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| The Walt Disney Company: |
Disney plans to acquire NBCU's 33% stake in Hulu, gaining full ownership, and expects to pay ~$8.61B, representing NBCU's share of a $27.5B guaranteed floor — The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) announced today that it will acquire the 33% stake in Hulu, LLC held by Comcast Corp.'s (NASDAQ …
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X: @tim_bays, @tim_bays, @gamoid, @dylanbyers, and @dylanbyers. LinkedIn: Donald Dankwa Brooks. Forums: r/technology
| Joe Duball / IAPP: |
The EDPB instructs the Irish DPC to ban Meta's use of personal data for behavioral ads on the legal base of contract and legitimate interest in the EU and EEA — An unprecedented shakeup in the advertising technology space has arrived in Europe. Changes are coming to adtech's approach …
More: Reuters, European Data Protection Board, BleepingComputer, Bloomberg, The Register, Mikołaj Barczentewicz, Deadline, zylstra.org, Times of Malta, NewsBytes, Livemint, Head Topics, JURIST, Telewizja Polska S.A, and Mobile Dev Memo
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LinkedIn: Caitlin Fennessy and Joe Jones
| CoinDesk: |
The US SEC charges SafeMoon and its executives for selling unregistered crypto securities and misappropriating investors' funds the team promised were “locked” — Crypto company SafeMoon's CEO and chief technology officer were arrested, accused of withdrawing more than $200M …
More: US Securities …, US Department of Justice, Protos, NewsBTC, CoinGape, Decrypt, FXStreet, Bloomberg, Watcher Guru, Seeking Alpha, Cryptonews, CryptoSlate, The Block, crypto.news, Fortune, Coinpedia Fintech News, Blockworks, Bitcoin Insider, Crowdfund Insider, Cryptopolitan, CryptoPotato, and DL News
Bluesky: @epro.social. X: @ednynews, @zekefaux, @cfarivar, @coffeebreak_yt, @adamscochran, and @givnerariel. LinkedIn: Keanu Estañol
Forums: r/barstoolsports, r/SafeMoon, r/SafeMoon, and r/CryptoCurrency
| Bloomberg: |
A look at Apple's ambition to revolutionize health care: some breakthroughs marred by philosophical disagreements, a culture of conservatism, and tech realities — The company is working on big things, but employees disagree over whether they should be serving people who are healthy or sick.
More: Android Authority, 9to5Google, The Information, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, PhoneArena, MacDailyNews, iClarified, Insider, Macworld, The Verge, iThinkDifferent, Android Headlines, Wccftech, and iDownloadBlog.com
Threads: @michaelabrwnjr. Mastodon: @nickheer@c.im. X: @patentlyapple, @tomgara, @markgurman, @chaitanya7483, and @shwinyo
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans new health features for 2024's Apple Watch, like an elevated blood pressure sensor, and a paid health coaching service, possibly using AI — - AirPods will get hearing-aid capability and hearing tests — AI health coach in the works, as are Vision Pro health tools
More: MobileSyrup, Tom's Guide, PhoneArena, Pocket-lint, Digital Trends, SlashGear, MacDailyNews, Neowin, Droid Life, Gizmodo, and CNBC
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
At the UK's AI Safety Summit, the UK releases the Bletchley Declaration, signed by 28 countries and the EU, and the US announces an AI Safety Institute — The world is locked in a race, and competition, over dominance in AI, but today, a few of them appeared to come together …
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LinkedIn: Thorsten Jelinek, Alex Kendall, and John Ridd
Forums: r/singularity, r/neoliberal, and Slashdot
| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Apple quietly discontinued Apple Music's $4.99/month Voice Plan, which was introduced in 2021 and let users access the Apple Music catalog exclusively via Siri — Apple this week held a special event to announce new Macs, but what the company didn't tell is that it has just quietly discontinued the … | Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
DoorDash tests a prompt warning customers that orders with no tip ahead of time may take longer to get delivered, since drivers choose which orders to accept — DoorDash has added a pop-up in its app this week warning customers that orders with no tip might take longer to get delivered.
More: CBS News, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, CNN, USA Today, People, New York Post, The Messenger, Android Headlines, KnowTechie, Insider, and Fast Company
Forums: r/EndTipping, r/NewsOfTheStupid, r/technology, and r/offbeat
| Amanda Chicago Lewis / The Verge: |
A critical look at the SEO industry, as users complain that Google isn't as useful anymore and some SEO experts say it's now harder to game Google's algorithm — As the public begins to believe Google isn't as useful anymore, what happens to the cottage industry of search engine optimization experts …
More: Danny Sullivan, I Love SEO, The Verge, and Search Engine Land
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LinkedIn: Molly Willis and Duane Forrester
Forums: Hacker News, Hacker News, and r/technology
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
US v. Google offers a rare look at Google's top 20 queries by revenue for a week in September 2018: iPhone, insurance, cheap flights, online colleges, and more — Not all Google searches make Google money. Google often says that it only shows ads on about 20 percent of queries, the ones it calls “commercial queries.”
