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Covid-19 vaccines added to routine immunisation schedule in US

Covid-19 vaccines added to routine immunisation schedule...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its recommendations...

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Unidentified object shot down over Alaskan waters, US Pentagon says

Unidentified object shot down over Alaskan waters, US Pentagon...

The US Pentagon has shot down an unidentified object over frozen waters around Alaska....

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How high-tech spy balloons became so popular for aerial surveillance

How high-tech spy balloons became so popular for aerial...

Military interest in balloon surveillance had been increasing even before a Chinese-launched...

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Sources: Microsoft plans to demo the integration of OpenAI's language tech and the Prometheus model into Word, Outlook, and other Office apps, in March 2023 (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Sources: Microsoft plans to demo the integration of OpenAI's...

Tom Warren / The Verge:Sources: Microsoft plans to demo the integration of OpenAI's...

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JD.com plans to launch an "industrial version" of a ChatGPT-like tool called ChatJD for retail and finance, after Alibaba's and Baidu's chatbot announcements (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC)

JD.com plans to launch an "industrial version" of a ChatGPT-like...

Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:JD.com plans to launch an “industrial version” of a ChatGPT-like...

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Researchers: some Reddit usernames and other keywords cause ChatGPT to give bizarre responses, likely due to the web data OpenAI scraped to train its model (Chloe Xiang/VICE)

Researchers: some Reddit usernames and other keywords cause...

Chloe Xiang / VICE:Researchers: some Reddit usernames and other keywords cause ChatGPT...

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Lyft's stock closed down 36.4% after the company forecast $975M Q1 revenue vs. $1.09B est.; Lyft CFO blamed "seasonality and lower prices" for the weak guidance (Lauren Feiner/CNBC)

Lyft's stock closed down 36.4% after the company forecast...

Lauren Feiner / CNBC:Lyft's stock closed down 36.4% after the company forecast $975M...

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Filing: bankrupt crypto lender Celsius wants to raise $14.4M by selling coupons, which expire six months after purchase, and credits for Bitcoin miner Bitmain (Andrew Asmakov/Decrypt)

Filing: bankrupt crypto lender Celsius wants to raise $14.4M...

Andrew Asmakov / Decrypt:Filing: bankrupt crypto lender Celsius wants to raise $14.4M...

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A look at Otonomo and Wejo, two struggling startups trying to monetize connected car data; Otonomo plans to merge with roadside assistance tech startup Urgently (Gabrielle Coppola/Bloomberg)

A look at Otonomo and Wejo, two struggling startups trying...

Gabrielle Coppola / Bloomberg:A look at Otonomo and Wejo, two struggling startups...

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Some under-resourced academic and civil-society researchers say a Twitter API paywall would jeopardize studies of influence campaigns and platform manipulation (Brian Fung/CNN)

Some under-resourced academic and civil-society researchers...

Brian Fung / CNN:Some under-resourced academic and civil-society researchers say...

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Analysis: Apple's 2020-2022 revenue per new hire was $2.51M, up from $1.17M during 2017-2019, and above Meta's $0.79M, Microsoft's $1.06M, and other peers (Saksha Menezes/Bloomberg)

Analysis: Apple's 2020-2022 revenue per new hire was $2.51M,...

Saksha Menezes / Bloomberg:Analysis: Apple's 2020-2022 revenue per new hire was...

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Source: PayPal is pausing work on its stablecoin as regulators increase their scrutiny of cryptocurrencies and its key partner Paxos faces a probe in New York (Bloomberg)

Source: PayPal is pausing work on its stablecoin as regulators...

Bloomberg:Source: PayPal is pausing work on its stablecoin as regulators increase...

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Source: Microsoft shut its Industrial Metaverse Core team, formed in October 2022 to build tools for industrial settings, and laid off the team's ~100 employees (Kevin McLaughlin/The Information)

Source: Microsoft shut its Industrial Metaverse Core team,...

Kevin McLaughlin / The Information:Source: Microsoft shut its Industrial Metaverse...

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Sources: China Telecom and China Mobile withdrew their ~20% investment in an Asia-Europe subsea cable project after US firm SubCom was chosen to build the line (Financial Times)

Sources: China Telecom and China Mobile withdrew their...

Financial Times:Sources: China Telecom and China Mobile withdrew their ~20% investment...

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Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra review: powerful 200MP camera, awesome display, excellent battery life, and fast processor, but expensive and no charging speed upgrade (Mark Spoonauer/Tom's Guide)

Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra review: powerful 200MP camera,...

Mark Spoonauer / Tom's Guide:Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra review: powerful 200MP camera,...

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The City of Oakland confirms reports of a ransomware attack on its networks but says 911, financial data, and fire and emergency resources were not impacted (Jonathan Greig/The Record)

The City of Oakland confirms reports of a ransomware attack...

Jonathan Greig / The Record:The City of Oakland confirms reports of a ransomware...