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Max Tani / Semafor : Sources: Apple suggests podcasters join its subscription program to be on its Podcast “browse” carousel; 5 of the first 7 podcasts last week were participants   —  To get their show featured at the top of the Apple Podcasts feed, one of the best placements in the audio world … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/FDrKQZE via IFTTT

Katie Hafner / New York Times : Dan Lynch, founder of Interop, a computer networking equipment exhibition that helped accelerate TCP/IP adoption and internet commercialization, dies at age 82   —  After working on the earliest version of the internet, he saw its potential and founded a conference on computer networking equipment. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/7Lau8Ul via IFTTT

Heather Knight / New York Times : A profile of YC's Garry Tan, whose combative online persona has sparked controversies as he tries to shift SF politics from idealistic progressivism to centrism   —  The tech investor Garry Tan has courted San Francisco's moderate Democrats and angered its progressives.Mike Kai Chen for The New York Times from Techmeme https://ift.tt/G2LuXco via IFTTT

John Thornhill / Financial Times : Demis Hassabis says the AI hype caused by a surge of money is clouding research; CB Insights: VCs invested $42.5B in 2,500 AI startup equity rounds in 2023   —  British AI pioneer says the billions of dollars being poured into start-ups is obscuring scientific progress in the field from Techmeme https://ift.tt/owgtEST via IFTTT

Mike Larkin / Security Boulevard : Microsoft engineer Andres Freund accidentally found the malicious code in versions of the XZ Utils compression tool, likely preventing thousands of infections   —  Yesterday's discovery of the xz backdoor was an accident.  But what a fortunate accident it was. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/ywSY36V via IFTTT

Podnews : Survey of Americans aged 12+: 47% of have listened to a podcast in the last month, up 12% YoY, 76% listened to online audio in the past month, and more   —  The portion of Americans who listen to any kind of online audio, and the portion who listen to podcasts, have both reached new record highs … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/6wT02iF via IFTTT

Wall Street Journal : Discord plans to start showing gaming ads from next week, called Sponsored Quests and offering rewards for in-game tasks; users can turn them off in settings   —  The chat platform, which has long avoided advertising, is latest tech company to lean into paid promotions from Techmeme https://ift.tt/PbZ1DKF via IFTTT

Washington Post : A look at Steven Mnuchin's TikTok plans; sources say his proposal to buy TikTok without its export-blocked algorithm and rebuild it from scratch is far-fetched   —  His proposal to buy the app without its algorithm from its Chinese owner has drawn skeptical reactions, including from those he's pitched from Techmeme https://ift.tt/o4eDNcu via IFTTT

Darius Rafieyan / Business Insider : Filings from 2023 list Jacob Vespers as OpenAI Startup Fund's manager; OpenAI says “Vespers does not exist” and the docs are “fabricated”, without elaborating   —  - Documents filed in California last year named Jacob Thomas Vespers as manager of the OpenAI Startup Fund. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/fLTdw9M via IFTTT

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer : Google informs users in the US that Google Podcasts is shutting down April 2 and recommends exporting podcast subscriptions to YouTube Music   —  U.S. users have just a few more days to make the transition from Google Podcasts as the company moves forward with the process of discontinuing the service globally. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/CLT4DN8 via IFTTT

Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology : A profile of DeepMind's Demis Hassabis, who was just knighted, as some wonder if he can navigate Google's bureaucracy and turn AI research into great products   —  The DeepMind founder has a track record of insane AI breakthroughs.  Can he do it within the Google mothership? from Techmeme https://ift.tt/XZ9BxlH via IFTTT

Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg : A researcher finds that X is testing a feature that lets users create or join communities focused on “adult content” or other “not safe for work” material   —  - Screenshots show that people can label communities as ‘NSFW’  — X already allows adult content, but forbids ads on the topic from Techmeme https://ift.tt/KAu1JWE via IFTTT

Emma Roth / The Verge : Amazon launches iOS and Android apps for Amazon One, which let users sign up for the palm-scanning service by using generative AI to analyze palm vein structure   —  Amazon now lets you sign up for its palm recognition service directly from your phone. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/wEit5cu via IFTTT

