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As X fails to moderate Israel-Hamas misinformation, Meta has an opportunity to make real-time news a pillar of Threads and give the app an existential purpose — Three months into its existence, the app's purpose may be coming into focus — if Meta will embrace it
More: Wired, The Verge, The Guardian, TechCrunch, Rolling Stone, CNN, The Information, CNBC, Bloomberg, Morning Brew, Telegraph, Variety, Politico, and Forbes
Threads: @alex.stamos, @andykaczynski, @mattbinder, @jaketapper, @freedom_official_p, @buccocapital, @jason_whitman, @carnage4life, @mattbinder, @carnage4life, @timothyjchambers, @drewharwell, @therealhoarse, @oliverdarcy, @renee.diresta, @crumbler, @parkert, @exhaustedfemalefounder, @reporterzoe, @reporterzoe, @alex.stamos, @davidfrenchjag, @technicallymims, @mollyjongfast, @azdataguru, @renee.diresta, @robertgarcialb, @malcontentmenttango, @ianbremmer, and @matthewfacciani
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to, @Newmy@writing.exchange, and @mimsical@mastodon.social
X: @shayan86, @shayan86, @shayan86, @shayan86, @ianbremmer, @anneapplebaum, @shayan86, @shayan86, @edzitron, @onthemedia, @shayan86, @jakemgrumbach, @daveyalba, @shayan86, @daveyalba, @shayan86, @nxthompson, @benedictevans, @rakeshlobster, @shayan86, @oneunderscore__, @shayan86, @penamerica, @shayan86, @shayan86, @shayan86, @shayan86, and @shayan86
LinkedIn: Mark Little and Tomer Poran
Forums: r/technology, r/technology, and r/TheMajorityReport
| Erin Woo / The Information: |
Sources: X shut down a tool for identifying coordinated disinformation campaigns in recent months, as the company moved services off Google Cloud to cut costs — Elon Musk's X, in the months before conflict erupted in Gaza, ceased utilizing a software tool used to identify organized misinformation …
More: Insider and Silicon Republic
X: @safety, @erinkwoo, @taliaotg, @chrisharihar, and @oalexanderdk
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Unity CEO John Riccitiello resigns in the wake of the company's fee controversy; Unity names former Red Hat President and CEO James Whitehurst as interim CEO — John Riccitiello, CEO of Unity, has resigned from the company in the wake of a pricing controversy that left developers in open revolt.
More: Unity Technologies, Ars Technica, Game Developer, 9to5Mac, BBC, KNSD-TV, Bloomberg, TrueAchievements, TechPowerUp, The Register, Video Games Chronicle, San Francisco Business Journal, Game Rant, SiliconANGLE, Engadget, Push Square, Press Start, GamesIndustry.biz, PC Gamer, CNBC, Gamereactor UK, TweakTown, Wired, New York Times, Reuters, Windows Central, MobileSyrup, TechCrunch, IGN, Neowin, The Verge, MarketWatch, Stock Market News, The Messenger, Barron's Online, PC Games Insider, GamingBolt, Nintendo World Report Updates, Pocket Gamer.biz, and Blue's News
Threads: @carnage4life and @alexheath
X: @paultassi, @dmc_ryan, @migueldeicaza, @tomwarren, @kellen_browning, @josephjacks_, @kriswolfheart, @thegameawards, @ethangach, @economyapp, @amgsheena, @aakashg0, @stephentotilo, and @trentkusters. LinkedIn: Bryan Saftler
Forums: Hacker News, r/Unity3D, r/gamedev, r/gaming, r/technology, and Beehaw
| Wired: |
As the Israel-Hamas war escalates, a look at the role of hacktivism for both sides, supported by outside groups, including DDoSing Israeli government sites — Hacktivism is increasingly a feature of modern kinetic warfare. It's playing out with particular ferocity in the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
More: TechCrunch, MIT Technology Review, Security Affairs, NBC News, The White House, FinTech Global, Washington Post, Cybernews.com, New York Times, Hackread, Business Today, Bloomberg, ReliaQuest, SecurityWeek, and Reuters
Mastodon: @mattburgess@infosec.exchange. X: @jerusalem_post, @bushidotoken, @bushidotoken, @aejleslie, and @bushidotoken
Forums: r/InfoSecNews and r/2ndYomKippurWar
| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Sources: EU regulators send out questionnaires asking customers and competitors whether Apple's iMessage and Microsoft's Bing should be regulated under the DMA — EU antitrust regulators are asking Microsoft's (MSFT.O) users and rivals whether Bing should comply with new tough tech rules …
More: MacRumors, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, The Verge, Silicon UK, Ghacks, BigTechWire, Benzinga, Seeking Alpha, and ChinaTechNews.com
X: @fosspatents, @fosspatents, and @idevicehelpus
Forums: Slashdot and MacRumors Forums
| IDC: |
Global PC shipments fell 7.6% YoY to 68.2M in Q3 2023; among the top five vendors, Apple experienced the largest decline, down 23.1%, and only HP grew, up 6.4% — The downward spiral for PC shipments continued during the third quarter of 2023 (3Q23) as global volumes declined 7.6% year … | Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
X now lets users block unverified accounts from replying to their posts, potentially limiting how the community can push back on misinformation — The latest turn in the Elon Musk-directed platform X, previously known as Twitter, is that users can now block unverified accounts from replying to their posts.
More: Engadget, Mashable, Social Media Today, BigTechWire, TechCrunch, and PCMag
X: @x, @elonmusk, @agoldmund, @jarvis, @eve6, @ggooooddddoogg, @tomwarren, @zhugeex, and @mnateshyamalan
| Gavin Bade / Politico: |
A look at the stalled efforts to ban TikTok in the US as defense officials, who want an outright ban, clash with economic officials who back a compromise — The administration is throwing its weight behind a new bill after previous legislative and national security efforts faltered.| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Google starts prompting users to create a passkey for their account by default, but says passwords will “still remain part of our lives as we make the pivot” — Google is making it easier for users to ditch passwords on their Google accounts in favor of passkeys — a fast … | Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
Analysis: Binance founder Changpeng Zhao's Industry Recovery Initiative, aiming to raise $1B after FTX's collapsed, deployed less than $30M since November 2022 — - IRI has invested less than $30 million, wallet analysis shows — Project had big-name backers like Jump Crypto, Animoca
More: The Block, Coinpedia Fintech News, and Cointelegraph
X: @emilyjnicolle, @emilyjnicolle, and @emilyjnicolle
| Blake Brittain / Reuters: |
A US judge throws out a $32.5M jury verdict for Sonos in its smart speaker patent case against Google after finding that the Sonos patents were unenforceable — A California federal judge has thrown out a $32.5 million verdict for wireless-audio company Sonos (SONO.O) against rival Google … | Financial Times: |
Some academics in Saudi Arabia worry over Saudi-Chinese AI collaboration, which may jeopardize their access to US chips, as the Gulf states rush to build LLMs — Fears grow at Gulf kingdom's top university that ties to Chinese researchers risk upsetting US government
More: Cointelegraph
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