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| Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal: |
Netflix raises US prices for its basic plan to $11.99 from $9.99 and its premium plan to $22.99 from $19.99; it is also raising some prices in the UK and France — Hollywood strikes will lead to lower content spending, more free cash flow this year, company says
More: The Verge, 9to5Google, Gizmodo, PCMag, CNET, 9to5Mac, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, IGN, Neowin, Deadline, Variety, MacDailyNews, SlashGear, Digital Trends, Tech Xplore, and BGR. Forums: r/cordcutters
| Sarah Whitten / CNBC: |
Netflix reports Q3 revenue up 7.8% YoY to $8.54B, vs. $8.54B est., and global paid memberships up 10.8% YoY to 247.15M, vs. 243.88M est.; NFLX jumps 9%+ — - Netflix shares popped more than 12% after the closing bell Wednesday. — The company reported a boost in subscriber growth driven … | Reuters: |
The US' new 400-page chip export rules show officials are open to chip sector input on ways to keep sending AI chips to China for small and medium-sized systems — While stripping China's access to key U.S. artificial intelligence chips, the Biden administration's sweeping new rules …
More: Wall Street Journal, U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security, Tom's Hardware, Fortune, New York Times, WRAL TechWire, Associated Press, RCR Wireless News, TechSpot, Windows Central, TechCrunch, CNN, The Messenger, Financial Times, and Wall Street Journal
X: @beijingdai, @researchqf, @kifleswing, @danielgross, @dalperovitch, @barrettyoutube, @researchqf, @dnystedt, @kevinsxu, and @beth_kindig. LinkedIn: Max A. Cherney. Forums: r/wallstreetbets
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Amazon announces the launch of drone deliveries of medicines purchased through Amazon Pharmacy for customers in College Station, Texas — Amazon's Prime Air drone service has been slow to take off for the company, with limited operations in just two locales a whole decade after Amazon first started development of the program.
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| Sebastian Herrera / Wall Street Journal: |
More: About Amazon, The Verge, TechCrunch, Singularity Hub, GeekWire, Robotics & Automation News, The Messenger, Bloomberg, SlashGear, New York Post, Cryptopolitan, and Reuters
LinkedIn: Scott A. Mugno, Kenneth Salzman, Sebastian Herrera, Paul Baessler, and Daniela Axinte
| Zeba Siddiqui / Reuters: |
In a rare joint statement, Five Eyes chiefs from the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand warn about China's IP “theft” and using AI to hack and spy — The Five Eyes countries' intelligence chiefs came together on Tuesday to accuse China of intellectual property theft …
More: BBC, The Hill, Federal Bureau …, ExtremeTech, Globe and Mail, ABC, Australian Financial Review, Forbes, New York Times, Metacurity, PCMag, The Register, Robotics News, and Financial Times
LinkedIn: Clea Ostendorf, CISSP, Patrick Camatcho, and David Steiger
Forums: r/europe, r/ADVChina, and r/europe
| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
Google says that government-backed hackers linked to Russia and China are exploiting a since-patched zero-day in WinRAR, discovered by Group-IB in August 2023 — Google security researchers say they have found evidence that government-backed hackers linked to Russia and China are exploiting …
More: The Keyword, Gizmodo, iTnews, BleepingComputer, XDA Developers, The Verge, PCMag, Neowin, PaymentSecurity.io, SecurityWeek, and CyberScoop
Mastodon: @dangoodin@infosec.exchange. X: @tomwarren, @cyb3rops, @cheddarb0b42, and @billyleonard. Forums: Slashdot
| Francesco Canepa / Reuters: |
The European Central Bank plans to start a two-year “preparation phase” for the digital euro on November 1, to finalize rules, select partners, and do testing — The European Central Bank took a further step on Wednesday towards launching a digital version of the euro … | Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google updates Chrome's address bar with better autocomplete, suggestions for misspelled URL names, search within bookmark folders, and a revamped desktop look — Google is rolling out a series of updates to the address bar (or Omnibox) in Chrome that improves the accuracy of autocomplete across the desktop and mobile browser.
