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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft reorganizes its Xbox teams, promoting Matt Booty to game content president and Sarah Bond to Xbox president; CMO Chris Capossela leaves after 32 years — Microsoft is reorganizing its Xbox gaming and marketing leadership, less than two weeks after acquiring Activision Blizzard.
More: The Official Microsoft Blog, The Verge, Thurrott, Windows Central, GeekWire, Neowin, Pure Xbox, Wccftech, and MSPoweruser
| Nico Grant / New York Times: |
Internal Google documents detail plans to contain Apple's search ambitions after Spotlight's 2021 update; sources say Google paid Apple $18B for search in 2021 — Google has worried for years that Apple would one day expand its internet search technology, and has been working on ways to prevent that from happening.
More: The Verge, 9to5Mac, MacDailyNews, Bloomberg, Business Times, and AppleInsider
X: @clarksp, @econliberties, @nicoagrant, and @matthew_d_green
Forums: Hacker News, r/technews, and Slashdot
| Wall Street Journal: |
X's tumultuous first year under Elon Musk: mobile DAUs down 16% from October 2022 to September 2023, app downloads drop after rebrand, and investor markdowns — The platform struggles to attract users and advertisers, third-party data suggest, while Musk has voiced optimism
More: Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Insider, BroBible, Gizmodo, Tech Xplore, TechStartups, and Reuters
Mastodon: @blindcoder@toot.berlin and @mnutty@mastodon.ie
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X: @macroliter, @danprimack, @techcrunch, @teroterotero, @danprimack, and @wsj
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Google begins rolling out new Maps features, including updating search to more easily find things nearby and expanding Immersive View for Routes to new cities — Google is adding a slew of new updates for Maps, including a few AI-powered features that are designed to make it easier for users to search … | The Verge: |
Mark Zuckerberg says Threads has hit “just under” 100M monthly users since Instagram released the app in early July — The rumors of Threads' early demise have been exaggerated. — Meta's competitor to Elon Musk's X has hit “just under” 100 million monthly users since …
More: The Independent, 9to5Mac, Engadget, Fresno Bee, The Hindu, Neowin, Silicon Republic, TechCrunch, The Media Leader, PhoneArena, iPhone in Canada Blog, BERNAMA, Business Today, Social Media Today, The Hollywood Reporter, Daring Fireball, The New Indian Express, and Shacknews
Threads: @mosseri, @parkert, @mosseri, @carnage4life, @mikedelmoro, @keithedwards, @stshank, @aaronrosspowell, @datadrivenmd, @tomwarrenuk, @ianhillmedia, @kalihays1, @matthewfacciani, @parkerortolani, @moskov, @crumbler, @justingp331, @lanceulanoff, @bashowicks, @guillecummings, and @daveleebbg
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| Meta Investor Relations: |
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Threads: @kalihays1 and @kalihays1
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| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
The UK's controversial Online Safety Bill becomes law, imposing fines of up to £18M or 10% of global turnover; Ofcom now plans to publish a code of practice — The UK's Online Safety Bill, a wide-ranging piece of legislation that aims to make the country “the safest place in the world to be online” …
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Forums: r/privacy and r/unitedkingdom
| Matthieu Faou / WeLiveSecurity: |
Pro-Russia hacking group Winter Vivern is targeting European governmental entities' Roundcube Webmail servers, triggering an attack when an email is viewed — ESET Research recommends updating Roundcube Webmail to the latest available version as soon as possible
More: Ars Technica, SC Media, Gizmodo, BleepingComputer, Security Affairs, Hackread, Dark Reading, The Record, Silicon Republic, Cybernews.com, TechRadar, Help Net Security, SecurityWeek, The Hacker News, The Register, and Infosecurity
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| Hayden Field / CNBC: |
Kids are attending virtual pro-Palestine protests on Roblox in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war; one virtual protest area has been visited 275K+ times — - Kids are attending virtual pro-Palestine protests on Roblox in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war, and so far, one virtual protest area has been visited more than 275,000 times.
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| Sheena Vasani / The Verge: |
Samsung offers Galaxy smartphone and tablets running One UI 6 a Temporary Cloud Backup feature with unlimited storage for up to 30 days for free, matching Apple — Samsung is starting to roll out a “Temporary Cloud Backup” feature to Samsung Galaxy smartphones and tablets running on One UI 6, the company announced on Thursday.
