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June 26, 2023, 6:05 AM
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
How Apple is readying the Vision Pro to ship in 2024 and a look at its Mac plans, including upgrading its lineup to M3 and early work on a 30"-or-larger iMac  —  After debuting the Vision Pro, Apple is working on finishing up the device's software, expanding testing and finalizing the rollout strategy.
New York Times:
As the use of AI-generated ads in political campaigns increases, political consultants, election researchers, and lawmakers push for setting up new guardrails  —  Gaps in campaign rules allow politicians to spread images and messaging generated by increasingly powerful artificial intelligence technology.
More: Insider.  Bluesky: @toddgregory.bsky.social.  Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to.  Twitter: @erikbryn and @nytimes
Yuval Mann / Ynetnews:
An interview with early Waze investors Yahal Zilka and Ehud Levy on why they invested, the impact of Google's acquisition on Israel's tech industry, and more  —  The disregard for map companies, the dilemma between BlackBerry and iPhone, the indifference on the part of Tim Cook …
Bloonface / Café Lob-On:
Twitter-to-Mastodon migration that started in November 2022 failed because of Mastodon's exclusionary culture, decentralization making the UX worse, and more  —  I've been using fediverse stuff (Mastodon and, most recently, Calckey - I'm just going to use “Mastodon” as shorthand here …
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
An interview with Asana CEO Dustin Moskovitz, who became Asana's majority owner after a post-listing share buying spree, on AI's risks as a philanthropy focus  —  - Asana CEO Dustin Moskovitz, who made billions from co-founding Facebook, has long been concerned about the risks of runaway artificial intelligence.
Twitter: @mukund
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
Many LastPass users say they've been locked out of their accounts and can't access their vaults after being asked to reset their authenticator apps in May 2023  —  LastPass password manager users have been experiencing significant login issues starting early May after being prompted to reset their authenticator apps.
Kevin J. Delaney / Charter:
Q&A with Microsoft's Jared Spataro on AI tools advancing knowledge work, increasing worker creativity, being “usefully wrong”, automating work away, and more  —  Microsoft over the past few years has released some of the most interesting research about how people work …
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
US law enforcement seized BreachForums' domain on June 22, after arresting the data leak site's alleged admin, Conor Fitzpatrick, aka Pompompurin, on March 15  —  U.S. law enforcement today seized the clear web domain of the notorious BreachForums (aka Breached) hacking forum three months …

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Abner Li / 9to5Google:
YouTube launches genre-specific YouTube TV Plans as lower-cost alternatives to the $82.99 monthly subscription; the Sports Plan is priced at $64.99 per month

Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
E. W. Scripps agrees to sell its multicast network Court TV to Law&Crime owner Jellysmack, as it seeks to reduce debt tied to its Ion and Katz acquisitions

Scott Feinberg / The Hollywood Reporter:
The Academy will no longer show Oscar-nominated films to members on big screens after the screenings drew “an average of five members” over the last years

More News

Julie Kim / MIT Technology Review:
A look at the underwhelming state of augmentative and alternative communication tech, including a handful of iPad apps, for speech and language impaired users
Tom Warren / The Verge:
FTC v. Microsoft: Phil Spencer says Xbox is not a “robust business” and fails to meet internal targets, and the Activision deal is a way to expand into mobile
Bluesky:
Bluesky publishes proposals for new moderation and safety tooling, focusing on user lists and reply controls for community-driven moderation, hashtags, and more

Earlier Picks

Lisa O'Carroll / The Guardian:
The EFJ and media experts condemn the latest European Media Freedom Act draft that would let national security agencies place spyware on journalists' phones
Washington Post:
Sources: Mark Zuckerberg is using his Instagram to promote an edgier image to court the “tech bros” captivated by Musk's online antagonism and offline antics
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: IBM is close to a deal to acquire cloud-based IT management startup Apptio from Vista Equity Partners for ~$5B; Vista acquired Apptio for ~$2B in 2019
Rani Molla / Vox:
Startups are using remote work to attract talent; report: 81% of companies with fewer than 5K employees offer remote work vs. 26% for those with 25K+ employees
Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal:
Internal email: Google invited employees to test Playables, a YouTube product that lets users play games like Stack Bounce instantly on the YouTube site or app
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