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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: Insider, Forbes, CNBC, Reuters, The Verge, Bloomberg, New York Post, and Vox
LinkedIn: Isaiah Gomez. Bluesky: @zamosta.bsky.social. Mastodon: @ianbetteridge@writing …, @ppatel@mstdn.social, @bascule@mas.to, @Adora@mastodon.social, and @upright@sfba.social
Twitter: @drewharwell, @tomphilpott, @davidlaz, @beckbjj, @penamerica, @pt, @basche42, and @stevessanders
| 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, The Record, HackRead, 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: @speedtrial@mstdn.social, @Odiseo79@mas.to, @lauren@mastodon …, @orci@mastodon.social, and @gtbarry@mastodon.social
Twitter: @vslick1, @cybernewslive, and @edgardonazario
Forums: Hacker News and r/InfoSecNews
| 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 — For people who can't speak, there has been depressingly little innovation in technology that helps them communicate.
LinkedIn: Christopher Patnoe. Twitter: @onejuliekim, @sesmith, @counternotions, and @vauhinivara. Forums: Hacker News
| 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.
Bluesky: @bossett.bsky.social, @davidgerard.co.uk, @pfrazee.com, @tananarivedue.bsky.social, and @bsky.app
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to, @shoq@mastodon.social, and @lrhodes@merveilles.town
| Mercedes Ruehl / Financial Times: |
As TikTok CEO Shou Chew announces a five-year $10B investment in Indonesia, experts say competition and regulation have made TikTok vulnerable in Southeast Asia — Viral app's parent ByteDance targets large Indonesian market but faces growing regulatory scrutiny around the world
More: Telegraph
| 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: @stagefright.bsky.social, @heathb.bsky.social, @irwinfletcher.bsky.social, @belrose.bsky.social, @hex.ooo, @mtsw.bsky.social, @ethanz.bsky.social, and @stephenjudkins.bsky.social
Mastodon: @fireynis@techhub.social, @wezm@mastodon …, @nihar@hachyderm.io, @mho@social.heise.de, @braker1nine@social.lol, and @summeremacs@fashionsocial …
Twitter: @jangles, @dimensionmedia, @ryanfoxeth, @ryanfoxeth, @zzyzx, @kevinriggle, @bluecoyote, @schmutzie, @davewiner, @carlvellotti, @amyhoy, @swyx, @miniver, @ketanj0, and @apenwarr
| 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, Bloomberg, GeekWire, IGN, CNBC, Windows Central, Neowin, and HotHardware
| Will Knight / Wired: |
A study of several EU countries finds the 2010s deep learning boom created job opportunities but says “these results may not be extrapolated into the future” — ChatGPT is stoking fears of mass layoffs, but a study of several EU countries found the deep-learning boom of the 2010s actually created job opportunities.| 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
Mastodon: @helma@mastodon.social. Twitter: @annanemtsova, @rektor_linnea, @lindseysnell, and @timand2037
| 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, MarketWatch, The Flex Index, and Tech.co
LinkedIn: Rob Sadow, Bruce Daisley, Joanne Mangan, and Amy Diehl, PhD
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to and @folletto@mastodon.social
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