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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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| The Verge: |
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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| 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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| 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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| 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 — This is huge news - and it's been a long time coming. MBW has confirmed that Spotify is planning to make significant changes …
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| 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.
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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
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| Joseph Bambridge / Politico: |
A leaked copy of the UK's final AI Safety Summit communiqué does not mention a new scientific body to study AI risks, preferring existing collaborations instead — LONDON — Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's hopes of securing international agreement for a new scientific body focused … | 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.
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| Sarah Fielding / Engadget: |
Google expands its bug bounty program to include generative AI, which presents different security issues, including model manipulation and unfair bias — New guidance outlines what discoveries garner financial rewards. — With concerns around generative AI ever-present … | Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
Kioxia investor SK Hynix says the company didn't agree to the Kioxia-Western Digital merger due to “the overall impact on the value of the company's investment” — - Its opposition introduces more uncertainty to a landmark deal — Western Digital and Kioxia have talked for years about a combo
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| Nico Grant / New York Times: |
Internal Google documents detail plans to contain Apple's search ambitions after Spotlight's 2021 update; sources say Google paid Apple $18B for search in 2021 — Google has worried for years that Apple would one day expand its internet search technology, and has been working on ways to prevent that from happening.| 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.
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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 … | David Lawder / Reuters: |
US Trade Representative Katherine Tai dropped longstanding US digital trade demands in WTO talks, aiming to give Congress room to regulate Big Tech companies — U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai has dropped longstanding U.S. digital trade demands in World Trade Organization talks …
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| Suvashree Ghosh / Bloomberg: |
JPMorgan's Global Head of Payments says its blockchain-based JMP Coin now handles $1B in transactions per day and the bank plans to continue to widen its usage — - JPM Coin allows blockchain-based payments by wholesale clients — Token is a rare instance of live blockchain use by a big bank
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| Jessica Nix / Bloomberg: |
Magic Leap names Bain Capital tech executive Ross Rosenberg as CEO, starting November 1, replacing Peggy Johnson, who joined from Microsoft in 2020 — Rosenberg, a tech executive at Bain Capital, takes over Nov. 1. He's charged with expanding the commercial adaptation of the AR technology, the company said in a statement Wednesday.Sponsor Posts
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