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Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Meta's Supplemental Privacy Policy for Threads says “your Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting your Instagram account”, surprising some users  —  Threads, Meta's Twitter rival, is drawing users at an astounding pace, amassing 10 million signups in just seven hours …
Casey Newton / Platformer:
Hands-on with Threads: fairly basic text-based messaging app, log in via Instagram, no hashtags, can't search for anything other than user handles, and more  —  Programming note: I really was trying to take a vacation, but this felt like it was worth the one-day interruption.
More: The Verge, New York Times, TechCrunch, Insider, ZDNet, TheGamer, NPR, Financial Times, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, AppAdvice, Slate, Reuters, The Verge, The Guardian, BreakingNews.ie, The Week, France 24, BizTech News, Dexerto, Android Authority, Thurrott, Gizmodo, Cult of Mac, 500ish, USA Today, Social Media Today, New York Post, WinBuzzer, SlashGear, CNBC, Cryptopolitan, Insider, Tom's Guide, TechRadar, and The Apple Post
Bluesky: @petersterne.com.  Mastodon: @javahippie@freiburg.social, @hynek@mastodon.social, and @chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca
Twitter: @kdtrey5, @mattgrayyes, @jonrog1, @billym2k, @cz_binance, @aoc, @fiimgal, @b_fung, @sturdyalex, @saradietschy, @alx, @mikesmicyt, @benedictevans, @dekaf, @smtuffy, @paulg, @blobyblo, @blakeir, @jackhorwood, @georgebsocial, @riptari, @esthercrawford, @alasdair_gbs, @edzitron, @edzitron, @durvidimel, @jeeveswilliams, @micsolana, @martinsfp, @georgebsocial, @benedictevans, @lmasaysno, @pkedrosky, @neerajka, @joshuaphilll, @q_review, @imjamesbarr, @benwerd, and @platformer
Threads: @mkbhd, @katienotopoulos, @sterling7, @earthpix, @mosseri, @pompglobal, @jasonrashaad, @mosseri, @zuck, @carnage4life, @om, @jessechuku, @zacefron, @marvel, @aliterative, @rollingstone, @om, @wesleylowery, @ellendegeneres, @shakira, @zuck, @addisonraee, @mercedesamgf1, @kareem, @0xjessel, @hotones, @buccocapital, @mrbeast, @grantcardone, @krisjenner, @thedeanlife, @karenxcheng, @freddiemade, @fakiebigfoot, @carnage4life, @meganq, @meals_by_cug, @wrightyofficial, @dens, @mosseri, @airapparentmusic, @lilyallen, @minhsmind, @epicfunnypage, @bravobybetches, @steven, @mrshangkong, @realadamrose, @lexfridman, @hautelemode, @michellekhare, @ayocaesar, @ksi, @sokane1, @adamw, @channel4, @jlo, @carnage4life, @krys, @gallucks, and @coreytutt
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Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch:
Mark Zuckerberg says Threads now has over 30M signups, up from 10M within seven hours of launch, 5M in four hours, and 2M in two hours  —  Update July 6, 11:45 AM IST: Zuckerberg noted that Threads crossed the milestone of 10 million signups within seven hours of launch.
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Meta launches Instagram's Threads, available on the App Store and Google Play in 100+ countries; users log in via Instagram and can follow the same accounts  —  - Threads is a text-based messaging app that looks very similar to Twitter.  — People will be able to use their Instagram usernames …
More: Reuters, TechCrunch, PCMag, TechCrunch, Silicon Valley Business …, The Guardian, The Verge, CNN, Deadline, MacRumors, Washington Post, UploadVR, MacRumors, Watcher Guru, NBC News, New York Post, Bloomberg, Associated Press, NBC 7 San Diego, Engadget, Techpoint Africa, Supercharged, Daring Fireball, Slate, Vox, Bloomberg, and The Hollywood Reporter
Bluesky: @darthbluesky.bsky.social and @mikalfm.bsky.social.  Mastodon: @luis_in_brief@social.coop
Twitter: @finkd, @elonmusk, @lindayacc, @elonmusk, @nikitabier, @emoswaggy, @aries_menace, @jappleby, @techemails, @b_fung, @cb_doge, @howfxr, @levie, @timcast, @junlper, @mosseri, @asemota, @samro, @marshallk, @b_fung, @adamkovac, @mkupperman, @cbctom, @amnesty, @mikeisaac, @mattnavarra, @s8mb, @benedictevans, @karlbode, @oneunderscore__, @nikitabier, @austen, @kantrowitz, @danprimack, @elonmusk, @mikeisaac, @gojomo, @andrewmacfnz, @thomas_violence, @prawn_meat, @robdelaney, @campbell_brown, @micsolana, @gregisenberg, @jason_kint, @picketer, @mikko, @andy_staples, @anothercohen, @sarthakgh, @balajis, @jamestitcomb, @can, @worldwidewob, @libsoftiktok, @ashcryptoreal, @tomwarren, @samcoatessky, @brianstelter, @letterboxd, @esqueer_, @bobbyallyn, @noupside, @instagram, @max_oats, @pragdua, @rmac18, @danprimack, @yoda, @cstanley, @tomwarren, @sarthakgh, @readdanwrite, @wongmjane, @timsweeneyepic, @wexler, @instagram, @maxwinebach, @thomasgermain, @verge, @mattnavarra, @charliekirk11, @carlquintanilla, @__apf__, @esqueer_, @rachelmetz, @kantrowitz, @kantrowitz, @luxeprogressive, @tomwarren, @vladsavov, @teroterotero, and @divestech
Threads: @zuck, @mosseri, @mosseri, @kayvonmusic, @aoc, @zuck, @mosseri, @fazeclan, @zuck, @instagram, @mikedavismma, @thisisbillgates, @itselavia, @jeremysliew, @davidmarcus, @carnage4life, @caseyrain, @zuck, @carnage4life, @absolutelyashika, @mosseri, @taylorlorenz, @yung_pueblo, @naomigleit, @mosseri, @zuck, @davecamarillo, @milliegooch, @zuck, @japanoninsta, @mosseri, @0xjessel, @alokvmenon, @mosseri, @whatsapp, @taylorlorenz, @zuck, @h1brd, @gerekmeinhardt, @carnage4life, @mosseri, @zuck, @tobi, @eorlins, @crumbler, @crumbler, @lenperalta, @sam_faid, and @nickbilton.  Forums: r/brasil
