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| Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post: |
Twitter's creators program makes its first payouts, including to far-right influencers like Andrew Tate, who made over $20K, Ian Miles Cheong, and Benny Johnson — The platform is paying high-profile creators, including Andrew Tate, thousands of dollars for posting to the app
More: Thurrott, Insider, PCMag, Gizmodo, Business Today, Tech.co, Phandroid, and Music Ally
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Twitter: @krassenstein, @cobratate, @sawyermerritt, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @junlper, @stclairashley, @elonmusk, @lrozen, @saeeddicaprio, @stevenmarkryan, @alx, @junlper, @taylorlorenz, @wallstreetsilv, @atrupar, @xerocooleth, @taylorlorenz, @wholemarsblog, @stclairashley, @kimdotcom, @catturd2, @taylorlorenz, @culturecrave, and @shark3ozero. Threads: @kbode. Forums: r/RealTesla
| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
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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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Bluesky: @akelacooper.bsky.social and @annleckie.com
Mastodon: @esther@strangeobject.space, @maxkennerly@mstdn.social, @botwiki@mastodon.social, and @jaredwhite@indieweb.social
Twitter: @massawyrm, @sentammoses, @scalzi, @bostonjerry, @nowthisnews, @sillysyntax, @latimes, @3cfilmss, @jstylman, @shauniedarko, @a_webster, @valerie_tosi, @kvanaren, @discussingfilm, @womenscribes, @crecenteb, @albinokid, @embryethan, @thr, and @meisteralready
Forums: Hacker News, r/WorkReform, r/ArtistHate, r/boxoffice, r/television, r/HouseOfTheDragon, r/television, r/RedLetterMedia, r/LiveFromNewYork, r/WednesdayTVSeries, r/LosAngeles, r/IATSE, r/OnlyMurdersHulu, r/TwoBestFriendsPlay, r/blankies, r/comiccon, r/oscarrace, r/boxoffice, r/FilmIndustryLA, r/Fauxmoi, and r/television
| Michael Schulman / New Yorker: |
Netflix's Orange Is the New Black was an early indicator of how lopsided the streaming economy would be, as 10 actors from the show detail tiny residual incomes — The innovative and daring show was a worldwide hit for Netflix, but some of the actors say that they were never fairly compensated.
More: UPROXX and New York Times
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| Hayden Field / CNBC: |
Sensor Tower: on July 11 and 12, Instagram's Threads DAUs were down ~20% from July 8 and the time spent by the user on the app fell 50% to 10 minutes — - Facebook's Twitter-killer, Threads, has seen drops in daily active users and time spent on app since the weekend, according to SensorTower and SimilarWeb.
More: Gizmodo, PCMag, Tech Startups, Android Headlines, Fast Company, PetaPixel, ChannelX, Neowin, and Social Media Today
Twitter: @patrickmoorhead, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @danielernsttmt, @ascottreid, @mattnavarra, and @davidgerard. Threads: @thestalwart
Forums: r/technology and Beehaw
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Meta says it has taken “further measures” to prevent EU-based users from accessing Instagram's Threads, including blocking access through VPNs — After multiple EU-based users complained about not being able to access Instagram's Threads app through VPN, Meta confirmed that it is blocking such efforts.
More: Engadget, Ars Technica, Appuals.com, and Neowin
| Tim Copeland / The Block: |
Multichain ceases operations after the crypto bridging protocol's CEO Zhaojun and his sister, who held ~$220M of user assets, were detained by Chinese police — - Multichain confirmed its CEO has been detained in China. — It said the CEO's sister moved $220 million of funds …
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Twitter: @multichainorg, @0xfoobar, @fluffypony, @plumferno, @poordart, @bradmillscan, @chrisblec, @eking0x, @mdudas, @moo9000, and @cryptoseq
| Reuters: |
Twitter sues four unnamed entities in Texas for “unlawfully scraping data” and seeks $1M+ in relief; Elon Musk links the move to recent rate limit rules — Twitter has filed a lawsuit against four unnamed entities in Texas for data scraping last week, a move that showed …
More: Ars Technica, CNBC, Engadget, The Verge, SlashGear, and WFAA-TV
Forums: r/DataHoarder and Ars OpenForum
| Aoyon Ashraf / CoinDesk: |
After the US court ruling, Coinbase, Kraken, and Bitstamp resume XRP trading on their US exchanges and Gemini is exploring listing the token — U.S. federal court ruled on Thursday that sale of XRP tokens on exchanges and through algorithms did not constitute investment contracts.
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Mastodon: @gulovsen@mastodon.social. Twitter: @coinbaseassets, @gemini, @iampaulgrewal, @iamdcinvestor, @iampaulgrewal, and @dylanleclair_
| Tom Hals / Reuters: |
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LinkedIn: Tobias Bauer and Brian Naughton
Twitter: @bgarlinghouse, @watcherguru, @gopmajoritywhip, @tier10k, @eleanorterrett, @metalawman, @jason, @cz_binance, @prestonjbyrne, @davidsacks, @colinwilhelm, @colinwilhelm, @colinwilhelm, @leomschwartz, @danprimack, @bgarlinghouse, @meattc_, @meattc_, @meattc_, @meattc_, @spreekaway, @arthurb, @hosseeb, @aeyakovenko, @autismcapital, @spreekaway, @haydenzadams, @spreekaway, @adamscochran, @jesse_hynes, @watcherguru, @metalawman, @milesdeutscher, @whalewire, @tree_of_alpha, and @eleanorterrett
Forums: Hacker News, r/btc, and r/Buttcoin
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Microsoft and Activision Blizzard consider selling UK cloud-based game rights to a telecom, gaming, or internet company to appease US and UK regulators — - Companies may give up some control of UK cloud gaming unit — US, UK regulators have come out against the $69 billion deal| Bloomberg Law: |
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Twitter: @tomwarren, @doratki, and @leah_nylen
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter aims to reduce DM spam with a setting that moves messages from Blue users you don't follow back to the Message Request inbox instead of the main inbox — As Twitter fends off new competition from Instagram Threads, the company today announced a change designed to cut down on spam in users' inboxes.
More: Dexerto, Techlusive, Social Media Today, and Engadget
| 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.
More: Microsoft Design, The Register, The Verge, Insider, ZDNet, gHacks Technology News, PC Gamer, Techlusive, OnMSFT.com, MSPoweruser, Gizchina, TechRadar, Neowin, BetaNews, Thurrott, Pixel Envy, and Windows Central
Mastodon: @mwichary@mastodon.online, @hitext@typo.social, @aegir@toot.wales, and @mattsevits@super-gay.co
Twitter: @joeygrundl, @mattrosoff, @_barbi_k, @parismarx, @anelf3, @microsoftdesign, and @cathrinew
Forums: r/typography and Slashdot
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Reddit plans to sunset its current coins and awards systems used to show appreciation for a post by September 12, 2023; users can no longer purchase new coins — 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.
More: PCMag, Mashable, Android Authority, and Nyxelestia
Bluesky: @dannyomo.bsky.social. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. Twitter: @quinnypig, @personaidata, @vampirevore, @platnumsparkles, and @polisisti. Threads: @jaypetersplus
Forums: r/reddit, r/technews, r/Futurology, r/technology, and Beehaw
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