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WordPress.com debuts a 100-year domain name registration for $38K, offering managed hosting and 24/7 customer service; domains are typically capped at 10 years — WordPress announces the availability of 100-year domain name registrations that include 24/7 assistance and managed web hosting
More: WordPress.com News. Threads: @craigmod. Mastodon: @photomatt@mastodon.social, @travis@nodespace.social, and @timbray@cosocial.ca. Bluesky: @epro.social
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
The EU's DSA goes into effect, forcing platforms like Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok to let users opt out of profiling-based content recommendations — Internet users in the European Union are logging on to a quiet revolution on mainstream social networks today: The ability to say ‘no thanks’ to being attention hacked by AI.
More: The Verge, The Keyword, The Guardian, Free Press, Gab News, PANETTA Studio Legale, Europe News, The European Conservative, Mozilla Foundation, Deutsche Welle, Ars Technica, OSnews, Tech Xplore, 9to5Mac, KNSD-TV, Financial Times, TNW, and Social Media Today
X: @rita_wezenbeek, @DidierMaisto, @jamescz19, @robpwj, @georgeszamuely, @patricksavalle, @aaron_r_rankin, @petervlemmix, @peterpaulguy, @visegrad24, @elonmusk, @thierrybreton, @mattrosoff, @eu_justice, @vonderleyen, @timingnl, @edwinhayward, @thisguyoftheai, and @isaacpkironde. LinkedIn: Ross Dawson
Forums: Hacker News, r/technews, and r/technology
| Jack Schickler / CoinDesk: |
Hackers access some customer data at FTX, Genesis, and BlockFi by SIM swapping an employee of Kroll, which manages creditor claims for the bankrupt companies — A ‘cybersecurity incident’ affected Kroll, which gathers customer claim data on behalf of bankrupt companies. — Register Now
More: Krebs on Security, Kroll, BleepingComputer, The Record, Security Affairs, The Hacker News, Inside Bitcoins, Bloomberg, Coinspeaker, Bitcoinist.com, The Block, CryptoPotato, crypto.news, Blockworks, CoinJournal, CoinNews, Decrypt, CryptoSlate, Crypto Briefing, Unchained Crypto, Coinpedia Fintech News, Cointelegraph, and Cryptonews
Threads: @carnage4life. Mastodon: @briankrebs@infosec.exchange. X: @blockfi, @ftx_official, @bantg, @bennetttomlin, @davidgerard, @functi0nzer0, @molly0xfff, @cryptoparadyme, @angelclarksays, and @corpseinorbit
Forums: r/CryptoCurrency and r/ThePPShow
| New York Times: |
Sources: a company spending $800M+ to buy thousands of acres to build a new Bay Area city is backed by Michael Moritz, Reid Hoffman, Marc Andreessen, and others — A mysterious company has spent $800 million in an effort to buy thousands of acres of San Francisco Bay Area land.
More: The Guardian, ABC4 Utah, Insider, Fortune, Wall Street Journal, and The Information
Threads: @carnage4life. Mastodon: @BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org and @dangillmor@mastodon.social. Bluesky: @andimann.bsky.social
X: @scobleizer, @teddyschleifer, @pitdesi, @edzitron, @chiefofstuffs, @kylebrussell, @pkafka, @pkafka, @gaberivera, @kateclarktweets, @hknightsf, @mikeisaac, and @eringriffith. Forums: r/news
| Clive Cookson / Financial Times: |
A look at the UK's new DARPA-inspired Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), which has a four-year £800M budget to invest in breakthrough tech like AI — Head of Advanced Research and Invention Agency tells FT it has appointed directors charged with selecting projects
X: @braincures, @matthewclifford, @drdrasko, @workmj, @braincures, @clivecookson, and @wi_john. Forums: r/ukpolitics
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube offers insights meant to guide Shorts creators, including how the Shorts algorithm differs from long-form YouTube's algorithm and what counts as a view — YouTube this week put out a new video meant to address creators' questions over its short-form video platform, YouTube Shorts.| Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of New Jersey-based CoreWeave, which offers Nvidia GPUs in the cloud, and has a ~$2B valuation, fewer than 250 staff, and 700 clients, like Microsoft — It's not just Nvidia. There is another big winner of the AI boom—and it's now competing with some of the world's most valuable companies.
X: @wsjbusiness, @coreweave, and @minzengwsj
| Jonathan Greig / The Record: |
Cisco Talos: North Korea-backed Lazarus is using a new malware variant to target internet backbone infrastructure and health care entities in Europe and the US — A notorious hacking group working on behalf of the North Korean government is using a new strain of malware to attack healthcare entities …
More: Cisco Talos Blog, Cisco Talos Blog, CryptoPotato, TechRepublic, BankInfoSecurity.com, CSO, The Hacker News, and SecurityWeek
X: @sctooc, @talossecurity, and @talossecurity
| Joe Wituschek / BGR: |
X launches a private beta of X Hiring, a job posting feature for verified organizations, allowing them to “organically reach millions of relevant candidates” — Who goes to LinkedIn to look for a job? Nah, those days are over. X is the new place to find your next employer.
More: Twitter Help Center, Social Media Today, and The Verge
| Natasha Singer / New York Times: |
Despite cheating and misinformation fears, some US schools that once raced to block AI chatbot access are now encouraging teachers and students to use them — Some districts that once raced to block A.I. chatbots are now trying to embrace them. — For decades, Walla Walla High School …
More: New York Post and The Register
Bluesky: @harbourfordyce.bsky.social. X: @_akpiper, @nytimesbusiness, @drcarlhindy, @nytimes, @tcblume, and @southjoseph
| Eri Sugiura / Financial Times: |
Huawei and Ericsson renew a multiyear global patent cross-licensing deal for 5G and other tech; Huawei owns 20% of global 5G patents, the most of any company — Agreement gives Chinese group a boost after being subject to bans in Europe and the US — Huawei has sealed a multiyear patent … | Washington Post: |
How Meta and YouTube, battered by content moderation wars, are following X in retreating from policing political misinformation, raising US 2024 election fears — Facebook and YouTube are receding from their role as watchdogs against conspiracy theories ahead of the 2024 presidential election
More: The Guardian, Cryptopolitan, CNBC, The Hill, Livemint, and Fox News
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Bluesky: @yoyoel.com and @donmoyn.bsky.social
X: @elonmusk, @joanespositochi, @sethcotlar, @timfullerton, @mollyjongfast, @anildash, @spenny, @edmorrissey, @alx, @plantz3610, @neilturkewitz, @davetroy, @digiphile, @jason_kint, @willoremus, @donmoyn, @naominixwrites, @andyparkerva, @olufemiotaiwo, @jason_kint, @_jonathanstein, @mattwelch, @tomfitton, @sarahellison, and @drvolts. LinkedIn: Adam F.
Forums: r/Futurology, r/LibertarianUncensored, r/ActiveMeasures, r/EnoughMuskSpam, and r/centrist
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