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James O’Donnell / MIT Technology Review: Self-driving startup Waabi unveils Copilot4D, a generative AI model trained on troves of lidar data to help predict traffic flow 5-10 seconds into the future  —  Waabi says its new model can anticipate how… Read More »Self-driving startup Waabi unveils Copilot4D, a generative AI model trained on troves of lidar data to help predict traffic flow 5-10 seconds into the future (James O’Donnell/MIT Technology Review)

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Gumroad, an e-commerce company for creators, updates its rules to more strictly limit NSFW content, citing policies of payment processors like Stripe and PayPal  —  Gumroad, an e-commerce company for creators, updated its rules to more… Read More »Gumroad, an e-commerce company for creators, updates its rules to more strictly limit NSFW content, citing policies of payment processors like Stripe and PayPal (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)

New York Times: The TikTok divestment bill’s progress slows down in the Senate, as Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has not decided whether to bring the bill to the floor  —  Legislation to force TikTok’s Chinese owner to sell the app… Read More »The TikTok divestment bill’s progress slows down in the Senate, as Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has not decided whether to bring the bill to the floor (New York Times)

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Game developer Scopely says Monopoly Go crossed $2B in revenue in February 2024, just 10 months after launching and three months after hitting $1B in revenue  —  Scopely announced that Monopoly Go has generated $2 billion… Read More »Game developer Scopely says Monopoly Go crossed $2B in revenue in February 2024, just 10 months after launching and three months after hitting $1B in revenue (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)

Andrew Hayward / Decrypt: Starbucks is ending Odyssey, which launched in December 2022 in closed beta offering NFT-based rewards minted on the Polygon blockchain, on March 31, 2024  —  Starbucks will close the Odyssey Beta platform on March 31, with… Read More »Starbucks is ending Odyssey, which launched in December 2022 in closed beta offering NFT-based rewards minted on the Polygon blockchain, on March 31, 2024 (Andrew Hayward/Decrypt)

Bloomberg: Sources: HashiCorp, which helps companies manage their cloud infrastructure, has been considering options including a sale; HCP jumps 11%+ after hours  —  – HashiCorp working to gauge interest from possible buyers  — Company has held exploratory talks with industry… Read More »Sources: HashiCorp, which helps companies manage their cloud infrastructure, has been considering options including a sale; HCP jumps 11%+ after hours (Bloomberg)

Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: Sources: Social Capital fired two of its partners after they tried to raise ~$2M from outside the firm for AI chipmaker Groq, which rankled Chamath Palihapitiya  —  – The dramatic firings highlight unusual structure at firm … Read More »Sources: Social Capital fired two of its partners after they tried to raise ~$2M from outside the firm for AI chipmaker Groq, which rankled Chamath Palihapitiya (Lizette Chapman/Bloomberg)

Tom Henderson / Insider Gaming: Leaked PS5 Pro docs mention rendering 45% faster than the PS5, 2x to 3x the ray tracing performance, and more; sources say it’s set for a holiday 2024 release  —  Insider Gaming can confirm that… Read More »Leaked PS5 Pro docs mention rendering 45% faster than the PS5, 2x to 3x the ray tracing performance, and more; sources say it’s set for a holiday 2024 release (Tom Henderson/Insider Gaming)

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft is again injecting pop-ups into Chrome on Windows in a bid to get users to switch to Bing, after previously pausing them citing “unintended behavior”  —  Microsoft is once again injecting pop-ups into Google’s… Read More »Microsoft is again injecting pop-ups into Chrome on Windows in a bid to get users to switch to Bing, after previously pausing them citing “unintended behavior” (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Alex Koller / CNBC: Layoffs.fyi: 50,000+ workers have been laid off from over 200 tech companies since the start of 2024; some recently laid-off employees recall their experiences  —  – With tech layoffs at their highest since the 2001 dot-com… Read More »Layoffs.fyi: 50,000+ workers have been laid off from over 200 tech companies since the start of 2024; some recently laid-off employees recall their experiences (Alex Koller/CNBC)