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Disney plans to acquire the 33% stake in Hulu held by Comcast's NBCUniversal, giving Disney full ownership; Disney expects to pay NBCU ~$8.61B by December 1 — The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) announced today that it will acquire the 33% stake in Hulu, LLC held by Comcast Corp.'s (NASDAQ …
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Bluesky: @paleofuture.bsky.social, @diabolique.bsky.social, and @epro.social
X: @dylanbyers, @tim_bays, @tim_bays, @gamoid, and @dylanbyers
| CoinDesk: |
The US SEC charges SafeMoon and its executives for selling unregistered crypto securities and misappropriating investors' funds the team promised were “locked” — Crypto company SafeMoon's CEO and chief technology officer were arrested, accused of withdrawing more than $200M …
More: US Department of Justice, US Securities …, Protos, DL News, CoinGape, Decrypt, FXStreet, Bloomberg, Watcher Guru, Seeking Alpha, Cryptonews, CryptoSlate, The Block, crypto.news, Fortune, Coinpedia Fintech News, Blockworks, Bitcoin Insider, Crowdfund Insider, Cryptopolitan, and CryptoPotato
Bluesky: @epro.social. X: @ednynews, @zekefaux, @cfarivar, @coffeebreak_yt, @adamscochran, and @givnerariel. LinkedIn: Keanu Estañol
Forums: r/CryptoCurrency, r/barstoolsports, r/SafeMoon, and r/SafeMoon
| Bloomberg: |
A look at Apple's ambition to revolutionize health care: some breakthroughs marred by philosophical disagreements, a culture of conservatism, and tech realities — The company is working on big things, but employees disagree over whether they should be serving people who are healthy or sick.
More: The Information, Android Authority, 9to5Google, 9to5Mac, PhoneArena, Android Headlines, MacRumors, Wccftech, AppleInsider, MacDailyNews, UploadVR, XDA Developers, iClarified, Insider, Macworld, The Verge, iThinkDifferent, and iDownloadBlog.com
Threads: @michaelabrwnjr. Mastodon: @nickheer@c.im. X: @patentlyapple, @tomgara, @markgurman, @chaitanya7483, and @shwinyo
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans new health features for 2024's Apple Watch, like an elevated blood pressure sensor, and a paid health coaching service, possibly using AI — - AirPods will get hearing-aid capability and hearing tests — AI health coach in the works, as are Vision Pro health tools
More: MobileSyrup, Tom's Guide, PhoneArena, CNBC, Pocket-lint, Digital Trends, SlashGear, MacDailyNews, Neowin, Droid Life, and Wccftech
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
At the UK's AI Safety Summit, the UK releases the Bletchley Declaration, signed by 28 countries and the EU, and the US announces an AI Safety Institute — The world is locked in a race, and competition, over dominance in AI, but today, a few of them appeared to come together …
More: GOV.UK, The Guardian, BBC, The White House, U.S. Department of Commerce, GOV.UK, Engadget, SiliconANGLE, Engadget, Decrypt, The Irish Times, Financial Times, Unite.AI, iTnews, Washington Post, Reuters, Dark Reading, PetaPixel, Tech Monitor, DataBreachToday.com, New Scientist, Silicon Republic, CityAM, Neowin, CryptoSlate, Cointelegraph, Metaverse Post, The Royal Family on YouTube, Refuge, GOV.UK, Reuters, and Reuters
X: @scitechgovuk, @rishisunak, @racejustice, @jeremyakahn, @damini_satija, @heliaebrahimi, @yougov, @hugogye, @michelledonelan, @tommackenzietv, @slakster, @iainastewart, @tw_seal, @potus, @robertwiblin, @darrenpjones, @matthewclifford, @camerondlwalker, @jturner_uk, @refugecharity, @michaelbhaskar, @sebkrier, @jdr_tech, @helenmargetts, @kashhill, @darrenpjones, @joshgd, @shakeelhashim, @rishisunak, @benioff, @cabinetofficeuk, @tomhfh, @matthewclifford, @halhod, @yuanfenyang, @elonmusk, @joelmiller, and @verajourova
LinkedIn: John Ridd and Alex Kendall
Forums: r/singularity and r/neoliberal
| Financial Times: |
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Bluesky: @martinsfp.bsky.social. X: @shakeelhashim, @mattsheehan88, @yuanfenyang, @amnestytech, and @allthecitizens. LinkedIn: Michael Hobbs
| Joe Duball / IAPP: |
