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Adam Mosseri details Threads' fediverse plans, including following non-Threads accounts, showing replies from other platforms, and follower portability — The head of Instagram says a full integration with the fediverse could take ‘the better part of a year.’
More: Hindustan Times, Daring Fireball, and Digiday
Threads: @mosseri, @benedictevans, @mosseri, @thatadamguy, @datadrivenmd, @datadrivenmd, @mosseri, @mosseri, @mosseri, @carnage4life, @ianbetteridge, @mikehos3, @l.m.orchard, @datadrivenmd, @anildash, @edzollars, @ben_woodward, @mrcalifornian, @edzollars, @realmatthopkins, @ben_woodward, @mmasnick, @oracleclyde, @darnell, @edzollars, @broximar, @lscottspencer, @mark_squires_wine, @_.dumi, @0xjessel, @shayonpal, @pettijohn, @gucci, @rick.williams84, @datadrivenmd, @davew, @cjfoster95, @datadrivenmd, @carnage4life, @timdorr, @zanoniguilherme, @carnage4life, @plymsquid, @cynicalelysian, and @merritmd
| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Docs: ByteDance used OpenAI's API to develop its own LLM, codenamed Project Seed; employees discussed “whitewashing” the evidence through “data desensitization” — TikTok's entrancing “For You” feed made its parent company, ByteDance, an AI leader on the world stage.
More: Analytics India Magazine, The Verge, and Benzinga
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| David Gilbert / Wired: |
Researchers: Microsoft Copilot answers some political queries in the US and other countries with conspiracies, misinformation, and out-of-date or incorrect info — Research shared exclusively with WIRED shows that Copilot, Microsoft's AI chatbot, often responds to questions about elections with lies and conspiracy theories.| New York Times: |
A California state agency drops its 2021 sexual harassment case against Activision Blizzard, saying that no “investigation has substantiated any allegations” — The California Civil Rights Department said in a settlement agreement that no “investigation has substantiated any allegations” against the video game maker.
More: CRD, Axios, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Reuters, The Information, The Verge, IGN, and Wall Street Journal
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple agrees to pay $25M to settle a class action lawsuit alleging Apple misrepresented the way that third-party app subscriptions worked with Family Sharing — Apple has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit over Family Sharing, and will pay out $25 million to put an end to the case.
More: KCC Class Action Services LLC, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, Business Times, The Verge, Engadget, AppleInsider, and Cord Cutters News. Forums: MacRumors
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: DocuSign is working with advisers to explore a sale; DocuSign went public in 2018 and now has a $12B+ market cap; DOCU closes up 12.46% — Suitors for the $11 billion company could include private equity and technology firms — E-signature company DocuSign is working with advisers …
More: PYMNTS.com, The Information, SiliconANGLE, Bloomberg, CNBC, Investor's Business Daily, and Reuters
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Elon Musk verbally guaranteed some US banks that they would not lose money on the Twitter deal; banks face serious losses on the “uninvestable” debt — Banks are facing serious losses on the debt as social media platform's business deteriorates
More: Ars Technica and The Messenger
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| Bloomberg: |
Memo: Weibo sent notices warning users to “avoid expressing pessimism about the economy” and “avoid crossing the red lines” around economic or financial topics — - The social media service sent warning notices to users — China has stepped up control on online discourse in past years| Bradley Keoun / CoinDesk: |
Polygon Labs discontinues contributions to Edge, the OSS used for Dogechain, and shifts towards the Polygon CDK, which is powered by zero-knowledge cryptography — Polygon Labs, a developer of scaling networks for Ethereum, has shifted toward “Polygon CDK,” a blockchain-development kit powered by zero-knowledge cryptography.
More: Polygon Blog, CryptoSlate, CoinGape, The Block, and Cryptopolitan
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: more Chinese government agencies and state-backed firms have ordered staff to stop bringing iPhones, Samsung phones, and other foreign devices to work — - Agencies from Beijing to Tianjin instruct staff to go local — The formal directives follow a general mandate from months ago
More: Sammy Fans, Reuters, Stock Market News, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, MacDailyNews, and Benzinga. X: @lord_fed
| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
YouTube creators MrBeast and Chucky Appleby launch ViewStats, which uses the YouTube API to unveil detailed stats about channels for creators and fans, in beta — The top YouTuber in the U.S., MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson) co-founded the new analytics platform ViewStats, which is now available in beta.
Mastodon: @kierkegaank@mastodon.sdf.org. X: @nickadobos, @alexisohanian, @gregisenberg, and @bria_sullivan. LinkedIn: Justin Gerrard
| Ash Parrish / The Verge: |
Days after updating its content policy to permit certain kinds of sexual content, Twitch rescinds the “artistic nudity” portion, citing “community concern” — Mere days after Twitch updated its content policy to permit certain kinds of sexual content …
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| Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / ZDNet: |
iOS 17.2 closes off Flipper Zero devices' ability to carry out DoS attacks on iPhones within a 30-foot radius by continuously sending Bluetooth pairing requests — Apple has finally closed off the ability of the Flipper Zero pen-testing tool to flood iPhones with so many popups that the handset would lock up and require a reboot.
More: 9to5Mac, iThinkDifferent, MacRumors, Supercharged, Gizmodo, and The Verge. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Josh Ye / Reuters: |
CGIGC: China's video games market returned to growth in 2023 with domestic revenue up 13% YoY to ~$42.6B and the number of gamers up 0.61% YoY to a record 668M — China's video games market returned to growth this year as domestic revenue rose 13% to 303 billion yuan ($42.6 billion) …
More: Xinhua, GamesIndustry.biz, and Tech in Asia
| Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk: |
The US SEC rejects Coinbase's petition for formal digital asset rules, because the “existing securities regime appropriately governs crypto asset securities” — The U.S. exchange had formally petitioned the agency to start writing comprehensive crypto rules, but after “careful” consideration, the SEC said no.
More: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Reuters, crypto.news, Coinpedia Fintech News, Watcher Guru, The Information, PYMNTS.com, Forbes, CryptoSlate, Cryptopolitan, Cryptonews, Unchained Crypto, Decrypt, The Block, The Daily Hodl, CoinGape, Crypto Daily, Decrypt, Bitcoin Insider, Crowdfund Insider, and Finextra
| Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg: |
Tesla's Autopilot recall threatens to hurt the company's defense in six high-profile lawsuits set for 2024 over crashes linked to the driver-assistance program — - Recall bolsters claims Autopilot is defective, plaintiffs say — Carmaker plans over-the-air update to prevent driver misuse
More: Associated Press, CNET, Electrek, The Messenger, and eeNews Europe
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