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| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
The EU opens a formal DSA investigation into Meta, to assess if Facebook, Instagram, and its other apps were reinforcing “rabbit hole” effects and other issues — Facebook and Instagram owner to be investigated on whether it does enough to protect mental health of young users
More: European Commission, The Verge, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, The Guardian, Inc.com, Semafor, New York Times, Politico, Wccftech, News.ng, Android Headlines, BBC, MLexMarketing, Dexerto, New York Post, The Irish Times, Proactive, Daily Post Nigeria, Tech Xplore, Business Times, CNBC, Al Jazeera, Euractiv, RTTNews, Wall Street Journal, Barron's Online, Wired, News18, Ars Technica, UPI, Brussels Signal, The Independent, Irish Independent, Business Post, Reuters, Daily Sabah, and Bloomberg Law
| Arasu Kannagi Basil / Reuters: |
OpenAI and Reddit partner to bring Reddit content to ChatGPT and more via Reddit's Data API, bring new AI tools to Reddit, and make OpenAI a Reddit ad partner — Reddit (RDDT.N) has partnered with OpenAI to bring the social media platform's content to ChatGPT, the companies said on Thursday.
More: OpenAI, Reddit Upvoted, VentureBeat, Axios, Bloomberg, and Benzinga
Threads: @crumbler. Bluesky: @aarongreenspan.com. X: @kyliebytes, @kantrowitz, and @openai. Forums: Hacker News
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Meta starts testing TweetDeck-style customizable feeds on Threads that are stacked in a column interface on the web, available to selected users — Meta is starting to test a TweetDeck-like experience for Threads today. It will allow Threads users to create customizable feeds that are stacked …
More: PYMNTS.com, PCMag, TechCrunch, Engadget, Bloomberg, Thurrott, Social Media Today, Neowin, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Threads: @zuck, @mosseri, @oliverdarcy, @contz, @cfzzz_, @reckless1280, @austin6warren, @mattnavarra, @magicaltrash, @drummerwrites, @dankennedy_nu, @kurtwag8, @tomwarrenuk, @crumbler, @ggonzalez1210, @crumbler, @taylorlorenz, @mgsiegler, and @mattnavarra. X: @tomwarren
| Wall Street Journal: |
Source: Microsoft is asking about 700 to 800 employees involved in its China-based AI and cloud computing operations to consider relocating to other countries — Request comes as Biden administration toughens controls on China's access to cutting-edge American technology
More: Reuters, CNBC, The Hill, The Information, Financial Times, Business Insider, Semafor, Quartz, WinBuzzer, TechSpot, Total Telecom, Proactive, Neowin, MSPoweruser, South China Morning Post, Cryptopolitan, Benzinga, Business Today, and Pandaily
Forums: r/technology and Slashdot
| Daniel Thomas / Financial Times: |
Sony Music sends letters to 700+ AI companies, developers, and music streaming platforms warning over the “unauthorized use” of Sony's content in training AI — Music group representing Adele and Beyoncé contacts more than 700 companies to prohibit use of content
More: TechCrunch, Sony Music, Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg, Benzinga, 9to5Mac, City A.M., The Times, Music Business Worldwide, BBC, Music Ally, and Variety
| Jez Corden / Windows Central: |
Microsoft's decisions, like Start Menu ads, closing studios, porting AAA games to PS5, and seemingly pulling back on Surface show a short-term financial focus — Microsoft has made a range of baffling decisions and awful mis-steps recently. You can trace everything back to insatiable desire for money.
More: Eurogamer.net, WebProNews, Kotaku, Wccftech, TrueAchievements, PlayStation LifeStyle, Gameranx, Pure Xbox, Push Square, Video Games Chronicle, Digital Trends, Metro.co.uk, KitGuru, and TheGamer
X: @groundedtech, @notcassim, @twthereddragon, and @jezcorden
Forums: r/Games, r/hardware, r/Surface, r/kindafunny, r/technology, r/XboxSeriesX, r/PS5, and Slashdot
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
TikTok is testing 60-minute videos, which would let media companies post full TV show episodes and put TikTok in even more direct competition with YouTube — TikTok is testing the ability for users to upload 60-minute videos, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Thursday.
