Some US hospitals test if GPT-3 can cut the time staff spend replying to online queries; a study claims the first ChatGPT version replied better than doctors (Nidhi Subbaraman/Wall Street Journal)

Nidhi Subbaraman / Wall Street Journal:
Some US hospitals test if GPT-3 can cut the time staff spend replying to online queries; a study claims the first ChatGPT version replied better than doctors  —  Pilot program aims to see if AI will cut time that medical staff spend replying to online inquiries

Sources: Arm has filed with regulators confidentially for a US IPO, seeking to raise between $8B and $10B on Nasdaq later this year (Reuters)

Reuters:
Sources: Arm has filed with regulators confidentially for a US IPO, seeking to raise between $8B and $10B on Nasdaq later this year  —  SoftBank Group Corp's (9984.T) chip maker Arm Ltd has filed with regulators confidentially for a U.S. stock market listing, people familiar with the matter said on Saturday …

India's Enforcement Directorate searched three premises of edtech giant Byju's and its founder Byju Raveendran as part of an anti-money laundering probe (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
India's Enforcement Directorate searched three premises of edtech giant Byju's and its founder Byju Raveendran as part of an anti-money laundering probe  —  India's crime-fighting agency searched three premises of edtech giant Byju's and its founder Byju Raveendran, it said Saturday …

Jack Dorsey's Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund is supporting 11 Bitcoin developers in a lawsuit filed by Craig Wright to regain access to ~$5B of BTC he claims to own (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
Jack Dorsey's Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund is supporting 11 Bitcoin developers in a lawsuit filed by Craig Wright to regain access to ~$5B of BTC he claims to own  —  It's not just the Bitcoin community who should be concerned  —  A crypto wallet theft lawsuit brought about by a man who claims …

US lawmakers propose bill to ban AI from launching nuclear weapons

A group of US lawmakers have proposed a bill to stop artificial intelligence (AI)-driven autonomous systems from single-handedly launching nuclear weapons, as fears arise on the potential threat of AI taking a decision on its own. https://ift.tt/EIYMKwm

Six months since Elon Musk's Twitter takeover, a brief overview of Twitter alternatives, including Mastodon, Bluesky, and Nostr, and how they might evolve (Mike Masnick/Techdirt)

Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Six months since Elon Musk's Twitter takeover, a brief overview of Twitter alternatives, including Mastodon, Bluesky, and Nostr, and how they might evolve  —  Today is six months since Elon took over Twitter and began this bizarre speedrun of the content moderation learning curve in which he seems …

Windows 10’s ‘expiry date’ announced, here's how you can move to Windows 11

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WhatsApp Web not able to detect QR code? Try these fixes

WhatsApp allows its users to use its instant messaging service on a PC via WhatsApp Web. However, the QR code displayed on the computer screen may not always get detected by the smartphone camera, leading to difficulty in the linking process. https://ift.tt/UaSrI4L

Solana's SOL is up about 125% since December 31, outperforming bitcoin's 78% rally, as the blockchain tries to move past its association with Sam Bankman-Fried (Sidhartha Shukla/Bloomberg)

Sidhartha Shukla / Bloomberg:
Solana's SOL is up about 125% since December 31, outperforming bitcoin's 78% rally, as the blockchain tries to move past its association with Sam Bankman-Fried  —  The SOL token of the Solana blockchain has more than doubled this year, outperforming Bitcoin, as the project tries to move past …

A profile of Sarah Cardell, the UK CMA's Chief Executive, who played a key role in shaping the policy that led to Microsoft's Activision takeover being blocked (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
A profile of Sarah Cardell, the UK CMA's Chief Executive, who played a key role in shaping the policy that led to Microsoft's Activision takeover being blocked  —  Former corporate lawyer has attracted the ire of the US group by blocking its $75bn acquisition of Activision

Sony reports 6.3M PS5 sales in Q4 2022, up from 2M in Q4 2021, taking FY 2022 to 19.1M and 38.4M since launch, and $29B revenue for FY 2022, up from $19.9B YoY (Steve Dent/Engadget)

Steve Dent / Engadget:
Sony reports 6.3M PS5 sales in Q4 2022, up from 2M in Q4 2021, taking FY 2022 to 19.1M and 38.4M since launch, and $29B revenue for FY 2022, up from $19.9B YoY  —  Now that it's solved its supply shortages, Sony is seeing a lot of pent-up demand for PlayStation 5 consoles.

Vice Media lays off over 100 employees, shuts World News brand

Vice Media is laying off more than 100 employees as part of restructuring its global organisations, along with shutting down its Vice News Tonight broadcast, reports said. https://ift.tt/sR3zFdK

A profile of Liu Xiaoping, a dog food seller on Pinduoduo who coaches Chinese merchants on using legal action to fight Pinduoduo's refund-without-return policy (Viola Zhou/Rest of World)

Viola Zhou / Rest of World:
A profile of Liu Xiaoping, a dog food seller on Pinduoduo who coaches Chinese merchants on using legal action to fight Pinduoduo's refund-without-return policy  —  A dog food seller known as “Lawsuit Bro” is leading the fight.  — A dog food seller on Pinduoduo has emerged as an unlikely hero …

STMicroelectronics defies chips gloom with Q1 beat

STMicro reported first-quarter earnings per share (EPS) of $1.10 on a 20% increase in revenues to $4.25 billion. Analysts had expected EPS of $0.99 and revenues of $4.19 billion, according to IBES data from Refinitiv Eikon. https://ift.tt/kYlUAhn

SpaceX's Starship launch comes under US FAA scanner

SpaceX's giant Starship rocket, which exploded after launch, has now come under the US Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) scanner for reportedly spreading plumes of potentially hazardous debris endangering human lives as well as habitats of animals. https://ift.tt/GENz6n7