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| Zoë Schiffer / The Verge: |
A look at Twitter's culture prior to Elon Musk's acquisition, when the company focused on improving the health of online conversations, not growth at all costs — the early '10s, Twitter was at the height of its power. The company had yet to turn a profit, but it had played a crucial role …
More: The Verge, The Verge, The Verge, The Verge, and Pixel Envy
Threads: @martinsfp, @qasimnauman, @reckless1280, @m0qazi, @andyyang, @technicallymims, @shaneafsar, @cdylanparks, @j.b.robertson, @luke.pfister, @racsterls, @mikecvet, @mikecvet, and @reporterzoe
Mastodon: @anzet@zeppelin.flights and @reichenstein@mastodon.social
| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
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Threads: @carnage4life, @pkafka, @alexkantrowitz, @esg.hound, and @ashzade_. Bluesky: @intelwire.bsky.social
X: @_danilo and @kantrowitz
| Davey Alba / Bloomberg: |
Google announces Gemini Pro for enterprises, letting developers build apps, available for free at launch with limits, and adds Pro to AI Studio and Vertex AI — Gemini Pro is aimed at businesses and app developers — Alphabet Inc.'s Google announced a slate of upgraded artificial intelligence features …
More: The Keyword, TechCrunch, ZDNet, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, SiliconANGLE, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, Axios, The Keyword, The Verge, Thurrott, TechRadar, Google Cloud Blog, and TechRepublic
X: @googledevs, @sundarpichai, and @rseroter
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Google releases Imagen 2, announced in preview in May 2023 and built with Google DeepMind tech, offering “significantly” improved image quality and new features — Google's making the second generation of Imagen, its AI model that can create and edit images given a text prompt … | Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Google announces MedLM, a family of AI models fine-tuned for the medical industries and based on Med-PaLM 2, available to Google Cloud customers in the US — - Google on Wednesday announced a suite of new health-care AI models called MedLM. — The move marks Google's latest attempt …
More: Google Cloud Blog, TechCrunch, and HIT Consultant
| Keith Laing / Bloomberg: |
Tesla plans to update Autopilot in 2M+ vehicles after the NHTSA issued a recall and called its safety measures inadequate and open to misuse, after a long probe — - US regulator finds system doesn't do enough to prevent misuse — Agency will keep defect investigation open, monitor remedies
More: NHTSA, New York Times, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, The Verge, The Verge, The Information, Telegraph, HotHardware, Washington Post, VICE, TechCrunch, Axios, Semafor, Engadget, T3, New York Post, Rolling Stone, The Robot Report, TechStartups, NBC News, BGR, SlashGear, The Messenger, Financial Times, Wired UK, Metro.co.uk, Electrek, and Barron's Online
X: @carlquintanilla, @troyteslike, @zsk, @wholemarsblog, @wholemarsblog, and @tomgara. Forums: Hacker News
| Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal: |
Axel Springer signs a multiyear licensing deal with OpenAI, which will pay to use content from Politico, Business Insider, and others to train its AI models — Generative-AI company reaches multiyear pact with owner of Politico, Business Insider and major European properties| Bloomberg: |
Sources: 3AC co-founder Su Zhu for the first time faced questioning in a Singapore court about the fund's collapse; Teneo estimates 3AC owes creditors ~$3.3B — - Failed crypto fund's co-founder Zhu was arrested in September — Liquidators seek information for creditors owed $3.3 billion
More: Decrypt, CCN.com, CryptoSlate, The Block, CoinDesk, Protos, Default, Cointelegraph, Cryptonews, crypto.news, Watcher Guru, CoinGape, Coinpedia Fintech News, Blockonomi, and CryptoPotato. X: @clemtan
| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Apple expands Self Service Repair to the iPhone 15 lineup and M2 Macs, brings the program to 24 new countries, and releases an Apple Diagnostics tool in the US — Apple today announced it has expanded its Self Service Repair program to cover the iPhone 15 lineup and Mac models powered by M2 chips …
More: Apple, Engadget, PCMag, Thurrott, TechCrunch, The Verge, 9to5Mac, TechRadar, AppleInsider, Patently Apple, Lifewire, MSPoweruser, iClarified, Supercharged, iMore, Cult of Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, and BGR. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg: |
The EU Council and Parliament agree a deal to reclassify millions of ride-hailing and food delivery app workers as staff, possibly costing the industry billions — European Union negotiators backed a deal to reclassify millions of people working for ride-hailing and food-delivery apps … | Raphael Satter / Reuters: |
Apple updates its law enforcement guidelines to now require a judge's order before handing over users' push notification data, instead of only a subpoena — Apple (AAPL.O) has said it now requires a judge's order to hand over information about its customers' push notification to law enforcement … | Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Google, Meta, Qualcomm, and seven other tech companies form the Coalition for Open Digital Ecosystems, aiming to promote open digital ecosystems in the EU — Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google, Meta Platforms (META.O), Qualcomm (QCOM.O) and seven other tech companies on Wednesday teamed up to push … | Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk: |
Coinbase Asset Management debuts Project Diamond, combining Coinbase's custody tools, wallet, L2 network Base, and Circle's USDC to create a capital marketplace — “Project Diamond” lets institutions create and trade digital native versions of financial instruments such as debt using Base in a regulated manner.