More: The Hill, PhoneArena, Search Engine Land, and Bloomberg
| Brian Steinberg / Variety: |
Shareholder letter: Netflix says its ad tier has 15M+ MAUs globally, accounting for ~30% of new sign-ups where it's available, and plans new ad formats for 2024 — Netflix is ready to use “The Crown,” “Squid Game” and other signature series to take ad dollars from rival streamers.| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
If we accept the premise that regulation locks in incumbents, then it's notable that the early AI winners seem the most invested in generating alarm about AI — In 2019, a very animated Bill Gates explained to Andrew Ross Sorkin why Microsoft lost mobile:
More: Hardcore Software and AI Snake Oil
Mastodon: @jimray@mastodon.social and @carnage4life@mas.to
X: @bgurley, @_kolossus, @hamandcheese, @packym, @stratechery, @malikpiara, @mattzeitlin, @esyudkowsky, and @katieharbath. Forums: Hacker News
| RT Watson / The Block: |
After securing regulatory approval, Coinbase says that eligible US retail customers can now access BTC and ETH futures contracts via Coinbase Financial Markets — - Coinbase's service offering crypto futures trading to eligible retail U.S. customers is now active and includes “nano” bitcoin contracts.| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Snowflake unveils Snowflake Cortex, a fully managed service designed to help business users and developers work with AI-powered apps on its Data Cloud platform — Companies use Snowflake to store their data in the cloud. With the ever growing interest in generative AI and large language models …
More: InfoWorld, Dow Jones Newswires, Forbes, InfoWorld, Snowflake, Constellation Research, SiliconANGLE, VentureBeat, and Snowflake
LinkedIn: Jonathan Regenstein, Ramanuj V., Ryan T. McBroom, and Doug Cook
| Theo Wayt / The Information: |
Flexport acquires the tech stack of shuttered digital freight startup Convoy; a source says Convoy CEO Dan Lewis will join Flexport as part of the deal — Flexport has reached a deal to buy the technology of shuttered trucking startup Convoy, as Flexport doubles down on its U.S. trucking ambitions …
More: Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, PYMNTS.com, Flexport, FreightWaves, Supply Chain Dive, and GeekWire
X: @anngehan, @theo_wayt, and @heetermaria
| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
Intuit plans to shut personal finance app Mint, which had 3.6M MAUs in 2021, on January 1, 2024, and is pushing users to Credit Karma, which it acquired in 2020 — - Credit Karma hopes to attract more high-score customers — Mint service had 3.6 million monthly active users in 2021
More: MintLife Blog. Threads: @carnage4life. X: @whatisdoni, @iankar_, @sarthakgh, @scottastevenson, @kramerholle, @twrobinette, @soniabaschez, @adamnash, @harrymccracken, and @anothercohen
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
CRM platform HubSpot plans to acquire B2B data provider Clearbit, which has 400K+ users and 1,500+ business customers, and was valued at $250M in January 2019 — HubSpot, the Boston-based marketing software maker and CRM platform, announced today it's acquiring the B2B data provider Clearbit …
More: HubSpot, HubSpot, MarTech, PYMNTS.com, and B2B Marketing Intelligence
X: @rauchg, @yaminirangan, @jasonlk, @hubspot, @firstround, @amitvasudev_, @aschwags3, @asanwal, @mattsornson, @maccaw, @nicoaferr, @dharmesh, @clearbit, @joaomdmoura, and @bhalligan
LinkedIn: Katie Burke and Andy Laux
| Sam Tobin / Reuters: |
Apple loses a bid to block a UK lawsuit over allegedly hiding defective iPhone batteries and “throttling” them via updates; Apple calls the lawsuit “baseless” — Apple Inc (AAPL.O) on Wednesday lost a bid to block a mass London lawsuit accusing it of hiding defective batteries …
More: Competition Appeal Tribunal, 9to5Mac, PhoneArena, Bloomberg, The Verge, Android Authority, Stack Diary, Gizmodo, Neowin, PYMNTS.com, iTnews, MacDailyNews, MacRumors, and AppleInsider
Forums: r/technology and MacRumors Forums
| Manya Saini / Reuters: |
PayPal reports Q3 revenue up 9% YoY to $7.4B, vs. $7.38B est., total payment volume up 13% YoY to $387.7B, vs. $377.9B, and forecasts FY 2023 profit above est. — PayPal Holdings (PYPL.O) raised its forecast for full-year adjusted profit above Wall Street estimates on Wednesday …
More: PayPal, Bloomberg, and Dow Jones Newswires
| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Chainguard, which helps companies secure their open-source software supply chain, raised a $61M Series B led by Spark Capital, taking its total funding to $116M — Chainguard, a Kirkland, Wash.-based cybersecurity startup, raised $61 million in a Series B round.
More: FinSMEs, Chainguard, Wall Street Journal, SiliconANGLE, Sequoia Capital, and SecurityWeek
X: @reneeshah123 and @bogiebalkansky
| Reuters: |
EA reports Q2 net bookings up 4% YoY to $1.82B, vs. $1.78B est., revenue of $1.91B, up from $1.9B in Q2 2022, and raises its annual profit forecast — Electronic Arts (EA.O) on Wednesday beat analysts' estimates for quarterly net bookings and profit and raised its annual earnings projection … Sponsor Posts
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