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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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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Instagram Threads passes 100M signups in just five days, up from 30M in the first 24 hours and 10M in the first seven hours — Instagram's text-based app Threads has achieved the mark of 100 million sign-ups in just five days. The Twitter rival was launched on June 6 (or June 5 in the Americas), according to a tracker.
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| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
OpenAI releases in-house ChatGPT plug-in Code Interpreter to all Plus subscribers, helping them analyze data, create charts, edit files, and more — OpenAI first announced third-party software application plug-ins for its hit service ChatGPT back in March, allowing users to extend …
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| Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: |
The EU and the US agree to a new deal on data transfers after EU judges threw out two previous pacts over privacy concerns; Meta had threatened to leave the EU — The European Union and the US sealed a new deal on data transfers after EU judges threw out two previous pacts partly over fears … | Munsif Vengattil / Reuters: |
Foxconn pulls out of a $19.5B Indian chip and display joint venture, announced in 2022, with conglomerate Vedanta and is “working to remove the Foxconn name” — Taiwan's Foxconn (2317.TW) said on Monday it is pulling out of a joint venture with metals-to-oil conglomerate Vedanta Ltd … | Financial Times: |
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| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
UK's NHS is investigating a ransomware incident, its second breach in recent weeks that potentially affects 1M+ patients, as the ALPHV gang claims it stole 70TB — NHS trust says it's ‘urgently investigating’ the alleged theft of patient data — The U.K.'s largest NHS trust …
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| Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: |
ESA survey in 2022: Hispanic and Black Americans played video games more than other groups, 72% of US gamers were white, active players fell to 212.6M, and more — Hispanic and Black Americans play video games more than other groups, according to an annual industry report … | Wes Davis / The Verge: |
Following similar lawsuits, Sarah Silverman and two other authors sue OpenAI and Meta, claiming LLaMA and ChatGPT were trained on copyright-infringing material — Comedian and author Sarah Silverman, as well as authors Christopher Golden and Richard Kadrey — are suing OpenAI and Meta each …
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| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
TSMC reports Q2 revenue down 10% YoY to ~$15.3B, beating estimates of ~$15.23B due to AI chips; its stock is up 35%+ in 2023 despite full-year revenue warnings — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. reported better-than-expected sales on a boom in artificial intelligence applications demanding … | Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
AI rules proposed by Chuck Schumer for the US and by the EU may shut more creative and innovative startups out of the market and harm AI tool development — It appears the race is on to see whether it will be the EU or the US in promulgating worse regulations around generative AI tools.
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| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
A profile of Debbie Bestwick, the video games industry's longest-serving female CEO, ahead of leaving UK studio Team17, best known for Worms, at the end of 2023 — The outgoing Team17 chief executive on her battles in a sector known for its sexist attitudes — and the role … Sponsor Posts
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