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September 27, 2023, 4:55 PM
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Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Hands-on with Meta Quest 3: an iterative update, but its mixed reality pass through video is less grainy than the Quest Pro and offers color, unlike the Quest 2  —  An upgraded VR game console with an extra feature. … I can't tell if Meta is trying too hard to make me look at the world through …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Meta debuts the $500 Quest 3, featuring a 30% higher resolution than the Quest 2, double the processing power, new lenses, a thinner design, and new controllers  —  - New mixed-reality headset to start at $500, a $200 increase  — Apple to launch rival device, Vision Pro, early next year
Eddie Makuch / GameSpot:
Mark Zuckerberg says that Xbox Cloud Gaming is coming to the Quest 3 in December, letting users play hundreds of titles on “a massive screen, anywhere you go”
Mia Sato / The Verge:
Meta announces AI-generated chat stickers for Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger, and unveils new AI-powered image editing tools for Instagram  —  New generative AI tools announced Wednesday at Meta's Connect event will allow users to edit images and create stickers using text prompts.
Alex Heath / The Verge:
Meta unveils a Meta AI assistant for WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram, and 28 AI characters based on celebrities like MrBeast, Charli D'Amelio, and Snoop Dogg  —  The Meta AI assistant is coming to WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram, along with dozens of AI characters based on celebrities like MrBeast and Charli D'Amelio.
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy confirms that former Microsoft CPO Panos Panay will be joining Amazon at the end of October to lead its devices and services division  —  It's official: Panos Panay, Microsoft's former product lead, is headed to Amazon. … “As a strong product builder and inventor …
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Sources: Jony Ive and Sam Altman have been discussing building a new AI hardware device, and Masayoshi Son has been involved in some aspects of the conversation  —  Jony Ive, the renowned designer of the iPhone, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman have been discussing building a new AI hardware device …
Byron Kaye / Reuters:
Researchers say X removed a feature letting users to report election misinformation, launched in the US, Australia, and South Korea in 2021 and expanded in 2022  —  Elon Musk's X, formerly called Twitter, disabled a feature that let users report misinformation about elections …
Victoria Song / The Verge:
Hands-on with the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses: a classic look, 12MP vs. 5MP makes a big difference, some audio leakage, and a promising tool for content creators  —  Unlike the original, I kind of see where Meta's going with its second-gen smart glasses.
Ming-Chi Kuo:
Ming-Chi Kuo: iPhone 15 temperature issues are likely due to thermal system design compromises to achieve a lighter weight, and are unrelated to TSMC's 3nm node  —  My survey indicates that the iPhone 15 Pro series overheating issues are unrelated to TSMC's advanced 3nm node.
Samrhitha Arunasalam / Reuters:
OpenAI says ChatGPT can now browse the internet and it's “no longer limited to data before September 2021”; browsing comes first to Plus and Enterprise users  —  ChatGPT users will now be able to surf the web, Microsoft-backed (MSFT.O) OpenAI said on Wednesday …
Washington Post:
Sources and new documents detail how Meta executives repeatedly shied away from punishing the BJP or associated accounts in India for hate speech and propaganda  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Nearly three years ago, Facebook's propaganda hunters uncovered a vast social media influence operation …
Gerry Shih / Washington Post:
Employees and allies of India's BJP detail how they crafted posts for a vast network of WhatsApp groups aimed at exploiting the fears of India's Hindu majority
Alex Cranz / The Verge:
The WGA contract calls for streaming data transparency and guarantees on AI use, including preventing AI-generated material to be used as a source material  —  Instead, members of the union will be poring over new details on the contract negotiated with the AMPTP and deciding whether they will vote to ratify this new contract.
Bloomberg:
Binance exits Russia as operating there “is not compatible with Binance's compliance strategy”, and sells the business to CommEX, which launched a day earlier  —  - CommEX was launched a day before Binance announced deal  — Perlman says Russia business ‘not compatible’ with compliance
Monica Chin / The Verge:
LG Gram 17 Pro review: a discrete GPU, lightweight at 3.2 lbs, a 144Hz screen, and ample ports, but a flimsy chassis and not the best Nvidia GPU for the price  —  LG's new Gram Pro is a three-pound laptop with an RTX GPU inside — a great achievement for LG and a fairly niche product for the rest of us.

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Financial Times:
RedBird is drawing up plans to be the “sole-control owner of the Telegraph Media Group” to bring an end to the media group's protracted two-year sale

Ted Johnson / Deadline:
In an X post, the FCC chairman suggests Comcast may be violating its licenses and accuses it of “news distortion” after MSNBC didn't air a WH press hearing

Natalie Jarvey / The Ankler:
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Emily Birnbaum / Bloomberg:
Filing: the US FTC revives its challenge of Microsoft's $69B Activision Blizzard acquisition, a move that may unwind the deal even after its close by October 18

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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Cloudflare launches tools to help customers build, deploy, and run AI models, like Workers AI, which offers pay-as-you-go GPU access from the company's partners
Jofie Yordan / Tech in Asia:
Indonesia plans to ban direct transactions on social media, citing their hit to traditional markets, a blow to TikTok Shop in its first and its largest market
Hannah Murphy / Financial Times:
Linda Yaccarino reflects on her first 100 days as X's CEO, says the intense public scrutiny is “hard on me”, as sources describe her relationship with Elon Musk
Wesley Yin-Poole / IGN:
Sony opens an investigation after ransomware group “Ransomed.vc” claimed to have breached the company's systems and threatened to sell or post the stolen data
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft starts rolling out a Windows 11 update that adds the new Windows Copilot and, over the coming months, AI updates to Paint, Snipping Tool, and Photos
CNBC:
The FTC and 17 US states sue Amazon for allegedly using monopoly power to raise its prices, force sellers to pay fulfillment and ad fees, and harm its rivals
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