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Sources: Twitter was working to monetize its adult content with OnlyFans-style subscriptions until a “red team” noted the prevalence of CSAM on the platform — Internal documents and Twitter employees reveal the need for massive investment to remove illegal content — but executives haven't listened
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Twitter releases its Circle feature out of beta on iOS, Android, and the web, letting users tweet to smaller, selected groups of up to 150 people — Twitter is launching its Circle feature — which lets you post a tweet to a select set of people — globally.
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Sony plans to acquire Savage Game Studios and creates a new PlayStation Studios Mobile Division, operating independently from console game development — Sony is acquiring mobile game developer Savage Game Studios, the company announced on Monday. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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Sources: Philadelphia-based delivery startup Gopuff seeks to borrow up to $300M after burning ~$400M in Q1 2022; Gopuff raised $2B+ at a $15B valuation in 2021 — Instant-delivery startup is negotiating a credit line of up to $300 million after delayed IPO| Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: |
Elon Musk's lawyers have subpoenaed Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko to appear on September 9 for a deposition; Zatko's lawyers say he will comply — Musk's lawyers also requested documentation about his complaint to federal regulators about the company's security holes
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Google says it has not yet approved Truth Social's Play Store app due to insufficient content moderation; CEO Devin Nunes said the decision “is up to Google” — Google hasn't yet approved Truth Social's Android app for distribution via its Play Store because of insufficient content moderation …
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| Shannon Grixti / Press Start: |
Sony updates the PS5 in Australia ahead of a broader rollout, reducing the disc model's weight by 300g and digital model's by 200g compared to the 2021 versions — Earlier today it was revealed by Japanese retailers that a brand new PS5 model dubbed the CFI-1200 model was releasing on September 15th …
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| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
TSMC CEO C. C. Wei says an endemic shortage of low-end chips costing $0.50 to $10 is holding up production in key segments of the global supply chain — An endemic shortage of chips costing anywhere from 50 cents to $10 is slowing down swathes of the $600 billion semiconductor industry …
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| Jordan Middler / Video Games Chronicle: |
Meta plans to shutter the Facebook Gaming app on iOS and Android on October 28, 2022, transferring games, content, and groups to the main Facebook app — MUCH OF THE FUNCTIONALITY WILL BE MIGRATED TO THE MAIN FACEBOOK APP — Facebook will end support for its Facebook Gaming app in October, it's announced.
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| Tatum Hunter / Washington Post: |
Mental health content creators on TikTok and Instagram are increasingly filling a health care gap, which critics fear could lead to harmful self-diagnoses — Issey Moloney signed up for therapy through Britain's National Health Service when she was just 12 years old. She was on a waiting list for four years.
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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Sources: Snap is planning to lay off ~20% of its 6,400+ employees; the layoffs are set to begin on Wednesday — Snap's stock price has declined nearly 80 percent this year — Snap is planning to lay off approximately 20 percent of its more than 6,400 employees, according to people familiar with the matter.| Tom Krazit / Protocol: |
Cloudflare is facing growing protests for providing services to Kiwi Farms, a forum with a long history of harassment; Cloudflare remains silent on the matter — Hello, and welcome to Protocol Enterprise! Today: why Cloudflare finds itself yet again under fire for doing business with communities of hate …
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| Natasha Singer / New York Times: |
California's State Senate passes an online safety bill requiring services to increase protections for users under 18; Governor Newsom must approve the bill — The new rules, which would require many online services to increase protections for children, could change how popular social media and game platforms treat minors.
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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Android 13 review: a small update, but 2022's second after March's tablet-focused 12L update, finally brings a task manager, notification permissions, and more — Android 13 is a very small update, but it's also the second one this year. — The Android update treadmill continues with the release of Android 13.
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
YouTube Chief Business Officer Robert Kyncl plans to leave in early 2023 after 12+ years as a senior executive; Google veteran Mary Ellen Coe will replace him — Robert Kyncl will exit YouTube in early 2023 after more than 12 years as a senior exec at video giant.| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
A researcher says a Chinese database of up to 800M records was exposed for months, storing names, resident ID numbers, images of faces, license plates, and more — Another mass data lapse exposes new weaknesses in China's sprawling surveillance state — A massive Chinese database storing millions …
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| Emily Anthes / New York Times: |
Scientists are using ML to decode communication between fruit bats, crows, naked mole rats, and whales, even planning “chatbots” to talk with the marine animals — Scientists are using machine learning to eavesdrop on naked mole rats, fruit bats, crows and whales — and to communicate back.
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