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October 11, 2023, 9:55 AM
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CNN:
Letter: Thierry Breton warns Elon Musk that X could face penalties under the DSA for hosting “illegal content and disinformation” about the Israel-Hamas war  —  European officials warned X on Tuesday that the company formerly known as Twitter appears to have been hosting misinformation …
Wall Street Journal:
Research: Palestinian Islamic Jihad-linked crypto wallets received ~$93M from August 2021 to June 2023; Hamas-linked ones received ~$41M over a similar period
Steven Scheer / Reuters:
Investors and analysts expect the Israel-Hamas war to derail the fragile recovery of Israel's tech sector, which accounts for 14% of the country's workforce
Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge:
California Governor Newsom signs the Right to Repair Act into law, effective for devices made and sold after July 1, 2021, minus game consoles and alarm systems  —  California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed SB 244, or the Right to Repair Act, into law, making it easier for owners …
Queenie Wong / Los Angeles Times:
California Governor Gavin Newsom signs into law the Delete Act, which requires data brokers to delete a state resident's personal info after a single request  —  Californians will be able to make a single request asking that data brokers delete their personal information, under a bill Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law on Tuesday.
Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch:
California Governor Newsom signs a bill forcing VC firms to share the diversity of founders they back; some worry about liability from releasing sensitive info
New York Times:
Caroline Ellison testifies that SBF “directed” her to commit crimes, like using FTX client funds for Alameda Research's venture investments and loan repayments  —  Ms. Ellison, who also dated Mr. Bankman-Fried, is the government's star witness in the criminal fraud trial of the founder of the FTX crypto exchange.
Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk:
Sam Bankman-Fried wrote a series of unpublished posts in 2022 announcing Alameda's closure due to the “burden” of “FUD around Alameda's relationship with FTX”
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
After a US judge invalidates Sonos' patents, Google brings back support for multiple Speaker Groups across Nest speakers, Nest displays, and Chromecast devices  —  Just last month, Google was forced to limit Nest and Home devices to one Speaker Group in response to the Sonos lawsuit.
Jez Corden / Windows Central:
Sources: at an Activision townhall hosted by James Corden, Bobby Kotick discussed Microsoft, Elon Musk's Neuralink, hinted at a Guitar Hero revival, and more  —  Kotick and Corden (not me) discuss the future of Activision.  —  What you need to know  — Sources familiar …
Paresh Dave / Wired:
How Google's Project Green Light is using AI to analyze Maps data to suggest how cities can adjust traffic light timing to cut wait times and vehicle emissions
Spiegel Online:
An investigation details the Intellexa Alliance, a shady group of European companies that marketed and sold spyware like Predator to authoritarian regimes  —  The Intellexa Alliance is the name of the shady group of European companies that supplies dictators and despots with cyberweapons.
Jonathan Greig / The Record:
Amazon, Google, and Cloudflare say a DDoS attack hit 398M RPS in August 2023, ~8x larger than the prior record, due to a new flaw; Google mitigated the attack  —  Amazon, Google and Cloudflare said they detected the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on record in August due to a newly discovered vulnerability.
David Shepardson / Reuters:
Utah sues TikTok, accusing the company of getting kids hooked via “algorithms and manipulative design features”, after similar lawsuits by Indiana and Arkansas  —  Utah sued Chinese-owned app TikTok on Tuesday, accusing it of harming children by intentionally keeping young users …
Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg:
Samsung reports Q3 operating income fell 78% QoQ to ~$1.8B and revenue fell 13% QoQ to ~$49.6B, suggesting the global chip market may have started to recover  —  - Profit fall of 78% smaller than prior quarter's record plunge  — AI-related demand seen key to memory chip price recovery
BBC:
Study: if AI growth continues at its current rate, by 2027 the industry could consume as much energy as a small country like the Netherlands, or 85-134 TWh/year  —  The artificial intelligence (AI) industry could consume as much energy as a country the size of the Netherlands by 2027, a new study warns.
Leah Nylen / Bloomberg:
US v. Google: in 2007, Sundar Pichai raised concerns over the bad “optics” of Google's deal to pay Apple to make Google the pre-selected search option in Safari  —  - Emails from Google executive presented at antitrust trial  — DOJ says Google spends $10 billion annually on search deals
Kyle Chayka / New Yorker:
As social networks become cluttered with ads, misinformation, and irrelevant posts, the web just feels less fun, suggesting the old era of social media is over  —  The social-media Web as we knew it, a place where we consumed the posts of our fellow-humans and posted in return, appears to be over.
Bloomberg:
Apple spent $200M to $250M on Killers of the Flower Moon, debuting October 20, the first test of Apple's plans to spend $1B per year on movies for theaters  —  The tech giant is hoping the big screen will help sell little ones.  —  At the Cannes Film Festival, red carpets are unfurled to receive Hollywood's most important figures.

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Wall Street Journal:
White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia, who said this week she “practiced international transaction law”, hasn't passed the bar exam in the US

Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
The BBC launches a 24-hour live streaming simulcast of the BBC News feed on YouTube in the US and UK, expanding to Poland and other countries in the coming days

K.J. Yossman / Variety:
UK Culture Minister Lisa Nandy says she is “minded to intervene” in Sky's proposed $2B takeover of ITV, citing concerns about maintaining media plurality

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