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Meta says it found an externally-created Meta Workplace account that was used to spoof an internal Instagram system used as “evidence” for The Wire's reporting — This is an ongoing investigation and we will update as it unfolds. At this time, we can confirm that the video shared …
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New US export controls may affect 43+ senior executives at 16 public chip companies in China, forcing them to choose between their US citizenship and their jobs — At least 43 senior executives working with 16 listed Chinese semiconductor companies hold roles from CEO to vice president
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| Osato Avan-Nomayo / The Block: |
The hacker behind the Mango Markets exploit keeps $47M and returns $67M to the DeFi project after a Mango community vote; he claims all his actions were legal — - Eisenberg called the exploit a “profitable trading strategy” and said his actions were legal.
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| Joanna Glasner / Crunchbase News: |
Analysis: 14 self-driving vehicle tech companies that went public in the past two years have seen an 80%+ average decline in their post-IPO stock price — A few years ago, public market investors sometimes lamented the lack of opportunities to directly invest in future-shaping technologies like autonomous driving.| Eleanor Cummins / Wired: |
Holding platforms accountable for algorithms that promote self-harm is hard because research linking mental health and social media doesn't establish causation — A British court ruled that teenager Molly Russell died in part because of online content—but holding platforms accountable is complicated.
Tweets: @kristenmchugh22
| Chris Vallance / BBC: |
Study: AI hiring tools don't reduce bias or improve diversity, and can't be trained to only identify job-related characteristics and strip out gender and race — Artificially intelligent hiring tools do not reduce bias or improve diversity, researchers say in a study.
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Microsoft admits Windows was not properly downloading and applying updates to the driver blocklist designed to thwart “bring your own vulnerable driver” attacks — Microsoft said Windows automatically blocked dangerous drivers. It didn't. — For almost two years …
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| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
International Federation of Robotics: 517,385 industrial robots were installed in 2021, an all-time high, bringing the global total to an all-time high of 3.5M — Robots are spreading at a record pace, from their traditional strongholds like making automobiles into nearly every other human endeavor
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International Federation of Robotics and VentureBeat
Tweets: @willknight, @joemckendrick, and @hypervisible
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Elon Musk, SpaceX, and government partners should stop finger-pointing, commit to transparency, and figure out a long-term funding plan for Starlink in Ukraine — What appeared earlier this year to be a selfless act of technotopianism, the widespread deployment of Starlink terminals in Ukraine … | Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
London-based Zen Educate, an online marketplace that algorithmically matches schools with available teachers, raised a £19.3 Series A extension for US expansion — Zen Educate, an online marketplace that algorithmically matches schools with the best available teachers … | Hamish McKenzie / On Substack: |
Instead of other newsletter platforms, Substack should be compared to services giving creators direct relationships with fans, like Shopify, Twitch, and Patreon — Or the creator economy, for that matter — When we started Substack in 2017, we told people that we made it simple to start a paid subscription publication.
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Digiboarding, mostly made up, and The Honest Broker
Tweets: @jonworth, @gergelyorosz, and @bendreyfuss
| Vishal Singh / Silicon Canals: |
Amsterdam-based Crisp, an app-only supermarket focused on fresh produce, raised a €75M Series C and announces the acquisition of local food supplier Eetfabriek — Amsterdam-based Crisp, an app-only supermarket focused on ultra-fresh food, announced on Tuesday that it has raised €75M …
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