Karl Brauer / Forbes: Cars & Bids, a car auction site founded by Doug DeMuro, an automotive YouTuber who has amassed 4.5M+ subscribers since 2013, raised $37M from The Chernin Group — Doug DeMuro is arguably the most successful automotive YouTuber in the relatively short history of that young medium.
Read MoreA few months ago, a scandal erupted in the chess world which led to some pretty wild speculation around a specific chess player. We won’t go into any of the details except to say that there is virtually no physical evidence of any method this player allegedly used to cheat in a specific in-person chess
Read MoreReed Albergotti / Semafor: Sources: Microsoft plans to update Bing with a faster version of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, known as GPT-4, in the coming weeks; OpenAI plans to launch a ChatGPT app — Microsoft’s second-place search engine Bing is poised to incorporate a faster and richer version of ChatGPT, known as GPT-4 …
Read MoreIllustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge A California judge is reportedly allowing Meta to close its acquisition of virtual reality fitness startup Within, despite an ongoing antitrust case by the Federal Trade Commission. Bloomberg reports that a pair of sealed orders deny the FTC’s request to block the deal but with a one-week delay
Read MoreImage: Getty Tesla’s recent move to slash prices on its Model 3 and Model Y by thousands of dollars has been called the start of an electric vehicle price war. But it’s not yet a war every car company is racing to join quite yet. As carmakers push to electrify their fleets and catch up
Read MoreNick Barclay / The Verge This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. Hi, everyone, I’m here today while Ariel is off for the week. I’ve really been enjoying the new Rian Johnson / Natasha Lyonne show Poker Face, with its oddball characters and unusually
Read MoreChainalysis: Analysis: 2022 was the biggest year ever for crypto hacking, with $3.8B stolen, primarily from DeFi protocols and by the North Korea-linked Lazarus Group — 2022 was the biggest year ever for crypto hacking, with $3.8 billion stolen from cryptocurrency businesses.
Read MoreTage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch: Cape Town-based Lulalend, which uses its proprietary credit scoring algorithm to offer short-term loans to SMBs, raised a $35M Series B and launches a neobank — In most African countries, access to credit remains limited for many small businesses, with the reasons ranging from the inability …
Read MorePrestige restaurants are often unsustainable, intense workplaces. It’s time for the culture around them to change.
Read MoreCompanies claim synthetic images can add diversity to AI data sets, but they carry functional and moral risks.
Read MoreAnna Nicolaou / Financial Times: Sources: UMG is in talks with Tidal and others to overhaul streaming economics to pay artists more; ideas include a “bonus pool” and “superfan” subscriptions — Group looks into options such as cracking down on bots and adding ‘superfan’ subscriptions
Read MoreTodd Spangler / Variety: Netflix adds spatial audio to its $20 per month Premium plan, available for over 700 of its most popular titles; Standard and Basic will get limited support — Listen to this: Netflix is hoping audiophiles will upgrade to the $20-per-month Premium tier to gain access to the streamer’s full collection …
Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Welcome to Wallpaper Wednesday! In this weekly roundup, we’ll give you a handful of Android wallpapers you can download and use on your phone, tablet, or even your laptop/PC. The images will come from folks here at Android Authority as well as our readers. All are free to use
Read MoreLeah Nylen / Bloomberg: Sources: a US judge rejects the FTC’s bid for a preliminary injunction to block Meta’s Within acquisition, giving the FTC one week to decide whether to appeal — Meta Platforms Inc. won court approval to buy virtual reality startup Within Unlimited, defeating an effort to block the deal …
Read MoreBad actors use artificial intelligence to propagate falsehoods and upset elections, but the same tools can be repurposed to defend the truth.
Read MoreJamie Crawley / CoinDesk: Indiana-based blockchain startup SIMBA Chain, which has worked on various US military projects, raised $30M from the US Air Force, after raising $1.5M in 2020 — The USAF has granted SIMBA Chain a $30 million funding increase as part of its aims of “identifying and advancing technologies …
Read MoreDavid Satin / The Streamable: Netflix lists its rules and exemptions to prevent password sharing, including that all devices should be on the same “primary” Wi-Fi at least once every 31 days — After months of warning subscribers that anti-password sharing measures were coming to Netflix, the company appears to be finally set to unleash
Read MoreCorsair has officially pulled the wraps off a novel line of power supplies with side-mounted connectors. Dubbed RMx Shift, the trio of PSUs feature connectors oriented toward the motherboard instead of pointing to the front of the chassis. This could theoretically allow for a cleaner-looking interior. It will also make it much easier to swap
Read MoreTrue Anomaly, a startup backed by US senator JD Vance’s VC firm, plans to launch prototype pursuit satellites on a SpaceX flight later this year.
Read MoreStudents from top schools used to waltz from Silicon Valley internships into lucrative jobs. Now, some are reconsidering their options.
Read MoreData gaps, funding cuts, and shyness about sex let gonorrhea gain drug-resistance. There are no new treatments yet.
Read MoreSome pictures recently surfaced on social media, showing a small PCB tapped into four points on Cisco-branded boards. What is this about? A NSA backdoor so data can be exfiltrated to some third party? Well, that’s theoretically possible, but it’s actually used for bypassing hardware authenticity checks in Cisco hardware being cloned — a sizable
Read MoreIf you want to build wealth, you’ll need to earn money while you sleep. The only way to do this? Generate passive income. Sadly, passive income can seem overwhelming since it often takes a lot of hard work or money upfront. The good news is that you can create extra income while you’re not working with
Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Garmin announced its newest hybrid device, the new Garmin Vivomove Trend. The stylish smartwatch features ticking watch hands, a hidden display, and a variety of Garmin’s health and fitness tracking tools. The Vivomove Trend is available now in multiple colorways starting at $269. Garmin’s latest addition to its complex
Read MoreJust shy of its second (Earth) anniversary on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover has completed a project that could secure its legacy. The backup sample depot in Jezero Crater is ready for a future mission to collect sample tubes and return them to Earth. It took just six weeks for the team to decide where to
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