~techmeme | Bookmarks (1072)
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A look at the collapse of dating apps' usability, which can be blamed on the paid subscription model and the near monopoly the apps have over the dating world
Magdalene J. Taylor / New York Times: A look at the collapse of dating apps' usability,...
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In a company blog post, Broadcom CEO Hock Tan acknowledged “unease” among VMware customers and partners after making sweeping post-acquisition changes
Scharon Harding / Ars Technica: In a company blog post, Broadcom CEO Hock Tan acknowledged “unease”...
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FTX's collapse exposed problems with crypto that are just as relevant today, including a lack of decentralization and companies' persistent regulatory battles
Joshua Oliver / Financial Times: FTX's collapse exposed problems with crypto that are just as relevant...
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A profile of former Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch, whose trial begins on March 18 in SF, where federal prosecutors have accused him of defrauding HP of billions
Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times: A profile of former Autonomy CEO Mike...
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Apple researchers detail MM1, a series of multimodal LLMs with up to 30B parameters they say achieve state-of-the-art performance across multiple AI benchmarks
Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: Apple researchers detail MM1, a series of multimodal LLMs with up to...
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Epic's antitrust cases against Apple and Google in Australia, which were paused in April 2021, are set to be heard at the same time over the next five months
Josh Taylor / The Guardian: Epic's antitrust cases against Apple and Google in Australia, which were...
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An excerpt from the book Behind the Startup details how an unnamed Silicon Valley-based unicorn's push for rapid growth left little time for actual engineering
Benjamin Shestakofsky / IEEE Spectrum: An excerpt from the book Behind the Startup details how an...
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Lotte Rubæk, a psychologist who advises Meta on suicide prevention and self-harm, quits, accusing Meta of “turning a blind eye” to harmful content on Instagram
Miranda Bryant / The Guardian: Lotte Rubæk, a psychologist who advises Meta on suicide prevention and...
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How Elon Musk courted Don Lemon to show that X isn't a right-wing tool, as the breakup highlights Linda Yaccarino's thankless task of trying to assure brands
Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal: How Elon Musk courted Don Lemon to show that X...
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LinkedIn confirms it is working on adding puzzle-based games; a researcher says it is testing ranking companies in the games based on the scores of employees
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: LinkedIn confirms it is working on adding puzzle-based games; a researcher says...
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Sources: US prosecutors in Virginia, with FDA's help, are investigating whether Meta's platforms are facilitating and profiting from the illegal sale of drugs
Wall Street Journal: Sources: US prosecutors in Virginia, with FDA's help, are investigating whether Meta's platforms...
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A look at a potential TikTok US sale, with an estimated valuation of $100B, or $40B without the algorithm, as Steven Mnuchin and others form investor groups
Axios: A look at a potential TikTok US sale, with an estimated valuation of $100B, or...
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Sources: SpaceX's Starshield is building a network of spy satellites under a classified, $1.8B contract with the US spy agency National Reconnaissance Office
Reuters: Sources: SpaceX's Starshield is building a network of spy satellites under a classified, $1.8B contract...
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Filing: SBF wrote a Google doc in which he floated “bad ideas” to improve his image, including going on Tucker Carlson and coming out “against the woke agenda”
Matt Novak / Gizmodo: Filing: SBF wrote a Google doc in which he floated “bad ideas”...
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Two of the UK's biggest supermarket chains, Tesco and Sainsbury's, were hit with technical issues on Saturday; Sainsbury's blames a software update
Bloomberg.com: Two of the UK's biggest supermarket chains, Tesco and Sainsbury's, were hit with technical issues...
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Oil companies are increasingly using AI and remote operations to drill faster, suggest better ways to frack, and predict when active well pumps will fail
David Wethe / Bloomberg: Oil companies are increasingly using AI and remote operations to drill faster,...
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How Facebook Marketplace keeps Gen Z users coming back to the Facebook app, which they see not as a place to socialize but as a place to score some deals
Melissa Rohman / New York Times: How Facebook Marketplace keeps Gen Z users coming back to...
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How Amazon refund fraud gangs, which promote their schemes on Reddit, TikTok, and Telegram, are exploiting lenient refund policies at the company
Annie Palmer / CNBC: How Amazon refund fraud gangs, which promote their schemes on Reddit, TikTok,...
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Researchers detail a side channel that can be used to read encrypted responses from AI assistants, except Google Gemini; OpenAI and Cloudflare implemented fixes
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Researchers detail a side channel that can be used to read...
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El Salvador moved ~$400M worth, or “a big chunk”, of its bitcoin into a cold wallet this week; public trackers had estimated El Salvador's trove at under $205M
Danny Nelson / CoinDesk: El Salvador moved ~$400M worth, or “a big chunk”, of its bitcoin...
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Bethesda, Maryland-based HiLabs, whose AI-powered tools provide clean data for health care organizations, raised a $39M Series B led by Eight Roads and Denali
The Economic Times: Bethesda, Maryland-based HiLabs, whose AI-powered tools provide clean data for health care organizations,...
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Taiwan is building its own satellite internet network, as China's threats, Ukraine war, and Elon Musk's total control over Starlink make Taiwan's leaders wary
New York Times: Taiwan is building its own satellite internet network, as China's threats, Ukraine war,...
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Sources: the US plans to award over $6B to Samsung to help the company expand beyond its $17B chip fab in Taylor, Texas, under the 2022 Chips and Science Act
Bloomberg: Sources: the US plans to award over $6B to Samsung to help the company expand...
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Zephyr AI, which uses AI to generate insights into improving patient care and research in oncology and cardiometabolic diseases, raised a $111M Series A
Robert Barrie / Pharmaceutical Technology: Zephyr AI, which uses AI to generate insights into improving patient...