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The ability to confirm your identity and the veracity of what you say is one of the main motivations for digital identity in the context of the rapid (and occasionally unsettling) development of artificial intelligence technology. Although there is a lot of hype surrounding having your own digital identity, much …

Reddit today disclosed that it will start charging for use of its API, following Twitter’s decision to limit third-party access to its data. It’s not a general policy adjustment. The New York Times reported that researchers who want to study Reddit for strictly academic or noncommercial purposes as well as …

According to a Vox report that quotes “several sources working at the company,” Meta, formerly Facebook, is anticipated to announce another round of mass layoffs on Wednesday. The job cuts are a component of a larger reorganization at Meta, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg has dubbed the “year of efficiency.” Zuckerberg …

Noisy world. Delivery drones and air taxis, also known as electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, will make cities and neighborhoods noisier if investors succeed in saturating the market. That’s assumed. Whisper Aero seems unconcerned about assumptions. The two-year-old startup believes you should be able to silently mow your …

Samsung launched a “Samsung News” app today that provides daily news from multiple publications. The software, which will replace “Samsung Free,” features personalised news feeds and morning and evening briefings on important news. Samsung Free, which provides news, podcasts, live TV, and games, will become Samsung News. Like Apple News, …

Canal+, a leading French premium TV channel and streaming service, and Apple have signed a multi-year deal. All Canal+ subscribers in France and some other European countries will be able to stream Apple TV+ content for free starting on April 20. Canal+ isn’t just offering Apple TV+, so this is …

Amazon enters generative AI. Instead of building AI models, it’s recruiting third parties to host them on AWS. Amazon Bedrock lets developers build generative AI apps using pretrained models from startups like AI21 Labs, Anthropic, and Stability AI. Bedrock offers AWS-trained Titan FMs (foundation models) in a “limited preview.” “Applying …

Western Digital was breached by hackers who stole 10 terabytes of data, including customer data. The extortionists want the company to pay a “minimum 8 figures” ransom to keep the data private. Western Digital reported “a network security incident” on April 3, saying hackers stole data from “a number of …

Snap has expanded its Sounds library, which lets users use song clips in Snaps and Stories, with several music labels. The company listed US-based UnitedMasters, Netherlands-based BUMA/STEMRA, and SUISA Digital Licensing AG as participating labels. SUISA: Switzerland, AKKA/LAA: Latvia, Albautor: Albania, Armauthor: Armenia, Autodia: Greece, COMP: Pakistan, EAÜ: Estonia, GCA: …

Elon Musk gave a rare interview to an actual reporter late on Tuesday, speaking to BBC reporter James Clayton on Twitter Spaces. During the interview, Clayton pressed Musk on whether his purchase of Twitter was, in the end, something he went through with willingly, or whether it was something he …