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Mat Di Salvo / Decrypt : Seattle-based crypto exchange Bittrex shuts down its US operations, saying funds should be withdrawn by April 30, but will continue to operate Bittrex Global   —  The American cryptocurrency exchange said it was not “economically viable” to continue doing business in the United States. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/WQ1N3hG via IFTTT

Wall Street Journal : A profile of Sam Altman, whose social-minded capitalism may make him the ideal CEO for OpenAI as some say he's too commercially minded to lead a tech revolution   —  The CEO behind ChatGPT navigates the line between developing artificial intelligence on the cutting edge and pushing technology to dystopia source http://www.techmeme.com/230331/p17#a230331p17

Manish Singh / TechCrunch : Filings: BlackRock cut the valuation of India's most valuable startup Byju's from $22B to $11.5B and Invesco cut Swiggy's valuation from $10.7B to ~$8B   —  Some of the biggest Indian startups are taking a haircut in their valuations, at least in the eyes of their investors … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/JDFgVY2 via IFTTT

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge : GM's upcoming EVs won't support Apple CarPlay and Android Auto in favor of a system developed with Google, to help capture more data and subscription launches   —  General Motors' electric future doesn't include Apple CarPlay or Android Auto.  —  The automaker's upcoming lineup of electric vehicles … source http://www.techmeme.com/230331/p14#a230331p14

Jeffrey Rousseau / GamesIndustry.biz : Roblox will now hide advertisements from users 13 and younger, nearly a year after nonprofit Truth in Advertising filed an FTC complaint against it   —  Changes come nearly a year after advertising watchdog filed an FTC complaint over company's ad policies  —  Roblox will now hide advertisements … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/KYOQ6Za via IFTTT

The Verge : E3 2023 has reportedly been canceled … Gaming's big summer show was set to return in person in Los Angeles for the first time since 2019, but it's been called off after huge gaming companies like Nintendo, Microsoft, and Ubisoft all said they wouldn't be participating in the event. source http://www.techmeme.com/230330/p31#a230330p31

The Verge : E3 2023 has reportedly been canceled … Gaming's big summer show was set to return in person in Los Angeles for the first time since 2019, but it's been called off after huge gaming companies like Nintendo, Microsoft, and Ubisoft all said they wouldn't be participating in the event. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/fvFMrIx via IFTTT

New York Times : Document: Twitter plans to exempt its top 500 advertisers and 10K most-followed orgs that have been previously verified from paying $1K/month for a checkmark   —  Mr. Musk requested a meeting with Lina Khan, the chair of the F.T.C., which has been investigating Twitter's privacy and data practices. source http://www.techmeme.com/230330/p30#a230330p30

New York Times : Document: Twitter plans to exempt its top 500 advertisers and 10K most-followed orgs that have been previously verified from paying $1K/month for a checkmark   —  Mr. Musk requested a meeting with Lina Khan, the chair of the F.T.C., which has been investigating Twitter's privacy and data practices. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/53MEmkb via IFTTT

Chloe Xiang / VICE : Some signatories of the open letter to pause AI training walk back their positions, others turned out to be fake, and many experts disagree with its proposal   —  The letter has been signed by Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, Andrew Yang, and leading AI researchers, but many experts and even signatories disagreed. source http://www.techmeme.com/230330/p28#a230330p28

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch : NYC-based LeapXpert, which monitors staff business chats via apps like WhatsApp, WeChat, and iMessage for compliance, raised a $22M Series A+ led by Rockefeller   —  The pandemic brought with it a spike in work-from-home and hybrid work, which increased peoples' dependence on personal devices … source http://www.techmeme.com/230329/p26#a230329p26

Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal : EA plans to lay off ~6% of its workforce and cut its office space, incurring $170M to $200M in restructuring charges; EA had nearly 13,000 employees in mid-2022   —  Publisher of ‘Madden NFL’ and other videogame series is also making office-space reductions  —  White-Collar Recession: Why Job Cuts Are Hitting Professional Workers from Techmeme https://ift.tt/hgCnUN7 via IFTTT

Financial Times : As Microsoft, Meta, Google, Amazon, Twitter, and others cut their responsible AI teams, experts worry about potential abuses, disinformation, and hallucination   —  Microsoft, Amazon and Google among those to cut ‘responsible AI’ teams as part of broader reductions source http://www.techmeme.com/230329/p23#a230329p23

Financial Times : As Microsoft, Meta, Google, Amazon, Twitter, and others cut their responsible AI teams, experts worry about issues like potential abuses and hallucination   —  Microsoft, Amazon and Google among those to cut ‘responsible AI’ teams as part of broader reductions from Techmeme https://ift.tt/5zOLsSt via IFTTT

Justin Ling / Wired : Docs: investments in 4chan include $5.6M from owner Hiroyuki Nishimura and his company plus $2.4M from Japanese company Good Smile, which makes toys for Disney   —  Documents obtained by WIRED confirm that Good Smile, which licenses toy production for Disney, was an investor in the controversial image board. source http://www.techmeme.com/230329/p22#a230329p22

Justin Ling / Wired : Docs: investments in 4chan include $5.6M from owner Hiroyuki Nishimura and his company plus $2.4M from Japanese company Good Smile, which makes toys for Disney   —  Documents obtained by WIRED confirm that Good Smile, which licenses toy production for Disney, was an investor in the controversial image board. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/rZGAOKB via IFTTT

Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg : Filing: a California court grants Twitter's request to subpoena GitHub for information on FreeSpeechEnthusiast, the alleged leaker of some Twitter source code   —  Twitter Inc. moved closer to finding the individual responsible for leaking parts of its proprietary source code … source http://www.techmeme.com/230328/p34#a230328p34

Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg : Filing: a California court grants Twitter's request to subpoena GitHub for information on FreeSpeechEnthusiast, the alleged leaker of some Twitter source code   —  Twitter Inc. moved closer to finding the individual responsible for leaking parts of its proprietary source code … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/CVXhTqG via IFTTT

Zac Bowden / Windows Central : Microsoft announces a second-generation Surface Hub 2S is coming later this year and will be the first “touch-enabled board” to run Teams Rooms on Windows   —  “Teams Rooms on Windows” will ship on the new Surface Hub 2S.  —  What you need to know source http://www.techmeme.com/230328/p33#a230328p33

Zac Bowden / Windows Central : Microsoft announces a second-generation Surface Hub 2S is coming later this year and will be the first “touch-enabled board” to run Teams Rooms on Windows   —  “Teams Rooms on Windows” will ship on the new Surface Hub 2S.  —  What you need to know from Techmeme https://ift.tt/BXeRVr5 via IFTTT

Lena Masri / Reuters : Review of 2K+ court cases: Russia uses facial recognition and surveillance systems to find and arrest scores of protesters and even prevent them from protesting   —  A Reuters review of more than 2,000 court cases shows how Russia uses facial recognition to identify and sweep up the Kremlin's opponents. source http://www.techmeme.com/230328/p31#a230328p31

Lena Masri / Reuters : Review of 2K+ court cases: Russia uses facial recognition and surveillance systems to find and arrest scores of protesters and even prevent them from protesting   —  A Reuters review of more than 2,000 court cases shows how Russia uses facial recognition to identify and sweep up the Kremlin's opponents. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/5wTIqZd via IFTTT

Samriddhi Sakunia / Rest of World : After India's legal requests this week, Twitter blocked tweets from 122 users, including reporters and politicians, from Indian users; it used to push back more   —  Last year, before Elon Musk took over as CEO, Twitter pushed back against such requests from the government.  —  • NEW DELHI, INDIA source http://www.techmeme.com/230326/p13#a230326p13

Samriddhi Sakunia / Rest of World : After India's legal requests this week, Twitter blocked tweets from 122 users, including reporters and politicians, from Indian users; it used to push back more   —  Last year, before Elon Musk took over as CEO, Twitter pushed back against such requests from the government.  —  • NEW DELHI, INDIA from Techmeme https://ift.tt/Zf1X4Uv via IFTTT

ProPublica : A look at OBNbrandon, a prolific scammer in a booming community focused on banning influencers' Instagram accounts and demanding payment for reactivation   —  Just after midnight on Sept. 13, Kristian “Murda” Murphy was watching TV at home in Boca Raton, Florida, when his phone began buzzing. source http://www.techmeme.com/230326/p12#a230326p12