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| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Twitter starts paying Twitter Blue creators who earned 5M+ impressions per month for three months a revenue cut from the ads beside the replies to their tweets — Twitter is now paying creators for a share of the ad revenue earned from ads served in the replies to their posts.
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| Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post: |
The first beneficiaries of Twitter's payout to creators program include far-right influencers like Andrew Tate, who posted that Twitter paid him over $20K — The platform is paying high profile creators, including Andrew Tate, thousands of dollars for posting to the app| Tom Hals / Reuters: |
A US judge says Ripple's XRP sales to sophisticated investors violated securities law but that sales on exchanges were not offers of securities; XRP jumps 70%+ — U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres said Ripple Labs Inc's institutional sales of its XRP digital token violated federal law …
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| Aoyon Ashraf / CoinDesk: |
After the court ruling, Coinbase, Kraken, and Bitstamp resume XRP trading on their US exchanges, while Gemini is exploring the listing of the token — U.S. federal court ruled on Thursday that sale of XRP tokens on exchanges and through algorithms did not constitute investment contracts.| Bloomberg: |
The US arrests and charges former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky with six counts; the SEC, CFTC, and FTC sue Mashinsky and Celsius; Mashinsky pleads not guilty — - Three regulatory agencies also sued Mashinsky in New York — Mashinsky pleads not guilty to all charges at hearing
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| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
SAG-AFTRA: AMPTP's AI proposal lets studios scan a background actor to create a digital likeness, for a day's pay, for perpetual use without consent or pay — During today's press conference in which Hollywood actors confirmed that they were going on strike, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland …
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Microsoft names Aptos as the next default font for its Microsoft 365 productivity apps, replacing Calibri; Aptos was available for two years as Bierstadt — - After considering user feedback on five options, Microsoft has picked the next default font for its productivity apps like Word and Outlook.
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| Bloomberg Law: |
A US district judge denies the FTC's motion to stay Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition; the FTC is still seeking emergency action by the 9th Circuit — The US Federal Trade Commission lost its request for a California judge to temporarily block Microsoft Corp. from closing …
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| Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: |
Doc: the FTC sends OpenAI a demand for records about addressing risks tied to its AI models and a March 2023 security incident over payment-related information — The agency's demand for OpenAI's documents marks the company's greatest U.S. regulatory threat to date
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Reddit plans to sunset its current coins and awards systems used to show post appreciation by September 12, 2023; no new coins can be purchased starting today — Reddit is sunsetting its current coins and awards systems, meaning you soon won't be able to thank a kind stranger for giving you Reddit Gold for one of your posts.
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| Bloomberg: |
Adobe: US shoppers spent $12.7B on Amazon's 48-hour Prime Day, up 6.1% YoY but below estimates of 9.5% growth; an increasing customer share used BNPL services — US shoppers spent $12.7 billion online during Amazon.com Inc.'s 48-hour Prime Day, up 6.1% from a year ago but short of estimates for 9.5% growth, according to Adobe Inc.
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| Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: |
Google updates Bard with 43 more languages, from Arabic to Vietnamese, and privacy features requested by EU regulators, and debuts the tool in Europe and Brazil — Latest version to also include a privacy hub for all users — Google is betting a new version of its artificial-intelligence chatbot …
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Honor unveils Magic V2, a foldable phone measuring 9.9mm thick when folded and weighing 231g, is thinner and lighter than the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and the Pixel Fold — If there's one thing Honor wants you to know about its new Magic V2, it's how thin and light it is.
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
The AP and OpenAI sign a two-year deal; the AP gets access to OpenAI's tech in return for licensing some of its text archive dating back to 1985 for AI training — The Associated Press on Thursday said it reached a two-year deal with OpenAI, the parent company to ChatGPT, to share access to select news content and technology.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
London-based Causaly, which uses AI for biomedical research and drug discovery, raised a $60M Series B led by ICONIQ Growth, taking its total funding to $93M — Artificial intelligence has been a big theme in the world of health and medical research, and specifically in the area of drug discovery.
More: Tech.eu, FinSMEs, VentureBeat, Recursion Pharmaceuticals, and Barron's Online
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Telly begins shipping its free, ad-supported, dual-screen 4K TV as part of its public beta program; users must submit demographic info, viewing habits, and more — Start-up says it received more than 250,000 sign-ups from U.S. consumers … The start-up, which plans to ship some 500,000 free …
More: Telly, Liliputing, TechCrunch, and Neowin
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| Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times: |
The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University files a lawsuit challenging Texas' TikTok ban on state devices, for limiting research and teaching — A lawsuit filed on Thursday says Gov. Greg Abbott's ban is compromising research and teaching at public universities.| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
A Stability AI co-founder sues the startup over being duped into selling his 15% stake for $100 to CEO Emad Mostaque months before Stability hit a $1B valuation — A Stability AI Ltd. co-founder has sued the company, claiming he was tricked into selling his stake for $100 months …
More: Financial Times, Forbes, Semafor, and Reuters
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Microsoft and Activision Blizzard mull the sale of some UK cloud-based gaming rights to a telecom, gaming, or internet company to appease regulators — Microsoft Corp. and Activision Blizzard Inc. are considering giving up some control of their cloud-gaming business in the UK … | Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
At a congressional hearing, FTC Chair Lina Khan defended herself against GOP attacks over her alleged ethics violation and aggressive antitrust enforcement — Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan fended off Republican attacks over her adherence to ethics laws and aggressive antitrust enforcement … | Bloomberg: |
China unveils the final version of its generative AI guidelines, which omits some restrictions present in its April draft, signaling a more flexible regulation — China has loosened some of the guardrails it proposed for ChatGPT-style services months ago, as it acknowledges the need to compete …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple updates the macOS Sonoma beta to bring iCloud Keychain passwords to Chrome, Edge, and other Chromium-based browsers via an iCloud Passwords extension — The macOS Sonoma update that is in testing allows Mac owners who opt to use Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, or another browser …
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| Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
Elon Musk forms xAI, a startup he will lead to “understand the true nature of the universe”; the staff has worked at Google, Microsoft, Tesla, OpenAI, and more — Elon Musk announced a new AI company today, xAI. all the team members listed on the website appear to be men.
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