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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 shows 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 …
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Mastodon: @counternotions@mastodon … and @paul@tapbots.social
Twitter: @jack, @elonmusk, @behnamrezaei, @alexeheath, @elonmusk, @davidfrum, @ianzelbo, @joannastern, @mkbhd, @diegojimenez, @eric_young_1, @adamsinger, @seyitaylor, @patrickclaybon, @mehdirhasan, @mikeisaac, @marionawfal, @saeeddicaprio, @frantzfries, @counternotions, @bkoo, @joshbutler, @its_whitney, @elamin88, @jw, @greatfirechina, @mikebutcher, @benedictevans, @can, @robmanuel, @jw, @joshtpm, @nikitabier, @headfallsoff, @jsstansel, @_zeets, @benedictevans, @poweredbyidtech, @javalle, @a_picazo, @brandonbutch, @anthonyquintano, @paultassi, @paultassi, @ianfayart, @parkerortolani, @tomwarren, @ndhapple, @alexmaxham, @ooccouchgags, @mattnavarra, @nataliemj10, and @nicholasmairone
Forums: r/neoliberal, r/TwoBestFriendsPlay, r/news, and 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, Independent.ie, Bloomberg, News18, MIT Technology Review, Neowin, and The Verge
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| Dave Lee / Bloomberg: |
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| Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: |
The CJEU rules that Germany's Federal Cartel Office didn't overstep when ordering Meta to overhaul its ad business in 2019; Meta is “evaluating” the ruling — Meta Platforms Inc.'s Facebook lost its European Union court fight over a German antitrust order that homed …
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
| 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 …
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| Kevin Okemwa / Windows Central: |
OpenAI temporarily pulls its Browse with Bing beta feature from ChatGPT Plus after users found that requesting a URL's full text let them bypass some paywalls — ChatGPT aided users aiming to bypass paywalls, but OpenAI put a stop to it. — What you need to know
More: OpenAI Help Center, Metaverse Post, Decrypt, OnMSFT.com, BigTechWire, Cryptopolitan, The Verge, Neowin, The Decoder, and WinBuzzer. Forums: Slashdot
| Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: |
A judge issues an injunction blocking key Biden admin officials from contacting social media companies, in a case brought by MO and LA AGs over vaccine posts — The Trump-appointed judge's move could upend years of efforts to enhance coordination between the government and social media companies.
More: Reuters and New York Times
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: the US plans to require cloud companies like AWS and Microsoft to get permission before offering services that use advanced AI chips to Chinese clients — Biden administration proposal, aimed at closing loophole in chip export controls, could escalate tit-for-tat fight with Beijing
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| Financial Times: |
South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan are assessing the fallout from China's limits on chipmaking chemicals gallium and germanium; Japan imported $203.2M worth in 2022 — Beijing's move to impose restrictions follows escalating US controls on technology — Trade officials were assessing the fallout …
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| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Thierry Breton: Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Samsung, and ByteDance said they meet the EU's “gatekeeper” criteria of 45M+ MAUs and a €75B+ market cap — Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google, Amazon (AMZN.O), Apple (AAPL.O), Meta Platforms (META.O) and Microsoft (MSFT.O) …
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| @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: |
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Marques Brownlee details the Nothing Phone (2) in a video: slightly bigger than the Phone (1), tweaked LEDs on the back, a curved glass rear design, and more — Carl Pei's Nothing is just a week or two away from the full launch, and after showing off the camera earlier today, a new video shows off the Nothing Phone (2) in full.
Source: Marques Brownlee on YouTube. More: HotHardware, T3, KnowTechie, Android Central, The Verge, Gizchina, Techlusive, Wccftech, BGR, TechRadar, Sparrow News, MySmartPrice, PhoneArena, GSMArena.com, and Notebookcheck.net
| Bradley Keoun / CoinDesk: |
Cameron Winklevoss makes a $1.465B “final offer” to DCG CEO Barry Silbert for Genesis' bankruptcy restructuring and threatens lawsuits if Silbert does not agree — Creditors of the crypto financial firm Genesis propose a package $1.5 billion of forbearance payments and loans denominated …
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Twitter: @cameron, @twobitidiot, @johnedeaton1, @coindesk, @simondixontwitt, @molly0xfff, and @fintechfrank
| Eliot Brown / Wall Street Journal: |
How SoftBank is playing catch-up despite focusing on AI since 2018; PitchBook says the firm invested in just one of the 26 generative AI startups valued at $1B+ — Billionaire Masayoshi Son said he would make SoftBank ‘the investment company for the AI revolution,’ but he missed out on the most recent frenzy
More: Bloomberg and Moneycontrol
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