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Substack wants to be seen as a pure infrastructure provider, akin to Cloudflare, but a platform can't claim to be simple software when it recommends content — Some thoughts on platforms and Nazis — Most days, this column looks at controversies unfolding on other tech platforms.
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Hackers are hijacking X accounts of governments and businesses marked with gold and gray checkmarks, including Google's Mandiant, to promote crypto scams — Hackers are increasingly targeting verified accounts on X (formerly Twitter) belonging to government and business profiles and marked … | Maria Heeter / The Information: |
Design software company InVision, once valued at $2B, plans to shut down at the end of 2024, after raising $350M+ from Goldman Sachs, Spark Capital, and others — In recent years, creators have made inroads into traditional entertainment through brand partnerships and other collaborations.| Liam Proven / The Register: |
Software design pioneer and Pascal creator Niklaus Wirth, who devised nine programming languages and won the Turing Award in 1984, dies at 89 — Evangelist of lean software and devisor of 9 programming languages and an OS was 89 — OBIT Swiss computer scientist Professor Niklaus Wirth died …
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Memo: OpenAI plans to launch its GPT store next week; the store was originally slated to open in November 2023, but was delayed after OpenAI's leadership crisis — OpenAI is planning to launch its “GPT store” next week, according to a memo to developers seen by The Information.
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TechInsights teardown: Huawei's newest laptop, the Qingyun L540 notebook, runs on a chip made by TSMC, quashing talks of another Chinese tech breakthrough — - New findings quash talk of another big Chinese advance — Huawei remains at the vanguard of China's tech war with the US
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DeepMind Robotics researchers outline new methods for training robots, like AutoRT, which can leverage a visual language model for better situational awareness — 2024 is going to be a huge year for the cross-section of generative AI/large foundational models and robotics.
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Logan Paul says he is “personally committing” $2.3M+ to offer refunds for CryptoZoo, the allegedly fraudulent Pokémon-inspired NFT game that he launched in 2021 — Logan Paul is offering refunds for CryptoZoo, the failed and allegedly fraudulent Pokémon-inspired NFT game that he launched in 2021.
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Adobe: US online holiday sales between November 1 and December 31, 2023, reached a record $222.1B, up 4.9% YoY; BNPL contributed a record $16.6B, up 14% YoY — Online sales reached a new record in 2023, thanks in part to buy now, pay later options. — New data from Adobe, released Thursday … | Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Health management solutions provider HealthEC suffered a data breach between July 14 and July 23, 2023 that impacted close to 4.5M patients — HealthEC LLC, a provider of health management solutions, suffered a data breach that impacts close to 4.5 million individuals who received care through one of the company's customers.| Financial Times: |
Current and former employees detail Baidu's difficulty incubating new businesses including CEO Robin Li's leadership style and most talented staff leaving — Issues with leadership and strategic mis-steps raise doubts but generative AI gives hope for comeback| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
A California judge lets a lawsuit against Snap from relatives of dead kids move forward, saying Section 230 doesn't apply due to disappearing messages and more — from the this-is-not-how-this-is-supposed-to- work dept — Well, this is dumb. As detailed by NBC News …
More: Reuters, NBC News, TechCrunch, and The Messenger
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The US NLRB rules that Alphabet illegally refused to negotiate with a group of YouTube Music contract workers employed by Cognizant after they voted to unionize — - YouTube Music staff voted to join Alphabet union last year — Google to appeal, says workers are employees of Cognizant
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