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Twitter rolls out its updated “interim” X logo, replacing the iconic bird, following Elon Musk's weekend announcement; X.com now redirects to twitter.com — Twitter has removed the iconic bird logo and adopted ‘X’ as its official logo. This move comes after Elon Musk announced the change over the weekend.| Financial Times: |
The Worldcoin Foundation rolls out its Worldcoin token, received after using an eye-scanning “orb”, in 35 cities; Worldcoin plans to retain 20% of its tokens — Start-up co-founded by OpenAI chief faces regulatory pushback in US — Sam Altman's cryptocurrency project … | Vitalik Buterin: |
A look at Worldcoin's plans, “proof of personhood”, or creating a list of public keys, and its importance, social-graph and biometric, privacy issues, and more — Special thanks to the Worldcoin team, the Proof of Humanity community and Andrew Miller for discussion.| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Spotify confirms raising US Premium to $10.99/month, up from $9.99, the first increase since its US launch in 2011; Duo rises by $2, Family and Student by $1 — After 12 years, the price of Spotify Premium is increasing in the US. The subscription will now cost $10.99 a month, the company announced today.| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
As developers can bring iPadOS and iOS apps to Vision Pro, where apps will likely be pricier, its App Store may fare better than those on tvOS and watchOS — Third-party apps will be crucial to the success of the Vision Pro, but the pricey and niche nature of the device means that developers may not quickly flock to it.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple asks suppliers to produce about 85M iPhone 15 units in 2023, only slightly below 2021 and 2022's 90M target, and considers raising 15 Pro prices — - Apple targets 85 million units, roughly in line with last year — Its fortunes affects thousands of firms, millions of workers| Laura Kayali / Politico: |
How France built a surveillance apparatus over two centuries that digital rights groups and UN experts are critiquing, ahead of the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics — PARIS — Liberté. Egalité. But mostly: sécurité. — It all started with Napoléon Bonaparte.| Brian Merchant / Los Angeles Times: |
Studio executives embraced Silicon Valley's magical thinking of hypergrowth and disruption for the past 10 years, only to slash worker pay as the boom times end — In one respect, the actors and writers of Hollywood uniting on the picket lines in a historic, industry-shaking strike is a tale as old as time … | Washington Post: |
The previous big strikes reshaped Hollywood and fueled reality TV's rise; the current ones will likely turn established actors into TikTok stars and vice versa — The last big strikes reshaped the movie business and fueled the rise of reality TV. The latest walkout likely … | Kai Ye / Wired: |
A profile of Moxie Marlinspike and Signal, from copying WhatsApp's UX to pioneering E2EE, and its aim to reach “everyone on the planet” while upholding privacy — The privacy-focused messaging app arose from a fringe culture that emphasized individual autonomy and skepticism of authority.| Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: |
IBM Security survey of 533 global organizations in the year to March 2023: average data breach costs rose 15% YoY to $4.45M and only ~33% were detected in-house — A new report from IBM Security today finds that the relentless rise in data breach costs continues unabated in 2023 … | Ben Eisen / Wall Street Journal: |
Small-time US entrepreneurs are amassing vehicles to rent out through services such as Turo and Getaround or their own websites to take on Hertz and Avis Budget — Entrepreneurs rent out fleets of cars through services including Turo and Getaround or build their own websites
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