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September 17, 2024, 1:25 PM

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New York Times:
Instagram unveils Teen Accounts, a sweeping update to boost privacy and limit intrusive effects for under-18 users, including making accounts private by default  —  The app, which is popular with teenagers, introduced new settings and features aimed at addressing inappropriate online contact and content …
Victoria Song / The Verge:
Apple Watch Series 10 review: bigger display, wide-angle OLED, faster charging, and sleep apnea detection, but no blood oxygen and another year of minor updates  —  The Series 10 bets big on a larger display and a more wearable design.  As far as iterative updates go, that's a savvy choice.
Victor Tangermann / Futurism:
OpenAI confirms fixing an issue “where it appeared as though ChatGPT was starting new conversations”, after users reported ChatGPT reaching out proactively  —  “Did you just message me first?”  —  Over the weekend, a redditor going by the name of SentuBill posted a peculiar screenshot …
Jason Shubnell / The Block:
Trump launches World Liberty Financial, a DeFi lending project on Ethereum underpinned by the WLFI governance token; up to 63% of WLFI to be sold to the public  —  - Donald Trump helped unveil a few details of his highly anticipated cryptocurrency project, World Liberty Financial, on Monday night.
NBC News:
Meta bans Russian media outlet RT from its apps globally, days after the Biden administration accused RT of acting as an arm of Moscow's spy agencies  —  U.S. officials on Friday accused RT of carrying out covert information warfare operations around the world as an arm of Russia's spy agencies.
Bloomberg:
The EU picks veteran Finnish lawmaker Henna Virkkunen to take over from Thierry Breton, pending her confirmation; Virkkunen was central in creating the DSA  —  - Finnish lawmaker Henna Virkkunen was instrumental on DSA  — Virkkunen emphasized importance of European competitiveness
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
IBM acquires Kubecost, a FinOps startup launched in 2019 that helps companies monitor and optimize Kubernetes clusters; Kubecost had raised $30M+ in funding  —  IBM today announced that it has acquired Kubecost, a FinOps startup that helps teams at companies like Allianz, Audi …
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Philip Michaels / Tom's Guide:
iOS 18 review: despite missing upcoming AI features, there's plenty to like including bold personalization options and solid Notes, Calendar, and Maps updates  —  Your iPhone gains some new features while waiting on Apple Intelligence  —  Tom's Guide Verdict
Gary Ng / iPhone in Canada Blog:
Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:
CNBC:
Intel announces plans to create a separate entity for its foundry business, a structure that could help to raise outside funding; INTC jumps 7%+  —  Intel shares jumped almost 10% in extended trading on Monday after the company said it plans to turn its foundry business into an independent unit …
Kristian Burt / CNBC:
Ian King / Bloomberg:
Christopher Grimes / Financial Times:
How Netflix staged a remarkable recovery since its 2022 stock crash, adding 45M+ subscribers via a password crackdown and gaining an edge over Hollywood rivals  —  The company has staged a remarkable recovery since the ‘great correction’ of 2022 and now has the edge over Hollywood rivals

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