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Reuters:
In a letter to Thierry Breton, X CEO Linda Yaccarino says X has removed hundreds of Hamas-linked accounts, labeled tens of thousands of posts, and more  —  The X social media platform has removed hundreds of Hamas-affiliated accounts and taken action to remove or label tens of thousands …
Javier Espinoza / Financial Times:
Sources: EU launched a probe into X over hosting misinformation in the wake of Hamas' attack on Israel; X could be fined up to 5% of its daily global turnover  —  Investigation is the first under the bloc's Digital Services Act and comes after letter to Musk raising concerns
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
Threads rolls out voice posts and a free edit button; users can edit a post within five minutes of sending it, and Threads doesn't show an edit history  —  Meta's Twitter competitor, Threads, is now rolling out one of its most-requested features - an edit button.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Instagram head Adam Mosseri reiterates Threads' position on hard news, saying that Threads does not intend to “amplify” news because it's currently “too risky”
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google's Search Generative Experience adds the ability to generate images using prompts and to write drafts by customizing their tone and length  —  Google's AI-powered search feature, SGE (Search Generative Experience), is gaining some new skills, starting today.
New York Times:
At SBF's trial, the personal dynamics between him and his friends are a vital component of the case, making clear how much his inner circle has turned on him  —  The FTX founder's criminal trial has made clear just how much his inner circle has turned against him.
Zack Abrams / The Block:
Caroline Ellison's well-prepared testimony painted Sam Bankman-Fried as the ultimate decision-maker at FTX and a corrupting influence on his subordinates
Akash Sriram / Reuters:
Atlassian plans to acquire video messaging platform Loom for around $975M, made up of $880M in cash and the rest in stock, closing in Q1 2024  —  Atlassian (TEAM.O) said on Thursday it had agreed to acquire privately held video messaging platform Loom for about $975 million …
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Elliptic: the Russia-linked unidentified FTX hackers who stole $415M to $432M in November 2022 started moving the haul in October, the first time in 2023  —  Whoever looted FTX on the day of its bankruptcy has now moved the stolen money through a long string of intermediaries—and eventually some that look Russian in origin.
Amir Efrati / The Information:
Sources: Sam Altman told staff that OpenAI is generating $1.3B in revenue per year, implying the company is now generating $100M+/month, up 30% in three months  —  ChatGPT maker OpenAI is generating revenue at a pace of $1.3 billion a year, CEO Sam Altman told staff this week, according to several people with knowledge of the matter.
Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Piper Sandler survey of 9,000+ US teens: 29.1% of their daily video consumption time is on YouTube, beating Netflix for the first time at 28.7%, and ~7% on Hulu  —  - Teenagers in the United States say they watch more video on YouTube than Netflix, according to a new survey from investment bank Piper Sandler.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Automattic expands ActivityPub support to WordPress.com hosted sites, letting blog owners reach 13.3M users across the fediverse, including Mastodon's 1.8M MAUs  —  Earlier this year, WordPress.com owner Automattic acquired a plugin that allowed WordPress blogs to be followed in the fediverse …
Noema:
Current advanced LLMs from OpenAI and others have many flaws but they will, decades from now, be recognized as the first true examples of AGI, similar to ENIAC  —  Today's most advanced AI models have many flaws, but decades from now, they will be recognized as the first true examples of artificial general intelligence.
Alex Konrad / Forbes:
Over 220 VC firms, including Bessemer and GGV, sign a statement in support of Israel and call for the investor community to support Israel's tech ecosystem  —  The open letter published on Thursday is the latest effort by startup investors to provide support for the state of Israel and its tech community, with 221 firms signed on.
Reuters:
Sources: OpenAI plans to unveil major developer updates on November 6, like memory storage in its tools and vision capabilities to analyze and describe images  —  OpenAI plans to introduce major updates for developers next month to make it cheaper and faster to build software applications based …

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From Mediagazer

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Arkansas PBS severs ties with the PBS network, the first state public TV system to do so since Congress cut CPB funds, citing the annual $2M+ membership cost

Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Arthur L. Carter, who started a Connecticut newspaper in 1981, bought and sold The Nation, and founded the New York Observer in 1987, has died at 93

Pamela McClintock / The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney's Zootopia 2 surpasses $1B at the global box office, the fastest PG-rated film to do so after just 17 days in release

More News

Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg:
Singapore's biggest tech hopes, Grab, Sea, and Razer, have stumbled, which may show why VCs were premature in calling Singapore the “Silicon Valley of Asia”
BBC:
Investigation: instant loan app scams entrap people in India and 13 other countries into a spiral of debt, driving many to suicide after shame and blackmail

Earlier Picks

Jacquelyn Melinek / TechCrunch:
US v. SBF: Caroline Ellison says Alameda paid $100M to $150M in crypto transfers to Chinese officials to unfreeze its OKX and Huobi trading accounts, worth ~$1B
Karen Hao / The Atlantic:
Sources: the US Department of Commerce is considering new export controls for general-purpose AI programs, a move that experts say could weaken US AI innovation
Gabe Bullard / Nieman Reports:
Internal memo: NPR lost a negligible amount of traffic in the six months since leaving X, after the service labeled the outlet “US state-affiliated media”
Alex Konrad / Forbes:
Cleanlab, which sells data labelling tools for more accurate AI training data, raised a $25M Series A led by Menlo Ventures and TQ Ventures at a $100M valuation
Jake Piazza / CNBC:
Microsoft receives Notices of Proposed Adjustment from the IRS for an additional $28.9B tax payment; Microsoft plans to appeal, a process expected to take years
Caitlin Huston / Hollywood Reporter:
The US FTC proposes a rule to require ticket sellers and others to show the total price to users upfront; Ticketmaster and SeatGeek have pledged all-in pricing
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