Meta, X approved ads containing violent anti-Muslim, antisemitic hate speech ahead of German election, study finds

Posted on February 22, 2025 by Techme101

Social media giants Meta and X approved ads targeting users in Germany with violent anti-Muslim and anti-Jew hate speech in the run-up to the country’s federal elections, according to new research from Eko, a corporate responsibility nonprofit campaign group. The group’s researchers tested whether the two platforms’ ad review systems would approve or reject submissions […]
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Court filings show Meta staffers discussed using copyrighted content for AI training

Posted on February 22, 2025 by Techme101

For years, Meta employees have internally discussed using copyrighted works obtained through legally questionable means to train the company’s AI models, according to court documents unsealed on Thursday. The documents were submitted by plaintiffs in the case Kadrey v. Meta, one of many AI copyright disputes slowly winding through the U.S. court system. The defendant, […]
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DOGE Put Him in the Treasury Department. His Company Has Federal Contracts Worth Millions

Posted on February 21, 2025 by Techme101

Experts say the conflicts posed by Tom Krause’s dual roles are unprecedented in the modern era.

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Anne Wojcicki has a new offer to take 23andMe private, this time for $74.7 million

Posted on February 21, 2025 by Techme101

23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki and New Mountain Capital have submitted a proposal to take the company private.

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Hackers steal $1.5 billion from exchange Bybit in biggest-ever crypto heist

Posted on February 21, 2025 by Techme101

Bybit, a major cryptocurrency exchange, has been hit by the largest crypto heist in history.

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Brian Armstrong says Coinbase spent $50M fighting SEC lawsuit – and beat it

Posted on February 21, 2025 by Techme101

Coinbase on Friday said the SEC has agreed to drop the lawsuit against the company with prejudice, meaning it cannot be filed again.  The move, which is still subject to the approval of the SEC’s Commissioners, is yet another signal that the Trump administration plans to be more friendly to crypto than the SEC was […]
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Google Announces Quantum-Safe Digital Signatures in Cloud KMS, Takes “Post-Quantum Computing Risks Seriously”

Posted on February 21, 2025 by Techme101

This news about Google Cloud Key Management Service is part of the tech giant’s post-quantum computing strategy.

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iOS 18.4 will bring Apple Intelligence-powered ‘Priority Notifications’

Posted on February 21, 2025 by Techme101

Apple on Friday released its first developer beta for iOS 18.4, which adds a new “Priority Notifications” feature, powered by Apple Intelligence. The addition aims to help users manage their notifications by prioritizing important alerts and minimizing distractions from less important ones.  These priority notifications are displayed in a separate section on the phone’s Lock […]
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Apple Breaks Silence on UK Probe, Removes Data Protection Tool From UK Users

Posted on February 21, 2025 by Techme101

The U.K. government demanded a backdoor into Apple’s Advanced Data Protection.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says market got it wrong about DeepSeek’s impact

Posted on February 21, 2025 by Techme101

Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang said the market got it wrong when it comes to DeepSeek’s technological advancements and its potential to negatively impact the chipmaker’s business. Instead, Huang called DeepSeek’s R1 open source reasoning model “incredibly exciting” while speaking with Alex Bouzari, CEO of DataDirect Networks, in a pre-recorded interview that was released […]
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