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Edward Ludlow / Bloomberg:
Source: during an all-hands, Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino referenced ambitions to create XWire, a press release service that would rival Cision's PR Newswire  —  Executives at X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, said they see YouTube and LinkedIn as future competitors …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
What to expect from Apple's “Scary Fast” event on Monday: high-end MacBook Pros with M3 Pro and M3 Max, new 24-inch iMac with M3, and USB-C accessories  —  The company is poised to introduce computers with speedier chips.  —  Apple Inc.'s last product unveiling of the year kicks off on Monday …
Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer:
Microsoft publishes a profile of Octo Tempest, a “dangerous” hacking group targeting organizations across tech, gaming, financial services, and other sectors  —  Microsoft has published a detailed profile of a native English-speaking threat actor with advanced social engineering capabilities …
Financial Times:
In a testimony without the jury present, SBF says he followed the counsel of lawyers to make critical decisions around passing FTX customer money to Alameda  —  Former crypto billionaire blames lawyers as court hears first snippets of testimony without jury present
Bloomberg:
A live blog of Sam Bankman-Fried's testimony in front of a jury at his criminal fraud trial in NYC over the collapse of FTX
Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch:
Cruise pauses all driverless operations two days after the California DMV suspended its permits, but will continue operating supervised autonomous vehicles  —  Cruise said Thursday evening it has paused all driverless operations, a decision that comes just two days after the California Department …
Mia Sato / The Verge:
Businesses are using SEO-driven names like Thai Food Near Me and Dentist Near Me to optimize for Google Search, but the scheme is likely technically ineffective  —  Thai Food Near Me, Dentist Near Me, Notary Near Me, Plumber Near Me — businesses across the country picked names meant to outsmart Google Search.
Supantha Mukherjee / Reuters:
The UN creates a 39-member advisory body of tech executives, government officials, and academics to examine issues in the international governance of AI  —  The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday announced the creation of a 39-member advisory body to address issues …
Simon Willison's Weblog:
How OpenAI is using ChatGPT prompt engineering to get around fundamental biases in DALL-E 3, discourage it from recreating the work of living artists, and more  —  Last year I wrote about my initial experiments with DALL-E 2, OpenAI's image generation model.
Casey Hall / Reuters:
Documents: Shein and PDD's Temu file joint declarations in Chicago and Boston to end their legal fights, asking judges to dismiss the cases “without prejudice”  —  Fierce rivals Shein and PDD Holdings-owned (PDD.O) Temu have applied to end their legal fights with each other in the U.S. …
More: Tech in Asia and Tech.co
Amazon:
Amazon Q3: revenue up 13% YoY to $143.1B, net income up 244% to $9.9B, operating income up 343% to $11.2B, subscription revenue up 14% to $10.2B; AMZN jumps 6%+  —  Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2023.
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
AWS Q3: revenue up 12% YoY to $23.06B, vs. $23.2B est., operating income up 29% YoY to $6.98B, vs. $5.63B est., and a 30.3% operating margin, a two-year high
Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon Q3: ad services revenue up 26% YoY to $12.1B, vs. $11.6B est., North American sales up 11% YoY to $87.9B, and International sales up 16% YoY to $32.1B
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Filing: Tata Group acquires Apple manufacturer Wistron's India unit for $125M; India's Deputy IT Minister says Tata will now make iPhones for the global market  —  Tata Group will start making iPhones in India for the local and global markets, India's Deputy IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Friday …

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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Arkansas PBS severs ties with the PBS network, the first state public TV system to do so since Congress cut CPB funds, citing the annual $2M+ membership cost

Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Arthur L. Carter, who started a Connecticut newspaper in 1981, bought and sold The Nation, and founded the New York Observer in 1987, has died at 93

Pamela McClintock / The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney's Zootopia 2 surpasses $1B at the global box office, the fastest PG-rated film to do so after just 17 days in release

More News

Financial Times:
Sources detail rushing the UK's AI Summit before major AI releases, the event's bigger scope, which now spans everything from health care to deepfakes, and more
Chavi Mehta / Reuters:
Intel Q3: revenue down 8% YoY to $14.2B, Data Center and AI Group revenue down 10% YoY to $3.8B, and forecasts Q4 revenue above estimates; INTC jumps 8%+
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
OpenAI forms Preparedness, a new team to assess, evaluate, and probe AI models to protect against “catastrophic risks”, including biological and nuclear threats
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
Xiaomi unveils the 6.36" Xiaomi 14 and 6.73" Xiaomi 14 Pro, offering the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, 50MP camera sensors, a Leica lens on the Pro, and LTPO 120Hz panels

Earlier Picks

Dan Primack / Axios:
Oxide Computer, which aims to provide on-premise cloud computers including to clients like the Idaho National Laboratory, raised a $44M Series A led by Eclipse
Andrew Tarantola / Engadget:
Leica releases the $9,480 M11-P camera, which watermarks photos with the Content Credentials metadata system, created by advocacy groups to fight misinformation
CNBC:
Uber starts offering rides in fully autonomous Waymo cars in Phoenix, Arizona; users can accept or reject the autonomous option, which includes a 24/7 helpline
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Google rolls out new Google Maps features, including updating search to more easily find things nearby and expanding Immersive View for Routes to 15 new cities
Jon Porter / The Verge:
The UK's controversial Online Safety Bill becomes law, allowing fines of up to £18M or 10% of global turnover; Ofcom now plans to publish its codes of practice
Sarah Fielding / Engadget:
Google expands its bug bounty program to add generative AI, which has unique security issues, like model manipulation and unfair bias, requiring new guidance
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