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Netflix cracks down on password sharing in the US and offers paid sharing, which lets some accounts add an extra member outside their household for $7.99/month (Jay Peters/The Verge)
Jay Peters / The Verge: Netflix cracks down on password sharing in the US and offers paid sharing, which lets…
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Amazon faces a record 18 shareholder resolutions at its annual meeting, set for May 24, including on working conditions, freedom to organize, pay, and climate (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: Amazon faces a record 18 shareholder resolutions at its annual meeting, set for May 24, including on working conditions,…
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Analysts say crypto miners pivoting to AI cloud services face an uphill battle due to needing other specialized processors, hardware and staff costs, and more (David Pan/Bloomberg)
David Pan / Bloomberg: Analysts say crypto miners pivoting to AI cloud services face an uphill battle due to needing…
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Inside the Bitcoin 2023 conference in Miami, attended by 12K+ people, down from 25K+ in 2022, which had a subdued yet positive mood, and no talks of moonshots (Vildana Hajric/Bloomberg)
Vildana Hajric / Bloomberg: Inside the Bitcoin 2023 conference in Miami, attended by 12K+ people, down from 25K+ in 2022,…
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Sources and docs: Midwest nonprofit Veritas Society used geofenced data to serve abortion clinic visitors anti-abortion ads on Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal: Sources and docs: Midwest nonprofit Veritas Society used geofenced data to serve abortion clinic visitors anti-abortion ads…
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PitchBook: VC funds invested $187.7M in startups that develop deepfake technologies in 2022 and $50M so far in 2023, up from just $1M in 2017 (Margi Murphy/Bloomberg)
Margi Murphy / Bloomberg: PitchBook: VC funds invested $187.7M in startups that develop deepfake technologies in 2022 and $50M so…
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In an interview, Elon Musk discussed buying Twitter, defended his inflammatory tweets, called tech workers the “laptop classes living in la-la-land”, and more (CNBC)
CNBC: In an interview, Elon Musk discussed buying Twitter, defended his inflammatory tweets, called tech workers the “laptop classes living…
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Don’t let cybercrime shutter your small business
(BPT) - The expanded use of technology offers big benefits for businesses. Without the right safeguards, it also means more…
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The founders of Indian BNPL startup ZestMoney, which has raised $130M+, resign amid fundraising struggles, after a deal to be acquired by PhonePe fell through (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)
Manish Singh / TechCrunch: The founders of Indian BNPL startup ZestMoney, which has raised $130M+, resign amid fundraising struggles, after…
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Apple tests an M3 chip with 12 CPU and 18 GPU cores, and 36GB of RAM; Meta shows its Apple Watch feelings by pulling Messenger and launching WhatsApp for WearOS (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Apple tests an M3 chip with 12 CPU and 18 GPU cores, and 36GB of RAM;…
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