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| Sheila Dang / Reuters: |
Analytics firm Guideline: X's monthly US ad revenue has declined 55%+ YoY in each of the 10 months after Elon Musk's October 2022 takeover through August 2023 — Monthly U.S. ad revenue at social media platform X has declined at least 55% year-over-year each month since billionaire Elon Musk bought …
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Forums: r/elonmusk, r/neutralnews, r/RealTesla, and r/EnoughMuskSpam
| Shawn Tully / Fortune: |
How interest rates and X's weak performance, which prevented banks from unloading their debt, gave Elon Musk the upper hand before X CEO's meeting with banks — Elon Musk may hold the upper hand when negotiating with the banks that financed his Twitter bid. — LEAH MILLIS—REUTERS
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Threads: @datadrivenmd. Bluesky: @drewharwell.com. X: @ericlevitz, @dougjballoon, @fortunemagazine, @breakingviews, @williamlegate, @fortunemagazine, @mathieuvonrohr, and @karaswisher
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
The CMA announces an investigation into public cloud providers in the UK, following a referral from Ofcom, and says the probe will conclude by April 2025 — The clouds are gathering over Microsoft's Azure operations in the EU and now the UK, with the launch of a new investigation …
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X: @mark_wharrier, @wavesblog, @tomwarren, @maxvonthun, @cmagovuk, and @mikarv
LinkedIn: Gary Shewan and Simon Bollans
| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
The Ofcom finds that “hyperscalers” like AWS and Microsoft Azure are limiting competition in UK's cloud market by making it difficult for businesses to switch — - Ofcom is concerned that so-called “hyperscalers” like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure are limiting competition in the cloud computing market.
More: Ofcom, BBC, Reuters, Engadget, LinkedIn, ITPro, ComputerWeekly.com, diginomica, Financial Times, Metaverse Post, Nelson Advisors Blog, and TechRadar
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| Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
US v. Google: in 2018 and 2019, Apple and DuckDuckGo spoke about the default search engine in Safari private mode; an Apple exec said it's “probably a bad idea” — - DuckDuckGo spoke with Apple about 20 times on possible change — Apple exec testified he viewed it as ‘probably a bad idea’
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X: @jason_kint, @newsynick, @adamkovac, @bigtechontrial, @hillitech, and @leah_nylen
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft rolls out a new version of Microsoft Teams, in preview since March 2023, rebuilt from the ground up to be less resource-hungry on Windows and macOS — Microsoft is rolling out a new and improved version of its Microsoft Teams chat client today.| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Samsung unveils the Galaxy SmartTag 2, with a revamped design, Bluetooth, UWB, and still compatible only with Samsung devices, available on October 10 for $30 — As the smart tracker market waits for Google to shake things up on the Android side of things, Samsung has today unveiled the Galaxy SmartTag 2 … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: some US FTX staff found and internally reported Alameda's backdoor used to allegedly withdraw billions in client funds, months before FTX's collapse — The crypto exchange allowed Alameda to have a negative balance of up to $65 billion, prosecutors say
More: NPR, The Block, Gizmodo, New York Post, CryptoSlate, The Daily Beast, CoinDesk, PYMNTS.com, CryptoPotato, Cryptonews, CoinDesk, DL News, crypto.news, and Cryptopolitan
X: @aosipovich, @jgreco, and @silvermanjacob
| Bryant Francis / Game Developer: |
Epic Games plans an Unreal Engine per-seat licensing fee for non-gaming sectors like film and TV; Tim Sweeney says “financial problems” hit Epic ~10 weeks ago — A week after laying off almost 900 employees, Epic Games announced that it's increasing the price to use Unreal Engine … | Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: |
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange announces Synapse to help execute post-trade processes and reduce settlement risk using smart contracts, launching on October 9 — HKEX says the system, used by traders in Hong Kong to buy stocks in China, will speed up settlement and provide greater transparency.
More: Mondo Visione, Crypto Daily, crypto.news, Cryptonews, Blockworks, CryptoGlobe, and Cointelegraph
| Financial Times: |
Belgium's intelligence service has been monitoring Alibaba's logistics hub in Europe at Liège's cargo airport to detect “possible espionage” by Chinese entities — Belgian security service says Chinese group's logistics arm in Liège under scrutiny over use of sensitive data
More: Reuters, Metacurity, Euronews, Channel NewsAsia, The Record, Fortune, and Tech in Asia
| George Dvorsky / Gizmodo: |
Amazon's Project Kuiper plans to launch its first demo internet satellites, KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2, on October 6 for its 3,236-satellite megaconstellation — Jeff Bezos's space venture, Project Kuiper, is set for a Friday launch, aiming to challenge Elon Musk's Starlink in the satellite internet arena.
More: About Amazon, Silicon Republic, New Scientist, Bloomberg, BigTechWire, United Launch Alliance on YouTube, Engadget, San Francisco Business Journal, and The Verge
LinkedIn: Amy Miller and Project Kuiper
| Sebastiaan de With / Lux: |
In-depth iPhone 15 Pro Max camera review: native 24MP capture and 5x lens represent one of the biggest camera upgrades in iPhone's history for everyday users — Sebastiaan de With reviews the latest telephoto-equipped camera out of Cupertino in our annual iPhone 15 Pro Max camera review.| Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge: |
In its opening statement, SBF's defense said FTX was a futures exchange that “didn't have a chief risk officer, which became an issue” when the crypto crash hit — The prosecution came out swinging. Oddly, Bankman-Fried's defense didn't.| Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk: |
Messari: funding to crypto companies fell to ~$2.1B in Q3 2023, across 297 deals, the lowest since Q4 2020, after a peak of ~$17.5B across 900+ deals in Q1 2022 — The amount raised by crypto firms in Q3 fell to just under $2.1 billion, across 297 deals, the lowest on both counts since Q4 2020
More: Crypto Daily, Cointelegraph, Watcher Guru, and Forkast
Forums: r/Buttcoin and r/CryptoCurrency
| Natalie Korach / The Wrap: |
X starts removing preview headlines from posts with article links, showing only the lead image and domain name; Elon Musk mentioned the change in August 2023 — The platform formerly known as Twitter now only displays outside sites' featured images on its iPhone app
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Threads: @mgsiegler, @vpsreports, @byemilystmartin, @fredericl, @crumbler, @martinsfp, @mike_isaac, and @carnage4life
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X: @saeeddicaprio, @levie, @jimmfelton, @jonathanvswan, @jamesrbuk, @kyliebytes, @cwarzel, @mikeisaac, @tomwarren, @nikillinit, @dailychef7, @hassankhan, @buccocapital, @briannawu, @elonmusk, @brianstelter, @katienotopoulos, @rmac18, @sarthakgh, @rakeshlobster, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, @cubicleapril, @kyliebytes, @kyliebytes, @charlesarthur, @oneunderscore__, @wbm312, @mikeisaac, @oneunderscore__, @jaypeters, @alexeheath, @meganmmenchaca, @neerajka, @erinkwoo, @xdaily, @cwarzel, @mikeisaac, and @popbase. LinkedIn: Kerry Tuttle
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