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Jun 13, 2023 • 5min
US intelligence confirms it buys Americans’ personal data
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 13, 2023 • 5min
London lures a16z’s first international office with ‘predictable’ crypto regs
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 12, 2023 • 4min
Barracuda urges customers to remove and replace vulnerable hardware exploited by hackers
Barracuda Networks has told customers they must replace vulnerable email gateway appliances following the disclosure of a critical security flaw. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 12, 2023 • 3min
Nasdaq to acquire financial services software company Adenza from Thoma Bravo for $10.5B
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 9, 2023 • 5min
Meta to appeal court ruling declaring content moderatos as its employees
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 9, 2023 • 5min
Adobe brings Firefly to the enterprise
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 8, 2023 • 3min
Uber is taking its car-sharing service to North America
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 8, 2023 • 3min
Automattic launches an AI writing assistant for WordPress
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 7, 2023 • 8min
Blush, the AI lover from the same team as Replika, is more than just a sexbot
The team behind the AI friendship bot Replika is launching another AI companion — one that’s made to flirt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 7, 2023 • 6min
Apple Vision Pro: Here’s everything you need to know
At its annual WWDC 2023 conference, Apple took the wraps off of the Vision Pro, its long-rumored augmented reality (AR) headset. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
