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| Rohan Goswami / CNBC: |
In an interview, X CEO Linda Yaccarino says she has “autonomy” under Elon Musk, X plans to add video calls, is “close” to break-even as brands return, and more — - X CEO Linda Yaccarino explained to CNBC on Thursday why the company decided to get rid of its Twitter branding.
More: TechCrunch, Insider, Engadget, The Information, TechCrunch, and New York Post
Bluesky: @seesmith.bsky.social. X: @melspence2, @erinkwoo, @yourneighbor57, @sirbaby6, @mrmv84, @xdaily, @daveleebbg, @daveleebbg, @katebevan, @junlper, @stevekopack, @patrickcoffee, and @danprimack
| Nicola Agius / Search Engine Land: |
X unveils Sensitivity Settings and Enhanced Blocklist to boost brand safety and control for advertisers, rolling out over the next few weeks in the Ads Manager — The new tools give marketers more say over ad placement. — X, formerly known as Twitter, has launched two new features …
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| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
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| Justine Calma / The Verge: |
Google, American Airlines, and Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy partner to create more sustainable flight routes by avoiding those that create contrails — Google has been working with American Airlines and Bill Gates' climate investment fund, Breakthrough Energy, to chart more sustainable flight routes.
More: The Keyword, OnMSFT.com, The Decoder, The i Paper, and American Airlines
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
A closer look at the UK Electoral Commission hack, disclosed nine months after discovery, which likely relied on a now-patched Microsoft Exchange Server flaw — Evidence appears to show a critical 0-day tracked as ProxyNotShell was exploited. — It's looking more and more likely …
More: The Guardian, TechCrunch, and DoublePulsar
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Meta rolls out the ability to let users verify their Threads profile on other social media platforms, like Mastodon, using “rel=me” links — To be clear, this isn't a free way to get a blue checkmark next to your Threads name; you'll probably need to pay Meta to get one of those.
More: The Verge, Thurrott, T3, and TechCrunch
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Mark Zuckerberg says Threads plans to add several features this week: share posts to Instagram DMs, a mention button, and a way to add custom alt-text for media — Threads, Meta's Twitter competitor, is getting some new features “this week,” according to a post from CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
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| Sarah Fielding / Engadget: |
To fight spam, YouTube plans to deactivate links in Shorts descriptions, comments, and the vertical feed from August 31 and make social media icons unclickable — The move follows other anti-spam measures. — YouTube knows that it has a spam problem, particularly when it comes to its two-year-old Shorts feature.
More: The Verge, Android Authority, TechCrunch, YouTube Official Blog, and Inc42 Media
| Dana Mattioli / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Amazon cuts dozens of in-house brands in clothing, furniture, and more to placate regulators and grow profits; Amazon says Basics will remain a focus — Company's cuts include all but three of its 30 clothing labels, such as Goodthreads and Lark & Ro| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Check Point buys rival cybersecurity company Perimeter 81 for $490M in a “cash free, debt free” deal; Perimeter 81 raised $100M at a $1B valuation in June 2022 — There is yet more M&A coming out of the security industry. In the latest development, Check Point …
More: Bloomberg, Globes Online, and HealthcareInfoSecurity.com
| Reuters: |
Sources: the Kremlin's fear of a serious tech brain drain is the main factor stopping a nationalization of Nasdaq-listed Yandex, which has over 20K employees — The Kremlin's fear of a serious tech brain drain is the main factor preventing Moscow from nationalising Nasdaq-listed Yandex … | Rosie Perper / CoinDesk: |
Y00ts, once among the top Solana-based NFT projects and that moved to Polygon in 2022, plans to migrate to Ethereum and will return its $3M grant from Polygon — The popular project, which started out on Solana and migrated to Polygon earlier this year, said it would return 100% of the grant money it received.
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
Researchers: since 2014, Belarus-linked hackers, dubbed MoustachedBouncer, have targeted foreign diplomats in the country by intercepting ISP connections — Hackers with apparent links to the Belarusian government have been targeting foreign diplomats in the country for nearly 10 years, according to security researchers.
More: WeLiveSecurity, BleepingComputer, Dark Reading, and CyberScoop
| Andrew Duehren / Wall Street Journal: |
Biden signs an executive order banning US investments in some Chinese companies developing advanced semiconductors and quantum computers, starting in 2024 — Biden's order will also require U.S. private-equity and venture-capital firms to disclose certain investments
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| Wayne Ma / The Information: |
Sources: Meta plans to build only ~1,000 units of its first-gen AR glasses, due in 2024, using silicon carbide in the lenses, which require assembly in the US — Meta Platforms plans to build only around a thousand units of the first generation of its augmented-reality glasses due out next year …
X: @diliana, @sadlyitsbradley, @pstasiatech, and @waynema
| Tom Mitchelhill / Cointelegraph: |
Fireblocks discloses BitForge, a set of zero-day flaws affecting widely-used crypto wallet providers; Coinbase, Binance, and Zengo have patched BitForge flaws — Fireblocks said the vulnerabilities affecting Coinbase, Binance and Zengo have since been fixed and has reached out to more than 12 others still at risk.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI expands “custom instructions”, the user's details that ChatGPT should remember, to all users, after launching the ChatGPT Plus beta feature in July 2023 — OpenAI announced that it's expanding custom instructions — a way to give users more control over how ChatGPT responds …
More: MSPoweruser, AI News, and The Decoder
| Bloomberg: |
Alibaba reports Q1 revenue up 14% YoY to ~$32.3B, vs. ~$31.1B est., and net income up 51% YoY to ~$4.7B, as its core domestic e-commerce unit returned to growth — - Core e-commerce returned to growth for first time in a year — Alibaba is trying to revive its business in a volatile economy| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Disney plans to raise US prices of Disney+ Premium, Hulu without ads, and ESPN+, and expand Disney+ ad plans to Canada and nine European countries this fall — Ad-supported Disney+ tier to expand to Canada, U.K. and eight other European countries this fall
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| Adam Chitwood / The Wrap: |
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