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| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Steam now tells its users that they're buying a license, not a game, ahead of a California law that forces companies to do so when customers “buy” digital media — The company appears to be getting ahead of a California law going into force next year.
More: The Verge, Ars Technica, PCWorld, Gizmodo, Thurrott, MobileSyrup, TechSpot, IGN, PC Gamer, How-To Geek, Gameranx, Eurogamer.net, Mashable, PlayStation LifeStyle, Neowin, Game Rant, Digital Trends, PC Games Insider, and Cryptopolitan
Forums: r/SteamDeck, r/technology, r/gamingnews, r/Games, r/technews, and r/pcgaming
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Sources: Microsoft plans to test the streaming of games that users own and are not part of the Xbox Game Pass library, starting with Xbox Insiders in November — Microsoft is planning to support the streaming of Xbox game libraries next month. Sources familiar with Microsoft's plans tell …
More: 9to5Google, Neowin, Kotaku, Digital Trends, Trusted Reviews, Wccftech, and XboxEra. Forums: r/xbox
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
More: Game Developer, Android Central, Benzinga, CNBC, TechCrunch, HotHardware, How-To Geek, The Verge, PCMag, iPhone in Canada Blog, MobileSyrup, TechRaptor, The Indian Express, Gizmodo, The Shortcut, TrueAchievements, Android Police, CGMagazine, GameSpot, GamingonPhone, Game Rant, Ars Technica, MakeUseOf, Engadget, PocketGamer.biz, Video Games Chronicle, Eurogamer.net, IGN, Gamezo, MSPoweruser, T3, Phandroid, Gameranx, GamesIndustry.biz, GSMArena.com, Android Authority, Gamereactor UK, TechIssuesToday.com, NewsBytes, Business Standard, Windows Central, XboxEra, and Mobilegamer.biz
| Business Insider: |
Experts question the feasibility of Tesla's robotaxi plan, getting scale without rideshare partners, and cite Musk's history of missed FSD dates; TSLA drops 8%+ — - Tesla's driverless taxi plan has been met with skepticism over its feasibility and competition with rivals.
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Forums: r/electricvehicles and Ars OpenForum
| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
Elon Musk unveils a Tesla Cybercab prototype, claims “you will be able to buy one” for under $30K, and expects the robotaxi to be in production “before 2027” — Tesla has finally revealed its Cybercab, and it looks like a smaller, sleeker Cybertruck.
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LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski, Patrick Gallagher, and Prof. Ahmed Banafa
Forums: Hacker News, r/RealTesla, r/EnoughMuskSpam, r/CyberStuck, r/EnoughMuskSpam, and r/electricvehicles
| Aarian Marshall / Wired: |
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| New York Times: |
A look at Elon Musk's unparalleled involvement in the US election; sources: Trump's campaign contacted X to stop the circulation of the hacked JD Vance dossier — Elon Musk is planting himself in Pennsylvania, has brought his brain trust to help and may even knock on doors himself.
More: The Hill, Alternet.org, New York Magazine, Quartz, New Republic, Raw Story, Mediaite, emptywheel, and Washington Post
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X: @tvietor08, @timodc, @jason_kint, and @kevincollier
Forums: r/neoliberal, r/pittsburgh, and r/politics
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Adam Mosseri attributes Instagram and Threads' moderation issues, causing users to lose access to their accounts, to human moderator “mistakes”, not AI systems — Instagram head Adam Mosseri on Friday addressed the moderation issues that saw Instagram and Threads users losing access …
More: The Verge, Engadget, Android Headlines, and Thurrott
Threads: @mosseri, @mossbergwalt, @andymstone, @mosseri, @stonekettle, @mosseri, @cult_papa, and @ism.and.ist
Bluesky: @kevinkleinpdx.bsky.social and @linh.social
| NPR: |
Faulty court filing redactions: TikTok executives were unconcerned with the harms the app poses for US teenagers, despite internal research validating concerns — For the first time, internal TikTok communications have been made public that show a company unconcerned with the harms the app poses for American teenagers.
More: Washington Post, Louisville Public Media, New Republic, CNN, Mashable, Salon, Quartz, WBUR, Forbes, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Threads: @jawnpaczkowski and @bobbyallyn
X: @peterhamby, @ryanvanvelzer, @bobbyallyn, @ttp_updates, @davidgura, @rylandky, @viacristiano, @darakerr, and @nprinskeep
LinkedIn: Scott Galloway and Carl D. Marci
Forums: r/law, r/technology, r/NPR, and r/neoliberal
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Salt Typhoon hackers still had access to some parts of US broadband networks within the past week, and investigators don't know what they were seeking — In letters to AT&T, Verizon and Lumen, lawmakers ask about proposed measures the companies will take to protect U.S. wiretap systems
More: CyberScoop, Nextgov/FCW, The Record, Bloomberg, and Washington Examiner
| Norman Goh / Nikkei Asia: |
ByteDance confirms laying off hundreds of TikTok content moderators in Malaysia and plans to invest $2B in 2024 in trust and safety; sources: 700+ were laid off — KUALA LUMPUR — ByteDance, the parent company of social media platform TikTok, confirmed on Friday that it will be laying off hundreds …
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| Kylie Robison / The Verge: |
A look at the promise of AI agents as a way for companies to monetize AI models; PitchBook: AI agent startups raised $8.2B over the past 12 months, up 81.4% YoY — Humans have automated tasks for centuries. Now, AI companies see a path to profit in harnessing our love of efficiency, and they've got a name for their solution: agents.
More: diginomica. Threads: @kylie.robison. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. X: @spirosmargaris. LinkedIn: Ben Waber. Forums: r/technology
| Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: |
Filing: in OpenAI's $6.6B round, Khosla Ventures invested $405M, the majority of which was pooled from other investors through a special purpose vehicle — Khosla Ventures has raised $405 million for OpenAI, according to a regulatory filing. — Based on the filing alone … | Iris Deng / South China Morning Post: |
Apple opens an applied research laboratory in Shenzhen; Chinese state media says it will employ 1,000+ and become Apple's “most extensive” lab outside the US — The new facility in the Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong tech cooperation zone is one of several Apple research centres in China
More: 9to5Mac, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog, PhoneArena, AppleInsider, Patently Apple, and MacDailyNews
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