Matt Taibbi's account, including the Twitter Files, was shadowbanned for a while after a spat with Elon Musk, preventing users from finding his tweets in search
The refrain to remember with Twitter under Elon Musk: it can always get dumber. — Quick(ish) recap:
Katie Cotton, Apple's former VP of worldwide communications for 18 years, who mostly worked directly for Steve Jobs before retiring in 2014, died on April 6
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Alibaba Cloud unveils its ChatGPT-style tool Tongyi Qianwen and plans to roll out the AI chatbot into all of its products starting with DingTalk and Tmall Genie
- Chinese tech giant Alibaba revealed its ChatGPT-style product Tongyi Qianwen at a Tuesday summit.
Apple plans to open Apple BKC in Mumbai on April 18, its first retail store in India, followed by Apple Saket in Delhi on April 20
Apple recently confirmed that the first Apple Retail Store in India would be opened later this month. Now the company has confirmed that Apple BKC in Mumbai will open to the public on April 18.
In draft guidelines, the Cyberspace Administration of China details plans to require a security review of generative AI tools before their release
China plans to require a security review of generative AI services before they're allowed to operate, casting uncertainty over ChatGPT …
The Commerce Department's NTIA begins exploring possible rules for ChatGPT and other generative AI tools, requesting comment from the public over accountability
Fears grow over the potential use of artificial intelligence to commit crimes and spread falsehoods
Open-source LLMs are having a moment after the LLaMA leak and releases from Stanford and others, prompting debates over the pros and cons of open and closed AI
The open-source technology movement has been having a moment over the past few weeks thanks to AI — following a wave …
Substack rolls out Notes, its Twitter-like service, to all users
Notes, the platform's new feature, functions similarly to its rival social app — LOS ANGELES — The newsletter platform Substack's new feature called Notes, which functions similarly to Twitter, roll...
South Korea fines Google ~$32M for squeezing out a rival app store by allegedly asking Korean and Chinese firms to release games exclusively in the Play Store
South Korea fined Alphabet Inc.'s Google 42.1 billion won ($32 million) for using its clout in the mobile app market to squeeze out a local rival …
a16z releases 2023 State of Crypto, trying to show the dichotomy between market and product cycles, and creates an index that shows stable product development
- a16z has released its latest State of Crypto report. — It also produced a new index that shows stable product development …
YouTube says NFL Sunday Ticket passes will cost between $249 to $489 depending on subscription and package; the company reportedly paid $2B for the NFL package
and buy it now. @gerryfsmith https://www.bloomberg.com/... Joshua Benton / @jbenton : Huh, $450 a year to watch ~14 Saints games? Probably still a pass, off to the samizdat streams again https://www.t...
Reddit moderators describe recent waves of spam, generated by ChatGPT or other AIs, the main issues being coordinated attacks and the speed and volume of posts
Reddit moderators say they already see an increase in spam and that the future will “require a lot of human labor.” — LC
AlphaSense, which offers financial data to businesses, raised $100M led by CapitalG at a $1.8B valuation, after raising $225M at a $1.7B valuation in June 2022
- Alphabet's CapitalG led a $100 million funding round in AlphaSense at a $1.8 billion valuation.
[Thread] A look at a report from FTX debtors on the company's control failures, like awful recordkeeping, lying about using cold wallets, and sloppy key storage
Document #1242, Attachment #1 Mark Timmis / Coinmonks : Curious Cryptos' Commentary 10th April 2023 — FTX FTX : FTX Debtors Release Report on FTX Group's Control Failures Martin Young / Cointelegraph ...
Internal memo: Sydney-based MilkRun, which offered grocery deliveries in 20 minutes or less and raised a AU$75M Series A led by Tiger Global in 2022, is closing
Australian Financial Review :
A survey of 10,701 US adults: ~66% are not confident current ways to invest, trade, and use crypto are reliable and safe; 17% have used crypto, up from 16% YoY
Cryptocurrency markets are taking hits from all sides - from declines in value to multiple corporate bankruptcies to lawsuits and regulatory threats.
Sources: Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss recently loaned $100M of their own money to Gemini Trust, after their crypto exchange failed to raise funds from investors
Bloomberg :
YouTube adds Premium features: enhanced bitrate 1080p support on iOS and the web for “extra crisp and clear” videos, support for Apple's SharePlay, and queuing
if you pay up Timi Cantisano / XDA Developers : YouTube Premium rolls out synced playback, SharePlay support, enhanced 1080p, and more José Adorno / BGR : YouTube Premium adds long-awaited features fo...
Bitcoin passes $30K for the first time since June 2022, up 80%+ in 2023 but down 50%+ from its November 2021 all-time high, on expectations rate hikes are over
Bloomberg :
Tonal, which offers a smart home gym with strength training coaching, raised $130M; sources say the company's valuation fell to $550M-$600M from $1.6B in 2021
Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal :
Research: supporters of a separatist movement in Punjab, India, are using Twitter bots to share content promoting violence before Twitter's safety team can act
Joseph Menn / Washington Post : Tweets: @jazzthejourno and @josephmenn Tweets: Jasveer Singh / @jazzthejourno : How is there an article about hundreds of twitter posts that does not include one examp...
In a lawsuit, Parag Agrawal and other ex-Twitter executives say they spent $1M+ on legal expenses over shareholder lawsuits and US government investigations
New York Times :
NY-based fintech startup Clear Street, building “modern infrastructure” for capital markets, raised $270M in the second tranche of a Series B at a $2B valuation
Clear Street, which says it is building “modern infrastructure” for capital markets, has raised $270 million … Tweets: @bayareawriter Tweets: Mary Ann Azevedo / @bayareawriter : It's been a while sinc...
Sei, a Layer 1 blockchain focused on trading, raised $30M at an $800M valuation from Jump Crypto, Multicoin, and others, and plans to launch its mainnet in 2023
Jacquelyn Melinek / TechCrunch :
Sex workers and others criticize Meta's Verified program for requiring creators to use their legal name as their profile display name without a way to change it
so why do I have to pay for a checkmark? Tweets: Kyle Harris / @hikyleharris : @MattNavarra For $15 their doxxing themselves. Meta isn't doing it to them if they choose to pay for meta verified 🤷🏻♂️ ...
London-based Infogrid, which uses AI to analyze IoT data on building occupancy, air quality, and more, raised a $90M Series B led by Northzone and AO Proptech
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
Tests show that Twitter, which resumed political ads in 2023, offers incomplete data on ads via its “disclosure” tool, missing some promoted fundraising tweets
but so far political advertising on the platform has been anything but forthcoming. https://www.politico.com/... See also Mediagazer
How a New Delhi startup event dubbed the “world's biggest funding festival” plunged into chaos, with participants alleging they were lured with false promises
Meryl Sebastian / BBC : Tweets: @soutikbbc and @sansip Tweets: Soutik Biswas / @soutikbbc : Participants believed that PM Modi, Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk, among others, would be coming. But the eve...
The US FTC orders a supplement maker to pay $600K in its first case about “hijacked” Amazon reviews, where reviews of different products are misleadingly merged
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Former GoFundMe chairman and CEO Rob Solomon announces Kite, a commerce company investing in digital-first consumer product brands, with $200M in equity funding
Christine Hall / TechCrunch :
Some Twitter users have warned for days that Circle tweets, meant to reach a select group, are being suggested in the For You feeds of users outside that Circle
PSA: do not post your deepest darkest secrets on your Twitter Circle. — Numerous Twitter users are reporting a bug in which Circle tweets …More:BuzzFeed News,PCMag,Engadget,Laptop Mag,gHacks Technol...
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