Sources: Binance.US has struggled to find a bank for its customers' cash after the failure of Signature Bank and is using at least one middleman to store funds (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Binance.US has struggled to find a bank for its customers' cash after the failure of Signature Bank and is using at least one middleman to store funds  —  As a stopgap, the exchange is using at least one middleman to store user funds on its behalf  —  The U.S. affiliate …

A look at the increasing complexity of the operating environment for crypto companies in the US, as a regulatory turf war between the SEC and the CFTC escalates (Joel Khalili/Wired)

Joel Khalili / Wired:
A look at the increasing complexity of the operating environment for crypto companies in the US, as a regulatory turf war between the SEC and the CFTC escalates  —  US agencies are sparring over who gets to oversee the crypto industry, and companies are stuck in the middle.

MSI confirms in a filing that it was breached, without giving many details, after a ransomware gang claims to have breached MSI and stolen its source code (Michael Kan/PCMag)

Michael Kan / PCMag:
MSI confirms in a filing that it was breached, without giving many details, after a ransomware gang claims to have breached MSI and stolen its source code  —  The ransomware group is reportedly demanding $4 million or it will leak the stolen data, which includes company source code.

Sources and internal documents: the success of ChatGPT has made Microsoft and Google willing to take greater risks despite their AI ethics guidelines (New York Times)

New York Times:
Sources and internal documents: the success of ChatGPT has made Microsoft and Google willing to take greater risks despite their AI ethics guidelines  —  Technology companies were once leery of what some artificial intelligence could do.  Now the priority is winning control of the industry's next big thing.

Amazon bans the sale of Flipper Zero, a $169 portable security penetration testing tool for wireless devices, after tagging it as a card-skimming device (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
Amazon bans the sale of Flipper Zero, a $169 portable security penetration testing tool for wireless devices, after tagging it as a card-skimming device  —  Amazon has banned the sale of the Flipper Zero portable multi-tool for pen-testers as it no longer allows its sale on the platform after tagging it as a card-skimming device.

The US Treasury warns that DeFi services not compliant with AML and terrorist financing rules pose "the most significant current illicit finance risk" (CoinDesk)

CoinDesk:
The US Treasury warns that DeFi services not compliant with AML and terrorist financing rules pose “the most significant current illicit finance risk”  —  The department's first analysis of illicit finance risks associated with DeFi recommends the U.S. look at enhancements to its existing anti-money laundering regime.

Alibaba invites businesses to trial 'ChatGPT rival' AI chatbot: Report

The free-to-use ChatGPT, a large language model (LLM) application created by Microsoft-backed OpenAI, was released to the public last November and can generate articles and essays on demand in response to user prompts. https://ift.tt/9QievaW

Microsoft announces AI-powered 365 Copilot integration in OneNote

Microsoft initially announced its AI-powered Copilot for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, Power Platform, and Viva last month. https://ift.tt/usD4ZWh

Meta’s new AI model can detect any object, here’s how

Meta, formerly known as Facebook, has developed an AI model called "Segment Anything" that can identify objects in images and videos without prior training. This means the AI can detect items not included in the original data set. Users can select objects by clicking on them or using text prompts. For instance, typing "cat" will prompt the AI to highlight all the cats in a photo. https://ift.tt/gBswW4f

Sources: Chinese state-owned telecom companies are planning a $500M undersea fiber internet cable network linking Asia, the Middle East, and Europe (Joe Brock/Reuters)

Joe Brock / Reuters:
Sources: Chinese state-owned telecom companies are planning a $500M undersea fiber internet cable network linking Asia, the Middle East, and Europe  —  Chinese state-owned telecom firms are developing a $500 million undersea fiber-optic internet cable network that would link Asia …

Research: Chinese officials and state media pushed back on a US TikTok ban on Twitter, echoing the Huawei defense, showing Beijing's investment in TikTok's fate (New York Times)

New York Times:
Research: Chinese officials and state media pushed back on a US TikTok ban on Twitter, echoing the Huawei defense, showing Beijing's investment in TikTok's fate  —  The company has tried to distance itself, but the information push shows just how deeply invested Beijing is in its fate.

Google Pixel Tablet FCC listing reveals connectivity options: What to expect

Google's is expected to unveil the Pixel 7a smartphone, Android 14 OS, and Pixel Tablet at the company's annual developer conference, I/O 2023, . The Pixel Tablet was teased last year but is yet to obtain a release date. Reportedly, Google's product with model number GTU8P is the Pixel Tablet with UWB connectivity, but a launch date remains unknown. The tablet may use UWB for transferring media, working with the upcoming Finder Network, and relying on a docking station which is capable of supporting 30W chargers. https://ift.tt/FgJ1AEl

Sundar Pichai says Google plans to add generative AI to Search, dismissing the threat to its ads business, and more work is needed to become 20% more productive (Miles Kruppa/Wall Street Journal)

Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal:
Sundar Pichai says Google plans to add generative AI to Search, dismissing the threat to its ads business, and more work is needed to become 20% more productive  —  ‘More work left to do’ in efficiency drive, chief executive says  —  Google plans to add conversational artificial-intelligence features …

MobileCoin Chief Product Officer Bob Lee, an ex-Square CTO who worked on CashApp and before that Android, dies after reportedly being stabbed in San Francisco (Romain Dillet/TechCrunch)

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:
MobileCoin Chief Product Officer Bob Lee, an ex-Square CTO who worked on CashApp and before that Android, dies after reportedly being stabbed in San Francisco  —  Bob Lee, the chief product officer at MobileCoin, was killed in a fatal stabbing in San Francisco.

Nintendo and Sony embracing direct-to-audience streams, added to the pandemic, led to E3's demise; fan conventions and networking events have survived the shift (Megan Farokhmanesh/Wired)

Megan Farokhmanesh / Wired:
Nintendo and Sony embracing direct-to-audience streams, added to the pandemic, led to E3's demise; fan conventions and networking events have survived the shift  —  These days, video game companies can just promote their hardware and new releases via prepackaged livestreams.  Why would they bother with a trade show?