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Sources: some Tesla and SpaceX directors have consumed drugs with Elon Musk feeling there is an expectation to do so, raising concerns about their independence
Wall Street Journal: Sources: some Tesla and SpaceX directors have consumed drugs with Elon Musk feeling...
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Watershed, which provides software that helps companies track and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, raised a $100M Series C at a $1.8B valuation
Eric Roston / Bloomberg: Watershed, which provides software that helps companies track and reduce their greenhouse...
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Apple Vision Pro teardown: not great repairability-wise, an unforgivable proprietary battery plug, and a lenticular lens layer that makes EyeSight look blurry
Charlie Sorrel / iFixit News: Apple Vision Pro teardown: not great repairability-wise, an unforgivable proprietary battery...
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Apple open sources Pkl, a configuration-as-code language with rich validation and tooling, with Swift, Go, Java, and Kotlin integration
Pkl Blog: Apple open sources Pkl, a configuration-as-code language with rich validation and tooling, with Swift,...
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Interview with Phil Schiller about Apple's efforts to minimize potential risks that third-party app stores, mandated by EU's DMA, may expose iPhone users to
Michael Grothaus / Fast Company: Interview with Phil Schiller about Apple's efforts to minimize potential risks...
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Remote desktop software maker AnyDesk says it has suffered a cyberattack recently; source: hackers stole source code and private code signing keys
Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: Remote desktop software maker AnyDesk says it has suffered a cyberattack recently;...
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A changelog for Bard shows Google plans to rename Bard as Gemini, with an Advanced tier and an Android app
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: A changelog for Bard shows Google plans to rename Bard as Gemini,...
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Sources: Apple plans to acquire Brighter AI, a German startup specializing in anonymizing face and license plate data, to enhance privacy features on Vision Pro
Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: Sources: Apple plans to acquire Brighter AI, a German startup specializing in...
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A look at Reddit's third-party app ecosystem seven months after API changes: most current apps now charge users a monthly fee, some are profitable, and more
Scharon Harding / Ars Technica: A look at Reddit's third-party app ecosystem seven months after API...
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The rise and fall of Ben Armstrong, aka BitBoy, who was one of the most popular crypto YouTubers, lost much of his wealth, and now faces personal turmoil
David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times: The rise and fall of Ben Armstrong, aka BitBoy, who...
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Meta's Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) lab, which is responsible for Llama, is made up largely of women; sources say ~60% of FAIR's leadership team are women
Reed Albergotti / Semafor: Meta's Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) lab, which is responsible for Llama, is...
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Nayib Bukele doubles down on BTC despite El Salvador's economic woes and IMF asking for BTC's removal as legal tender; 88% of citizens didn't use BTC in 2023
Reuters: Nayib Bukele doubles down on BTC despite El Salvador's economic woes and IMF asking for...
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Synergy: enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure services was ~$74B in Q4 2023, up 20% YoY, and $5.6B over Q3 2023, the largest QoQ increase ever achieved
Ron Miller / TechCrunch: Synergy: enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure services was ~$74B in Q4 2023,...
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Sources: some independent record labels are pushing back on Apple's plans to pay more for spatial audio tracks, saying it benefits larger record companies
Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times: Sources: some independent record labels are pushing back on Apple's plans...
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Hands-on with Perplexity and the $20-per-month Perplexity Pro tier, which show that AI-powered search engines could loosen Google's grip on the search market
Kevin Roose / New York Times: Hands-on with Perplexity and the $20-per-month Perplexity Pro tier, which...
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Paytm shares fell 20% on February 2, after falling 20% on February 1, as the company reels from the RBI clampdown; Paytm lost $2.1B in market cap in two days
Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Paytm shares fell 20% on February 2, after falling 20% on February...
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Filing: Google asks a US judge to overturn a jury verdict favoring Epic that found Google abused its market dominance in setting rules for the Play Store
Mike Scarcella / Reuters: Filing: Google asks a US judge to overturn a jury verdict favoring...
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Former CIA employee Joshua Schulte, who was convicted for leaking secrets to WikiLeaks, was sentenced to 40 years in prison on February 1 for espionage and more
Rebecca Falconer / Axios: Former CIA employee Joshua Schulte, who was convicted for leaking secrets to...
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Google dropped the cache link from Search results snippets last week and plans to remove the cache functionality entirely “in the near future”
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: Google dropped the cache link from Search results snippets last...
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The FTC settles with Blackbaud, ordering the cloud software company to delete consumers' data and boost security after a May 2020 data breach affected millions
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: The FTC settles with Blackbaud, ordering the cloud software company to delete...
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Intel delays the construction of its $20B Ohio chip fabs amid a slow rollout of US government grant money; sources: the fabs are now set to finish in late 2026
Asa Fitch / Wall Street Journal: Intel delays the construction of its $20B Ohio chip fabs...
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Tim Cook says that Apple is spending “a tremendous amount of time and effort” on AI features that the company plans to announce “later this year”
William Gallagher / AppleInsider: Tim Cook says that Apple is spending “a tremendous amount of time...
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In Meta's earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg described Apple's new DMA rules as “so onerous” that he doubts any developer, including Meta, would adopt them
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: In Meta's earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg described Apple's new DMA rules as...
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Apple reports Q1 sales in Greater China fell 13% YoY to $20.82B, vs $23.5B est., its weakest December quarter in the region since Q1 2020
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Apple reports Q1 sales in Greater China fell 13% YoY to $20.82B,...