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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, Los Angeles Times, 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 …
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| Kylie Robison / Fortune: |
X tests Not A Bot, requiring new, unverified users to sign up for a $1 annual subscription to be able to post and interact, in New Zealand and the Philippines — The owner of X, Elon Musk, has long floated the idea of charging users $1 to use the platform.
More: X, The Verge, 9to5Mac, Ars Technica, BleepingComputer, Windows Central, PCMag, Forbes, CNBC, Cryptopolitan, Observer, Android Central, GSMArena.com, PC Gamer, Techdirt, X, The Apple Post, Android Headlines, NPR, Newser, PetaPixel, The Messenger, iMore, NBC Bay Area, TechSpot, Gizchina, Bitcoin Insider, IGN, New York Post, Thurrott, Tech Xplore, BBC, TechRadar, Ghacks, T3, Global News, Reuters, PhoneArena, SiliconANGLE, MacRumors, and Axios
Threads: @crumbler, @alex.stamos, @carnage4life, @reporterzoe, @malwaretech, @mergesort, @timothyjchambers, @camroth, @diegojimenez, @carnage4life, @jw, @mattbinder, @timothyjchambers, @parkerortolani, @camwilsonreporter, @chinmay.karande, @b_fung, @oneunderscore__, @timothyjchambers, @tomgara, @guillecummings, and @mike_isaac
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
Bluesky: @cjdeboix.bsky.social, @edbott.com, @rahaeli.bsky.social, @kevincollier.bsky.social, @scalzi.com, @dell.bsky.social, @darthbluesky.bsky.social, @jeremydstanley.com, @dell.bsky.social, @golikehellmachine.bsky.social, @chickenpuppet.bsky.social, @sababausa.bsky.social, @velodus.bsky.social, @srossmktg.bsky.social, @jaredlholt.bsky.social, and @darthbluesky.bsky.social
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| 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: |
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| 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 …
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Mastodon: @dangoodin@infosec.exchange. X: @tomwarren, @cyb3rops, @cheddarb0b42, and @billyleonard. Forums: Slashdot
| 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 …
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Forums: r/europe, r/ADVChina, and r/europe
| 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.| 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
| 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 … | 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 …
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Clearview AI wins an appeal against the UK's data protection watchdog, which imposed a ~£7.5M fine in May 2022 for alleged breaches of local privacy laws — Controversial US facial recognition company, Clearview AI, has won an appeal against a privacy sanction issued by the U.K. last year.
More: BBC, New York Times, Telegraph, Politico, and Bloomberg Law
| 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, Insider, Bloomberg, Bloomberg, TweakTown, PetaPixel, PYMNTS.com, and CryptoSlate
| 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 …
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Forums: r/singularity and Beehaw
| 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: Slate, 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
| 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.
More: Meta, The Verge, and The Messenger
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