Open Links In New Tab
Mobile Archives Site News
Techmeme
July 21, 2023, 9:50 PM
Mediagazer memeorandum WeSmirch
Home River Leaderboards About Sponsor Events Newsletter

Top News

Makena Kelly / The Verge:
OpenAI, Microsoft, Meta, Google, Amazon, Anthropic, and Inflection make voluntary AI promises to the White House, like cybersecurity investment and watermarking  —  The White House is bringing in AI's top seven companies Friday to make a series of voluntary promises to protect users.
More: The White House, Ars Technica, Microsoft On the Issues, New York Times, The Keyword, OpenAI, Reuters, TechCrunch, CNBC, Wired, The Register, Financial Times, New York Times, NPR, Tech Monitor, Variety, The Information, Insider, Voice of America, Digital Music News, Associated Press, Tom's Hardware, The Hollywood Reporter, Wall Street Journal, Dark Reading, Cybersecurity Dive, SiliconANGLE, Tech Startups, WinBuzzer, VentureBeat, DeviceSecurity.io, Tech.co, Cryptopolitan, New York Post, SlashGear, The Verge, PCWorld, Observer, Silicon Valley Business …, The Guardian, Android Headlines, The Decoder, Decrypt, Forbes, Silicon Republic, SecurityWeek, 24/7 Wall St., Beyond Search, PC Gamer, PetaPixel, FedScoop, Washington Post, The Hill, Gizmodo, Channel NewsAsia, Roll Call, insideBIGDATA, GeekWire, Engadget, and Bloomberg Law
LinkedIn: Vasu Jakkal, Eric Horvitz, Nathaniel Fick, Roderick Mann, Eric Horvitz, Tanya Dua, Sathish Muthukrishnan, Rachel Gruner, Karan Bhatia, Simon Mehdian-Staffell, Rajesh Kandaswamy, Mike Rayo, PhD, and Mavanee Anderson
Mastodon: @emilymbender@dair …, @GW@newsie.social, @danielnazer@mastodon.social, and @RepDonBeyer@mas.to
Twitter: @mustafasuleymn, @nullr0ute, @katecrawford, @tomwarren, @kylebrussell, @ingridlunden, @mustafasuleymn, @jonlemire, @karlbode, @garymarcus, @nkulw, @hshaban, @ingridlunden, @marietjeschaake, @kthomasdc, @bradsmi, @andrewcurran_, @adamkovac, @pat_hedger, and @divestech
Threads: @doniecnn, @oliverdarcy, and @tomwarrenuk
See also Mediagazer
Jonathan Greig / The Record:
A report says the Microsoft key that Chinese hackers stole could have given them more access than originally assumed; Microsoft disputes the report  —  Microsoft is disputing a new report that claims hackers may have had access to more parts of victims' systems than previously known in a campaign …
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google plans to adopt the Message Layer Security protocol for its Messages app; MLS allows interoperable E2E encrypted messaging across services and platforms  —  Google today announced its support for interoperable end-to-end encrypted communication between large messaging platforms …
Lindsey Choo / Wall Street Journal:
Sensor Tower: Threads' DAUs declined to 13M, down 70% from the July 7 peak; Similarweb: the average time spent in the app has decreased from 19 minutes to four  —  Data show user engagement has fallen 70% as executives focus on options such as a chronological feed
Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Spotify plans to raise its US ad-free premium tier's price for the first time, by $1 to $10.99/month, and increase prices globally in the coming months  —  Audio company had avoided raising prices, but faces investor pressure to increase profitability
Rich Stanton / PC Gamer:
Troy Hunt: the sensitive info of almost 4,000 Roblox Developer Conference attendees from 2017 to 2020 was leaked in 2021; Roblox disclosed the leak this week  —  This may cost the company a few Robux.  —  The major gaming platform Roblox has suffered a major data breach …
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Reddit removes three moderators and takes charge of r/malefashionadvice, one of the biggest subreddits to close in protest of the platform's API pricing changes  —  Reddit is now in charge of r/malefashionadvice, which for a time was the biggest subreddit still closed in protest of the platform's API pricing changes.
Julie Coleman / CNBC:
Digital World Acquisition Corp., which is seeking to take Truth Social public via a SPAC merger, settles fraud charges with the US SEC for $18M; DWAC is up 50%+  —  - Shares of Digital World Acquisition Corp. soared more than 50% on Friday after the company reached an $18 million dollar fraud settlement with the SEC.
Luc Cohen / Reuters:
Court filing: Heather “Razzlekhan” Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein reach a plea deal over allegedly laundering billions in cryptocurrency from Bitfinex's 2016 hack  —  An American couple accused of laundering billions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency stolen from the 2016 hacking …
Kevin Collier / NBC News:
NYC's MTA used AI-powered surveillance software at seven subway stations in May 2023 to track fare evaders, and plans to expand to ~12 more by the end of 2023  —  An MTA spokesperson said the software doesn't flag fare evaders to New York police but declined to comment on whether that policy could change.
Richard Lawler / The Verge:
OpenAI plans to release ChatGPT for Android next week, after launching an iOS app in May 2023  —  / OpenAI is releasing the Android version of the app for ChatGPT next week after launching on iOS in May. … Since launching in November, OpenAI's ChatGPT tool has reached a number of users …

