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OpenSea plans to make creator fees optional for new collections from August 31, and enforce creator fees on certain existing collections through February 2024 — - OpenSea has opted to make creator fees optional for new collections, starting in September. — The platform will disable … | Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Meta updates Threads with a Repost tab on users' profile pages and adds reposts to the reverse-chronological “Following” feed — Threads is adding reposts (aka retweets) to its reverse-chronological “Following” feed, Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced in a Threads post on Thursday.
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Sources: Meta is preparing to release “Code Llama”, a free code-generating AI model based on Llama 2, as soon as next week — Meta Platforms is preparing to launch software to help developers automatically generate programming code, a challenge to proprietary software from OpenAI …
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Internal doc: Spotify weighed removing white noise podcasts and redirecting users to “talk” content, which would boost the company's annual gross profit by €35M — An internal document shows that white noise podcasts account for 3 million daily consumption hours on the platform
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PE firm EQT plans to take the German software firm SUSE private at €16 per share, below the €30 price of its 2021 IPO but above Thursday's closing price of €9.6 — Buyout offer is at €16 per share, compared to €30 at its 2021 IPO — Linux-loving software house SUSE … | Zeba Siddiqui / Reuters: |
Mandiant: the use of AI to conduct politically-motivated online influence campaigns has grown in recent years, but the impact of such campaigns has been limited — Google-owned U.S. cybersecurity firm Mandiant said on Thursday it had seen increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) …
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A group of crypto investors and developers loses its Coinbase-funded lawsuit arguing that the US Treasury overstepped its authority in sanctioning Tornado Cash — The group of developers and investors sued the Treasury Department last year. — A group of crypto investors and developers lost … | Reuters: |
The EU Commission plans to carry out a regulatory assessment of Qualcomm's acquisition of Israeli fabless chipmaker Autotalks, a deal announced in May 2023 — Qualcomm announced the planned takeover in May as the US company looks to expand its automotive-related business.| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Netflix partners with Jio Platforms, India's largest telecom operator, to bundle its streaming service with two pay-as-you-go carrier plans — Netflix has inked a “first-of-its-kind” deal with Jio Platforms, India's largest telecom operator, to bundle the streaming service with the carrier's …
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Lyft and Uber threaten to leave Minneapolis if the mayor signs a minimum wage bill on August 23 that mandates at least $1.40/mile and $0.51/minute for drivers — New York CNN — — Lyft and Uber threatened to stop doing business in Minneapolis after the city council adopted a new rule Thursday …
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
ProjectDiscovery, a free vulnerability scanning platform to monitor for exploits in websites, apps, APIs, and cloud services, raised a $25M Series A led by CRV — ProjectDiscovery, a platform that detects new, exploitable vulnerabilities in codebases, today announced that it raised $25 million …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft plans to hold a “special event” in NYC on September 21, 2023, likely to announce Surface hardware including the Go 4, Laptop Studio 2, and Laptop Go 3 — Microsoft has started sending media invites for a “special event” in New York City next month.
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