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Source: Microsoft's GitHub Copilot, the $10/month AI assistant with 1.5M+ users, loses an average of $20+/month per user and as much as $80/month for some users — Microsoft, Google and others experiment with how to produce, market and charge for new tools
More: Thurrott, MSPoweruser, OnMSFT.com, and The Verge
| Brian McGleenon / The Block: |
As the UK FCA widens its financial promotions rules for crypto, Coinbase, OKX, Binance, and others partner with UK companies to try to keep serving UK customers — - Coinbase and OKX have partnered with crypto startup Archax to get financial promotions approved.
More: Financial Conduct Authority, Financial Conduct Authority, Bloomberg, OKX, Bitcoinist.com, Binance Blog, Financial Conduct Authority, CoinDesk, Finextra, Cryptonews, Decrypt, CryptoSlate, Cointelegraph, Blockworks, CCN.com, Cryptopolitan, Metaverse Post, CryptoGlobe, Coinspeaker, CoinJournal, Crypto Daily, Coinpedia Fintech News, crypto.news, CoinGape, PYMNTS.com, and Bitcoin News
X: @zachxbt, @functi0nzer0, @moo9000, @functi0nzer0, @thefca, @emilyjnicolle, @wublockchain, @prestonjbyrne, @wublockchain, @langcatmike, and @emilyjnicolle. LinkedIn: Oliver Scherenberg
| Washington Post: |
Investigation: earlier in 2023, Vietnam tried to plant Predator spyware on the phones of US Congress members, CNN journalists, and US policy experts via X posts — The attempts appear to have been unsuccessful, but came as the U.S. and Vietnam were negotiating an agreement that President Biden signed last month in Hanoi
More: Business Post, PCMag, Amnesty International, The Hill, Tech Xplore, Amnesty International, The Citizen Lab, Silicon Republic, Amnesty International UK, and The Messenger
Mastodon: @DataDrivenMD@fedified.com and @sambowne@infosec.exchange
X: @ericgeller, @jsrailton, @duandang, @donnchac, @amnestytech, @jsrailton, @amnestytech, and @jsrailton. LinkedIn: James Bruno
| Reuters: |
Investors and analysts: Intel, Nvidia, and other companies in Israel are set to fortify security after Hamas' attacks; Nvidia cancels its AI summit in Tel Aviv — Tech companies operating in Israel are expected to fortify security as they could face disruptions, said investors and analysts …
More: CNBC, Wired, Tom's Hardware, CRN, Seeking Alpha, Associated Press, VideoCardz.com, Financial Times, Livemint, Bloomberg, CNBC, guru3d.com, The Messenger, Metaverse Post, and Digital Music News. X: @apompliano
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Mastodon fixes a network connectivity error that undercounted its MAUs between October 2 and October 8, meaning the social network has 1.8M MAUs and 10K servers — Open source and decentralized social network Mastodon has more users than it thought. The service, which competes with X …
Mastodon: @Gargron@mastodon.social
| Bloomberg: |
China outlines a plan to target 300+ exaflops of computing capacity, up from 220 in 2023, bigger optical networks, more advanced data storage, and more by 2025 — - Country aims to build more data centers, high-speed networks — Effort to benefit local suppliers due to security concerns| Natalie Weiner / The Verge: |
A look at Discogs, a user-generated music database and marketplace for physical music media, as sellers complain about the website's old tech and increased fees — A home for music diehards has been fractured by increased fees that are pushing sellers and shoppers to other platforms.
More: Silicon Florist. Mastodon: @zeruch@mastodon.social, @libationlegacy@mastodon …, and @swanksalot@toot.community
X: @dupuisj, @mulderbatflip, @burn_amb, and @natalieweiner
| Jim Edwards / Press Gazette: |
A look at LinkedIn's newsroom, which has 250 editors and writers across 30 countries and 17 languages, as the platform doubles down on news as others pull back — Linkedin's editor-in-chief Daniel Roth explains how the platform is prioritising and promoting news.
LinkedIn: Andrew Blackman, Jim Edwards, and Ben Liebmann
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
An investigation details FTX trying to stop a crypto heist the night right after declaring bankruptcy, ultimately losing $415M to $432M to unidentified hackers — The same chaotic day FTX declared bankruptcy, someone began stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from its coffers.
More: crypto.news, The Block, and The Block
Mastodon: @couts@mastodon.social and @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Meta Quest 3 review: more comfortable, much-improved displays, and snappy performance, but there isn't much MR content and passthrough isn't quite sharp enough — Meta's new headset is better than its predecessors in almost every way. But until there's more to do in mixed reality …
More: Engadget, UploadVR, NPR, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, CNET, ZDNet, Tech Advisor, KitGuru, PC Gamer, Digital Trends, BGR, Destructoid, Wired, Eurogamer.net, IGN, Android Central, Yahoo News, Polygon, Mashable, SlashGear, Stuff, Pocket-lint, Gamereactor UK, Hindustan Times, Stock Market News, and MIXED Reality News
| Ryan Broderick / Garbage Day: |
NewsWhip: seven of the top 10 “news” articles with the most interactions on Facebook in September 2023 were published on the catholicfundamentalism.com domain — Read to the end for the garfarious anglerfish — This Is What Replaces News On Facebook
X: @mikebutcher and @broderick
| Joyce Lee / Reuters: |
Samsung and SK Hynix say the US will let them supply US chip equipment to their factories in China indefinitely without separate approvals — Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) and SK Hynix (000660.KS) will be allowed to supply U.S. chip equipment to their China factories indefinitely without … Sponsor Posts
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