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October 14, 2022, 3:00 AM

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Charles Pulliam-Moore / The Verge:

Netflix says Basic with Ads will cost $6.99/month in the US and debut on November 3 in 12 countries, offering most titles, at up to 720p, and without downloads — Starting in November, Netflix will finally roll out its new ad-supported tier for just a few bucks a month …

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Luke Plunkett / Kotaku:

Meta says the segment at Connect 2022 announcing the addition of legs to Horizon World avatars in 2023 “featured animations created from motion capture” — A subsequent statement from Meta says ‘the segment featured animations created from motion capture’

More: Mashable, Pixel Envy, and The Verge

Tweets: @hmltn, @triqona, @sadlyitsbradley, @katy_mayy, @crimsonzen, @rmac18, @mat, @rmac18, @rmac18, @alexmorse, @hrafntho, @hmltn, @hrafntho, @alexeheath, @banditelli, @dhruvgovil, @growlithography, @fbihop, @enichan, @bridgetcarey, @martyswant, @parismarx, and @anildash

Stratechery:

Q&A with Zuckerberg about selling the Quest 3 at a break-even or a loss, from $300-$500, to grow the ecosystem, missing the shift to TikTok-like feeds, and more — This interview was conducted yesterday morning as Meta was broadcasting its pre-recorded Connect keynote.

More: 9to5Mac, Agence France-Presse, UploadVR, Insider, iThinkDifferent, CNBC, 500ish, PingWest, Forbes, RCR Wireless News, IoT World Today, WinBuzzer, and PYMNTS.com

Tweets: @timsweeneyepic, @jasoncross00, @jordannovet, @timsweeneyepic, and @timsweeneyepic

Kyle Orland / Ars Technica:

Meta adviser and ex-Oculus CTO John Carmack expresses heavy skepticism at pushing for avatar fidelity, focusing on the Quest Pro to drive VR adoption, and more

More: UploadVR, Forrester, Digital Trends, IoT World Today, and LarrysWorld.com

Tweets: @seldo, @slhamlet, @jonfortt, @walldo, @benjedwards, @deantak, @ballmatthew, @arstechnica, @anildash, @kevinroose, @antonhand, @kevinroose, @antonhand, @benjedwards, @kyleorl, and @kyleorl

Adi Robertson / The Verge:

Mark Zuckerberg touting an “open, interoperable metaverse” is at odds with Meta using corporate partnerships and case-by-case permissions to build its version

More: Wired, Insider, and Computerworld

Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:

Apple plans to offer Apple Card users a “high-yield” Goldman Sachs savings account in the coming months and automatically deposit their Daily Cash with no fees — Apple today announced that Apple Card users will be able to open a new “high-yield” savings account from Goldman Sachs …

Mitchell Clark / The Verge:

Twitter tests a feature letting users control whether others can mention them; if so, the user can pick if mentions can be from anyone or only those they follow — Twitter is working on a feature that lets you control who can mention you, with the test version discovered by app researcher …

More: Neowin, Phandroid, Engadget, XDA Developers, Social Media Today, and BGR

Tweets: @wongmjane, @sophianarwitz, @tweetsbymarkt, @ianjamesyoung70, and @martinsfp

Nelson Wang / CoinDesk:

Stablecoin issuer Tether claims to have reduced its commercial paper holdings to zero, replaced with US Treasury bills, after saying it would by the end of 2022 — The company has been gradually replacing its commercial paper holdings with U.S. Treasury bills.

Alex Marquardt / CNN:

Documents: SpaceX told the Pentagon it can't donate more Starlink terminals to Ukraine or keep funding the service there indefinitely, and asked for funding — Since they first started arriving in Ukraine last spring, the Starlink satellite internet terminals made by Elon Musk's SpaceX …

More: Financial Times. Tweets: @davidgriscom, @adamkinzinger, @kyleworton, @mattduss, and @koush

Tom Giles / Bloomberg:

July 2022 filing: Twitter said Elon Musk was under a US federal investigation into his acquisition bid and the company has been asking for the related documents — Billionaire Elon Musk is being investigated by federal authorities related to his attempted acquisition of Twitter Inc. …

More: Reuters, Reuters, Deadline, Potter Anderson Corroon LLP - Court of Chancery, Wccftech, Financial Times, and Toronto Star

Tweets: @chancery_daily, @chancery_daily, @chancery_daily, @martinsfp, @chancery_daily, and @renato_mariotti

New York Times:

Sources: Biden's crackdown on Chinese tech exports was driven by fears of China using supercomputers and AI to develop weapons and crack US encrypted messaging — U.S. officials pushed to choke off China's access to critical semiconductor technology after internal debates and tough negotiations with allies.

More: Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Wired, and Kevin Tellier Daily Notes

Tweets: @anaswanson, @noahbarkin, @chadbown, @ewong, @matthewstoller, @dalperovitch, @foreignpolicy, @dimi, and @jiyoungjsohn

David Klepper / Associated Press:

A survey of US adults on misinformation: 91% say its spread is a problem, 77% think it increases hate crimes, and 73% say it increases extreme political views — Americans from across the political spectrum say misinformation is increasing political extremism and hate crimes …

More: Pearson Institute/AP-NORC. Tweets: @alexmahadevan

Chris Baraniuk / BBC:

How cosmic rays can alter computers' memory, a phenomenon understood since at least the 1970s, and why it is hard to tie specific errors to ionizing radiation — The Earth is subjected to a hail of subatomic particles from the Sun and beyond our solar system which could be the cause of glitches that afflict our phones and computers.

