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| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Meta plans to launch Instagram's standalone Twitter competitor Threads on July 6, per the pre-order App Store listing, which offers screenshots of some features — Instagram's rumored Twitter competitor just dropped on the iOS App Store in the US. The app will be called Threads …
More: App Store, BBC, New York Times, The Guardian, Silicon Republic, Engadget, Livemint, Insider, The Verge, Bloomberg, Android Authority, The Economic Times, Mashable, TweakTown, Newser, MySmartPrice, SamMobile, Rolling Stone, and BGR
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Mastodon: @counternotions@mastodon … and @paul@tapbots.social
Twitter: @jack, @alexeheath, @elonmusk, @joannastern, @ianzelbo, @headfallsoff, @eric_young_1, @diegojimenez, @elonmusk, @patrickclaybon, @alexmaxham, @paultassi, @paultassi, @poweredbyidtech, @tomwarren, @mehdirhasan, @ooccouchgags, @mikeisaac, @marionawfal, @nataliemj10, @ianfayart, @ndhapple, @counternotions, @bkoo, @benedictevans, @anthonyquintano, @its_whitney, @elamin88, @jw, @benedictevans, @nicholasmairone, @can, @parkerortolani, @jw, @joshtpm, @_zeets, @javalle, @mattnavarra, @brandonbutch, @jsstansel, and @a_picazo. Forums: r/elonmusk
| Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: |
An APK teardown of Instagram's Threads, uploaded to Google Play ahead of the app's launch, reveals the threads.net website and details on how Threads will work — Ahead of the app's launch later this week, Meta has launched a landing page for its Twitter competitor, “Threads,” counting down to the service's launch.
More: Threads, Firstpost, Techlusive, Digital Trends, SlashGear, iThinkDifferent, Livemint, The Information, Reuters, Insider, and AppleInsider
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| Dave Lee / Bloomberg: |
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Forums: r/behindthebastards, r/TheTwitterEnd, r/EnoughMuskSpam, and r/DecodingTheGurus
| @twittersupport: |
Twitter says that in 30 days users must pay for Blue to use TweetDeck, the new version of which supports full composer functionality, Spaces, polls, and more — We have just launched a new, improved version of TweetDeck. All users can continue to access their saved searches & workflows via https://tweetdeck.twitter.com/ by selecting “Try the new TweetDeck” in the bottom left menu. Some notes on getting started and the future of the product... https://twitter.com/...
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Twitter employees say that removing support for legacy APIs is what broke TweetDeck, and the company will be moving users to the “new” version of TweetDeck — Twitter is officially launching its “new” version of TweetDeck to everyone, according to a tweet from Twitter's support account …
More: 9to5Mac, Newser, Firstpost, and SlashGear
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
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Forums: r/Twitter, r/EnoughMuskSpam, and Beehaw
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
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Bluesky: @caseynewton.bsky.social. Twitter: @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @rmac18, @jayrosen_nyu, @sashakaletsky, @zaleskiluke, @patrickw, @0xngmi, @jack, @huntingthedead, @goldman, @notabigjerk, @esthercrawford, @benjysarlin, @davenewworld_2, @levie, @austin_rief, @alex_valaitis, @auschwitzmuseum, @elonmusk, @alicemazzy, @nkulw, @nancylevine, @tomwarren, and @snowden. Forums: r/EnoughMuskSpam
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
The social web is changing: Twitter set up limits, Reddit alienated its users, TikTok could get banned, and Instagram has turned into an entertainment platform — An era of the internet is ending, and we're watching it happen practically in real time. Twitter has been on a steep …
Bluesky: @peterabraham.bsky.social. Mastodon: @antimnguyen@mastodon …, @joel@fosstodon.org, and @ernie@writing.exchange
Twitter: @reaumie, @textually, and @scobie
Forums: Hacker News, r/Foodforthought, r/technology, and Beehaw
| Bradley Keoun / CoinDesk: |
Cameron Winklevoss makes a ~$1.47B “final offer” to DCG CEO Barry Silbert for Genesis' bankruptcy restructuring and threatens lawsuits if Silbert fails to agree — Creditors of the crypto financial firm Genesis propose a package $1.5 billion of forbearance payments and loans denominated …
More: Unchained Crypto, DL News, The Block, Bloomberg, Bitcoinist.com, Cryptopolitan, Coinpedia Fintech News, Ethereum World News, Cointelegraph, and Watcher Guru
Twitter: @cameron, @twobitidiot, @simondixontwitt, @coindesk, @johnedeaton1, and @fintechfrank
| Thomas Germain / Gizmodo: |
Google updates its privacy policy to say the company may use “publicly available information” to train its AI models and build products like Translate and Bard — An update to Google's privacy policy suggests that the entire public internet is fair game for it's AI projects.
More: Privacy & Terms - Google, 9to5Google, TechPowerUp, Search Engine Journal, Google, and Android Authority
Forums: r/privacy, r/technology, Beehaw, and Slashdot
| Mike Scarcella / Reuters: |
Apple plans to ask SCOTUS to revisit an Epic case ruling that Apple cannot stop developers from providing links in apps to payment options outside the App Store — Apple (AAPL.O) said on Monday it will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its challenge to a judge's order in an antitrust case brought by … | Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Sweden's privacy watchdog says that “companies must stop using Google Analytics” and fines local online retailer CDON less than $30K and telco Tele2 over $1.1M — Sweden's data protection watchdog has issued a couple of fines in relation to exports of European users' data via Google Analytics … | Bloomberg: |
BlackRock refiles for its spot bitcoin ETF through Nasdaq, saying Coinbase will provide market surveillance to address the US SEC's insufficient info objection — BlackRock Inc. has refiled paperwork with US regulators through Nasdaq to add new details to its proposal for a exchange-traded fund that invests directly in Bitcoin.
More: Decrypt, CryptoPotato, The Block, Crypto Daily, CoinDesk, Livemint, Inside Bitcoins, Ethereum World News, Forkast, Unchained Crypto, Bitcoin News, Bitcoinist.com, Cointelegraph, Reuters, Cryptonews, CoinJournal, CryptoSlate, and Micky
Forums: r/Bitcoin and r/CryptoCurrency
| Financial Times: |
A look at Reliance's JioCinema, which had 400M+ IPL cricket stream viewers, acquired content rights from NBC, HBO, and WBD, and is challenging Disney in India — Asia's richest man is on a mission to transform Reliance Industries into a digital group — India's richest man Mukesh Ambani … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: the US plans to require AWS and other cloud providers to seek permission before providing services that use advanced AI chips to Chinese customers — Biden administration proposal, aimed at closing loophole in chip export controls, could escalate tit-for-tat fight with Beijing| Bloomberg: |
More: Tech Monitor, Wall Street Journal, Business Today, Reuters, Tom's Hardware, NBC News, The Hill, Display Daily, PC Gamer, Neowin, Reuters, The Information, CHINAdaily, The Register, Financial Times, PCMag, and Agence France-Presse
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Forums: r/worldnews, r/neoliberal, r/LessCredibleDefence, and Slashdot
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Pornhub blocks access in Mississippi and Virginia over age verification laws and says before going offline in Louisiana age gating cut traffic there by ~80% — Pornhub is now blocking people in Mississippi and Virginia from visiting its website over laws that would require the service to verify their age.
More: Ars Technica, Gizmodo, and TechCrunch
| Bloomberg: |
The world's 500 richest people together gained $852B in H1 2023, the best half-year since H2 2020; Musk and Zuckerberg led with $96.6B and $58.9B, respectively — The world's 500 richest people added $852 billion to their fortunes in the first half of 2023.Sponsor Posts
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