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Docs: if Elon Musk buys Twitter, he plans to cut nearly 75% of staff; otherwise, Twitter aims to cut payroll by ~$800M by the end of 2023, ousting ~25% of staff — Previously unreported details shed new light on Twitter's motivations for selling the company — and Elon Musk's plans to transform it| Bloomberg: |
Sources: the Biden administration is considering subjecting some of Elon Musk's ventures, including the Twitter deal and Starlink, to national security reviews — Biden administration officials are discussing whether the US should subject some of Elon Musk's ventures to national security reviews …
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| Emily Baker-White / Forbes: |
Documents: a China-based ByteDance audit and risk control team planned to collect TikTok location data of specific US citizens never employed by the company — The project, assigned to a Beijing-led team, would have involved accessing location data from some U.S. users' devices without their knowledge or consent.
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Mailchimp CEO Ben Chestnut stepped down in August 2022 after sending an email saying that staff announcing their pronouns in meetings “does more harm than good” — Ben Chestnut stepped down in August after arguing that asking for pronouns at the start of meetings “does more harm than good”
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
YouTube announces YouTube Premium's first major price hike, increasing the family plan from $17.99/month to $22.99/month, or $29.99/month in the App Store — YouTube Premium is getting its first major price hike as the service will now charge $22.99 per month for its family plan.
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| Thomas Germain / Gizmodo: |
Google now lets users disable targeted ads without breaking useful features by having to turn off settings like Web & App Activity and YouTube History — In a major fix, Google's own privacy settings will no longer disable crucial features of its apps. — Alerts
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| Kyle Alspach / Protocol: |
Microsoft confirms some customer data was exposed due to a server configuration error but says SOCRadar exaggerated by claiming 65K+ companies were affected — Microsoft said Wednesday that an unspecified amount of customer data, including contact info and email content …
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Sources: OpenAI is in advanced talks to raise more funding from Microsoft, after a 2021 raise at an implied ~$20B valuation from Sequoia, Tiger, a16z, others — OpenAI, whose text- and image-generating artificial intelligence has become a mainstream hit, is in advanced talks to raise …
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Google says that over 250M monthly active devices now run Android Go edition, which is designed for phones with limited storage and memory — Google has announced that over a quarter of a billion devices that people use each month are running Android Go edition, which is designed for phones with limited storage and memory.
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DeFi proponents criticize Sam Bankman-Fried for a regulatory proposal suggesting websites facilitating trading on decentralized exchanges should be regulated — - Various individuals in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry are lambasting Sam Bankman-Fried after the FTX CEO shared …
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| Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: |
Texas' AG sues Google for allegedly using Photos, Assistant, and Nest features to collect facial- and voice-recognition data without seeking users' full consent — State alleges tech giant didn't obtain user consent for biometric-data use — The Texas attorney general sued Alphabet Inc …
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Sources: the US is exploring the possibility of new export controls that would limit China's access to quantum computing technology and AI software — The Biden administration is exploring the possibility of new export controls that would limit China's access to some of the most powerful … | Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
Snap reports Q3 revenue up 6% YoY to $1.13B, vs. $ 1.14B est., DAUs up 19% YoY to 363M, vs. 358.2M est., a $360M net loss, up from $72M YoY; stock is down 25%+ — - Snap beat analysts' expectations on earnings per share but missed on revenue. — The company's board authorized a stock repurchase program of up to $500 million.
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