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| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
Elon Musk threatens to file a defamation suit against the ADL for “falsely accusing” X and him of being antisemitic, and blames the ADL for X's US ad sales drop — In the newest uproar you might have missed, Elon Musk says X, formerly Twitter, will file a defamation lawsuit against the Anti-Defamation League.
More: NBC News, Axios, Newser, The Information, Livemint, The Messenger, Deadline, Forbes, SiliconANGLE, The Messenger, Insider, and Bloomberg
Threads: @moskov, @oliverdarcy, @realjuddlegum, @daveleebbg, @briannawusays, @carnage4life, @ethank, @ianbremmer, @yair_rosenberg1, @benedictevans, @nickrmartin, and @keithedwards. Mastodon: @collin@ruby.social
Bluesky: @danilo.redeem-tomorrow.com and @asfleischman.bsky.social
X: @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @asfleischman, @svdate, @michaelehayden, @ariehkovler, @elonmusk, @autismcapital, @ruthbenghiat, @shaig, @jsrailton, @buccocapital, @xdaily, @kampeas, @radiofreetom, @rothschildmd, @mattgertz, @elonmusk, @benjysarlin, @elonmusk, @edzitron, @mingle74, @jordanbpeterson, @karaswisher, @yair_rosenberg, @jfreewright, @bobcesca_go, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @jsrailton, @followtheh, @yair_rosenberg, @mattzeitlin, @rmac18, @startupljackson, @oneunderscore__, @elonmusk, @ccdhate, @mehdirhasan, and @eladnehorai
Forums: r/elonmusk, r/stupidpol, r/EnoughMuskSpam, r/conspiracy, and r/Twitter
| Matt Binder / Mashable: |
After ADL's CEO noted talking to X's CEO on August 30, antisemitic X posts surged and #BanTheADL trended, as Elon Musk replied to and liked far-right posts — Anti-Semitic rhetoric has been especially rampant on the platform over the past 24 hours. — Over the past 24 hours …
More: Jerusalem Post, The Cosmopolitan Globalist, Forbes, Tech Startups, New York Post, Wccftech, Coinpedia Fintech News, CoinGape, The Daily Beast, and Media Matters for America
Threads: @eladnehorai, @alecstapp, @tomgara, @eladnehorai, @carnage4life, @eladnehorai, @eladnehorai, and @eladnehorai
Mastodon: @johnmcquaid@journa.host, @JosephMenn@infosec.exchange, @w7voa@journa.host, @philipncohen@mastodon.social, @nickmartin@masto.ai, @MattBinder@mastodon.social, @coreyrayburnyung …, @danwentzel@urbanists.social, @NIH_LLAMAS@mastodon.social, @moira@mastodon.murkworks.net, @rsynnott@mastodon.ie, and @ct_bergstrom@fediscience.org
X: @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @lindayax, @elonmusk, @jgreenblattadl, @ericcolumbus, @fmanjoo, @kampeas, @mattyglesias, @rothschildmd, @elonmusk, @daithaigilbert, @carlzimmer, @eladnehorai, @benjysarlin, @mehdirhasan, @deanobeidallah, @mattyglesias, @trhlofficial, @ronfilipkowski, @wajahatali, @elonmusk, @schwarz, @eladnehorai, @jakeshieldsajj, @jaredlholt, @adammaanit, @elonmusk, @keithwoodsyt, @mattbinder, @elonmusk, @evavlaar, @krassenstein, and @marietjeschaake
| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
Sources: Apple and Microsoft have argued that iMessage and Bing are insufficiently popular to be designated “gatekeepers” set to be regulated under the EU's DMA — Battle comes ahead of publication of first list of services to be regulated under Digital Markets Act
More: 9to5Mac, Android Authority, The Verge, Reuters, Ghacks, Neowin, Supercharged, AppleInsider, iPhone in Canada Blog, iThinkDifferent, South China Morning Post, WinBuzzer, and XDA Developers
Threads: @carnage4life, @carnage4life, @benedictevans, @carnage4life, and @documentingmeta
Mastodon: @paulomalley@c.im, @luis_in_brief@social.coop, and @drahardja@sfba.social
| Scharon Harding / Ars Technica: |
Reddit hastily replacing some of its long-time mods raises questions about the company prioritizing reopening protesting subreddits over finding the best people — Concerns of Redditor safety, jeopardized research amid new mods and API rules. — Did you know that improper food canning can lead to death?
