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ISD: top NC and FEMA officials responding to Hurricane Helene face a flurry of antisemitic attacks, largely on X, where the posts collectively got 10M+ views — Report finds Elon Musk's X is fueling conspiracy theories that risk undermining rescue efforts and preparations for Hurricane Milton.
More: Politico, Associated Press, and ISD
Threads: @carnage4life, @politico, @willoremus, @chrisperkinscepx, @shakerhoward, and @steveth72
| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
An era of politically motivated AI slop is here, exacerbating viral conspiracy theories and making a big impact after disasters, as in the US, Brazil, and Gaza — The era of politically-motivated AI slop is here and it sucks. — By now, if you have spent any amount of time reading …
Threads: @technicallymims, @cwarzel, @jasonkoebler, @willoremus, @esqueer_, and @reckless1280. Mastodon: @gedankenstuecke@scholar …
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
The Biden-Harris administration launches a White House account on Reddit for news and info about federal government work; the first posts cover Hurricane Helene — VP Kamala Harris is on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast, FEMA has a page dedicated to fighting the rumors circulating on social media …
More: The Verge, Mashable, Deadline, and The Hill
Mastodon: @annmlipton@esq.social. Bluesky: @themontgomery.bsky.social, @sorenspicknall.bsky.social, and @dell-adams.bsky.social
X: @megancoyne46, @whcommsdir, @hadas_gold, @liahaberman, and @elizlanders
Forums: r/Georgia, r/pics, and r/NorthCarolina
| Kati Pohjanpalo / Bloomberg: |
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the Nobel Prize in Physics to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for “foundational discoveries” in machine learning — - John J. Hopfield, Geoffrey E. Hinton worked on neural networks — Their work laid foundations for machine learning and AI
More: Nobel Prize, The Guardian, Nobel Prize on YouTube, Pivot to AI, The Register, SiliconANGLE, The Atlantic, BBC, BetaKit, Associated Press, University of Toronto, iTnews, New York Times, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Techstrong.ai, Forbes, CNN, CBS News, The Boston Globe, Daily Sabah, MIT Technology Review, Gulf Times, Popular Science, Telegraph, Observer, VentureBeat, AIM, Financial Times, The Indian Express, The Decoder, The Mirror, Quartz, UPI, Silicon Republic, Wall Street Journal, HPCwire, Fortune, Princeton University News, BusinessLIVE, Canadian Press, WinBuzzer, Scientific American, New Scientist, and Business Insider
X: @nobelprize, @ilyasut, @skdh, @mihonarium, @jeuasommenulle, @whippletom, @nobelprize, @ludditehacker, @newlefteviews, @philipcball, @drjimfan, @reasther, @xuanalogue, @nobelprize, @krishnanrohit, @ethancaballero, @andrewlbeam, @tegmark, @iamtimnguyen, @nobelprize, @jeffdean, @cambridge_uni, @fortnow, @jfpuget, @joelhellermark, @shakeelhashim, @mark_riedl, @tsarnick, @uoft, and @nobelprize
LinkedIn: Balaji Srinivasan, Joel Hellermark, and Jean Rohmer
Forums: r/worldnews and r/computerscience
| Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: |
Study: X moves slowly to remove AI-made nudes reported as nonconsensual intimate media, if at all, but is quick if they're reported for copyright violations — Researchers posted AI-generated nude images to Twitter to see how the company responds to reports of copyright violation versus reports of nonconsensual nudity.
More: Ars Technica and arXiv.org
Mastodon: @williamgunn@mastodon.social and @josephcox@infosec.exchange
| Wall Street Journal: |
Short seller Hindenburg Research releases a report accusing Roblox of inflating user metrics to investors and prioritizing growth over child safety — Research firm alleges the videogame company has exaggerated user data and engagement figures — Short-selling firm Hindenburg Research …
More: Hindenburg Research, Engadget, Forbes, Game Developer, IGN, Roblox, Digital Trends, Reuters, Capital Brief, The Verge, Gizmodo, Fast Company, Neowin, Fortune, Proactive, Eurogamer.net, The Daily Beast, Wccftech, The Post Millennial, TechRaptor, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Information, New York Post, Barron's Online, CNBC, and ZeroHedge News
Threads: @katienotopoulos. Mastodon: @CatherineFlick@mastodon.me.uk. X: @squawkstreet, @gergelyorosz, @nkulw, @hindenburgres, @hindenburgres, @hindenburgres, @edzitron, @hindenburgres, @mathver, @venikunche, @hindenburgres, @hindenburgres, and @livcarville
Forums: r/wallstreetbets and Slashdot
| Sarah Wynn / The Block: |
Crypto.com sues the US SEC after receiving a Wells notice that the agency plans to bring an enforcement action against it; Consensys sued the SEC in April 2024 — - The crypto trading platform said it decided to sue the agency after receiving a Wells notice and said the SEC's actions left them “with no other choice.”
