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| Sheila Dang / Reuters: |
Guideline: X's monthly US ad revenue has declined 55%+ YoY in each of the 10 months since Elon Musk's Twitter takeover in October 2022 through August 2023 — Monthly U.S. ad revenue at social media platform X has declined at least 55% year-over-year each month since billionaire Elon Musk bought …
More: CNN, MarketWatch, The Messenger, Gizmodo, NBC News, TechCrunch, Neowin, and The Information
Mastodon: @LALegault@newsie.social, @dangillmor@mastodon.social, and @tchambers@indieweb.social. X: @tomgara
Forums: r/elonmusk, r/neutralnews, r/RealTesla, and r/EnoughMuskSpam
| Shawn Tully / Fortune: |
How interest rates and X's weak performance, which prevented banks from unloading their debt, gave Elon Musk the upper hand before X CEO's meeting with banks — Elon Musk may hold the upper hand when negotiating with the banks that financed his Twitter bid. — LEAH MILLIS—REUTERS
More: Reuters. Threads: @datadrivenmd. Bluesky: @drewharwell.com. X: @ericlevitz, @dougjballoon, @fortunemagazine, @breakingviews, @williamlegate, @fortunemagazine, @mathieuvonrohr, and @karaswisher
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
The CMA announces an investigation into public cloud providers in the UK, following a referral from Ofcom, and says the probe will conclude by April 2025 — The clouds are gathering over Microsoft's Azure operations in the EU and now the UK, with the launch of a new investigation …
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X: @mark_wharrier, @maxvonthun, @mikarv, @wavesblog, @tomwarren, and @cmagovuk
LinkedIn: Gary Shewan and Simon Bollans
| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
The Ofcom finds that “hyperscalers” like AWS and Microsoft Azure are limiting competition in UK's cloud market by making it difficult for businesses to switch — - Ofcom is concerned that so-called “hyperscalers” like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure are limiting competition in the cloud computing market.
More: Ofcom, Engadget, BBC, Reuters, LinkedIn, Metaverse Post, ITPro, ComputerWeekly.com, diginomica, Financial Times, Nelson Advisors Blog, and TechRadar
X: @ofcom, @tboormantony, @ofcom, @arjunkharpal, and @ryan_browne_
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Samsung unveils Galaxy SmartTag 2, with an updated design, Bluetooth, UWB, and still compatible only with Samsung devices, available on October 10 for $30 — As the smart tracker market waits for Google to shake things up on the Android side of things, Samsung has today unveiled the Galaxy SmartTag 2 … | Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
US v. Google: in 2018 and 2019, DuckDuckGo discussed becoming Safari's default search engine for private mode, but Apple's John Giannandrea rejected the idea — - DuckDuckGo spoke with Apple about 20 times on possible change — Apple exec testified he viewed it as ‘probably a bad idea’
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X: @jason_kint, @newsynick, @adamkovac, @bigtechontrial, @hillitech, and @leah_nylen
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft rolls out a new version of Microsoft Teams that has been rebuilt from the ground up to be less resource-hungry on Windows and Mac — Microsoft is rolling out a new and improved version of its Microsoft Teams chat client today. … After years of development …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: FTX employees in the US found and reported the backdoor Alameda used to allegedly withdraw billions in customer funds, months before FTX's collapse — The crypto exchange allowed Alameda to have a negative balance of up to $65 billion, prosecutors say
More: The Block, Gizmodo, New York Post, PYMNTS.com, DL News, The Daily Beast, CryptoPotato, Cryptonews, NPR, CoinDesk, CoinDesk, crypto.news, and Cryptopolitan
X: @aosipovich, @jgreco, and @silvermanjacob
| Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: |
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange announces Synapse, designed to streamline post-trade processes using smart contracts, which will go live on October 9 — HKEX says the system, used by traders in Hong Kong to buy stocks in China, will speed up settlement and provide greater transparency.
More: Mondo Visione, Blockworks, Crypto Daily, crypto.news, Cryptonews, CryptoGlobe, and Cointelegraph
| Natalie Korach / The Wrap: |
X starts removing preview headlines from posts with article links, showing only the lead image and domain name; Elon Musk mentioned the change in August 2023 — The platform formerly known as Twitter now only displays outside sites' featured images on its iPhone app
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Forums: r/Fuckthealtright and r/RealTesla
| George Dvorsky / Gizmodo: |
Amazon's Project Kuiper plans to launch its first two demo internet satellites, KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2, on October 6 — Jeff Bezos's space venture, Project Kuiper, is set for a Friday launch, aiming to challenge Elon Musk's Starlink in the satellite internet arena.
More: About Amazon, PCMag, Silicon Republic, New Scientist, Engadget, Bloomberg, BigTechWire, United Launch Alliance on YouTube, San Francisco Business Journal, and The Verge
LinkedIn: Amy Miller and Project Kuiper
| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Los Angeles-based Machina Labs, which is using AI and robotics to build “software-defined factories”, raised a $32M Series B, taking its total funding to $45M — “Flexibility” isn't a word one often applies to the manufacturing process. Changing things up on the assembly line … | Sebastiaan de With / Lux: |
In-depth iPhone 15 Pro Max camera review: native 24MP capture and 5x lens represent one of the biggest camera upgrades in iPhone's history for everyday users — Sebastiaan de With reviews the latest telephoto-equipped camera out of Cupertino in our annual iPhone 15 Pro Max camera review.
More: PetaPixel and 9to5Mac
| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
Google rolls out Android 14 with customizable lock screens, expanded passkey support, on-device health features, and more, starting with the Pixel 4A 5G and up — Google has released Android 14, the latest version of the Android operating system. It's available today on Pixel phones …
More: The Keyword, Android Developers Blog, The Keyword, TechRadar, PhoneArena, Notebookcheck, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, GSMArena.com, The Verge, Esper Blog, and Engadget
Mastodon: @romainguy@androiddev.social. X: @google, @android, @madebygoogle, @android, @android, @android, @madebygoogle, @android, @android, @android, @mishaalrahman, @mishaalrahman, @mishaalrahman, @mishaalrahman, @mishaalrahman, @mishaalrahman, @davey_burke, @mishaalrahman, @mishaalrahman, and @mishaalrahman. Forums: r/Pixel4a
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
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X: @madebygoogle, @madebygoogle, @google, @madebygoogle, @mishaalrahman, and @jackk. LinkedIn: Glenn Gabe
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Google announces new AI features for the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro, including Best Take, which lets users swap faces in a photo with expressions from additional shots — Google announced new AI-powered features today for the new Pixel 8 series phones, such as Magic Editor, which enables background filling …
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Threads: @mossbergwalt and @reckless1280
X: @madebygoogle, @googlephotos, @google, @googlephotos, @mishaalrahman, and @mishaalrahman. LinkedIn: Shimrit Ben-Yair
| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
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Threads: @mehtology. Mastodon: @dcseifert@mastodon.social. X: @dsccross, @mishaalrahman, @sundarpichai, @googlefi, @madebygoogle, @madebygoogle, @durreadan01, @madebygoogle, @abhishekmarkets, @google, @durreadan01, @google, @ishanagarwal24, @madebygoogle, @lindayax, @dylan522p, @migueldeicaza, @mishaalrahman, @mishaalrahman, @universeice, @andrewmartonik, @9to5google, @jiteshubrani, @raywongy, @maxwinebach, and @stshank
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Forums: Hacker News, r/gadgets, and r/Android
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