A look at Los Angeles' Homelessness Prevention pilot program, which uses AI to identify those at risk of becoming homeless, offering aid to keep them housed (@katerogers / CNBC)

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An interview with Linus Torvalds at the Open Source Summit North America on the XZ Utils exploit, open source development, RISC-V, AI, and more (@davidcasseltns / The New Stack)

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The US Senate reauthorizes FISA's Section 702; some communication service providers had threatened to stop cooperating with the US government in case of a lapse (g a b y / The Verge)

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Court filing: OpenAI says Elon Musk's claim that the company has abandoned its altruistic principles is 'revisionist history' and a bid to boost his AI company (Robert Burnson / Bloomberg)

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Google scraps a 2019 policy requiring US suppliers and staffing firms to pay their employees $15 an hour and provide health insurance and other benefits (@danwiessner / Reuters)

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National Bureau of Statistics: China's integrated circuit output rose 40% YoY to 98.1B units in Q1, a sign that the country is expanding legacy chip production (@cocof1026 / South China Morning Post)

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SK Hynix partners with TSMC to develop next-gen HBM4 chips, which are critical for AI and slated for mass production in 2026, and advanced chip packaging tech (Nikkei Asia)

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Filing: a group of FTX investors and customers agree to drop their claims against SBF if he cooperates in cases against celebrities and others who pushed FTX (Bloomberg)

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China publishes measures to boost foreign investment in its domestic technology sector, including encouraging tech companies to raise money via bond issuance (Reuters)

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Bitcoin's fourth halving is now complete, lowering miners' block subsidy rewards from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC; the third halving was on May 2020 (James Hunt / The Block)

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Pornhub, Stripchat, and XVideos will have to comply with additional obligations, such as submitting risk assessment reports, under the EU DSA starting next week (@fooyunchee / Reuters)

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Nvidia closed down 10% on Friday, falling the most since March 2020 and losing more than $200B of its market value, as investors pull back from AI bets (George Steer / Financial Times)

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Nothing rolls out ChatGPT integration for Nothing Phone (2) and Nothing earbuds, including voice and text widgets for the Nothing Phone (2) (@nexusben / 9to5Google)

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Telegram partners with Tether to let the messaging app's ~900M users send USDT to each other through The Open Network blockchain (@ryan_browne_ / CNBC)

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Post.News, the news-focused social platform launched in 2022 that offered micropayments to publishers, is shutting down after failing to grow 'fast enough' (Emma Roth / The Verge)

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Midas, which lets users in Turkey invest in US and Turkish equities, raised a $45M Series A, after a $11M seed in 2022, and plans crypto trading and more (Mike Butcher (@mikebutcher.bsky.social) / TechCrunch)

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Sources: EU may accept Apple's proposal to open its NFC payments tech to rivals, and may close its antitrust probe in May, letting Apple avoid hefty fines (@fooyunchee / Reuters)

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Hacking group GhostR claims it stole 5.3M records from World-Check screening database used for KYC checks for sanctions and financial crime links (Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch)

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Sources describe the detention of Binance officials, including compliance officer Tigran Gambaryan, by Nigeria on charges of tax evasion and money laundering (New York Times)

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Web design and hosting platform Webflow acquires Intellimize, which raised $50M and offers AI-powered webpage personalization, a source says for 'eight-figures' (@kyle_l_wiggers / TechCrunch)

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