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A US appeals court finds the White House, the CDC, and the FBI likely violated the First Amendment by influencing tech companies' moderation on COVID-19 posts — The Court upheld many restrictions on the White House and Surgeon General's office's contacts with tech companies, finding that they ‘coerced’ platforms' content decisions
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An FTC judge rules that Intuit misled consumers with its ads claiming that TurboTax is free when most customers need to pay to use the tax preparation software — - Judge orders company to stop advertising TurboTax as free — Intuit to appeal ‘flawed and highly questionable’ decision
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Google says North Korea-backed hackers are targeting security researchers with an exploit using a currently unfixed zero-day flaw in a popular software package — Google researchers say currently unfixed vulnerability affects a popular software package. — North Korea-backed hackers …
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Forums: Hacker News and Ars OpenForum
| Hillel Italie / Associated Press: |
Amazon requires writers in its e-book program to disclose the use of AI-generated content in their books, after complaints from the Authors Guild and others — After months of complaints from the Authors Guild and other groups, Amazon.com has started requiring writers who want to sell books through … | Vincent Manancourt / Politico: |
How privacy campaigners and tech executives, like Signal president Meredith Whittaker, teamed up to challenge the UK's Online Safety Bill encryption crackdown — LONDON — Deep in the recesses of Britain's Hogwarts-like houses of parliament, a Facebook lobbyist-turned-lord is trying to foment a rebellion.| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Roblox unveils Roblox Assistant, a conversational AI assistant that lets creators enter prompts to generate virtual environments, get help with coding, and more — Roblox announced a new conversational AI assistant at its 2023 Roblox Developers Conference (RDC) that can help creators …
More: Roblox Blog, Roblox on YouTube, Metaverse Post, Push Square, Axios, CNET, The Information, PCMag, Reuters, GamesIndustry.biz, and Mashable
Threads: @jaypetersplus. Mastodon: @BrendanSinclair …. X: @roblox, @sturman, @evanzir, @autismcapital, @petergyang, and @rbxnews_
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Reddit can now translate posts into eight languages, including Spanish and French, when viewing them on its mobile apps or on the web while logged out — Reddit can now translate posts into eight different languages when viewing them on Reddit's iOS or Android apps or on the web while logged out … | Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple no longer plans to launch any MacBook models with an M3 chip “before the end of this year” — Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has bad news for Apple fans hoping to see a lineup of M3-powered Macs this year. According to Kuo, Apple is no longer planning to release …
Source: @mingchikuo. More: iClarified, Cult of Mac, MacRumors, SlashGear, Digital Trends, iPhone in Canada Blog, TweakTown, Trusted Reviews, The Verge, Wccftech, BGR, AppleInsider, Supercharged, Pocketnow, and iLounge
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| Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak: |
The Delhi High Court approves an injunction for preemptive blocks of pirate websites that covers “future content”, as requested by Netflix, Disney, and others — The Delhi High Court in India has approved a new type of pirate site-blocking order, requested by Netflix, Disney, Warner Bros, and other Hollywood studios.| Bloomberg: |
Code in Uber's iPhone app suggests the company is working on a TaskRabbit-like service, codenamed Chore, to let users hire people to conduct various tasks — - Uber is looking for new ways to grow beyond rides, deliveries — Uber Technologies Inc. is working on a TaskRabbit-like service … | Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of Maltese politician Alex Agius Saliba, who led the EU legislation making USB-C the standard, which may force Apple to replace its Lightning port — Apple's new iPhone is expected to include a big change. Why? Ask someone from the EU's smallest country.
More: Android Authority, CNET, Wired, and Mercury News
| Joel Rosenblatt / Bloomberg: |
X sues California over AB 587, which requires social networks to share moderation rules, arguing it interferes with X's editorial calls protected as free speech — Elon Musk's X Corp. sued California over a law requiring social media companies to explain how their content is moderated.
More: United States District Court Eastern District of California Sacramento Division, Insider, Los Angeles Times, Ars Technica, TechCrunch, Tech Xplore, Reclaim The Net, Associated Press, The Hill, Chamber of Progress, Reuters, and Engadget
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X: @globalaffairs, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, and @elonmusk
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Roblox plans to launch on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 in October and on Meta Quest headsets later in September, but has no “imminent plans” for Switch — Roblox will finally be available on PlayStation soon. At its 2023 Roblox Developers Conference (RDC) on Friday … | Jay Peters / The Verge: |
More: TechCrunch, Neowin, Wired, and Mashable
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