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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 — - Majority on 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: Engadget, Associated Press, The Guardian, Reuters, Human Events, The Gateway Pundit, and CBS News
Forums: Hacker News, r/Twitter, r/technology, r/FreeSpeech, r/elonmusk, r/Starlink, and r/technews
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More: BBC, Business Insider, Euronews, Invezz, Silicon Republic, The Economic Times, London Evening Standard, CCN.com, WinBuzzer, Neowin, TechIssuesToday.com, POCIT, NewsBytes, Capital Brief, Trying to make sense of Brazil, The Rio Times, TechCrunch, 9News, The Verge, New York Times, and The Guardian
Threads: @the.brain.worm, @alfredo_liberal, @lindadominguez637, @goldengateblond, @irishpolyglot, @wolfgangbremer, @mediumboi, @maureenhastings4, @technicallymims, and @tedunderwoodillinois
Bluesky: @bsky.app, @mmasnick.bsky.social, @pfrazee.com, @rincewind.run, @darthputinkgb.bsky.social, @pfrazee.com, @why.bsky.team, @colormints.bsky.social, @treacherous.tech, @tomphillips.bsky.social, and @lolennui.bsky.social. X: @alexandrefiles
Forums: r/Twitter and r/EnoughMuskSpam
| 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: AppleInsider, MacRumors, Dexerto, TechCrunch, iDownloadBlog.com, HotHardware, The Verge, Tom's Guide, PhoneArena, Business Insider, TechRadar, iMore, Macworld, T3, WinBuzzer, Cybernews.com, PC Guide, Neowin, BGR, The Indian Express, Android Authority, TechSpot, Business Standard, TweakTown, KnowTechie, Mashable, TechIssuesToday.com, Lowyat.NET, nextpit, Cult of Mac, iThinkDifferent, iPhone in Canada Blog, Patently Apple, The Apple Post, 9to5Mac, NewsBytes, Engadget, Appleosophy, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, iMore, iClarified, MacRumors, The Mac Observer, Notebookcheck, and XDA Developers
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
| 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: Mediaite, The Information, Music Ally, and Joe.My.God.
Bluesky: @chadbourn.bsky.social and @marygillis.bsky.social
X: @faizsays and @mekkaokerekebye
Forums: 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, Neowin, The Information, TechRadar, TrendForce Insights, PC Gamer, Business Times, Benzinga, Tech Monitor, Proactive, Evertiq AB, News18, TechSpot, TipRanks Financial, TechPowerUp, SiliconANGLE, Reuters, and Wccftech
Forums: r/wallstreetbets, r/FPGA, r/hardware, and Slashdot
| 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: DatacenterDynamics, Capital Brief, Wccftech, Semafor, Kyodo News+, and Nikkei Asia
Forums: r/China and r/Economics
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Apple and Meta fight over which should be responsible 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.| 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: WFAA-TV, Chron, Click2Houston.com, CCIA, ABC13, WFAA on YouTube, and The Texas Tribune
Forums: r/technology and r/technews
| 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 …
More: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Mastodon: @emmalbriant@mastodon.online and @w7voa@journa.host. Bluesky: @wagatwe.com. X: @dlippman. Forums: r/politics
| Bloomberg: |
OKX says the Monetary Authority of Singapore granted OKX SG a Major Payment Institution license, and appoints former Grab executive Gracie Lin as OKX SG's CEO — - CEO Lin to focus on products, seeks MAS nod for adding tokens — Crypto exchange OKX named former regulator Gracie Lin as CEO … | 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 … | Wall Street Journal: |
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