Twitter begins removing blue checkmarks from legacy verified accounts, fulfilling one of Elon Musk's long-stated plans; Musk has called the system “corrupt”
The change is apparent on Twitter accounts for several Verge writers and other journalists like LA Times reporter Matt Pearce …
Twitter dropped the “Government-funded” and “China state-affiliated” labels from accounts of media organizations and journalists, including NPR, BBC, and Xinhua
Twitter dropped the “Government-funded” and “China state-affiliated” labels, which implies government involvement …
Humane co-founder Imran Chaudhri demoed an AI-powered wearable with a projected display that does not need a nearby phone and uses voice and gestures for input
Ex-Apple employee Imran Chaudhri gave TED attendees on Thursday an early glimpse of the AI-powered wearable that his startup, Humane, has been developing.
After YouTube pulls Heart On My Sleeve due to a UMG copyright notice, a look at the legal dilemma for Google, which claims scraping data to train AI is fair use
If young Metro don't trust you, I'm gonna... tie you up in a decade of fair use litigation. — The AI Drake track …
Twitter offered LeBron James a complimentary Blue subscription after he said he wouldn't pay for one; Musk says he's paying for “a few” subscriptions personally
Twitter has started getting rid of legacy blue checks for those who don't pay up. Well, unless you're LeBron James and a couple of other celebrities.
Email: Twitter tells advertisers that they must have “a verified checkmark or subscribe to either Twitter Blue or Verified Organizations” to keep running ads
As Twitter's legacy blue check mark system finally comes to an end, the social network's new paid-for verification system …
Docs: Apple plans an iPhone journaling app to let users compile their daily activities in an expansion of its efforts in the mental and physical health space
Daily activities log is set to compete with existing software — Apple Inc. is planning an iPhone app to let users compile …
Google gives Bard the ability to generate, debug, and explain code in 20+ languages, including C++, JavaScript, and Python, and export code to Google's Colab
Google's Bard chatbot now has the capability to help you with programming tasks. The tech giant said that coding …
Google announces Google DeepMind, a unit combining DeepMind's team and Google Research's Brain team, to be led by DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis as its CEO
two sides of incumbent disruption. Miles Kruppa / @mileskruppa : Google is merging its two AI research units into something called “Google DeepMind” led by DeepMind co-founder and CEO Demis Hassabis h...
The EU Parliament approves the Markets in Cryptoassets, or MiCA, regulation for the crypto industry, including rules for stablecoins set to apply from July 2024
Uniform legal framework for crypto-assets markets in the EU — Operations with crypto-assets will be traced in the same way as traditional money transfers … Yiannis Menelaou : This is a historic momen...
Stack Overflow CEO says the company plans to charge large AI developers for access to the 50M questions and answers on its service as soon as mid-2023
The programmer Q&A site joins Reddit in demanding compensation when its data is used to train algorithms and ChatGPT-style bots Mastodon: @paul@social.paulkedrosky.com . Tweets: @nwaisb , @jason , @ev...
Sony acquires Firewalk Studios, an AAA multiplayer developer working on a live service PS5 and PC game and now the 20th developer to join PlayStation Studios
https://www.firewalkstudios.com/ Tweets: @playstation : Great news: @FirewalkStudios is joining the PlayStation Studios family! Learn more about this talented team and their plan to connect players in...
A fake Twitter account with a Blue checkmark for Sudan's Rapid Support Forces is wrongly claiming RSF leader Hemedti died; RSF's real account lost its checkmark
The fake account with a blue tick wrongly claimed that Hemedti, the leader of the Rapid Support Forces, had died. Mastodon: @erictgilmour@mstdn.ca . Tweets: @salhachimi Mastodon: Eric Gilmour / @erict...
Internal Q&A: Mark Zuckerberg says Meta plans to slow hiring, and that net employee growth of 1% to 2% per year will be the standard going forward
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After news broke that Microsoft Advertising was dropping Twitter support, Elon Musk tweeted that it's “lawsuit time” for training “illegally using Twitter data”
So if I were an artist I'd get the hell off there, because legally you don't have a leg to stand on. Mike Masnick / @mmasnick@mastodon.social : LOL. Musk claims he's going to sue Microsoft for not pa...
A profile of Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn, who co-created CAPTCHA and reCAPTCHA, as he predicts AI will eventually make computers better teachers than humans
Carina Chocano / New Yorker : LinkedIn: Charlene Tan , Monica Earle , and Kate Redman Tweets: @nicholasferroni , @pt , @thethirdhan , @chrisdier , @carina_chocano , @clinicalliz , @blgtylr , @brialle...
A look at ActivityPub, the open, decentralized social network protocol finalized in 2018 that is gaining prominence powering Twitter alternatives like Mastodon
@pierce from the Verge explains that ActivityPub is not just about Mastodon but a method to connect the larger social web. … Johannes Ernst / @J12t@social.coop : “... there's a growing set of people w...
Weaviate, which offers open-source vector databases for startups building generative AI tools, raised a $50M Series B led by Index Ventures at a $200M valuation
Weaviate, an infrastructure startup whose technology is essential for companies trying to build generative AI tools …
The Linux Foundation launches the TLA+ Foundation to promote and maintain the TLA+ programming language, with AWS, Oracle, and Microsoft among inaugural members
The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit tech consortium that manages various open source efforts, today announced the launch …
Roblox is transcending its kid-oriented roots by reaching older players and welcoming brands; the 17-to-24 age group, up 33% YoY, is Roblox's fastest growing
Roblox has always impressed me with how far-reaching the platform is and how much attention they command from its audience. … Bosco B. : Very good read and insights! — I was not really a “fan” of Ro...
Austin-based cybersecurity company Halcyon, which provides protection against ransomware, raised a $50M Series A, including $6M in debt, led by SYN Ventures
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch : Tweets: @halcyonai Tweets: @halcyonai : Halcyon lands large investment to Defend Against Ransomware .@Halcyon raised $50 million in Series A funding led by SYN Ventures an...
The White House meets with corporate, government, and academic experts to begin developing strategies for 6G, as the US seeks to build an early lead over China
John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal :
The EU is taking a pragmatic approach to TikTok, treating the Chinese company like its US rivals, in contrast to the “theatrical” approach that the US is taking
Amazon launches the Anti-Counterfeiting Exchange, which lets retailers label and track counterfeits to make it difficult for counterfeiters to move among stores
VC funding for Web3 startups fell 81% YoY from $9.1B in Q1 2022 to $1.7B in Q1 2023; the number of public deals fell from 770 to 333, the lowest since Q4 2020
Montreal-based Optable, which offers data collaboration and clean room tech for the ad industry, raised a $20M Series A, bringing its total funding to $23.6M
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