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Meta unveils the $500 Quest 3, “the first mainstream headset with high-res color MR”, slimmer and over 2x the GPU performance vs. the Quest 2, coming this fall — Meta Quest 3 Launches Later This Year + Lower Prices & Improvements for Quest 2 The countdown is on for …
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LinkedIn:
Pauliina Tornqvist, Ankita Chaturvedi, Patrick Bocchicchio, and Rangaprabhu Parthasarathy. Bluesky:
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
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| Daryna Antoniuk / The Record: |
The FSB claims Apple helped the NSA hack Russian diplomats' iPhones; Kaspersky: unknown malware leveraged zero-click exploits on iPhones running up to iOS 15.7 — Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) is accusing U.S. intelligence of hacking “thousands of Apple phones” to spy on Russian diplomats.
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| Reuters: |
Apple denies the FSB's NSA cooperation claim, saying the company “never worked with any government to insert a backdoor into any Apple product and never will” — Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is denying claims made by Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) that it cooperated with American spies to surveil Russian iPhone users.
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| AnnaMaria Andriotis / Wall Street Journal: |
Some Apple Savings Account users have had trouble transferring money out of their accounts; Goldman representatives have given differing responses on what to do — Some customers said it has taken weeks to withdraw their money, and that the bank's instructions have differed
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AppleInsider, The Information, PYMNTS.com, Wccftech, New York Post, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, MacDailyNews, and Cult of Mac
| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
Survey: 53% of Android device owners switched to iOS due to prior phone problems and 26% for new iPhone features; only 6% moved because of iMessage and FaceTime — Following its report that showed Android users pivoting to iPhone at a 5-year high, CIRP is out today with a study that reveals why people are making the switch.| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Motorola launches two new Razr phones, including the $999 Razr Plus with a 3.6" outer display, a 6.9" inner 165Hz 1080p panel, and a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset — Moto is adding two new foldables, led by the Razr Plus. Its 3.6-inch cover screen makes it more than just a nostalgic tribute to your favorite 2000s flip phone.
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Motorola News, PCMag, Insider, 9to5Google, XDA Developers, ExtremeTech, Android Authority, ZDNet, Marques Brownlee on YouTube, PhoneArena, Android Central, MobileSyrup, Digital Trends, and GSMArena.com
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@sondesix, @captain2phones, @maxwinebach, @nexusben, @moto, and @basil_knows
| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
After Microsoft acquired ZeniMax for $7.5B in 2020, sources detail development issues for Redfall, one of 2023's worst-reviewed games and Xbox's latest misfire — Over the years, Microsoft Corp.-owned video-game developer Arkane Studios has cultivated a reputation for releasing games …
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Mastodon:
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@jasonschreier, @jasonschreier, @jasonschreier, @peterovo5, and @deeketweak
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Instagram details how the app ranks Feed content, Stories, Reels, and more, and tests more user controls, including an Interested button for recommended posts — Instagram announced today that it's testing a new feature that gives users more control over what they see on the social network …
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Instagram, ZDNet, Mashable, Search Engine Land, Gizmodo, Livemint, PetaPixel, The Verge, PhoneArena, gHacks Technology News, Social Media Today, Engadget, BGR, and Search Engine Journal
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| EJ Dickson / Rolling Stone: |
A look at the grotesque world of AI true-crime-victim TikTok, where AI deepfakes, based on images of children who were abused, describe their own ghastly demise — TikTok accounts are posting horrifying artificial intelligence-generated clips of murder victims — mostly children — describing their own ghastly demise| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
WordPress.com launches paid subscriptions and premium content in free newsletters, available to all WordPress.com blogs, including those on the free plan — WordPress.com is taking on Substack and others with today's news that its Newsletter product will now support paid subscriptions and premium content.| Caroline O'Donovan / Washington Post: |
Hundreds of white-collar Amazon staff in Seattle walk off the job, frustrated by job losses, a return-to-office mandate, rising carbon emissions, and leadership — Frustrated by job losses, office policies and rising carbon emissions, white-collar Amazon workers are demanding more from leadership
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@jackiekentnews, @choeshow, @martinsfp, @alexpsbj, and @kslosh
| Bloomberg: |
Tether's USDT circulation surpasses its $83.2B all-time-high, recovering the ~$20B lost after TerraUSD's 2022 collapse, even as crypto trading volume stays low — Tether Holdings Ltd.'s stablecoin has recovered all of the roughly $20 billion in market value it lost following the collapse …
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Tether, Bitcoinist.com, DL News, crypto.news, Bitcoin News, CryptoSlate, Coinspeaker, ZyCrypto, CryptoPotato, and Coinpedia Fintech News
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@cz_binance, @paoloardoino, and @nic__carter
| Isaac Schorr / Mediaite: |
The Daily Wire claims that Twitter canceled a deal to premiere What Is a Woman and threatened to “throttle” the documentary over two instances of “misgendering” — Daily Wire CEO Jeremy Boreing tore into Elon Musk and Twitter for allegedly threatening …
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Variety and Reclaim The Net
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| Kate Clark / The Information: |
Sources: NYC-based Runway, which uses AI to let customers generate videos from text descriptions, raised ~$100M from Google and others at a ~$1.5B valuation — Google is investing in Runway, a New York-based startup that lets customers generate video from text descriptions using artificial intelligence …
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@omkar_raii, @amir, and @theinformation
| Hayden Field / CNBC: |
OpenAI researchers say training AI using process supervision, which rewards each step of reasoning rather than the outcome, could help prevent hallucinations — - AI hallucinations occur when models like OpenAI's ChatGPT or Google's Bard fabricate information entirely.
