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November 13, 2023, 4:50 AM

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:

A look at Apple's work on its “ambitious and compelling” OS updates for 2024, paused for a week after hitting a key milestone in iOS 18 and macOS 15 development — Apple's recent software development delay underscores the need to get ambitious 2024 updates right.

More: 9to5Mac, Benzinga, NewsBytes, Wccftech, MySmartPrice, Supercharged, Forbes, AppleInsider, The Verge, AppleInsider, PhoneArena, and iPhone in Canada Blog

Mastodon: @paul@tapbots.social. X: @markgurman, @biz_socks, and @albin1887

Forums: r/iphone, r/ios, r/technology, and r/apple

Financial Times:

An in-depth look inside a covert Russian operation to get dual-use specialist microchips, which are protected by EU export controls, into the hands of the state — A rare look inside a covert Russian-led operation to get strategic technology protected by European export controls into the hands of the state

Mastodon: @hanse_mina@nafo.uk. X: @dcuthbert, @maxseddon, @maxseddon, @maxseddon, @maxseddon, @elinaribakova, @maxseddon, @xtophercook, @elinaribakova, @maxseddon, @alenapopova, and @xtophercook

LinkedIn: Raimonds Bricis and Leen Paape

Forums: r/UkrainianConflict and r/europe

Reuters:

Chinese chipmaker YMTC filed a lawsuit against Micron on November 9 in California, alleging that the US chipmaker infringed eight of its patents — Chinese chipmaker Yangtze Memory Technologies Co (YMTC) has filed a lawsuit against U.S. rival Micron Technology (MU.O) alleging infringement of eight of its patents.

More: South China Morning Post, Global Times, and ChinaTechNews.com

X: @rnaudbertrand, @lithos_graphein, @kanthan2030, and @lithos_graphein

Forums: r/Sino and r/hardware

Wall Street Journal:

Former FTX employees, including general counsel Can Sun, plan to launch crypto exchange Backpack, protecting user funds using lessons learned from FTX's failure — Ex-FTX lawyer Can Sun and other former company executives want the new exchange to allow customers to verify holdings at any time

More: Cryptonews, Unchained Crypto, Bitcoin Insider, PYMNTS.com, crypto.news, Cointelegraph, The Daily Beast, and The Block

Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social. X: @caspiancey, @caspiancey, @caspiancey, @digitalartchick, @riddle245, @deitaone, @smtuffy, @silvermanjacob, @zarchasmpgmr, and @quinnypig. LinkedIn: James Herbick, MS, MBA

Bloomberg:

Foxconn launches two prototype low-Earth orbit communication satellites on a SpaceX rocket, as Foxconn diversifies into new sectors with greater urgency — - Taiwan's Foxconn wants to replicate outsourcing model in orbit — Company launches first two LEO satellites on a SpaceX rocket

More: Silicon Republic, The Register, Benzinga, SpaceNews, Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn), NewsBytes, South China Morning Post, Android Central, and Neowin

X: @mytechmusings, @honhai_foxconn, and @honhai_foxconn

Andi Yu / ABC:

DP World Australia, the country's second largest port operator, resumes operations after a cyberattack halted the movement of goods in and out of Australia — Australia's second largest port operator has shut down because of a cyber security incident, impacting the movement of goods in and out of the country.

David Gilbert / Wired:

Experts say terrorist groups are using generative AI to bypass the hashing databases used by tech companies to automatically remove violent extremist content — Experts are finding thousands of examples of AI-created content every week that could allow terrorist groups and other violent extremists …

Tom Dotan / Wall Street Journal:

Q&A with Microsoft EVP of Business Development Chris Young on the AI hype, Microsoft making a business out of AI, the non-tech early adopters of AI, and more — Top strategy executive views nontech customers as artificial intelligence's big untapped market

Wes Davis / The Verge:

Many Threads users report that the app now has a privacy option that lets them opt out of having their posts show up on Instagram and Facebook — Many Threads users are now saying they have the ability to opt out of having their posts shown on Instagram and Facebook.

More: PCMag, 9to5Mac, Livemint, and NewsBytes

Threads: @ami.l.berger, @jbillinson, @datadrivenmd, @michaelgreshko, @ipedro, @kiriappeee, @brooksrocco, and @dryllyrd. X: @jonah_manzano

Shanti Das / The Guardian:

Investigation: UK biomedical research database Biobank shared the sensitive health data of ~500K volunteers with insurance companies despite pledging not to — Observer investigation reveals UK Biobank opened its biomedical database to insurance firms despite pledge it would not do so

Jack Ewing / New York Times:

How Łukasz Krupski, a Tesla whistleblower in Norway, leaked personnel records and Autopilot data that caught the attention of regulators in several countries — An employee who was fired after expressing safety concerns leaked personnel records and sensitive data about driver-assistance software.

Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to and @pallenberg@mastodon.social

X: @mrstad, @stephaniemflynn, @michellesdude, and @thefawcette

LinkedIn: Nicholas Benes, Michael Plunkett, and Deb Hileman, SCMP. Forums: r/RealTesla

Charlotte Yang / Bloomberg:

Xiaomi's stock is up 60%+ since June 2023, gaining ~$20B in market value on the back of strong Xiaomi 14 series sales and its foray into EV and other businesses — - Xiaomi up more than 60% from June low on new smarthphone push — JPMorgan sees ‘trading opportunity in the next six months’

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Associated Press:

President Trump signed an EO on May 1 instructing CPB and other agencies to cut federal funding for NPR and PBS, alleging “bias” in the broadcasters' reporting

Washington Post:

After VOA director said staff can begin a “phased return”, an appeals court stays the preliminary injunction that allowed VOA and USAGM staffers to go back

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Hands-on with Meta's Movie Mate, a chatbot that provides users trivia and other content during a movie, rolled out for one night for Blumhouse's M3GAN rerelease

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Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times:

Sam Altman says he expected “to raise a lot more” from Microsoft and other investors to keep up with the punishing costs of building more sophisticated LLMs

More: Metaverse Post. Bluesky: @droid-boy.de. X: @fabiochiusi, @johnthornhillft, and @starcourse

Hannah Lang / Reuters:

In a major policy change, banks on payment app Zelle have started refunding scam victims as of June 30, 2023, after pressure from US lawmakers and the CFPB

Threads: @cg_inthepaint

Kate Irwin / Decrypt:

Esports leaders discuss ongoing industry challenges, including VC bubbles, layoffs, and ageism, and call for wealthy game studios to take on more responsibility

X: @decryptmedia and @iamhodler_

Sarah Zheng / Bloomberg:

Alibaba and JD.com reported YoY sales increases for Singles Day, but neither company provided overall revenue figures for the event for the second straight year

More: The Information, Reuters, Tech in Asia, The Register, Tech Xplore, and South China Morning Post

X: @economics, @shanghaimacro, @24hcitizen, and @michaelxpettis

Mark Kleinman / Sky News:

London-based Monument, a digital bank focused on “mass affluent” customers in the UK, raised a £40M Series B, a source says at a £150M+ pre-money valuation

More: Tech.eu, Crowdfund Insider, BusinessCloud, FinTech Futures, Financial IT, FinSMEs, and AltFi

X: @markkleinmansky. LinkedIn: Wasim Khouri, Monument, and Ian Rand

David Gilbert / Wired:

Google's Jigsaw unit and Tech Against Terrorism launch Altitude, a free tool that helps smaller platforms detect and remove terrorist content on their networks

More: The Economic Times and The Verge

X: @techvsterrorism, @jason_kint, @austen, @bitcloud, @jigsaw, @basedbeffjezos, @josephjacks_, @bradsmi, @martin_casado, @geetkhosla, @mer__edith, @boztank, @jigsaw, @jigsaw, @techvsterrorism, @kvnbbg, and @daithaigilbert

LinkedIn: Clare S. and Mark Dobson

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Steph Batalis / Foreign Policy:

Chatbots can lower the information barrier to help malicious actors build a bioweapon, making chatbot development guardrails a good first step for biosecurity

More: Cryptopolitan and ChinaTechNews.com

Threads: @ethank and @carnage4life

X: @vijaypande, @vijaypande, @vijaypande, @clementdelangue, @kevinallison, and @foreignpolicy

LinkedIn: Scott C. Lemon, Adam Russell, Krystal Jackson, and Steph Batalis

Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica:

Humane's Ai Pin is a bizarre cross between Google Glass and a pager, the lack of apps seems extremely limiting, and $699 is too high compared to other wearables

More: Mashable, Hackaday, Supercharged, Insider, OdishaTV, Humane, ExtremeTech, and GeekWire

Threads: @carnage4life, @seyitaylor, @ericflo, @alexanderbellgram, @kbode, @ryancoleman, @prakashm14, @neil.cybart, @katienotopoulos, @craiggrannell, @jason_tiernan, @jbruck, @chris, @jseibert, @seyitaylor, and @donaldrichard

Mastodon: @counternotions@mastodon … and @arstechnica@mastodon.social

X: @neilcybart, @growing_daniel, @artemr, @maxwinebach, @chih98, @rsgnl, @chrisjbakke, @varunramg, @pungme, @thestalwart, @dylanmcd8, @timokissel, @arstechnica, @peggyktc, @ronamadeo, @esthercrawford, and @buccocapital

LinkedIn: Scott C. Lemon, John Miner, Marc Calamia, and Timo Kissel. Forums: Ars OpenForum

Jonathan Randles / Bloomberg:

Filing: FTX sues crypto exchange Bybit and two affiliates to recover ~$953M, including $327M+ that they allegedly withdrew just before FTX filed for bankruptcy

Hannah Murphy / Financial Times:

A profile of Bumble CEO Lidiane Jones, who succeeds Whitney Wolfe Herd and is charged with turning around a company whose stock is down ~80% since its 2021 IPO

More: The Economist, Insider, and BBC

X: @salfordsmith61 and @joshuaogundu

Reuters:

EC official: X had just 2,294 EU content moderators, versus 16,974 at YouTube and 6,125 at TikTok, according to reports submitted by the companies in September

More: Gizchina, TechCrunch, and RTHK

Threads: @carnage4life and @carnage4life

X: @romanadamczyk5, @jacqumalaret, and @xavierdegraux

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:

Report: Apple product and search result pages on Amazon have few, if any, rival ads, after Apple asked for preferential treatment, leading to their 2018 deal

Source: Insider. More: PhoneArena, The Verge, Engadget, Supercharged, PCMag, SamMobile, Benzinga, and AppleInsider

Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social. X: @alistairmbarr. LinkedIn: Eugene Kim. Forums: r/technology