More: The Verge, 9to5Mac, Digital Trends, PCMag, Mind.ua, YouTube Official Blog, Wccftech, and Cosmetics Business
| Sheena Vasani / The Verge: |
Microsoft unveils the Proteus Controller, a $299 modular game controller kit for disabled Xbox and PC gamers by peripheral company ByoWave, shipping in the fall — On Wednesday, Microsoft announced the Proteus Controller, a $299 modular video game controller kit that lets Xbox gamers with disabilities customize their controllers.
More: ByoWave, HotHardware, TechSpot, MobileSyrup, BetaNews, ZDNet, IGN, PCMag, XDA Developers, PC Gamer, Gizmodo, TechRadar, T3, WinBuzzer, Engadget, Tom's Hardware, TheGamer, Video Games Chronicle, Neowin, Pure Xbox, Windows Central, TechEBlog, and MSPoweruser
X: @kaitlynjones_, @tomwarren, @gptgamingnews, @kaitlynjones_, @wario64, and @byowave
Forums: r/XboxSeriesX, r/technology, r/xboxone, and r/Games
| Wall Street Journal: |
DOJ charges five people for allegedly duping 300+ US companies into hiring North Korea-linked remote IT workers and helping fund the country's nuclear program — Justice Department alleges Arizona woman and others helped foreign workers with North Korean connections get freelance gigs at U.S. companies| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Google releases an emergency Chrome update to patch the third zero-day vulnerability exploited within a week, and the seventh zero-day fix in 2024 so far — Google has released a new emergency Chrome security update to address the third zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks within a week.| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Google updates its accessibility apps: Lookout, to use a phone to recognize objects, a text-free mode in Look To Speak, and adds Maps wheelchair data on desktop — It's also making wheelchair information on Google Maps available on desktop. — Google has updated some of its accessibility apps … | Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information: |
AI coding startup Replit, which raised $220M+ and was last valued at $1B, lays off 30 employees, or 20% of its staff, and pivots to enterprise sales — Replit, a San Francisco-based startup developing an artificial intelligence-powered coding assistant, has laid off 30 employees …
More: VentureBeat. Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social and @microh.bsky.social
X: @amasad, @steph_palazzolo, and @kylebrussell
| Jessica Mathews / Fortune: |
How GM is scrambling to save Cruise, which has become a liability after one of its automated vehicles hit and dragged a pedestrian 20 feet in October 2023 — October 2 was a quiet night on the streets of San Francisco. It was moderately cloudy, and Fleet Week activities had just begun at Sunset Library.
More: The Verge, MarketWatch, Quartz, and The San Francisco Standard
| Cory Weinberg / The Information: |
Figma is letting staff and early investors sell up to $900M of shares in a tender at a $12.5B valuation, down ~38% from Adobe's $20B acquisition proposal — Figma employees and early shareholders collectively will be able to sell as much as $900 million of their shares after lining … | Daniel Zuidijk / Bloomberg: |
Ubisoft falls ~15% after warning that Q1 net bookings will be ~€275M, below €376M est., and reporting a €401M adjusted operating income in FY 2024 — Ubisoft Entertainment SA shares fell the most in 16 months on Thursday after the French video game publisher warned bookings …
More: IGN, IGN, Engadget, Game World Observer, Eurogamer.net, Destructoid, Pocket Gamer.biz, Ubisoft, PC Games Insider, and Reuters. Forums: r/gaming
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Sigma Computing, which offers cloud data analytics tools, raised a $200M Series D at a $1.5B valuation, up 60% from 2021, bringing its total funding to $581M — In 2014, Jason Frantz and Rob Woollen co-founded Sigma Computing, a platform that overlays data stored in data platforms …
More: SiliconANGLE and FinSMEs
LinkedIn: Mike Palmer, Derek Dietrich, Anders Turner, Zachary Watkins, and Emily Anne Epstein
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
X rolls out a revamped version of its Communities feature, which lets users network around topics of interest, including improved discovery tools and search — X, formerly Twitter, is rolling out a revamped version of its Communities feature, which lets users network around topics of interest … | Ashlee Vance / Bloomberg: |
A profile of Noland Arbaugh, who was paralyzed after an accident in mid-2016 and became the first person to receive Neuralink's brain implant in January 2024 — For the first time, Noland Arbaugh explains how Elon Musk's brain implant, which allows him to control a computer with his thoughts, has changed his life.
