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Steve Huffman praises Elon Musk's aggressive cost-cutting and layoffs at Twitter and says he saw Musk's handling of Twitter as an example for Reddit to follow — Steve Huffman said in an interview that Elon Musk's cost-cutting at Twitter was inspiring and that the two have chatted “a handful of times.”
More: The Verge. Bluesky: @arctictony.bsky.social and @epro.social
Tweets: @notabigjerk, @_chuckyc, @jakeformers, @louisathelast, @neonacho, @erickfernandez, @titterdaily, and @benjamingoggin
Forums: r/LateStageCapitalism, r/NewsOfTheStupid, r/apple, r/technology, r/nottheonion, and r/elonmusk
| The Verge: |
Reddit messages some moderators of the communities participating in the API pricing change protest, looking for defectors “willing to work towards reopening” — Some moderators of Reddit communities participating in the protest against API changes today got messages from the company: work to reopen your subreddits or else.
More: 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, PCMag, IGN, Insider, Social Media Today, Forbes, CrackBerry, NBC News, SlashGear, iPhone in Canada Blog, Gizmodo, Game Rant, gHacks Technology News, WRAL TechWire, Reddit Upvoted, and The Verge
Bluesky: @jakeliebert.com. Tweets: @mattbinder, @jakuuire, @kennethdavid, @loganalogy, @anildash, @eshear, @andymanganelli, @5le, @anandsheth2, @lordravenscraft, @nicholasadeleon, @vogon, @miarsato, and @oneunderscore__
Forums: Hacker News, r/ModCoord, r/funny, r/technology, r/RedditAlternatives, and r/apple
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More: NBC News. Tweets: @redditmoments_, @robdenbleyker, @papapishu, @mikesimonsen, @oceanbound, @pt, @markets, @tomnamako, and @mouleofficial
Forums: Hacker News, r/Destiny, r/boston, r/True_Kentucky, r/OakIslandDiscussion, and r/Drama
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| Kellen Browning / New York Times: |
Félix Lengyel, aka xQc, a Twitch streamer with 12M followers, signs a ~$100M deal with Kick, a streaming service backed by Australian gaming and gambling sites — The deal signed by Félix Lengyel, known as xQc, matches traditional athletes' contracts, and is another sign …
More: Forbes, Dexerto, TheGamer, Kotaku, TweakTown, Tech News Outlet, Fortune, IGN, Game Rant, PC Gamer, Dot Esports, Twitch, and Blue's News
LinkedIn: Ryan Morrison. Forums: r/Laesterschwestern, r/QuebecLibre, r/Destiny, r/StreamCentral, and r/PaymoneyWubby
| Sean Lyngaas / CNN: |
Oregon and Louisiana warn that the MOVEit hackers may have stolen the SSNs and driver's license numbers of 3.5M Oregonians and 3M+ Louisianians from state DMVs — Millions of people in Louisiana and Oregon have had their data compromised in the sprawling cyberattack that has also hit …
More: Ars Technica, Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles, Wired, The Guardian, Missouri Office …, The Record, New York Times, BleepingComputer, Oregon Department …, Reuters, BleepingComputer, NBC News, StateScoop, GCN, PCMag, Oregonian, RestorePrivacy, KLFY-TV, DataBreaches.net, Silicon Republic, SecurityWeek, and CNN
Tweets: @snlyngaas, @wired, and @nc_governor
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, Slashdot, and Ars OpenForum
| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Binance, Binance.US, and the SEC agree to ensure only Binance.US staff can access customer funds; the proposed agreement needs sign-off from a federal judge — The proposed agreement still needs judicial sign-off. — Binance, Binance.US and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) …
More: CourtListener, DL News, The Block, Cointelegraph, Reuters, CoinGape, Coinpedia Fintech News, PYMNTS.com, Crypto Daily, and Coinspeaker. Forums: r/CryptoCurrency
| Sheila Dang / Reuters: |
Source: Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino tells investors no major ad holding firms are recommending an ad pause now and highlights a focus on video and partnerships — Twitter plans to focus on video, creator and commerce partnerships to revitalize the social media company's business beyond digital advertising …
More: Bloomberg, Bloomberg, Digiday, MakeUseOf, Wall Street Journal, Adweek, and TechCrunch
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to and @unrealfred@mastodon.online
| Tonya Riley / CyberScoop: |
Genetic testing company 1health.io settles by paying $75K to the FTC for exposing sensitive health data, in the first FTC enforcement over genetic information — The case is the latest in a series of FTC enforcement actions focused on health data privacy and the first involving genetic information.
More: Federal Trade Commission, GovInfoSecurity.com, Forbes, and Washington Post
Tweets: @montezumachavez, @cyberscoopnews, and @montezumachavez
| Niket Nishant / Reuters: |
Crypto payments startup Wyre says it is winding down and that investors with assets on the company's platform can withdraw them through July 14 — Cryptocurrency infrastructure provider Wyre is winding down, feeling the pinch of dwindling interest in a market that was once hailed as the next frontier of finance.
More: Wyre Blog, Cointelegraph, The Information, Inside Bitcoins, San Francisco Business Journal, and Crypto Daily. Tweets: @sendwyre
| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Meta plans to lower the minimum age for Quest headsets from 13 to 10, with under-13s' profiles and avatars set to private by default; Horizon Worlds remains 13+ — Government scrutiny of how tech companies handle their underage users is continuing to heat up.
More: Meta, PCMag, New York Times, Neowin, Tech Xplore, Android Central, TechCrunch, Engadget, and CNN
Tweets: @alexeheath, @rotopat, @scobleizer, @luckyrabbitsio, @zamaan_qureshi, @keithdsouza, @supaconnor, @daveleebbg, @cashsmartllc, @owillis, and @fairplayforkids. Forums: r/OculusQuest
| Chris Stokel-Walker / Wired: |
Stack Overflow removed gender and race questions from its 2023 user survey, citing privacy concerns, after its 2022 survey found that 92% of its users were men — The coding hub's 2022 survey found that 92 percent of its users were men. This time around it simply dropped the question.
Bluesky: @hypercubexl.bsky.social. Tweets: @stokel, @quinnypig, @keithdsouza, @mmitchell_ai, and @sashamtl
| Brad Stone / Bloomberg: |
How a seminal 2017 paper by Google researchers laid the groundwork for the AI hype cycle, resulting in a Silicon Valley frenzy not seen since the dot-com boom — In late May, 300 entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, journalists and assorted self-described thought leaders crammed into Shack15 …
LinkedIn: Peter Leyden. Tweets: @business, @iporollo, @dinabass, @rachelmetz, @scale_ai, @kantrowitz, @bradstone, and @bw
| Financial Times: |
Filing: Tiger Global has so far raised just $2B+ for a fund targeting $6B after eight months; US venture firms raised nearly $12B in Q1 2023, down 73% YoY — Group has raised just over $2bn for a vehicle targeting $6bn amid scepticism over tech valuations — Tiger Global is falling short … Sponsor Posts
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