March 2023

China tech giant Baidu releases its answer to ChatGPT

March 16, 2023
On Thursday, Robin Li, Baidu’s cofounder and CEO, took the stage in Beijing to showcase the company’s new large language model, Ernie Bot. Accompanied by art created by Baidu’s image-making AI, he showed examples of what the chatbot can do, including solve math questions, write marketing copy, answer questions about Chinese literature, and generate multimedia…

Pornhub owner MindGeek sold to private equity firm

March 16, 2023

MindGeek — owner of several adult entertainment sites including Pornhub, Brazzerz and Redtube — was acquired by a Canadian private equity firm, Ethical Capital Partners (ECP). ECP, which was formed last year, did not disclose the terms of the deal. “In MindGeek, we have identified a dynamic tech brand that is built upon a foundation […]

Pornhub owner MindGeek sold to private equity firm by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

Google warns users to take action to protect against remotely exploitable flaws in popular Android phones

March 16, 2023

Google’s security research unit is sounding the alarm on a set of vulnerabilities it found in certain Samsung chips included in dozens of Android models, wearables and vehicles, fearing the flaws could be soon discovered and exploited. In a blog post, Google’s Project Zero head Tim Willis said the in-house security researchers found and reported […]

Google warns users to take action to protect against remotely exploitable flaws in popular Android phones by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch

FCC proposes satellite-to-phone rules to eliminate ‘no signal’ once and for all

March 16, 2023

The FCC has officially proposed, and voted unanimously to move forward with, a framework under which satellites can communicate directly with smartphones in a structured and useful way. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, circulated earlier this month and formally voted on today, is essentially a complete first public draft of what the FCC hopes to […]

FCC proposes satellite-to-phone rules to eliminate ‘no signal’ once and for all by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

Finance YouTubers sued over promotion of FTX

March 16, 2023

A new class action lawsuit alleges that several well-known finance YouTubers, including Graham Stephan, Andrei Jikh, Jaspreet Singh and others, should be held responsible for promoting now-disgraced cryptocurrency exchange FTX. The lawsuit’s plaintiff is Edwin Garrison, a private investor who also filed a lawsuit against former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried himself, plus celebrity promoters like […]

Finance YouTubers sued over promotion of FTX by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch