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== These are the Daily Tech Headlines for Friday, March 17, 2023. ==

I'm Rich Stroffolino Belkin confirmed to the Verge that it paused development of Matter smart home devices, saying it will “take a big step back, regroup, and rethink’’ its approach to the smart home. It said it will release Wemo products that support Matter when it can find a way to differentiate them. https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/15/23641930/belkin-matter-wemo-smart-home The US Federal Communications Commission finalized rules to require carriers to block text messages from "invalid, unallocated, or unused numbers." The rules also say carriers must establish a means for senders to inquire about blocked texts. The order does into effect 30 days after its published in the Federal Register. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/03/fcc-orders-phone-companies-to-block-scam-text-messages/ Volkswagen showed off a concept of an affordable mass-market electric vehicle called the ID.2all, aimed at a starting price of 25,000 euros with an estimated 279 mile range. The company expects to put the hatchback into production in 2025. VW says it will be front wheel drive and offer 10 to 80 percent charging in 20 minutes on DC fast chargers. https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/16/23643047/vw-id-2-all-ev-price-photo-specs Google’s Project Zero security team disclosed it reported 18 zero-day vulnerabilties impacting Exynos modems to Samsung, including four top-severity bugs that could remotely compromise a modem with no user interaction. Project Zero gave Samsung 90 days to patch the flaws, but no patches have been released. Samsung did confirm vulnerabilies in Exynos modems in a March security listing. Google said users can mitigate the vulnerability by turning off Wi-Fi calling and Voice-over-LTE. https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/16/google-warning-samsung-chips-flaws-android/ At its Reinventing Productivity with AI event, Microsoft announced Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Word will all start using OpenAI’s GPT-4 platform, with AI-powered assistance as part of Microsoft's new 365 Copilot assistant which is able to generate entire documents, emails and slide decks from scanned corporate files and recorded conference calls. Copilot will provide transparency about where it found the information it uses, with links to sources. Microsoft says it's already testing the new tools with 20 unnamed companies. https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/16/23642833/microsoft-365-ai-copilot-word-outlook-teams Twitter added a counter on iOS to show how many users bookmarked a tweet, although unlike Likes or Retweets, you can't see who bookmarked it. Help documents say Twitter "plans to expand" the feature. In other Twitter news, Platformer's Zoë Schiffer reports the company down-ranked some corporate accounts from TikTok, Snap, and Instagram, meaning tweets from them will largely not show up in the For You tab. https://twitter.com/zoeschiffer/status/1636519278534066176 --- https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/16/23643591/twitter-bookmark-counter-silent-likes-elon New Zealand banned installing TikTok on devices used to access its parliamentary network, citing cybersecurity concerns. The ban goes into effect at the end of March. https://www.reuters.com/technology/new-zealand-ban-tiktok-devices-linked-parliament-2023-03-17/ Amazon will shut down its Kindle Newsstand in September 2023. In the announcement, Amazon encouraged publishers to submit magazines and newspapers to Prime Reading or Kindle Unlimited. https://goodereader.com/blog/kindle/amazon-will-discontinue-newspaper-and-magazine-subscriptions-in-september SVB Financial, the holding company for Silicon Valley Bank, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The filing state it believes it has about $2.2 billion in liquidity. The filing does not impact SVB Capital or SVB Securities, which are legally distinct entities. Any sale of the company or its assets would now be subject to court approval, although it also allows SVB FInancial to resume operations outside of the FDIC's control. https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/17/svb-financial-files-for-ch-11-bankruptcy-protection-says-it-has-2-2b-in-liquidity/ On a community web forum, Second Life developers said a mobile version of the game will launch later this year. Second Life launched in 2003 and has only been available on PCs. The app will be built on Unity, making it easier to releasing it on both iOS and Android. https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/03/20-years-later-second-life-is-launching-on-mobile/ Midjourney announced an alpha of version 5 of its text-to-image synthesis service, available for testing to subscribers on its Discord server. Early testers report "incredibly realistic" skin textures and facial features, more realistic eyes, and generating hands that generally have five fingers. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/03/ai-imager-midjourney-v5-stuns-with-photorealistic-images-and-5-fingered-hands/ US employees at the Epic Games-owned music platform Bandcamp announced the formation of a union called Bandcamp United. The group authorized the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU)’s Tech Workers Union Local 1010 division to represent it. That organizer also supported the Kickstarter United union in 2020. Bandcamp United asked Epic Games for a fair and timely election through the National Labor Relations Board. https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/16/employees-at-epic-owned-bandcamp-form-union/ 9to5Mac reports Apple began testing a new natural language generation feature codenamed "Bobcat" on the latest tvOS 16.4 beta. Currently the system is used for telling jikes with Siri on Apple TV. Code for the feature also appears across iPhone, iPad, and Mac software. . https://9to5mac.com/2023/03/16/apple-testing-siri-natural-language-generating-chatgpt/ A European Commission filing shows Microsoft offered remedies in an attempt to gain approval of its Activision Blizzard acquisition. The filing offered no specifics, but the company recentely entered into several long term licensing deal with Nintendo and Nvidia for access to the Call of Duty franchise. Sources tell Reuters the remedies will likely win EU clearance for the deal. https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/microsoft-offers-eu-remedies-seeking-ok-activision-deal-2023-03-17/ Qualcomm announced its Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 SoC, designed for midrange phones. Compared to the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1, this switches production from Samsung's to TSMC's 4nm process and uses a faster Cortex-X2 core for its main performance core. Qualcomm saying it can hit up to 50% better CPU performance and 2x GPU perormance compared to its predecessor. The SoC also supports dual SIM dual active, meaning both sims can access 5G or 4G radios at the same time. Handsets with the SoC are expeted later this month. https://www.anandtech.com/show/18775/qualcomm-announces-snapdragon-7-gen-2-premium-segment-gets-a-cortexx-core For more discussion of the tech news of the day subscribe to DailyTechNewsShow.com, [MWF] you can find show notes and links to all headlines there as well, [T-Th-Sat] and if you enjoy the show, remember to tell a friend to check it out! http://dailytechnewsshow.reddit.com Thanks for listening, we'll talk to you next time.

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These are the Daily Tech Headlines for Tuesday, March 7, 2023. I'm Rich Stroffolino.

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+== These are the Daily Tech Headlines for Friday, March 17, 2023. ==
+ I'm Rich Stroffolino				 Belkin confirmed to the Verge that it paused development of Matter smart home devices, saying it will “take a big step back, regroup, and rethink’’ its approach to the smart home. It said it will release Wemo products that support Matter when it can find a way to differentiate them.	https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/15/23641930/belkin-matter-wemo-smart-home			 The US Federal Communications Commission finalized rules to require carriers to block text messages from "invalid, unallocated, or unused numbers." The rules also say carriers must establish a means for senders to inquire about blocked texts. The order does into effect 30 days after its published in the Federal Register.	https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/03/fcc-orders-phone-companies-to-block-scam-text-messages/			 Volkswagen showed off a concept of an affordable mass-market electric vehicle called the ID.2all, aimed at a starting price of 25,000 euros with an estimated 279 mile range. The company expects to put the hatchback into production in 2025. VW says it will be front wheel drive and offer 10 to 80 percent charging in 20 minutes on DC fast chargers.	https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/16/23643047/vw-id-2-all-ev-price-photo-specs			 Google’s Project Zero security team disclosed it reported 18 zero-day vulnerabilties impacting Exynos modems to Samsung, including four top-severity bugs that could remotely compromise a modem with no user interaction. Project Zero gave Samsung 90 days to patch the flaws, but no patches have been released. Samsung did confirm vulnerabilies in Exynos modems in a March security listing. Google said users can mitigate the vulnerability by turning off Wi-Fi calling and Voice-over-LTE.	https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/16/google-warning-samsung-chips-flaws-android/			 At its Reinventing Productivity with AI event, Microsoft announced Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Word will all start using OpenAI’s GPT-4 platform, with AI-powered assistance as part of Microsoft's new 365 Copilot assistant which is able to generate entire documents, emails and slide decks from scanned corporate files and recorded conference calls. Copilot will provide transparency about where it found the information it uses, with links to sources. Microsoft says it's already testing the new tools with 20 unnamed companies.	