More: Coinbase, Coinspeaker, Crowdfund Insider, Crypto Briefing, and Benzinga
| Malak Saleh / Engadget: |
Meta is working to extend its fact-checking to Threads early next year; its fact-checking now only rates Threads content matching posts on Facebook or Instagram — The program will roll out next year, according to executives. — Threads is going to make an effort to moderate more of the user-generated content on the platform.
More: Meta, WinBuzzer, Android Headlines, PhoneArena, Mashable, TechCrunch, MSPoweruser, Social Media Today, and The Verge
Threads: @mosseri, @faith_jvs, @chris, @voorhees_dnb, and @luhtestoni
| Bloomberg: |
Coinbase rolls out spot crypto trading on its international exchange as part of a global expansion, letting investors trade bitcoin and ether against USDC — - Hazy regulatory outlook deters some investors from US venues … Institutional investors can initially trade Bitcoin and Ether …
More: Coinbase, Blockworks, Finbold, The Block, CryptoPotato, CoinGape, and crypto.news. X: @coinbase
| Nico Grant / New York Times: |
Google's Epic loss, where a jury found Google guilty on all 11 antitrust claims, may portend its legal fate in two, more significant US antitrust cases in 2024 — A trio of antitrust cases on the docket threaten to reshape Google's business and sap its profits.
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X: @jason_kint, @mishichoudhary, @mschruers, and @mschruers
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
The FCC issues a final denial of Starlink's request for $885M to expand rural coverage, saying Starlink “failed to demonstrate” an ability to offer the service — The FCC has made a final denial of Starlink's application for $885 million in public funds to expand … | Daryna Antoniuk / The Record: |
Ukraine's defense intelligence directorate claims to have hacked Russia's state tax service and that Russia has been trying to restore the service for four days — Ukraine's defense intelligence directorate (GUR) said it infected thousands of servers belonging to Russia's state tax service with malware …
More: Reuters, gur.gov.ua, pravda.com.ua, Hackread, Meduza.io, Cybernews.com, BleepingComputer, and Security Affairs. Forums: Slashdot
| Alexander Martin / The Record: |
A parliamentary report warns the UK is vulnerable to a “catastrophic ransomware attack at any moment” because of the government's failures to tackle ransomware — Because of the British government's failures to tackle ransomware, there is a “high risk” the country faces a … | Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft warns that threat actors are misusing OAuth apps to automate phishing attacks, push spam, and deploy VMs for crypto mining — Microsoft warns that financially-motivated threat actors are using OAuth applications to automate BEC and phishing attacks, push spam, and deploy VMs for cryptomining.
More: Microsoft Security Blog, Security Affairs, TechRadar, WinBuzzer, and The Hacker News. X: @msftsecintel
| Scott Stein / CNET: |
Meta adds multimodal AI to its Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses as an early access beta in the US, letting Meta AI answer voice queries by taking and analyzing photos — I tried these Ray-Ban AI glasses, and they're pretty wild. Here's how the experimental feature works. — “Hey, Meta.
