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2023

Instagram Has Started Putting Ads In Search Results

Instagram posted information titled: “Promote Upcoming Launches And Reach More People With New Instagram Ads”. In my opinion, nobody wants to have their Instagram feed filled with ads - especially if those ads are irrelevant to the user. I guess this is how Instagram is attempting to make more money. The information from Instagram starts with: People comes to Instagram

Hacking Forum Shuts Down After Administrator Gets Arrested

Last week, the FBI arrested a man alleged to be “Pompompurin,” the administrator of the infamous and popular BreachForums, TechCrunch reported. Days after the arrest, the cybercrime website’s new administrator announced that they are shutting down the forum for good. “Please consider this the final update for Breached,” the new admin, known as “Baphomet,” wrote in the official Telegram channel.

TikTok Refreshed Its Community Guidelines

Considering all of this, it seems to me that there is nothing CEO Shou Zi Chew can say that would change the minds of the Biden administration, the security agencies, or Congress. Perhaps the solution is to ban TikTok. It could make room for an American company to create something similar. 

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FDIC To Break Up Silicon Valley Bank

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on Monday decided to break up Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and hold two separate auctions for its traditional deposits unit and its private bank after failing to find a buyer for the failed lender last week, Reuters reported. According to Reuters, the FDIC will seek bids for Silicon Valley Private Bank until March 22 and

Phil Spencer Talked About Xbox Mobile Store

Microsoft’s mobile games store could launch as early as next year, the company’s head of gaming Phil Spencer has said. Thanks to the new Digital Markets Act — legislation that forces Apple and Google to allow users on its platforms to access apps from sources other than the App Store and Google Play Store — Spencer believes this will create

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Altman Warns of Language Model Risks

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman expressed concerns over the potential risks posed by language models, such as their use in disinformation campaigns or cyber-attacks.