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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.| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
TikTok rolls out support for text posts, available via the app's Camera page and letting users add sounds, locations, stickers, and more — As Twitter shoots itself in the foot with a rebrand this morning, TikTok has announced that it's rolling out support for text posts.| 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| Justin Hendrix / Tech Policy Press: |
Q&A with Justine Bateman, a member of the DGA, the WGA, and SAG-AFTRA, on how AI may change the industry, the importance of the timing of the strike, and more — Audio of this conversation is available via your favorite podcast service. — Artificial intelligence will likely impact every type of job.| Kim Zetter / Wired: |
Researchers find flaws, likely backdoors, in encryption algorithms from the TETRA standard used in radios commonly deployed by police and military orgs globally — A secret encryption cipher baked into radio systems used by critical infrastructure workers, police, and others around the world is finally seeing sunlight.| 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.| 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.| Nathan Edwards / The Verge: |
Flipper releases an app store for its dolphin-themed digital multitool Flipper Zero, used to interact with wireless devices, helping users more easily find apps — The marketplace is built into the latest version of Flipper's official app, which is out today. — Quick recap: the Flipper Zero is cool as hell.| Blake Brittain / Reuters: |
A US court jury says Google violated a software developer's patent rights related to streaming tech used in Chromecast devices and must pay $338.7M in damages — Alphabet's Google (GOOGL.O) violated a software developer's patent rights with its remote-streaming technology and must pay $338.7 million …
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