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Mark Zuckerberg says Threads has hit “just under” 100M monthly users since Instagram released the app in early July — The rumors of Threads' early demise have been exaggerated. — Meta's competitor to Elon Musk's X has hit “just under” 100 million monthly users since …
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| Meta Investor Relations: |
Meta reports Q3 revenue up 23% YoY to $34.15B, net income up 164% YoY to $11.58B, and family daily active people up 7% YoY to 3.14B for September 2023 — Meta Platforms, Inc. (Nasdaq: META) today reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2023.
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| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
Meta's Reality Labs reports Q3 revenue down 26% YoY to $210M, vs. $299.3M est., and operating loss up 2% YoY to $3.74B, vs. $3.9B est. — - Coming into the third quarter, Meta's Reality Labs division had lost more than $21 billion since the start of last year.
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers reveal an attack forcing iOS and macOS WebKit browsers to divulge secrets, like passwords and email content, of users who visit a malicious website — iLeakage is practical and requires minimal resources. A patch isn't (yet) available. — Researchers have devised an attack …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to release AirPods Max and two redesigned fourth-generation AirPods with USB-C in 2024, and AirPods Pro with new chip and design in 2025 — - Company readies updates to entry-level, Pro and Max models — After initial skepticism, AirPods are now a critical category
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| Matthieu Faou / WeLiveSecurity: |
Pro-Russia hacking group Winter Vivern is targeting European governmental entities' Roundcube Webmail servers, triggering an attack when an email is viewed — ESET Research recommends updating Roundcube Webmail to the latest available version as soon as possible
| Victoria Song / The Verge: |
A look at Apple's Double Tap gesture, rolling out in watchOS 10.1, letting Series 9 and Ultra 2 users interact with their watch without using its touchscreen — Swipes and buttons are the norm, but Apple's double tap gesture opens a future where your smartwatch could be even less dependent on your phone.| Tim Ingham / Music Business Worldwide: |
Sources: Spotify plans major changes to its royalty model in Q1 2024, including a threshold of minimum annual streams before a track starts generating royalties — Exclusive: Music Business Worldwide details Spotify's plans to introduce a number of new measures in Q1 2024 - and shift $1 billion towards ‘working artists’.
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple raises the monthly US price of Apple TV+ from $6.99 to $9.99, News+ from $9.99 to $12.99, Arcade from $4.99 to $6.99, and Apple One from $16.95 to $19.95 — Apple today announced that it is increasing the prices of some of its subscription-based services, including Apple TV+ …
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| Washington Post: |
Sources: Biden is expected to sign an EO on October 30 requiring assessments of AI models before federal worker use, easing highly skilled immigration, and more — Tackling immigration and safety, the order would require advanced AI models to undergo assessments before they can be used …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google plans to require apps on the Play Store to offer users the ability to flag offensive AI-generated content without exiting the app, starting in early 2024 — Google is taking aim at potentially problematic generative AI apps with a new policy, to be enforced starting early next year … | Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Google adds foundation and hair dye options to its AR shopping tool for trying beauty products, and expands the tool to mobile browsers and Google Shopping ads — Google is expanding its augmented reality (AR) shopping feature that allows people to virtually wear beauty products before purchasing … | Stephanie Barnes / Engadget: |
X rolls out audio and video calling to some users, with options to “select who you're comfortable using it with” or disable the feature altogether — Just call them or not. — It's finally happening: X (formerly known as Twitter) has begun rolling out yet another feature nobody asked for.| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
Telegram blocks two channels used by Hamas for Android users, blaming Google Play Store guidelines, after Pavel Durov resisted calls to shut down Hamas channels — Social messaging platform Telegram has blocked channels used by Hamas, but only on Android phones due to violations of Google's app store guidelines.| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Google rolls out “About this image”, a tool that provides background information and context about images in Google Search, to English-language users globally — Google is starting to roll out its new “About this image” tool, which aims to provide essential background information and context about images in Google Search.
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Valve officially releases SteamVR 2.0, including most of the current features of Steam and Steam Deck, after a surprise beta launch in September — Valve announced Wednesday that it has released SteamVR 2.0, launching the major update exactly a month after the surprise launch of the SteamVR 2.0 beta in September.
More: TweakTown
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Amazon launches a generative AI tool in beta that lets advertisers create “lifestyle imagery” backgrounds or scenes around the products they are hoping to sell — Amazon is beta testing AI image generation tools for its advertisers, offering an easy way to create backgrounds …
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