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| Rachyl Jones / Fortune: |
Marc Andreessen's Techno-Optimist Manifesto lists trust and safety, sustainability, and tech ethics as “enemies”, says AI is “our Philosopher's Stone”, and more — In a 5,200-word manifesto published by the venture capitalist and billionaire Marc Andreessen on Monday …
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LinkedIn: Daniel Tunkelang, Christopher Rice, and John V Willshire
Forums: Hacker News, r/Futurology, and r/Futurology
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Cisco says a zero-day flaw in its IOS XE software has been exploited in the wild since at least September 18; Shodan shows up to 80K devices could be affected — An unknown threat actor is exploiting the vulnerability to create admin accounts. — Cisco is urging customers to protect …
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LinkedIn: Peter Bossley, Kristen S., Daniel Moore, Michael Schuler, Jason Wiele, Noel Wade, and Vladimir Yakovlev, CISSP
Forums: r/cybersecurity, r/technology, and Ars OpenForum
| Stephen Council / SFGATE: |
Music storefront Bandcamp lays off nearly 50% of its workforce, or 58 employees, as part of Songtradr's acquisition of the company from Epic Games in September — Bandcamp built a unique music business: profitable and good for artists with a popular editorial arm.
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Forums: Hacker News and r/Music
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources detail Netflix's deepening gaming push: more games based on its shows, including Squid Game and Wednesday, discussions about a GTA game, and more — Streamer to put greater emphasis on developing games based on its popular programming, including ‘Squid Game,’ ‘Wednesday,’ ‘Black Mirror’
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X: @wsjbusiness, @deeketweak, and @jtoonkel
LinkedIn: Sarah Krouse, Sarah E. Needleman, and David Kaye
| Justine Calma / The Verge: |
Stand.earth: Apple is ahead of Microsoft, Google, Nvidia, Dell, and HP in climate initiatives and is the only one that has renewable targets for its suppliers — A new report compares climate initiatives by Apple, Dell, Google, HP, Microsoft, and Nvidia. Apple's far from perfect, but so far …
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
LinkedIn plans to lay off 668 staff, mostly from its engineering team, after cutting 716 jobs in May 2023; a source says LinkedIn is ramping up hiring in India — - LinkedIn is cutting almost 700 employees as revenue growth has slowed over the past two years.
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LinkedIn: Noble Smith, Jeremy Dejno, Kushagra Shrivastava, Jordan Novet, Laurence Wilson, Dan Rayburn, and Sara Fischer
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| Adamya Sharma / Android Authority: |
Xiaomi unveils the Android-based HyperOS, set to debut with the Xiaomi 14 series and gradually replace the company's 13-year-old MIUI OS for all Xiaomi devices — HyperOS will cater to Xiaomi's wide range of products beyond just smartphones. — • — TL;DR
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| Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
Binance halts user signups in the UK, after the FCA restricted a local partner's ability to approve communications for crypto companies with customers — - UK's financial promotions regime was widened to include crypto — Exchange plans to hire a new approver for its communications| CNN: |
As Telegram lets Hamas use its service, CEO Pavel Durov says Telegram channels are “a unique source of first-hand information” for researchers and journalists — Hamas is barred from most social media platforms. But its following has surged on popular messaging app Telegram since its October 7 terror attack on Israel.| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
Stack Overflow lays off 100+ people, or 28% of its workforce, to “significantly” reduce its “go-to-market organization”, after doubling its size to 500+ in 2022 — Coding help forum Stack Overflow is laying off 28 percent of its staff as it struggles toward profitability.
More: Ars Technica, Stack Overflow Blog, InfoWorld, TechCrunch, Cointelegraph, Gizmodo, The Information, VentureBeat, SiliconANGLE, iTnews, and Android Headlines
LinkedIn: Andre‘ Snowden and Daniel Tunkelang
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, and Slashdot
| The Markup: |
Analysis: X throttles traffic to Patreon, WhatsApp, and at times Messenger by 2.5 seconds on average; Patreon creators say doing so undermines their livelihood — Markup readers helped uncover the link delays, which also affect WhatsApp and Messenger. — Twitter is now slowing down traffic …
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
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