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August 26, 2024, 2:10 AM

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Reuters:
Sources: Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was arrested in France as part of a probe into allegedly allowing a range of crimes due to a lack of moderators on the app  —  Pavel Durov, the Russian-born billionaire founder and owner of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested at Le Bourget airport outside Paris shortly …
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Bloomberg:
Telegram says its CEO Pavel Durov has “nothing to hide” and that the messaging app “abides by EU laws”, including the Digital Services Act  —  - Company says it isn't responsible for abuse on messaging app  — Billionaire co-founded taken into custody at a Paris airport
Matthew Green / A Few Thoughts …:
A look at Telegram's claims that it's a “secure messenger” despite lacking default end-to-end encrypted messages and any E2E encrypted option for group chats  —  This blog is reserved for more serious things, and ordinarily I wouldn't spend time on questions like the above.
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
A look at Apple's robotics efforts; sources: Meta will unveil prototype “Orion” AR glasses, a cheaper Quest, and new AI features for Ray-Ban Meta at Connect  —  Also: Meta nears the launch of a cheaper Quest; Apple tries a new Vision Pro sales tactic; and the App Store chief is leaving as part of a reorganization.
New York Times:
An excerpt from the book Character Limit details the chaotic revamp of Twitter Blue, including Elon Musk's haphazard planning and Esther Crawford's involvement  —  By Nov. 9, 2022, anxiety was high among the Twitter employees gathered at the company's San Francisco headquarters.
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Threads says it is testing ephemeral posts that disappear within 24 hours with a limited number of users, but doesn't say if the experiment is region-specific  —  Automatically disappearing posts on social networks could be handy for users who have a habit of deleting their posts through third-party tools …
Grant Stoner / IGN:
How prominent games accessibility advocate Susan Banks, who worked with studios and raised awareness for accessibility in games, may never have existed at all  —  In 2019, the games accessibility community mourned the death of Susan Banks.  Now, evidence suggests she may have never existed to begin with.
New York Times:
Some San Francisco city officials say they're not lamenting X's departure from the city, as X bears little resemblance to the company that SF welcomed in 2012  —  The company, founded in the city as Twitter, is moving its headquarters to Texas as a shadow of its former self.
Financial Times:
Chinese tech giants splurge on AI infrastructure, doubling their 2024 capex; Alibaba, Tencent, and Baidu had a combined capex of ~$7B in H1 2024, up 50%+ YoY  —  Alibaba reports artificial intelligence servers running at full capacity, while ByteDance buys limited-power Nvidia chips in bulk
Jason Schreier / Bloomberg:
The problem with Xbox's new vision isn't that it's moving away from console-exclusive games, but that its release strategy is confusing and inconsistent  —  Hi everyone.  Today we're trying to figure out just what the heck Xbox is doing, but first...  - Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz was really into Dreamcast

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