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| Zoë Schiffer / The Verge: |
A look at Twitter's culture prior to Elon Musk's acquisition, when the company focused on improving the health of online conversations, not growth at all costs — the early '10s, Twitter was at the height of its power. The company had yet to turn a profit, but it had played a crucial role …
More: The Verge, The Verge, The Verge, The Verge, Law & Crime, Pixel Envy, and Cryptopolitan
Threads: @martinsfp, @qasimnauman, @reckless1280, @m0qazi, @andyyang, @technicallymims, @shaneafsar, @cdylanparks, @j.b.robertson, @luke.pfister, @racsterls, @mikecvet, @mikecvet, and @reporterzoe
Mastodon: @anzet@zeppelin.flights and @reichenstein@mastodon.social
| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Sources: X generated just over $600M in ad revenue in each of 2023's first three quarters, down from $1B+ per quarter in 2022 and on track for ~$2.5B in 2023 — - X to miss internal goals for ad revenue, people familiar say — Musk's personal tweets continue to scare off advertisers
More: The Information, PYMNTS.com, Reuters, The Verge, and 9to5Mac
Threads: @carnage4life, @pkafka, @alexkantrowitz, @esg.hound, and @ashzade_. Bluesky: @intelwire.bsky.social
X: @kantrowitz and @_danilo
| Wall Street Journal: |
Apple releases an iOS beta with Stolen Device Protection; if enabled, the feature limits actions like Apple ID password resets when not in a “familiar location” — Stolen Device Protection can prevent criminals from using your passcode to change your Apple account
More: MacRumors, The Verge, 9to5Mac, TechRadar, Business Today, iMore, Daring Fireball, Tom's Guide, Digital Trends, Ghacks, CNBC, The Overspill, iThinkDifferent, SlashGear, PhoneArena, nextpit, KnowTechie, Android Authority, New York Post, AppleInsider, Macworld, USA Today, PYMNTS.com, Supercharged, MacDailyNews, Engadget, Cult of Mac, The Messenger, CNET, iClarified, and South China Morning Post
X: @harryxru, @joannastern, @krausefx, @nicnguyen, @briantong, @bradhowardnews, @rsgnl, @kuba_suder, and @jonyiveparody
Forums: Slashdot and MacRumors Forums
| Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg: |
The EU Council and Parliament agree a deal to reclassify millions of ride-hailing and food delivery app workers as staff, possibly costing the industry billions — European Union negotiators backed a deal to reclassify millions of people working for ride-hailing and food-delivery apps … | Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk: |
Coinbase Asset Management debuts Project Diamond, combining Coinbase's custody tools, wallet, L2 network Base, and Circle's USDC to create a capital marketplace — “Project Diamond” lets institutions create and trade digital native versions of financial instruments such as debt using Base in a regulated manner.
More: Coinbase, Coinspeaker, Crypto Briefing, Benzinga, Blockworks, crypto.news, Cryptopolitan, and CoinGape
| Keith Laing / Bloomberg: |
Tesla recalls 2M+ vehicles after the NHTSA said its means for keeping drivers engaged in Autopilot were inadequate and open to misuse, part of a yearslong probe — - US regulator finds system doesn't do enough to prevent misuse — Agency will keep defect investigation open, monitor remedies
More: Washington Post, Reuters, Associated Press, and Financial Times
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Netflix publishes its first What We Watched report, detailing the most-watched content from January to June 2023; The Night Agent was #1 with 812M+ hours viewed — Netflix is going to start publishing a new report twice a year that details the most popular shows and movies on the platform.
More: About Netflix, The Hollywood Reporter, T3, Dexerto, Variety, Deadline, Tech Xplore, The Korea Herald, Bloomberg, Business Insider, MobileSyrup, Gizmodo, Engadget, IGN, PCMag, NBC News, Consequence, Fortune, The Streamable, KNSD-TV, and Bloomberg
X: @tvgrimreaper, @xenocryptsite, @loudmouthjulia, and @business
| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft releases Phi-2, an AI language model the company says outperforms Mistral and Llama 2 at 7B and 13B parameters and is small enough to run on a phone — The rapid pace of generative AI news and announcements isn't slowing down, even as we reach the final stretches of 2023 and the traditional winter holiday quiet period.
