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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Meta details its text-to-video AI generator, Make-A-Video, which can produce up to five-second videos without audio; Meta is not giving access to the AI model — AI text-to-image generators have been making headlines in recent months, but researchers are already moving on to the next frontier: AI text-to-video generators.
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Meta AI, PCMag, MIT Technology Review, Engadget, CNET, KnowTechie, and PetaPixel
Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @metaai, @emilybell, @eric_seufert, @yoda, @janellecshane, @timsoret, @ncweaver, @iron_man_actual, @parmy, @tomwarren, @metaai, @xamat, @tomwarren, @jjvincent, @ghadjia, @jjvincent, @suhail, @cbquist, @bryson_m, @matt_cochrane7, @nickcald, @yoda, and @rikefranke
| The Verge: |
Google plans to shut down Stadia on January 18, 2023, and will refund hardware, software, and DLC purchases; members of the Stadia team will be reassigned — Google is shutting down Stadia, its cloud gaming service. The service will remain live for players until January 18th, 2023.
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The Keyword, 9to5Google, IGN, and Polygon
Tweets: @paultassi, @nibellion, @tim_stevens, @carnage4life, @googlestadia, @jasonschreier, @slimefiend, @wario64, @pierce, @andihero, @jamespmcleod, @drcullenphd, @java_jigga, @mrdalekjd, @_firemonkey, @nickstatt, @mobile_dom, @durvidimel, @mat, @andyorin, @aerospacecowboy, @nibellion, and @nibellion
| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Meta confirms taking “enforcement actions” against The OG App, which offers ad-free Instagram feeds, as developer UN1feed says Apple removed the App Store app — A third-party Instagram app, called “The OG App,” which promised an ad-free feed more like the original Instagram experience …
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The OG App, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, Neowin, XDA Developers, PetaPixel, TechSpot, TechRadar, The Mac Observer, PetaPixel, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @theogapp_, @theogapp_, @theogapp_, @mralexhay, @theogapp_, @theogapp_, @theogapp_, @theogapp_, @mayazi, @theogapp_, @anshnanda_, @albertwenger, @mayazi, @ianbetteridge, @hardik__patil, @theogapp_, and @theogapp_
| Reuters: |
An investigation shows the CIA failed to secure its messaging system used by Iranian spies, often hidden within websites, leading to capture, torture, and death — The spy was minutes from leaving Iran when he was nabbed. — Gholamreza Hosseini was at Imam Khomeini Airport in Tehran in late 2010, preparing for a flight to Bangkok.
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The Citizen Lab. Tweets: @billmarczak, @joel_schectman, @joel_schectman, @jennamc_laugh, @natashabertrand, @niubi, @riskybusiness, @billmarczak, @gossithedog, @bozorgmehr, @matthew_petti, @sandbagger_01, @thezedwards, @craigsilverman, @ncweaver, @matthew_d_green, @matthew_d_green, @citizenlab, @matthew_petti, @mitchprothero, @hatr, @matthew_petti, and @joel_schectman
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft plans to end support for SwiftKey on iOS and delist the app from the App Store on October 5; Microsoft will continue to support SwiftKey for Android — Questions about what's going on with Microsoft's support of the predictive SwifKey keyboard app for iOS have been bubbling up over the past few weeks.
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Microsoft Support, Ars Technica, Windows Central, iMore, The Verge, WinBuzzer, iDownloadBlog.com, OnMSFT.com, PCMag, XDA Developers, iThinkDifferent, MSPoweruser, gHacks Technology News, MacRumors, AppleInsider, iPhone Hacks, PhoneArena, Digit, Neowin, Thurrott, CNET, 9to5Mac, and IT之家
Tweets: @keleftheriou and @foxfortmobile
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Google announces new Maps features, including the ability to visually soar over some areas, 250 more landmark views, enriched neighborhood info, and AR search — Google is gearing up to launch several new updates for Maps in the coming months, the company announced today at its Search On event.
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The Keyword, Metaverse Post, Thurrott, PCMag, Tom's Guide, Ars Technica, Engadget, SamMobile, New York Times, Android Central, XDA Developers, 9to5Google, ZDNet, BGR India, TechRadar, and Mashable
Tweets: @alphabetworkers, @kashthefuturist, and @mikehofman
| Sami Fathi / MacRumors: |
An Apple support document and a compliance page reference an “iPhone 14 Max”, suggesting Apple changed the name to iPhone 14 Plus at the last moment — Newly discovered references to the iPhone 14 Plus as “iPhone 14 Max” on Apple's website suggest this was the name originally intended …
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Apple Support, Android Authority, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Wccftech, iDownloadBlog.com, PhoneArena, iPhone in Canada Blog, and iMore
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Tweets: @mingchikuo, @mingchikuo, @vladsavov, @businesscycle, @thestalwart, @pelstrom, @edbott, and @firstadopter
| Barbara Ortutay / Associated Press: |
Amnesty International: Meta's algorithms “proactively amplified and promoted content” on Facebook that incited violent hatred against the Rohingya in Myanmar — With roosters crowing in the background as he speaks from the crowded refugee camp in Bangladesh that's been his home since 2017 …
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| Clothilde Goujard / Politico: |
Doreen Bogdan-Martin, the US candidate for secretary general of the UN's International Telecommunications Union, beats Russia's candidate by 139 to 25 votes — BUCHAREST — A top U.S. official won a massive majority to lead the United Nations agency that sets global standards for telecoms and tech infrastructure.
