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| Ed Hammond / Bloomberg: |
Source: in a letter to Twitter, Elon Musk proposes proceeding with the acquisition at the original $54.20 per share; Twitter stock jumps 12%+ — Elon Musk is proposing to buy Twitter Inc. for the original offer price of $54.20 a share, Bloomberg News reports.Musk made the proposal in a letter to Twitter …
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| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
European Parliament votes 602 to 13 to enforce USB-C as the charging port for most devices by the end of 2024 and laptops by 2026; some small devices are exempt — The European Parliament today voted overwhelmingly in favor of enforcing USB-C as a common charging port across a wide range …
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| Khari Johnson / Wired: |
The White House's new AI Bill of Rights, including helping opt out of algorithmic decision-making, is nonbinding and so will have little impact on companies — The draft's tenets include allowing citizens to opt out of algorithmic decision-making, which could reshape federal government—but not the private sector.| Steve Lohr / New York Times: |
Micron plans to spend up to $100B over 20 years to build a chipmaking complex in upstate New York, helped by federal and state government incentives — The company is planning a giant complex in Clay, N.Y., a sign that the government's investments in semiconductors are steering firms' decisions.
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| Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple's iPhone exports from India crossed $1B since April 2022 and could reach $2.5B by March 2023, up from $1.3B in the year ending March 2022 — Apple Inc.'s iPhone exports from India crossed $1 billion in the five months since April, according to people familiar with the matter …
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| Jason Cipriani / ZDNet: |
Google's Nest announces the $180 Nest Doorbell Wired and $200 Nest Wifi Pro with Wi-Fi 6E support, updates the Home app, and confirms support for Matter — Google on Tuesday announced several new products, including a new Nest Doorbell that ditches a battery, a Nest Wi-Fi Pro with support for Wi-Fi 6E …
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| Reuters: |
Meta announces AITemplate, an open-source, PyTorch-based unified “inference” system for both AMD and Nvidia GPU hardware, helping code run 4x-12x faster — Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc (META.O)said on Monday it has launched a new set of free software tools …
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Mastercard announces Crypto Secure, which uses AI to help banks identify and stop transactions from fraud-prone crypto exchanges, powered by CipherTrace's tech — - Mastercard will on Tuesday launch a new product called Crypto Secure that helps banks assess the risk of crime associated with crypto merchants on its network.
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| Steven Musil / CNET: |
Google discontinues Google Translate in mainland China, one of the last remaining services the company provides in the country, citing “low usage” — The service was one of Google's last remaining offerings in the country. — Steven Musil — Steven Musil is the night news editor at CNET News.
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| Maxwell Strachan / VICE: |
Some guests and hosts say Airbnb permanently banned them after background checks by third-party company Inflection revealed minor offenses or old misdemeanors — Airbnb customers say they are being permanently banned after background checks reveal minor offenses like broken tail lights and old misdemeanors.
Tweets: @jason_koebler, @samleecole, @motherboard, @maxwellstrachan, @motherboard, @timmarchman, @vice, @motherboard, and @motherboard
| Dave Lee / Financial Times: |
A look at the Internet Archive, as the preservation project grows from 2TB in 1997 to ~100PB now, and issues with scraping paywalled news sites and social media — Within the walls of a beautiful former church in San Francisco's Richmond district, racks of computer servers hum and blink with activity.
Tweets: @brianroemmele
| Yang Jie / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple's supplier list shows 48 had manufacturing sites in the US as of September 2021, up from 25 in 2020; 30+ sites were in California, up from <10 in 2020 — Partners of iPhone maker seek to stay nearby as pandemic makes travel to China difficult — U.S. Companies Are Reshoring Jobs From China at Record Levels
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| Bloomberg: |
Samsung details a five-year roadmap for mass producing advanced chips, including second-generation 3nm chips in 2024, 2nm chips in 2025, and 1.4nm chips in 2027 — Samsung Electronics Co. announced an aggressive five-year plan to lure US chip buyers with more advanced technology …
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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
A federal court rules that the CFTC appropriately served Ooki DAO through a website help bot and forum post, in a lawsuit over violating federal trading laws — The ruling came the same day a group of crypto lawyers and developers filed to join the CFTC's case against Ooki DAO.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: talks between the US and TikTok over a national security agreement have accelerated ahead of the midterms as Republicans vow to hold hearings — Plan to secure user data is nearing conclusion, sources say, but hurdles remain and Republicans warn against concessions to video app's Chinese owner| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Xiaomi announces the flagship €599 12T, featuring a 108MP camera, and €759 12T Pro, featuring a 200MP camera, both with 6.67-inch displays, available October 13 — Xiaomi has officially announced its flagship smartphone lineup for the second half of the year — the Xiaomi 12T and 12T Pro.| Wall Street Journal: |
Despite Elon Musk offering Iranians access to Starlink, experts say quickly building the infrastructure and evading government censorship will prove difficult — Elon Musk said the satellite-internet system was activated in the country last month — Watch: Iranians Clash With Police During Violent Wave of Protests
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| Ephrat Livni / New York Times: |
The US Treasury releases a digital assets report asking Congress for more resources to police crypto, regulate stablecoins, legislate crypto tokens, and more — The Financial Stability Oversight Council said that the growing crypto market could pose risks to the broader financial system.Sponsor Posts
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