Ashley Gold / Axios:

Meta files to dismiss the FTC's attempt to block its Within acquisition, arguing the agency's claims rely on “pure speculation of a hypothetical future state” — Meta filed to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission's attempt to block its acquisition of virtual reality fitness startup Within …

More: PYMNTS.com, Reuters, NetChoice, TechCrunch, Associated Press, Bloomberg, and The Hill

Tweets: @adamkovac and @netchoice

Makena Kelly / The Verge:

Source: nearly a month after Google launched a pilot to let political campaign emails avoid Gmail's spam folder, the RNC hasn't joined or applied to the program — With only weeks until Election Day, the Republican National Committee is escalating its war over Gmail's spam filters …

Tweets: @martinsfp, @mattortega, and @darth

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From Mediagazer

Reuters:

Sources: Nick Bilton hired TV production consultant Kelly Funke, to help manage his 60 Minutes transition, and a 24-year-old operations manager, Nick De Lucca

Ted Johnson / Deadline:

WSJ asks a judge to toss out Trump's revised defamation lawsuit over its Jeffrey Epstein letter story, saying it is a “re-package” of claims already dismissed

Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:

Fubo and NBCUniversal reach a deal ending a months-long blackout, with NBCU's Spanish-language networks available Wednesday, English-language networks later

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Bloomberg:

Turkey passes a “disinformation” law ahead of its 2023 elections, mandating one to three years in jail for sharing online content deemed as “false information”

More: The Leadership Conference …

Orion Donovan-Smith / Spokesman.com:

The US Department of Veterans Affairs delays its new electronic health record system, developed by Oracle Cerner under a $10B contract, until at least June 2023

More: Nextgov, Federal Computer Week, and FedScoop

Ron Miller / TechCrunch:

DataGrail, which helps companies navigate privacy regulations, raised a $45M Series C led by Third Point Ventures, and debuts an automated risk monitoring tool

Wall Street Journal:

Sources: Crypto broker NYDIG, which raised $1B at a $7B+ valuation in December 2021, laid off ~110 people, about a third of its workforce, in September 2022

More: CoinDesk, The Block, and Reuters. Tweets: @mdudas

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch:

NYC-based NorthOne, which offers digital banking services for small business owners, raised a $67M Series B, bringing its total funding to $90.3M

More: GlobeNewswire News Room, PYMNTS.com, BetaKit, SiliconANGLE, and AlleyWatch

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:

Sources: the EU could file antitrust charges against Google over its ad business in early 2023, putting the company at risk of its fourth €1B+ fine

Jay Peters / The Verge:

A look at Google's Project Starline 3D video chat booths, as Google plans to install them for some enterprise partners, such as Salesforce, WeWork, and T-Mobile

More: Ars Technica, Pocket-lint, CNET, TechCrunch, and Engadget

Tweets: @jaypeters, @mcwm, @tomemrich, and @reckless

Washington Post:

A look at efforts by Google, Signal, Tor, and others to help Iranian protestors evade censorship; the White House prodded tech companies and relaxed sanctions

Tweets: @alirezanader, @maasalan, @jaredcohen, @josephmenn, @alirezanader, @drewharwell, and @jasonmbrodsky

Earlier Picks

Subrat Patnaik / Bloomberg:

Pinterest's stock is up 34% from a two-year low in mid-June 2022, beating Meta, down 22% in the period, and Snap, down 12%, thanks to search-driven advertising

Tweets: @subrat_patnaik

Jeff John Roberts / Fortune:

DeFi startup Uniswap Labs, which runs a decentralized crypto exchange, raised a $165M Series B led by Polychain Capital, and plans to build an NFT aggregator

More: Uniswap Protocol, TheBitTimes.Com's Newsletter, CoinJournal, Decrypt, Crypto Daily, Blockworks, Bitcoinist.com, Crunchbase News, The Block, SiliconANGLE, Bloomberg, and Cointelegraph

Tweets: @uniswap, @haydenzadams, @jacqmelinek, @josephdelong, @markjeffrey, @cdixon, @andy8052, and @wublockchain. Thanks:@jeffjohnroberts

Dan Seifert / The Verge:

After incremental smartphone updates, Apple's Watch Ultra, Google's Pixel Watch, and Samsung's Watch 5 Pro reinvigorate a wearables sector that was stagnating

More: Tom's Guide. Tweets: @dcseifert and @gartenberg

Coco Feng / South China Morning Post:

China's central bank: e-CNY transactions totaled ~$14B from December 2019 to August 2022 in 23 cities, up 14% from ~$12.2B in 2021, signaling slowing adoption

Spencer Soper / Bloomberg:

Numerator: Amazon's second Prime Day, in August 2022, had a $46.44 average US order size, down 23% from July 2022's Prime Day, favoring household essentials

More: Associated Press. Tweets: @_katya_long, @paul__armstrong, and @newsynick

Axios:

Sources: the FCC plans to ban selling new Huawei and ZTE telecommunications devices in the US over national security concerns; the order needs to be voted on

More: Reuters, New York Times, SiliconANGLE, Huawei Central, Ars Technica, DCD, SlashGear, Location Business News, and The Register

Tweets: @jimhansondc, @wcathcart, @wcathcart, @wcathcart, @bethanyallenebr, @tommy_bennett, and @jonathanvswan

Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg:

Internal Pentagon docs: 80%+ of US soldiers using Microsoft HoloLens experienced “mission-affecting physical impairments”, like headaches, eyestrain, and nausea

More: Ars Technica, Gizmodo, Defense One, The Register, SlashGear, SiliconANGLE, and OnMSFT.com. Tweets: @acapaccio

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft rebrands Office to Microsoft 365 after 30+ years; Office.com will get a new logo and design in November, followed by the Office apps in January 2023

More: Ars Technica, gHacks Technology News, MacRumors, Techdirt, Tech.co, BleepingComputer, CIO Dive, Gizmodo, SiliconANGLE, Appleosophy, Liliputing, Tech Advisor, and TechSpot

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