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Meta identifies and fixes a bug after thousands of Palestinian supporters say their posts were suppressed or removed from Facebook and Instagram — Meta has cautioned that some posts may be temporarily suppressed or suspended as it sifts through millions of posts spreading across its platforms.
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| Scott Chipolina / Financial Times: |
Sources: Israel compelled Binance to suspend 100+ accounts since Hamas' attacks on October 7; Binance confirms the exchange “blocked” a “small number” of users — Authorities close more than 100 accounts on Binance as appeals for donations appear on social media platforms
More: Cryptopolitan, CCN.com, Blockonomi, Cryptonews, CoinDesk, CryptoPotato, crypto.news, and Watcher Guru
| New York Times: |
How the Israeli military uses mobile phone data from the ~1.1M residents of Gaza to track their movements and assess how many heeded Israel's demand to leave — The Israeli military says the tracking and the call to evacuate are to preserve as many civilian lives as possible during … | Stephen Warwick / iMore: |
Apple announces a new “affordable” $79 Apple Pencil with USB-C for charging, shipping in “early November” and compatible with all USB-C iPads — A nice surprise... Apple has today unveiled a new “affordable” Apple Pencil with USB-C that costs $79.
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Cisco says a zero-day flaw in its IOS XE software has been exploited in the wild since at least September 18; Shodan shows up to 80K devices could be affected — An unknown threat actor is exploiting the vulnerability to create admin accounts. — Cisco is urging customers to protect …
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| Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: |
The FTX estate floats an amended proposal to return up to 90% of creditor holdings, divided into three pools, and plans to formally file the plan by December 16 — An amended proposal released early Tuesday will be filed by the FTX Debtors by mid-December if approved.| Rachyl Jones / Fortune: |
Marc Andreessen's Techno-Optimist Manifesto lists trust and safety, sustainability, and tech ethics as “enemies”, says AI is “our Philosopher's Stone”, and more — In a 5,200-word manifesto published by the venture capitalist and billionaire Marc Andreessen on Monday …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
The US plans to significantly constrict AI chip exports, including by Nvidia and Intel, hoping to close perceived loopholes in the export controls from 2022 — New rules make it tougher for Nvidia and Intel to sell advanced semiconductors to the Chinese market
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| MK Manoylov / The Block: |
Uniswap plans to start implementing a 0.15% fee for certain crypto trades on its web app and wallet from October 17, generating an estimated $1M per day in fees — - Uniswap will add a new fee starting on Oct. 17 for certain swaps on its web interface and wallet.
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| Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge: |
WhatsApp plans to roll out passkeys to all Android users in the coming months to replace passwords; support for passkeys on WhatsApp for iOS is unclear — WhatsApp users on Android can say goodbye to insecure and annoying SMS two-factor authentication. The Meta-owned company announced on X … | Adamya Sharma / Android Authority: |
Xiaomi unveils the Android-based HyperOS, set to debut with the Xiaomi 14 series and gradually replace the company's 13-year-old MIUI OS for all Xiaomi devices — HyperOS will cater to Xiaomi's wide range of products beyond just smartphones. — • — TL;DR
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| Justine Calma / The Verge: |
Stand.earth: Apple is ahead of Microsoft, Google, Nvidia, Dell, and HP in climate initiatives and is the only one that has renewable targets for its suppliers — A new report compares climate initiatives by Apple, Dell, Google, HP, Microsoft, and Nvidia. Apple's far from perfect, but so far …
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| Bloomberg: |
Baidu co-founder Robin Li unveils Ernie 4.0 and claims that the language model is on par with OpenAI's GPT-4 in terms of sophistication and general capabilities — - Robin Li says AI model is finally on par with OpenAI's GPT-4 — US and China are locked in a race with profound implications| Morgan Sung / TechCrunch: |
Twitch launches Stories, expiring after 48 hours, for Partners and Affiliates who have streamed at least once for 45 minutes or longer in the last 30 days — Ahead of TwitchCon Las Vegas, Twitch is launching stories for streamers to connect with their audience even when they aren't live.
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| Sandali Handagama / CoinDesk: |
Binance.US updates its terms of use to stop dollar withdrawals, saying users must convert “US dollar funds to stablecoin or other digital assets” — U.S. dollar deposits in user wallets are no longer eligible for FDIC insurance protection, according to the updated terms of use.
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| Sarah Fielding / Engadget: |
Snapchat now lets users embed its content into a website, mimicking long-standing Instagram and TikTok features, and adds OpenAI-powered photo expanding tools — Snap appears to be taking a leaf out of TikTok's content playbook. — Snapchat has rolled out two new features … | Stephen Council / SFGATE: |
Music storefront Bandcamp lays off nearly 50% of its workforce, or 58 employees, as part of Songtradr's acquisition of the company from Epic Games in September — Bandcamp built a unique music business: profitable and good for artists with a popular editorial arm.
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Forums: r/Music and r/BandCamp
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
LinkedIn plans to lay off 668 staff, mostly from its engineering team, after cutting 716 jobs in May 2023; a source says LinkedIn is ramping up hiring in India — - LinkedIn is cutting almost 700 employees as revenue growth has slowed over the past two years.
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LinkedIn: Noble Smith, Jeremy Dejno, Kushagra Shrivastava, Jordan Novet, Laurence Wilson, Dan Rayburn, and Sara Fischer
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