Journals

Dell Cameron / Wired: In a letter, 41 state AGs call on Meta to address the “dramatic increase” in Facebook and Instagram account takeovers and say hackers buy ads on its services  —  A coalition of 41 state attorneys general… Read More »In a letter, 41 state AGs call on Meta to address the “dramatic increase” in Facebook and Instagram account takeovers and say hackers buy ads on its services (Dell Cameron/Wired)

Punchbowl News: The White House is backing a bipartisan bill that would force ByteDance to sell TikTok if it wants to remain in US app stores  —  The Biden White House is backing a bipartisan bill that could lead to… Read More »The White House is backing a bipartisan bill that would force ByteDance to sell TikTok if it wants to remain in US app stores (Punchbowl News)

Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: In letter to Epic, Apple’s lawyers cite Tim Sweeney’s public attacks, including an X post, and say Epic is part of a “global effort to undermine” Apple’s rules  —  In the latest installment of Things No… Read More »In letter to Epic, Apple’s lawyers cite Tim Sweeney’s public attacks, including an X post, and say Epic is part of a “global effort to undermine” Apple’s rules (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Meta details WhatsApp and Messenger interoperability under the EU’s DMA, saying third parties must use Signal’s protocol, which Meta already uses for encryption  —  Meta today is offering more details about how it plans to make… Read More »Meta details WhatsApp and Messenger interoperability under the EU’s DMA, saying third parties must use Signal’s protocol, which Meta already uses for encryption (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Jon Porter / The Verge: Epic says Apple removed its iOS developer account, hampering its app store plans, and shares a letter from Apple lawyers calling Epic “verifiably untrustworthy”  —  After Epic CEO Tim Sweeney criticized how Apple is rolling… Read More »Epic says Apple removed its iOS developer account, hampering its app store plans, and shares a letter from Apple lawyers calling Epic “verifiably untrustworthy” (Jon Porter/The Verge)

Assaf Gilead / Globes Online: Industrial cybersecurity startup Claroty raised $100M in a “pre-IPO round” at an estimated $2.5B valuation and reports $100M ARR, after raising $400M in 2021  —  Claroty provides infrastructure cybersecurity and secures connected devices in all… Read More »Industrial cybersecurity startup Claroty raised $100M in a “pre-IPO round” at an estimated $2.5B valuation and reports $100M ARR, after raising $400M in 2021 (Assaf Gilead/Globes Online)

Clare Duffy / CNN: CCDH: Midjourney, DreamStudio, ChatGPT Plus, and Microsoft Image Creator created election disinformation in 41% of tests; Midjourney was most likely to do so  —  New York CNN —  —  Leading artificial intelligence image generators can be… Read More »CCDH: Midjourney, DreamStudio, ChatGPT Plus, and Microsoft Image Creator created election disinformation in 41% of tests; Midjourney was most likely to do so (Clare Duffy/CNN)

Axios: Sources: a16z expects to raise $6.5B to $7B for a master feeder fund, closing in early April; 50% would go to its fourth growth fund and 10% to its gaming fund  —  – Half would go to the firm’s… Read More »Sources: a16z expects to raise $6.5B to $7B for a master feeder fund, closing in early April; 50% would go to its fourth growth fund and 10% to its gaming fund (Axios)

Bloomberg: Sources: the US presses the Netherlands, Germany, South Korea, and Japan, and other allies to tighten China chip rules, a controversial move drawing resistance  —  – Washington wants to control key chemical, more machinery parts  — US pushes Seoul,… Read More »Sources: the US presses the Netherlands, Germany, South Korea, and Japan, and other allies to tighten China chip rules, a controversial move drawing resistance (Bloomberg)

Hayden Field / CNBC: Microsoft engineer Shane Jones writes to the FTC and Microsoft’s board warning Copilot Designer creates violent and sexual images, ignores copyrights, and more  —  – Shane Jones, who’s worked at Microsoft for six years, has been… Read More »Microsoft engineer Shane Jones writes to the FTC and Microsoft’s board warning Copilot Designer creates violent and sexual images, ignores copyrights, and more (Hayden Field/CNBC)