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Docs: Verily revenue grew to $470M in the first nine months of 2022, up from $228M YoY, making it Alphabet’s biggest subsidiary by revenue after Google (Jon Victor/The Information)

Jon Victor / The Information: Docs: Verily revenue grew to $470M in the first nine months of 2022, up from $228M YoY, making it Alphabet’s biggest subsidiary by revenue after Google  —  Verily, an Alphabet unit applying data analytics to healthcare, continues to post heavy losses, according to previously undisclosed financial information.

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TikTok revamps its account enforcement system, including a new strike system meant to address repeat offenders, bringing the service in line with its peers (Karissa Bell/Engadget)

Karissa Bell / Engadget: TikTok revamps its account enforcement system, including a new strike system meant to address repeat offenders, bringing the service in line with its peers  —  TikTok is trying to make it easier for creators and others to navigate its rules, and understand what’s happening to their accounts.

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Sources: Apple has decided not to replace its VP of Industrial Design Evans Hankey; its core group of ~20 industrial designers will report to COO Jeff Williams (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple has decided not to replace its VP of Industrial Design Evans Hankey; its core group of ~20 industrial designers will report to COO Jeff Williams  —  Apple Inc. has decided against naming a new executive to replace its departing top product designer, marking a stark shift …

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Let’s Make SCPI More Helpful

The SCPI (Standards Command for Programmable Instruments) protocol is exceptionally popular in lab and workspace tools, letting you configure and fetch data from oscilloscopes and lab scales alike in a standardized way. However, when interfacing with a SCPI device, you need to use a programming guide document if you want to know the commands for

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A brief look at several lawsuits challenging generative AI tools and what music labels suing Napster but making peace with Spotify tells us about the future (Peter Kafka/Vox)

Peter Kafka / Vox: A brief look at several lawsuits challenging generative AI tools and what music labels suing Napster but making peace with Spotify tells us about the future  —  What can Napster tell us about the future?  —  That was quick: Artificial intelligence has gone from science fiction to novelty to Thing We

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TikTok’s recent charm offensive, including the tour of its LA-based Transparency and Accountability Center, echoes Huawei’s unsuccessful strategy in Europe (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: TikTok’s recent charm offensive, including the tour of its LA-based Transparency and Accountability Center, echoes Huawei’s unsuccessful strategy in Europe  —  Chinese-owned app is taking steps that are similar to largely unsuccessful tactics used by the telecom giant  —  How TikTok Could Become a U.S. Company

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NYC- and Tel Aviv-based Gem Security, which is building a cloud threat detection and response service, comes out of stealth with an $11M seed led by Team8 (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch)

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: NYC- and Tel Aviv-based Gem Security, which is building a cloud threat detection and response service, comes out of stealth with an $11M seed led by Team8  —  Gem Security, a New York- and Tel Aviv-based startup that is building a cloud threat detection, investigation and response (TDIR) …

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