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Eugen Rochko / Mastodon Blog:
Mastodon CEO says the launch of Instagram's Threads, which intends to adopt ActivityPub, “is a clear victory for our cause, hopefully one of many to come”  —  Today, Meta is launching its new microblogging platform called Threads.  What is noteworthy about this launch …
Alex Heath / The Verge:
Q&A with Adam Mosseri on how Threads began, why the service is a “risky endeavor”, creating a standalone app off of Instagram, ActivityPub, Elon Musk, and more  —  The ‘volatility’ of Twitter under Elon Musk has given Instagram an opening to compete.
Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times:
Instagram Threads feels like Twitter's early days, offering users an insta-network underpinned by Meta's infrastructure that helped surpass smaller rivals
New York Times:
How Tom Brady's crypto ambitions, including a bet on FTX, collided with reality, an example of the humiliating reckoning facing celebrities who embraced crypto  —  The superstar quarterback is among the celebrities dealing with the fallout from the crypto crash.  Others, like Taylor Swift, escaped.
Emily M. Bender:
Framing AI debates as a schism between people worried about rogue AI and those illuminating harms is ahistorical and obscures research, journalism, and activism  —  In two recent conversations with very thoughtful journalists, I was asked about the apparent ‘schism’ between those making a lot …
Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post:
A look at Dustin Moskovitz's Open Philanthropy, which has spent nearly $500M on scholarships, grants, and more at universities like Stanford to fight rogue AI
Bloomberg:
Sources: CFTC investigators concluded that bankrupt crypto lender Celsius Network misled investors and that its former CEO, Alex Mashinsky, also broke US rules  —  Investigators at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have concluded that bankrupt crypto lender Celsius Network …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Bluesky raised an $8M seed led by Neo and partners with Namecheap to let its users directly purchase and manage custom domains, Bluesky's first paid service  —  Hours before Meta launches its anticipated Instagram competitor, Threads, another Twitter rival — Bluesky — is announcing additional funding and its first paid service.
Wayne Ma / The Information:
Sources: Google delays releasing its first fully custom Pixel chip by at least a year; instead of codename Redondo's 2024 debut, codename Laguna is set for 2025  —  Google has big ambitions to develop its own chips for its Pixel phones.  So far, however, things haven't gone according to plan.
Allison Johnson / The Verge:
Samsung schedules its next Galaxy Unpacked event for July 26 at 7am ET in Seoul, where the Galaxy Z Fold 5, Z Flip 5, Watch 6, and new tablets are expected  —  Samsung has announced it's hosting its next Unpacked on July 26th at 7AM ET — bright and early for the east coast …
Sarah McBride / Bloomberg:
PitchBook: US VCs invested $39.8B in Q2 2023, down nearly 50% YoY, across 3,011 deals, down ~33% YoY, with the number of angel or seed deals falling ~50% YoY  —  Venture capitalists are funding fewer startups, especially at the earliest stages of a company's life, according to new data from research firm PitchBook.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Spotify stops letting subscribers paying via Apple's App Store to use IAP as a payment method, after barring new subscribers from using Apple's IAP in May 2016  —  Spotify hasn't let new Premium subscribers pay for service using in-app purchases via Apple's App Store since May 2016 …
Dell Cameron / Wired:
A look at a “must-pass” National Defense Authorization Act amendment, which would forbid US government agencies from buying citizens' search histories and more  —  An amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act would forbid government entities from buying Americans' search histories, location data, and more.
Katrina Manson / Bloomberg:
The US military is running an eight-week exercise of five LLMs trained on classified info to test AI-enabled data for decision-making, sensors, and firepower  —  Matthew Strohmeyer is sounding a little giddy.  The US Air Force colonel has been running data-based exercises inside the US Defense Department for years.
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Jason Cowley, the editor-in-chief of UK magazine the New Statesman, is stepping down from the position at the end of December after 16 years

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Lauren Weber / Wall Street Journal:
NYC's law on AI use in hiring takes effect, requiring annual software audits, race and gender impact disclosures, and up to $1,500 fines per violation per day
More: Computerworld, New Scientist, CBS News, NBC News, Quartz, and Bloomberg Law
LinkedIn: Ray Smith.  Twitter: @meetthepress and @jeremyhsu.  Forums: r/news
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