More: Crypto.com, Blockworks, Reuters, Yahoo Lifestyle, PYMNTS.com, Bitcoin Insider, The Crypto Times, Blockchain News …, Decrypt, Coinpedia Fintech News, Watcher Guru, DL News, CoinGape, Fortune, Bitcoinist.com, Crypto Briefing, Cointelegraph, CoinDesk, Cryptonews, CCN.com, crypto.news, The Daily Hodl, The Coin Republic, Cryptopolitan, and CryptoSlate
| Bloomberg: |
Brazil's Supreme Court authorizes the return of X after the company complied with its demands, including taking down some accounts and appointing a legal rep — - Court banned platform in August as billionaire defied orders — Social network had 22 million users in South American country
More: Associated Press, The Guardian, The Hill, TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, Le Monde.fr, New York Times, The Information, The Verge, Capital Brief, BBC, Financial Times, ABC News, Semafor, Reuters, Human Events, ZeroHedge News, Ruetir, Irish Independent, CBS News, BreakingNews.ie, Cointelegraph, and Electronic Frontier Foundation
X: @globalaffairs, @lindayax, @evacide, @rmac18, @david_leavitt, and @sawyermerritt
| Daniel Arkin / NBC News: |
A bipartisan coalition of 14 US state AGs file lawsuits accusing TikTok of damaging minors' mental health and collecting their data without parental consent — The legal broadside alleges TikTok violated state laws by falsely claiming its service is safe for young people.
More: NY State Attorney General, Associated Press, Gizmodo, WWD, National Review, New York Times, BBC, NPR, TechCrunch, HotAir, MediaPost, Breitbart, Deadline, AdNews News, MPR News, Gothamist, CNBC, IGN, CBS News, Los Angeles Times, Washington Times, Times of India, New Jersey Online, What's Trending, NTD, Sky News, Washington Examiner, New York Daily News, UPI, The Verge, Courthouse News Service, Engadget, Chain Store Age, City & State New York, Scripps News, Mashable, WBUR, Washington State, The Boston Globe, Mercury News, The Daily Caller, State of California, Forbes, The Hill, New York Post, CNET, masslive.com, abc7NY, and Blaze Media
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Adobe launches a Content Authenticity web app to let creators use its Content Credentials “nutrition labels” to apply attribution and opt out of AI training — Adobe is expanding its Content Credentials “nutrition labels” to make it even easier for creatives to be credited for their work …
More: Adobe Newsroom, PYMNTS.com, TechCrunch, The Decoder, Digital Trends, PCMag, PetaPixel, MIT Technology Review, CNET, AIM, TechRadar, Hindustan Times, Axios, The Indian Express, Fast Company, and Maginative. LinkedIn: Santiago Lyon
| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Rockstar plans to bring Red Dead Redemption to PC, 14 years after its PS3 and Xbox 360 debut, via the Rockstar Store, Epic Games Store, and Steam on October 29 — It will arrive on October 29 with zombie spin-off Undead Nightmare bundled in. — Fourteen years after it debuted on PS3 and Xbox 360 …
More: Rockstar Games, Polygon, Benzinga, TechSpot, OC3D, TechRaptor, Thurrott, IGN, Destructoid, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, TheGamer, Neowin, TweakTown, CNET, Wccftech, Digital Trends, and PC Gamer
X: @rockstargames, @joshimuz, and @videotechuk_
Forums: r/gamernews, r/ultrawidemasterrace, r/kindafunny, and Slashdot
| Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal: |
Marketing tech company Zeta Global agrees to acquire LiveIntent, another marketing tech provider, for $250M in cash and stock, in a deal set to close in Q4 2024 — Zeta said LiveIntent's database of customer information will strengthen its own offerings as marketers make first-party data a priority| Kathrin Hille / Financial Times: |
Foxconn Chair Young Liu says the company plans to build a plant in Mexico's Guadalajara to make Nvidia GB200 Blackwell AI servers, as tech decouples from China — Decision to base plant in Guadalajara shows ‘nearshoring’ of supply chains away from China — Electronics manufacturing group Foxconn …
More: Reuters, Bloomberg, NVIDIA, The Motley Fool, Yahoo Finance, CNBC, Tom's Hardware, Wccftech, WinBuzzer, Focus Taiwan, DatacenterDynamics, and The Rio Times
Forums: r/technews and r/NVDA_Stock
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
OpenAI signs a content deal with Hearst to use content from 40+ local newspapers and 20+ magazines in its products, after Condé Nast and Dotdash Meredith deals — - Like its other recent publisher deals, OpenAI says Hearst content that's used to fuel answers to user queries in ChatGPT will feature … | Helen Reid / Reuters: |
Filing: Shein's UK business made £1.55B in 2023 revenue, up 38% over a 16-month period to the end of 2022, as the fast fashion group prepares for a London IPO — Shein's British business made 1.55 billion pounds ($2 billion) in revenue in 2023, a filing by the online fast-fashion group showed …
More: The Information and RTÉ
| Jiyoung Sohn / Wall Street Journal: |
TrendForce: TSMC's global foundry revenue share will hit ~64% in 2024, up from 51% in 2019, while Samsung's share is set to drop to ~10%, down from 16% in 2019 — South Korean tech giant's rivals seize ground in memory and contract manufacturing — SEOUL—For a major maker of semiconductors … | Reuters: |
More: Samsung Newsroom, PCMag, Wccftech, Android Headlines, Cybernews.com, Korea Joongang Daily, CNBC, Yonhap News Agency, and The Korea Times. Forums: r/stocks
| Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
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