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Wired UK, CNN, Reuters, Silicon Republic, The Record, Bloomberg, Associated Press, BBC, Financial Times, U.S. Senate Committee …, and New York Times
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Report: corporate expense management tool TripActions, valued at $7.25B in October 2021, confidentially filed for a US IPO in Q2 2023, seeking a $12B valuation — TripActions is said to have filed confidentially to go public in the third quarter of next year at a $12 billion valuation.| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers detail Chaos, a new cross-platform malware that infected a wide range of Linux and Windows devices, including routers, FreeBSD boxes, and servers — Small office routers? FreeBSD machines? Enterprise servers? Chaos infects them all. — Researchers have revealed a never …
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Security Affairs, BleepingComputer, SecurityWeek, ZDNet, Dark Reading, The Record, and The Hacker News
Tweets: @r3dbu7z, @campuscodi, @dadamitis, @markkupatynen, @blacklotuslabs, and @dadamitis
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: SoftBank begins laying off Vision Fund employees, with cuts expected to impact over 150 people, or 30%+ of its staff, following a record $23B loss — SoftBank Group Corp. has started laying off employees at its loss-making Vision Fund and is expected to cut at least 30% of its staff …
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| Angus Whitley / Bloomberg: |
Experts say the Optus hack could cost parent Singtel $420M to $560M for the 2.8M worst-affected customers; Singtel made $1.44B in profit in its fiscal year 2022 — The cost for Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. to make good customers exposed to one of Australia's worst data breaches risks wiping …
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| Morgan Meaker / Wired: |
A look at Botometer, which claims to identify the likelihood that a Twitter account is a bot and has been cited by Elon Musk's lawyers in the Twitter lawsuit — In the battle over Twitter's future, the number of bots on the platform is a key issue. Problem is, nobody knows how to count them.| Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
Amazon encourages some customer service staff to work from home, sources say to cut real estate costs; source: Amazon plans to close multiple US call centers — Amazon.com Inc. is encouraging customer service employees at some US call centers to work from home, signaling the company's preference … | Stephen Totilo / Axios: |
Saudi Arabia's Savvy Gaming Group says it plans to invest $37.8B in gaming to expand the kingdom's role in the sector, including $18B for minority investments — Saudi Arabia's government-funded gaming conglomerate The Savvy Gaming Group will invest $37.8 billion in gaming as part … | Bloomberg: |
Jakarta-based Traveloka, Southeast Asia's largest online travel startup, raised $300M from BlackRock, Allianz, and others; Traveloka was valued at $3B in 2020 — Traveloka has secured $300 million in new financing from investors including BlackRock Inc., as Southeast Asia's biggest online …
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Nikkei Asia and Tech in Asia
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Tel Aviv-based Ox Security, which improves software supply chain security, raised a $34M seed from Microsoft's M12 and others, and says it has 30+ customers — The rise in software supply chain attacks, like the SolarWinds hack, prompted last year's executive order from the Biden Administration …
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The New Stack, VentureBeat, and SiliconANGLE
| Eli Tan / CoinDesk: |
Meta opens NFT sharing to Facebook users in the US and to all Instagram users in 100 countries, including the US, where digital collectibles are available — Users can now connect their crypto wallets to Instagram as part of the app's new digital collectible feature, which the tech giant has been testing since May.
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TechCrunch, Meta, The Block, MarketWatch, Ethereum World News, CryptoSlate, and CoinGape
Tweets: @tier10k, @metanewsroom, @blockanalia, @demnaazuki, @coingecko, @xbenjamminx, @roundhill, and @wublockchain
| Financial Times: |
An investigation details China's crackdown on its $47B chip self-sufficiency “Big Fund”, including 12+ executives investigated or disappeared in three months — The sudden disappearance in July last year of Gao Songtao, the bespectacled former vice-president …
Tweets: @simonbchen, @michaelxpettis, and @edwardwhitenz
| Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk: |
Block's bitcoin-focused TBD subsidiary and Circle partner on open standards for cross-border remittances and self-custody wallets that hold USD stablecoins — The partnership aims to improve people's access to dollar-linked stablecoins in countries with rapidly devaluing currencies.
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Circle Blog, Axios, CoinGape, TBD, and Watcher Guru
Tweets: @tbd54566975, @chrisblec, @start9labs, and @jonsyu
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