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November 27, 2023, 10:30 PM
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Samantha Cole / 404 Media:
Big names like Kelsey Hightower pull out of the DevTernity conference after allegations its founder made fake profiles of female speakers to boost diversity  —  The founder of a software developer conference has been accused of creating fake female speakers to bolster diversity numbers …
Shira Ovide / Washington Post:
Many local US police departments are fearmongering by issuing warnings about the privacy risk of iPhone's NameDrop, used to share contact information wirelessly  —  Some police departments have said the new iPhone feature is risky.  Don't worry about it.
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
Google says it is investigating an issue caused by Google Drive's desktop app, after users' reports in recent days that some of their files have disappeared  —  Over the past few days, quite a few Google Drive users have noticed files go missing, and now Google is confirming that it is looking …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: fast-fashion giant Shein confidentially files for a US IPO, potentially in 2024, with Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, and Morgan Stanley as underwriters  —  The Chinese company was valued at $66 billion earlier this year  —  Shein, the China-founded online fashion company that won …
David Heaney / UploadVR:
Finland-based Varjo launches the XR-4, a $3,990 mixed reality headset aimed at businesses, touting a 120-degree field of view, 4K displays, and more  —  Varjo just announced the XR-4 series, its latest range of ultra high end PC-based headsets for enterprise and governments.
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
The European Commission says Amazon's $1.4B iRobot acquisition may restrict competition; Amazon says it's working to address the EC's concerns; IRBT drops 18%+  —  EU antitrust regulators said on Monday Amazon's (AMZN.O) $1.4 billion acquisition of robot vacuum maker iRobot (IRBT.O) …
Hannah Lang / Reuters:
A US judge rules ex-Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao cannot leave the US until a court considers whether he should remain through his sentencing hearing in February  —  Former Binance chief Changpeng Zhao cannot leave the United States for the time being, a federal judge said on Monday …
Jeff John Roberts / Fortune:
An interview with Binance CEO Richard Teng on helping the exchange become a conventional financial company, previous “missteps”, his background, and more
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Mozaic, whose API helps creators split and automate payments with collaborators, raised a $20M Series A from Volition Capital, taking its total funding to $27M+  —  Creators often work with different collaborators for different projects.  And splitting payments with others is one of the biggest challenges for creators.
Wall Street Journal:
WSJ created Instagram accounts following only young gymnasts and influencers and found salacious Reels, like risqué footage of kids, shown next to big brand ads  —  Content served to WSJ test accounts included risqué footage of kids, overtly sexual adult videos and ads from major brands
Chloe Cornish / Financial Times:
As Elon Musk visits Israel, an official says Musk “reach[ed] a principle understanding” that Starlink “can only be operated in Israel” with government approval  —  Entrepreneur meets country's leaders amid furore over alleged antisemitism on his social platform X
Cissy Zhou / Nikkei Asia:
Sources: ByteDance plans to cut ~1,000 jobs and discontinue all but a few games that have yet to launch, backing away from its aggressive investments since 2016  —  Layoffs come as China company intensifies efforts in generative AI  —  ByteDance, operator of short-video app TikTok, has invested aggressively in gaming since 2016.
Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE:
AWS announces the Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client, a $195 compact computer, adapted from the Fire TV Cube, to let workers access cloud-based virtual desktops

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From Mediagazer

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
In the final 60 Minutes segment, Scott Pelley said Paramount “began to supervise our content in new ways” before executive producer Bill Owens' departure

Pew Research Center:
A survey of adults across 35 countries finds a majority in over half of the nations say made-up news and information is “a very big problem” in their country

Financial Times:
Sources: French media group Banijay is in early talks with ITV regarding an offer to acquire the UK broadcasting network or its production arm ITV Studios

More News

Leah Nylen / Bloomberg:
The FTC can proceed with changes to Meta's 2020 $5B privacy settlement, like barring monetization of kids' data, after a judge denied Meta's move to go to court
Cate Lawrence / Tech.eu:
UK-based Oxford Quantum Circuits, which offers quantum-computing-as-a-service, announces a new 32-qubit system and an ongoing $100M Series B led by Japan's SBI

Earlier Picks

Stephen Witt / New Yorker:
A profile of Jensen Huang, the Taiwan-born, US-educated Nvidia founder, who started the company in 1993, and a look at Nvidia's rise, built on GPUs and CUDA
Wall Street Journal:
Amazon data and sources: Amazon shipped 5.2B US packages in 2022, more than UPS, after passing FedEx in 2020; Amazon delivered 4.8B items ahead of Thanksgiving
Reuters:
Experts say Tron has overtaken bitcoin as the go-to funding method for Israel-designated terror groups; Israel froze 143 Tron wallets between 2021 and 2023
Caroline O'Donovan / Washington Post:
After an Amazon worker in Indiana died, the state fined Amazon just $7,000, the maximum allowed, highlighting states' limited ability to enforce safety policies
Reuters:
The US, the UK, and more than a dozen other countries release joint guidelines for AI system development, including creating systems that are “secure by design”
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