(Credit: Emily Dreibelbis/Woraphon Nusen/EyeEm/Getty Images/Google/OpenAI)ChatGPT has been making headlines ever since it was opened up to the public late last year. This advanced conversational AI has been cited as a potential shift in how we access and consume information, leading Microsoft to invest billions in OpenAI, the reactor of ChatGPT and other AI tools. Google
Read MoreI began this journey convinced that Steampipe could help the fediverse evolve, but not sure exactly how. My first thought was to use Steampipe’s API-wrangling superpower to study patterns of communication (and conflict) across the fediverse. But as one of many Twitter escapees last November, I soon realized that the network I was joining reflected
Read MoreJack Schickler / CoinDesk: The Bank of England publishes two papers on a new digital pound, seeming to favor centralized databases over a blockchain and imposing a £10K limit per person — The Bank of England has set out technical features of its central bank digital currency, which officials have said is likely to be
Read MoreApple Pay is set to launch in South Korea in the coming months as the tenth Asian-Pacific country to do so.
Read MoreSuvashree Ghosh / Bloomberg: Binance executive Leon Foong says a full audit will take “a longer time”, arguing accountants are still learning about crypto, after Mazars retracted its report — Binance Holdings Ltd., operator of the world’s largest digital-asset exchange, indicated a full audit of its assets …
Read MoreWhile Apple rarely updates the design of its website, this time it was something that was sorely needed.
Read MoreJoseph De Avila / Wall Street Journal: Twitter reinstates Republican Senator Steve Daines, banned for a hunting photo flagged for “graphic violence”, after Elon Musk stepped in and amended the rule — Steve Daines, a Montana Republican, says his account was blocked over a picture flagged for ‘graphic violence’
Read MoreNature: Science researchers are excited about AI chatbots like ChatGPT but apprehensive about their propensity to produce errors and misleading info on technical topics — Chris Stokel-Walker is a freelance journalist in Newcastle, UK. — You can also search for this author in — PubMed Google Scholar
Read MoreMicrosoft’s latest strategy for its .NET languages—C#, F#, and Visual Basic—emphasizes attributes including performance and interoperability, with the company remaining in charge of governance. The company posted the latest overviews of plans for the three languages on February 6. Big changes will not be found in the updated strategy, but Microsoft said it was committed
Read MoreAmitoj Singh / CoinDesk: A look at India’s pilots for a retail and wholesale CBDC, planned for a national launch by the end of 2023, and differentiating the project from the UPI system — India launched two CBDC pilots last year, a wholesale CBDC and a retail CBDC. — Join the most important conversation in
Read MoreApple Glasgow workers have signed a deal with Apple, becoming the first UK store to unionize.
Read MoreWhile Apple rarely updates the design of its website, this time it was something that was sorely needed.
Read MoreThomas Claburn / The Register: Mozilla says the company is doing “exploratory work” for a Gecko-based browser on iOS in case Apple drops its WebKit requirement, after a similar move by Google — Work on a Gecko-based version of Firefox for iOS is underway, again — UPDATED Mozilla is planning for the day when Apple
Read MoreFinancial Times: Activision CEO Bobby Kotick says the UK could lose out on thousands of jobs by blocking Microsoft’s acquisition and accuses Sony of “trying to sabotage” the bid — Bobby Kotick appeals to ‘fragile’ government as video game maker awaits decision on $75bn sale
Read MoreAngus Loten / Wall Street Journal: Corporate expense management tool TripActions rebrands as Navan, consolidates its services into one app, and plans to integrate OpenAI’s ChatGPT — With the reset, the business-travel software startup is taking on market leader Concur with new tools, CEO says
Read MoreIf you zoom into the screen you are reading this on, you’d see an extremely fine pattern of red, green, and blue emitters, probably LEDs of some kind. This somewhat limits the resolution you can obtain since you have to cram three LEDs into each screen pixel. Engineers at MIT, however, want to do it
Read MorePhoto by Jacquelyn Martin-Pool/Getty Images President Joe Biden threw his support behind tougher rules regulating Silicon Valley during his Second State of the Union speech Tuesday night. The president attempted to rally bipartisan support to finally resolve a number of long-standing privacy, safety, and competition issues facing the tech industry. Over the more than hourlong
Read MoreBiden’s speech proves that protecting personal info is no longer a fringe issue. Now, Congress just needs to do something about it.
Read MoreMakena Kelly / The Verge: At the State of the Union, Biden called for Congress to strengthen data privacy protections and antitrust enforcement to stop Big Tech from self-preferencing — President Joe Biden threw his support behind tougher rules regulating Silicon Valley during his Second State of the Union speech Tuesday night.
Read MoreBloomberg: Meituan plans to hire as many as 10K people this quarter as the company tries to fend off ByteDance’s expanding delivery efforts in China; the stock drops 6%+ — Meituan dived its most in two months after unveiling plans to hire as many as 10,000 people this quarter, a remarkable move …
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Zeitview, formerly DroneBase, which offers drone imagery, software, and analytics for the energy and infrastructure sectors, raised a $55M Series E led by Valor — Zeitview, the company formerly known as DroneBase, today announced that it raised $55 million to further develop its air and ground data capture tech.
Read MoreWe’re not sure if there’s any single characteristic that qualifies someone as a hacker. After all, we’re a pretty eclectic bunch, with skills that range all over the map, and what one person feels is trivial, others would look upon as black magic. But there’s one thing we’re sure of: if you find yourself reading
Read MoreStephen Nellis / Reuters: Arm CEO Rene Haas says the company is committed to an IPO in 2023 after reporting Q3 revenue up 28% YoY to $746M and upfront license revenue up 65% YoY to $300M — The chief executive of Softbank-owned British chip technology firm Arm told Reuters on Tuesday that the company is
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority A new report has revealed that the Pixel 7 Pro costs $413 to make. Samsung reportedly accounts for 51% of the total figure. The Google Pixel 7 Pro dukes it out with Pro and Ultra phones from other brands but undercuts most of its rivals. That $899 launch price
Read MoreMegan Morrone / Fast Company: Atmosphere TV, which streams ad-supported video channels often without audio, raised a $65M Series D at a $1B valuation and names Blake Sabatinelli as its CEO — The out-of-home streaming TV network wants you to look away from your screen and look at theirs. And now it has a new
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