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In a letter to Thierry Breton, X CEO Linda Yaccarino says X has removed hundreds of Hamas-linked accounts, labeled tens of thousands of posts, and more — Oct 12 (Reuters) - The X social media platform has removed hundreds of Hamas-affiliated accounts and taken action to remove or label tens …
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Threads: @carnage4life. X: @safety, @thierrybreton, @elonmusk, @thierrybreton, @thierrybreton, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @anneapplebaum, @jason_kint, @guyverhofstadt, @pinboard, @jason_kint, @zsk, and @pinboard. LinkedIn: Daniel Tunkelang. Forums: Hacker News
| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Letter: European regulator Thierry Breton urges Mark Zuckerberg to be “vigilant” about removing disinformation from Meta's platforms during the Israel-Hamas war — - European regulator Thierry Breton shared a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Wednesday urging the billionaire to be “vigilant” about removing disinformation.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Instagram head Adam Mosseri reiterates Threads' position on hard news, saying that Threads does not intend to “amplify” news because it's currently “too risky” — Instagram's new Twitter-like app Threads is not prepared to truly challenge Elon Musk's X …
More: Neowin. Threads: @renee.diresta, @guillecummings, @mattdpearce, @mattdpearce, @keithedwards, @laurengoode, @reckless1280, @bashowicks, @om, @taylorlorenz, @jasonrosenbaum, @myhlee, @frankafusco, @luckytran, @drewharwell, @benedictevans, @lucaspuskaric, @yayitsrob, @mosseri, and @miasato.2. X: @jason_kint
| Jake Piazza / CNBC: |
Microsoft receives Notices of Proposed Adjustment from the IRS for an additional $28.9B tax payment; Microsoft plans to appeal, a process expected to take years — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella arrives at federal court on October 2, 2023 in Washington, DC. Nadella is testifying …
More: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Microsoft On the Issues, SiliconANGLE, The Verge, Engadget, Reuters, AppleInsider, Windows Central, MSPoweruser, Financial Times, The Information, Cryptopolitan, PCMag, CRN, Associated Press, Tuko.co.ke, Thurrott, CryptoSlate, StreetInsider.com, Forbes, CNBC Television on YouTube, MarketWatch, Barron's Online, The Register, South China Morning Post, GeekWire, Dow Jones Newswires, Bloomberg, iTnews, and CNN
Threads: @daveleebbg. Mastodon: @angiebaby@mas.to. X: @fosspatents, @fosspatents, @bdsams, and @mgsiegler
LinkedIn: Tom Krazit and Bill Gately
Forums: Hacker News, r/Superstonk, r/microsoft, r/news, and r/wallstreetbets
| Bloomberg: |
US v. SBF: Caroline Ellison says SBF asked her to make false balance sheets to hide debt, he considered offering FTX shares to the Saudi crown prince, and more — - Ellison takes witness stand for second day at SBF trial — Ellison discusses mounting loans to Alameda Research
More: CoinDesk, CNN, The Information, CNBC, CoinDesk, crypto.news, Fast Company, CryptoSlate, Bloomberg, Gizmodo, CoinGape, New York Times, and CoinDesk
Threads: @tschleifer, @tschleifer, @tschleifer, @highyield.harry, @tschleifer, and @tschleifer
X: @aditya_baradwaj, @innercitypress, @abu9ala7, @rscharf_, @adamscochran, @tuurdemeester, @innercitypress, @adamscochran, @patio11, @rscharf_, @thestalwart, @innercitypress, @yueqi_yang, @innercitypress, @bennetttomlin, @alice_comfy, @asvanevik, @jruss_jruss, @autismcapital, @remusofmars, @rscharf_, @deitaone, @rscharf_, @zoeclaire_, @davidzmorris, @adamscochran, @innercitypress, @innercitypress, @chafkin, @bennetttomlin, @deitaone, @jruss_jruss, @autismcapital, and @autismcapital. LinkedIn: Stacy-Marie Ishmael. Forums: r/CryptoCurrency
| Jacquelyn Melinek / TechCrunch: |
US v. SBF: Caroline Ellison says Alameda paid $100M to $150M in crypto transfers to Chinese officials to unfreeze its OKX and Huobi trading accounts, worth ~$1B — During the Sam Bankman-Fried trial on Wednesday, former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison testified that the crypto trading … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Automattic expands ActivityPub support to WordPress.com hosted sites, letting blog owners reach 13.3M users across the fediverse, including Mastodon's 1.8M MAUs — Earlier this year, WordPress.com owner Automattic acquired a plugin that allowed WordPress blogs to be followed in the fediverse …
More: WordPress.com News, The Verge, and BGR
Threads: @chrispirillo. Mastodon: @clintlalonde@mastodon …, @dilmandila@mograph.social, @randomwizard@social …, @mergesort@macaw.social, @anildash@me.dm, and @tchambers@indieweb.social. X: @seo_theory. Forums: Hacker News
| Tom Ivan / Video Games Chronicle: |
Sony plans to launch PS5 game cloud streaming for PlayStation Plus Premium members in Japan on October 17, Europe on October 23, and North America on October 30 — THE FEATURE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO PLAYSTATION PLUS PREMIUM MEMBERS — Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced plans …
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Threads: @seanhollister and @durrell.randle
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Piper Sandler survey of 9,000+ US teens: 29.1% of their daily video consumption time is on YouTube, beating Netflix for the first time at 28.7%, and ~7% on Hulu — - Teenagers in the United States say they watch more video on YouTube than Netflix, according to a new survey from investment bank Piper Sandler.| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Google Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro review: useful, if troubling, AI photo editing tools, Face Unlock now works for payments, but the Tensor G3 runs hot occasionally — These might just be the Pixel phones we've been waiting for, but it all depends on how much trust you're willing to put into Google.