https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/16/23642833/microsoft-365-ai-copilot-word-outlook-teams			 Twitter added a counter on iOS to show how many users bookmarked a tweet, although unlike Likes or Retweets, you can't see who bookmarked it. Help documents say Twitter "plans to expand" the feature. In other Twitter news, Platformer's Zoë Schiffer reports the company down-ranked some corporate accounts from TikTok, Snap, and Instagram, meaning tweets from them will largely not show up in the For You tab.	https://twitter.com/zoeschiffer/status/1636519278534066176			 ---	https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/16/23643591/twitter-bookmark-counter-silent-likes-elon			 New Zealand banned installing TikTok on devices used to access its parliamentary network, citing cybersecurity concerns. The ban goes into effect at the end of March.	https://www.reuters.com/technology/new-zealand-ban-tiktok-devices-linked-parliament-2023-03-17/			 Amazon will shut down its Kindle Newsstand in September 2023. In the announcement, Amazon encouraged publishers to submit magazines and newspapers to Prime Reading or Kindle Unlimited.	https://goodereader.com/blog/kindle/amazon-will-discontinue-newspaper-and-magazine-subscriptions-in-september			 SVB Financial, the holding company for Silicon Valley Bank, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The filing state it believes it has about $2.2 billion in liquidity. The filing does not impact SVB Capital or SVB Securities, which are legally distinct entities. Any sale of the company or its assets would now be subject to court approval, although it also allows SVB FInancial to resume operations outside of the FDIC's control.	https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/17/svb-financial-files-for-ch-11-bankruptcy-protection-says-it-has-2-2b-in-liquidity/			 On a community web forum, Second Life developers said a mobile version of the game will launch later this year. Second Life launched in 2003 and has only been available on PCs. The app will be built on Unity, making it easier to releasing it on both iOS and Android.	https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/03/20-years-later-second-life-is-launching-on-mobile/			 Midjourney announced an alpha of version 5 of its text-to-image synthesis service, available for testing to subscribers on its Discord server. Early testers report "incredibly realistic" skin textures and facial features, more realistic eyes, and generating hands that generally have five fingers.	https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/03/ai-imager-midjourney-v5-stuns-with-photorealistic-images-and-5-fingered-hands/			 US employees at the Epic Games-owned music platform Bandcamp announced the formation of a union called Bandcamp United. The group authorized the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU)’s Tech Workers Union Local 1010 division to represent it. That organizer also supported the Kickstarter United union in 2020. Bandcamp United asked Epic Games for a fair and timely election through the National Labor Relations Board.	https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/16/employees-at-epic-owned-bandcamp-form-union/			 9to5Mac reports Apple began testing a new natural language generation feature codenamed "Bobcat" on the latest tvOS 16.4 beta. Currently the system is used for telling jikes with Siri on Apple TV. Code for the feature also appears across iPhone, iPad, and Mac software. .	https://9to5mac.com/2023/03/16/apple-testing-siri-natural-language-generating-chatgpt/			 A European Commission filing shows Microsoft offered remedies in an attempt to gain approval of its Activision Blizzard acquisition. The filing offered no specifics, but the company recentely entered into several long term licensing deal with Nintendo and Nvidia for access to the Call of Duty franchise. Sources tell Reuters the remedies will likely win EU clearance for the deal.	https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/microsoft-offers-eu-remedies-seeking-ok-activision-deal-2023-03-17/			 Qualcomm announced its Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 SoC, designed for midrange phones. Compared to the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1, this switches production from Samsung's to TSMC's 4nm process and uses a faster Cortex-X2 core for its main performance core. Qualcomm saying it can hit up to 50% better CPU performance and 2x GPU perormance compared to its predecessor. The SoC also supports dual SIM dual active, meaning both sims can access 5G or 4G radios at the same time. Handsets with the SoC are expeted later this month.	https://www.anandtech.com/show/18775/qualcomm-announces-snapdragon-7-gen-2-premium-segment-gets-a-cortexx-core			 For more discussion of the tech news of the day subscribe to DailyTechNewsShow.com, [MWF] you can find show notes and links to all headlines there as well, [T-Th-Sat] and if you enjoy the show, remember to tell a friend to check it out!	http://dailytechnewsshow.reddit.com			 Thanks for listening, we'll talk to you next time.
+== DTH 2023 : DTH 3/7/2023 ==
 Today's date
 These are the Daily Tech Headlines for Tuesday, March 7, 2023. I'm Rich Stroffolino.