Internal TikTok memo: Blake Chandlee, who oversaw TikTok's ad sales globally, is moving to an advisory role; TikTok faces an April 5 deadline for a US sale (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Internal TikTok memo: Blake Chandlee, who oversaw TikTok's ad sales globally, is moving to an advisory role; TikTok faces an April 5 deadline for a US sale  —  A TikTok executive responsible for its core advertising business is stepping aside as part of a reorganization …

A profile of veteran Googler Liz Reid, who became Head of Search in March 2024 and rolled out major updates like AI Overviews, as Google competes with ChatGPT (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
A profile of veteran Googler Liz Reid, who became Head of Search in March 2024 and rolled out major updates like AI Overviews, as Google competes with ChatGPT  —  Big changes are underway for the internet's most popular product, and Google (and the web) may never be the same.

Apple says the AirPods Max will get 24-bit, 48 kHz lossless audio, including Personalized Spatial Audio, and ultra‑low latency in April via a software update (Chris Welch/The Verge)

Chris Welch / The Verge:
Apple says the AirPods Max will get 24-bit, 48 kHz lossless audio, including Personalized Spatial Audio, and ultra‑low latency in April via a software update  —  A new firmware update coming in April will also include ultra low-latency for the $549 headphones.

A survey of 730 software engineers: 75% have tried AI, 35.6% are AI optimists and 38.4% pessimists, freelance coders use AI more, 50% pay for AI tools, and more (Wired)

Wired:
A survey of 730 software engineers: 75% have tried AI, 35.6% are AI optimists and 38.4% pessimists, freelance coders use AI more, 50% pay for AI tools, and more  —  We surveyed 730 coders and developers about how (and how often) they use AI chatbots on the job.  The results amazed and disturbed us.

Google confirms a "technical issue" on Google Maps "that caused the deletion of Timeline data for some people", but says those with backups can restore the data (Hadlee Simons/Android Authority)

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority:
Google confirms a “technical issue” on Google Maps “that caused the deletion of Timeline data for some people”, but says those with backups can restore the data  —  Update: Google has confirmed the issue, and it indeed advises affected users to restore their data via a previous backup.

Browser Use, whose open-source tool converts website elements into a "text-like" format that AI agents can better understand, raised a $17M seed led by Felicis (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Browser Use, whose open-source tool converts website elements into a “text-like” format that AI agents can better understand, raised a $17M seed led by Felicis  —  We may not have an agreed-upon definition of AI “agent” yet, but a multitude of startups want to create “agentic” tools to automate various tasks online.