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Sources: Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was arrested in France as part of a probe into allegedly allowing a range of crimes due to a lack of moderators on the app — Pavel Durov, the Russian-born billionaire founder and owner of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested at Le Bourget airport outside Paris shortly …
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Threads says it is testing ephemeral posts that disappear within 24 hours with a limited number of users, but doesn't say if the experiment is region-specific — Automatically disappearing posts on social networks could be handy for users who have a habit of deleting their posts through third-party tools …
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An excerpt from the book Character Limit details the chaotic revamp of Twitter Blue, including Elon Musk's haphazard planning and Esther Crawford's involvement — By Nov. 9, 2022, anxiety was high among the Twitter employees gathered at the company's San Francisco headquarters.
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| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
The problem with Xbox's new vision isn't that it's moving away from console-exclusive games, but that its release strategy is confusing and inconsistent — Hi everyone. Today we're trying to figure out just what the heck Xbox is doing, but first... - Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz was really into Dreamcast
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
A look at Apple's robotics efforts; sources: Meta will unveil prototype “Orion” AR glasses, a cheaper Quest, and new AI features for Ray-Ban Meta at Connect — Also: Meta nears the launch of a cheaper Quest; Apple tries a new Vision Pro sales tactic; and the App Store chief is leaving as part of a reorganization.| New York Times: |
Some San Francisco city officials say they're not lamenting X's departure from the city, as X bears little resemblance to the company that SF welcomed in 2012 — The company, founded in the city as Twitter, is moving its headquarters to Texas as a shadow of its former self.
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Microsoft plans to hold an event on September 10 with CrowdStrike and other cybersecurity vendors to discuss how to prevent incidents like the July 19 outage — Microsoft said Friday it will hold a conference in September for cybersecurity firms to discuss ways the industry can evolve following …
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A look at China's humanoids market, after the city of Beijing launched a $1.4B robotics fund in January and Shanghai announced in July plans for a $1.4B fund — China dominates the market for electric vehicles. Now it's chasing Tesla (TSLA.O) in the race to build battery-powered humanoids expected … | Olaf Storbeck / Financial Times: |
A look at Germany-based discount retailer Lidl's foray into offering cloud computing services, signing up clients like SAP and generating €1.9B in sales in 2023 — A unit of Europe's largest retailer is offering IT services to companies wary of big providers such as Amazon and Google
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| Connor Jones / The Register: |
The US DOJ sues Georgia Tech and an affiliate company, alleging failures since at least 2019 to meet the DOD's cybersecurity standards for contract awardees — Rap sheet spells out major no-nos after disgruntled staff blow whistle — The US is suing one of its leading research universities …
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| Colin Kellaher / Wall Street Journal: |
US SEC filing: oilfield services company Halliburton says it has taken some systems offline after discovering that an unauthorized party had gained access — The company has taken some systems offline to help protect them — Oilfield-services company Halliburton has joined the growing ranks of firms hit by cyberattacks.| Lex Fridman: |
An interview with Nomad List and Photo AI founder Pieter Levels, aka @levelsio on X, on launching 12 startups in 12 months, the digital nomad life, and more — Pieter Levels (aka levelsio on X) is a self-taught developer and entrepreneur who has designed, programmed, launched over 40 startups, many of which are highly successful.
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