Discord is changing its username policy, allowing users to have unique usernames without number discriminators. Users will be notified to change their tags in the coming weeks.

🔍 Microsoft's Bing AI is now in open preview, accessible to all users without a waitlist, and comes with new features such as rich media answers, conversation histories and multi-modal support for image uploads. #BingAI #Microsoft

Reddit rolls out new features to make it easier to share posts on social media, including an updated preview for text posts, one-tap screenshot sharing, and direct sharing to Instagram stories. #Reddit

White House proposes 30% tax on electricity used by cryptocurrency mining operations, citing cryptomining's negative impact on the environment and high energy prices, with the excise tax to be phased in over three years. #Cryptocurrency #Tax #Environment 📈💸🌍

Apple and Google propose a new industry standard to prevent Bluetooth tracker stalking, which would allow for unauthorized tracking detection and alerts across iOS and Android platforms, with support from Samsung, Tile, and others.

IBM puts hiring on hold to prioritize AI, potentially impacting up to 7,800 roles. CEO Arvind Krishna recognizes the challenge AI and automation pose to non-customer-facing roles, including HR, but aims to retain over two-thirds of affected workers.

📣 Apple's first Rapid Security Response patches for iOS 16.4.1 and macOS 13.3.1 devices are failing to install on some iPhones, with errors stating "unable to verify security response." Apple has not yet shared what security improvements the RSR patches bring.

🐦 A Twitter bug allows previously-verified accounts to add their legacy 'Blue Check' back to their profile for free by adding "former blue check" to their bio. #TwitterBug #BlueCheck #Verification

OpenAI's ChatGPT is available again in Italy following a temporary ban, after the company addressed privacy concerns raised by regulators and implemented privacy controls on the chatbot. #chatgpt

💰💸 Venmo expands further into the cryptocurrency space, allowing users to send crypto directly to other Venmo customers, PayPal handles, and external crypto wallets, with transfers not able to be canceled or reversed.

📺 Canada's controversial streaming bill, Bill C-11, has become law, requiring Netflix and other streaming services to support Canadian content, with broad powers given to the regulator, the CRTC, over streaming companies. Critics say the law could cause over-regulation online.

Steam's latest update includes an integrated Notes app, allowing gamers to pin to-do lists and access them across any PC they log into and when playing offline, along with other revamped in-game overlay features. 🎮✏️

🔒 Google Authenticator to add end-to-end encryption to cloud backups after security concerns were raised over the lack of encryption, potentially compromising users' 2FA secrets. E2EE will be rolled out in a future version.

Stack Overflow plans to charge large AI developers for access to its 50 million questions and answers on its service, joining Reddit in demanding compensation when its data is used to train algorithms and ChatGPT-style bots.

📹 ❤️ Tinder introduces video selfies for photo verification to combat dating scammers, requiring it for the official blue checkmark and offering access to the "Photo Verified Cuties" club. #Tinder

OpenAI enhances ChatGPT's privacy controls by allowing users to turn off chat history and training data with new data controls. The company also announced an upcoming ChatGPT Business subscription that omits user data from training by default.

🚨 Supreme Court to hear two cases testing whether government officials can block social media critics, potentially deciding whether such bans violate the First Amendment. 📣👀 #freespeech #socialmedia

GitHub introduces private vulnerability reporting at scale, allowing researchers to privately disclose security issues to an open-source project's maintainers. The feature is now available for all repositories within an organization. #github

📱💬 Meta's WhatsApp is introducing 'Keep in Chat' feature, allowing users to keep messages for up to 90 days, providing better flexibility and organization. The feature will roll out globally in the coming weeks. #whatsapp

GlobalFoundries sues IBM over trade secrets breach, alleging IBM disclosed GF's confidential IP and trade secrets, receiving potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in licensing income and other benefits.