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| Khari Johnson / Wired: |
The OMB releases draft rules that require US federal agencies to monitor AI in health care, law enforcement, and housing for potential harms against citizens — Draft rules from the White House would require federal agencies to assess AI systems currently in use in law enforcement …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
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LinkedIn: Thorsten Jelinek, John Ridd, and Alex Kendall
Forums: r/technology, r/neoliberal, and r/singularity
| The Walt Disney Company: |
Disney plans to acquire NBCU's 33% stake in Hulu, gaining full ownership, and expects to pay ~$8.61B, representing NBCU's share of a $27.5B guaranteed floor — The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) announced today that it will acquire the 33% stake in Hulu, LLC held by Comcast Corp.'s (NASDAQ …
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| Joe Duball / IAPP: |
The EDPB instructs the Irish DPC to ban Meta's use of personal data for behavioral ads across the EU member states and EEA countries within two weeks — An unprecedented shakeup in the advertising technology space has arrived in Europe. Changes are coming to adtech's approach to privacy …
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| Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge: |
US v. SBF: in closing statements, the US relied heavily on evidence to argue SBF is guilty and said he was “greedy” while SBF's defense only made things worse — Mistakes aren't illegal, but fraud is — and Bankman-Fried's lawyers never made his defense land.
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| Sheena Vasani / The Verge: |
YouTube begins restricting how often teens receive repeated video recommendations related to sensitive topics like body image — Starting November 2nd, YouTube will impose restrictions on how often teens receive repeated video recommendations related to sensitive topics like body image, the company announced on Thursday.
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| Amanda Chicago Lewis / The Verge: |
A critical look at the SEO industry: users complain that Google isn't as useful anymore, some SEO experts say gaming Google's algorithm is now harder, and more — As the public begins to believe Google isn't as useful anymore, what happens to the cottage industry of search engine optimization experts …
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LinkedIn: Molly Willis and Duane Forrester
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| Niket Nishant / Reuters: |
PayPal says the company received an SEC subpoena tied to its US dollar stablecoin, launched in August 2023 — Payments firm PayPal Holdings (PYPL.O) said on Thursday it had received a subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) tied to its U.S. dollar stablecoin.
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| Jay Goldberg / Digits to Dollars: |
Apple's M3 series shows a return to simple, consumer-friendly marketing; producing three distinct M3 chips likely has to be close to $1B in tape-out costs — Earlier this week Apple unveiled the latest in its line of CPUs - the M3 family. There has been a lot of CPU news in the past weeks …
More: MacRumors, ZDNet, and Laptop Mag
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
The UK plans to invest £225M into Isambard-AI, an AI supercomputer 10x faster than the UK's current quickest machine, to be built by the University of Bristol — - The U.K. government said Wednesday that it will invest £225 million, or $273 million, into an AI supercomputer … | Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Apple quietly discontinued Apple Music's $4.99/month Voice Plan, introduced in 2021 to let users access the Apple Music catalog exclusively via Siri — Apple this week held a special event to announce new Macs, but what the company didn't tell is that it has just quietly discontinued the …
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| Reuters: |
Boeing investigates a cyber incident that impacted its parts and distribution business, days after LockBit announced stealing “a tremendous amount” of data — Boeing (BA.N), one of the world's largest defense and space contractors, said on Wednesday it was investigating …
More: Hackread, TechCrunch, The Record, Bloomberg, Security Affairs, Tech Monitor, Dark Reading, Cybernews.com, SecurityWeek, cybersecurityconnect.com.au, and The Register. Forums: r/technology
| CoinDesk: |
The US SEC charges SafeMoon and its executives for selling unregistered crypto securities and misappropriating investors' funds the team promised were “locked” — Crypto company SafeMoon's CEO and chief technology officer were arrested, accused of withdrawing more than $200M …
More: US Securities …, US Department of Justice, Crypto Daily, Bloomberg, Analytics Insight, Coinspeaker, Bitcoin Insider, Watcher Guru, NewsBTC, The Block, FXStreet, Decrypt, and Seeking Alpha
Bluesky: @epro.social. X: @calebfranzen, @denverbitcoin, @ednynews, @unusual_whales, @zachxbt, @functi0nzer0, @prestonjbyrne, @adamscochran, @coffeebreak_yt, @givnerariel, @cfarivar, and @zekefaux. LinkedIn: Keanu Estañol
Forums: r/CryptoCurrency, r/CryptoCurrency, r/SafeMoon, r/hoge, r/technology, r/SafeMoon, and r/barstoolsports
| Theo Wayt / The Information: |
Flexport acquires the tech stack of shuttered digital freight startup Convoy; a source says Convoy CEO Dan Lewis will join Flexport as part of the deal — Flexport has reached a deal to buy the technology of shuttered trucking startup Convoy, as Flexport doubles down on its U.S. trucking ambitions …
More: Flexport, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, FreightWaves, Seattle Business Journal, TechCrunch, Supply Chain Dive, PYMNTS.com, and GeekWire
X: @anngehan, @theo_wayt, and @heetermaria
| Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal: |
AI-generated nudes of female students at a high school in New Jersey, shared by male students in a group chat, cause major concern among parents and teachers — After boys shared faked pornographic images made of female classmates, both the school and the local police began investigating| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
DoorDash tests a prompt warning customers that orders with no tip ahead of time may take longer to get delivered, since drivers choose which orders to accept — DoorDash has added a pop-up in its app this week warning customers that orders with no tip might take longer to get delivered.
More: CBS News, CNN, Newser, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, People, Los Angeles Times, New York Post, KnowTechie, Android Headlines, The Messenger, Insider, and Fast Company
Forums: r/technology, r/EndTipping, r/offbeat, and r/NewsOfTheStupid
| Myles McCormick / Financial Times: |
How Arizona State University, a “secret weapon” that has become a hive of R&D for the chip industry, made Phoenix the beating heart of the US chipmaking boom — Arizona State's role in building skilled labour force is part of national trend as investors scramble for talent| Hugh Son / CNBC: |
Amazon plans to roll out a BNPL checkout option for Amazon Business users by November 24 via its Affirm partnership, with loans ranging from $100 to $20,000 — - Amazon is rolling out its first buy now, pay later checkout option for the millions of small business owners who use its online store, CNBC learned exclusively.
More: About Amazon
| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
Intuit plans to close personal finance app Mint, acquired in 2009 for $170M, on January 1, 2024, and pushes users to Credit Karma, acquired in 2020 for $7.1B — - Credit Karma hopes to attract more high-score customers — Mint service had 3.6 million monthly active users in 2021
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LinkedIn: Avishek Kumar, Ryan Pollock, and Brody Ford
| Financial Times: |
Sources: after burning through $7B over the past year, YMTC has had to raise billions of dollars in capital, as the Chinese chipmaker tries to adapt to US curbs — Memory-chip maker was running out of cash after a year of combating Washington's tighter controls
X: @djbaileydtc
| Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
US v. Google: Google's VP of Search Elizabeth Reid disputes the government's contention that Google “rushed” Bard's launch after Microsoft announced Bing Chat — - Chatbot offered wrong answer on James Webb telescope images — Elizabeth Reid testified about AI efforts at antitrust trial
More: The Guardian, Beyond Search, and The Verge
| Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
US v. Google: Mozilla CEO Mitchell Baker says Firefox's switch to Yahoo in 2014 degraded UX and Firefox had difficulty competing on mobile because of defaults — - Mozilla's Firefox switched to Yahoo from Google in 2014 — Difficulty of switching search engines is key to DOJ caseSponsor Posts
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