More: International Business Times, Benzinga, Business Today, Quartz, and Reuters
| Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: |
Take-Two announces a fall 2025 release date for Grand Theft Auto VI, and reduces its bookings forecast for FY 2025 from $8B+ to $5.55B+ — - Game maker lowers forecast for 2025 bookings as a result — The 2013 version of game has sold over 200 million copies
More: Windows Central, VentureBeat, Engadget, The Verge, Reuters, MobileSyrup, TheGamer, The Hollywood Reporter, IGN, Wccftech, TweakTown, Destructoid, Kotaku, and Gematsu
| Associated Press: |
In the first high-level AI talks in Geneva, the US raised concerns about China's “misuse of AI” while China chided the US over “restrictions and pressure” on AI — U.S. officials raised concerns about China's “misuse of AI” while Beijing's representatives rebuked Washington over …
More: Reuters, Reuters, and South China Morning Post
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Google launches a Gemini add-on for educational institutes via Workspace, available in Gemini Education and Education Premium tiers in English for users over 18 — Google introduced a ton of new Gemini-related products at its Google I/O developer conference recently, and its Education suite is also getting an AI boost.
More: The Keyword, Neowin, Chrome Unboxed, ZDNet, 9to5Google, and Android Police
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Disney, Fox, and WBD unveil the name of their sports streaming venture: Venu Sports, which is set to debut in fall 2024 — “We are excited to officially introduce Venu Sports, a brand that we feel captures the spirit of an all-new streaming home where sports fans outside of the traditional pay TV ecosystem …
More: The Information, Adweek, Decider, The Streamable, 9to5Mac, IGN, Reuters, Light Reading, The Verge, Spyglass, Lifewire, Deadline, Digital Trends, and The Hollywood Reporter
| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
An interview with Apple's Greg Joswiak and John Ternus on the new iPad lineup, the M4 chip, why the iPad and Mac both matter, the iPad as an “AI PC”, and more — Apple's Greg Joswiak and John Ternus on the new iPad lineup, why the iPad and Mac both matter, the iPad as an ‘AI PC,’ and more.
More: Tom's Hardware, Wccftech, BGR, AppleInsider News, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, British GQ, MacSecurity.net, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Daring Fireball, BGR, Wccftech, Cult of Mac, TechRadar, 9to5Mac, and iMore
X: @wongmjane, @mrwhosetheboss, @harrymccracken, @zollotech, @markgurman, @durreadan01, @9to5mac, @bullslab, @vadimyuryev, @leakerapple, @rjeytech, @dancesoldier_mm, @bengeskin, @ianzelbo, @ianzelbo, @roloswaggins, @iupdate, @tailosivetech, @tailosivetech, @dylanmcd8, @snazzylabs, @briantong, @mrwhosetheboss, @mrwhosetheboss, and @mrwhosetheboss
| Anna Tong / Reuters: |
Vercel, which develops the Next.js framework, raised a $250M Series E led by Accel at a $3.25B valuation, and says it recently exceeded $100M in annual revenue — Vercel, a software startup that provides a platform for building cloud-based web applications, on Thursday said it has raised $250 million … | Brendan I. Koerner / Wired: |
An undercover investigation details working as a rotating cast of low-wage workers hired to pretend to be influencer girlfriends on OnlyFans — Your online influencer girlfriend is actually a rotating cast of low-wage workers. I became one of them. — Because I have a deep and childish fear …
More: Longreads, Business Insider, and The Information
X: @rhymerrigby, @knibbs, @wiredbusiness, @brendankoerner, and @iamnathanmay. LinkedIn: Brendan I. Koerner
Forums: r/Longreads and r/TrueReddit
| Kylie Robison / The Verge: |
Hugging Face, which is “profitable, or close to profitable”, commits $10M in free shared GPUs to help small developers, academics, and others create AI apps — Hugging Face, one of the biggest names in machine learning, is committing $10 million in free shared GPUs to help developers create new AI technologies.
X: @osanseviero, @clementdelangue, @brigittetousi, @hardmaru, and @jeffboudier. LinkedIn: Mohammed Arsalan
| Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: |
Israel-based Agora, which develops real estate investment management software, raised a $34M Series B, bringing its total funding to $63M — Since he was very young, Bar Mor knew that he would inevitably do something with real estate. His family was involved in all types of real estate projects …
More: FinSMEs, Finextra, Agora, Commercial Observer, and VC News Daily
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