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July 9, 2023, 11:10 AM
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Reece Rogers / Wired:
A comparison of users' personal data collected by Threads, Twitter, Bluesky, Mastodon, Spill, and Hive Social, based on information from Apple's App Store  —  Here's what personal data is collected by Meta's Threads, as well as by Twitter, Bluesky, Mastodon, Spill, and Hive Social.
Eugene Wei / Remains of the Day:
How a TikTok-like algorithm and pay-to-play scheme ruined Twitter's complex but functional community, causing the social network to suddenly lose its vitality  —  NOTE: I'd been working on this piece on and off for a few weeks while trying to move to NYC and settle into my new apartment …
Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
Twitter's biggest struggle is its arcane follower-based system, contrasted with TikTok's algorithmic feed that lets even users with no followers reach millions  —  A series of disastrous missteps over the past year has robbed Twitter of its relevance  —  Alex Pearlman, a stand-up comedian …
Wall Street Journal:
A look at Google's Med-PaLM 2, an AI chatbot that answers medical questions, and more; sources: testing began in April with customers including the Mayo Clinic  —  Search company is fine-tuning chatbot technology via medical licensing exams  —  Google is testing an artificial-intelligence program trained …
Financial Times:
Sources: banking lobby group UK Finance claims 61% of all reported authorized push payment fraud by volume go through Meta platforms; ~£485M was stolen in 2022  —  UK Finance presses ministers to force tech companies into taking more responsibility for authorised push payment fraud
Wes Davis / The Verge:
Twitter lets users switch back to the previous version of TweetDeck, and appears to have restored legacy API access allowing some third-party apps to work again  —  Overnight, users across Twitter began reporting that the older, and much better, version of TweetDeck has returned along …
Washington Post:
Civil rights groups and academics say the ruling limiting the US government contacting tech companies could undermine 2024 election misinformation initiatives  —  Civil rights groups warn limits on government contacts could be a boon for election lies ahead of ‘the biggest election year the internet age has seen’
LinkedIn: Patrick Warren.  Mastodon: @intelwire@mastodon.social.  Twitter: @attorneynora and @justinhendrix
Ana Swanson / New York Times:
Chipmakers find it harder to operate in China but say that doing business there is key to their survival, as the country accounts for roughly a third of sales  —  Chipmakers are finding it increasingly hard to operate in China but say doing business in the country is still key to their survival.
Sarah Wynn / The Block:
Gemini sues DCG and its founder; Cameron Winklevoss accuses Barry Silbert of being “the architect and mastermind of the DCG and Genesis fraud against creditors”  —  - Crypto exchange Gemini sued Digital Currency Group and its founder on Friday, accusing Barry Silbert of being …
Turner Novak / The Split:
Meta's Threads had the perfect launch thanks to a TikTok-like feed where the follower graph doesn't matter, easy Instagram-Threads cross-posting tools, and more  —  The Empire strikes back.  Can Meta's new app live up to the early hype?  —  Hi everyone 👋 Turner back again with The Split.
Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal:
With the Threads launch, Mark Zuckerberg appeared to have some of his swagger back as the public face of the platform's rollout, amid Elon Musk's Twitter chaos
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Adam Mosseri says Threads will not “encourage” politics and “hard news” as such content brings scrutiny that isn't worth the “incremental engagement or revenue”

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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Source: Bari Weiss is planning to create a masthead for CBS News as part of a broader overhaul of standards and procedures

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Comcast extends Mike Cavanagh's contract through January 1, 2029, and grants a ~$35M performance-based stock package; he's set to become co-CEO in January 2026

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Trump says Stephen Colbert is a “pathetic trainwreck” and “CBS should, ‘put him to sleep,’ NOW”; earlier CBS aired the Kennedy Center Honors, hosted by Trump

More News

Igor Bonifacic / Engadget:
Twitch plans to launch ephemeral stories in October and a Discovery Feed consisting of a personalized mix of streamers' clips this fall, both on its mobile app
Pranshu Verma / Washington Post:
How an AI-generated, error-filled Star Wars story created internal chaos at Gizmodo, an incident that speaks to a larger debate about the role of AI in the news
Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg:
Ant Group is proposing to buy back up to 7.6% of shares at a ~$78.5B valuation, almost 70% lower than the $280B market capitalization of its scrapped 2020 IPO

Earlier Picks

Reuters:
Filing: Google says Indian antitrust body CCI's ruling on Android market abuse is wrongly backed by Amazon's arguments that Google hindered Fire OS development
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
X Corp. sues Wachtell to recover most of the $90M fee the law firm received from Twitter for defeating Elon Musk's bid to walk away from his $44B Twitter buyout
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