Forums: Hacker News, r/anime_titties, r/TheoryOfReddit, r/ModCoord, r/technology, and Ars OpenForum
| Bloomberg: |
TechInsights teardown: Huawei's Mate 60 Pro uses a new Kirin 9000s chip that was fabricated in China by SMIC using a 7nm process, marking a blow to US sanctions — The company's Mate 60 Pro is powered by SMIC's 7nm chips, according to analysis that TechInsights conducted for Bloomberg News
More: TechInsights Inc., PhoneArena, Tech Startups, and Huawei Central
X: @pelstrom, @hsu_steve, @jaygoldberg, @pelstrom, @tech_reve, @jeremywarneruk, @folduniverse, @rodolfor, @martijnrasser, @hassankhan, and @pelstrom
Forums: Hacker News, r/gadgets, r/Android, r/hardware, r/China, and r/technology
| Tim Culpan / Bloomberg: |
The Huawei Mate 60 Pro's SMIC-made 7nm Kirin 9000s chip is an evolutionary, rather than revolutionary, development and shows US curbs are porous, not useless — Chinese chipmakers have done well to bypass restrictions, but that won't be repeated often. — A new smartphone from Huawei Technologies Co …
More: Livemint, DigiTimes, iTnews, SiliconANGLE, nextpit, Reuters, TechInsights Inc., and Tom's Hardware
X: @accidentalflyer and @folduniverse
| Matt Poskitt / GamesIndustry.biz: |
Q&A with Bethesda Head of Publishing Pete Hines on releasing Starfield, working with Microsoft, Game Pass, triple-A games in 2023, debugging Starfield, and more — Head of publishing on why the developer prioritises player freedom over less buggy games, and facing expectations around its sci-fi epic| David Heaney / UploadVR: |
Korean media report: Meta partnered with LG to launch a new Quest Pro in 2025 to compete with Apple's Vision Pro; Meta also plans a sub-$200 headset in 2024 — Meta is reportedly partnering with LG for future Quest Pro headsets. — In November last year South Korean news outlet SBS Biz reported Meta …
More: Wccftech, Digit, 9to5Mac, The Verge, The Ghost Howls, Laptop Mag, and XRDailyNews
Threads: @jaymayo_vrtist, @lostinartmagic, @noise.in.vacuum, and @noise.in.vacuum. Mastodon: @veedems@mastodon.social
| Financial Times: |
The London Stock Exchange plans to add a blockchain-based digital assets business after a year of assessment, but is “not building anything around cryptoassets” — Exchange operator in talks with UK government and regulators over new trading venue
More: Crowdfund Insider, CoinDesk, CryptoPotato, Inside Bitcoins, SiliconANGLE, Cryptopolitan, Cryptonews, CCN.com, PYMNTS.com, Coinspeaker, CoinJournal, crypto.news, Decrypt, Blockworks, Coinpedia Fintech News, CryptoSlate, Cointelegraph, Metaverse Post, UKTN, The Block, Reuters, and Finextra
X: @_rebeccahealey and @lauranoonanft
Forums: r/Buttcoin and Slashdot
| Kate Knibbs / Wired: |
Copyright activists are working to wipe Books3 from the internet, which may only benefit the big companies that have already been using the AI training dataset — Copyright activists are on a mission to wipe a popular generative AI training set from the internet. Success could alter the industry—and who controls it.
Mastodon: @dashdsrdash@tilde.zone. X: @knibbs and @chrisharihar. LinkedIn: Eryk Salvaggio. Forums: Hacker News
| Erin Reed / Erin In The Morning: |
Senator Marsha Blackburn, the Kids Online Safety Act's lead sponsor, says the US legislation would be used to “protect minor children” from transgender people — The lead sponsor of the “Kids Online Safety Act,” otherwise known as KOSA, has stated over the weekend that it will be used to …
More: PinkNews and Mashable
Mastodon: @metagrrrl@mastodon.social, @burningbird@mastodon.social, @funnymonkey@freeradical.zone, and @charliejane@wandering.shop
X: @erininthemorn and @erininthemorn
Forums: r/technology, r/privacy, and r/transgender
| Alex Blake / Digital Trends: |
An interview with Apple executives Susan Prescott and Steve Sinclair on building Vision Pro apps and how Apple is trying to convince developers to create apps — Apple's Vision Pro headset hasn't launched yet, but already it's become one of the most hotly debated devices on the planet.Sponsor Posts
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