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Apple VP of Industrial Design Evans Hankey is leaving, after replacing Jony Ive in 2019; sources say Airbnb VP of Design Gary Butcher is returning to Apple — Apple Inc.'s head of hardware design, Evans Hankey, is leaving the iPhone maker three years after taking the role …
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| Washington Post: |
Interviews with over three dozen creators about going viral on TikTok show how the app's vast reach plus tools like “duet” and “stitch” can amplify harassment — TikTok's explosive stardom has created a new kind of celebrity. But nothing goes viral like rage.
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| Axios: |
The RNC sues Google for allegedly putting its campaign emails in Gmail spam; the RNC has been criticizing Google's pilot to keep campaign emails out of spam — The Republican National Committee (RNC) has filed a lawsuit against Google in a U.S. district court in California for allegedly putting …
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| Jennifer Korn / CNN: |
When researchers submitted 20 ads with “blatant” voting misinformation, TikTok approved 90%, Facebook approved a “significant number”, and YouTube approved zero — New York CNN Business — Facebook and TikTok failed to block advertisements with “blatant” …
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| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
A profile of Stability AI founder and CEO Emad Mostaque, a British former hedge fund manager who has quickly become a polarizing figure within the AI community — A celebration for Stability AI, the start-up behind the controversial Stable Diffusion image generator, represents the arrival of a new A.I. boom.| Charlotte Jee / MIT Technology Review: |
A look at the companies using AI to build tech that lets users talk to digital versions of deceased loved ones by video chat, text, phone, or voice assistants — Digital clones of the people we love could forever change how we grieve. — My parents don't know that I spoke to them last night.
Tweets: @havoc_six, @heathercampbell, @tanyabasu, and @jamesvlahos
| Jack Nicas / New York Times: |
Brazil's elections chief gets unilateral power to order the removal of online posts ahead of October 30 election, in an aggressive move to combat misinformation — Brazilian authorities granted the country's elections chief broad power to order the takedown of online content in a bid … | Bloomberg: |
Snap, which this week reported its slowest quarterly revenue growth ever, plans to close its San Francisco office, which “was lightly used” due to flexible work — Snap Inc., which is cutting costs and relying more on remote work, is closing its office in San Francisco …
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple will expand ads to the App Store's main Today tab and “You Might Also Like” section of individual app listings, starting October 25 globally except China — In an email to developers this week, Apple announced that app-related ads will begin appearing in the App Store's main Today tab …
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AppleInsider, Engadget, iPhone in Canada Blog, Pixel Envy, and Wired UK
| Adnan Bhat / Rest of World: |
Experts: India's TikTok clones like Moj and Josh have failed to replicate TikTok's success, and Instagram and YouTube will take over India's short-video segment — Creators are instead gravitating toward Instagram and YouTube, which may eventually be the winners in the Indian short-video segment.
Tweets: @glenngabe, @cengizyar, @restofworld, @restofworld, @restofworld, @restofworld, @itikaspunit, and @anupkaphle
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Twitter and Elon Musk are preparing to complete his $44B buyout by the October 28 court-issued deadline, as talks between the two have turned cordial — Advisers to Twitter Inc. and Elon Musk are hard at work trying to get the $44 billion deal closed by the end of the month, according to people familiar with the matter.
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Reliance, the parent firm of India's largest mobile operator Jio, launches JioBook, a ~$190 4G-enabled laptop running a custom Android-based OS called JioOS — Jio Platforms has quietly launched its first laptop, entering into a new product category as the Indian telecom giant aggressively expands its offerings.Sponsor Posts
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