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Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Elon Musk says verified Twitter accounts are temporarily limited to reading 10K posts/day, unverified 1K, and new unverified 500, due to “extreme” data scraping  —  Twitter is putting limits to how many tweets its users can read as the Elon Musk-owned service suffers extended outage …
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Andy Baio / Waxy.org:
A developer says Twitter appears to be DDoSing itself due to a bug in Twitter's web app, which could be tied to Elon Musk's emergency blocks and rate limits  —  For the last two days, Elon Musk has claimed that Twitter is under attack from “several hundred organizations” who were conducting …
The Indian Express:
Twitter users globally report multiple site issues, including seeing “rate limit exceeded” or “cannot retrieve tweets” error messages  —  Twitter has been hit by a global outage that is preventing thousands of users from accessing the social media platform.
Matt Binder / Mashable:
Elon Musk claims Twitter login requirement is a “temporary emergency measure” as “several hundred” orgs were “scraping Twitter data extremely aggressively”  —  Twitter is currently blocking visitors from viewing tweets and profiles unless they are logged in.
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Bluesky says it is “temporarily” pausing new sign-ups to resolve performance issues caused by “record high-traffic”  —  / ‘We will temporarily be pausing Bluesky sign-ups while our team continues to resolve the existing performance issues.’
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is exploring hearing health and body-temperature features for AirPods, while planning cheaper models and a shift to a USB-C port for the case  —  Apple is working on a slew of changes for its popular AirPods earbuds, seeking to expand its wearables business.
Jay Peters / The Verge:
The moderators of r/IAmA say they will no longer coordinate celebrity AMAs and Reddit “has all the funds they need to hire people” for tasks done by volunteers  —  The moderators of Reddit's IAmA community will no longer solicit and coordinate ask me anything (AMA) …
Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times:
Thousands of performers who signed their voice rights away in perpetuity years ago are now being forced to compete with AI-cloned versions of their voices  —  Performers forced to compete with themselves as companies' use of technology for cloning prompts calls to update copyright law
More: Cryptopolitan and Analytics Insight
LinkedIn: Ann Cairns.  Twitter: @lauloknows, @petenottage, and @jopas
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Major third-party Reddit apps Apollo, Sync, and BaconReader shut down on June 30, ahead of Reddit's plan to enforce its new API rate limits starting on July 1  —  After a month of outrage, protests, and unrest from the community, Reddit has finally flipped the switch to shut down some third-party apps.
Caroline O'Donovan / Washington Post:
Former Amazon and Goodreads employees detail how Amazon let Goodreads languish with limited resources while mining the book review site for user-generated data  —  A prominent author's decision to pull her new novel from publication after being ‘review bombed’ highlights Goodreads's power in publishing …

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From Mediagazer

Jeremy Barr / The Guardian:
Speaking at an event, Sharyn Alfonsi voiced concern about “the spread of corporate meddling and editorial fear” at CBS News and uncertainty over her job

Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
USA Today's Q1 “other” digital revenue, including AI partnerships, grew 125.6% YoY to $33.75M; visitors fell 7.7% to 180M; digital ad revenue fell 3% to $80.9M

Eric Fisher / Front Office Sports:
The Braves say their network is on pace to equal its prior broadcasting revenue from Main Street Sports; other MLB teams using the in-house model are struggling

More News

Trisha Thadani / Washington Post:
California regulators plan to decide on July 13 whether to allow 24/7 Waymo and Cruise driverless cabs in San Francisco; city officials fume over having no say
Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal:
Generative AI can make experienced programmers more productive, potentially eliminating tasks done by junior developers as companies use the tech to save money
More: Forbes.  LinkedIn: Patrick Biltgen.  Bluesky: @9six7.bsky.social.  Mastodon: @flargh@mastodon.social and @mimsical@mastodon.social.  Twitter: @kevinokeefe
NBC News:
The FBI formed an online database in May 2023 to track and prevent swatting by facilitating coordination between police departments and law enforcement agencies

Earlier Picks

Christian Davies / Financial Times:
YouTube removes three North Korean influencer channels posting about daily life, after South Korea labelled them as propaganda tools of “psychological warfare”
More: NK News and Reuters
Mastodon: @kkarhan@mstdn.social.  Twitter: @nknewsorg, @realcalebmaupin, and @parismarx
Wilfred Chan / Fast Company:
The TSA says its facial recognition tech is expanding to ~430 US airports, and its algorithms are 97% effective “across demographics, including dark skin tones”
Bloomberg:
Fidelity, Invesco, VanEck, 21Shares, and WisdomTree refile for spot bitcoin ETFs, with Coinbase providing market surveillance, to answer the US SEC's objections
Ari Levy / CNBC:
Nasdaq gained 32% in H1 2023, its best first half since 1983's 37% rise; Nvidia is up 195%+, Meta is up 130%+, Apple and Amazon are up 50%+, Alphabet is up 34%+
AnnaMaria Andriotis / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Goldman Sachs is in talks to have American Express take over its Apple ventures, including Apple Card, Apple's “buy now, pay later” offering, and more
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