- !Despite banning TikTok on government devices, Taiwan isn't considering a US-style ban, saying the app is just one battle in a war against China's disinformation (New York Times)
New York Times:Despite banning TikTok on government devices, Taiwan isn't considering a US-style ban, saying the app is just one battle in a war against China's disinformation — The island democracy was early to ban TikTok on government phon…
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- !The Palantir-sponsored AI Expo for National Competitiveness featured VR headsets for soldiers, a map tool that can "nominate targets of interest", and more (Caroline Haskins/The Guardian)
Caroline Haskins / The Guardian:The Palantir-sponsored AI Expo for National Competitiveness featured VR headsets for soldiers, a map tool that can “nominate targets of interest”, and more — America's military industrial complex took cent…
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- !Honda plans to invest ~$12.8B in software over the decade up to the FY ending March 2031, as it prepares to join the rapid shift to EVs in markets like China (Yuichi Shiga/Nikkei Asia)
Yuichi Shiga / Nikkei Asia:Honda plans to invest ~$12.8B in software over the decade up to the FY ending March 2031, as it prepares to join the rapid shift to EVs in markets like China — EV models get priority as Japanese automakers struggle…
- 4 hours ago 17 May 24, 10:40pm -
- !Access Now: 2023 was the worst year for internet shutdowns since monitoring began in 2016, with 283 shutdowns across 39 countries, led by India at 116 (Astha Rajvanshi/TIME)
Astha Rajvanshi / TIME:Access Now: 2023 was the worst year for internet shutdowns since monitoring began in 2016, with 283 shutdowns across 39 countries, led by India at 116 — Last year, an internet shutdown in the state of Manipur, India, l…
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- !A US judge approves Genesis Global Capital's Chapter 11 repayment plan to return Bitcoin and other tokens to creditors, defeating a challenge by its parent DCG (Jonathan Randles/Bloomberg)
Jonathan Randles / Bloomberg:A US judge approves Genesis Global Capital's Chapter 11 repayment plan to return Bitcoin and other tokens to creditors, defeating a challenge by its parent DCG — - Genesis defeated a challenge by parent Digital C…
- 5 hours ago 17 May 24, 9:45pm -
- !A look at an ISIS-affiliated media program called News Harvest, which is using AI-generated news anchors to disseminate extremist propaganda quickly and cheaply (Pranshu Verma/Washington Post)
Pranshu Verma / Washington Post:A look at an ISIS-affiliated media program called News Harvest, which is using AI-generated news anchors to disseminate extremist propaganda quickly and cheaply — The Islamic State-affiliated media broadcast N…
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- !Expedia fires its CTO Rathi Murthy and SVP Sreenivas Rachamadugu due to a "violation of company policy", days after its annual product and partner conference (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)
Natalie Lung / Bloomberg:Expedia fires its CTO Rathi Murthy and SVP Sreenivas Rachamadugu due to a “violation of company policy”, days after its annual product and partner conference — - Company declined to disclose specific reason for d…
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- !The US DOJ charges two arrested Chinese nationals for allegedly orchestrating a crypto pig butchering scam that laundered at least $73M from defrauded victims (Brendan O'Boyle/Reuters)
Brendan O'Boyle / Reuters:The US DOJ charges two arrested Chinese nationals for allegedly orchestrating a crypto pig butchering scam that laundered at least $73M from defrauded victims — U.S. authorities charged two Chinese nationals in a cr…
- 6 hours ago 17 May 24, 9:10pm -
- !Critics warn the French government's first-of-its-kind move within the EU to suspend TikTok in New Caledonia amid widespread protests sets a dangerous precedent (Politico)
Politico:Critics warn the French government's first-of-its-kind move within the EU to suspend TikTok in New Caledonia amid widespread protests sets a dangerous precedent — An unexpected and drastic measure to cut off access to the app in New…
- 6 hours ago 17 May 24, 8:55pm -
- !Epic v. Apple: Phil Schiller told a US judge that Apple's new 27% fee on purchases made outside its App Store are a good-faith attempt to comply with the law (Leah Nylen/Bloomberg)
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