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| Financial Times: |
X accelerates its plan to attract ad spending by SMBs, including outsourcing some ad sales to third parties, such as US-based marketing startup JumpCrew — Social media site accelerates plan to attract small businesses as billionaire owner battles big brands
More: Reuters, Ars Technica, CNBC, Reuters, The Guardian, Finbold, The Information, 9to5Mac, BBC, TechCrunch, Watcher Guru, The Messenger, New York Post, New York Times, Variety, Business Insider, Bloomberg, TweakTown, Forbes, Forrester, Observer, Cryptopolitan, and Fortune
X: @elonmusk, @sifill_, @tomgara, @auren, @mjbarash, @mikebenzcyber, @stillgray, @benhayesnyc, @eric_seufert, @eric_seufert, @eric_seufert, @intel_steve, @eric_seufert, @uhn_plus, @xdaily, @karstenw, @aagave, @teroterotero, @davidsacks, and @buccocapital. Forums: r/RealTesla
| Bloomberg: |
Phil Spencer says Microsoft is talking to partners to help launch a mobile gaming store to take on Apple's and Google's app stores, but offers no launch date — Challenge to Apple, Google app stores could come soon. — Microsoft Corp. is talking to partners to help launch a mobile gaming store …
More: 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, Thurrott, GamesIndustry.biz, The Verge, Windows Central, Video Games Chronicle, MobileSyrup, ExtremeTech, PhoneArena, Wccftech, TrueAchievements, GameSpot, Phandroid, Destructoid, Gameranx, iPhone in Canada Blog, Metro.co.uk, Mashable, Game Rant, Game Developer, Pure Xbox, Pocket Gamer.biz, TechRadar, Gamereactor UK, Neowin, PYMNTS.com, and VG Charts
| Jez Corden / Windows Central: |
Phil Spencer says Microsoft has “no plans to bring Game Pass to PlayStation or Nintendo” after Xbox CFO Tim Stuart said Microsoft wants to target “every screen” — In our exclusive interview with Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer, we got a glimpse of the future of Xbox …
More: The Verge, IGN, Gameranx, Neowin, Pure Xbox, GameSpot, Push Square, GamesIndustry.biz, Destructoid, Decrypt, Game Developer, MobileSyrup, and Polygon
Forums: r/gaming, r/XboxSeriesX, and r/XboxGamePass
| Katie Tarasov / CNBC: |
A profile of Apple's chip division, including interviews with its head Johny Srouji and Apple's hardware engineering chief John Ternus — WATCH NOW — Why Apple doubled down on the expensive custom chip business, edging out Intel and starting a trend — Apple's soaring stock price …
More: CNBC on YouTube, MacRumors, The Verge, AppleInsider, Cult of Mac, Supercharged, MacDailyNews, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, and iClarified
Mastodon: @counternotions@mastodon …. X: @benbajarin. Forums: Hacker News, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Memo: OpenAI delays its GPT store until early 2024 after “a few unexpected things have been keeping us busy”; the company had planned to launch in November 2023 — OpenAI will delay the launch of a GPT store until early next year, according to a memo to developers seen by Axios.
