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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 — Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has been trying to appear more relevant among the tech elite
More: CNBC, Wall Street Journal, New York Post, Insider, and Decrypt
LinkedIn: Isaiah Gomez. Bluesky: @zamosta.bsky.social. Mastodon: @bascule@mas.to, @ianbetteridge@writing …, @ppatel@mstdn.social, @upright@sfba.social, and @Adora@mastodon.social
Twitter: @drewharwell, @tomphilpott, @davidlaz, @stevessanders, @penamerica, @beckbjj, @basche42, and @pt
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
US law enforcement seized the clear web domain of BreachForums on June 22, after arresting the data leak site's alleged operator “Pompompurin” on March 15 — U.S. law enforcement today seized the clear web domain of the notorious BreachForums (aka Breached) …
More: TechCrunch, HackRead, The Record, and DataBreaches.net
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Many LastPass users say they've been locked out of their accounts and can't access their vault after being asked to reset their authenticator apps in early May — LastPass password manager users have been experiencing significant login issues starting early May after being prompted to reset their authenticator apps.
LinkedIn: Matthew Rosenquist. Bluesky: @rklau.bsky.social. Mastodon: @lauren@mastodon …, @speedtrial@mstdn.social, @gtbarry@mastodon.social, @orci@mastodon.social, and @Odiseo79@mas.to
| Pew Research Center: |
A survey of ~305 experts on their expectations for digital advances by 2035, like AI systems and smart eyewear and earbuds, and concerns over the darker sides — They have deep concerns about people's and society's overall well-being. But they also expect great benefits in health care, scientific advances and education| Bloonface / Café Lob-On: |
The Twitter-to-Mastodon migration that started in November 2022 failed because of Mastodon's exclusionary culture, decentralization making the UX worse, more — I've been using fediverse stuff (Mastodon and, most recently, Calckey - I'm just going to use “Mastodon” as shorthand here …
More: Daring Fireball. Bluesky: @irwinfletcher.bsky.social, @stagefright.bsky.social, @heathb.bsky.social, @belrose.bsky.social, @hex.ooo, @mtsw.bsky.social, @ethanz.bsky.social, and @stephenjudkins.bsky.social
Mastodon: @fireynis@techhub.social, @carnage4life@mas.to, @wezm@mastodon …, @summeremacs@fashionsocial …, @nihar@hachyderm.io, @mho@social.heise.de, and @braker1nine@social.lol
Twitter: @jangles, @swyx, @dimensionmedia, @miniver, @ryanfoxeth, @zzyzx, @carlvellotti, @amyhoy, @bluecoyote, @ketanj0, @apenwarr, @kevinriggle, @ryanfoxeth, and @schmutzie
| 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 — Move to allow spyware to be placed on reporters' phones would have a ‘chilling effect’, say media experts
More: Washington Post. Mastodon: @helma@mastodon.social. Twitter: @rektor_linnea, @annanemtsova, @lindseysnell, and @timand2037
| Bluesky: |
Bluesky publishes proposals for new moderation and safety tooling, focusing on user lists and reply controls for community-driven moderation, hashtags, and more — The goal of Bluesky is to turn social media into a shared public commons. We don't want to own people's social graphs or communities.| 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 — The new service, called ‘Playables,’ is part of CEO's push into new areas amid advertising slowdown
More: PhoneArena, PC Gamer, SlashGear, Eurogamer.net, Neowin, and Reuters
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
FTC v. Microsoft: Phil Spencer says Xbox isn't a “robust business”, failing to meet internal targets, and the Activision deal is a way to expand into mobile — FTC v. Microsoft day two was all about console wars and whether Xbox is really in a distant third place.
More: TweakTown, FOSS Patents, TechSpot, TheGamer, Windows Central, Bloomberg, GeekWire, IGN, CNBC, Neowin, HotHardware, and GameRevolution
| 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 — How small tech companies are using remote work to compete with the big guys. — It used to be that Big Tech companies like Google …
More: The Flex Index on Canva, The Flex Index, Tech.co, and MarketWatch
LinkedIn: Rob Sadow, Joanne Mangan, Amy Diehl, PhD, and Bruce Daisley
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to and @folletto@mastodon.social
| 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 — Purchase of Apptio, owned by private-equity firm Vista Equity Partners, could be finalized over the weekend
More: Bloomberg, MarketWatch, and Reuters
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Andy Jassy says Amazon plans to invest $15B more in India by 2030, likely most for AWS expansion; in May 2023, AWS announced a $12.7B investment in the country — Amazon plans to more than double its investment in India in the next seven years, the e-commerce group said …
More: About Amazon India, Livemint, DNA India, Business Today, Techlusive, Moneycontrol, The Economic Times, and Tech in Asia
Twitter: @ajassy, @pmoindia, @yusufdfi, @adityakalra, @adityarajkaul, and @amitagarwal. Forums: Slashdot
| The Economic Times: |
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Twitter: @ani, @pmoindia, @moneycontrolcom, and @sundarpichai
| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Sources: Meta plans to debut its Twitter rival, potentially named Threads, in mid-July and is pitching celebrities and creators to join a “sanely” run platform — Mark Zuckerberg is the overwhelming favorite to beat Elon Musk in a cage match. Will it actually happen?
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