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Twitter threatens to sue Meta over Threads, saying Meta “engaged in systematic, willful, and unlawful misappropriation of Twitter's trade secrets” and other IP — Twitter is threatening legal action against Meta over its new text-based “Twitter killer” platform …
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Twitter: @elonmusk, @joshconstine, @mattturck, @benjysarlin, @maxwelltani, @wideofthepost, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @benedictevans, @enriquebrgn, @davidgura, @blader, @walthickey, @digiphile, @producthunt, @carlbeijer, @karaswisher, @rmac18, @oalexanderdk, @mdudas, @benedictevans, @jyarow, @charles_gaba, @internethippo, @frances_coppola, @dimensionmedia, @minimaxir, @kimdotcom, @stokel, @allanbell247, @daveweigel, @drericding, @mdudas, @tomwarren, @alexeheath, @mannyfidel, @tweetsbyparker, @zoeschiffer, @edzitron, @jeffjarvis, @edzitron, @goldman, @dominiccampbell, @scottnover, @daveleebbg, @rmac18, @karlitaliliana, @mikeisaac, and @yevp
Threads: @andymstone, @semafor, @semafor, @daveleebbg, @alecstapp, and @oliverdarcy
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Meta's Supplemental Privacy Policy for Threads says that “your Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting your Instagram account”, surprising some users — Threads, Meta's Twitter rival, is drawing users at an astounding pace, amassing 10 million signups in just seven hours …
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Threads: @mosseri, @benedictevans, @monkbent, @gracetutty, and @travelwithnishit
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| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Mark Zuckerberg says Threads now has over 30M signups, up from 10M within seven hours of launch, 5M in four hours, and 2M in two hours — Update July 6, 8AM PT: Zuckerberg noted that Threads crossed the milestone of 30 million sign-ups the morning after its launch.
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Threads: @zuck, @alexheath, @nikitabier, @alexisohanian, @zuck, @semafor, @buccocapital, @tb_99999, @mancity, @tb_99999, and @conno_r
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| Eugen Rochko / Mastodon Blog: |
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| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
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| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
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| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
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Threads: @mkbhd, @mosseri, @mosseri, @marvel, @zuck, @zacefron, @pompglobal, @om, @jasonrashaad, @om, @sterling7, @earthpix, @carnage4life, @wesleylowery, @jessechuku, @mosseri, @aliterative, @rollingstone, @katienotopoulos, @ellendegeneres, @krisjenner, @mrbeast, @ksi, @carnage4life, @hotones, @mrshangkong, @meganq, @wrightyofficial, @carnage4life, @buccocapital, @dens, @fakiebigfoot, @minhsmind, @airapparentmusic, @steven, @jlo, @krys, @0xjessel, @grantcardone, @thedeanlife, @meals_by_cug, @shakira, @channel4, @ayocaesar, @addisonraee, @mercedesamgf1, @lexfridman, @zuck, @sokane1, @epicfunnypage, @coreytutt, @hautelemode, @realadamrose, @karenxcheng, @kareem, @adamw, @bravobybetches, @michellekhare, @gallucks, @lilyallen, and @freddiemade
| New York Times: |
How Tom Brady's crypto ambitions, like being an FTX “ambassador”, collided with reality, part of the humiliating reckoning facing crypto embracing celebrities — The superstar quarterback is among the celebrities dealing with the fallout from the crypto crash. Others, like Taylor Swift, escaped.
More: CNBC, New York Post, CoinDesk, NBC News, Coinpedia Fintech News, Bitcoinist.com, and Bloomberg
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Forums: r/TaylorSwift, r/TaylorSwift, and r/CryptoCurrency
| Nathan Crooks / The Block: |
Report: Binance GC Han Ng, Chief Strategy Officer Patrick Hillmann, and compliance SVP Steven Christie are leaving Binance over CZ's response to the DOJ's probe — - Top executives at Binance resigned this week over CEO Changpeng Zhao's handling of regulatory investigations into the company, Fortune reported, citing sources.
