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Bluesky lets "notable and authentic" accounts apply for blue check verification and enables select organizations to become Trusted Verifiers to verify others (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
2025-05-23 01:27 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
UK-based R3, a blockchain tech developer for financial institutions, partners with the Solana Foundation to let R3 customers use the Solana blockchain (Philip Stafford/Financial Times)
2025-05-23 03:28 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Valve releases SteamOS 3.7.8, adding support for the Lenovo Legion Go S, a recovery image to install SteamOS on other AMD handhelds like the ROG Ally, and more (Sean Hollister/The Verge)
2025-05-23 00:27 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Meta is testing turning images on some Instagram feeds into 3D photos on the Instagram app for Quest, as well as a new Horizon OS interface called Navigator (David Heaney/UploadVR)
2025-05-23 00:27 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
The US FTC drops a case that sought to block Microsoft's $69B purchase of Activision Blizzard, saying that pursuing the case was not in the public interest (Jody Godoy/Reuters)
2025-05-22 22:27 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
The US DOJ indicts a Russian national for allegedly leading the Qakbot malware operation that infected 700K+ computers and enabled ransomware attacks for years (Ionut Ilascu/BleepingComputer)
2025-05-22 23:27 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Leaked memo: YouTube hired longtime Disney executive Justin Connolly to serve as its global head of media and sports, a newly created position (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)
2025-05-22 21:27 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Anthropic releases new API features for building agents: a code execution tool, MCP connector, Files API, and extended prompt caching, all in public beta (Anthropic)
2025-05-22 21:27 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: OnlyFans owner Fenix is in talks to sell OnlyFans to an investor group led by Forest Road Company at an ~$8B valuation and is also considering an IPO (Reuters)
2025-05-22 22:27 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
The US DOJ charges 16 individuals allegedly linked to a Russia-based malware operation known as DanaBot that infected 300,000+ machines globally (Andy Greenberg/Wired)
2025-05-22 21:27 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
State lawmakers and AGs from both parties, Democrats, consumer advocates, and others oppose GOP's push to ban state AI regulations for the next 10 years (Will Oremus/Washington Post)
2025-05-22 20:26 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: the US FTC is investigating whether Media Matters illegally colluded with advertisers; Elon Musk sued the advocacy group in 2023 (New York Times)
2025-05-22 20:26 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: Apple aims to release smart glasses at the end of 2026 as part of a push into AI devices, but has shelved plans for an Apple Watch with a camera (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
2025-05-22 19:26 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Apollo Research, which Anthropic partnered with to test Opus 4, recommended against deploying an early version due to its tendency to "scheme" and deceive (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
2025-05-22 19:26 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Anthropic says Opus 4 will use an email tool to "whistleblow" if it detects users doing something "egregiously evil", like marketing a drug based on faked data (Sam Bowman/@sleepinyourhat)
2025-05-22 19:26 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Docs: ODNI is developing a centralized portal to streamline the purchase of commercially available information, like location data, by US intelligence agencies (Sam Biddle/The Intercept)
2025-05-22 19:26 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Anthropic's System Card: Opus 4 often attempted to blackmail engineers by threatening to reveal sensitive personal info when it was threatened with replacement (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)
2025-05-22 19:26 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Anthropic says Opus 4 may use command-line tools to alert the press or regulators, or lock users out, if it detects immoral behavior like faking a drug trial (Sam Bowman/@sleepinyourhat)
2025-05-22 18:26 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Tinder CEO Faye Iosotaluno will step down in July after less than two years in the role; Match Group CEO Spencer Rascoff will lead Tinder temporarily (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)
2025-05-22 18:26 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Mozilla plans to shut down Pocket, the read-it-later service it acquired in 2017, on July 8, and Fakespot, which helps identify unreliable reviews, on July 1 (The Mozilla Blog)
2025-05-22 18:26 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
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