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Elon Musk tweets “And soon we shall bid adieu to the twitter brand” and “If a good enough X logo is posted tonight, we'll make go live worldwide” on July 24 — Elon Musk said on Sunday he was looking to change Twitter's logo, tweeting: “And soon we shall bid adieu …
Source: @elonmusk and @elonmusk
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LinkedIn: Stephen Coates, Gordon MacMillan, Andrew Royal, and Rafael Brown
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Mastodon: @PeterR@mastodon.social, @WarnerCrocker@mastodon.social, @carnage4life@mas.to, @carnage4life@mas.to, @Popehat@mastodon.social, @davepell@mastodon.social, @ajsadauskas@aus.social, @micahflee@infosec.exchange, @mattblaze@federate.social, @germ@tech.lgbt, and @Noupside@saturation.social
Twitter: @elonmusk, @lindayacc, @lindayacc, @jonty, @mgsiegler, @alexeheath, @pt, @danprimack, @mshannahmurphy, @lindayacc, @joshconstine, @rstephens, @mikedrucker, @evacide, @levie, @alexdobie, @rmac18, @katie_roof, @rmac18, @danprimack, @karaswisher, @karaswisher, @benparr, @jon_prosser, @martinsfp, @sherman4949, @ditzkoff, @oneunderscore__, @benedictevans, @cameronwilson, @levie, @esthercrawford, @elonmusk, @lcamtuf, @elonmusk, @lindayacc, @gruber, @cb_doge, @erikbryn, @tomcoates, @tedlieu, @paulg, @jdcmedlock, @elonmusk, @emilcdc, @bendreyfuss, @yosephpaulos, @jamestobyne, @edzitron, @josephpolitano, @karaswisher, @jangles, @xxdepthxx, @largeroundson, @prateekwaghre, @gfodor, @elonmuskaoc, @autismcapital, @eliothiggins, @zoeschiffer, @mkbhd, @karaswisher, @austen, @austen, @loupas, @jujuujba, @nycsouthpaw, @killedbygoogle, @allergictoguac, @packym, @parismarx, @itsmichelebro, @rmac18, @katzish, @stuli1989, @whstancil, @radiofreetom, @edzitron, @ctjlewis, and @zoeschiffer
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| Brian Merchant / Los Angeles Times: |
Studio executives embraced Silicon Valley's magical thinking of hypergrowth and disruption for the past 10 years, only to slash worker pay as the boom times end — In one respect, the actors and writers of Hollywood uniting on the picket lines in a historic, industry-shaking strike is a tale as old as time …
More: SFist. LinkedIn: Erika Hall and Alan Lasky
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Twitter: @warrenleighttv, @parismarx, @ambermac, @russ1mitchell, @klingebeil, @jomc, @bcmerchant, @annienavar, @jayhasrajani, and @somebadideas. Threads: @carnage4life
Forums: Hacker News and r/technology
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Why the Vision Pro app store may be more successful than the Apple Watch or Apple TV app stores, despite the headset's small user base for the first few years — Third-party apps will be crucial to the success of the Vision Pro, but the pricey and niche nature of the device means that developers may not quickly flock to it.
More: PYMNTS.com, MacRumors, Forbes, AppleInsider, The Verge, AppleInsider, PhoneArena, 9to5Mac, Wccftech, The Verge, Cult of Mac, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, and MacDailyNews
Bluesky: @danilo.redeem-tomorrow.com. Twitter: @stevemoser, @markgurman, @markgurman, @vadimyuryev, and @appleinsider
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Katherine Alejandra Cross / Wired: |
Reddit and Bluesky are contrasting examples on how not to moderate, one centralizing in the worst way possible and the other decentralizing catastrophically — Moderating a site isn't easy—just ask Elon. But Bluesky and Reddit are contrasting examples of how not to do it.
More: Social Media Today and ZDNet
Bluesky: @haskell.bsky.social, @scaerietale.bsky.social, @bungdan.bsky.social, @lilithsaintcrow.bsky.social, @naptime.theolive.garden, @iluffhomer.bsky.social, @pandaexplosion.bsky.social, @davidgerard.co.uk, and @arjun.bsky.social
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to, @joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org, and @Quinnae_Moon@wandering.shop
Twitter: @jgownder and @aliafonzy43
| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
An analysis of the potential impact of the eight AI commitments to the White House made by OpenAI, Microsoft, Meta, Google, Amazon, Anthropic, and Inflection — Seven leading A.I. companies made eight promises about what they'll do with their technology. Our columnist sizes up their potential impact.
More: Forbes, Beyond Search, The White House, The Economic Times, NPR, Axios, MarketWatch, Digital Music News, The Information, AppleInsider, Android Authority, WinBuzzer, The Verge, OnMSFT.com, Decrypt, and Cryptopolitan
Twitter: @mmitchell_ai, @timrudner, @cannellelily, @jamesoliverinla, @justinhendrix, and @samgregory
| Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
Profiles of eight former Google research scientists who co-authored the pioneering AI paper “Attention Is All You Need” that paved the way for the rise of LLMs — Their paper paved the way for the rise of large language models. But all have since left the Silicon Valley giant
Twitter: @madhumita29, @fttechnews, @jmateosgarcia, @jmateosgarcia, @madhumita29, @madhumita29, @madhumita29, and @gavinsbaker. Forums: Hacker News
| Wall Street Journal: |
Nearly 200 US school districts have joined lawsuits against Meta, ByteDance, Snap, and Alphabet, alleging their apps cause disciplinary and mental health issues — Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube seek to dismiss federal suits, citing internet liability shield
Twitter: @nickgillespie, @joshconstine, and @zg4ever
| Morgan Meaker / Wired: |
A profile of Munich-based Helsing, whose battlefield AI distills data from weapons systems and sensors like infrared and sonar into a visualization in real time — Helsing AI is building an operating system for warfare and says it'll only ever sell to democracies. — On the screen in front of me is a mountain range.
Twitter: @morganmeaker, @ieet, @occamstazer, and @wired
| Caiwei Chen / Rest of World: |
Similarweb: by May-end, daily downloads of ByteDance's social media app Lemon8 fell to 6.7% of its March peak; the app was in the US App Store's top 10 in March — Users complain the ByteDance app feels inorganic and curated, prioritizing the needs of influencers over ordinary people.
More: The Economic Times. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. Twitter: @mattnavarra, @anupkaphle, @restofworld, @restofworld, and @caiweic
| Riho Nagao / Nikkei Asia: |
Japan adds advanced chipmaking equipment to its export control list, a move that aligns the country with US curbs meant to keep chip tech out of China's hands — Tokyo aligns with Washington to keep most advanced technology out of China's hands — Japan now requires export licenses for semiconductor-manufacturing equipment.
More: Kyodo News+
| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
Coinbase plans to shut down its bitcoin-backed loan program Borrow for retail customers and says loan holders must pay any outstanding dues by November 20, 2023 — - Coinbase will fully sunset its Borrow program for retail customers, effective November 20.
More: Coinbase Help, crypto.news, CoinDesk, Coinspeaker, Crypto Briefing, NewsBTC, Cryptopolitan, and PYMNTS.com
| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
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