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Brian Heater / TechCrunch:
Amazon's $1,000 Astro robot gets pet detection, the ability to check specific windows and doors, Ring camera integration, and an SDK for three universities  —  There's been a standing question surrounding how seriously we should ultimately take Astro.  The product was launched exactly one year ago …
Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post:
OpenAI removes the waitlist for DALL-E, giving everyone immediate access; OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says a public release is essential to develop the tech safely  —  None of these photos were taken by a camera.  —  All of these images were created by the artificial intelligence text …
David Pierce / The Verge:
Amazon unveils the $340 Kindle Scribe, an Oasis-like device for reading and writing with a 10.2" E Ink display and two stylus options, available to preorder  —  The newest Kindle is the first truly new Kindle in years.  It's called the Kindle Scribe, and it's both a reading device and a writing one.
Lisa Eadicicco / CNET:
Amazon unveils the $140 Halo Rise, a bedside sleep tracker that uses contactless sensors, coming later in 2022 with a free six-month Amazon Halo subscription  —  It sits on your nightstand and functions as a sleep tracker and sunrise alarm clock.  —  Lisa Eadicicco
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge:
Amazon unveils its fifth-gen $50 Echo Dot and $60 Echo Dot with Clock, which double as Eero mesh Wi-Fi extenders and have a temperature sensor and deeper bass  —  At its annual fall event, Amazon showed off its brand-new Echo Dot and Echo Dot with Clock.  The fifth generation …
Samantha Cole / VICE:
Meta permanently bans Pornhub's Instagram account for “repeatedly violating” its policies, after a three-week suspension and ToS breaches accruing over 10 years  —  Pornhub claims its account was “fully PG,” and cites the uneven treatment of mainstream celebrities like Kim Kardashian …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Amazon unveils a refreshed Fire TV Cube media player with Wi-Fi 6E for $140, Fire TV Omni QLED Series for $800+, and a refreshed Alexa Voice Remote Pro for $35  —  Amazon today introduced two new Fire TV devices designed to cater to customers seeking a more premium experience.
Adam Satariano / New York Times:
A look at Portugal's Meia Praia beach, a haven where crypto supporters gather, creating a bubble of optimism about digital currencies amid crypto's downturn  —  In crypto havens such as Meia Praia beach, the confidence in digital currencies remains undimmed even after this summer's crash.
Umar Shakir / The Verge:
Cloudflare releases Turnstile, a “privacy-preserving” CAPTCHA alternative that tests the browser, not the user, through JavaScript-based challenges, in beta  —  The company calls it Turnstile, and it's designed to spare us from performing those mundane click-the-traffic-light kinds …
Sidhartha Shukla / Bloomberg:
Dune Analytics: NFT trading volumes fell 97% from a record $17.2B in January 2022 to $466.9M in September 2022  —  Volume Drop  —  NFT monthly volume has dropped 97% from 2022 highs  —  Source: Dune Analytics; Dashboard by @hildobby  —  Note: Cumulative data from OpenSea, NFTX, LarvaLabs, LooksRare, SuperRare, Rarible, Foundation
Dan Primack / Axios:
Sources: GV shelved its algorithm, which for years served as a gatekeeper for new investments, suggesting that human judgement can't always be automated away  —  Google Ventures has mothballed an algorithm that for years had served as a gatekeeper for new investments, Axios has learned from multiple sources.
Olga Kharif / Bloomberg:
Source: Sam Bankman-Fried considers bidding for assets of bankrupt lender Celsius Network, and FTX is in the process of raising a $1B funding round  —  Sam Bankman-Fried, the crypto billionaire who has been bailing out distressed industry players in recent months, is considering bidding …
Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple tells suppliers to pull back from increasing the supply of iPhone 14 models by ~6M units in H2, instead aiming for 90M units, on par with 2021  —  Apple Inc. is backing off plans to increase production of its new iPhones this year after an anticipated surge in demand failed to materialize …

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From Mediagazer

Brian Stelter / CNN:
In a letter to Bob Iger, incoming FCC Chair Brendan Carr raised concerns about ABC's negotiations with its affiliated stations, public trust in media, and more

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Fubo says TelevisaUnivision has pulled its networks from Fubo and that TelevisaUnivision offered terms “that would increase prices by 25%” for Fubo subscribers

Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
Riot Games says it spent $250M on an unusual deal to finance two seasons of League of Legends show Arcane on Netflix; sources: there was no plan to recoup costs

More News

Newley Purnell / Wall Street Journal:
Audio: Meta executives told rights groups that a decision “at the highest levels” prevented a detailed report on hate speech in India “for security reasons”
Jeff Green / Bloomberg:
As California becomes the latest state to require listing salary ranges in job postings, Meta, Alphabet, Disney, and others will have to comply by January 2023
Financial Times:
WhatsApp head Will Cathcart warns UK ministers against undermining encryption in the Online Safety Bill, arguing the move would embolden authoritarian regimes

Earlier Picks

Cameron Thompson / CoinDesk:
Luxury auction house Christie's launches Christie's 3.0, an Ethereum-based platform for selling NFT art, in partnership with Chainalysis, Manifold, and Spatial
Financial Times:
In a hearing, Twitter says Elon Musk's consultants estimated spam accounts at 5%-11% of users and Musk didn't share Signal texts, including with Marc Andreessen
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Tumblr introduces “community labels” to let users tag posts about drug and alcohol addiction, violence, and sexual content; its content rules remain unchanged
Bloomberg:
The US SEC and CFTC fine 16 financial firms $1.1B and $710M in penalties, respectively, for failing to monitor employees using unauthorized messaging apps
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