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Elon Musk / @elonmusk:
Elon Musk says verified Twitter accounts are temporarily limited to reading 6K posts/day, unverified 600, and new unverified 300, due to “extreme” data scraping  —  To address extreme levels of data scraping & system manipulation, we've applied the following temporary limits: - Verified accounts are limited to reading 6000 posts/day - Unverified accounts to 600 posts/day - New unverified accounts to 300/day
More: Forbes, TechCrunch, CNN, BBC, 9to5Mac, Livemint, and Insider
Bluesky: @philly66.bsky.social, @arctictony.bsky.social, and @martinsfp.bsky.social
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to, @kmetz@chaos.social, @Noupside@saturation.social, @caseynewton@mastodon.social, @caseynewton@mastodon.social, @jay@shirtless.gay, @gregpak@mastodon.social, @fawfulfan@mastodon.social, @noctuaminervae@toot.si, @quietmarc@kolektiva.social, @lmc@mastodon.social, @ianbetteridge@writing …, @Ciantic@twit.social, @Andres@mastodon …, @el0j@mastodon.gamedev.place, @minimaxir@sigmoid.social, @micah@indieweb.social, @nixCraft@mastodon.social, and @mergesort@macaw.social
Twitter: @ftrain, @ditzkoff, @saeeddicaprio, @alshipley, @taylorlorenz, @moistcr1tikal, @jacksettleman, @fabrizioromano, @ehsentweets, @katienotopoulos, @brianstelter, @obsoletedogma, @dimensionmedia, @johnolilly, @panzer, @matthfield, @matthfield, @lamhfada, @karaswisher, @ghoulhag, @levie, @tomcoates, @digiphile, @pt, @tsuvik, @katebevan, @williamturton, @willguyatt, @willguyatt, @loganbartlett, @rmac18, @rmac18, @krxsctr, @levie, @internethippo, @jayrosen_nyu, @mattbinder, @dieworkwear, @martinsfp, @daveleebbg, @rmac18, @mikeisaac, @kevinjrawlinson, @neroxiia, @bradeauxnba, @growing_daniel, @anisha12, @norootcause, @norootcause, @daveleebbg, @thetomzone, @markgurman, @thecubsfan, @joshtpm, @mattlombardonfl, @jpsartre_noexit, @oalexanderdk, @esotericcd, @shuglisam, @camolnft, @sjftbi, @igb, @lanceulanoff, @thestalwart, @mikeelgan, @mikeisaac, and @daveleebbg
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.
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.
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Twitter no longer lets users browse tweets, user profiles, and comment threads on the web without logging in, redirecting Twitter URLs to the sign in page
More: ZDNet, TechCrunch, BleepingComputer, Insider, Washington Post, Fortune, Reuters, Forbes, Android Central, Android Police, WRAL TechWire, 9to5Mac, Mashable, Neowin, and Engadget
Bluesky: @alpaye.bsky.social, @trevor.bsky.social, and @burrito.space
Mastodon: @raygan@bird.rodeo, @ahimsa_pdx@disabled.social, @juston@mastodon.social, @carnage4life@mas.to, @seldo@alpaca.gold, @aulia@octodon.social, @shoq@mastodon.social, and @lubianat@scholar.social
Twitter: @elonmusk, @timsweeneyepic, @titterdaily, @jsrailton, @stephen_kent89, @zoeschiffer, @legacykillahd, @naniyule, @vicorib, @jackal27, @rsms, @jangles, @jaytholen, @mgsiegler, @lizardengland, @triketora, @yuris, @ben8128, @wbm312, @peter, @speitsch, @taylorlorenz, @elonmusk, @timsweeneyepic, @nash076, @dalmaer, @adamscochran, @elonmusk, @shaig, @jw, @keithdsouza, @stevesi, @catacalypto, @gigawattconduit, @adribbleofink, @djangowexler, @girlmeetsgeek, @dietrich, @marshacollier, @pati_gallardo, @jotamide, @iansherr, @ziggyofak, @mgsiegler, @arjunram, @hamburger, @paullomax, @dsquareddigest, @jgarzik, @harrymccracken, @jagrbombed, @aclippinger, @eriz35, @zenofdesign, @loganalogy, @youngbitcoin, @dimensionmedia, @kayworxx, @9six7, @mediaevan, @hulkamatt, @chknpuppetmk5, @bradymweiler, @domdifurio, @jeffveillette, @edzitron, @bobdaduck, @gosearchmatters, @pt, @rustybrick, @midwesthedgie, @kevinrothrock, @tree_of_alpha, @moneroprophet, @psychic_brian33, @austen, and @krausefx
Forums: Hacker News, r/popculturechat, r/EnoughMuskSpam, r/Fighters, r/Twitter, and r/technology
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Jay Peters / The Verge:
Major third-party Reddit apps Apollo, Sync, and BaconReader shut down, as Reddit prepares to enforce its new API rate limits “shortly”  —  After a month of outrage, protests, and unrest from the community, Reddit has finally flipped the switch to shut down some third-party apps.
Hayden Field / CNBC:
Apple becomes the first publicly traded company to close with a $3T market cap; the company first hit a $3T market cap during intraday trading in January 2022  —  - Apple's market cap topped $3 trillion on Friday, passing the $190.73 share price required to hit the milestone, according to CNBC's most recent share count.
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%+
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  —  Artificial-intelligence software is eating the software industry, as companies turn to generative AI tools to save money on programmers.
NBC News:
The FBI says it formed an online database in May to prevent swatting by facilitating coordination between police departments and law enforcement agencies  —  Advances in technology allow callers to mask their voices, phone numbers or IP addresses (also called “spoofing") or make their false 911 calls sound more credible.
Bloomberg:
Fidelity, Invesco, VanEck, and WisdomTree refile for a spot bitcoin ETF with Coinbase as market surveillance provider, to answer the US SEC's objections  —  In a flurry of Friday afternoon activity, Fidelity Investments, Invesco, VanEck and WisdomTree filed a fresh set of applications …
Christian Davies / Financial Times:
YouTube removes the channels of three North Korean influencers posting about their daily life, after South Korea labelled them as “psychological warfare” tools  —  Seoul says young influencers promoting Harry Potter and water parks are ‘psychological’ propaganda
More: NK News and Reuters
Mastodon: @kkarhan@mstdn.social.  Twitter: @nknewsorg, @realcalebmaupin, and @parismarx