Sponsor Posts

Tribe AI:
Build AI products that matter  —  Tribe AI helps organizations rapidly deploy AI solutions that have real business impact.  We bring together world class AI talent and tooling to drive differentiated results.
Zoho:
Planned US Data Center Maintenance on 23rd and 30th November 2024, between 08.30PM to 00.30AM PST  —  Dear Customers, Our annual infrastructure maintenance for our US Data Center is scheduled for 23rd November 2024 …
Hamming:
Make AI Voice Agents trustworthy  —  Hamming AI automatically tests AI voice agents and continuously monitors them in production.
Techmeme Leaderboards:
Discover the top reporters on AI, VR, policy, and much more  —  We've analyzed Techmeme's news crawl to identify the most influential and prolific writers on 48 news topics.  Download reports immediately for just $100.
Sponsor Techmeme
Techmeme Ride Home:
 Tue. 11/12 - Apple Into The Smarthome
The day's tech news, every day at 5pm ET. Fifteen minutes and you're up to date.
Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or RSS.
Sponsor this podcast
 

About This Page

This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 9:50 PM ET, July 21, 2023.

The most current version of the site as always is available at our home page. To view an earlier snapshot click here and then modify the date indicated.

From Mediagazer

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Disney board members are exploring fresh candidates in their search for a successor to Bob Iger, including EA CEO Andrew Wilson

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Nicholas Carlson unveils Dynamo, a video-focused company that aims to make “cinematic” stories, and raised $3.4M from Henry Blodget, Jessica Lessin, and others

Le Monde:
Le Monde, Le Figaro, Les Echos, and other French news outlets sue X, accusing it of running their content without paying, violating so-called neighboring rights

More News

Michael Kan / PCMag:
Twitter says unverified accounts will have daily limits on the number of direct messages they can send, as part of changes to reduce spam in DMs
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
How Vietnam-based 1Byte, which sells TheTruthSpy stalkerware, created networks of fake sellers with forged US passports to evade detection and funnel payments
Erin Woo / The Information:
Letter: the US SEC subpoenaed Bolt and sent a notice to former CEO Ryan Breslow in 2022 over their past misleading statements to current and potential investors
Steve Dent / Engadget:
Telegram launches Stories, initially for its Premium subscribers, letting users control who can see their stories and how long they last before disappearing

Earlier Picks

David Pierce / The Verge:
OpenAI adds opt-in “custom instructions”, or a user's details that ChatGPT should remember, in beta for ChatGPT Plus subscribers everywhere but the UK and EU
Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon plans to roll out its Amazon One palm scanning payment tech to all 500+ US Whole Foods stores by the end of 2023; 200+ locations already have Amazon One
Hannah Lang / Reuters:
The US Federal Reserve launches FedNow, its long-awaited real-time payments system that will eventually let individuals and businesses transfer money in seconds
Mediagazer memeorandum WeSmirch
Home River Leaderboards About Sponsor Events Newsletter