alike is reshaping what people want from search—for better or worse.
A look at the 31 new emoji added in the first iOS 16.4 beta drawn from Unicode's Emoji 15.0, including a shaking face, two pushing hands, and a plain pink heart
Keith Broni / Emojipedia :
US regulators expanding their crypto investigations has led some companies to look to financial hubs overseas, including Singapore, Hong Kong, Europe, and Dubai
A spate of crypto probes in the US is prompting battered digital-asset firms to look toward financial hubs overseas …
The transcripts of various interactions with Bing's AI show that the chatbot is doing what it was trained to do, albeit more broadly than Microsoft would prefer
In his 1976 book, Computer Power and Human Reason: From Judgment to Calculation, the computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum observed …
A look at Bitcoin's five maintainers scattered globally, who steward the open-source Bitcoin Core, after four turnovers in 18 months cited burnout or legal risk
Developers with power to change the cryptocurrency's software hold an unorthodox role, are elusive—and have been known to head off disaster for the coin
Research: total USD invested in Chinese startups fell by ~75% in 2022; 19% of the total capital put into Chinese startups was in USD, compared to 39% in 2021
The country's newest crop of technology companies is more likely to list at home rather than in the US Tweets: @dravirmani Tweets: Arvind Virmani / @dravirmani : #sREAD #PRC has been a current account...
A look at e-scooter sharing startups in Europe, like Bolt, which raised $1.9B, amid some city bans and questions about the vehicles' environmental credentials
On April 2 the people of Paris will vote on whether escooter rental should be banned from the city. Tweets: @amyrlewin and @sadianowshin_ Tweets: Amy Lewin / @amyrlewin : When I first started working ...
Google says Workspace users will be able to manage tasks created in Google apps like Gmail, Calendar, and Assistant from Google Tasks starting on March 6, 2023
Sheena Vasani / The Verge :
Custodia's CEO says she gave evidence to police months before “a big crypto fraud” imploded and that regulators are “throwing the baby out with the bathwater”
Caitlin Long :
Sources: the UK government is planning a war-game exercise to prepare for a chip shortage if China invades Taiwan, which would cause dire economic consequences
and the worst-case scenario is catastrophic https://www.bloomberg.com/... Philip Aldrick / @philaldrick : The government is wargaming the impact of a semiconductor supply crisis.Expect internet blacko...
Some US students say colleges are factoring in their social media posts about subjects like mental health and body positivity during the admission process
Tatum Hunter / Washington Post : Tweets: @film_girl , @marshacollier , @kari_paul , @mattnavarra , and @washingtonpost Tweets: Christina Warren / @film_girl : On the one hand, I think it is utterly m...
Leaked docs detail reputation management company Eliminalia's tactics to remove public-interest info from the internet, like via fake sites and copyright claims
Phineas Rueckert / Forbidden Stories : Tweets: @brooklynmarie and @hkanji Tweets: Brooke Binkowski / @brooklynmarie : “It's hugely significant that this stuff is happening,” Adam Holland, a project m...
Bird ends its San Francisco operations, saying the city “has the most onerous regulations” and its fines are five to six times higher than any other city's
scooters in the Bay, blocking sidewalks, in encampments, and ridden by children, no helmets, and wobbly tourists everywhere they shouldn't be. @Gregster56 https://www.sfchronicle.com/ ... @mayavada ...
The theft of ASML's IP in China, the company's third-biggest market, could spark even tighter controls on ASML, creating problems for its growth in the country
Cagan Koc / Bloomberg : Tweets: @sehof , @rebeccaarcesati , @chrishreiter , @bdherzinger , @martijnrasser , @cagankoc , and @business Tweets: Sense Hofstede / @sehof : ASML's big bet on China is star...
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