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The US plans to significantly constrict AI chip exports to China, including by Nvidia and Intel, aiming to close perceived export control loopholes made in 2022 — New rules make it tougher for Nvidia and Intel to sell advanced semiconductors to the Chinese market
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| Bloomberg: |
Tim Cook makes a rare visit to China, showing up at a contest for Tencent's Honor of Kings game in a Chengdu Apple Store, as the US ramps up its chip sanctions — - Cook joined an ‘Honor of Kings’ contest in Chengdu Apple store — The CEO visits as worries grow about its performance in China
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| Stephen Warwick / iMore: |
Apple unveils an “affordable” $79 Apple Pencil that charges via a USB-C cable, shipping in “early November” and compatible with all iPads that have a USB-C port — A nice surprise... Apple has today unveiled a new “affordable” Apple Pencil with USB-C that costs $79.
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| Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: |
FTX floats an amended proposal to return up to 90% of creditor holdings, divided into three pools, and plans to formally file the plan in court by December 16 — An amended proposal released early Tuesday will be filed by the FTX Debtors by mid-December if approved.
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| Tory Newmyer / Washington Post: |
Former federal prosecutors say SBF's prospects for beating the fraud charges he faces are rapidly deteriorating, as the US marshals damaging insider testimony — His former inner circle, now testifying for the prosecution, has offered damning details of the inner workings of his crypto empire| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Meta identifies and fixes a bug after thousands of Palestinian supporters say their rule-abiding posts were suppressed or removed from Facebook and Instagram — Meta has cautioned that some posts may be temporarily suppressed or suspended as it sifts through millions of posts spreading across its platforms.
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Meta Quest 3's better passthrough video means people are again walking in public with face-mounted, video-recording devices, a throwback to Google “glassholes” — It's happening: people are once walking into public places wearing a video-recording face computer on their heads.
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| Morgan Sung / TechCrunch: |
Reddit kills Community Points, started in 2020 as a blockchain-based way to reward creators and developers, citing the regulatory environment and scaling issues — Reddit is winding down Community Points — the blockchain-based “internet points” program designed to reward creators and developers … | Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge: |
WhatsApp plans to roll out passkey support to all Android users over the coming months to replace passwords and 2FA; Meta did not share passkey plans for iOS — WhatsApp users on Android can say goodbye to insecure and annoying SMS two-factor authentication.
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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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| Scott Chipolina / Financial Times: |
Sources: Israel ordered Binance to close 100+ accounts since Hamas' attacks on October 7; Binance confirms that the exchange “blocked” a “small number” of users — Authorities close more than 100 accounts on Binance as appeals for donations appear on social media platforms
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LinkedIn: Israel A. and Bob Seeman
| Bloomberg: |
Baidu co-founder Robin Li unveils Ernie 4.0 and claims that the language model is on par with OpenAI's GPT-4 in terms of sophistication and general capabilities — - Robin Li says AI model is finally on par with OpenAI's GPT-4 — US and China are locked in a race with profound implications| Bloomberg: |
The Colorado Supreme Court rules that Google evidence obtained via a “keyword search warrant” may be used, one of the first tests of the controversial practice — - Ruling is first test of legality of keyword search warrants — Suspect had been found to Google the address 14 times| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Similarweb: X's global monthly website traffic declined 14% YoY in September, US traffic dropped 19% YoY, while traffic to Musk's profile page was up 96% YoY — Despite proclamations from X CEO Linda Yaccarino that usage of the social network was at an all-time high this summer … | Loni Prinsloo / Bloomberg: |
Amazon plans to launch its online marketplace in South Africa in 2024, a long-awaited move delayed by land disputes, and invites potential sellers to register — - US tech giant invited local sellers to register businesses — Amazon to take on South African competitors such as Takealot
More: About Amazon, The Messenger, Reuters, The Information, and PYMNTS.com
| Brian Steinberg / Variety: |
Netflix plans to air a “Netflix Cup” golf tournament on November 14, its first live sports event, featuring “Drive to Survive” drivers and “Full Swing” golfers — Like other streamers, Netflix seems eager to get into live sports.| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Sources: internal Microsoft data shows Windows 11 is now in use on 400M+ monthly active devices and on pace to surpass 500M in early 2024 — Internal data reveals Windows 11 has been more successful than you might think. — According to my sources who are familiar with the matter … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Smartphone-based ID verification startup Prove Identity, formerly Payfone, says it raised $40M at a “unicorn status” valuation and has ~1K business customers — Prove Identity, the smartphone-based identity verification startup that originally made its name years ago as Payfone …
More: SecurityWeek
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Instagram head Adam Mosseri says Threads blocking health-related search terms like “Covid” and “vaccines” is temporary and will be lifted in “weeks or months” — A week after Instagram head Adam Mosseri said the company's new Threads app will not …
More: The Verge and CNBC
Threads: @mosseri, @taylorlorenz, @taylorlorenz, and @taylorlorenz
Bluesky: @walkerbragman.bsky.social and @annatarkov.bsky.social
| Gavin Bonshor / AnandTech: |
Intel Core i9-14900K, i7-14700K, and i5-14600K review: same architecture as 13th Gen, higher power draw, and similar performance, slightly improved for gaming — In what is to be the last of Intel's processor families to use the well-established Core i9, i7, i5, and i3 naming scheme … | Sarah Fielding / Engadget: |
Snapchat now lets users embed the app's content into a website, matching long-used Instagram and TikTok features, and adds an OpenAI-based photo expanding tool — Snap appears to be taking a leaf out of TikTok's content playbook. — Snapchat has rolled out two new features … | Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Vancouver-based Procurify, a spend management and procurement software startup, raised a $50M Series C led by Ten Coves Capital and says sales are up 100% YoY — Roughly eight years ago, a little-known startup called Procurify raised $4 million for its platform that hosts tools to take some of the pain out of enterprise procurement.
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