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| Tom Hals / Reuters: |
Sources: Elon Musk and Twitter have not yet reached an agreement to end litigation; Musk is scheduled to be deposed on October 6 in Austin — Elon Musk and Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) have not yet reached an agreement to end the litigation and clear the way for the world's richest person to close …
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Wall Street Journal, The Verge, New York Times, The Economic Times, The Verge, Bloomberg, CNBC, Wired, Axios, New York Magazine, Ars Technica, Financial Times, New York Post, Reuters, Bloomberg, Livemint, Bloomberg, Slate, and NBC News
Tweets: @twitterir, @chancery_daily, @scottnover, @matt_levine, @patrickw, @stevekovach, @carlquintanilla, @garyblack00, @adammilstein, @xor, @reckless, @theryanford, @pkafka, and @reckless
| Bloomberg: |
Elon Musk's revived $44B Twitter acquisition could rely on banks providing $12.5B at a time when offloading risky debt is difficult, leading to potential losses — Elon Musk's shock proposal to proceed with his acquisition of Twitter Inc. for the original offer price poses a headache …
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9to5Mac, Platformer, Washington Post, Protocol, Insider, New York Post, Bloomberg, CNBC, Reuters, TechSpot, TheGamer, Wccftech, Inside Bitcoins, iThinkDifferent, Axios, Fortune, and Financial Times
Tweets: @oneunderscore__, @caseynewton, @danprimack, @kaileyleinz, @thestalwart, @ferrotv, @5_min_macro, @riggsreport, @levfincynic, @sandofsky, @ddayen, @riskreversal, @bondhack, @artypapers, @thepacketrat, @wholemarsblog, @lisaabramowicz1, @compoundingcap1, @claireeboston, @moskov, and @kantrowitz
| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
A look at possible outcomes for Twitter under Elon Musk: firing Parag Agrawal, a revolt by employees, bringing back Donald Trump, adding new features, and more — His deal to buy the company is back on. Here are six predictions about Twitter under Musk's control, if it happens. — Buckle up.| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
What to expect from the “Made by Google” event on October 6: Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel Watch, and potentially Nest hardware and previews of Pixel devices — - Wildcards: More Pixel device previews and Nest hardware — Google's fall hardware event promises to be special this year.
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The Verge, Android Police, Made by Google on YouTube, Android Headlines, APKMirror, Android Central, The Verge, GSMArena.com, Wccftech, PhoneArena, Android Police, Android Police, Android Authority, Digital Trends, MacRumors, Mashable India tech, and Tom's Guide
Tweets: @_snoopytech_, @rquandt, @_snoopytech_, @rquandt, @techdroider, @googlepixel_us, @_snoopytech_, and @sondesix
| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Blizzard President Mike Ybarra says Overwatch 2 servers are “experiencing a mass DDoS attack”, preventing users from joining the game's early access launch — Overwatch 2's early access launch has been marred by a few bugs and a massive DDoS attack preventing players from getting into the game.
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The Verge, TechCrunch, HotHardware, IGN, PC Gamer, Washington Post, GoNintendo, GameRevolution, Ars Technica, Gameranx, MobileSyrup, Eurogamer.net, TrueAchievements, Dexerto, Video Games Chronicle, Pure Xbox, Dot Esports, Digital Trends, Destructoid, Wccftech, TechRadar, OnMSFT.com, and GamesIndustry.biz
Tweets: @qwik, @aaronkellerow, @homiehotdog, @althistoryhub, @prorebornyt, @zweverigow, @lululuvely, and @tomwarren
| Wall Street Journal: |
A Chess.com report alleges a pattern of likely widespread cheating in 100+ online games by Hans Moke Niemann, whom champion Magnus Carlsen accused of cheating — An internal report reviewed by The Wall Street Journal alleges a previously unknown pattern of likely widespread cheating by Hans Moke Niemann …
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Chess.com, The Guardian, VICE, PC Gamer, Financial Times, and Kotaku
| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
Tesla plans to remove ultrasonic sensors from some new Model 3 and Y cars in October 2022 and Model S and X cars in 2023, in favor of camera and software — Tesla is removing ultrasonic sensors from Model 3 and Model Y vehicles, the next step in CEO Elon Musk's plan to only use cameras …
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Tesla, Ars Technica, Electrek, The Verge, MobileSyrup, Drive Tesla, Engadget, SlashGear, TechSpot, PCMag, Livemint, and Redmond Pie
Tweets: @wholemarsblog, @macheauto, @katharineberry, @wholemarsblog, @dirtytesla, @_mm85, and @jstogdill
| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Meta details updates to the Facebook Feed that let users show more or show less posts from friends, Groups, and Pages, helping improve Meta's AI-based ranking — With profits shrinking of late, Facebook has been shutting down unpopular apps and focusing on its core services.
