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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Instagram briefly launched a basic Threads web UI, offering an early look at what to expect before its July 6 launch; the service appears to have 2,500+ users — Instagram's new Threads app, a Twitter competitor, isn't supposed to launch until July 6th, but the web interface went live for a few hours today for everyone to explore.
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| Adrian Weckler / Independent.ie: |
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| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Australia searched several Binance Australia locations as part of its derivatives investigation; CZ acknowledged that “external pressure” hurts Binance — Binance's offices in Australia were searched by the country's financial markets regulator as governments around …
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| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Fairphone and Murena partner to launch the modular Fairphone 4 in the US for $599+, running the Google-free /e/ OS instead of Android OS, available unlocked — The storage of both models can be expanded via microSD, and the phone features a modular design that can be easily disassembled using …
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| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Andy Jassy asked Amazon's Hollywood studio for detailed budgets to scrutinize ballooning costs; Amazon spent $7B on originals and other shows in 2022 — I am off this week; that means no newsletter Sunday. — (Tips are still welcome at lshaw31@bloomberg.net or on Signal.
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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
The Port of Nagoya, Japan's largest and busiest port, plans to resume operations on July 6 after a July 4 ransomware attack; no group has claimed the hack yet — The Port of Nagoya, the largest and busiest port in Japan, has been targeted in a ransomware attack that currently impacts the operation of container terminals.
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| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Twitter claims advanced notice about rate limiting would have helped bad actors evade detection and says rate limiting had a “minimal” effect on advertising — The company claims bad actors could otherwise have changed their strategies. — Twitter has been even more of a mess …
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| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Twitter quietly backtracks and lets logged out users see individual tweets, ending Elon Musk's “temporary emergency measure”; profiles are still not visible — The platform is becoming slightly more usable just as Meta opens up its Twitter competitor.
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| Nate Lanxon / Bloomberg: |
Neko Health, a startup founded by Spotify CEO Daniel Ek and Watty founder Hjalmar Nilsonne that makes an AI-based full-body scanner, raised €60M led by Lakestar — Neko Health, the medical diagnostics company co-founded by Spotify Technology SA Chief Executive Officer Daniel Ek … | Maria Sherman / Associated Press: |
Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason jr. says music with AI-created elements is eligible for a Grammy, but the AI portion will not be considered for the award — Last month, the Recording Academy announced a series of changes to the Grammy Awards to better reflect an evolving music industry.
More: Variety, Music Ally, Cointelegraph, Rolling Stone, UPROXX, and Insider
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| 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.
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| John Reed / Financial Times: |
India targets December 2024 for the country's first domestically manufactured chips; Micron's new chip assembly and test facility breaks ground in August 2023 — IT minister reveals ambitious timeline as part of push to expand tech manufacturing supply chain| Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
A likely fake 8-month-old Twitter account with a Blue check and 130K followers, suspended after WaPo informed Twitter, is a case study in political rage baiting — The Erica Marsh account shows how ‘rage baiting’ remains a powerful way to win attention and score political points
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Forums: r/Enough_Sanders_Spam, r/TheLib, r/ActiveMeasures, and r/sanepolitics
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
For Europeans, CJEU's Meta ruling could potentially close this chapter on surveillance capitalism, which relies on denying users a free choice over its tracking — Mark your calendar European friends: July 4th could soon be celebrated as independence-from-Meta's-surveillance- capitalism-day … | Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: |
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