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A survey conducted in March 2023: 58% of US adults have heard of ChatGPT but only 14% have tried it themselves; roughly four in ten say it's somewhat useful (Emily A. Vogels/Pew Research Center)
Emily A. Vogels / Pew Research Center: A survey conducted in March 2023: 58% of US adults have heard of…
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Dyson Zone review: good noise cancelation, air quality monitoring, and makes users look like Bane, but it's $949, heavy, and air filtering kills the battery (Victoria Song/The Verge)
Victoria Song / The Verge: Dyson Zone review: good noise cancelation, air quality monitoring, and makes users look like Bane,…
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Sources: Twitter committed ~$20M to Black, Latinx, and female VC fund managers after George Floyd's murder; now it's trying to sell those stakes and back out (Alex Konrad/Forbes)
Alex Konrad / Forbes: Sources: Twitter committed ~$20M to Black, Latinx, and female VC fund managers after George Floyd’s murder;…
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After Microsoft Advertising said it was dropping Twitter support, Elon Musk tweeted that it's "lawsuit time" over training "illegally using Twitter data" (Michael Kan/PCMag)
Michael Kan / PCMag: After Microsoft Advertising said it was dropping Twitter support, Elon Musk tweeted that it’s “lawsuit time”…
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Twitter updates the description of all blue checkmarks to say "This account is verified because it's subscribed to Twitter Blue or is a legacy verified account" (Todd Spangler/Variety)
Todd Spangler / Variety: Twitter updates the description of all blue checkmarks to say “This account is verified because it’s…
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Twitter code behind For You tracks authors as either "republican", "democrat", "power user", or "elon", says it's to keep algo tweaks from harming any one group (Matt Binder/Mashable)
Matt Binder / Mashable: Twitter code behind For You tracks authors as either “republican”, “democrat”, “power user”, or “elon”, says…
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Sources: the FDIC started an auction late Saturday for SVB and final bids will be due by Sunday afternoon; it's possible that no deal will be reached (Matthew Monks/Bloomberg)
Matthew Monks / Bloomberg: Sources: the FDIC started an auction late Saturday for SVB and final bids will be due…
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Meta is good at making VR hardware but is ignoring its core gamer audience, as it's not clear the company realizes that games are driving its VR business (Alex Cranz/The Verge)
Alex Cranz / The Verge: Meta is good at making VR hardware but is ignoring its core gamer audience, as…
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Silvergate says it's discontinuing the Silvergate Exchange Network, an instant settlement service that its clients could use to move money to crypto exchanges (CoinDesk)
CoinDesk: Silvergate says it’s discontinuing the Silvergate Exchange Network, an instant settlement service that its clients could use to move…
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Doc: NFT startup Dapper Labs, which raised $600M+, lays off 20% of staff, after laying off ~134 staff, or ~22% of it's workforce, in November 2022 (RT Watson/The Block)
RT Watson / The Block: Doc: NFT startup Dapper Labs, which raised $600M+, lays off 20% of staff, after laying…
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