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US intelligence confirms it buys Americans’ personal data Jun 13, 2023

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A newly declassified government report confirms for the first time that U.S. intelligence and spy agencies purchase vast amounts of commercially available information on Americans, including data from connected vehicles, web browsing data, and smartphones.

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London lures a16z’s first international office with ‘predictable’ crypto regs Jun 13, 2023

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US VC giant Andreessen Horowitz — which has about $35bn in assets under management — is to open its first (yes, the first) international office in London, led by one of the firm’s general partners, Sriram Krishnan.

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Barracuda urges customers to remove and replace vulnerable hardware exploited by hackers Jun 12, 2023

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Barracuda Networks has told customers they must replace vulnerable email gateway appliances following the disclosure of a critical security flaw.

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Nasdaq to acquire financial services software company Adenza from Thoma Bravo for $10.5B Jun 12, 2023

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Nasdaq today revealed that it’s doling out $10.5 billion to acquire Adenza, a company that develops risk-management and related regulatory software for the financial services market.

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Meta to appeal court ruling declaring content moderatos as its employees Jun 09, 2023

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Meta is set to appeal Kenya’s court decision declaring it as the primary employer of the moderators that review content on its platforms in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Adobe brings Firefly to the enterprise Jun 09, 2023

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Adobe today announced that it is bringing its Firefly generative image generator to its enterprise customers and allowing them to customize the model with their own branded assets.

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Uber is taking its car-sharing service to North America Jun 08, 2023

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Uber plans to bring peer-to-peer car sharing to North America, starting with Toronto and Boston, the company said Thursday at its Go-Get product event in London.

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Automattic launches an AI writing assistant for WordPress Jun 08, 2023

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Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com and the main contributor to the open-source WordPress project, launched an AI assistant for the popular content management system on Tuesday.

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Blush, the AI lover from the same team as Replika, is more than just a sexbot Jun 07, 2023

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The team behind the AI friendship bot Replika is launching another AI companion — one that’s made to flirt.

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Apple Vision Pro: Here’s everything you need to know Jun 07, 2023

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At its annual WWDC 2023 conference, Apple took the wraps off of the Vision Pro, its long-rumored augmented reality (AR) headset.

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