More: Microsoft Research, Decrypt, Analytics India Magazine, SiliconANGLE, and The Information
| Daryna Antoniuk / The Record: |
Ukraine's defense intelligence directorate claims to have hacked Russia's state tax service and that Russia has been trying to restore the service for four days — Ukraine's defense intelligence directorate (GUR) said it infected thousands of servers belonging to Russia's state tax service with malware …
More: gur.gov.ua, Cybernews.com, Infosecurity, Security Affairs, and BleepingComputer. Forums: Slashdot
| Daryna Antoniuk / The Record: |
| Scott Stein / CNET: |
Meta adds multimodal AI to its Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses as an early access beta in the US, letting Meta AI answer voice queries by taking and analyzing photos — I tried these Ray-Ban AI glasses, and they're pretty wild. Here's how the experimental feature works. — “Hey, Meta.
More: Mark Zuckerberg, MIXED Reality News, TechRadar, MSPoweruser, WWD, ZDNet, Engadget, The Verge, and BroBible
Threads: @boztank, @documentingmeta, @parkerortolani, @saratpediredla, and @guitarte. Bluesky: @epro.social
X: @haltor, @jetscott, @jetscott, and @heaney555
LinkedIn: Lee Callender and Neil Redding
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
The FCC issues a final denial of Starlink's request for $885M to expand rural coverage, saying Starlink “failed to demonstrate” an ability to offer the service — The FCC has made a final denial of Starlink's application for $885 million in public funds to expand … | Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Google plans to shorten Maps' default auto-delete history feature from 18 months to three months and let users store Maps Timeline data locally on their devices — Google Maps has gotten some fun updates recently, and now it's offering some more privacy-forward tweaks as it adds more ways to control your location data.| Malak Saleh / Engadget: |
Meta is working to extend its fact-checking to Threads early next year; its fact-checking now only rates Threads content matching posts on Facebook or Instagram — The program will roll out next year, according to executives. — Threads is going to make an effort to moderate more of the user-generated content on the platform.
More: Meta, TechCrunch, MSPoweruser, Social Media Today, and The Verge
Threads: @mosseri, @voorhees_dnb, @faith_jvs, @chris, and @luhtestoni
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney discusses beating Google, but not Apple, thanks to a jury trial, Google erasing chats, and because “Apple didn't write anything down” — - The verdict is a significant win for Epic Games and its CEO Tim Sweeney, which have been fighting against mobile app stores …
More: New York Times, Android Headlines, PhoneArena, Wired, The Verge, Tech Xplore, gamedeveloper, 9to5Mac, GameSpot, WRAL TechWire, Digital Music News, Wccftech, Sky News, iMore, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, and Reuters
Mastodon: @b_fung@masto.ai. X: @swiftstories, @alexeheath, @swiftstories, @gregbensinger, @ctbeiser, and @florian4gamers. Forums: Hacker News
| Raphael Satter / Reuters: |
Apple updates its law enforcement guidelines to now require a judge's order before handing over users' push notification data, instead of only a subpoena — Apple (AAPL.O) has said it now requires a judge's order to hand over information about its customers' push notification to law enforcement … | Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft warns that threat actors are misusing OAuth apps to automate phishing attacks, push spam, and deploy VMs for crypto mining — Microsoft warns that financially-motivated threat actors are using OAuth applications to automate BEC and phishing attacks, push spam, and deploy VMs for cryptomining.| Tim McDonnell / Semafor: |
