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Sources: Twitter was working to monetize its adult content with OnlyFans-style subscriptions until a “red team” noted the prevalence of CSAM on the platform — Internal documents and Twitter employees reveal the need for massive investment to remove illegal content — but executives haven't listened
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| Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: |
Elon Musk's lawyers have subpoenaed Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko to appear on September 9 for a deposition; Zatko's lawyers say he will comply — Musk's lawyers also requested documentation about his complaint to federal regulators about the company's security holes
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| Giles Turner / Bloomberg: |
In an SEC filing, Elon Musk adds Peiter Zatko's allegations as a reason to terminate the $44B takeover bid, saying Twitter is in “material noncompliance” — Elon Musk has cited the recent accusations from a Twitter Inc. whistle-blower as a new reason to terminate the $44 billion takeover of the social media platform.
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Sony agrees to acquire Savage Game Studios and announces a new PlayStation Studios Mobile Division, operating independently from console game development — Sony is acquiring mobile game developer Savage Game Studios, the company announced on Monday. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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| Ryan Smith / AnandTech: |
AMD unveils its Ryzen 7000 CPU lineup, from the $299 six-core 7600X to the $699 16-core 7950X, launching on September 27 alongside AM5 motherboards — AMD's “together we advance_PCs"l ivestream presentation just wrapped up moments ago, where AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su set the stage for the release …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: delivery startup Gopuff seeks to borrow up to $300M after burning ~$400M from January to March 2022; Gopuff raised $2B+ at a $15B valuation in 2021 — Instant-delivery startup is negotiating a credit line of up to $300 million after delayed IPO — Gopuff is seeking to borrow … | Shannon Grixti / Press Start: |
Sony updates the PS5 in Australia ahead of a broader rollout, reducing the disc model's weight by 300g and digital model's by 200g compared to the 2021 updates — Earlier today it was revealed by Japanese retailers that a brand new PS5 model dubbed the CFI-1200 model was releasing on September 15th …
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| Tom Krazit / Protocol: |
Cloudflare is facing growing pressure for providing services to Kiwi Farms, a forum with a long history of harassment; Cloudflare remains silent on the matter — Hello, and welcome to Protocol Enterprise! Today: why Cloudflare finds itself yet again under fire for doing business with communities of hate …
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| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
TSMC CEO C. C. Wei says an endemic shortage of low-end chips costing $0.50 to $10 is holding up production in key segments of the global supply chain — An endemic shortage of chips costing anywhere from 50 cents to $10 is slowing down swathes of the $600 billion semiconductor industry …
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Twitter begins rolling out Circle on iOS, Android, and web, letting users tweet to smaller, selected groups of up to 150 people — Twitter is launching its Circle feature — which lets you post a tweet to a select set of people — globally. The company started testing this Instagram …
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
YouTube Chief Business Officer Robert Kyncl plans to leave in early 2023 after 12+ years as a senior executive; Google veteran Mary Ellen Coe will replace him — Robert Kyncl will exit YouTube in early 2023 after more than 12 years as a senior exec at video giant.| Tatum Hunter / Washington Post: |
Mental health content creators on TikTok and Instagram are increasingly filling a health care gap, which critics fear could lead to harmful self-diagnoses — Issey Moloney signed up for therapy through Britain's National Health Service when she was just 12 years old. She was on a waiting list for four years.
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9to5Mac. Tweets: @trengriffin, @miller7, @tatum_hunter_, @juliachanb, @nitashatiku, and @davisantigone
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Google says it has yet to approve Truth Social's app for the Play Store due to insufficient content moderation; CEO Nunes said the decision was “up to Google” — Google hasn't yet approved Truth Social's Android app for distribution via its Play Store because of insufficient content moderation …
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| Ben Chapman / Wall Street Journal: |
In a first, school districts in Texas, New York, and California are creating permanent, full-time virtual schools, seeking to help vulnerable children — Districts in Texas, California and New York are creating full-time remote learning this fall for the first time
Tweets: @cprattmedia and @chapmanreports
| Natasha Singer / New York Times: |
California's State Senate passes an online safety bill for under 18s, requiring services to increase protection for children; Gov. Newsom must approve the bill — The new rules, which would require many online services to increase protections for children, could change how popular social media and game platforms treat minors.
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| Emily Anthes / New York Times: |
How scientists are using ML to decode communication between fruit bats, crows, whales, and naked mole rats, eventually planning to converse with marine animals — Scientists are using machine learning to eavesdrop on naked mole rats, fruit bats, crows and whales — and to communicate back.
Tweets: @dodaistewart, @nickkristof, @natalieben, @jcalpickard, @justinhendrix, @tuviae, and @justinhendrix
| Jordan Middler / Video Games Chronicle: |
Meta plans to shutter the Facebook Gaming app on iOS and Android on October 28, 2022, transferring some functionality to the main Facebook app — MUCH OF THE FUNCTIONALITY WILL BE MIGRATED TO THE MAIN FACEBOOK APP — Facebook will end support for its Facebook Gaming app in October, it's announced.
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CNN, The Verge, XDA Developers, TechCrunch, GamesIndustry.biz, Eurogamer.net, GameSpot, CNBC, Appuals.com, Wccftech, MCV/DEVELOP, and Phandroid
Tweets: @gothalion, @mattnavarra, @ryan_browne_, @gamesnosh, @eposvox, @iambrandontv, @astaranx, @modernwarzone, and @zachbussey
| Kim Willsher / The Guardian: |
Using aerial photos and AI software developed by Google and Capgemini, French tax authorities identify 20,356 unregistered pools, leading to ~€10M more in taxes — Scheme to be extended across the country after trial in nine departments led to extra €10m in tax receipts
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Tweets: @goodtaxtakes, @arthur_spirling, @shashj, @caseynewton, and @steveparks
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