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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 — The X social media platform has removed hundreds of Hamas-affiliated accounts and taken action to remove or label tens of thousands …
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Threads: @carnage4life. X: @safety, @thierrybreton, @elonmusk, @lindayax, @thierrybreton, @globalaffairs, @thierrybreton, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @marinamedvin, @prestonjbyrne, @anneapplebaum, @isabelle_szcz, @jason_kint, @guyverhofstadt, @pinboard, @jason_kint, @zsk, @pinboard, and @erinkwoo
Forums: r/worldnews and r/technology
| 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: Gizmodo, Livemint, Hindustan Times, and Neowin
| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
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X: @thierrybreton, @jakubsimek, @fboversight, @shellenberger, @iamredlus, @balajis, @prestonjbyrne, @xdaily, @byjacobward, @patrickhilsman, @prestonjbyrne, and @zamaan_qureshi
Forums: Hacker News and r/inthenews
| New York Times: |
At SBF's trial, the personal dynamics between him and his friends are a vital component of the case, making clear how much his inner circle has turned on him — The FTX founder's criminal trial has made clear just how much his inner circle has turned against him.| Zack Abrams / The Block: |
Caroline Ellison's well-prepared testimony painted Sam Bankman-Fried as the ultimate decision-maker at FTX and a corrupting influence on his subordinates — - Government prosecutors completed their direct examination of former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison on Wednesday in the fraud trial of Sam Bankman-Fried.
More: Bloomberg, CoinDesk, Rolling Stone, Crypto Daily, Blockonomi, Coinspeaker, CryptoGlobe, Unchained Crypto, The Verge, Inside Bitcoins, Decrypt, Insider, and New York Times
X: @coindesk, @lulumeservey, @basedkarbon, @silvermanjacob, @blknoiz06, @innercitypress, @molly0xfff, @teddyschleifer, @coffeebreak_yt, @tomimtk, @trustlessstate, @zackdabrams, @soncharm, @innercitypress, @hedgedhog7, @innercitypress, @zackdabrams, @scottmelker, @smtuffy, @innercitypress, @molly0xfff, @smtuffy, @thecryptojourno, @molly0xfff, and @adam3us
| 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 …
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Threads: @daveleebbg. Mastodon: @angiebaby@mas.to. X: @mattmday, @bdsams, @fosspatents, @fosspatents, and @mgsiegler
LinkedIn: Bill Gately and Tom Krazit
Forums: r/microsoft, r/Superstonk, r/news, and r/wallstreetbets
| Noema: |
Current advanced LLMs from OpenAI and others have many flaws but they will, decades from now, be recognized as the first true examples of AGI, similar to ENIAC — Today's most advanced AI models have many flaws, but decades from now, they will be recognized as the first true examples of artificial general intelligence.
Mastodon: @rhys@mastodon.rhys.wtf. X: @shanelegg, @blaiseaguera, @stefanfschubert, @noemamag, @melmitchell1, and @garymarcus
Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, and Beehaw
| Karen Hao / The Atlantic: |
X: @_karenhao, @dlberes, @bobehayes, @ainowinstitute, @theatlantic, and @ambaonadventure
LinkedIn: Marc Rotenberg, Christos Makridis, and Marc Rotenberg
| Akash Sriram / Reuters: |
Atlassian plans to acquire video messaging platform Loom for around $975M, made up of $880M in cash and the rest in stock, closing in Q1 2024 — Atlassian (TEAM.O) said on Thursday it had agreed to acquire privately held video messaging platform Loom for about $975 million …
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X: @gregisenberg, @vhmth, @rahul_j_mathur, @vhmth, @andrew__reed, @buccocapital, @gergelyorosz, @andrew__reed, @_shahedk, @vhmth, and @atlassian
Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
CCData: Coinbase's quarterly spot trading volume fell 52% YoY to $76B in Q3, likely the lowest volume since Coinbase's direct listing on Nasdaq in April 2021 — - Transaction revenue accounts for about half of total revenue — Quarterly spot trading volume fell to $76 billion, CCData says| Jacquelyn Melinek / TechCrunch: |
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X: @aditya_baradwaj, @aditya_baradwaj, @davidzmorris, @innercitypress, @adamscochran, @abu9ala7, @adamscochran, @autismcapital, @autismcapital, @autismcapital, @thestalwart, @jruss_jruss, @jruss_jruss, @deitaone, @rscharf_, @rscharf_, @rscharf_, @tuurdemeester, @patio11, @rscharf_, @alice_comfy, @asvanevik, @chafkin, @bennetttomlin, @remusofmars, @adamscochran, @zoeclaire_, @innercitypress, @innercitypress, @yueqi_yang, @innercitypress, @deitaone, @davidzmorris, @innercitypress, and @innercitypress. LinkedIn: Stacy-Marie Ishmael. Forums: r/CryptoCurrency
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Elliptic: the Russia-linked unidentified FTX hackers who stole $415M to $432M in November 2022 started moving the haul in October, the first time in 2023 — Whoever looted FTX on the day of its bankruptcy has now moved the stolen money through a long string of intermediaries—and eventually some that look Russian in origin.
More: CoinDesk, Unchained Crypto, Bloomberg, Elliptic, BBC, The Block, Cointelegraph, Washington Post, Elliptic Connect, Cryptopolitan, and Forkast. X: @a_greenberg
| 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 …, @anildash@me.dm, @mergesort@macaw.social, and @tchambers@indieweb.social. X: @seo_theory. Forums: Hacker News
| 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.
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| Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post: |
Hands-on with Best Take for Pixel 8, which uses AI to replace people's faces, a fun camera tool that worryingly helps AI standardize what happiness looks like — A new AI function called Best Take in Google's Pixel 8 lets you replace people's faces, saving memories of moments that never actually happened.| Amir Efrati / The Information: |
Sources: Sam Altman told staff that OpenAI is generating $1.3B in revenue per year, implying the company is now generating $100M+/month, up 30% in three months — ChatGPT maker OpenAI is generating revenue at a pace of $1.3 billion a year, CEO Sam Altman told staff this week, according to several people with knowledge of the matter.| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
TikTok updates its $6M Effect Creator Rewards fund to add lower eligibility rules, a revamped payout model, and a lower threshold to start collecting rewards — TikTok is updating its Effect Creator Rewards program with lower eligibility requirements, a revamped payout model … | Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: |
Block acquires Hifi, which launched in 2020 as a financial rights organization for artists and recently rolled out Cash Flow to pay artists a bi-monthly salary — Block, the Jack Dorsey-founded fintech company previously known as Square, has acquired Hifi, a music-focused fintech startup.| Bloomberg: |
How Google Chrome's Discover feed on Android serves up misleading propaganda to Russian audiences; a source says Russian-languages services are a lower priority — Mobile users in Russia are being served pro-war propaganda from sources Google has blocked elsewhere.| Monica Chin / The Verge: |
Surface Laptop Go 3 review: premium design but low-resolution screen, no keyboard backlighting, limited port selection, and too expensive for what it offers — The Go 3 is a nice-looking and well-built device, but the $999 price makes no sense. … The chassis looks identical …
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| 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, @nexusben, @mishaalrahman, @maxwinebach, @nexusben, @maxwinebach, @milesabovetech, @maxwinebach, @greenshades9, @shishirshelke1, @mkbhd, @mkbhd, and @maxwinebach
LinkedIn: Kerry W., Mark Spoonauer, Max Buondonno, and Jason Cipriani
Forums: Hacker News, r/GooglePixel, and r/Android
| Victoria Song / The Verge: |
More: Android Authority, Droid Life on YouTube, SlashGear, 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
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