More: Samsung Newsroom, Android Authority, CNET, PCMag, XDA Developers, Neowin, PhoneArena, Lifewire, Android Central, Digital Trends, SamMobile, NewsBytes, SamNews 24, and Phone Scoop. Forums: r/Android
| Stephanie Barnes / Engadget: |
X rolls out opt-out audio and video calling to some users, who can allow incoming calls from users in their address book, users they follow, and Premium users — Just call them or not. — It's finally happening: X (formerly known as Twitter) has begun rolling out yet another feature nobody asked for.
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| Politico: |
UK PM Rishi Sunak announces plans to set up a UK-based AI Safety Institute and an AI research network modeled on the IPCC, ahead of the UK AI Summit in November — British PM defended seeking Chinese buy-in for a bevvy of new AI governance initiatives he is set to launch next week.| Sarah Fielding / Engadget: |
Google expands its bug bounty program to add generative AI, which has unique security issues, like model manipulation and unfair bias, requiring new guidance — New guidance outlines what discoveries garner financial rewards. — With concerns around generative AI ever-present …
More: The Keyword, TechCrunch, SecurityWeek, Android Headlines, InfoRiskToday.com, and SiliconANGLE
| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Oxide Computer, which aims to provide on-premise cloud computers, raised a $44M Series A led by Eclipse — Oxide Computer Co., a San Francisco-based developer of on-premise cloud computers, has raised $44 million in Series A funding led by Eclipse. … - Oxide wants to provide the same …
More: TechPowerUp and The New Stack
| Andrew Tarantola / Engadget: |
Leica releases the $9,480 M11-P camera, which watermarks photos with Content Credentials metadata, created by advocacy groups to fight misinformation — It automatically watermarks photos with Content Credentials metadata. — It's getting to the point these days that we can't even trust … | Suvashree Ghosh / Bloomberg: |
JPMorgan's Global Head of Payments says the blockchain-based JPM Coin now handles $1B in transactions per day and the bank plans to continue widening its usage — - JPM Coin allows blockchain-based payments by wholesale clients — Token is a rare instance of live blockchain use by a big bank
More: PYMNTS.com, CoinDesk, Crypto Briefing, crypto.news, Metaverse Post, Cointelegraph, Cryptonews, and CryptoSlate. LinkedIn: Jon Woodard
| Tim Ingham / Music Business Worldwide: |
Sources: Spotify plans major changes to its royalty model in Q1 2024, including a threshold of minimum annual streams before a track starts generating royalties — This is huge news - and it's been a long time coming. MBW has confirmed that Spotify is planning to make significant changes …
More: Billboard, TechSpot, Stereogum, Billboard, The Verge, NME, EDMTunes, Consequence, and Music Business Worldwide
X: @zoecello, @isobel_starling, @curtisstigers, @vinsonvalega, @chrisgraue, @dada_drummer, @dada_drummer, @marielxloveland, @swimmersjackson, @umaw_, @dada_drummer, @future_of_music, @abelowrob, @abelowrob, @joshokane, @p_lyons_, and @nikostratis. LinkedIn: Drew Thurlow. Forums: r/popheads
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Valve releases SteamVR 2.0, including “most of the current features of Steam and Steam Deck”, Steam Chat, and Voice Chat, after a surprise beta September launch — Valve announced Wednesday that it has released SteamVR 2., launching the major update exactly a month …
More: Tom's Hardware, Gizmodo, PC Gamer, Steam Store, Neowin, and Phoronix
| CNBC: |
Uber starts offering rides in fully autonomous Waymo cars in Phoenix, Arizona; users can accept or reject the autonomous option, which includes a 24/7 helpline — - Uber users in Phoenix, Arizona, will be able to ride in a fully autonomous car, Uber announced Thursday.
More: Waypoint, 9to5Google, Engadget, uber.com, PYMNTS.com, TechCrunch, and USA Today
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Xiaomi unveils the 6.3" Xiaomi 14 and 6.7" Xiaomi 14 Pro, offering the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, 50MP main sensors, a Lecia lens on the Pro, and LTPO 120Hz panels — Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 just this week as Android's next flagship chipset, and now Xiaomi is already announcing …
More: Android Authority, Android Central, Wccftech, and Android Headlines
| Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
Kioxia investor SK Hynix isn't agreeing to the Kioxia-Western Digital merger “at this time” due to “the overall impact on the value of the company's investment” — - Its opposition introduces more uncertainty to a landmark deal — Western Digital and Kioxia have talked for years about a combo
More: Nikkei Asia, Tom's Hardware, Seeking Alpha, Reuters, The Register, TechCrunch, and Financial Times
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