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| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
Meta launches Instagram's Threads, now available on the App Store and Google Play in over 100 countries — - Threads is a text-based messaging app that looks very similar to Twitter. — People will be able to use their Instagram usernames on Threads and follow the same accounts on Threads as they do on Meta's photo-sharing app.
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| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
Hands-on with Threads: fairly basic text-based messaging app, log in via Instagram handle, no hashtags, can't search for anything other than user handles, more — Programming note: I really was trying to take a vacation, but this felt like it was worth the one-day interruption.
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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Q&A with Adam Mosseri on how Threads started, why it is a “risky endeavor”, creating a standalone app off of Instagram, ActivityPub integration, and more — The ‘volatility’ of Twitter under Elon Musk has given Instagram an opening to compete. It's a ‘risky’ bet worth trying, says Instagram boss Adam Mosseri.
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| Adrian Weckler / Independent.ie: |
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| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Twitter quietly backtracks on requiring users to log in to see individual tweets, ending Elon Musk's “temporary emergency measure”; profiles remain blocked — The platform is becoming slightly more usable just as Meta opens up its Twitter competitor.
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Forums: r/technology and r/Twitter
| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
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Bluesky: @mranthropology.bsky.social. Mastodon: @campuscodi@mastodon.social. Twitter: @tomi, @zoeschiffer, @rishialwani, @jamesfourm, @theintelfrog, @jappleby, @smtuffy, @josh_emerson, @iamdcinvestor, @esjesjesj, @charlesarthur, @rachelmetz, @bgrueskin, @oneunderscore__, @edzitron, @discordiankitty, @mikegianella, @mattbinder, @martinsfp, @lindayacc, and @twitterbusiness
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI forms Superalignment, a team for developing ways to steer and control “superintelligent” AI systems, with access to 20% of its compute secured to date — OpenAI is forming a new team led by Ilya Sutskever, its chief scientist and one of the company's co-founders …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, r/technews, and r/slatestarcodex
| Washington Post: |
Source: the US State Dept. cancels regular meetings with Meta about 2024 election prep, one day after a judge limited Biden officials' contact with tech firms — A Louisiana federal court's order limiting the Biden administration's communications with tech firms already is disrupting efforts to fight misinformation.
More: The Information, The Guardian, Vox, New York Times, Politico, Reclaim The Net, Courtlistener, and Bloomberg
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Twitter: @laurapowellesq, @elonmusk, @cat_zakrzewski, @cat_zakrzewski, and @willoremus
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Bluesky raised an $8M seed led by Neo and partners with Namecheap to offer easy custom domain purchasing and management, Bluesky's first paid service — Hours before Meta launches its anticipated Instagram competitor, Threads, another Twitter rival — Bluesky — is announcing additional funding and its first paid service.
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Bluesky: @revan.bsky.social, @rose.bsky.team, @pfrazee.com, @bsky.app, @rose.bsky.team, and @matma.bsky.social. Mastodon: @dalfen@universeodon.com
| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Andy Jassy asked Amazon's Hollywood studio for detailed budgets to scrutinize ballooning costs; Amazon spent $7B on originals, sports, and more in 2022 — I am off this week; that means no newsletter Sunday. — (Tips are still welcome at lshaw31@bloomberg.net or on Signal.
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Forums: Hacker News, r/cordcutters, r/entertainment, and Slashdot
| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Samsung announces its next Galaxy Unpacked event for July 26 at 7am ET in Seoul, where the Galaxy Z Fold 5, Z Flip 5, Watch 6, and new tablets are expected — Samsung has announced it's hosting its next Unpacked on July 26th at 7AM ET — bright and early for the east coast … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Australia searched several local Binance offices as part of its derivatives investigation; CZ acknowledged that “external pressure” has hurt Binance — Binance's offices in Australia were searched by the country's financial markets regulator as governments around … | Kevin Purdy / Ars Technica: |
Gfycat, a Snap-owned GIF-hosting platform, plans to shut down on September 1, 2023; the site was down for five days in May due to an expired SSL certificate — Snap-owned service has little to say, other than save or delete your stuff. — The internet continues to get a bit more fragmented and less accessible every week.
More: gHacks Technology News, The Verge, TechCrunch, and The Register
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Fairphone and Murena partner to launch the user-repairable, modular Fairphone 4 in the US for $599+, unlocked and running the Google-free /e/ OS, not Android — The storage of both models can be expanded via microSD, and the phone features a modular design that can be easily disassembled using …
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Twitter: @fairphone and @murenacom
Forums: r/Android, r/technology, and Beehaw
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
A US Navy red team member releases TeamsPhisher, which leverages an unfixed Microsoft Teams bug to send malware from an account outside a targeted organization — A member of U.S. Navy's red team has published a tool called TeamsPhisher that leverages an unresolved security issue … Sponsor Posts
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