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Meta, SiliconANGLE, Thurrott, Search Engine Land, Digital Trends, Meta AI, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Verge, XDA Developers, Bloomberg, KnowTechie, TechCrunch, BGR, and Mashable
Tweets: @alexvoica, @alexvoica, and @facebook
| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
Source: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong commissioned a documentary about his company and himself as he thinks the media has a malicious agenda to smear tech execs — Pass the popcorn. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong just announced a new film titled Coin: A Founder's Story will be available …
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Coinbase on YouTube, The Daily Hodl, Coinspeaker, and Cointelegraph
| Dawn Chmielewski / Reuters: |
Spotify acquires Kinzen, which identifies misinformation and hate speech; the Dublin-based company partnered with Spotify in 2020, initially on election content — Audio-streaming service Spotify Technology SA (SPOT.N) on Wednesday said it has acquired Kinzen, a firm that has helped it identify harmful content on the platform.
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Spotify, The Verge, TechCrunch, PYMNTS.com, Engadget, Reclaim The Net, Silicon Republic, Neowin, and Android Headlines
| Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: in a first, Apple asks suppliers to move some AirPods and Beats devices production to India as early as 2023; some AirPods are already made in Vietnam — iPhone maker taps South Asian nation again in push to diversify from China — TAIPEI — Apple is asking suppliers to move …
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Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, CNBC, Reuters, TechCircle, Inc42 Media, Cult of Mac, BGR, iPhone in Canada Blog, Wccftech, Gizchina, iMore, iThinkDifferent, MacDailyNews, AppleInsider, BGR India, The Economic Times, Tech in Asia, Livemint, and Times of India
Tweets: @byron_wan, @kmayank9, and @ravs82
| Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review: |
DeepMind uses its AlphaTensor AI to solve a matrix multiplication problem by building a 3D TensorGame board game, beating a record that has stood for 50+ years — The new version of AlphaZero discovered a faster way to do matrix multiplication, a core problem in computing that affects thousands of everyday computer tasks.
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Nature, VentureBeat, and DeepMind Blog
Tweets: @deepmind, @sweis, @marcelsalathe, @perrymetzger, @bneiluj, @deepmind, and @erictopol
| Yousef Saba / Reuters: |
Chainalysis: MENA's crypto market grew the fastest from July 2021 to June 2022, with transaction volume up 48% YoY to $566B; Latin America was second at 40% YoY — The Middle East and North Africa are the world's fastest-growing cryptocurrency markets, with the volume of crypto received …
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Chainalysis, TechCrunch, PYMNTS.com, Crypto Daily, Cointelegraph, and CoinDesk
Tweets: @chainalysis, @chainalysis, @chainalysis, @chainalysis, and @chainalysis
| Associated Press: |
A US judge sentences Paige Thompson, who accessed the data of 100M+ Capital One customers in 2019, to five years of probation; the DOJ is “very disappointed” — A former Seattle tech worker convicted of several charges related to a massive hack of Capital One bank and other companies …
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
A review of Intel's $329 Arc A770 and $289 Arc A750: solid 1080p performance, slick design and materials, but weird driver bugs and not enough software controls — Intel's GPU effort is impressive but early … Intel's Arc graphics cards are finally here, and they're priced to take on Nvidia's popular RTX 3060 for budget PC gamers.| Ken Sweet / Associated Press: |
A report by Senator Warren's office says fraud and scams are occurring more often on P2P payments app Zelle, and banks fail to refund 53% of defrauded funds — Incidents of fraud and scams are occurring more often on the popular peer-to-peer payment service Zelle, according to a report issued Monday … | Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters: |
Investing via outside VCs for the first time, Amazon plans to give $150M through 2023 to 10+ funds backing underrepresented founders at or before the seed stage — Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) is investing in outside venture capital funds for the first time, saying on Wednesday it planned …
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SiliconANGLE, PYMNTS.com, About Amazon, FinSMEs, and GeekWire
| Heather Murphy / New York Times: |
A look at the CBP prioritizing facial recognition to verify ~85% of the 221K daily visitors to the US, replacing mobile passport lines and self-service kiosks — More than 80 percent of all travelers entering the U.S. are now verified by facial recognition. The loss of older, seemingly more convenient methods has many perplexed.
Tweets: @fabiochiusi
| Anna Edgerton / Bloomberg: |
Experts say political ads on Facebook no longer result in a good ROI, due to a stagnating user base and policy changes that make it harder to target voters — Beth Becker had just finished teaching Democrats how to use Facebook's digital tools at the Netroots conference in Pittsburgh … | Jeremy C. Owens / MarketWatch: |
Elon Musk claims that buying Twitter “is an accelerant to creating X, the everything app”; in August 2022, Musk teased launching X.com as a social media site — Entrepreneur's first big hit was with X.com, an online bank that was acquired by PayPal; he re-acquired the rights …
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| Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times: |
LA County arrests election software maker Konnech's CEO Eugene Yu for allegedly stealing data on poll workers and says some data was found to be stored in China — The executive, Eugene Yu, and his firm, Konnech, have been a focus of attention among election deniers.
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Los Angeles County …, Gizmodo, and Law Street Media
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Google unveils Imagen Video, a text-to-video AI generator trained on 14M video-text pairs, 60M image-text pairs, and the LAION-400M image-text dataset — Not to be outdone by Meta's Make-A-Video, Google today detailed its work on Imagen Video, an AI system that can generate video clips given a text prompt … 
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