More: TechCrunch, Gizmodo, The Information, The Verge, Bloomberg, Reuters, TechRadar, The Decoder, and Search Engine Journal
Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
| Charles Duhigg / New Yorker: |
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Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social. X: @danshipper, @cduhigg, @cduhigg, and @shakeelhashim. LinkedIn: Frank X. Shaw. Forums: Hacker News
| Wall Street Journal: |
Tests: Meta's recommendation systems promote underage-sex content on Instagram and Facebook Groups, despite Meta setting up a child-safety task force in June — The social-media company has stepped up enforcement, but its algorithms continue to promote problematic content| Bloomberg: |
Amazon signs a SpaceX contract for three Falcon 9 rocket launches, set to begin in mid-2025, to help put its Project Kuiper satellite constellation into orbit — - Amazon's Project Kuiper has been delayed by rocket setbacks — Company also aims to use rockets from ULA, Bezos' Blue Origin
More: About Amazon, The Verge, Washington Post, The Information, PCMag, TechCrunch, Reuters, and Wall Street Journal
| Associated Press: |
A councilman for the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre reveals that a resolution that the city council approved unanimously in October 2023 was written by ChatGPT — City lawmakers in Brazil have enacted what appears to be the nation's first legislation written entirely by artificial intelligence … | Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post: |
News outlets turning to Reddit amid X's decline face a dilemma over which subreddits to use; Business Insider faces criticism for posting in a snark subreddit — But with thousands of subreddits, where exactly news sites should promote their work presents a dilemma
More: Reddit Upvoted. Mastodon: @ppb1701@noc.social and @TomSullivan@mstdn.social
X: @taylorlorenz, @bradystonex, and @mollyalisonward
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Tiger Global cut its portfolio companies' valuations in September 2023, like Superhuman by 45%, DuckDuckGo by 72%, Yuga Labs by 69%, and OpenSea by 94% — The nearly $13 billion Private Investment Partners 15 fund marked down AI-powered email company Superhuman by 45% and cut …
More: Blockworks, Fortune, The Information, CryptoPotato, CoinGape, crypto.news, and Cointelegraph
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. X: @andy8052, @wublockchain, @tradeboicarti16, and @emilyjnicolle. LinkedIn: Gillian Tan
| Stacy Elliott / Decrypt: |
Coinbase reports receiving 13,079 law enforcement requests from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023, up 6% YoY and 3x since 2020; almost 50% were from the US — Almost half of the 13,079 law enforcement requests Coinbase received in 2023 came from the U.S., according to a new report.| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
France's prime minister recommends government staff uninstall foreign apps like Signal, WhatsApp, and Telegram by December 8, in favor of French chat app Olvid — Prime Minister of France Élisabeth Borne signed a circular last week requesting all government employees … | Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Apple and Paramount have discussed an Apple TV+ and Paramount+ bundle that would cost less than subscribing to both streaming services separately — Streamers are increasingly joining with rivals to offer bundles that help attract and keep subscribers
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X: @benbajarin and @a_g_haubner
Forums: r/tvPlus, r/MLS, and MacRumors Forums
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Valve launches a Steam Link app on Meta Quest 2, Quest 3, and Quest Pro, letting users more easily play VR games from their Steam library over 5GHz Wi-Fi — Valve's Steam Link app, which lets you stream games from your Steam library to another device, is out now for the Meta Quest 2, 3 …
More: UploadVR, Steam Community, Gizmodo, Wccftech, MIXED Reality News, Gamereactor UK, PC Gamer, The Outerhaven, UploadVR, Neowin, Engadget, Android Central, KitGuru, Dot Esports, and Road to VR
X: @benz145, @hereforstinky, @hereforstinky, @benz145, @lunayian, @jayhadhope, @lunayian, @thrilluwu, @anshelsag, and @steamvr. Forums: r/linux_gaming
| Martin Coulter / Reuters: |
Google asks the UK CMA to take action against Microsoft, claiming the company's licensing practices unfairly discouraged customers from using rivals' services — Google (GOOGL.O) has called on Britain's antitrust regulator to take action against Microsoft (MSFT.O), claiming its business practices …
More: TechCrunch, Thurrott, The Register, SiliconANGLE, Nikkei Asia, ITPro, Light Reading, WinBuzzer, Tech Monitor, TechRadar, Neowin, MSPoweruser, PYMNTS.com, and Yahoo Finance
| Richard Nieva / Forbes: |
An interview with Yann LeCun and Joelle Pineau following the 10th anniversary of Meta's Fundamental AI Research lab on ChatGPT, AI in the metaverse, and more — In an exclusive interview leading up to the 10th anniversary of Meta's AI lab, LeCun reflects on the artificial intelligence boom … | Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Google says RCS in Google Messages now has over 1B MAUs, and adds Photomoji, Voice Moods, Screen Effects, Custom Bubbles, Animated Emoji, and other features — First, the number: according to Google, over 1 billion monthly active users are using RCS in Google Messages.
More: The Keyword, 9to5Google, SamMobile, Sam Lover, MSPoweruser, GSMArena.com, NewsBytes, Phandroid, PhoneArena, Android Headlines, Thurrott, 9to5Google, and Engadget
Threads: @sundarpichai, @michaelabrwnjr, and @backlon
LinkedIn: Sanaz Ahari Lemelson and Craig Lennon
Forums: r/google, r/GooglePixel, and r/GoogleMessages
| Lawrence Bonk / Engadget: |
More: The Keyword, TechCrunch, SamMobile, Wccftech, Neowin, Sam Lover, Samsung Community, PhoneArena, BGR, Thurrott, HotHardware, 9to5Google, and Digital Trends. X: @android
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