'I think in this financial year you'll see a 100 per cent increase on that zero [demands for tech company assistance],' says Reece Kershaw.

Huge news for anyone working in tech in the US.

Noncompetes are now banned: not just in California (like before), but nationwide. Very, very relevant for anyone at Amazon (which is the Big Tech that has enforced noncompetes even for low-level engineering positions).

Now that’s impressive

NEW - AI is now writing up police reports, via multi-billion dollar cop contractor and Taser maker Axon.

What could go wrong?

w/ Richard Nieva

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Today the Briefing releases the final episode of Doctors Note, an investigation into Australia's growing online medical certificate industry. Wesfarmers Limited bought InstantScripts for $135 million last year. Seven of its doctors... 1/

NEW: Mike Johnson is on the verge of a quiet but big win on TikTok.

He plans to include the TikTok ban bill in the foreign aid package, and top Senate Democrats are on board with the bill.

The bill includes change, as Axios Pro scooped yesterday.

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New: Facebook's AI chatbot told a parent in a group asking for advice that it has a gifted, disabled child who attended school in New York City

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spotted by Aleksandra Korolova

My old stomping ground (Australia) has referred ByteDance to local anti-money laundering regulators following last week's report that TikTok was cut off by HSBC over AML/CTF concerns, and then lied to EU regulators when asked about it 👇

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Exclusive: Suncorp bank hacked, customer funds stolen. Bank says it has refunded the 'small number' of accounts affected, reset passwords, restricted accessed.

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Jon Stewart claims Apple wouldn't let him interview FTC chair on his podcast axios.com/2024/04/02/jon…

Matt Levine on the current state of the market

The choppergate scandal that might have been: Kishor with the scoop on aborted plans for the NSW governor to take a police helicopter to Western Sydney.

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YouTube blocks ABC Foreign Correspondent episode after Indian's government's demand

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First Spotify gets you hooked on Master of the Senate, then they stop you finishing it. Only half way through. Cruelty.

good Kalley Huang scoop on Meta's AI talent recruitment efforts

i imagine zuckerberg knows the power of the 'ceo personally emailing to recruit me' move well at this point

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Cracker of a column by Myriam Robin on debt-laden Victoria trying to run a VC fund.

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I just think that if we’re being completely honest with ourselves, MSG should obviously be on this list