Samuel K. Moore / IEEE Spectrum : MLCommons announces results from its MLPerf 4.0 inference benchmarks, which added Llama 2 70B and Stable Diffusion XL; systems with Nvidia GPUs came out on top   —  Times change, and so must benchmarks.  Now that we're firmly in the age of massive generative AI, it's time to add two such behemoths … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/509dvrN via IFTTT

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch : Data observability service Observe raised a $115M Series B led by Sutter Hill Ventures with participation from Snowflake, sources say at a $400M-$500M valuation   —  Enterprises today store and use data across an ever-growing number of applications and locations, making it challenging … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/lVNqp2R via IFTTT

Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes : NY-based Hume, which is building a conversational AI that it claims can interpret emotions based on people's voices, raised a $50M Series B at a $219M valuation   —  Hume has raised $50 million in funding at a $219 million valuation to build “empathic” conversational AI.  —  Alan Cowen feigns a dejected expression. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/LzwKEgC via IFTTT

Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security : Some Apple users report being targeted in an “MFA bombing” attack in which their devices are inundated with alerts to approve a password change or login   —  Several Apple customers recently reported being targeted in elaborate phishing attacks that involve what appears to be a bug in Apple's password reset feature. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/5GiDd9I via IFTTT

Lauren Hirsch / New York Times : US investors, like General Atlantic and Sequoia, are facing increased pressure from state and federal lawmakers about their investments in Chinese companies   —  Major U.S. investment firms such as General Atlantic, Susquehanna and Sequoia Capital own stakes in ByteDance, the parent of TikTok. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/dKs7EwH via IFTTT

Ashlee Vance / Bloomberg : A look at MatX, which was founded by ex-Google engineers, has raised $25M, and hopes to design chips that are 10x faster than Nvidia's GPUs at training LLMs   —  A new startup called MatX from former Google engineers reflects a renewed enthusiasm for chipmakers. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/rzsFxL7 via IFTTT

The Information : Bolt's board removes CEO Maju Kuruvilla, who took over after co-founder Ryan Breslow stepped down in 2022; head of sales Justin Grooms will be interim CEO   —  Maju Kuruvilla, the former Amazon executive who took over as Bolt CEO after co-founder Ryan Breslow stepped down from the position … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/m8FvCGp via IFTTT

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch : Global Screening Services, which is developing a sanctions-screening service to help financial institutions comply with regulations, raised a $47M Series A2   —  Global Screening Services (GSS), a London-based regulatory compliance platform that helps financial institutions meet … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/8Wj3wd7 via IFTTT

Max A. Cherney / Reuters : UXL Foundation, backed by Google, Intel, and others, plans to build tools to power multiple types of AI accelerator chips and break Nvidia's CUDA dominance   —  Nvidia (NVDA.O) earned its $2.2 trillion market cap by producing artificial-intelligence chips that have become the lifeblood powering … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/pTZaj5Y via IFTTT

Financial Times : Sources: Chinese social media startup Xiaohongshu reported its first profit with $500M in net profit on $3.7B revenue in 2023, and reached 312M MAUs, up 20% YoY   —  Shanghai-based unicorn known as ‘little red book’ brought in $500mn in net profit last year  —  Chinese social media sensation … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/Q9YaqiT via IFTTT

Reuters : Chinese state media: at the China Development Forum, Tim Cook said Apple will launch Vision Pro in China this year, first official non-US launch confirmation   —  Apple (AAPL.O) Vision Pro will hit the mainland China market this year, Apple chief executive Tim Cook said on Sunday, according to state media. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/FEzR4p2 via IFTTT

Financial Times : Analysis: Jeff Bezos, Peter Thiel, and Mark Zuckerberg lead a group of insiders selling their company stocks in Q1, a sign that the tech bull run may be peaking   —  Bosses sell hundreds of millions of dollars in company shares this quarter in sign that markets may be peaking from Techmeme https://ift.tt/Fo72YaC via IFTTT

Brian Fung / CNN : More than 23M US households risk losing internet access by the end of April as Congress fails to fund the Affordable Connectivity Program due to GOP opposition   —  Every week, Cynthia George connects with her granddaughter and great-grandson on video calls. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/zjcS91r via IFTTT