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With Twitter traffic “tanking” and Threads ascendant, Elon Musk says Mark Zuckerberg “is a cuck” and proposes “a literal dick-measuring contest” — Twitter owner calls Facebook founder a ‘cuck’ as rancour grows over launch of Threads, a competitor to Musk's network
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Threads: @zuck, @mattnavarra, @hubermanlab, @earthlyeducation, @levie, and @tnlnyc. Forums: r/technews
| Phil Salvador / Video Game History Foundation: |
Study: about 13% of video games released in the US before 2010 and less than 3% of titles released before 1985 are still in print in 2023 — Today, the Video Game History Foundation and the Software Preservation Network published a major new study which shows that 87 percent of classic games released …
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Mastodon: @PlayHistory@oldbytes.space. Twitter: @gamehistoryorg, @itstheshadsy, @bgamer90, @gamehistoryorg, @ashwritesgames, @itstheshadsy, @knoebelbroet, and @softpresnetwork. Forums: Hacker News
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Tumblr details the future of its platform, including to “fix the core experience” and make the site less intimidating, to better compete with larger rivals — Tumblr's staff blog has posted a long update on the future of the platform, alluding to coming changes that include redesigning its reply and reblog features.| Aviv Ovadya / Wired: |
A look at Meta's survey of 6,000 people in 32 countries about the metaverse, using a kind of deliberative democracy, and plans for a similar generative AI study — The company just ran a huge pilot program to inform decisions about the metaverse. Here's how it needs to improve the process before applying it to AI.
Twitter: @xuanalogue and @metaviv
| Nicole Carpenter / Polygon: |
Sega of America workers win their union vote 91 to 26, becoming the first video game industry union at a major company that spans multiple departments — Allied Employees Guild Improving Sega win by overwhelming majority — Sega of America workers voted “yes” to officially form a union.| Reuters: |
WeChat says Apple has opened a store on the platform, letting users buy iPhones, iPads, and Macs; Apple already operates a store on Alibaba's Tmall — Tencent's (0700.HK) WeChat said on Tuesday that iPhone maker Apple (AAPL.O) had opened a store on its social media platform …
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| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Flexport's former CEO Ryan Petersen is joining Founders Fund as a partner; Petersen will continue to serve as Flexport's executive chairman — The 42-year-old former CEO of $8 billion-valued logistics startup Flexport will invest in early- and growth-stage startups for the firm founded by Peter Thiel.
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| Rohan Goswami / CNBC: |
Personal data of potentially tens of millions of HCA Healthcare patients was stolen from an “external storage location” and is for sale on a data breach forum — - HCA Healthcare patient data has been hacked and is now for sale, according to the company.
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Mark Lucovsky, former head of OS on Google's AR team, leaves, saying leadership changes and “unstable commitment and vision” weighed heavily on his decision — Mark Lucovsky, the former head of operating systems on Google's augmented reality team, has left the company.
More: Fortune, Insider, 9to5Google, SamMobile, UploadVR, AppleInsider, SlashGear, and Android Authority
Twitter: @marklucovsky, @neilcybart, @marklucovsky, @yoavgo, @bartronpolygon, @josephjacks_, and @lemire
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
An interview with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis on DeepMind restructuring, building and timeline for AGI, AI risks and regulations, Google Bard, and more — Google invented a lot of core AI technology, and now the company's turning to Demis to get back in front of the AI race for AI breakthroughs.| Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: |
PE firm TPG agrees to buy the government cybersecurity business of Francisco Partners-owned Forcepoint for $2.45B in a deal expected to close in Q4 2023 — Buyout firm TPG Capital today said it will acquire the government business of cybersecurity company Forcepoint LLC for $2.45 billion …
More: Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Yahoo Finance, SecurityWeek, Tech Startups, CRN, GovInfoSecurity.com, Cybersecurity Dive, and The Information
LinkedIn: Robert Roley, Manny Rivelo, and Sean Berg
Twitter: @wsj, @tpg, and @forcepointsec
| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
Amazon files a petition in the EU's General Court challenging the DSA and its “large platform” designation, the first US company to do so, following Zalando — Seattle-based group files legal action against proposed legislation designed to rein in Big Tech| Insider: |
A look at “lazy management”, an alternative explanation to the claim that some tech employees drag down companies by raking in big paychecks and working little — Inside the perverse system of ‘lazy management’ that's wrecking the tech industry … When Graham was hired by Amazon, it sounded like his dream job.
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