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What to expect at WWDC: Apple XR headset that a source says is part “status symbol” and part “future of the computer”, 15" MacBook Air, iOS 17, watchOS 10, more — Apple Inc.'s most significant product launch event in nearly a decade kicks off Monday …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources say Amazon is in talks with Verizon, T-Mobile, Dish Network, and AT&T to offer low-cost or possibly free mobile phone service to US Prime subscribers — Amazon.com Inc. has been talking with wireless carriers about offering low-cost or possibly free nationwide mobile phone service …
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| Sheila Dang / Reuters: |
Twitter's VP of Trust and Safety Ella Irwin says she has resigned from the company; Irwin joined in June 2022 and took over T&S when Yoel Roth resigned — Twitter's head of trust and safety Ella Irwin told Reuters on Thursday that she has resigned from the social media company.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: A.J. Brown, Twitter's head of brand safety and ad quality, is leaving, the second top safety executive to leave the company this week — A.J. Brown's departure comes after Ella Irwin, company's head of trust and safety, left Thursday — Twitter lost its head of brand safety and ad quality …
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| Aisha Counts / Bloomberg: |
Current and ex-employees: Meta staff generally aren't using the Quest 3, especially for meetings, and even those in the VR unit don't use it regularly for work — Meta employees don't seem interested in working in the metaverse. But first... Three things you need to know today:
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| Will Knight / Wired: |
A look at Voyager, a Minecraft bot created by an Nvidia team using GPT-4, which obtains over 3x as many items and builds tools 15x quicker than other AI bots — The bot plays the video game by tapping the text generator to pick up new skills, suggesting that the tech behind ChatGPT could automate many workplace tasks.
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| Ginger Adams Otis / Wall Street Journal: |
Meta updates its policy to require employees assigned to an office to start coming in three days per week starting September 5; remote workers are exempt — Change will take effect Sept. 5 for employees already assigned to an office; remote workers' status won't change
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| Yuvraj Malik / Reuters: |
Microsoft expects to take a charge of ~$425M in Q2 2023 for a potential fine from the Irish DPC over LinkedIn's targeted ads allegedly violating users' privacy — Software major Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) said on Thursday it expected to take a charge of about $425 million in the current quarter …
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Artifact, the news app founded by Instagram's co-founders, will use a GPT-4 model to rewrite the headlines of articles marked as clickbait by the Artifact team — Last month, the Artifact news app introduced an option for users to flag an article as clickbait.| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is planning 53 new, relocated, or remodeled retail stores worldwide through 2027, including 15 new stores across the Asia-Pacific region — Apple Inc. is working on plans to expand and revitalize its retail chain, aiming to push deeper into China and other parts of Asia …
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| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
A proposed class action lawsuit accuses Elon Musk of insider trading by manipulating Dogecoin; Musk allegedly sold ~$124M in DOGE after Twitter's logo change — Elon Musk is being accused of insider trading in a proposed class action by investors accusing the Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) …
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| Alexandre Tanzi / Bloomberg: |
Challenger report: US tech companies have announced 136,831 layoffs from January to May 2023, more than in any full year since 2001, when job cuts hit 168,395 — US companies have announced more job cuts this year than during all of 2022, according to executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc.
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@pkedrosky, @jessefelder, and @producercities
| Daryna Antoniuk / The Record: |
The FSB claims Apple helped the NSA hack Russian diplomats' iPhones; Kaspersky: unknown malware leveraged zero-click exploits on iPhones running up to iOS 15.7 — Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) is accusing U.S. intelligence of hacking “thousands of Apple phones” to spy on Russian diplomats.
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