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Revolut is spinning out its €8.5B wealth management offering into a standalone app and plans to launch it in European Economic Area countries by the end of 2024 (Emily Nicolle/Bloomberg)

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TikTok permanently removes accounts associated with the parent organizations of Russian state media outlets RT and Sputnik, citing "covert influence operations" (David Ingram/NBC News)

TikTok permanently removes accounts associated wit...

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US intelligence officials say Russia, Iran, and China are using AI tools to boost US election influence efforts, with Russia's efforts being the most aggressive (Joseph Menn/Washington Post)

US intelligence officials say Russia, Iran, and Ch...

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The US House approves a bill exempting some chipmaking projects from federal permitting requirements after Senate approval in 2023, sending it to Biden's desk (Mackenzie Hawkins/Bloomberg)

The US House approves a bill exempting some chipma...

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California Governor Gavin Newsom signs the Phone-Free Schools Act, which will require schools to restrict cellphone use during school hours by July 1, 2026 (New York Times)

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Harmonic, a startup co-founded by Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev that aims to build AI better at math than humans, raised a $75M Series A at a $325M valuation (Cade Metz/New York Times)

Harmonic, a startup co-founded by Robinhood CEO Vl...

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Source: Meta plans to launch the voices of Judi Dench, Kristen Bell, John Cena, Awkwafina, and Keegan-Michael Key for its Meta AI chatbot at Connect this week (Katie Paul/Reuters)

Source: Meta plans to launch the voices of Judi De...

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Apple says Apple Intelligence will require 4GB of storage on compatible iPhones, and the storage requirement "will increase as more features roll out" (Ryan Christoffel/9to5Mac)

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Analysis: major crypto companies, executives, and investors have spent $38M+ recently to help Ohio Republican Bernie Moreno's campaign for the US Senate (Tony Romm/Washington Post)

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Source: Anthropic has started talking to investors about a future capital raise, floating a $30B-40B valuation, around double its valuation from earlier in 2024 (The Information)

Source: Anthropic has started talking to investors...

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Sam Altman claims "deep learning worked", superintelligence may be "a few thousand days" away, and "astounding triumphs" will incrementally become commonplace (Sam Altman)

Sam Altman claims "deep learning worked", superint...

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US customers of Kaspersky antivirus find UltraAV, an entirely different AV suite, remotely installed on their PCs, after a Kaspersky deal with UltraAV's owner (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)

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Researchers find a new version of Necro malware in Google Play apps with 11M+ total installs; Necro malware in 2019 was found in Play apps with 100M+ installs (Ionut Arghire/SecurityWeek)

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Microsoft releases a progress report on its efforts to make security its top priority, which began in November 2023 after a scathing report from the US CSRB (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Microsoft releases a progress report on its effort...

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Telegram will provide users' IP addresses and phone numbers to authorities after valid legal requests, changing its terms of service to deter criminal activity (Jeff Stone/Bloomberg)

Telegram will provide users' IP addresses and phon...

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Israel Innovation Authority: since October 7, Israeli tech companies have raised $9B, third behind Silicon Valley and NYC; tech is 16% of Israel's employment (Steven Scheer/Reuters)

Israel Innovation Authority: since October 7, Isra...

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Sonos staff and report: technical debt was partly responsible for the app debacle, and Sonos lacked urgency in fixing it; sources: a reorganization caused chaos (Dave Lee/Bloomberg)

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TikTok rolls out its redesigned Subscription feature, which lets creators offer three tiers, to eligible creators in select regions, including the UK and the US (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

TikTok rolls out its redesigned Subscription featu...

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