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A US judge rules Arkansas' Social Media Safety Act, which requires minors have parental permission before creating social media accounts, infringes on 1A rights (Ufonobong Umanah/Bloomberg Law)
2025-04-01 17:47 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
TikTok is shutting down its Instagram competitor, TikTok Notes, on May 8, directing users to Lemon8, a similar ByteDance-owned app (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
2025-04-01 17:47 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Meta VP of AI Research Joelle Pineau says she plans to leave in May 2025 after nearly eight years; she has led the FAIR group since early 2023 (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)
2025-04-01 16:47 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Xiaomi says it is cooperating with a Chinese police probe into a fatal crash by a car using its autonomous features; its stock is down 10%+ over the past week (New York Times)
2025-04-01 16:47 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
OpenAI says ChatGPT has hit 20M paid subscribers, up from 15.5M at the end of 2024, suggesting the company is making at least $415M in monthly revenue (The Information)
2025-04-01 15:46 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
TTP: Apple's and Google's app stores host popular "private browsing" apps operated by Shanghai-listed Qihoo 360, sanctioned by the US in 2020 for military ties (Financial Times)
2025-04-01 13:46 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Google is bringing its immersive Rewarded Video ads to Roblox, letting users watch ads in exchange for in-game benefits like virtual currency or power-ups (Kendra Barnett/Adweek)
2025-04-01 14:46 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Google rolls out a new Gmail encryption model in beta for enterprise that doesn't require senders or recipients to use custom software or exchange certificates (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
2025-04-01 13:46 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
In a new strategy, Amazon plans to release 14 to 16 movies per year in theaters, rivaling other major studios, with most running for 45 days before streaming (Nicole Sperling/New York Times)
2025-04-01 12:46 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Ahead of the Switch 2, Nintendo is branching out to use its characters in cinema, theme parks, and merch in a Disney-like way to create more consistent revenue (Takashi Mochizuki/Bloomberg)
2025-04-01 12:46 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Tether acquired 8,888 bitcoin worth $735M in Q1 2025, taking its total holdings to $7.8B and making it the sixth-largest bitcoin holder in a single wallet (Yogita Khatri/The Block)
2025-04-01 11:46 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Samsung says TM Roh, who oversees mobile, will temporarily step into a broader role overseeing its consumer electronics, after the death of co-CEO Han Jong-Hee (Yoolim Lee/Bloomberg)
2025-04-01 10:46 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
The Alan Turing Institute, the UK's flagship AI agency, plans to focus on defense, environment, and health, after staff criticized its leadership in December (Financial Times)
2025-04-01 10:46 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Lightmatter, which uses silicon photonics to move data in chips via light, unveils an interposer and chiplet for AI chips; the startup has raised $850M so far (Stephen Nellis/Reuters)
2025-04-01 10:46 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
How some UK parents created a "Smartphone Free Childhood" pledge, signed by 124K+ people, after the UK government watered down a bill banning phones in schools (Megan Specia/New York Times)
2025-04-01 09:45 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
A look at Shanghai municipal government-backed SpaceSail, a satellite internet company that has launched ~90 satellites so far and plans to have 15,000 by 2030 (Lam Le/Rest of World)
2025-04-01 08:45 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Uncertainty around high-skilled visas is unsettling Silicon Valley's immigrant tech community, as tech companies tell employees on visas not to leave the US (Washington Post)
2025-04-01 08:45 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
With Switch 2, Nintendo must do what it has rarely done before: follow one hit console with another; Nintendo has sold 150M+ Switch units since launch in 2017 (Bloomberg)
2025-04-01 06:45 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
The US needs a new cybersecurity strategy, but offensive cyber operations are unlikely to deter Chinese state-sponsored hacking and come with significant risk (Marcus Hutchins/MalwareTech)
2025-04-01 06:45 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
A survey of 1,450 verified Indian IT professionals by Blind: 83% reported experiencing burnout, with 72% saying they routinely exceed the 48-hour workweek limit (John Xavier/The Hindu)
2025-04-01 06:45 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
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