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Threads: @thescottpeachey, @jmmlamont, @nexusben, @heymarkl, @joemaring1, and @legendaryscoop
X: @adamconwayie, @maxwinebach, @maxwinebach, @nexusben, @greenshades9, @mishaalrahman, @maxwinebach, @nexusben, @shishirshelke1, @mkbhd, @maxwinebach, @milesabovetech, and @mkbhd
LinkedIn: Kerry W., Mark Spoonauer, Max Buondonno, and Jason Cipriani
Forums: r/GooglePixel and r/Android
| Victoria Song / The Verge: |
More: Droid Life on YouTube, SlashGear, Tom's Guide, Android Headlines, TechCrunch, East Bay Times, PCMag, Samachar Central, Wallpaper*, CNET on YouTube, Tom's Guide on YouTube, PCMag, Stuff, MobileSyrup, 9to5Google, Android Police, Android Central, Droid Life, T3, Pocket-lint, XDA Developers, ZDNet, CNET, Engadget, Android Police, and Android Authority
Mastodon: @vicmsong@mastodon.social. X: @snazzylabs, @dylanmcd8, and @maxwinebach. Forums: r/Android
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft plans to deprecate VBScript and make the programming language an on-demand feature in future Windows releases before its eventual removal from the OS — Microsoft is planning to phase out VBScript in future Windows releases after 30 years of use, making it an on-demand feature until it is removed.
More: Microsoft Learn. Mastodon: @jalefkowit@octodon.social. X: @215alexb. LinkedIn: Santosh Pandit, Mike Wilkes, Jason Carter, LinkedIn, and Evan Y.
Forums: r/technology and r/InfoSecNews
| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
Filing: Progress Software says the US SEC opened an investigation into the MOVEit hack that has cost the company $1M and exposed 64M+ people's personal data — U.S. securities regulators have opened a probe into the MOVEit mass-hack that has exposed the personal data of at least 64 million people … | Reuters: |
Sources: OpenAI plans to unveil major developer updates on November 6, like memory storage in its tools and vision capabilities to analyze and describe images — OpenAI plans to introduce major updates for developers next month to make it cheaper and faster to build software applications based … | Gabe Bullard / Nieman Reports: |
Internal memo: NPR lost a negligible amount of traffic in the six months since leaving Twitter, after the service labeled the outlet “US state-affiliated media” — The numbers confirm what many of us have long suspected — that Twitter wasn't worth the effort, at least in terms of traffic
More: Digiday, Pixel Envy, and Fortune
Threads: @aulia, @travelfishery, @travelfishery, @mosseri, and @karaswisher
Mastodon: @tchambers@indieweb.social, @lrhodes@merveilles.town, @thekenyeung@mastodon.social, @ChrisPirillo@mastodon.social, @karengregory@mastodon.scot, and @claesdevreese@mastodon.social
Forums: r/EnoughMuskSpam, r/technology, r/Twitter, r/NPR, r/inthenews, r/Journalism, and Beehaw
| Karen Hao / The Atlantic: |
Sources: the US Department of Commerce is considering new export controls for general-purpose AI programs, a move that experts say could weaken US AI innovation — Washington and Beijing have been locked in a conflict over AI development. Now a new battle line is being drawn.
X: @_karenhao, @dlberes, @bobehayes, @ainowinstitute, @theatlantic, and @ambaonadventure
LinkedIn: Marc Rotenberg, Christos Makridis, and Marc Rotenberg
| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Cleanlab, which sells data labelling tools for more accurate AI training data, raised a $25M Series A led by Menlo Ventures and TQ Ventures at a $100M valuation — The startup based on a popular open-source project for fixing data problems in AI models now counts cloud heavyweight Databricks as an investor and partner.| Financial Times: |
Sources: Sequoia's China spin off HongShan is seeking global business opportunities and investments for its portfolio companies, as China's economy slows down — Venture capital firm's head Neil Shen seeks investments and business opportunities for his Chinese portfolio companies
X: @eleanorolcott and @tanarrowz
| BBC: |
Investigation: instant loan app scams push people in India and other countries into a spiral of debt, driving many to suicide after shame and blackmail — A blackmail scam is using instant loan apps to entrap and humiliate people across India and other countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
More: BBC World Service on YouTube, Hindustan Times, Newslaundry, and The Messenger
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