More: New York Times, Mark Zuckerberg, The Information, Road to VR, Gizmodo, UploadVR, T3, MIXED Reality News, Laptop Mag, The Verge, TechRadar, Engadget, MSPoweruser, Mashable, WWD, ZDNet, and BroBible
Threads: @boztank, @documentingmeta, @parkerortolani, @saratpediredla, and @guitarte. Bluesky: @epro.social
X: @haltor, @heaney555, @jetscott, and @jetscott
LinkedIn: Lee Callender and Neil Redding
| Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Foxconn plans to invest at least $1B more, on top of the $1.6B allocated earlier, in to its 300-acre Bengaluru plant to make Apple devices — - World's largest iPhone maker setting aside more money for site — Apple's partners are shifting capacity away from China
More: AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, MacDailyNews, Reuters, Patently Apple, and Business Today
| Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
A Pew survey of US adults finds ~38% support a federal TikTok ban, down from 50% in March 2023; Republicans' support of a ban dropped from 60% to 50% — A new Pew survey suggests that the Republican-led push to ban the app will face a huge challenge in persuading voters, many of whom use the app themselves
More: The Hill, Associated Press, Tubefilter, and Pew Research Center
| Wall Street Journal: |
Apple releases an iOS beta with Stolen Device Protection; if enabled, the feature limits actions like Apple ID password resets when not in a “familiar location” — Stolen Device Protection can prevent criminals from using your passcode to change your Apple account
More: 9to5Mac, MacRumors, The Verge, TechCrunch, Engadget, Tech.co, SecurityWeek, Daring Fireball, KnowTechie, GameSpot, TechRadar, Phandroid, WRAL TechWire, CNBC, Tom's Guide, iMore, Ghacks, Business Today, The Overspill, The Apple Post, iThinkDifferent, Digital Trends, PhoneArena, nextpit, SlashGear, USA Today, iPhone in Canada Blog, Android Authority, New York Post, Macworld, PYMNTS.com, AppleInsider, Supercharged, MacDailyNews, CNET, Cult of Mac, The Messenger, iClarified, and South China Morning Post
X: @krausefx, @briantong, @bradhowardnews, @rsgnl, @kuba_suder, @jonyiveparody, @joannastern, @harryxru, and @nicnguyen. Forums: Slashdot
| The Information: |
Etsy plans to lay off 11% of its workforce, or ~225 employees, as the e-commerce marketplace grapples with slow consumer spending and increased competition — Etsy is laying off roughly 11% of its workforce, a spokesperson confirmed, as the e-commerce site that helps small businesses sell …
More: South China Morning Post, CNBC, and Etsy, Inc.
| Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post: |
A profile of Nandini Jammi, co-founder of Check My Ads, a nonprofit ad watchdog that works to cut off the revenue streams of far-right creators and publishers — Nandini Jammi is fighting to defund right-wing influencers like Alex Jones — When Elon Musk reinstated far-right influencer … | Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Netflix publishes its first What We Watched report, detailing the most-watched content from January to June 2023; The Night Agent was #1 with 812M+ hours viewed — Netflix is going to start publishing a new report twice a year that details the most popular shows and movies on the platform.
More: About Netflix, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Metro, TechRadar, Cybernews.com, Mercury News, The Messenger, Bloomberg, T3, Dexerto, TechSpot, MobileSyrup, Engadget, PCMag, Consequence, Bloomberg, and KNSD-TV
X: @tvgrimreaper, @xenocryptsite, @business, and @loudmouthjulia
| Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: |
Sources: the EU plans to hit Apple with a ban on App Store rules for music streaming rivals and a potential hefty fine in early 2024, after Spotify's complaint — - EU to ban allegedly abusive App Store rules for music rivals — Antitrust decision due early 2024 and could come with fines| Tom Corrigan / Wall Street Journal: |
The Drucker Institute's Management Top 250 ranking shows tech still leads; Microsoft was first for the fourth year, followed by Apple, Nvidia, Alphabet, and IBM — Technology giants led the way, with Apple, Nvidia, Alphabet and IBM rounding out the top 5 — Technology giants strengthened … Sponsor Posts
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