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Sources: Apple plans to unveil its “Reality Pro” headset this spring, before WWDC; the new Mac Pro will look like the 2019 model but lose user-upgradeable RAM — 2023 is set to be the year of Apple's mixed-reality headset and not much else. Also: The company hikes battery-replacement costs …
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| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
How Telegram, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter were used to boost election fraud claims in Brazil before riots hit congress and supreme court buildings — Researchers detected a surge in agressive rhetoric from election denialists in far-right channels online ahead of Sunday's rioting| Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology: |
The economic downturn is hurting the creator economy, one of the most-hyped sectors of the past decade, in particular since its middle class hasn't yet emerged — We're seeing the truth about one of the most-hyped sectors of the past decade. — After years of hype, the Creator Economy is slamming into reality.
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Seattle Public Schools sue TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Snap, Instagram, and their parent companies for allegedly exploiting “the vulnerable brains of youth” — A new lawsuit filed by Seattle Public Schools against TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Snap, Instagram, and their parent companies alleges … | Naomi Nix / Washington Post: |
Meta says it is weeks away from announcing its decision on reinstating Trump, who as recently as last week was still harassing 2020 election workers by name — The platform cut Trump's indefinite suspension to two years at the urging of its Oversight Board. But that doesn't mean he's coming back.
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| Karen Hao / Wall Street Journal: |
The Cyberspace Administration of China will start regulating “deep synthesis” tech like AI-powered image, audio, and text-generation software on January 10 — Beijing is among the first governments to regulate hyper-realistic, AI-generated media
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Sources: in recent months, the US attorney's office for the Western District of Washington subpoenaed US hedge funds for records of their Binance communications — The federal probe into Binance is unfolding at a time of deep uncertainty in the crypto industry| New York Times: |
PitchBook: investors pumped $1.37B+ into generative AI companies across 78 deals in 2022, almost as much as was invested in the previous five years combined — An investment frenzy over “generative artificial intelligence” has gripped Silicon Valley, as tools that generate text … | Oliver Whang / New York Times: |
A look at Columbia University's Creative Machines Lab, which is exploring questions around artificial consciousness and the possibility of self-aware robots — The pursuit of artificial awareness may be humankind's next moonshot. But it comes with a slurry of difficult questions.
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Sources: Twitter cuts staff in its already diminished trust and safety team handling global content moderation and in a unit for hate speech and harassment — Twitter Inc., under new owner Elon Musk, has made deeper cuts into its already radically diminished trust and safety team handling …
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| Josh Nicholas / The Guardian: |
Mastodon's “active users” fell 30%+ from a 2.5M+ peak in early December 2022 to ~1.8M in the first week of January, and are still declining but at a slower pace — More than 130,000 people were joining the new independent social media network a day in November. So why hasn't it taken off?
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| Aggi Cantrill / Bloomberg: |
Russia's invasion of Ukraine boosted European investments in dual-use tech like autonomous drones, rockets for satellites, and more — European tech companies that work with the defense industry, long an investment taboo for many venture capital firms, are drawing record amounts of funding in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.Sponsor Posts
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