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| Luke Plunkett / Kotaku: |
Meta says the segment at Connect 2022 announcing the addition of legs to Horizon World avatars in 2023 “featured animations created from motion capture” — A subsequent statement from Meta says ‘the segment featured animations created from motion capture’
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| Wayne Ma / The Information: |
Sources: Apple's mixed reality headset is expected to have the ability to scan the irises of users to let them log in and make payments inside the headset — By the time Apple introduces its much-anticipated mixed reality headset—planned for sometime next year—Meta Platforms …
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| Alex Marquardt / CNN: |
Docs: SpaceX told the Pentagon that it can't donate more Starlink terminals to Ukraine or keep funding the service there indefinitely, and asks for funding — Since they first started arriving in Ukraine last spring, the Starlink satellite internet terminals made by Elon Musk's SpaceX …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Crypto broker NYDIG, which raised $1B at a $7B+ valuation in December 2021, laid off ~110 people, about a third of its workforce, in September 2022 — Company said last year that it had raised $1 billion at a valuation of more than $7 billion — NYDIG, the bitcoin trading and banking firm …
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| Washington Post: |
A letter to Senate leaders from ~250 industry groups urges a Senate floor vote for FCC nominee Gigi Sohn to end a 21-month deadlock and enable Biden's agenda — Almost 250 groups will send a letter Friday to congressional leaders, calling for the Senate to vote to confirm Democratic nominee Gigi Sohn
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Cloud computing company Nutanix is exploring a sale after receiving takeover interest; Nutanix has a market cap of $5B+, down from $9B+ in Sept. 2021 — The cloud-computing company is expected to target private-equity and industry players, people familiar with the matter said
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| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Twitter tests letting users control whether others can mention them; if so, the user can pick if mentions can be from anyone or only those they follow — Twitter is working on a feature that lets you control who can mention you, with the test version discovered by app researcher …
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| Nigel Gladstone / Sydney Morning Herald: |
A hacker leaks 5TB of data from the Colombian government, exposing the identities and methods of Australian Federal Police anti-narcotics agents — A massive leak of classified government documents has exposed the identities and methods of secret agents working to stop major drug importations to Australia.| Financial Times: |
Chinese internet censors suspend thousands of WeChat accounts and remove posts after a rare protest in central Beijing against “dictator and traitor Xi Jinping” — Banners hung from bridge call for leader's removal ahead of Communist party congress
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| Angus Loten / Wall Street Journal: |
IT teams are hiring more freelancers and slowing recruiting full-time staff; Freelancer.com says software developer job postings rose 54.7% YoY in Q3 2022 — New wave of IT freelancers prefer to tackle digital projects, then move on, recruiters say — Facing economic headwinds …
Tweets: @freelancer and @thekimkavin
| Bloomberg: |
OnlyFans exec Keily Blair says the platform wants to move away from its “secretive” past, engage with lawmakers and journalists, and expand beyond adult content — OnlyFans Ltd. executives have mapped out a plan to become more transparent and highlight less-explicit content …
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| Charles Pulliam-Moore / The Verge: |
Netflix says Basic with Ads will cost $6.99/month in the US and debut on November 3 in 12 countries, offering most titles, at up to 720p, and without downloads — Starting in November, Netflix will finally roll out its new ad-supported tier for just a few bucks a month …
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| Nelson Wang / CoinDesk: |
Stablecoin issuer Tether claims to have reduced its commercial paper holdings to zero, replaced with US Treasury bills, after saying it would by the end of 2022 — The company has been gradually replacing its commercial paper holdings with U.S. Treasury bills.| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
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