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Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google updates Play Protect with real-time scanning at the code level, which prompts users to scan unknown Android apps before sideloading, starting with India  —  To avoid detection, Google has found that malicious parties are looking beyond the Play Store to infect Android devices with malware.
Kris Holt / Engadget:
Amazon plans to expand its Prime Air drone delivery system to the UK, Italy, and a third US city in late 2024 and integrate Prime Air into its delivery network  —  The company will also bring the Prime Air program to a third US city by the end of 2024.  —  Amazon has some big plans …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Amazon launches 60-minute drone deliveries for ~500 medications purchased from Amazon Pharmacy for customers in College Station, Texas; delivery is free for now
Sebastian Herrera / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon introduces Sequoia, AI and robotics capabilities for its warehouses that cut order fulfilling time by up to 25% and identify inventory up to 75% faster
Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Netflix reports Q3 revenue up 7.8% YoY to $8.54B, vs. $8.54B est., and global paid memberships up 10.8% YoY to 247.15M, vs. 243.88M est.; NFLX jumps 12%+  —  - Netflix shares popped more than 12% after the closing bell Wednesday.  — The company reported a boost in subscriber growth driven …
Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Netflix raises its US prices for its basic plan from $9.99 to $11.99, its premium plan from $19.99 to $22.99, and some of its prices in the UK and France  —  Hollywood strikes will lead to lower content spending, more free cash flow this year, company says  —  Netflix said its efforts …
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
Stanford unveils the Foundation Model Transparency Index, featuring 100 indicators; Llama 2 led at 54%, GPT-4 placed third at 48%, and PaLM 2 took fifth at 40%  —  Stanford researchers have ranked 10 major A.I. models on how openly they operate.  —  How much do we know about A.I.?
Financial Times:
The US House's China committee asks about Sequoia's investments since 2010 in AI, quantum, and chip companies based, or with “significant operations”, in China  —  Scrutiny of California VC firm comes amid mounting tension between Washington and Beijing
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Clearview AI wins an appeal against the UK Information Commissioner's Office, which imposed a ~£7.5M fine in May 2022 for alleged breaches of local privacy laws  —  Controversial US facial recognition company, Clearview AI, has won an appeal against a privacy sanction issued by the U.K. last year.
Francesco Canepa / Reuters:
The European Central Bank plans to start a two-year “preparation phase” for the digital euro on November 1, to finalize rules, select partners, and do testing  —  The European Central Bank took a further step on Wednesday towards launching a digital version of the euro …
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google updates Chrome's address bar with better autocomplete, suggestions for misspelled URL names, search within bookmark folders, and a revamped desktop look  —  Google is rolling out a series of updates to the address bar (or Omnibox) in Chrome that improves the accuracy of autocomplete across the desktop and mobile browser.
Carly Page / TechCrunch:
Google says that government-backed hackers linked to Russia and China are exploiting a since-patched zero-day in WinRAR, discovered by Group-IB in August 2023  —  Google security researchers say they have found evidence that government-backed hackers linked to Russia and China are exploiting …
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
Experts say misinformation from “verified” pseudo-OSINT accounts on X, driven by profit and engagement, is destroying the Israel-Hamas war information ecosystem  —  Join the newsletter to get the latest updates.  —  Success  —  Great!  Check your inbox and click the link.  —  Error
Susan D'Agostino / Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists:
Q&A with Yoshua Bengio on nuance in headlines about AI, taboos among AI researchers, and why top researchers may disagree about AI's potential risks to humanity  —  Editor's note: This article was commissioned by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and is also published in WIRED.
Zeba Siddiqui / Reuters:
In a rare joint statement, Five Eyes chiefs from the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand warn about China's IP “theft” and using AI to hack and spy  —  The Five Eyes countries' intelligence chiefs came together on Tuesday to accuse China of intellectual property theft …
Kylie Robison / Fortune:
X tests Not A Bot, requiring new, unverified users to sign up for a $1 annual subscription to be able to post and interact, in New Zealand and the Philippines  —  The owner of X, Elon Musk, has long floated the idea of charging users $1 to use the platform.
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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

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
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Jon Porter / The Verge:
YouTube adds a news page to its mobile apps that suggests content from “authoritative sources”, and plans to spend $1.6M to promote creating Shorts news content
Wall Street Journal:
At a conference, Sam Altman and other tech leaders say AI will likely bring seismic workforce changes, eliminating professions, a hard sell to the most affected
Katie Notopoulos / MIT Technology Review:
Federated networks like Mastodon and a growing acceptance of paying for content may help move people away from big social platforms and improve online discourse
Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge:
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Reuters:
The US' new 400-page chip export rules show officials are open to chip sector input on ways to keep sending AI chips to China for small and medium-sized systems
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Phil Spencer says Activision Blizzard games won't come to Xbox Game Pass until 2024, as “the regulatory process took so long” before the acquisition could close
Rob Pegoraro / PCMag:
The IRS plans to offer a free, “mobile-friendly, interview-based” direct e-filing option for 13 US states in 2024, for taxpayers with simpler tax situations
Stephen Warwick / iMore:
Apple unveils an “affordable” $79 Apple Pencil that charges via a USB-C cable, shipping in “early November” and compatible with all iPads that have a USB-C port
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