More: The Keyword, The Verge, MacRumors, TechCrunch, Android Central, XDA Developers, Tom's Guide, Search Engine Journal, How-To Geek, and SlashGear. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Joseph Cox / 404 Media: |
Experts say misinformation from “verified” pseudo-OSINT accounts on X, driven by profit and engagement, is destroying the Israel-Hamas war information ecosystem — Join the newsletter to get the latest updates. — Success — Great! Check your inbox and click the link. — Error
More: Engadget. Threads: @cengizyar. Mastodon: @dangillmor@mastodon.social and @jasonkoebler@mastodon.social
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
YouTube adds a news page to its mobile apps that suggests content from “authoritative sources”, and plans to spend $1.6M to promote creating Shorts news content — YouTube is embracing news from “authoritative sources” at a time when Meta is reluctant to promote hard news …
More: YouTube Official Blog, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Social Media Today, Nieman Lab, TechRadar, PetaPixel, Neowin, SlashGear, 9to5Google, KnowTechie, and The Messenger
Bluesky: @darthbluesky.bsky.social and @blackamazon.bsky.social
Forums: Hacker News and Beehaw
| Matt Mullenweg: |
While X charging users $1/year to stop bots and spam is appealing, the value of manipulating X is so high that millions are likely already being spent to do so — Twitter/X is testing charging users $1/year with the idea that will keep out bots and spam. It's an appealing idea …
More: TechCrunch, Gizmodo, TechStartups, The Hill, Cryptopolitan, crypto.news, PYMNTS.com, Silicon Republic, Tech.co, and CryptoSlate
X: @troyhunt, @xdaily, @jobvo, @gergelyorosz, @photomatt, @gergelyorosz, and @troyhunt
| Kylie Robison / Fortune: |
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Mastodon: @davemark@mastodon.social, @kevinrothrock@infosec …, @thekenyeung@mastodon.social, @andrewt@mathstodon.xyz, @tchambers@indieweb.social, @MikeBeas@mas.to, @bastardsheep@aus.social, @andypiper@macaw.social, @joannaholman@aus.social, @rodhilton@mastodon.social, @denny@boing.world, @mergesort@macaw.social, @shepgo@mastodon.social, @stefan@gardenstate.social, @wiredfire@mas.to, and @ChrisPirillo@mastodon.social
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X: @support, @elonmusk, @molly0xfff, @manmademoon, @elonmusk, @vinn_ayy, @film_girl, @tianyuf, @jenmsft, @buccocapital, @wadhwa, @james_acton32, @mrbenwexler, @david_strathdee, @benfowlkesmma, @evacide, @film_girl, @elysiumdesigns, @kairyssdal, @chrispirillo, @kyliebytes, and @kyliebytes. LinkedIn: Andrew Kaiser
| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
Foxconn and Nvidia plan to build “AI factories”, data centers that accelerate the development of self-driving EVs, autonomous machines, and industrial robots — Nvidia and Foxconn are working together to build so-called “AI factories,” a new class of data centers that promise …
More: Nvidia Newsroom, Reuters, Silicon Valley Business …, The Register, NVIDIA, Insider, 鴻海 on YouTube, VentureBeat, DatacenterDynamics, TechSpot, The Messenger, Baseline, Tech Monitor, HotHardware, Constellation Research, Gizmodo, WinBuzzer, Coinspeaker, Fortune, CNN, Tech Xplore, Neowin, TechCircle, Metaverse Post, Network World, CNBC, Financial Times, Nikkei Asia, and Foxconn Technology Group
Forums: r/singularity and Beehaw
| Wall Street Journal: |
At a conference, Sam Altman and other tech leaders say AI will likely bring seismic workforce changes, eliminating professions, a hard sell to the most affected — At WSJ Tech Live, Sam Altman said coming workforce changes will play out unevenly — LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. …
More: Gizmodo, Windows Central, Bloomberg, Insider, Bloomberg, TweakTown, PetaPixel, PYMNTS.com, and CryptoSlate
| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
Stanford researchers unveil the Foundation Model Transparency Index, with 100 indicators; Llama 2 leads at 54%, GPT-4 is third at 48%, PaLM 2 is fifth at 40% — Stanford researchers have ranked 10 major A.I. models on how openly they operate. — How much do we know about A.I.?
More: CoinDesk, The Verge, Reuters, AI Snake Oil, GitHub, Stanford HAI, VentureBeat, and Metaverse Post
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Meta plans to roll out Telegram-like broadcast channels on Facebook and Messenger in the coming weeks, after launching them on Instagram and WhatsApp — Meta is bringing its Telegram-like “broadcast channels” feature to Facebook and Messenger after rolling it out to Instagram and WhatsApp earlier this year.| Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge: |
SBF's defense finally undermines a witness' credibility, noting Nishad Singh borrowed $3.7M from FTX after Singh says he knew about its misuse of customer funds — Nishad Singh looks less reliable. Is it enough? … Of Sam Bankman-Fried's alleged co-conspirators, Nishad Singh gave the most emotionally compelling testimony.
More: Blockworks and CoinDesk
X: @davidzmorris, @cryptadamist, @sarafischer, @molly0xfff, @autismcapital, @molly0xfff, @davidzmorris, @yueqi_yang, and @laurashin. LinkedIn: Elizabeth Lopatto
| Katie Notopoulos / MIT Technology Review: |
Federated networks like Mastodon and a growing acceptance of paying for content may help move people away from big social platforms and improve online discourse — We're in a very strange moment for the internet. We all know it's broken. That's not news.
Mastodon: @stefan@gardenstate.social, @jangles@mastodon.social, @Cassandra@artisan.chat, @timbray@cosocial.ca, @tchambers@indieweb.social, and @mammoth@moth.social
X: @wsculley, @katienotopoulos, @katienotopoulos, @katienotopoulos, @katienotopoulos, @tiffanygholar, @niallfirth, and @artsjournalnews
LinkedIn: Mitch Goldstein and Rachel Courtland
| CNBC: |
How IRS officials tracked down James Zhong, a hacker who stole 50K+ bitcoin from Silk Road in 2012 and was involved in the development of bitcoin itself in 2009 — - In 2012, someone stole 50,000 bitcoin from the Silk Road, an illegal dark web marketplace.
More: CoinDesk, Cryptonews, and CNBC on YouTube
X: @hugh_son, @insta_gator1, @watchthebreaks, and @tomgara
Forums: r/Buttcoin, r/technology, r/georgiabulldogs, r/ethtrader, and r/CryptoCurrency
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