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Meta says “we understand Meta will not be required to pay for news content that publishers voluntarily post to our platforms” in Indonesia under a new law (Stanley Widianto/Reuters)

    Stanley Widianto / Reuters: Meta says “we understand Meta will not be required to pay for news content that publishers voluntarily post to our platforms” in Indonesia under a new law  —  Facebook parent Meta Platforms (META.O) on Thursday said… Read More »Meta says “we understand Meta will not be required to pay for news content that publishers voluntarily post to our platforms” in Indonesia under a new law (Stanley Widianto/Reuters)

    Framework releases a $499 version of its modular Laptop 13, with a “barebones configuration” built using leftover parts, and starts selling refurbished DDR4 RAM (Wes Davis/The Verge)

      Wes Davis / The Verge: Framework releases a $499 version of its modular Laptop 13, with a “barebones configuration” built using leftover parts, and starts selling refurbished DDR4 RAM  —  Framework is now selling a $499 version of its modular… Read More »Framework releases a $499 version of its modular Laptop 13, with a “barebones configuration” built using leftover parts, and starts selling refurbished DDR4 RAM (Wes Davis/The Verge)

      Google says the company will “pause the image generation of people” via Gemini “and will re-release an improved version soon” while working to fix its “issues” (Jake Rudnitsky/Bloomberg)

        Jake Rudnitsky / Bloomberg: Google says the company will “pause the image generation of people” via Gemini “and will re-release an improved version soon” while working to fix its “issues”  —  “We’re already working to address recent issues with Gemini’s… Read More »Google says the company will “pause the image generation of people” via Gemini “and will re-release an improved version soon” while working to fix its “issues” (Jake Rudnitsky/Bloomberg)

        How Bristol-based Hargreaves Lansdown became the UK’s largest DIY investment platform, with 1.8M clients and £134B in assets, as new rivals weaken its dominance (Financial Times)

          Financial Times: How Bristol-based Hargreaves Lansdown became the UK’s largest DIY investment platform, with 1.8M clients and £134B in assets, as new rivals weaken its dominance  —  The UK’s largest DIY investment platform faces competition from challengers who claim to… Read More »How Bristol-based Hargreaves Lansdown became the UK’s largest DIY investment platform, with 1.8M clients and £134B in assets, as new rivals weaken its dominance (Financial Times)

          A profile of NetChoice, whose revenue jumped from $3M in 2020 to $34M in 2022, as it prepares to fight Florida and Texas’ social media laws in front of SCOTUS (Bloomberg)

            Bloomberg: A profile of NetChoice, whose revenue jumped from $3M in 2020 to $34M in 2022, as it prepares to fight Florida and Texas’ social media laws in front of SCOTUS  —  – Justices to weigh challenges over Florida, Texas… Read More »A profile of NetChoice, whose revenue jumped from $3M in 2020 to $34M in 2022, as it prepares to fight Florida and Texas’ social media laws in front of SCOTUS (Bloomberg)

            Sources: Google plans to start assembling the Pixel 8 Pro in southern India in Q2 2024, followed by production of the Pixel 8 in northern India in H2 2024 (Lauly Li/Nikkei Asia)

              Lauly Li / Nikkei Asia: Sources: Google plans to start assembling the Pixel 8 Pro in southern India in Q2 2024, followed by production of the Pixel 8 in northern India in H2 2024  —  Search engine giant joins Apple,… Read More »Sources: Google plans to start assembling the Pixel 8 Pro in southern India in Q2 2024, followed by production of the Pixel 8 in northern India in H2 2024 (Lauly Li/Nikkei Asia)

              Instagram launches its marketplace tool to connect brands with creators for paid partnerships or ads in eight new countries, including India, Japan, and the UK (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

                Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Instagram launches its marketplace tool to connect brands with creators for paid partnerships or ads in eight new countries, including India, Japan, and the UK  —  Instagram said today that it is expanding its marketplace tool… Read More »Instagram launches its marketplace tool to connect brands with creators for paid partnerships or ads in eight new countries, including India, Japan, and the UK (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

                A profile of Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman, who might be the biggest individual funder of AI education and research, having pledged $500M+ to the effort (Miriam Gottfried/Wall Street Journal)

                  Miriam Gottfried / Wall Street Journal: A profile of Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman, who might be the biggest individual funder of AI education and research, having pledged $500M+ to the effort  —  The private-equity billionaire has donated more than half… Read More »A profile of Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman, who might be the biggest individual funder of AI education and research, having pledged $500M+ to the effort (Miriam Gottfried/Wall Street Journal)

                  Walmart’s PhonePe debuts its Indus Appstore for consumers, with over 200K apps; the Android app store is available as an app that users will have to sideload (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

                    Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Walmart’s PhonePe debuts its Indus Appstore for consumers, with over 200K apps; the Android app store is available as an app that users will have to sideload  —  Microsoft, Amazon and Meta are among the top… Read More »Walmart’s PhonePe debuts its Indus Appstore for consumers, with over 200K apps; the Android app store is available as an app that users will have to sideload (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

                    Amazon’s $180 Echo Hub review: fast and interactive widgets, supports Zigbee, Thread, and Matter, but laggy touchscreen and some features need a subscription (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge)

                      Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: Amazon’s $180 Echo Hub review: fast and interactive widgets, supports Zigbee, Thread, and Matter, but laggy touchscreen and some features need a subscription  —  Amazon’s new control panel makes using an Alexa-powered smart home… Read More »Amazon’s $180 Echo Hub review: fast and interactive widgets, supports Zigbee, Thread, and Matter, but laggy touchscreen and some features need a subscription (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge)

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