The US DOE opens The Office of Critical and Emerging Technology to coordinate the use of AI and other tech to fight climate change, prevent pandemics, and more — The U.S. Department of Energy today opened a new office tasked with coordinating the government's support for and use …
More: Wall Street Journal, Energy.gov, The Messenger, Cryptopolitan, The Hill, and FedScoop
| Gene Park / Washington Post: |
The ESA shuts down the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, after new competitors, partner withdrawals, changing audience habits, and more; E3 began in 1995 — The collapse ends years of attempts to revive the event that once dominated the industry — The Electronic Entertainment Expo …
More: E3, The Verge, Game World Observer, The Guardian, Windows Central, Silicon Republic, Engadget, Digital Trends, WRAL TechWire, PC Games Insider, Video Games Chronicle, Wired, TechSpot, IGN, GamesIndustry.biz, iPhone in Canada Blog, Android Headlines, The Messenger, NBC News, Destructoid, TweakTown, Kotaku, USA Today, Tom's Hardware, Mashable, Dexerto, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, SlashGear, PCMag, Wccftech, TrueAchievements, Metro.co.uk, MobileSyrup, 9to5Toys, The Sun, Gameranx, Polygon, Gizmodo, TechRadar, Windows Report, GamingBolt, Nintendo World Report Updates, Neowin, GameSpot, Deadline, Dot Esports, My Nintendo News, Push Square, Variety, Tech Xplore, Pure Xbox, and Phandroid
X: @e3, @theesa, @pc98_audi, @jasonschreier, @bondsarah_bond, @charalanahzard, @hideo_kojima_en, @mekelkasanova, @genepark, @genepark, @chrisrgun, @stephentotilo, @videotechuk_, @bethesda, @rubberninja, @genepark, @assassinscreed, @thetruebowser, @wiidude83, @kahliefadams, @lumpythecook, @themseries1, @infernoomni, @enterzalman, @paultassi, @tamoorh, @headfallsoff, @corybarlog, @lythero, @stephentotilo, @charlieintel, @heavyspoilers, and @genepark
LinkedIn: Darren Gladstone, Sebastian Park, Fred White, and Bill Young
Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
| Simon Sharwood / The Register: |
Broadcom's VMware Cloud Foundation Division announces the end of perpetual licenses and a move to subscriptions, and simplifies its product portfolio — Also kills perpetual licenses, adds a vSphere bundle for smaller users — +COMMENT Broadcom's VMware Cloud Foundation Division has announced …
More: Silicon Republic, VMware, New.blicio.us, SiliconANGLE, VMware Workstation Zealot, The Stack, Ars Technica, Constellation Research, OSnews, and ComputerWeekly.com
Mastodon: @wndlb@mas.to. X: @nixcraft, @leviathan_it3, @sysadafterdark, @rseroter, and @theblindhacker. Forums: Hacker News
| Alexander Martin / The Record: |
A parliamentary report warns the UK is vulnerable to a “catastrophic ransomware attack at any moment” because of the government's failures to tackle ransomware — Because of the British government's failures to tackle ransomware, there is a “high risk” the country faces a … | Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
Kakao names Shina Chung, the head of its corporate VC arm, as its next CEO; Chung is a rare female leader in South Korea's male-dominated business sphere — The company plans to formally announce the appointment of Shina Chung, 48, as its new chief executive officer following a board meeting … | Joseph Bernstein / New York Times: |
A look at Praxis, which raised $19.2M from Paradigm, Alameda Research, and others to build a city on the Mediterranean for tech bros and downtown NY tastemakers — Dryden Brown wants Praxis to be a crypto-city for tech bros and tastemakers. Just don't ask for details.| Benjamin Parkin / Financial Times: |
Pro-government news outlets and influencers in Bangladesh are promoting AI-generated disinformation created with cheap tools ahead of elections in January 2024 — Ahead of South Asian nation going to the polls in January, AI-generated disinformation has become a growing problem
X: @areeqchowdhury, @valayism, @1br0wn, and @tobywalsh
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