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LinkedIn:
Adam Goldberg. Tweets:
@openai, @janleike, @hnadim87, @dejanseo, @mchammer, @gdb, @borismpower, @sama, @alexandrosm, @spolu, @sarbjeetjohal, @keerthanpg, @0xfoobar, @nyxtelius, @infoxiao, @haydenfield, and @glenngabe
| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
BeReal plans to add a chat feature, starting with a test in Ireland; users will be able to message one-on-one, send a private BeReal, and react with RealMoji — BeReal is working on a chat feature, which will begin with a test among users in Ireland. — At launch, users will be able …
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BGR, PhoneArena, Engadget, WeRSM, and SlashGear
| Jeremy C. Owens / MarketWatch: |
Dell Q1: revenue down 20% YoY to $20.92B, vs. $20.12B est., Client Solutions revenue down 23% YoY to $11.98B, vs. $11.41B est., net income down 46% YoY to $578M — PC manufacturer releases quarterly results earlier than expected, stock gains after brief halt
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Investor's Business Daily, Reuters, Dell, and Constellation Research
| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
Binance plans to delist 12 privacy coins, including Zcash and Monero, in France, Italy, Poland, and Spain on June 26, citing its “ongoing compliance processes” — - Binance is delisting privacy coins in France, Italy, Poland and Spain. — The measure comes into effect …
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Cryptonews and ZyCrypto
| Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk: |
DeFi lending protocol MakerDAO's community votes to ditch $500M of the Paxos Dollar stablecoin from its reserves, impacting roughly half of the token's supply — The result is a significant blow for Paxos as MakerDAO currently holds roughly half of USDP's total supply.
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| Doyinsola Oladipo / Reuters: |
Airbnb sues New York City over a new law the company calls a “de facto ban against short-term rentals”; the city plans to begin enforcing the law in July 2023 — Airbnb Inc (ABNB.O) on Thursday filed a lawsuit against New York City over a new law it called a “de facto ban” …
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| Bloomberg: |
Amazon agrees to pay $5.8M to settle FTC allegations that Ring gave employees and third-party contractors full access to every customer video until 2017 — Amazon.com Inc. agreed to pay $30.8 million to resolve two cases brought by the Federal Trade Commission Wednesday related to privacy lapses by its smart devices.
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LinkedIn:
Danielle Duclos. Tweets:
@ftc, @ftc, @tonyajoriley, @amlwhere, @ericgarland, and @ashleygjovik
| Natasha Singer / New York Times: |
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Federal Trade Commission, Bloomberg, ZDNet, U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington, About Amazon, New York Post, DataBreachToday.com, Fortune, CNBC, Metacurity, PCMag, Techaeris, NPR, MIT Technology Review, WRAL TechWire, Newser, CNN, Infosecurity, Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, BleepingComputer, TechHive, BBC, The Hill, and Gizmodo
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@ftc, @bedoyaftc, @frankpallone, @senmarkey, @linakhanftc, @linakhanftc, @leah_nylen, @swiftstories, @linakhanftc, @rachelmetz, and @digiphile
| Reuters: |
Sources: a planned $3B semiconductor facility in India by ISMC, a consortium that includes chipmaker Tower, has stalled due to Intel's ongoing Tower acquisition — A planned $3 billion semiconductor facility in India by chip consortium ISMC that counted Israeli chipmaker Tower as a tech partner … Sponsor Posts
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