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Bluesky confirms Jack Dorsey's departure from its board and says it is searching for a new board member — It sounds like Bluesky's most prominent backer is no longer on its board. — On Saturday, Jack Dorsey posted on X about grants for open protocols from his philanthropic Start Small initiative.
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Meta launches quote post controls for all Threads users, letting them allow quotes from everyone on Threads, only the people they follow, or disable quote posts — Threads users can now exert more control over who can quote their posts. — This builds on a feature that already allows Threads users …
More: Engadget, Social Media Today, PCMag, Android Police, and Neowin
Threads: @mosseri, @nixxi.mohilchock, @nixxi.mohilchock, @dodgersfanpg, @danielthejew, @_davidking17_, @shaneblair8580, @codedrift.social, @ghostoflviv_, @darnell, @documentingmeta, and @nixxi.mohilchock. Mastodon: @stefan@stefanbohacek.online. Bluesky: @josh.uno
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Interviews with finance experts and young adults suggest TikTok videos about the economy and consumerism are creating a distorted view of financial well-being — Endless videos about the economy and consumerism are giving 20-somethings a case of ‘money dysmorphia’ — Americans under 30 get much of their news on TikTok.| Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: |
Over 40K Audible books are marked as having been made with an AI “virtual voice”, saving authors hundreds or thousands of dollars per title on narration costs — While authors appreciate the new revenue stream, audiobook listeners are complaining about the influx of new material| Pieter Haeck / Politico: |
The EU's crackdown on Huawei shows an EU-wide TikTok ban will likely take years of diplomacy, as the bloc lacks a formal say over national security concerns — Of all the shots Europe is firing at China, the threat of a blanket TikTok ban is likely to only scuff Beijing.
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| Cate Lawrence / Tech.eu: |
Paris-based Stonal, which offers a data management platform for real estate owners and investors in Europe and launched StonalGPT earlier in 2024, raised €100M — In early 2024, Stonal launched its proprietary StonalGPT, the first generative AI solution designed for real estate owners and investors,| Tassilo Hummel / Reuters: |
Atos says it received four distinct offers to restructure its debt and inject cash from investors including Atos' banks and its largest shareholder Onepoint — Debt-laden French IT company Atos on Monday confirmed it had received four distinct offers from investors to restructure its debt …
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| Pei Li / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Chinese self-driving startup Beijing Momenta Technology confidentially filed for an IPO in the US and could raise $200M to $300M as early as in 2024 — - Chinese company is working with banks on a potential listing — Momenta working with banks, aiming to raise up to $300 million
More: Caixin Global and Reuters
| Muyao Shen / Bloomberg: |
DEX Screener: the value of decentralized social platform Friend.tech's native token, the Friend, fell ~98% to below $2 after making its trading debut on May 3 — - “No one can figure out the tokenomics,” Delphi's Rinko says — Friend.tech's growth has been driven in part by trading bots| Politico: |
A look at the US and EU's dueling approaches to rein in Big Tech, splitting tech companies' attention by miring them in separate legal and enforcement battles — The West's key regulators are now fully on the offensive against Apple, Google and other giants they see as monopolies.| Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic: |
A profile of ElevenLabs, whose founders seem unprepared for how its impressive AI voice cloning tech can change the internet and unleash political chaos — My voice was ready. I'd been waiting, compulsively checking my inbox. I opened the email and scrolled until I saw a button that said, plainly, “Use voice.”
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| Tara Copp / Associated Press: |
US Air Force plans a fleet of 1,000+ AI-controlled jets, the first of them operating by 2028; some AI versions already beat human pilots in air-to-air combat — With the midday sun blazing, an experimental orange and white F-16 fighter jet launched with a familiar roar that is a hallmark of U.S. airpower.
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