Tuesday, April 18, 2023
How to add and remove Community Chat admins or moderators in Facebook Messenger
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says "anything is on the table, including relocating" from the US if regulatory clarity for the industry does not emerge (Jamie Crawley/CoinDesk)
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says “anything is on the table, including relocating” from the US if regulatory clarity for the industry does not emerge — Armstrong said “anything is on the table” in terms of Coinbase's plans should greater regulatory clarity not emerge in the U.S.
Here's how to mute accounts on Twitter
Monday, April 17, 2023
Razor Group, which buys and scales up e-commerce merchants, raised an €80M Series C, sources say at a $1.2B valuation and acquires its competitor Stryze Group (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)
Razor Group, which buys and scales up e-commerce merchants, raised an €80M Series C, sources say at a $1.2B valuation and acquires its competitor Stryze Group — The business of being an e-commerce aggregator may be down but it is definitely not out. — Razor Group, one of the string …
Hong Kong's CK Hutchison aims to raise at least $1 billion in dollar bond deal, claim sources
US tax breaks lure European clean tech companies as EU lags
As Palantir vies for a £480M contract to build a "federated data platform" for the UK's NHS, experts say the company's Foundry tool is costly and hard to use (Ian Johnston/Financial Times)
As Palantir vies for a £480M contract to build a “federated data platform” for the UK's NHS, experts say the company's Foundry tool is costly and hard to use — Internal opposition voiced over US company's bid for lucrative expansion within British health service
Google Pixel 7A tipped to launch next month
Sunday, April 16, 2023
Contract docs reveal the Georgia National Guard plans to use location-based phone surveillance to target ads using geofences around 67 local public high schools (Sam Biddle/The Intercept)
Contract docs reveal the Georgia National Guard plans to use location-based phone surveillance to target ads using geofences around 67 local public high schools — The Georgia Army National Guard plans to combine two deeply controversial practices — military recruiting at schools …
Netflix's second ever livestream hit technical issues, leading to a 75+ minute delay and the company taping the Love is Blind reunion episode for later viewing (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)
Netflix's second ever livestream hit technical issues, leading to a 75+ minute delay and the company taping the Love is Blind reunion episode for later viewing — Netflix had some serious issues with the livestream of its “Love is Blind” reunion episode. We always knew the livestream would be messy …
A US House Committee publishes a draft stablecoin bill, which proposes a moratorium on stablecoins backed by other cryptocurrencies, a CBDC study, and more (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
A US House Committee publishes a draft stablecoin bill, which proposes a moratorium on stablecoins backed by other cryptocurrencies, a CBDC study, and more — The stablecoin bill is the first major piece of crypto legislation in 2023. — The U.S. House Financial Services Committee published …
Q&A with Microsoft's CVP of ads on keeping Bing Chat results from being too promotional, AI-powered search threatening publishers' ad revenue, and more (Patience Haggin/Wall Street Journal)
Q&A with Microsoft's CVP of ads on keeping Bing Chat results from being too promotional, AI-powered search threatening publishers' ad revenue, and more — Kya Sainsbury-Carter, who recently was named to head the company's ad business, offers an inside look at Microsoft's game plan
Sources detail Google's project Magi, with 160+ people working full time on it, to enhance search with AI, as Samsung considers making Bing search the default (Nico Grant/New York Times)
Sources detail Google's project Magi, with 160+ people working full time on it, to enhance search with AI, as Samsung considers making Bing search the default — The tech giant is sprinting to protect its core business with a flurry of projects, including updates to its search engine and plans for an all-new one.
An early look at the Jack Dorsey-backed federated social network Bluesky, which emulates Twitter's looks and feels like a simpler, positive time on the internet (Jay Peters/The Verge)
An early look at the Jack Dorsey-backed federated social network Bluesky, which emulates Twitter's looks and feels like a simpler, positive time on the internet — Bluesky is really, really fun. … But after spending a few hours in Bluesky since getting my beta invite this week, it's so far the service where I feel the most joy.
The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, created by Congress in 2000, accuses Shein and Pinduoduo's Temu of data risks, IP infringement, and more (Coco Feng/South China Morning Post)
The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, created by Congress in 2000, accuses Shein and Pinduoduo's Temu of data risks, IP infringement, and more — Chinese-backed digital platforms Shein and Temu have become the latest targets of the US government, after an official report raised concerns …
Sources: the US State Department ordered embassies to push back against foreign influence campaigns, as officials worry anti-US views are taking root worldwide (New York Times)
New York Times : Sources: the US State Department ordered embassies to push back against foreign influence campaigns, as officials worry ...
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The first project we remember working on together was drawing scenes from the picture books that our mom brought with her when she immigrate...
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Sohee Kim / Bloomberg : South Korean authorities are investigating a data leak at e-commerce giant Coupang that exposed ~33.7M accounts; ...