The EDPB instructs the Irish DPC to ban Meta's use of personal data for behavioral ads on the legal base of contract and legitimate interest in the EU and EEA — An unprecedented shakeup in the advertising technology space has arrived in Europe. Changes are coming to adtech's approach …
More: Reuters, European Data Protection Board, Bloomberg, BleepingComputer, The Register, Deadline, Mikołaj Barczentewicz, Livemint, Agence France-Presse, zylstra.org, Times of Malta, NewsBytes, Mobile Dev Memo, JURIST, and Telewizja Polska S.A
Threads: @eric_seufert. Mastodon: @remixtures@tldr.nettime.org. X: @buggeerik, @gateklons, @gateklons, @gateklons, @johnnyryan, @jduballreports, @gateklons, @privacat, @gateklons, @joegtjones, @privacymatters, @eric_seufert, @epc_angela, @joegtjones, @privacymatters, @gateklons, @jason_kint, @robertjbateman, @nickbotton, @mbarczentewicz, @gateklons, and @nickbotton
LinkedIn: Caitlin Fennessy and Joe Jones
| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Apple quietly discontinued Apple Music's $4.99/month Voice Plan, which was introduced in 2021 and let users access the Apple Music catalog exclusively via Siri — Apple this week held a special event to announce new Macs, but what the company didn't tell is that it has just quietly discontinued the …
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X: @mbrkhrdt, @maxwinebach, @mgsiegler, and @rsgnl
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
US v. Google offers a rare look at Google's top 20 queries by revenue for a week in September 2018: iPhone, insurance, cheap flights, online colleges, and more — Not all Google searches make Google money. Google often says that it only shows ads on about 20 percent of queries, the ones it calls “commercial queries.”
More: The Hill, PhoneArena, Search Engine Land, and 9to5Google
| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
DoorDash tests a prompt warning customers that orders with no tip ahead of time may take longer to get delivered, since drivers choose which orders to accept — DoorDash has added a pop-up in its app this week warning customers that orders with no tip might take longer to get delivered.
More: Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN, CBS News, USA Today, People, New York Post, Insider, Fast Company, The Messenger, Android Headlines, and KnowTechie
X: @marcistook and @darkpatterns
Forums: r/EndTipping, r/NewsOfTheStupid, r/technology, and r/offbeat
| Brian Steinberg / Variety: |
Shareholder letter: Netflix says its ad tier has 15M+ MAUs globally, accounting for ~30% of new sign-ups where it's available, and plans new ad formats for 2024 — Netflix is ready to use “The Crown,” “Squid Game” and other signature series to take ad dollars from rival streamers.
More: Netflix, PYMNTS.com, Ars Technica, CNBC, PhoneArena, Android Authority, Reuters, AdExchanger, TechRadar, 9to5Mac, PCMag, BGR, TVLine, MSPoweruser, Neowin, Android Headlines, SlashGear, The Hollywood Reporter, and Deadline
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Snowflake unveils Snowflake Cortex, a fully managed service designed to help business users and developers work with AI-powered apps on its Data Cloud platform — Companies use Snowflake to store their data in the cloud. With the ever growing interest in generative AI and large language models …
More: InfoWorld, Dow Jones Newswires, Forbes, InfoWorld, Snowflake, Constellation Research, SiliconANGLE, VentureBeat, and Snowflake
LinkedIn: Jonathan Regenstein, Ramanuj V., Ryan T. McBroom, and Doug Cook
| Sam Tobin / Reuters: |
Apple loses a bid to block a UK lawsuit over allegedly hiding defective iPhone batteries and “throttling” them via updates; Apple calls the lawsuit “baseless” — Apple Inc (AAPL.O) on Wednesday lost a bid to block a mass London lawsuit accusing it of hiding defective batteries …
More: Competition Appeal Tribunal, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo, iTnews, Bloomberg, The Verge, Neowin, Android Authority, Stack Diary, PYMNTS.com, MacDailyNews, MacRumors, and AppleInsider
Forums: r/technology and MacRumors Forums
