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A GTAForums user uploads 90 gameplay videos of Rockstar's upcoming GTA VI, claiming they were behind last week's Uber hack and may leak GTA V and VI source code — Footage of Grand Theft Auto VI, Rockstar's next entry in its open-world franchise, appears to have leaked online.
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| Ellen Barry / New York Times: |
How Russia's IRA troll factories tweeted a torrent of fabricated narratives against the US Women's March and its leaders for 18 months, fracturing the movement — As American feminists came together in 2017 to protest Donald Trump, Russia's disinformation machine set about deepening the divides among them.
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| Bloomberg: |
A profile of Figma founder Dylan Field, who will become the wealthiest person from the Thiel Fellowship by far, as PitchBook estimates his stake is worth $2B+ — Dylan Field dropped out of an Ivy League school in 2012 to take a grant from the billionaire Peter Thiel and start a software company called Figma.
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| Hunter Walk: |
Adobe's $20B Figma acquisition is worth it because Figma's $400M ARR, independent of margin, was continuing to double, creating pricing pressure on Adobe — Hint: The Answer Doesn't Involve a Spreadsheet — I'm not an investor in Figma. I don't know Figma CEO Dylan Field. And I'm not a designer.
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| Melissa Heikkilä / MIT Technology Review: |
Artists say they risk losing income as people use their names as distinctive style prompts in text-to-image AI art generators for commercial purposes — Greg Rutkowski is a more popular prompt than Picasso. — Those cool AI-generated images you've seen across the internet?
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| Joe Tidy / BBC: |
Hackers claiming to be a couple from Vietnam say they wiped some of IHG's data, accessed using the password Qwerty1234, after their ransomware attack was foiled — Hackers have told the BBC they carried out a destructive cyber-attack against Holiday Inn owner Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) “for fun”.| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
iPhone 14 Pro owners are reporting that the camera physically shakes when taking photos or video in apps including TikTok, Snapchat, and Instagram — It appears that many popular third-party apps weren't quite prepared for the iPhone 14 Pro's new camera technology.
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MacRumors, The Verge, PhoneArena, and AppleInsider
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| Matthew Gault / VICE: |
The US DHS awards a $699,763 grant to researchers to develop best practices and resources for monitoring and evaluating extremist activities in game communities — Several groups are coming together to study the little understood phenomenon. — Matthew Gault
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Department of Homeland …, Reclaim The Net, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @drkowert, @cecianasta, @alexbnewhouse, @motherboard, @drkowert, @mjgault, and @amandarivkin
| Bloomberg: |
A look at the mounting challenges for Lingang, a Shanghai suburb meant to be China's next Silicon Valley, amid an economic slowdown and geopolitical tensions — This article is the fourth in an occasional series about the New Geography of Technology. You can read the first installment on Milan here …
Tweets: @citylab, @donweinland, and @mikelydon
| David Streitfeld / New York Times: |
An in-depth look at a 2019 cyberstalking campaign by eBay employees against two critics who are now suing the company, its former CEO, and others for harassment — The victims of a bizarre cyberstalking operation are trying to hold the chief executive and the culture of the company responsible.
Tweets: @jefftobiasspac, @qhardy, @patrick_hruby, @eperakslis, @bubbaprog, and @rachaelmyrow
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Unsealed court docs in a privacy user profiling suit against Meta show that apps from Zynga, Yahoo, and others had extensive access to users' friends' data — It's not the crime, it's the cover up... The scandal-hit company formerly known as Facebook has fought for over four years to keep …
Tweets: @jason_kint, @jason_kint, @swiftstories, @profcarroll, @emilyheynyc, and @fboversight
| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
The 5th Circuit federal court's ruling to uphold the Texas social media content moderation law is based on a misrepresentation of how Section 230 actually works — from the batshit-crazy dept — As far as I can tell, in the area the 5th Circuit appeals court has jurisdiction … | Joe Schneider / Bloomberg: |
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| Qianer Liu / Financial Times: |
Despite a talent shortage, China's chip sector startups are cutting back on hiring plans due to the deteriorating macro environment and a funding crunch — Despite a talent shortage, cash-crimped companies are having to cut back hiring plans — Fresh from six months of training courses … Sponsor Posts
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