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Reuters:
A US federal judge orders the Trump administration to lift its White House ban on CNN, MS NOW, and Politico for 14 days, calling it likely unconstitutional

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Paramount says it is raising another $7.5B in debt to pay for its WBD acquisition and pay down other debt, bringing the total debt it intends to raise to $44.4B

Hannah Fingerhut / Associated Press:
An Iowa judge dismisses Trump's lawsuit accusing The Des Moines Register and pollster J. Ann Selzer of misrepresenting the state of the 2024 presidential race

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Wilfred Chan / Fast Company:
TSA plans to expand its facial recognition program to ~430 US airports, says its algorithms are 97% effective “across demographics, including dark skin tones”
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
Emma Roth / The Verge:
The FTC proposes penalizing companies for shady review practices, including fining companies buying fake reviews up to $50K for each time a customer sees one

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Tom Warren / The Verge:
A summary of the final day and closing arguments in the FTC v. Microsoft hearing; the FTC focused most of its case on Call of Duty and Xbox console exclusivity
More: Forbes, Polygon, IGN, FOSS Patents, CNBC, and GameSpot
Twitter: @tomwarren and @tomwarren
Forums: r/gaming and r/XboxSeriesX
Reuters:
The UK CMA worries Adobe's $20B Figma acquisition “could stifle innovation and lead to higher costs” and gives Adobe five days for proposals to address concerns
Daryna Antoniuk / The Record:
Hackers claim responsibility for attacking Russian satellite internet service Dozor-Teleport; the IODA project says the network went down at 10pm EST on June 28
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
YouTube is running a test globally that limits ad blocker users to three videos, giving them the option to turn off their tool or subscribe to YouTube Premium
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