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
If we accept the premise that regulation locks in incumbents, then it's notable that the early AI winners seem the most invested in generating alarm about AI — In 2019, a very animated Bill Gates explained to Andrew Ross Sorkin why Microsoft lost mobile:
More: Hardcore Software and AI Snake Oil
Mastodon: @jimray@mastodon.social and @carnage4life@mas.to
X: @bgurley, @_kolossus, @hamandcheese, @packym, @stratechery, @malikpiara, @mattzeitlin, @esyudkowsky, and @katieharbath. Forums: Hacker News
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
CRM platform HubSpot plans to acquire B2B data provider Clearbit, which has 400K+ users and 1,500+ business customers, and was valued at $250M in January 2019 — HubSpot, the Boston-based marketing software maker and CRM platform, announced today it's acquiring the B2B data provider Clearbit …
More: HubSpot, HubSpot, PYMNTS.com, MarTech, and B2B Marketing Intelligence
X: @rauchg, @yaminirangan, @jasonlk, @hubspot, @firstround, @amitvasudev_, @aschwags3, @asanwal, @mattsornson, @maccaw, @nicoaferr, @dharmesh, @clearbit, @joaomdmoura, and @bhalligan
LinkedIn: Katie Burke and Andy Laux
| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Chainguard, which helps companies secure their open-source software supply chain, raised a $61M Series B led by Spark Capital, taking its total funding to $116M — Chainguard, a Kirkland, Wash.-based cybersecurity startup, raised $61 million in a Series B round.
More: FinSMEs, SiliconANGLE, Chainguard, Wall Street Journal, Sequoia Capital, and SecurityWeek
X: @reneeshah123 and @bogiebalkansky
| Manya Saini / Reuters: |
PayPal reports Q3 revenue up 9% YoY to $7.4B, vs. $7.38B est., total payment volume up 13% YoY to $387.7B, vs. $377.9B, and forecasts FY 2023 profit above est. — PayPal Holdings (PYPL.O) raised its forecast for full-year adjusted profit above Wall Street estimates on Wednesday …
More: Bloomberg, Dow Jones Newswires, and PayPal
| Hayden Field / CNBC: |
LinkedIn announces a GPT-4-powered AI chatbot that the company calls a “job seeker coach”, available to Premium users, and says the platform now has 1B+ members — - LinkedIn said it surpassed 1 billion members and debuted an AI chatbot billed as a “job seeker coach” and other generative AI tools for Premium members.
More: Reuters, LinkedIn, ZDNet, Social Media Today, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, MSPoweruser, SiliconANGLE, The Hill, Search Engine Journal, Neowin, and Engadget
LinkedIn: Alex Kantrowitz and Tomer Cohen
| Amanda Chicago Lewis / The Verge: |
A critical look at the SEO industry, as users complain that Google isn't as useful anymore and some SEO experts say it's now harder to game Google's algorithm — As the public begins to believe Google isn't as useful anymore, what happens to the cottage industry of search engine optimization experts …
More: Danny Sullivan, Search Engine Land, The Verge, and I Love SEO
Threads: @reckless1280, @mariyadelano, and @mariyadelano
X: @teamamittiwari, @raymartinezseo, @cyrusshepard, @aleyda, @seocounseling, @wexler, @debramastaler, @lilyraynyc, @rebekah_creates, @aleyda, @lilyraynyc, @lilyraynyc, @geekinchief, @rustybrick, @dr_pete, @lilyraynyc, @lilyraynyc, @kevin_indig, @blairmacgregor, @dannysullivan, @duaneforrester, and @jane_seidel
Forums: Hacker News and r/technology
| Joshua Oliver / Financial Times: |
A look back at testimony from Caroline Ellison, Gary Wang, and Nishad Singh and SBF's counterclaims, as the jury prepares to deliberate which version to believe — Former crypto tycoon will soon learn whether he was able to successfully counter his former colleagues' testimony — Four people were in the room.| Rohan Goswami / CNBC: |
Airbnb Q3: revenue up 18% YoY to $3.4B, vs. $3.37B est., Nights and Experiences Booked up 14% YoY to 113.2M, vs. 112.9M est., and Q4 revenue forecast below est. — - Airbnb reported its third-quarter earnings results after the bell, beating consensus estimates on revenue but falling short … Sponsor Posts
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