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Biden signs an EO on generative AI, directing the NIST, the DHS, and other agencies to create new safety standards, protect privacy, support workers, and more — President Joe Biden signed an executive order providing rules around generative AI, ahead of any legislation coming from lawmakers.
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| Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg: |
Meta plans to offer an ad-free option for Instagram and Facebook in the EU, EEA, and Switzerland, charging €9.99/mo. on the web or €12.99/mo. on Android and iOS — - Plans cost €9.99 per month on the web, €12.99 on mobile — The model follows increasing EU regulations on data access
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| Jennifer Young / Windows Central: |
Microsoft plans to ban unauthorized Xbox third-party accessories from November 12, and sources say plans to expand its program for approved wireless controllers — Error 0x82d60002 informs players their devices will be blocked. Here's why. — What you need to know
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| Kylie Robison / Fortune: |
Source: X is giving employees RSUs at $45 per share, implying a $19B valuation; in March 2023, X offered stock at a $20B valuation; Musk bought Twitter for $44B — X has a new valuation. — X, formerly Twitter, is now valued at $19 billion, based on the company's employee equity compensation plan.
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| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
SBF blamed top FTX executives on his second day of testimony, and lawyers disputed his answers using his own emails, DMs, tweets, and more; some were profane — - FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried resumed his testimony on Monday as his criminal trial nears its end.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
US v. Google: Sundar Pichai attributes Google's search dominance to its early investment and innovation in Chrome, aiming to improve the user's web experience — Sundar Pichai says search giant realized early on that browsers were critical to how people use the web
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| David Pierce / The Verge: |
US v. Google: Sundar Pichai floated preloading a Google app on iOS to Tim Cook in 2018, amid Apple's concerns of lower revenue growth from their rev-share deal — In late 2018, Google CEO Sundar Pichai floated a bold idea to Apple CEO Tim Cook. Cook had just told Pichai he wanted to be …
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| Ryan Smith / AnandTech: |
Qualcomm privately previews the Snapdragon X Elite, slated for mid-2024, which in some cases seems to outperform some Intel, AMD, and Apple chips in benchmarks — Last week we saw the announcement of Qualcomm's first post-Nuvia laptop SoC design, the Snapdragon X Elite.
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| Reuters: |
Graphic pro-Israel ads are appearing in kids' video games, like Angry Birds, across Europe; Israel has spent $1.5M on online ads since Hamas' October 7 attack — Maria Julia Cassis was sitting down to a meal in her terraced home in north London when her 6-year-old son ran into the dining room, his face pale.
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| CoinDesk: |
The UK government publishes its final crypto rules and plans a phased introduction of regulations, such as legislation for fiat-backed stablecoins in early 2024 — The government plans to propose legislation on fiat-backed stablecoins by early 2024. — Register Now| Wall Street Journal: |
China's surprise Foxconn investigation may backfire and cause suppliers, which see even Apple and its partners are not safe in China, to diversify more quickly — China's investigation into top Apple supplier Foxconn could dilute the incentives for manufacturers to diversify away from the country slowly, rather than in a sprint| Financial Times: |
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| Tim Starks / Washington Post: |
The US SEC charges SolarWinds for failing to disclose alleged cybersecurity failures ahead of a breach by suspected Russian hackers that began as early as 2019 — The Securities and Exchange Commission charged the company with failing to disclose its problems ahead of a breach … | Ari Natter / Bloomberg: |
US Office of Personnel Management report: ~632K DOD and DOJ employees had their emails compromised on May 28 and 29, 2023, as part of the sprawling MOVEit hacks — - Federal report gives new details on scope of MOVEit attack — Email addresses, links to surveys among compromised dataSponsor Posts
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