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Yuichi Shiga / Nikkei Asia: The Philippines’ new undersea internet cable network is expected to bring jobs to remote islands, boosting the country’s BPO sector, which employed 1.7M in 2023  —  Project expected to bring stable internet and new jobs… Read More »The Philippines’ new undersea internet cable network is expected to bring jobs to remote islands, boosting the country’s BPO sector, which employed 1.7M in 2023 (Yuichi Shiga/Nikkei Asia)

New York Times: Study finds that China produced almost 50% of the world’s top AI researchers, compared to ~18% from the US, thanks to China’s heavy investment in AI education  —  China has produced a huge number of top A.I.… Read More »Study finds that China produced almost 50% of the world’s top AI researchers, compared to ~18% from the US, thanks to China’s heavy investment in AI education (New York Times)

John Thornhill / Financial Times: Microsoft’s deal with Inflection is a further sign that the emerging AI economy will probably be dominated by the US tech giants, as the AI talent war heats up  —  Microsoft’s agreement with two founders… Read More »Microsoft’s deal with Inflection is a further sign that the emerging AI economy will probably be dominated by the US tech giants, as the AI talent war heats up (John Thornhill/Financial Times)

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: A breach seller dumped a dataset of 73M AT&T customers online, three years after a hacker teased such a leak; AT&T won’t say how its users’ data was leaked  —  Three years after a hacker first… Read More »A breach seller dumped a dataset of 73M AT&T customers online, three years after a hacker teased such a leak; AT&T won’t say how its users’ data was leaked (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)

Stephen Nellis / Reuters: Qualcomm ends its bid to buy Israeli car chip maker Autotalks, citing a lack of timely regulatory approvals; the UK CMA opened a probe into the deal in February  —  Qualcomm (QCOM.O) on Friday said it… Read More »Qualcomm ends its bid to buy Israeli car chip maker Autotalks, citing a lack of timely regulatory approvals; the UK CMA opened a probe into the deal in February (Stephen Nellis/Reuters)

Forbes: Sources: Stability AI founder Emad Mostaque plans to step down as CEO, following the departure of a group of researchers who helped develop Stable Diffusion  —  Mostaque has told a number of people close to him that he plans… Read More »Sources: Stability AI founder Emad Mostaque plans to step down as CEO, following the departure of a group of researchers who helped develop Stable Diffusion (Forbes)

David Ingram / NBC News: Sensor Tower: in February 2024, X had 27M US DAUs of its mobile app, down 18% YoY, and the US user base has been flat or down every month since November 2022  —  X usage… Read More »Sensor Tower: in February 2024, X had 27M US DAUs of its mobile app, down 18% YoY, and the US user base has been flat or down every month since November 2022 (David Ingram/NBC News)

Kashmir Hill / New York Times: GM says it has stopped sharing driving data with two data brokers, after a report showed GM and others collecting and sharing data without clear consent  —  G.M. had provided information about braking, acceleration… Read More »GM says it has stopped sharing driving data with two data brokers, after a report showed GM and others collecting and sharing data without clear consent (Kashmir Hill/New York Times)

Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: Mozilla ends a partnership with Onerep, which lets users remove data from people-search sites, after a report showed Onerep’s CEO founded dozens of such sites  —  The nonprofit organization that supports the Firefox web… Read More »Mozilla ends a partnership with Onerep, which lets users remove data from people-search sites, after a report showed Onerep’s CEO founded dozens of such sites (Brian Krebs/Krebs on Security)

RT Watson / The Block: Worldcoin announces Personal Custody, which saves biometric data captured by the Orb on users’ personal devices, and plans to open source the Orb’s software  —  – With “Personal Custody” people signing up for a World… Read More »Worldcoin announces Personal Custody, which saves biometric data captured by the Orb on users’ personal devices, and plans to open source the Orb’s software (RT Watson/The Block)