Source: Fortune. More: The Information, Bloomberg, CoinDesk, CryptoPotato, Cointelegraph, CryptoSlate, Ethereum World News, and Bitcoinist.com
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| New York Times: |
Sources: the FBI searched Kraken co-founder Jesse Powell's home in March 2023, as part of US prosecutors' probe into claims he hacked a nonprofit he founded — Federal agents were investigating Jesse Powell, the founder of the crypto exchange Kraken, over claims that he hacked and cyber-stalked a nonprofit arts group.
More: Unchained Crypto, CoinDesk, The Block, Cointelegraph, and The Hill
Bluesky: @dmnd.me and @caseynewton.bsky.social
Twitter: @tier10k, @fistofkhonshu69, @0xg00gly, @simondixontwitt, @napgener, @rmac18, and @mikeburgersburg. Forums: r/CryptoCurrency
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI releases its GPT-4 API in general availability, giving all paying developers access and planning to give new developers access by the end of July 2023 — OpenAI today announced the general availability of GPT-4, its latest text-generating model, through its paid API.
More: OpenAI, SiliconANGLE, and Neowin
Twitter: @kenn, @openai, @openai, and @officiallogank
Forums: r/singularity, r/ChatGPT, r/ChatGPTPro, and Slashdot
| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
A look at London-based VC firm Balderton's well-being program that helps startup founders manage nutrition, sleep, and mental health to mitigate burnout risk — VC firm Balderton will launch wellness packages as stress takes toll on entrepreneurs — When Etsy paid $1.6bn to buy Depop in 2021 …
LinkedIn: Geoff Yang, Duncan Grierson, Scott Robinson, Daniel Waterhouse, Stephan Uhrenbacher, and Matt Cooper
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
DigitalOcean plans to acquire NYC-based Paperspace, which offers cloud computing for AI models, for $111M in cash; Paperspace had raised $35M from YC and others — DigitalOcean, the cloud hosting business, today announced that it's agreed to acquire Paperspace, a New York-based cloud computing …
More: DigitalOcean, Benzinga, Bloomberg Law, Paperspace Blog, and Seeking Alpha
Twitter: @ycombinator and @alexisohanian
Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
| Kara Carlson / Austin American-Statesman: |
Volkswagen plans to start its first US tests of autonomous driving in Austin, beginning with a small fleet of ID. Buzz EVs equipped with VW and Mobileye tech — Even more driverless vehicles will be tooling around Austin, as Volkswagen joins the ranks of companies that have tested their autonomous vehicle technology in Austin.
More: The Hill, Reuters, CNBC, Austin Business Journal, Automotive News, KXAN-TV, autoblog.com, Electrek, Jalopnik, MotorTrend, TechCrunch, Digital Trends, Ars Technica, and The Verge. Twitter: @sawyermerritt
| Wayne Ma / The Information: |
Sources: Google delays releasing its first fully custom Pixel chip by at least a year; instead of codename Redondo's 2024 debut, codename Laguna is set for 2025 — Google has big ambitions to develop its own chips for its Pixel phones. So far, however, things haven't gone according to plan.
More: 9to5Google, The Verge, SiliconANGLE, Reuters, BigTechWire, MobileSyrup, PhoneArena, Neowin, Techlusive, and Wccftech
| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
The European Commission opens a full-scale investigation into Amazon's $1.7B iRobot acquisition, setting a November 15, 2023 deadline to clear or block the deal — Amazon's (AMZN.O) $1.7 billion acquisition of robot vacuum cleaner maker iRobot (IRBT.O) may reduce competition …
More: European Commission, PYMNTS.com, SiliconANGLE, The Verge, and Thurrott
| Emily M. Bender: |
Framing AI debates as a schism between people worried about rogue AI and those illuminating harms is ahistorical and obscures research, journalism, and activism — In two recent conversations with very thoughtful journalists, I was asked about the apparent ‘schism’ between those making a lot …
More: The Register. Twitter: @emilymbender, @abebab, @tamigraph, @kevinmarks, @mmitchell_ai, and @cher0x801
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
TikTok launches its subscription-only standalone music streaming service TikTok Music in Indonesia and Brazil, featuring UMG's, WMG's, and Sony Music's catalogs — TikTok has already dominated the short-video and social media market, and is now looking to take on Spotify and Apple Music with its latest offering.
More: Music Ally, Music Business Worldwide, Billboard, Forbes, and Variety
| Dell Cameron / Wired: |
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