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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
A look at Apple's strategy to keep executives who wish to retire; sources: the M4 Mac mini will have five USB-C and no USB-A ports, and an internal power supply — Apple's succession strategy has come into focus with the upcoming exit of its chief financial officer.
More: MacRumors, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, Wccftech, The Verge, Macworld, iThinkDifferent, Tom's Guide, The Tech Basic, iDownloadBlog.com, iMore, T3, HotHardware, WinBuzzer, Cybernews.com, PC Guide, Neowin, Dexerto, Business Insider, BGR, PhoneArena, The Indian Express, Android Authority, TechSpot, Business Standard, TweakTown, KnowTechie, Mashable, TechRadar, TechIssuesToday.com, Redmond Pie, Lowyat.NET, nextpit, Cult of Mac, Patently Apple, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Apple Post, 9to5Mac, NewsBytes, Engadget, Appleosophy, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, iMore, MacRumors, iClarified, The Mac Observer, and Notebookcheck
Threads: @markgurman. Mastodon: @lapcatsoftware@mastodon …, @lapcatsoftware@mastodon …, and @paul@tapbots.social
X: @newsynick, @brandonbutch, @gartenberg, @raywongy, @vadimyuryev, @matthewkeyslive, @saranbyte, @tgod34748, @samsheffer, @markgurman, and @theapplehub. LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski
Forums: Hacker News, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Daniel Carvalho / Bloomberg: |
A majority of Brazilian judges on a Supreme Court panel vote to confirm an order to ban X in Brazil and fine those who don't comply with it by using a VPN — - Top court panel backs order by Moraes against social network — Justices also uphold fine for those who use VPN for access| Jack Nicas / New York Times: |
Starlink, which has 250K customers in Brazil, told Brazil's telecom agency that it would not comply with orders to block X until its frozen assets were released — The satellite internet service controlled by Elon Musk is refusing to comply with a court order to block his social network, X, regulators said.
More: Reuters, The Verge, Breitbart, The Crypto Times, RTÉ, CCN.com, The Gateway Pundit, Total Telecom, The Economic Times, Human Events, Benzinga, Tech Xplore, Social Media Today, NewsBytes, and Fortune
Threads: @chancerydaily, @leimarisa, @mistakenotmy, @mistakenotmy, and @mistakenotmy. Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social. X: @elonmusk
Forums: Hacker News, r/Twitter, r/technology, r/anime_titties, r/FreeSpeech, r/elonmusk, r/Starlink, and r/technews
| Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post: |
Fidelity values X at ~72% below Elon Musk's purchase price, meaning Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud would be down $1.4B and Dorsey and Ellison $720M each — Elon Musk bought Twitter with a combination of his own money, bank loans and capital raised from friends and associates.
More: The Information, Mediaite, Music Ally, and Joe.My.God.
Bluesky: @chadbourn.bsky.social and @marygillis.bsky.social
X: @faizsays and @mekkaokerekebye
Forums: r/AnythingGoesNews, r/inthenews, r/LeopardsAteMyFace, r/Economics, r/Twitter, r/EnoughMuskSpam, and r/Destiny
| Reuters: |
Source: Pat Gelsinger aims to offer ideas to Intel's board to cut capex spending and more, like halting the $32B chip plant project in Germany or selling Altera — Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger and key executives are expected to present a plan later this month to the company's board of directors …
More: Tom's Hardware, DatacenterDynamics, TrendForce Insights, Business Times, Benzinga, Tech Monitor, Neowin, Proactive, News18, TechRadar, TechSpot, TipRanks Financial, The Information, PC Gamer, Evertiq AB, TechPowerUp, SiliconANGLE, Reuters, and Wccftech
Forums: r/wallstreetbets, r/FPGA, r/hardware, and Slashdot
| Ellsworth Toohey / Boing Boing: |
Elon Musk boosts a post that disparages the abilities of “women and low T men”, advocates a “Republic of high status males”, and mentions a “Reich effect” — On Sunday, Elon Musk recently reposted a 4chan argument claiming that only “high T alpha males” …
More: Mother Jones, Business Insider, and Mediaite
Threads: @mac_ryan_, @jossfong, @esqueer_, @chancerydaily, @technicallymims, and @karaswisher
Mastodon: @spencerdailey@journa.host and @thisismissem@hachyderm.io
Bluesky: @tonytassell.bsky.social and @brendannyhan.bsky.social
X: @peterjukes, @joshtpm, @jysexton, @motherjones, @esjesjesj, @joshtpm, and @elonmusk. Forums: r/Twitter
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: China has threatened Japan with severe economic retaliation if Japan further restricts sales and servicing of chipmaking equipment to Chinese firms — - One concern is Toyota could lose access to critical minerals — Biden is pressuring Japan to align with possible new US rules
More: Nikkei Asia, Tom's Hardware, DatacenterDynamics, BusinessLIVE, TechRadar, Semafor, Kyodo News+, Wccftech, and Capital Brief
Forums: r/China and r/Economics
| Wall Street Journal: |
Apple and Meta both lobby to avoid responsibility for verifying users' ages in teen social media bills; Apple lobbied Louisiana to kill a device-level rule — Earlier this year, freshman Louisiana legislator Kim Carver got a close look at Apple's AAPL -0.34%decrease; red down pointing triangle formidable lobbying machine.
More: New York Post, Benzinga, and AppleInsider
| Daniel Lippman / Politico: |
Sources: LobbyMatic, which offers AI tools for lobbying, is covertly run by far-right conspiracy theorists and convicted felons, Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman — Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman are operating under the pseudonyms Jay Klein and Bill Sanders. — A Washington startup pitched … | Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
A US judge issued a last-minute partial block on Texas law HB 18, that would require some large web services to identify minors and filter what they see online — A federal judge issued a last-minute partial block on a Texas law that would require some large web services to identify minors and filter what they see online.
More: Engadget, WFAA-TV, Chron, Click2Houston.com, ABC13, WFAA on YouTube, CCIA, and The Texas Tribune
Forums: r/technology and r/technews
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
A look at Sub.club, which aims to let users on ActivityPub-based platforms monetize content via subscriptions while taking a 6% cut, available in dev preview — The fediverse has the potential to help create enduring and interoperable social networks. But many creators and businesses rely on bigger …
Mastodon: @xodium@bitbang.social
| Wall Street Journal: |
Netflix is trying to improve dubbing and translations of non-English content, particularly South Korean reality TV shows, to drive international viewership — Using South Korea as a testing ground, the streaming giant offers culture classes to voice actors to nail the nuances of translationSponsor Posts
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