Thu. 05/11 – Twitter Encrypts DMs? (Corrected)

Twitter finally rolled out encrypted DMs… or did they? More drips and drabs from yesterday’s Google event including an AI music generating tool that sounds pretty wild. Even the crypto miners are pivoting to AI. And why tech has warmed up to the concept of nearshoring.

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Links:

• Twitter's encrypted DMs are here — but only for verified users (Engadget)
• Join the waitlist for Google's generative AI tools, including search, Project Tailwind, & MusicLM (XDA Developers)
• Google makes its text-to-music AI public (TechCrunch)
• Google Cloud announces new A3 supercomputer VMs built to power LLMs (TechCrunch)
• AI Needs Specialized Processors. Crypto Miners Say They Have Them (Bloomberg)
• ‘Nearshoring’ Push Is Fueling Tech Job Demand in Latin America (Bloomberg)