Journals

Sam Biddle / The Intercept: OpenAI quietly removed a ban on “military and warfare” use from its usage policy, as part of a major rewrite to make the policy “clearer” and “more readable”  —  OpenAI this week quietly deleted language… Read More »OpenAI quietly removed a ban on “military and warfare” use from its usage policy, as part of a major rewrite to make the policy “clearer” and “more readable” (Sam Biddle/The Intercept)

Ryan McNeal / Android Authority: To comply with DMA, Google says it will let users in the EU choose which of its services are linked from March 6  —  Some Google service features could become unavailable after unlinking.  —  • … Read More »To comply with DMA, Google says it will let users in the EU choose which of its services are linked from March 6 (Ryan McNeal/Android Authority)

Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal: A look at CD Projekt’s three-year journey to turn around Cyberpunk 2077, which has now sold over 25M units and won a major award, after a disastrous 2020 launch  —  Roughly three years… Read More »A look at CD Projekt’s three-year journey to turn around Cyberpunk 2077, which has now sold over 25M units and won a major award, after a disastrous 2020 launch (Sarah E. Needleman/Wall Street Journal)

Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology: Apptopia: WhatsApp’s daily business users increased by 80% in the US in 2023 after a 122% jump in 2022, and daily users in the US grew by 9% in 2023  —  The leading global messaging… Read More »Apptopia: WhatsApp’s daily business users increased by 80% in the US in 2023 after a 122% jump in 2022, and daily users in the US grew by 9% in 2023 (Alex Kantrowitz/Big Technology)

Kylie Robison / Fortune: Cal Henderson, Slack’s CTO and sole remaining cofounder, is stepping down effective immediately, to be replaced by Salesforce cofounder and CTO Parker Harris  —  Slack cofounder Cal Henderson is leaving the Salesforce-owned company  —  The cofounder… Read More »Cal Henderson, Slack’s CTO and sole remaining cofounder, is stepping down effective immediately, to be replaced by Salesforce cofounder and CTO Parker Harris (Kylie Robison/Fortune)

CNN: Security researchers say they warned Apple as early as 2019 about AirDrop vulnerabilities that Chinese authorities claim they recently used to identify users  —  Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter, which explores what you need… Read More »Security researchers say they warned Apple as early as 2019 about AirDrop vulnerabilities that Chinese authorities claim they recently used to identify users (CNN)

Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: South Korea’s financial regulator says US bitcoin ETFs may conflict with the country’s Virtual Asset User Protection Act and Capital Markets Act, plans a review  —  Further review and consideration regarding crypto ETFs is planned, the… Read More »South Korea’s financial regulator says US bitcoin ETFs may conflict with the country’s Virtual Asset User Protection Act and Capital Markets Act, plans a review (Sam Reynolds/CoinDesk)

Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: Apple says users will need an iPhone or iPad with Face ID to pre-order the Vision Pro, to scan their face and determine the right size Light Seal and head bands  —  Apple Vision Pro pre-orders… Read More »Apple says users will need an iPhone or iPad with Face ID to pre-order the Vision Pro, to scan their face and determine the right size Light Seal and head bands (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)

Jessica Mathews / Fortune: An interview with Garry Tan, who confirms that Y Combinator moved its HQ from Mountain View to SF, saying “you sort of have to be in San Francisco” these days  —  Garry Tan, president, chief executive… Read More »An interview with Garry Tan, who confirms that Y Combinator moved its HQ from Mountain View to SF, saying “you sort of have to be in San Francisco” these days (Jessica Mathews/Fortune)

Leo Schwartz / Fortune: Genesis agrees to a settlement with the NYDFS, under the terms of which it will surrender its BitLicense, cease operations in New York, and pay an $8M fine  —  The New York Department of Financial Services… Read More »Genesis agrees to a settlement with the NYDFS, under the terms of which it will surrender its BitLicense, cease operations in New York, and pay an $8M fine (Leo Schwartz/Fortune)